Classics: Jim Greco "Baker 2G"

Greco's reputation for gnarly hammers had been building and he cemented his legacy with this part and others to come. Pat Rumney introduces a classic from 2000.

[@gavin7772]

got like 80% of his part in one night, absolutely unreal

[@desmond3381]

The good old days before the internet… you could be relevant for YEARS off of ONE good part. These guys got shoe and clothes deals and barely skated. So much money in the industry during the late 90s-early 00s boom.

[@robbynickles4276]

You'll get there

[@ElliottsRevenge]

Getting drunk and doing drugs and getting pussy most of the time I would guess.

[@YouilAushana]

And the other 20% in the day time with the leather jacket

[@ssbsts1239]

1:50 easily the best nollie backside flip ever done!!!!

[@orellisupplyl4178]

Switch Stance Backside Tailslide12, you couldn't be more on point. When I play S-K-A-T-E, I don't bother with the technicalities of names. When I pop out a nollie backside flip, I simply say, "Jim Greco." The younger generations scratch their heads wondering why. If you look at the crack on the sidewalk, he goes perfectly parallel with it as he rolls out.

[@ssbsts1239]

Haha word Grecos a g that's y

[@leethomas7659]

Clean. As. Fuck.

[@eddiexpharo]

Yes.

[@TheBrechbuehler]

isnt it nollie fs flip? but its truly the best one ☺️🤙🏼

[@jasonsenator6144]

Went to Tampa am and one time baker team was there... they said Jim Greco was passed out in the van... made it all the much better. Legend.

[@AndyJames88]

I used to watch this part every day after school before my friends would pick me up to go skate. Those were the days!

[@gavinsemonell1004]

Dem original bling bling brown reynolds 1s will forever be one of the best shoes ever made for a skateboard

[@redrabbit11]

I love how new all the spots look

[@NTEDOG561]

redrabbit11 yea practically untouched

[@j-mac7401]

Greco has great taste in music!!

[@toiletpaper5770]

Everything about this part still holds up

[@JPo.404]

Watching this beautiful piece of art makes my knees hurt 🖤 Greco

[@Riaindownes]

Baker before every board had shake junt grip

[@SeanDaRyan]

i fucking hate grip with sponsors on them

[@timseeyouallday]

Shake junt was around back then

[@Cleetus_Clay]

@@SeanDaRyan I used to until that was all they had left, got hooked on it since

[@SeanDaRyan]

@@Cleetus_Clay i just order bulk rolls now. ill make a little doodle or something on on back truck or something but ill never like GIANT SHAKE JUNT or whatever on it

[@Cleetus_Clay]

@@SeanDaRyan I used to say I'd never get caught dead w that shit but lately I've been getting the thrasher mob grip cuz it was the last of the mob they had and I kinda liked it

[@ratraceco610]

love this part. been watching it at least 2x a year for going on 15 years now

[@blunts4brekfast]

Same

[@dapperdan9412]

Roll away from the back blunt @ 1:09 is one of the illest examples of good looking sketch.

[@ronthunders6124]

Dapper Dan hahahi know. i think jim calls that “Mob”. Just stiff and sketchy but sick still. I like watching guys like him and dollin because the way they skate, really shows how fucking hard it is! its like they are the only skaters that skate in this gravity riddled world and all the rest are skating with gravity

[@DouchedByDemocrats]

Damn I called that out too like three fucking years later I hate being that fucking douchebag says the exact same shit somebody else already said but fuck it I'ma leave it up

[@7letterbrandon439]

But the way he got on tho

[@anhiirr]

ethan fowler is one of those guys too

[@Imsosaditsgottenthis]

Greco went to a Locust show and skateboarding was changed forever.

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

Yessir

[@samlutz4724]

Back when style was more about personality than having every trick look like everyone else's

[@xxxj_nasty3212]

Its baker, they dig that working your ass off to get a land a trick style

[@anhiirr]

but thats exactly what real skating styles about....too bad other people dont know unfortunately. Its all about the signature tricks that sw flip boardslide and his sw flip front nose vans ad from back in the day were textbook Greco most young skaters these days dont have signature tricks or jack shit to throw to their own name as the days are slipping by its why theres so many ams and why the industry has to rebuild lol, all because the robots are skating like their programmed to. If only the majority of "pros" were just out on a mission to kill everything in sight like theyre supposed to where we can let our mouths water as their new parts come on and we see famous spots and yearn for the "signature tricks" glory days of skating and always how it should be.

[@xxxj_nasty3212]

Damn our posts were 20w ago lol

[@jamessukel3746]

That nollie bs flip tho. perfect! I remember when this vid first came out. Grecos park was just amazing.

[@1000aaronaaronaaron]

style has never been about having trick look like everyone elses. you must be confused

[@psych0billy6]

Dropping the hammers effortlessly. Greco is the man.

[@cjt823]

i love when videos replay a certain trick like 4 times so it will be permanently ingrained how heavy that trick was

[@huevolocs]

you didn't include the intro????? with the locust??? that's like showing apocalypse now without captain willard going ape shit in his hotel to the doors at the beginning.

