DAEWON SONG | EPICLY LATER'D | VICE | FULL LENGTH

Skater Dae-Won Song talks about the benefits of skating in shitty neighborhoods. Hella nostalgic skate tricks from back in the day. For more skateboarding action, check out VICE's Epicly Later'd: vice.com/epicly...

[@FlockofSmeagles]

Way back in 2007 Daewon did a demo at evo skatepark in greeneville SC and I was one of a few kids who were skitching on the back of his team's van when they were leaving. He was so impressed that he took off his shirt that he was wearing and threw it out of the van. Needless to say. I still have that shirt to this day, framed and fondly remembered as one of the greatest moments of my teenage life.

[@TheKorfish]

broshaman nice

[@dannyj6434]

I can possibly get him to sign it 🤔

[@kjeezy2990]

Cap

[@chazzbranigaan9354]

U a fan fam 😂

[@DoggoWillink]

I don't care what anyone says, the shit he did on picnic tables was just fucking insane. I loved that shit.

[@Ayyyyyyyeeeeeee]

Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

No serious person would ever say otherwise.

[@Motthias]

@@zezuntxiduntxi it was rad, for 1 part. But then you saw it show up in many different vids in all the parts and then it got lame.

[@josephrosas1621]

samee

[@ImSamSuburban]

man Daewon is such a cool guy

[@alexcorona]

SuburbanSam Hilarious also, him and MJ would be a duo to have their own TV Show

[@9usuck0]

Damn, Daewon has an amazing memory for tricks!

[@Eatzdiary]

Im sure he watched the clips before

[@gogleplusisshit1317]

Kenny Nam Of course he did, but still i wouldn't remember that many tricks

[@moreblankets]

I thought the same thing.

[@TheMadisonHang]

he probably has like specific photographic memory he associates certain spots with certain tricks its like burned in his memory in a specific way

[@keithgraham8588]

I find it amusing how he doesn't use the modern terms like tre flip, or varial heel flip. He just says 360 flip and heel flip shove it lol

[@satevo462]

Daewon has just the most relaxed, smooth style ever. He's so much fun to watch.

[@jakegetscake4672]

Such a cool dude! Talks about other guys the whole time so humble: being the first to show of a hard flip, and says some random guy actually did it. Not many people would say that.

[@qayss8977]

There´s a reason him and Mullen have gotten along for so long ;)

[@ultimateglutton3768]

I never really got into the world of skateboarding, as I grew up longboarding. That being said, I love skateboarding as a form of expression and self healing. I am now in my late 20's with crippling depression, but the hapiness that Daewon Song brings me is insurmountable. I genuinely smiled the whole time while rewatching this video for the 999th time. It only gets bettter. Thank you for KZbin, and Daewon. You're a fucking legend!

[@pressureflipin1992]

in my mind the picnic table thing never got old, hell, i get excited when i see someone these days skating one. its rare.

[@nb101893]

That school is so fun to skate, its mellow , daewon first pro i skated with , mad respect for him he kept me in it years later

[@ianmoone4331]

One of my skate buddies in the 90's absolutely idolized Daewon. There was a time where we spent more time dragging picnic tables around, than actually skating.

[@spencerkochel4390]

Daewon has put limitless inspiration out into the universe. Always doing it his own way. Legend.

[@DRiggity9810]

how the fuck does he remember every trick that happened at every spot, that shit is nuts

[@americanpatriot3667]

One of those things you just do

[@iDerekMC]

+RamuneFlavor cuz he nailed it?

[@DRiggity9810]

***** makes sense

[@ILoveAnchovies334]

damn bro, I remembered every trick from those early world vids

[@jeremyhearn8941]

Daewon, I never felt line you ever fell off! I still show new friends the old Rodney VS Daewon videos. Sir, you are and always will be a legend until the end of time! Daewon forever!!!

