Fullpipes | Jeff Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS

[@JIMJAMSC]

I was hardcore skater late 70s. Got some intel on some massive pipes at a nuclear plant under construction. Only ridden 1/2 pipes until then. Found them laid in sections ranging from 20 -35 ft. Full pipes alien to us and above vert we were all wiping out. Incredible speed and fun while they lasted.

[@ROAsXe]

So sick how well versed Salba is on the subject of pipe construction. He is an awesome person.

[@gkhanjriii91-04]

*RIP Grosso* 🙏🏻

[@louiejordan7625]

Rip Jeff! I will never stop watching these epps!!

[@hornaceka]

Absolutely the Greatest Episode of Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding!!! RIP Grosso! We Love SALBA ❤️ Duane!!!

[@TheWaterboarders]

I skated Baldy (quite) a few years ago and it was the highlight of my skateboarding life. For a guy from the UK it was quite a trip, but I went, rode it probably not very well, but loved it. To this day the scariest place I've ever ridden.

[@endtimefreak]

Wouldn't it be 'the bomb' to have one of these full-pipe segments parked in your back yard? Ha ha :) Man, I'm thanking God I found this playlist for Jeff Grosso's Love Letters to Skateboarding, they're so intuitive and straight-up - Thank you Jeff !!! {may you RIP}. My skating days were from the early/mid 70's to the early 80's --- living the evolution of the hey-day's of skateboarding was an odyssey that I will cherish in my memory (and heart) for all time... for sure!

[@rega5950]

Wish that this format could be applied to other things in life! No bullshit, just pure fandom and sincere love and appreciation for something that even the greats still gush over..

[@jamescarter3130]

First time I have heard Muck mentioned. He was ground zero when it comes to the Badlands. He was older than all the other skaters and used to drive them (Buddy Aldred, Mike Cantu, Lee Gahimer and Tay Hunt) in his van. Steve was a little younger than all those guys, but he was there at the beginning. Thanks Steve for keeping the history of the Badlands alive.

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

In Northridge California after the earthquake I was working at the apartment complex called Wood ridge apartments on 19540 Plummer Street. The owner, “Beverly Jones” told me that there were skateboarders sneaking in using the pool. I was totally stoked. Then she told me I need to tell them to leave the next time they show up. Well, when I looked out and seen Alba out there doing an interview, I laughed hysterically and sit down and listen to from a distance. There was no way in the world I was going to kick out one of my idols LOL that being said! #PleaseCarryOn. Needless to say that was a spot that I continued to skate until they decided to fill the pool. One of the people they were looking to kick out was actually a person working there as a superintendent. #Me

[@fintanoclery2698]

That's awesome. Salba (and Malba) rule.

[@eight_hundred_eighteen]

This was the first episode I watched. Right around the time it was uploaded. It's crazy, it's a real good episode to have started on. Got me drawn to pipes and The Badland skaters. Must make the trip to Mt. Baldy

[@ErgoCogita]

Great shot of Stan and Jean out front!

[@seanvolk4202]

I had a friend who knew how to sneak into an air force base that had large jet engine casings laying around, and this was my introduction to full pipe skateboarding and wow, it was fast and took the breath clean out of me.

[@AnklepantsSkateZine]

I love this series. It shows a lot of the legends are still skating today, which makes you realize how quickly skateboarding developed and continues to change.

[@AnklepantsSkateZine]

Also, I heard (from a friend who got to hang with Tony Hawk for a while) that someone did the loop from The End just before Tony did it, but it wasn't on film (or at least not in the video) since that was Tony's part and he was supposed to be the first one to successfully make it around. Is this story true?

[@spencerjohnson7197]

Anklepants Skate Zine I heard that too! I wanna say Peter Hewitt, really surprised that didn't make it on here

[@AnklepantsSkateZine]

Spencer Johnson I know there's the new 900 controversy now and people are getting all worked up and skewing facts on that. As for the loop, I don't want to call anyone out, I just really want to hear about what I heard because I find it interesting.

[@DIY-DaddyO]

Gentlemen, You've inspired me to ride a famous pipe. The one from the 1960's film "The Italian Job" where the Minis drive down. It's in Coventry UK and is now a listed building. Only problem is I've only started skating April 2019. Wish me luck and keep up the shit 👍

[@indyplant6923]

Have you skated it

[@Burger-urger]

How'd the pipe mission go?