[@garybungo2949]

Such a good comment

[@mattteller2809]

My only complaint as well

[@roland4d]

🤓

[@JonB1991]

I met greco at mesh skatepark in 2007 or 8 and he told me the story behind the bloody nose apparently he did a line and hit his head/nose on a table, just a little fun fact for you guys :]

[@OGecalien]

This is untrue because that’s not real blood. This is a lie. You’re a liar.

[@JonB1991]

Eric Carrillo hey what ever you wanna think lol

[@OGecalien]

Johnny B I saw Reynolds saw that it was fake and staged. So it could be Greco lying. After all, he was a hype back then.

[@NicolasSeptien]

the switch flip boardslide amazes me everytime I watch this

[@RobiRollt1990]

Always seemed ahead of its time

[@anhiirr]

I remember thinking about this trick when i watched HK's mind field part where he did a sw flip board, then he did a sw flip lip and i was pretty amazed. Still how long of a gap between the mindfield part and grecos. That was HKs last good part and his best one too IMO.

[@MarioDiaz-fz3vh]

🔥🔥TAKE DAT ZERO booting Ellington and Greco🔥🔥

[@Online_ToughGuy]

All these years and I still can’t decide if the back 3 in his first line is the best backside 3 ever…or if the one in Misled Youth is.

[@AL_KING777]

The gap to front board was way ahead of its time. Living Legend.

[@taylorpearce5007]

You mean back lip???

[@AL_KING777]

@@taylorpearce5007 yes. I just realized it was back lip, even more impressive.

[@AL_KING777]

The following segment where he destroys that flat rail is by my old apartment near ucla, I’d see those dudes skating that in the we hours when I’d walk to the sevies across westwood.

[@kestlerlikespie]

I remember having this video on repeat. Greco ripping on heroin, Unsober Andrew doing heavy shit, Dollin kickflipping into shit before it was cool... Even the east coast powerhouse and Sumner did their thing.

[@Megadeadpeople]

dude hell ya

[@joshjnp8900]

Mike Mangatanga aka Maldonado is the real East Coast powerhouse.

[@hanskloss1331]

THEM ! perfect song 😊

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

Fvkn right g l o r i a

[@dana2146]

Greco is a legend....

[@TKdoggy]

It was the era of slowmo recaps. This is how almost every video was for a while after menikmati came out and changed the game.

[@tearsbeers]

The switch frontside flip over the 13 stair nobody was going that hard over sets that big back then

[@DouchedByDemocrats]

Blunt landing at 1:09... So sick (even though you can see it better and the second angle I still go with the first)

[@Mordorer]

Now go watch his documentary/skate video.

[@EYEH8MOSTOFYOU]

Idgaf what anyone says,this dude owns both wilshire sets

[@nikhileshg4743]

so sick, Greco's always a legend

[@Thurston86]

I agree with peoples below best Nollie Backside Flip ever!

[@joshuasmith6346]

Landed so flawlessly

[@insanedb]

1:20 should be one of the best shoots in skateboarding ever

[@kestlerlikespie]

I can't believe there isn't a Scott Kane - Bootleg 3000 classic. One of the best parts ever..

[@CainKerner]

BIG facts. Dude ripped.

[@swaxTV]

one of my fav parts of all time

[@dcfromthev]

Ah, the old days, the best days.

[@RunThatBagUpDeeJay]

This video was sick af BAKER THE BEST!!.

[@mc540flip]

Watching in 2020

[@bubblesmcgee4657]

king of switch frontside flips and nollie backside flips

[@7letterbrandon439]

BACK WHEN EVERYBODY WAS ON THEIR WORST BEHAVIOR

[@jp6456]

We use to just play baker2g while we were partying at the house as background music...

[@jamesgwarrior1981]

IDOL & ROLE MODEL

[@gratefuldrifter6588]

Rock n roll

[@ronthunders6124]

This masterpiece of a part is an American original

[@joshuahutchinson9982]

This time in skateboarding is why I got the PD tattooed on me. This was what I saw as a kid and it blew me away. Like these dudes didn’t give a fuck. And they made it look cool.

[@patrickdavis7058]

my new favorite video part

[@SpeedyGonzales50]

SO SO GOOD!!!

[@brothaclutch984]

Never knew why he was called “The Hammer”, this explains it all

[@toiletpaper5770]

He used to call tricks hammers

[@stevenanthony7920]

I better not see any thumbs down for this part, that'll be a disgrace to skateboarding culture and Jim Greco!

[@mathewharmer478]

The back side 360 Ollie is beautiful the back side nose blunt slide down a hand rail il love that ok thanks smile laughing love people

[@albertosamaniego2476]

golden times

[@eliezerlampard5586]

😎That Backside 360! 😎 😎That Jacket!😎 😎That Video , Baker2G😎 😎Real Street Sk8boarding😎

[@AnglephileSwedenGerman]

No better song n part noone like Greco northeast thanks you jim

[@BKKgrind]

I dont know if any new Greco part will ever compare to this. Sure subsequent parts have him doing even more tricks and spots just as big..... but he wasnt as nodding as hard as he was when he filmed this part. This was a pile part, he was probably still high off the smack and charlie when those tricks were filmed. Thats why its a classic.