[@conspiraciesarejustgreatst2059]

daewon song is everything a skate should be. humble, creative, never thinks he's above anyone. great dude and the Mullen of there was no Mullen

[@tylerbentley8427]

Hell yea I went to Alta Vista elementary and grew up in Redondo Beach. I used to skate Torrance High all time. Stoked to see some pros come out of my hood.

[@GeeCeeAte]

Redondo Beach isn't a hood. It's for millionaire spoiled kids. Kind of the complete opposite of a hood.

[@MasterGuero]

"Sorry we couldn't get you the picnic table" lmao

[@offtherailscunt]

+tra789 That cracked me up.

[@skateysteve4202]

"Well, god damn it. There's nothing I can do here. I'm out."

[@fifthgear93]

These picnic table constructions look very fun to skate. I don't understand why people were giving him shit for that.

[@Nirvezz]

Thanks to daewon I started doing that as well. Not as crazy tricks but it was actually fun since skate blockers were ruining places I skated

[@levimcknight1072]

cause thats all he did for years and people wanted to see his full potential

[@maraswrath8186]

gaps or go home was the creed of the 90's

[@cicris9]

The picnic table stuff is awesome! I would watch round 2 then go to the church down the street and put a picnic table down the 4 stair and 50 50 the bottom part of the bench. It made me and my friends feel like bad asses even though we kinda sucked. Thank Daewon for the motivation!!!

[@TheReaper42069]

Relatable!!

[@alesagui]

you know when a skater´s OG when he calls a Varial hell a Hellflip Shuv.

[@CarsCatAliens]

Ask an old school skater what a hardflip is lol You'll get 180 kickflip shuv

[@christhompson9141]

i wish they made a epicly later'd for lewis marnell :'( he was such a sick skate. S.I.P.

[@veiledrecalcitrance4314]

It’s so great that he’s finally known for how unbelievably amazing he is, instagram showed the world that Daewon is in a whole league of his own. He is and has been my favorite skater for a long time

[@uncleben8012]

He made me want to push myself to do crazier things on a board him and rodney mullen are still my favorite skaters

[@SDallstar]

I'm still waiting for daewon and rodney to play skate.

[@rego00001]

no words to say about daewon. miss them days

[@acetate909]

Those picnic table parts are iconic classics. No apologies necessary. Anyone complaining is lame as fuck and should make their own videos if they think they know what's best for skating.

[@staphinfection]

Daewon is so humble.. instead of talking about himself, he just talks about how awesome everyone else is... Such a chill dude.

[@travissecrist4693]

Daewon, Muska, and Bucky were my favorite skaters back in the day.

[@falcosk8]

favorite skater of all time!

[@leoperez9732]

Daewon man I haven't heard anything about him in along time he was always his worst critic when he was always spot on with his skating skills, one of the best skaters in my opinion....

[@zodom7]

Daewon Song is the nicest person ever. When i spotted him skating in Pasadena years ago, before I could say, "Hi" Daewon gave me the biggest hug and said, "nice to meet you brother."I think we shared a bromance moment lol.

[@Surfmus]

Daniel is a proskater and a legend. What a shame for writing amateur skater when introducing him.

[@themysticfedora]

Half a decade late my guy

[@skaterboi65]

switch 540 bigflip. But they didn't get that one so I went with the heelflip shuv it

[@soldier4christ993]

You can tell Daewon is very humble but also a really talented skater. That's why he is one of my top skaters.

[@shredrik]

We owe it all to these guys!!! Mad respect to Daewon!!

[@staphinfection]

These are so goood! Can't stop watching!

[@CultRelics]

I used to love this guy im glad to see he hasnt washed up

[@RXVIVAL]

idk how any1 can hate on the picnic table era. i was astonished as a kid watching that happen

[@everythingallin4905]

I remember watching the Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song video back in the days in complete amazement of their skill level.

[@ryanmiddleton2431]

I never realised the thing with the picnic tables! Those vids with the picnic tables inspired me so much back then, totally got me back into skating hardcore again!

