Skating the Echo Park 18 Stair!? Feat. Sean Malto and Ryan Decenzo - Spot History Ep. 18

This week we head over to Elysian Elementary School to check out the Echo Park 18 Stair, We go over the history of the spot and talk to Sean Malto about how he skated it for the Pretty Sweet intro and the we talk to Ryan Decenzo who has a couple tricks he has done down it including a 360 flip he landed live on the ETN Face Melters show. After that Dalton decides to skate the stairs himself. This episode has a couple surprise cameos and is definitely one you don't want to miss!
This video features:
Dalton Dern @daltondern
Kanaan Dern @kanaandern
Destin Dern
@destindern
Sean Malto
@seanmalto
Ryan Decenzo
@ryandecenzo
Nyjah Huston
@nyjah
Dylan Witkin
@dylanwitkin
Cambryan Sedlick
@cumbryan
Justin Figueroa
@killerpizza
Chris Joslin
@chrisjoslin_
Victor Aceves
Chad Fernandez
@chadfernandez1
Vincent Alvarez
@_vincentalvarez_
Rick McCrank
@mccranker
Garrett Ginner
@garrettginner ‪@GarrettGinner‬
Scott Decenzo
James Brockman
@hyenaface
Chase Webb
@chasewebb
Jake Phelps
Jamie Foy
@jamie_foy
Torey Pudwill
@toreypudwill
Erik Bragg
@thisguysthelimit
Andrew Reynolds
@andrewreynolds
Daniel Cutcliffe
@danielcutcliffe
Alonzo Lopez

Chris Weissmann
@crusty_
James Martin
@james.martin805
Dern Bros @DernBrothers
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Special thanks to Kevin Marquez for extra angles of Daltons trick and to Will O for the thumbnail photography!
Video Directory:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Rail History
01:51 Sean Malto Interview Part 1
05:07 Rail History Continued
08:33 Sean Malto Interview Part 2
12:22 Last of Rail History
13:25 Ryan Decenzo Interview Part 1
17:47 Set History
19:10 Ryan Decenzo Interview Part 2
21:09 Wall Rail History
23:55 Exploring the Rest of the School
25:18 Dalton Skates the Spot
28:30 Measurements
29:27 New Merch and Outro
Music Credits:
Stay Hungry
by Angstbreaker
source: Free Music Archive
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"Hard Boiled" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@dustyyshellz1320]

The absolute legend Ryan “Ashphalt” Decenzo

[@vongwipper]

NEVER TRUST A CANADIAN

[@DSTREETMEDIA]

😂❤

[@levimicheal]

thats how we say it up in Canada lol. Gotta be better than ass-fault tho right??

[@joshquintero9062]

Ashphalt Yacht Club

[@grampsskateboarding4814]

Decenzo is low key a skate cyborg

[@jameshalldorsson9695]

That Melon by Dalton was insane, so clean like that could've been an ender in any video part. I think that trick alone deserves 100k subs.

[@lamBETTERthanY0U]

A melon down 18 stairs is gnarly but not close to an ender

[@toneohm]

i like that it had a little tweak to it.., almost like a Method air

[@jaydenedmand3514]

Fucking awesome

[@Aurora11793]

@@lamBETTERthanY0Ustfu bro 😂😂😂 wtf r u yapping about. Everyone has different abilities and everyone can have different Enders.. shit was fucking insane. Let’s see u hit this

[@itachi1341212]

Dern Bros I Hope Ya'll Keep This Series Going Long As Possible 🙏

[@howardb.6205]

I love this shit!

[@benblazin8627]

I agree bro. I look forward to this series every week. It’s cool to see a spot from so many different angles

[@jasonivey6622]

Literally my favorite series on KZbin and I don’t skate anymore lol

[@felipeq.7720]

For real !!! These videos are amazing and 💯 % for the viewers enjoyment

[@124BILLION]

Yea we love this series it’s sure to go far for a long time cuz if you think about it there’s 100s of classic skate spot around the world that have been in multiple video parts

[@affzor]

It should be noted that there are 10 years between Chad Fernandez lipslide and the other three tricks. The lipslide is from Globe - Opinion which came out in 2001, and the others are from his Skatestache Part which came out in 2011 when he was 35 years(!) old.

[@memorysometimers3067]

His part in OSIRIS The Storm WAS PRETTY SAVAGE!

