Classics: Chris Senn "Jump Off a Building"

Here is Senn's signature high-speed skating and his great use of hills and spots. This Toy Machine part still holds up and, arguably, has gotten better with age. Jerry Gurney introduces a 1998 classic.

[@veganxbones]

I've been watching this part a lot recently. Reminds me of when me and my friend used to watch this VHS tape every time we went out for a skate. A well deserved classic. Senn rules

[@xitsox]

Chris Senn is such an inspiration. This part is my favourite from that movie. I love that high speed sk8ing and the song is the bomb! Respect :)

[@ryanmc6718]

I hope you're still on here. This is my favorite part of the video too. I hope the last 10 years has been well to you

[@sergio_jose]

That long hill-bombing line at the end was skateboarding at it's purest

[@dedricthere]

Absolutely beautiful. That’s how I would have liked to skate if I had the talent.

[@unseenforcs]

i watched this part a thousand times when I was young, and decades later its still every bit as inpiring. Senn was psychotic, skating in its purest form, the kind you only see in GX vids these days.

[@themeaningsoflivesasacat]

Listening to Cigar and skate all day.. good times !

[@craigharrison1274]

Cigar?

[@powelmacid]

Craig Harrison Cigar is the name of the band playing during Senns part. song is called weight of the world. Great song

[@powelmacid]

at 1:23 where he ollies a full driveway, then does a 180 over ANOTHER full driveway with 10 feet in between. the balls alone just to try that!

[@danzig-vf6bx]

Probably my favorite video part ever

[@Phoneticbeats]

one of my favourite old parts. got the vhs

[@thewampus97tj]

This part still makes me want to go fast on my skateboard.

[@unrealwill]

Hell yeah

[@TEk0n]

Everything looks sick when you are hauling ass down hills what a legend

[@AndrewLomenzo]

Do not envy whoever had to film this insanity

[@mshumaker84]

Truth.

[@nickcantrell2167]

That half cab flip after the boardslide is so sick.

[@0hopscotch0]

Always loved how Chris just goes full speed. So sick

[@mr9ine138]

Chris Senn was so rad man, I used to have a pair of his emerica shoe back in the day, the one with the red soles

[@opadrinho7577]

That song just fits it all, gnarly

[@josephpawlowski5810]

the place he is at around 2:00 definitely looks like it inspired the school level on the original thps

[@dneck]

yeah California schools are just perfect skate spots with cool architecture

[@mortyfalch]

chris senn is doing the most crazy bombing in his part..

[@davebensam7716]

THATS the kind of skating that made me wanna start skatin. Thats practical skateboarding

[@joecold1243]

Makes me miss the simpler times. Before EVERYTHING had to be tre flip in, hardflip out.

[@benthomas1885]

This is one of my favourite video parts. That last kickflip still looks scary.

[@mortyfalch]

one off my favorite skateflicks

[@gustoe3a]

Anybody who grew up skating in the late 90's knows Chris senn is the fastest thrasher of this time. Respect.

[@tommydurkin213]

I had that on vhs and watched it so much i wore out the tape still my favorite part ever

[@pablou8892]

A Universal skatepart. Gracias loco

[@FurtherAM]

2020 still alive!

[@crikey1mate]

You can feel this attitude, doesn’t matter if you land or not, just keep pushing until everything is fucked up

[@theshib277]

first sk8 vid i owned. this takes me back

[@anthonyhomercycling]

props to you mr camera man on that ender!!!!!! sick skating chris senn!

[@pokemonmaster19]

My favorite Classics vid yet. Got my funkin' blood pumpin!

[@chrislewis5989]

This dude just always got gnarly

[@mikehunt4797]

Sean was a destroyer!!

[@bassvessel]

the ending hill bomb is epic

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

Chris Senn reminds me of an earlier, less refined Grant Taylor. Such a fast, powerful ATV skater. Ed Templeton said he was one of those guys who's just crazy to watch skate in person

[@Daneh97]

If I had seen this when it came out, I would've started skating when I was one.

[@emoneywon9835]

pretty sick

[@theultimateninja]

This was the best song on the VHS. before i had an ipod i'd play that shit in my head ha.

[@bifftetherton7495]

Only Chris Senn could make me like that song

[@Gonzalez2500]

About time somebody uploaded this

[@aaronmkari]

this is my favorite classic

[@johancoolyeah]

Skating to one of the best songs too! Cigar - Weight of the World

[@JJMza]

This is the most rawest shit i've ever witnessed.

[@ifabforfun]

i remember getting a pair of Emerica Chris Senn's when i was in grade 8 and everyone was like "who the fuck is that? why didn't you get Muska's?" ... anyway, i loved those shoes and shoe-gooed the shit out of them. he was my favorite skater back then and still one of them today.