[@iskate4diamond]

Greco for soty!!!!!! 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨

[@502jackal]

GLOOOOOORIA!

[@allendontplay]

its about fucking time!

[@Edson7966]

Jim Greco é dukaralho!!

[@lovelesstv]

The perils of believing in round squares, that's the song I think.

[@B0NGERSON]

greco is so fucking beast, watch supras "slings and hammers" he straight shreds in it and its modern day greco. CHECK IT

[@Gosmoke.]

Why did they cut the locust intro out of this …. 🤦‍♂️

[@pmarq25]

That noseblunt caught me off guard

[@berniehughes5234]

damn, that sw fs flip over a ten stair rail looked as good as Penny's...fukkkn Greco style!=RAW.yessums....

[@vector2g]

i feel you but you have to think when this part dropped, back then nollie bs flip wilshire was so insane most people would have gladly seen it like 5 times

[@tomdyer8518]

same spot in slomo for 1/2 the part. tight..

[@bballboarder019]

1:35: Little did he know he would take a switch fs flip down the 15 a few years later!

[@swaxTV]

@1:50 Fckin FLAWLESS!!!!

[@dudesarecool5]

that WAS classic

[@BDAWGPRODUCTIONZ]

this is sickkkkkkkkkkk!!!

[@Flip4910]

Greco really wanted to be in The Outsiders movie

[@naturalTHEATER]

so fuckin raw. my favorite classics vid so far

[@FredZepplin]

what happened with menikmati?

[@wathupp]

the song in the intro please ?

[@OptimusReim420]

un fucking real............ i was like 10 when i first saw this and fell in love with skating

[@iskate4diamond]

nooo! they skipped his intro!!!

[@kestlerlikespie]

Baker wasn't a company when this came out.

[@DeLaCruz878]

That rail made the whole video lol

[@Seamo57]

I remember meeting Jim at a demo in Tulsa,OK.. late 90’s or barely 2000’s.. called X-fest.. Willy Santos, Hawk was there, I think Andrew Reynolds, a few others.. my man Ramondetta wasn’t pro yet.. we were all skating in the demo.. amazing time! So Jim was skating this trash can on flat, far away from everything that was going on but there was a big crowd.... he was trying to FS ollie it.. & I started skating w/ him.. he was kind of a dick actually! And I though he’d be a decent dude.. I loved his skating. Guess he was having a shitty day.. regardless- he was a PRICK for no reason & treated me like a lil’ kid! I wasn’t kicking him or anything. Just hi 👋🏼 shake.. & he blew me off! So I shut that session down! switch Ollied it, then kick-flipped it.. he just walked away even more pissed 😜

[@ACTHdan]

Sounds like you’re*** the dick

[@johnharrill864]

toy

[@MisterDebonaire]

1upping pros at a demo lol kook

[@djecks4455]

Every kid started dressing like the Baker guys after this video dropped.

[@toiletpaper5770]

Even some adults 🤦‍♂️

[@NewWestFilmsTV]

ESO SI ES UN CLASICO!

[@Matt_hamlin]

double and triple angles for almost every trick haha

[@isaacinternet]

Remember this is before tight jeans had a lot of latex in them. That makes it that much harder. Haha

[@DouchedByDemocrats]

Damn I forgot all about the fact that he backside noseblunted Wilshire anyway most times a skater has too many tricks at a certain spot in a part it bums me out a little bit... not Greco's skating at Wilshire though ( The Thrasher video game had a word for it it would tell you the spot was destroyed)

[@Mordorer]

that's zacklys. totally agreed.

[@chrisp6283]

Drinking those six packs amd b s 5 0 ing 15 stairs Gnarling

[@danimal123ify]

Song?

[@fernandolozano7930]

Daniel Ortiz Gloria by Them!!!

[@goryosfranco5034]

nollie backside flip . thats all about

[@NotBoringFilms]

how about dem after black hammers?

[@charlesegan2533]

That was a nollie frontside flip.

[@gorelordzskate-racing-videos]

Backside son, opposite fakie and nollie.

[@furiosanja]

song?

[@samrose3205]

Them - Gloria

[@mikebernhardt92]

Gloria - van morrison

[@itchiezak]

Que mierda porque quitaron el intro con the locust? lol

[@thatbrandenkid]

i wanna become pro to get on classics to show andrew reynolds part in stay gold

[@deemore]

glory days of thrashing

[@MultiSupporter]

agreed

[@danganrgore]

should of put the intro first!!

[@Sk8erkyle]

0:57 really looked like criss angel

[@sexitanian]

Chris cole and greco are so similar

[@vampirex96]

DINOSAURIO OF SKATEBOARDING!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wing847]

wilshire!!!

[@ThatKidsRich]

lol whole thing was on like 2 rails and a random spot or 2 and almost all rails were slow mo lol