[@thechipvids]

He was also in the movie Grind! Legend!

[@skaterdad108]

Impressive skate memory. 100% I remember the lipslide and the other tricks were definitely way later on.

[@imnotarob0t1984]

Chad Fernandez is the king of this spot. that nose grind is insane if you think about.... very underrated imo

[@warbomb]

Savage

[@bigdrefromthebay6475]

I swear every spot had a gnarly Decenzo trick ! He deserve the skater of the decade award

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

True, but then Nyjah.

[@trollforlife]

@@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable Yeah, every one of these spot histories they casually mention Nyah with the gnarliest trick.

[@nostalgic_pokemon_memories]

This was one of the best episodes so far! The Sean Malto interview was awesome. Dalton pulled off a insane melon down the 18 & it was cool hearing Kanaan explain his set up & methods on how he grinds down the wall rails!

[@thechipvids]

Yeah that confetti story was pretty sweet!

[@Reactionalz]

"it feels so big.. it hurts the insides." -dalton dern 2024

[@SC-stonerconstruction]

lol

[@J0sh351]

Garretts gnarely bro, man down played 50-50ing that rail. its no joke

[@jamalydude]

You’re correct. It’s scary either way 5050 or not. Hell 95% of us would break our shit BAD even attempting anything

[@CodyMarinxnig]

the best series on youtube rn

[@Mikemfm666]

Measurements! This channel is the fucking best.

[@duandle1358]

this is the best series on youtube atm, hands down. love the addition of the measurements and its awesome to hear intricate details about the spot like decenxo fronside flip pre bondo is nuts. you guys are fucking insane, this channel is about to blow

[@yyyrrrccc69420]

25:13 ben kadow skated the rail in his Hockey II part. He grinded up the rail and grinded back down. In a local video called 'Cruel Kindness' a couple other guys skated up the rail and in to the back.

[@red-ug1yv]

they find the most obscure footage of random people and miss this

[@MickyThunderV]

Malto and Decenzo this show is some premium stuff!

[@jamesjazz3395]

That melon down the set was awesome. I literally punched the air when he got it.

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

Likewise! The footage that set it up gave us (the viewer) a small sense of being there for it. Such an awesome crew.

[@jjcoola998]

With keys in his pocket lmao the man's a beast 🔑

[@mikevee9145]

Damn, Dalton stomped that.

[@invertedcrown]

that set is a monster.... huge props Dalton, for having the guts to throw down. and extra points for style.... love these videos...

[@jptothetree]

If you calculate the hypotenuse of that stair gap, that's about a 19.5' jump! I know mountain bikers sometimes measure gaps that way by accommodating both length and height of a feature. Stoked that Dalton sent it! He made it look way too easy.

[@non_brewed_condiment]

The best series keeps getting better

[@Evbuddy9]

This series has everything, the history of tricks done on a spot, interviews with the skaters who actually did the tricks, and also a gnarly trick done on the spot on the gnarly set. So fire

[@galvanizedgnome]

Desendzo is sneaky a legend. He's kinda Reynolds level.

[@turttell2736]

Yeah but I don’t like that he mis represented the 18 Reynolds frontside flipped that and landed it years before Ryan got his 18 stair f/s flip and then he said that’s the most stairs after Reynolds 17… but that’s an 18! And even saying the most stairs tre flipped is debatable after Hoskins three second rule el Toros tre flip

[@antoniojames4368]

He is the best skater to come out of Canada he just dont boast about iy

[@adambresnahan]

This series is pretty profound. It is not only the history of skateboarding, but also the history of architecture and urban design (in California at least) and the history of the relationship between skateboarding and architecture. In the video about a big ledge (Oceanside?), some people give the filmers an odd look and they say something like "I bet those people are thinking 'What are those guys doing?'" It illustrates well how from one perspective, these stairs, rails, ledges, etc. are pretty unremarkable features of a space that the designers probably didn't give much thought to other than that they were needed to get people from one level to another, but in their interaction with skateboarding they become something incredible, magical, challenging, etc. Great work. I hope that the series continues.

[@jamalydude]

Great words!

[@chazzbranigaan9354]

Cool comment man

[@Baker501esS]

Decenzo has one of the best F/s Flips!! Dude is dope.

[@cpdsk]

@Dern Brothers - Ben K does a 50-50 up and back down in Hockey II on the James Martin up rail, just like Kanaan's @29:44. Great video as always and keep up the excellent work!!

