Ethan Fowler - Stereo: Tincan Folklore

[@eek412]

When this video came out and for a brief moment in time Ethan Fowler was the coolest skateboarder in the world

[@ambientjohnny]

Free Skateboard Mag interview with Benny Fairfax: "Okay I’m not too sure where this sits in relation to what we’ve just discussed but do you maybe want to do the Ethan Fowler story now so it’s out of the way… If you still feel comfortable telling it obviously. Yeah ok fuck it, he deserves to get called out. So this is quite early on when I was over there…Actually maybe I need a beer for this, one sec (goes to the fridge)… Also before we get into it I want to make it very clear I met so many lovely people there, made so many good friends and overall had the best time. This is just one of the more negative things that happened to me when I was there… I know… Okay. So um… Obviously Ethan Fowler - OG Stereo legend - I looked up to his skating so much… Always thought he was a steez guy etc. Yep. I mean… Tincan Folklore… Yeah… But I was maybe not as aware as until I went out there just how much all those guys idolised him, how much he was like the fucking guy. Anyway so I didn’t have a licence or a car so you know, once I was out on the sesh I was kind of at other people’s will… And one afternoon the guys I was with were all excited like: ‘hey dude we’re gonna BBQ at Ethan’s house and then we’re gonna go to his psychedelic rock show, it’s going to be fucking sick dude! Ethan’s the fucking coolest!’ You know like the sun shone out of his arse for them basically. Everyone loved him. So we go to Ethan Fowler’s house, we have this little BBQ then it’s all ‘we’re going to the bar now like, Ethan’s band is going to play dude, sick’. So we were in some little basement bar in Downtown LA, and you know he plays his show - everyone’s had a few beers - whatever… It was really loud in there and so he just kinda cornered me like: ‘hey man, not too many n****rs in here is there? You must feel super out of place dude, look around.’ And I just, I just froze - like what the fuck? He knew that I was the little kid on the team, the new guy coming over here from England, and that he was in this position of power. Like I’m fucking Ethan Fowler, like I can say whatever I want to you. So yeah, ‘not too many n****rs in here, you must feel pretty out of place man.’ And I’m just like ‘errrr’ and I’ll never forget he looked me in the eyes smiling and said, ‘you probably want to punch me right now don’t you? But you’re not gonna are you?’ And then he walked off. I was left there frozen like, ‘oh fuck…’ I didn’t know what to do. I just left and got a taxi to wherever I was staying that night and that was kinda it."

[@MikaelFlyer]

ethan fowler is a master,total maestro of balance & natural style,

[@izzybizzy9589]

Where was this part my whole life??

[@townground]

In my top 3 favorite part ever. Love this free/fuck it/fuck you attitude in his skating, but it's almost like "why do it if it doesn't look good?' minded, subconsciously or not. Very sophisticated and powerful performance, but at the same time, it doesn't seem like he's trying very hard. Ethan pulls off his greaser stylee like no one else could; top fashion and different from the typical preppy hip hop thing in 1996. I was fascinated by this part back then (and now) and worshiped it on a daily basis. Thanks Stereo and Ethan Fowler 🙏 💖🙏💖

[@felixfectoau-gauthier3881]

Style is #1.. . 🙏♠️✨️

[@anhiirr]

3:43 man i wish they still made them like this. Only see people like wes kremer or VA putting something like this in a part.

[@putrescentsounds]

Classic

[@MidnightSkateVids]

Bs Noseblunt at 2:29 came out of nowhere! Total legend!

[@spacecaserecords1204]

I actually yelled, "Damn!" when I saw that. I had forgotten about a lot of the stuff in this part -- been years since I last watched it. So sick.

[@CockLobster]

The squeek makes my ears happy

[@mattmolloy636]

It didn’t come out of nowhere, dude was coming up to the ledge towards the middle of the side 😂

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

Man EARLY days of pier 7. Shits so crazy, it was seriously built perfect for skating. To the point where if the city had an issue with it they should have been like "well shit. All these skateboarders in the bay area and we just made a bunch of metal ledges one after the other and this perfect manual pads". Idk what they'd have called the Manny pads. But Ethan Fowler looked so much cooler when he was on stereo. Most skaters styles as far as how they skate and dress improve as they get older. So offense to Ethan Fowler, dudes a legend, but he's an example of someone who didn't look cooler with age. I'll always be a fan, but Stereo Fowler was the best

[@samcohen6962]

Watch out alright? Hahaha

[@crikey1mate]

If that’s not skating idk what is

[@mattmolloy636]

Alexa, what did Ethan Fowler call Benny Fairfax?

[@mmike5890]

well the guy snap out and foundation part are not seen too much but yeh gotta agree he just attack the street like a true animal

[@oniongummy8969]

if i only had a brain?

[@neizanalgren7475]

year?

[@samcohen2661]

1996.