[@AEMBowers]

I remember when Rodney vs Daewon first came out. Unbelievable. And then part 2, part 3, ... I never looked at his pic-nic table skating as anything lame in any way. With the kind of style and command he had of his skateboard, and the difficulty of the tricks he did, there was no way my friends or I could think anything negative. On another note, I didn't know Daewon had taken any sort of hiatus from skateboarding before the release of Trilogy. Man, am I glad he picked up that video part in Trilogy. His part seriously made had me stoked on skateboarding. Watching him skate those smallish beige ledges at that one school ... damn, man, I couldn't believe how clean and fast he rode. And Daewon, it seemed to me, was always behind the scenes, possibly someone who less serious skaters had never heard of. But those of us really into skateboarding always knew of his incredible talent. It was just a matter of when he was going to appear again. Thank you, Daewon, for being an inspiration for me and my friends. And thank you to World Industries and all of Daewon's sponsors who truly care about skateboarding, for making it possible for Daewon to make a living off skateboarding and to continue spreading his zeal for this awesome sport!

[@josiahamaze]

Bro I love how koston and guy are on the set of full flared while talking about this. Mad history here.

[@wsdamico]

I love that they brought up the picnic tables... what a walk down memory lane.

[@FREESTYLEMARCOTV]

Daewon is sick!

[@MrBigolnuts]

Daewon always blew me away, seeing slides and manuals over gaps was nuts...best shoes ever, Daewon Song DVS.

[@UKUAPGUY]

I'd be super proud of the picnic benches, great video.

[@mcdzmcdz6342]

dude that was the best hardflip ive seen that was gnar looking

[@screenfixer1936]

Love child... One of my favorite of all time... Incredibile video... Cheers from 🇮🇹 italy y

[@washerdryer]

it's crazy growing up WORSHIPPING Daewon in transworld and random photos and not hearing him speak until seeing this. This guy has blown my mind for so long

[@ldred2604]

Dae won is an amazing person

[@strangersound]

He is a Wizard. :)

[@code_red7744]

The picnic tables were some of my favorite...Daewon is the GOAT

[@ConnorHolbrook419]

the talk Rodney said they had when everyone quit to make girl. Rodney said he figured Daewon would leave too, but he said “Well, I guess it’s just you and me Rod”

[@AsaLSB]

btw i lol'd at alex olson being am back when this was recorded. time flies

[@friscostreetstories5403]

Daewons a good dude. No wonder he kicks it with Castillo they are both from tha hood.

[@cobhcdr]

I remember when i was little backin like 99' I was skating with my brother at my elemntary school and Dae-won came and started skating with us, my brother recognized him from the VHS videos we used to watch. Hes a pretty cool dude. more recently he came into the restaurant my brother worked at and gave him some prototype dvs shoes.

[@lowkeyhim556]

I live off Torrance Blvd. skated at Torrance high a few times. did not know pro skaters skated here!!

[@jumill87]

Daewons an awesome skater. Gave me a free deck when I was 12.

[@ODAHUSTLA]

mad memories watching this.

[@iLewk]

We loved the picnic table skating. Our group of friends all split into either Mullen or Song camps, and there was no admitting that both were good :P

[@fatribz]

" I'll eat a whole cake.. and it drives people nuts,they'll be like "dude, please..no more...' "

[@DaFunkYaaa]

I totally agree dude. I'm 16 and when i first skating I skated vert until i got good at it. Then I switched to street and it without a doubt helped me get grinds when i switched over to street.

[@ieprince]

daewon is so fuckin humble. as a legend and all he talks about is his homeboys.big ups g

[@jibiji123]

he's so modest, if you never saw him skate you'd never know hes one of the best in the world

[@cartoonisanimating2520]

Awesome guy the whole video he talked about everybody else except himself ✊️🤙🏽

[@Kari2025]

I’m so bummed that Rodney Mullen never got his own epically later’d episode. Or Ryan Sheckler, Nyjah or Tony Hawk.