[@Burger-urger]

@@indyplant6923 maybe it took him out?

[@garyridgway7872]

@@Burger-urger maybe the job piped him in the ass

[@robbeaton2178]

Rad moment at 2:54 where Salba is spewing knowledge on dams and the different organizations, and Grosso is looking at him with a smirk that strikes me as a touch of “this man is crazy” but also total respect because this dude clearly knows his craft

[@Breeder333]

Glad i was too lazy to watch these for so long. Now i am hurt, stoned, and watching all these letters vids for the 1st time. Good stuff

[@lautarociancio8044]

Its so nice have these living legends.

[@onyxtheomega9046]

Ben Raybourn, KOTR. He does a tunnel, a little sticky at the bottom but he makes it.

[@vistacruiser70s]

The best videos on utube. Grosso is true talent.

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Love the way Jeff talks about this. I remember when I was announcing at the Maloof Money Cup. There was a moment at the Maga Ramp where I looked over my left shoulder and saw Jeff dropping in. He got right to the end of the drop in or it lifts you to Ollie into The landing area that the virtue into the vert. Jeff slipped out at the last minute and hit the edge of where he was supposed to be landing and then rolling into the vert. When I mentioned this on social media he blocked me on Facebook LOL now that’s comedy.

[@chaotickreg7024]

Jeff Grosso announced at Maloof? Was he the announcer at Maloof on Skate 3?!

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

No, he did not announce. I announced at Maloof and he was there.

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@TheMorganMonroeShow Oh sorry. Great work by the way.

[@TheMorganMonroeShow]

Yeah! All good man. Jeff was definitely one of those people who were definitely hard-core.

[@chaotickreg7024]

@@TheMorganMonroeShow He absolutely slayed, and it's inspired me to try to take out my strong emotions in skating. He was a monolith of artistic self expression and we will miss him.

[@southrules]

I like what Peters had to say about...wait, Duane said nothing!

[@joshuahancock4619]

best episode. skated baldy twice already

[@vans]

Thanks. Let me check with the creative team.

[@vans]

Whoa. Sorry to hear it. Which photos (time-stamp)? By who? Possible it came from a magazine that we recognized in the credits?

[@shrewgy]

Most entertaining "Letters" episode for me!

[@lotwizzard1748]

full pipes are a feeling like no other

[@mmckissack2379]

Kaiser Steel in Fontana Ca. had some 15 foot steel pipes, very fast and smooth. Very fun...

[@rnfr]

Now that I got that off my chest, who does that sick ass turn at the very end? Oh yeah, that Olson story slayed me, too. These episodes can't come fast enough.

[@hemmibemmi]

that mic tied to a stick is priceless.

[@jcheeks36]

Next we create the skate orb

[@kipp2022]

Respect your OG's ..... All Love!

[@2.7petabytes]

Glue huffin’ shit! I love it!

[@Angryjazz]

2:15 - awesome dig

[@DAWIII]

"one of the Texas guy's", that would be me. We want our sign back SALBA!

[@vonslagle]

Grosso himself back in the day @ 1:40 ... So much style

[@CaptainFantastik1]

I've been pretty well oververt at Baldy, but never in a million years could I ever dream of somebody going all the way around or even trying. Holy shit.

[@snakefinger]

3:23 grosso happier than ever. I fuckin love that Shiite ! r.i...just get some rest dude ! We love you and miss you tremendously.

[@surferjohnny123]

"That is glue huffing shit right there."

[@CT-nb5lm]

for me growing up(43) Lance & Grosso stood out for sure because of Style! ~Grosso~The Letters "Ive been losing to the same bunch of dudes for 30 years" Lance too, but who cares. Look @ Neil @ that contest where he tagged the ramp instead of skating his run.. That says it all.. Grosso & Lance didn't lose shit.. I love my roots

[@Nebuloid1]

"And Tony's Tony..." yeah he is !

[@lukeadams8565]

GOD i just cant understand why Jeff Grosso died im so bummed man may god shine love and light on his family RIP Jeff Grosso

[@Joelontugs]

Rip grosso this is my favorite episode

[@volltrottel5000]

Awesome stuff! Is the sincronization off by a millisecond, or is my whatever crap?

