How The BONES BRIGADE Changed Skateboarding Forever

[@2dogsmowing]

Man, this video has made me feel "old". I grew up idolizing these guys. Was born in '77. Cool video to see. Thank you

[@wasbunnynowthorn]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mikeh2520]

I remember the late Ray Underhill of the Bone's Brigade who became a friend. I had been skating a bunch in the mid 70's and won some contests on the East Coast but just lost interest when the places that I moved to had no interesting skate scenes. I became a student at MTSU in Tennessee for music production and recording engineering. I had a girlfriend who told me about a half pipe ramp in Goodlettsville, her hometown. I had her show it to me and I later came back and met Ray Underhill and Britt Parrot. I only had a light aluminum deck with old Chicago trucks that I would ride from class to class at MTSU. They took pity on the poor college guy and Ray gifted me a used Mike McGill deck and Britt gifted me a well grinded pair of Independent trucks and wheels. I would come to the ramp and ride with them and they would come to MTSU and skate with me. We had lots of fun and I would rate their stoke level at top notch. I hadn't seen guys so stoked about skating since I'd moved from New Jersey. It was great to see Ray in a Bones video and find out that Britt became (I think) editor of Thrasher magazine. Both great guys and hanging out with them made my life better.

[@wasbunnynowthorn]

That is amazing, rubbing shoulders with the skaters who were there and experienced the life. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@gordon2342]

so true, thank u....

[@milesstrand7920]

Good stuff 🙌🏾

[@wasbunnynowthorn]

Thanks

[@barclaydonaldson8863]

Everybody is a huge bones brigade fan.....but ...natas and gonz....are extremely influential....as well as hosi And then when you skated back then...and you discovered neil blender.... You were hooked!!!

[@wasbunnynowthorn]

@barclaydonaldson8863 I am toying around with doing a video on H-Street skaters. If that does well I might look into 1 or more of those skaters as well

[@n-gen2482]

nice edit but please check your facts to many errors

[@wasbunnynowthorn]

Thank you, could you highlight some of them, please? Just so I can learn, I was under the impression I'd done my due diligence when researching

[@Six12media]

@@wasbunnynowthorn You said "Freestyle" several times when talking about street skaters.

[@wasbunnynowthorn]

​@Six12media If i conflated "freestyle" with "street skateing" then that was absolutely not the intention and i apologise if that was the way it came across. I know they are 2 completely different styles, freestyle has existed for decades even before the Z-Boys formed. Whereas street skating came into existence during the mid 80s, especially when the H-Street team was formed

[@barclaydonaldson8863]

Novak....is a nobody....he loves podcasts more than pushing around on a skateboard