Loveletters Season 8: Unleashed the East- Part 2 | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS

Grosso sits down with Jerry Hsu to talk about skating, parents and rad Asian skaters.....
(Do The) Natural Thing Instrumental | By: Howlies | 00:43 - 01:39
A Traves De Los Ojos De Nuestras Hijas | By: Tristeza | 03:33 - 04:15
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[@vans]

You wanted more, we got you more. Which Asian skater's style influenced you the most?

[@tracphonevirtualmagazine]

Can yall do an episode on black skaters. That would be so lit. I wanna see Na-Kel on here.

[@fintanoclery2698]

Vans Jason Lee......

[@halfpipefreak]

Gou Miyagi is a fucking BOSS

[@edgarallanbro9624]

Vans what about pat channita?

[@chedarmentosbrown5922]

MY friend Sejin.

[@halconsurf]

man, i cant stop watching these videos now that he is gone!.... so sad, rip Mr Grosso! we love u... :(

[@Bboykidcombo]

being Asian on a skateboard in Colorado in the 90's was like being a alien.

[@motodorkjen]

I really appreciate these two videos because growing up, I felt like I was the only Asian into skating and then I started seeing clips of Lincoln Ueda, Daewon Song, Christian Hosoi, and Eric Koston. I am, however, disappointed that female skaters weren't on the list. Peggy Oki was a pioneer back in the day for women's skating, and Allysha Le is ripping it up these days.

[@SixStair]

good point... we definitely messed up there -

[@SpawnoftheEd]

jerry hsu will always be my favorite skater, so much style.

[@reidhowland]

"One of the best gifts skating gave me was the world." Words for the ages.

[@bob11454]

Jeff needs to do an episode on Canadian skaters

[@armin38822]

incredible pool of talent

[@Garf2O]

rds career curse

[@SixStair]

done

[@ALLdoughVARGAS]

Canadian skaters suck they can only skate 2 months a year

[@projekt679]

Being a skater in the 80s helped me tremendously in the realm of cool.

[@Theeosees]

Skating rules in so many ways, but breaking cultural barriers is a truly beautiful one

[@on_iphone]

man I would have loved a series of all Grosso and Jerry, love both of these guys to death

[@tmmjppsn]

Thanks for keeping the episodes coming!! Love it!!

[@djsandy303]

I like jerrys voice i listen to it and it relaxes me

[@joshsneed9243]

9:39 just saw my old Coeur d'Alene sk8 park. I learned to drop in on that metal half pipe. In the summer if you fell on it, you would slide on your melted skin. Man, good times!

[@thebonessk8r1]

keeep em comin!!!! favorite series ever

[@baware9087]

That baby head lurking on the couch is the real star of this episode

[@elixir789godspowereternals9]

Miss you Jeff wish I could've met u u rock bro RIP IN HEAVEN

[@hirohueda]

lem villemin!

[@daledoback6622]

grosso for soty

[@ohfrickitsphil]

He's too cool for that.

[@MRBIKERFINGER]

Lincoln is way gnarly.

[@sullivanacacha1763]

Good vidéos ı love vans

[@da80]

Chris Livingstone and Jocke Olson...2 other amazing Asian vert skaters.

[@ALLdoughVARGAS]

as a teen i had taken apart skate mags and put em all over my door. One was an Emerica ad with Hsu on it all green ad.

[@shookstylez]

awesome

[@econobeer]

That Hartsel quote made me think of a good topic for an episode of this show: Best Quotes and Captions from mags and videos. "Ed "Eggs' Templeton got his nickname by frontside bluntsliding a carton of eggs without breaking a single one."

[@williamhanley7031]

Curtis hsiang. Local boy from Berkely/ Oakland. Think he desighned Powell longboard with the roses back in 1990 or 91. Guy was fearless. r.i.p Curtis hsiang. Oakland hills Firestorm. He shredded those pools. See him in skating through the ashes doc.

[@SweetAndSourPlums]

no mentions of koston? there's a shocker

[@Monkstar1]

Yeah, also no mention of Jason Park yet they showed his footage.

[@speedhead]

surprised, i believe he is Taiwanese , they showed a few pics but i guess he gets enough promotion LOL

[@big3ye378]

Taking a stand against NIKE skaters is my guess

[@rocferdable]

Koston was born in Bangkok, Thailand, so he's likely Thai.