[@FORANWFS]

That’s what I was thinking to

[@pluecherry7]

Sage elsesser also did fifty up, front 180 into the bank but I can’t remember the video

[@NicolasSeptien]

@@pluecherry7 it was in cherry. Super sick clip

[@GuyDudeman]

Killin it with this series. Spots, guests, the measurements is a good addition too.

[@AndrewCottle]

Dalton is such a beast. Just casually ollie the 18. Does the tail drop at Encenitas bank.

[@RobLarsen]

This series is gold. I'd love to see this continue across the globe.

[@bak1386]

Damn Sean Malto is ageless. Dude looks like he's in his early 20s still. Good for him!

[@jalawto]

the Malto overcrook is sooooo stylish, my fav trick on a rail especially the angles they have in the video part, you literally couldn't do a riskier trick than back overcrook

[@wydellbirchwood9146]

yeah the way his arms are so still and steezed out is just crazy, so sick...

[@jamalydude]

What a dangerous trick to attempt and even on his bails he kept from beating himself up too bad. Freaky trick

[@supremely450]

Love the spot histories! I haven't skated in over 20 years but these videos give me inspiration for my own life. The creativity and confidence is incredible.

[@robertcampbell90]

i hope this series never ends. Dalton is insane. Doing measurements is sick af also.

[@twitchgrass3849]

The inside stories on all these spots/tricks are so enlightening. Really great to have this. There have got to be thousands of spots

[@AndrewFalberg]

Decenzo tre flip is to nice

[@shanonathon]

This series has come to be one I look forward to. Keep up the great work. Would love to see one on the Burbank 16!

[@HurricaneGrind]

That Melon was insane. Thank you for that. That was fun to watch. Wow that grab was on some Jaws level.

[@stephqwinn]

BEST SKATEBOARDING SERIES 9N KZbin!! Keep killing it fellas!!

[@808v1]

yeah, the specs of the spot are a good idea, keep doing it please.

[@sterling1228]

So stoked you found Alonzo’s wall rail back 50, such a genuine dude and so gnarly. He was like 16 or 17 when he did that too. Rest in piece my brother

[@SamLSkates]

so sick how these vids are blowing up and you guys are getting more and more resources. props for all the work that goes into these

[@AdamCeladin]

,, Good Small 18 stairs´´ :D Great Video guys !!!

[@LotkaVolterra]

You know what would be really cool for your gap measurements? You could superimpose the triangles of each gap on top of each other once you get enough data. Use something famous like the original Carlsbad as your gold standard and overlap it with other gaps and stair sets like this. A simple graphic would make it easy to appreciate how gnarly some of these gaps are.

[@glenncarter1494]

Measurements is Genius idea. Please continue

[@gooseallie4417]

Best KZbin channel hands down

[@MigligM]

I'm a skateboarding fan from Brazil and been loving this series about spots history, but today I got to watch some Kanaan skate parts and it blew my fkn mind, he's an absolute beast, that Zero roughcut on Thrasher is absurd, max respect! Cheers from Brazil

[@anadraham2995]

I feel like every video, I'm all "This is my favorite‼️💯‼️"

[@benmcreynolds8581]

For an 18 that set is huge! BTW that melon was so clean that it looked like he could have melon wall ride that stair set!

[@martinmoke9451]

You guys make Wednesdays great! Love these videos

[@OfficeLinebacker]

I love everything you do. I really like the exact measurements touch. You should keep like a spreadsheet of all the spots and do stuff at the end like "And this spot comes in 8th for vertical drop and 8th for horizontal gap" and show the other spots just ahead and behind so we can get an idea of how it compares to the other spots. Especially the Davis Gap, now I'm dying to know the measurements of that one so we can compare it to this one. Great video!

[@evilisforbidden3981]

EPIC, GNARLY, STEEZY... Dern Bro's shredding is next level. Mad Respect.

[@sebastianmathews3374]

Definitely like the measurements wouldnt mind if you giys did them in future videos. Also what a good video never heard of this spot before😮

[@nol3231]

The 5-0 up against the wall is awesome!

[@Houseofmycology]

Bro that 18 stair is insane! You did that shit

[@chadpilling4073]

You guys are killing! Love the concept you’ve come up with, so enjoyable to watch the history and hopefully get a trick at the spot 👍👍

[@Nollie_Fullcab]

Thank you for sending that dalton!!