[@UndergroundTrev]

That hill at the end was ridiculous!

[@Krushurpants]

sick mann never seen this before gnaarly skatin

[@doowookie]

This is real gnarly skating

[@SkatEarthProductions]

That 3 stair to 3 stair to 3 stair at 2:06 was gnarly.

[@jw4941]

1:28 Floating frontside 360 ollie.

[@Cyclone11399]

Sick vids dude! I can't wait until winter is over I'm gonna skate my ass off!

[@woop313]

holy fuck ive never even seen this part before chris senn is amazing!

[@cockbroker]

bams first and last toy part,and probably his best

[@timboslice45]

2:36 the unique flick on that kickflip is badass, as is the catch.

[@brysport11]

last clip was insane

[@JoeKerr1492]

2:43 Intersection is Ashton Av/Grafton Av. Hill bomb is North-bound on Ashton Av

[@espionage69979]

Awe , I was expecting to watch Kerry Getz part next .

[@ifabforfun]

cool, old shoes nostalgia! :)

[@mopslopanbucket]

I got this on VHS.

[@bahhhmeran]

I remember being a kid watching Xgames '97 or something and watching Senn ollie the biggest gaps and just haul around the park while everyone was doing their one-trick-pony routine.

[@markplayer2739]

still have this on bud 😂😂😂

[@chai.gh0st]

Damn props to the filmer for the hill bomb

[@LocalHasbeen]

God I feel old. 1998 is a classic? somebody get me walker.

[@jellyspartan]

Awesome!

[@joeheshy]

a real classic

[@noncompliant3865]

props to the cameraman for not busting his ass on that downhill. refuckintarded.

[@FriendlyNormalGuy]

you are my hero

[@emanyo]

Yee I'm feelin this classic

[@burntewok]

raw as fuck, doesn't even wobble

[@TheGeckn]

OG San Francisco, love it

[@jaded777777]

All tone favorite video.

[@emericadill]

Hell yeah man!

[@devinespinoza8106]

lmao! i was seriously thinking that before i looked at the comments xD

[@cobraswan]

Not too mention Cigar - Weight of the World from our demo. Heh.

[@softcoreseizure]

pure gnar

[@Ripplin]

Did Kerry Getz also have a high-speed downhill part like this?

[@shabbadabbadooby]

Nope, at least not in this video. His part was real clean tech, ledges, manuals etc

[@builtbydiddykins6302]

Always pumping guess thats how he won all them street course medals plus he's good

[@reville00]

that kickflip at 2:38 was beautiful

[@Andythefunkman]

your comment is fucking great. how can that guy be so disrespecful?. the last part of the video is insane!

[@AdamTheWize]

Holy cow!

[@TheMarkarian13]

Can we talk about Jerry Gurney at the i to to this please?

[@gibsonCat100]

this is my definition of REAL skating. fuck that technical flip-in, flip-out shit these skaters are doing these days. i gotta say though, much respect for all skaters...started at 12; 17 years skating dudes. yup, i definitely feel old.

[@MildHawk]

sickkk meister

[@hofmann161]

wtf happened to jerry gurney he looked so clean polite here hahaha

[@mikehunt4797]

Cause this is old when he was himself before biting the metal style hard for more attention...fucking scenester goof he is.

[@HmmmmNiceBike]

@@mikehunt4797 agreed, before he was all gimmick

[@speedhead]

who filmed the hillbomb at the end? Anyone? i bet roger bagley would know

[@CaSh3dNuGz420]

sick

[@hunterpaton8717]

Sickkkk

[@MrPLANI]

Fuck yeah!

[@DEdens1525]

Seems like just yesterday I was complaining about those gas prices.

[@DJkautionNY]

He's still ripping. Still on Emerica. Not sure what board company he's on. Maybe Element still.

[@DEdens1525]

He was hallin some ass there in the end.

[@ohmygatopablo]

dude's fuckin bookin!

[@jimmyhathaway5576]

Classics...real talk

[@FurtherAM]

Wanna know what camera this was filmed on!

[@asikdiekosbcrew]

rad

[@attime64]

2:19 Those gas prices nearly got me as hyped to skate as this part, holy shrimp!

[@MrCornWolf]

I remember getting gas and cigarettes for 10$ on the way to the spot lol. Those where the days

[@shabbadabbadooby]

Thrasher skater of the year! Was it 1999? #SOTY

[@DonAnt14]

How do they not wobble and lose control down the hill? Tight ass trucks?

[@rm6330]

Legend. 2:36 is how you mob your flips.

[@JbskaterGaming]

Sickkkkkkkkkk

[@BierBrille]

Song: Weight of the World, by Cigar

[@blackcowboymusic]

goddamn he's fucking fast!