[@GSA_Drums]

LEGEND!

[@rhallmedia8473]

Need an updated one. He’s still ripping today

[@Jordan-mw1lb]

Amazing doco!

[@ivangotyokes]

Daewon/Mullen GOATS

[@ukyo6195]

Is he the first to get not in drugs and alcohol?

[@chrishendricks1160]

Pure class, RESPECT.

[@mistaskeem]

Daewon is the GOAT!

[@JustSujC]

These shorter epicly laterd episodes are way better than the long ass multiple parts that are coming out.

[@MILOgirl1]

I respect Song

[@jcolterh]

Rodney Mullen vs Daewon Song Round 2 was the first skate tape I ever saw. Which is kind of weird because I started skating in 1989. I remember thinking, Holy shit you can Ollie on to a table! That's insane!

[@ohdonky]

Say what you want about Vice, but the Epicly Later'd series are always fire

[@1anonlyedwiltshire]

What a rad humble guy

[@veloxfelix]

i have so much respect for that man

[@Skatebit1]

Daniel Castillo: Amatuer Skater... wtf? lol

[@full6330name]

yeah. Geoff Rowley..the main guy on Vans,helped Volcom become what it is today and owns one of the best skate companys ever in Flip. oh,he was also skater of the year and put out gazillion iconic videoparts. Haslam is a great skater,second best behind daewon when it comes to tech skating,but he still needs to prove himself. that's how I see it. longevity counts man.

[@StankPlanks]

Awesome stuff, Daewon is crazy good!

[@GeeZeeX3]

Daewon is a Sk8 God !! Like the Ninja of Skateboarding.

[@xRisingForcex]

keep on doing you my brother.

[@premkamandir]

Daewon = a wise skateboarder!

[@jakegolleher-johnson9089]

💖 ya deawon

[@thethethereal]

Other than the blatant destruction of property, why was there ever reason to give Daewon shit for the picnic tables? That was so innovative and mind blowing to my friends and I at the time. I saw Daewon on the Tony Hawk tour and he literally ripped everything in the park. From the huge hubbas, pads, and transition. With what seemed to be little to no effort. Daewon IS SKATEBOARDING.

[@EX7RUD1CON]

I love daewon, so humble, and a fucking amazing skater. Haslam daewon, and mullen. Fucking badass

[@rons8749]

Deawon you are too humble you were a major icon

[@KenobiStark1]

Childhood revisited haha damn hell yeah Bros!!

[@Deejaynext]

a lot of people get bummed by the "only good at one thing" phenomenon. it's all good daewon. all those hard earned skills will transfer straight over to the next thing when the time comes.

[@RaabBlog]

woah jeremy wray was so gnarly!

[@Whyhazeleyes]

When was his last part put out? Haslam and Daewon both drop atleast 3 videoparts a year and put out a full length almost video. Rowley had like 3 tricks in a flip weight of the world video... His extremely sorry part was mostly a montage of ditch skating.

[@hollis831streetskate6]

i taught him everything he knows

[@FULLPEAKmedia]

More please!!!

[@Hachiae]

i remember seeing him in the decka video (dont remember the spelling, i was like 5). shit was crazy, but after that i never saw from him again until almost round 3

[@DoggoWillink]

I always wondered if he kept his tail truck tighter. I always have my tail tighter, although it can be annoying when you get it turned around for various reasons. But that's cool, I always wondered if it was weird to do that, I never actually asked anyone else for some reason.

[@michaelwaxer2541]

Dude is in 2007 talking about 1992 which is the same distance from 2022 to 2007.

[@mikeymercure]

Daewon man you da best! Where Matty at?!

[@BigErnMcCracken777]

Daewon is the man, super down to earth guy seems like. I’m trippin on his trucks though lol, my trucks are pretty loose too but his are beyond lol

[@mikeknight42]

Dood that school is so awesome for letting them skate. Props to a school that cool. All the spots are getting shut down and the school is letting them skate.