[@jhi-fly4awhiteguy]

That front 5.0 on the wall rail is off tapppppp! P.s. love this channel, best free skate content on the tube. Bless 🙏

[@matthewwyszynski479]

I seriously love these series so much! Thank you so much for your work on these!

[@abbysvlog]

You guy’s rock for these videos. You have no idea how much I appreciate them. Growing up seeing these spots, it’s history.

[@reepjoel]

I really like you guys doing the measurements! That set is insanely big! Dalton, you're an animal! Loving this series, guys!

[@wiggztv]

This is my favourite KZbin series without question. You guys produce excellence. Thank you!

[@sk8hillzz]

These vids are so amazing, thank you

[@jondoe268]

I love these videos. Thanks for the great content. Keep measuring the stairs!

[@MichaelC1998x]

Love this series!

[@olyndabbs63]

Best one yet thanks for these videos

[@nibblesd.biscuits4270]

Love this series boys. Keep up the gnar work.

[@skate_slack_juggle]

love these series🎉 well done !

[@masonmcconnell9375]

so glad i found these im pretty sure i have seen every video so far now and i have something to look forward to every wednesday

[@BWGmedia]

Thanks for the exact measurements :P got me thinking it’d be cool to 3d model some of these spots accurately

[@Imcrazy0121]

These are so fun to watch and all the research is really appreciated. Please keep measuring the spots and making these

[@justinollis34]

Best series ever. I say if you run out in CA (would take forever) just keep it going U.S. with the other famous spots in Arizona and even east coast stuff. Cyclops rail ATL, courthouse and Blubba in NYC etc... I know that takes some traveling but it'd be sic

[@T4NK09]

Love seeing you measure it...gotta get that data!

[@DonoGaming]

its so insane that he ollied that for a youtube video. props to dalton that was insane

[@ZxFALLENsK8rxZ]

Epic as always Dern bros! Keep up the killer content

[@respectanimals2]

Absolutely awesome, what an amazing story of events and a killer ending,

[@MonkDave666]

Such a chill channel, love it!

[@phatallbutt7879]

Really liking these spot history episodes

[@harrylime5293]

Amazing work as always.

[@Mimsyborogove923]

Kanaan and Dalton's trick's combined are basically what I've dreamed of being able to do my whole skate career. Handrails and hucking.

[@jamiebizness1]

Amazing as usual

[@nomenclature7662]

I absolutely love these videos. Keep ot up DernBoyz

[@psychotronic_x]

Best skate channel. Love this series.

[@makylavender]

this is so awesome, great series ! you guys rock

[@nikosoundandlight]

This series rules. Keep up the great work

[@akashmiddya1605]

Love this series

[@rkt4984]

Another epic episode! ❤

[@GregMuniz7]

Love these so much

[@faymusdecks]

We can tell you guys put a ton of work into these vids. We appreciate you guys. Solid content. Best, from San Diego!

[@davecoppenrath]

These spot history videos are my favorite videos that come up on my notification 🔔 ❤

[@sciencenate]

Great series and execution- you guys are adding to skating history by helping document it in this way.

[@domcagney2352]

This is such a sick video. Garrett Ginner is who got me into KZbin skate videos way back in the day, now I watch the Dern Bros religiously and Decenzo is my favorite skater. So sick

[@650jdb]

Great series, guys!

[@bobzds8338]

You guys are the best!

[@gusmcleod9366]

Your videos really make me realise how amazing skateboarding is!! Thank you

[@gregbarg6688]

This is a great series guys - keep it up. Also love the measurements.

[@lost0824]

Another amazing video 🎉

[@DrummerX2010]

Another amazing video boys, well done 👏

[@tblake0409]

these are my favorite videos on the internet right now. by far

[@rawrbrz]

love these vids thank u guys

[@Andrew-vw5vb]

Always good to see Malto.

[@McK9999]

❤Happy Valentine's Day Dern Bros.!❤ Thank you Dalton! Damn that melon was INSANE! 😮🫢😵 Loveee you guys sooo much 💯

[@DSTREETMEDIA]

CLASSIC EPISODE AGAIN! 🔥🔥🔥

[@Ricky-dp4bt]

Stamped it!!!! What a good ender!! Props on the clean Ollie!!!