[@brycenielsen2919]

Which is in Asia.

[@Jeromeovision]

this is amazing! a ray barbee episode would be incredible!!!

[@vans]

Thanks for watching! Catch more from Grosso's Loveletters to skateboarding here: bit.ly/2sgozLd

[@stuckinbabylon186]

Best line. "Goo? Maybe he's related to my son"! Lol!

[@vans]

The best! Thanks for watching Randy! If you're stoked about this, go check out the rest of Grosso's Loveletters here: bit.ly/2tUijdt

[@MrFreeman516]

Sam Myhre was doing "willy grinds" on vert before Derek Williams so I'm told! In an old ad of Sam someone called it the "Sam" grind. But thats not for sure a fact that it was before but just what I'm told! Great episode!

[@thrashinwebster]

Cheers Jeff' good to see Jerry aswell' Matt&MorphNewZealand

[@bikegangjockey]

I missed if they mentioned Daniel Shimizu.. His That's Life segment is one of my all time favorites.

[@ALLdoughVARGAS]

i love Grosso. Any chance he gets he'll say how the spitfire video was supposed to be the black label video lmao

[@thebiggestposer8810]

If my best friend made a skate video and then a company decided to rebrand it and give it a new name, I would be telling everyone too. “Nah the homie made that video”

[@deanturnbull4421]

I love it when Asians butcher other Asian names lol Keep up the great work Grosso-My favorite tube show ever ( porn doesn't count)

[@Bboykidcombo]

the dae 1 song!... I'm 30... tech all day son!

[@JahEerie]

Miss ya Grosso. R.I.P.

[@Sketchyskate]

fuck, when i see jeff saying bye i realle wish this things last forever, this rockss

[@AppLe-hs8jk]

needs to be one on Hensley

[@branagin1]

lets see one on who rides the tightest trucks

[@EWillard44]

8:19 The subliminal message that grosso says is "Fuck that tennis playing kook" fyi

[@TUBESTEAKNIG]

Growing up people gave me shit for wanting to skate and being asian... But asians have been a big part of skate culture from the start. It's not like "oh look at this asian guy in the NBA... riding the bench". There are legit legends in the game. Lots of them. That's how you expose people who don't know shit about skateboarding.

[@mattletch6704]

Jef Harstel, SMA/Wi board was my first proper board ; ]

[@saymstuff]

🤘🏻!

[@firefighting.responder]

At the end of the day were all just skater bro's !!!!!!!

[@museic01]

Shogo, Lester, and Hosoi. So obvious but needs to be said.

[@zacklaird407]

Lisa Smith they were in the last episode

[@6AM_YT]

If you want to know what Grosso says at 8:20 about Johnee Kop, he says "fuck that tennis playing kook".

[@random3785]

I found a bong hit in my hair...Jeff hartsel!!! R.i.P. GROSSO!!!!!

[@supakidgalaxy]

His name is not GOO. It is GO. Spelled like gou, you say it like GO

[@Lockey157]

supakidgalaxy dammit jerry

[@ShelfWarmer]

Mick Yuen deserves a shout out here.

[@dropoutjohn]

what exactly were you finger ducking I'm the couch with Jer and did I see you shed a tear? so ducking rad!

[@stevenimeson902]

Holy shit eye opener

[@maxiepattie85]

Willy, Donger and Jerry!

[@crazyasspatersonskaters]

That's Jerry Hsu right there

[@somebody8466]

5:46 how😂

[@petehorsburgh4584]

Great episode. What''s Jeff's beef with Johnny Kopp?

[@jazzmichaelwade]

The tight booth dudes weren't mentioned, they are skating in the future!

[@Busentizshreds]

1:26 that kickflip bs tail to fakie was soooooo good. Who was that?

[@eddsamson4888]

Gou Miyagi is fucking sick, love that dude.

[@getsomeorgohome]

He found a bong hit in his hair when he needed it. 😆 rip grosso

[@patrickhanlon932]

Shout out to Gou.

[@hansvandullemen858]

more kien lieu please!

