Classics: Ben Schroeder "Full Power Trip"

Ben has a lot of moves, but this clip shows that the act of carving and grinding can be a hell of a thing. Sam Hitz introduces a classic from the 1990 Gullwing video.

[@jamestruesdill1747]

Loved skating The Turf

[@Brusselsproutsk8]

Shredding that coping 👌 👏

[@rwirtz77]

I used to tell my friends back then, Full Power Trip is so sick and they looked at me like i was crazy, i watched this vhs probably more then any other.

[@jrsal666]

That was the turf in milwaukee wi. They filled the bowls in and had a street park for a bit in he 90s then closed. My gold membership was like 14 buks. Its a fuken freeway exit now. R.I.P. Turf

[@justinlopez4501]

jrsal always wanted to skate there since seeing it in streets on fire but i know i never will amd its saddening

[@mkeskate08]

@@justinlopez4501@jrsal666 it’s coming back

[@TheEmencity]

Sick carving

[@EMAN12K]

Sick speed in the bowl

[@gustoe3a]

Thanks

[@theprimagen]

i have a cool Ben story... i was up in the Monrovia hills with my girlfriend and her sister, and we met Ben up there... he was bombing the mountainside hill... he had me follow behind in his truck... was around maybe 2010 ish... ill always remember that shit.. he was fucking surfing the concrete like a madman

[@buldogskts]

veri good

[@benji21051986]

The 90's rock's...it's amasing!!!

[@cresplove]

.. old school rock!!! ;) King!!

[@MrWilberbeast1]

Like.

[@Agr414]

Thanks for the upload. It's hard to come by footy of the turf. I wish I had the opportunity to skate the place since i only live a few blocks away from where it once stood. SAVE THE TURF.

[@BuddhaOnCrack]

thx dude!

[@skyhigham24]

think it was the turf skate park

[@SMotag89]

COFFEE FULL POWER SHIT

[@LuKasDoriftaR]

Old School !

[@nickwylde666]

turf! wi love

[@mrbtwist]

It looks like he filmed his entire video part in two skate sessions.

[@LocalHasbeen]

Lip Trick Innovator. I remember seeing him back in the 90s I couldnt get over how tall he was. Tallest guy I ever saw on a skateboard.

[@kimdaaang]

you youngsters pay attention to this

[@NuclearWastoid]

Close your eyes and it sounds like "The Dude"

[@MotocrossRacingOnline]

Schroeder must be german for Shreder

[@TRAINSARECOOL2]

song is: Yawning Man - Saco

[@Hitlersbraininashark]

Dope

[@thepupils209]

Salba Wax for sure on that coping....P.S youngin's you aren't going to get grinds like that on some poor excuse for a truck(s) like a pair of tensor's or Royal's. back then you had Tracker,Indys,Gullwing, & Thunders were new to the scene. Indys & Thunders are still around. Hmmm, wonder why?

[@anhiirr]

thunders hand to god grind a CUT above on metal to metal. Sure thats outside the pool coping realm. But im sure since that standard was set other companies have worked towards different hanger material/blends to offer some "Street" truck. Idk i never rode stuff like silver/phantom/grind king back in the day. But hanger profile/contact does help change how certain trucks grind on hard/crete/granite vs metal to metal like rails/ledges/ebox. Cross hanger nose grinds or smith grinds too. But Idk once you skate tranny you wind up gravitating to w.e lets you skate the fastest land the worst/live/survive the best when trying to piece together lines/tricks/combos, IMO. If skaters ever really get into hitting everything at the park. Ive tried titanium thunders and they are pretty nutty popping in some cutty/bank wall ditch type spots. Makes a setup feel like youre riding a board .5" smaller for trick response but you still have your actual size. Or popping to a high bank wall ledge etc that you have to carve/ride into. But you still feel like youre cheating the system/skating. And for bs airs hollows give no board feel. If you havent try an 8.8 or 9.25 with some venture 6.1s and tell me the ollie no grab BS air blast feel isnt a new gold standard.

[@lakeskates]

the guy likes to axl

[@BrandonWestgate]

Ben Schroeder knows 50-50

[@alfredoking14]

i don't think its physically possible for the dude at 1:10 to exist anywhere but the 90's.

[@deerawn]

i have never seen a pair of tracker trucks that wasn't in an old photograph. as far as i've seen gullwing is a longboard truck company now and you totally forgot venture .___.

[@skwirlee13]

THis is barely the 90s. Alot of this was probably filmed in the late 80s

[@kimdaaang]

Hell yeah that shit was all filmed at the same park. Park looks dope, which one was that?

[@nobodysreview6137]

The Turf

[@PxAxAxFxPxOi]

where can i get that green bad brains tee??

[@jckoenigs69]

Big Ben rips.

[@TheCODPatriot]

you are just angry today uh

[@timettes]

what is the name of the intro song?

[@carlosduran]

wtf green bad brains shirt...

[@thepupils209]

ventures were barely on the scene in 1990 when this video was made. Out of Indy,Gullwing,tracker,thunder, & venture, ventures by far were the shittiest quality truck at the time (well maybe Z-Rollers if you consider those a truck, lol) ventures put "slip-axle" on the map. Before ventures, slip axle was virtually non-existent. Which made room for Krux to coin the term "guaranteed no slip-axle" in 95-96, which set the standard for truck quality from then on.

[@anhiirr]

damn venture 6.1s powerslide easier than 159 standards, and are better for bs/fs airs and half cab/cab variations. I even like them for cross hanger/tweaking nose grinds/crooks. Ive been riding indy and tried a lot of stuff growing up. But i hate to admit how much i like ventures for a specific/quiver setup. Even the way they slide help for slappys from 159s. Id like to see some 9.25" ventures NGL. Hell thunders making 10" axle now and ppl are crying about indys being MIC. Im still running all the stage 9/X baseplates ive had over the years and conical bushings only. Its already nuts to me that some ppl only know the stage XI as skaters or only skate barrel bushings with indy, im not hating just its so nuts to see that its just a basic/standard to them of familiarity. The turn/lean/slasher initiation vs old indy feel. Its not a territory they ever knew or care about. So its why im glad to see more competition in the larger hanger/axle truck option or that theres a trend now in riding shaped boards/slappy setups. Im still breaking in my first set of Stage XI indys and theyre mids already had to swap to conicials bc of the level of death they led to.

[@beanzo720]

2nd

[@swagonmyass]

WTF WHY WOULD I WANT TO WATCH AN OLD SKATE VIDEO WHERE IS THE TONY HAWK AND NYJAH HUSTON VIDEOS AT THIS SHIT IT GAY WATCH MY FREESTYLES INSTEAD