[@all_about-You]

He right we were there as well. remember waldo from long beach he was the first one that took us there . theres still stickers up there from us. that place roped. Maintown skaters.

[@uncleknife9887]

Gnarlicious!⛽🔥

[@taistyveg]

Great episode

[@nathanmidgette7231]

Awesome!!!

[@mikeycynic8424]

I'm a street skater....but ever since seeing it in magazines...I've dreamed about skating full pipes. I love bombing hills, skating ditches and all of that shit..anything that isn't in a skate park...skating a full pipe is the next step. Maybe I'll make a trip and skate one sometime.

[@nkmcfrln]

Ditches and full pipes are in skateparks. The Pipeline would have been one of those skateparks. One of the first built.

[@methadope]

Very informative.

[@AZPing]

From 4:08 - 4:11 (the 1st is my brother, & the last 2 are of me). Look at my website, those photos were totally poached. I am honored to be included in this EPIC video, just please give me some credit if you use my work...

[@Dave2LA]

SOME FOOTAGE THAT CANT BE SEEN ANYWHERE ELSO... we all miss grosso.

[@ErgoCogita]

Bout 5 or 6 years ago I found, and was first to ride, a 14ft diameter pipe (super thick epoxy resin) and 24 feet long. It was literally a rocks throw from my front door. I (and Todd Johnson, I think) was working for Buck Smith at the time and we took off early from work the next day, and the next, and the next... Was in some heavy sessions on that thing for a month or so til they put it in the ground as part of a sewage lift station.

[@snakefinger]

I sure do miss you dude.

[@SongJLikes]

As a beginner, should I start out on loops?

[@jcolterh]

Lake Berryessa in Winters California has a full pipe. Its the drainage pipe for the Glory Hole. You just need a small boat or a big floaty to get there. Theres a few videos on KZbin of people riding.

[@ArthurDoesThings8960]

One day, I will ride one of these pipes, Hopefully.

[@axelmennucci2751]

you wanna sk8 ? you have a car? I know where they are, I've been there,

[@snakefinger]

3:23 I miss your laugh dude. GODDAMNIT !

[@indiglo1971]

2:57 I did some research on this "Whiskeytown Lake." It is in Shasta County, California, about 8 miles from the town of Redding.

[@matthewsanchez7392]

indiglo1971 hey, please take this down

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

🙌🙌🙌

[@storm2000808]

Wow! I was just watching Dew Tour Skateboard Legend and was sent here 8) Fucking Die Hards > < KEEP ON SKATING!! Thnx for the Vidz

[@kopingkiller]

Need more letters send more letters have watched them all 10 times

[@vans]

yessss. totally noted.

[@kopingkiller]

Vans Maybe a letter to the midwest skateparks back in the day. The turf in Milwaukee and rotation station in Rockford IL. ect. All the pros back then made their way through there back in the 80s.

[@mortyfalch]

gotem on repeat

[@damnedlock2956]

I love that Salba is giving Duane some shit...that is funny as hell.

[@alidelatierra]

I’m pregnant and can’t skate for the time being but these videos help me cope

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

Does anybody know what year Grosso and Hackett did it ? And how old were they ?

[@Shorepoundsound]

Add Kevin (the Worm) Anderson . Way early gnar ,when he rode everyone sat down !

[@burneraccount9829]

burnquist's pipe with no top is mental

[@marijnwillem6265]

Nice

[@AZPing]

Hey you guys really should give a photo credit too since you used 3 of my photos, just saying.... Way cool video tho'... Ping!

[@bmoneyrancidfan91]

Duane peters to me is the most punk rock skateboarder to grace the earth. Even grosso gets nervous around him it seemed

[@groundcontrol-x8701]

This is not a critizism of any kind-but i think the internet,and the sponsor-me tapes..,...ruined a bit of the "go to California,to become a pro skater-if you make it",dream-that every skater had until every phone had got a camera,straight online...(...Like i said-this is not critizism of how skateboarding are now-it's just a sentimental thing,i Guess..,....thahahaha....YEAH-AND DO MORE LETTERS-NEED THEM BAD!!!)))