[@joshbehrends8700]

Everyone keeps mentioning koston and Malto but both ride for Nike, which probably owns most of their footage and likeness

[@KenArmstrong_]

Yes , Sao Paulo Brazil is the second biggest Japanese population in the whole world. A lot of these name mentions i forgot about and some i didnt consider or know they were Asian related

[@rocferdable]

Ken Armstrong Yeah, I didn't know Kenny Anderson was part Japanese until a few years ago.

[@KenArmstrong_]

i thought he was half Korean ? I must have been oblivious , like i didnt ever consider and think Hawaiian skaters could be seen as asian skaters, then other so cal dudes i didnt know were asian this whole time. Even tho don nguyens names clearly asian , i always got the notion that he was native american? Im thinking now , was this so that he wouldnt be put on blast cause he's Asian ? you know , i also wish i skated like Kenny Anderson too , OG smoothest style!

[@rocferdable]

I watched this video that was like a day in the life/interview thing from one of his sponsors, I think. He mentioned he was Japanese. I always thought he looked mixed, but didn't know with what.

[@pilar1382]

No mention of Malto?

[@OhighOSkater]

These love letters to skateboarding are the shit

[@ryanguardalabene7849]

Slurpee was!

[@grapparna]

Who did the flip bs tail at 1:26?

[@petepete8862]

Jerry Hsu, Jimmy cao,and Brian gilly

[@warhammer1]

"I found a bonghit in my hair" < was wedged in a book, but I know how that goes.

[@dl6225]

Sergie Ventura?

[@MikaelFlyer]

Gideon choi!

[@ryanandrewsk]

Fucking loveletters! I love this shit!

[@calebnicholls2624]

Love letters to Canadian skaters

[@cameronhammer2541]

no henry gutierrez and the fork crew in virginia beach va?

[@jeremiahwilson1781]

Jeff "i found a bong hit in my hair" Hartsell.

[@customxke]

Can you just do an hour long love letter to Josh Marlowe?

[@felipearias1267]

Dude y'all forgot Harry Jumanji biggest lengend! wasssaaaaaa!!!

[@maarkfleming]

Bo Ikeda? Used to live in Hawaii and that guy tore it up.

[@RNicolasRuvalcaba]

I think Bennett Harada deserves a mention..

[@TheBimmster]

my name is jason in there!

[@Monkstar1]

Wait, what's the Spitfire/Black Label story? You can't leave us hangin!

[@fintanoclery2698]

Monkstar1 Black Label had footie for a video that for numerous reasons wasn't getting finished/released, Lucero gave the footage to spitfire and they released it. There's more to it then that but that's a starting point.

[@KissaKolme]

Gou Miyagi rips!!!

[@speedhead]

Man I will give Hsu the best part in Emerica Made ch 2. Just so much steeze and fuckin eveyrthing is sw or nollie LOL. and that nollie back 180 sw nosegrind the hard way on the handrail has got to be one of my fav tricks ive seen (it was featured here)

[@rocferdable]

Pig_Trough Didn't he do everything switch or nollie because he was injured and literally couldn't skate regular.

[@chewables4360]

You guys should do a show on kooks

[@stephenkoehler9045]

NO KOOKS, JERRY 3:16!!!!! 18 18 18

[@chutzpahclang5485]

osaka daggers?

[@Zacman333]

I thought this was going to be about New York?

[@sliderx1897]

G WATTS!!!! GEORGE WATANABE!!!

[@smithyvlogs8616]

No mention of Koston!?!?!?!?!?!

[@RobbGardner]

Where's Ngoho?

[@rocferdable]

He's in part 1.

[@RobbGardner]

Ah, see that now. Cool.

[@samkupper]

jeff at 8:20 says "fuck that tennis playing kook"

[@polobubblevest]

"nuge called my board a cruiser"

[@big3ye378]

My Oriental friend got a Jerry Hsu deck that's pretty sweet

[@liverfool2829]

Gideon choi. over front blunts

[@pas69tie]

Jason Park buttery af. Jerry 's face during intro...... priceless

[@undersilentwigs]

favorite asian skateboarders? Nuge, Hsu, Daewon!

[@BronxBastard730]

Steve Caballero got missed in these episodes, he's half Japanese

[@neurocytohemotoxic]

What about Koston?

[@kreekybones]

What's the Johnnie Kopp deal?

[@kilo393]

Lol I had a roommate names Nguyen once.

[@arildrossebo]

Ed Devera was rad too.