[@Painless1992]

Don't justify yourself, skateboarding nowadays deserves to be criticized because for the big part it has become a shithole. I fully agree, I used to idolize California as the mecca of skateboarding and had the dream going there one day as a kid as well, but now, yeah, times have changed and the whole vibe has been ruined with all the shitstagrams and the over saturation of exposure. Now I can't even identify with nowadays "cali skaters" nor want any affiliation with them. But then again I can't blame the internet itself because it opened the doors for everything I know and has become. I have found out, researched, watched and read so much amazing stuff (mostly from the past that I didn't have the opportunity to have or witness). So yeah, technology goes to an extent, I would be fine with 90's or early 2000's technology these days.

[@groundcontrol-x8701]

HeHeHe-You got my point,Dude-Thanks!!!And the Nike-"monopoly"-though it has rushed,in the spurt Growth of the "sport",if you like-is gonna/are taking away business,from the smaller labels-who started it all,ending With eating them up,and away( It seems)...I think that is so sad:-(..,...But as you said-times have changed...(... Try to have a great day- bro...)... X .

[@groundcontrol-x8701]

PS;I can't do more on a sk8board anymore,than 180-360/Powerslides-cause i busted my knees really well for some(beginning to be a while now:-(..)years ago,sadly...I got some kind of Artritis,that really is bugging the HELL out of me 24/7+some chronic muscle cramps,that doesn't seem to go away..,...So i'm back at the start,doing mostly the rolling part of it(can't really Accept that!)...)...Doing some 8-pattern carving,at a bowl,resently(luckily)built,not that far away-and the longboard,in the summertime at night,i really enjoy doing...)...But the Ollie has been gone from my knees,a long time ago=no more "trick"attempts...SHIT!...)...

[@2.7petabytes]

RIP GROSSO!!

[@manysnakes]

From where is the video at 8:13?

[@MartyDadRiffs]

"That's fuckin' glue huffin' shit" - Jeff Grosso

[@vomitlandscapes]

nice tan

[@toowaker37]

I'm surprised grosso didn't talk about him breaking his arm in the Texas pipe?

[@willstephens769]

Did I just see the master of disaster throw a peace sign?

[@rnfr]

This is the shit. I'm sorry for talkin shit about the backyard ramp Midwest coverage. I love you Jeff Grosso. Full Homo.

[@chiefmachine24]

If you don't know your history, you'll never know your future.

[@gordonkeller6998]

John Motta!

[@frankgressiii7206]

what is dramatized in those clips

[@johnnynogood8089]

Don't hit the pipe before you hit the pipe!

[@lawrencesmokingangele8785]

Salba is right , I remember. Axel

[@manokayosgarifallakis1756]

more damn letters goodlord

[@sk-qm8mr]

Vans you gotta bring back the tony alva and Stacey paralta shoe

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

Spots

[@noahcrabtree5229]

tube vision

[@marissac870]

Gotta give it to hacket for doing it with no nose. That's wild to me. And fuck man you gotta add Chris Cope And Adam Mercado to the best loopers after Bob gnar and Kowalski etc those two dudes though. Today. This second. Shit

[@707lurks]

No Glory hole mention? one of the best in the bay

[@707lurks]

actually i think that was Chris Senn in it at 8:38?

[@suicidesnowman14]

u forgot the footage from the end of the lifeblood video

[@losmuertos7444]

Gnarly as Fuck!!!

[@caymccarp34]

Could Duane peters be Steve'o dad?

[@noeltheshemale]

"Glue huffin' shit..."

[@waxkevorkian7884]

To do what? Huf glue or the full pipe haha

[@kimrice394]

2:16 😳 WTF!

[@FoSkEtTcHy]

Nuke Land!!!!! San Clemente damn my dad always tells me storries of those and i never believed him!!!

[@poolcoping]

To Helen Zass---- no we didn't

[@homunculusSZN]

Santa Cruz rippers in this video... Salba rips

[@Joelontugs]

I didn't wana participate because of my brain lmao I understand addiction and it's a mother fucker

[@violetnewstead2586]

X Drug users talking about "full pipes" Shits rough.

[@axelmennucci2751]

ever date a sk8r? you should🤗