Still watching in 2023 like me ? Let's get a thumbs up👍
@glc77055 ай бұрын
also in 2024
@stu1wyatt4 ай бұрын
How good is the intro and music, the game has moved on a long way since this video but the style, simplicity and music is still amazing
@TRANSMISSIONNO153 ай бұрын
Still watching 2024
@GiveMeYourNachosButthead9 жыл бұрын
If I owned a skate shop, these old school videos would be playing all the time!
@Corinthians-kjv5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you dont
@tynao20295 жыл бұрын
@@Corinthians-kjv but you're just here watching old school skate videos anyway. You aren't the sharpest tool in the shed are you Mark?
@davidvaneerden27424 жыл бұрын
50th 'like' chea boy
@danielbaugher8264 жыл бұрын
Mark MacRae for cryin* out loud Mark 😂
@JazzHandzLMT4 жыл бұрын
I'd go regularly if you had Donkey Kong JR.....
@GUNTHECRF450R3 жыл бұрын
I sincerely believe that 1987 was the peak of humanity. All those thousands of years leading up to 1987 were just for 1987. Then it all started to go downhill and will never be that high again. Damn. This video is evidence. The music, the clothes, the style, the attitude, every fucking little detail can't be beaten.
@jksinorbit6 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@JustnHouse3 ай бұрын
EMPHATICALLY AGREE 💯%
@tomf40873 ай бұрын
Alright grandad. Only joking. I started skating properly in 87, and managed to 04. But 87 to 91 was gold.
@tanneredge977419 күн бұрын
What’s wrong with 1988 and 1989?
@ssdivizion6 жыл бұрын
This were the real 80's..No cell phones,no internet,just a streets,asphalt,green grass and beautiful blue sky...Best decade
@Thallod4 жыл бұрын
LOL, YA RITE, GRAMPS!!!
@timgoldie7454 жыл бұрын
🤘🤘🤘
@mackm38754 жыл бұрын
We definitely remember it that way. Seems like youngsters think we were nuts! 😆 80s skate scene was and still is unparalleled! 👊😎🛹
@mikesmith22033 жыл бұрын
@@Thallod your generation is soft
@mikejones-wr4ti3 жыл бұрын
Mike Smith we skate better tho :)
@TheCymbalProject5 жыл бұрын
Best soundtrack of any skate video I've seen...
@knicks.86582 ай бұрын
you forgot the alien workshop soundtrack
@GotMeStumped9 ай бұрын
I still have the VHS tape of this. Made such an impact on me
@petermiller66294 ай бұрын
The "Soundtrack" of my life... still singing these songs since 1988 when I Sk8.
@soarin12 Жыл бұрын
Eight Dayz ‘What’s so strange about me’ has to be one of the all time greatest skate tunes..
@seekah1 Жыл бұрын
They totally nailed it on this.
@user-kq4dl2yj1w6 ай бұрын
💯
@groundcontrol-x87019 жыл бұрын
oh my god..!..SANTA CRUz's WHEELS OF FIRE-i STARTED TO CRY WHEN i HEARD ALL THE CLASSIC MUSIC-THANKS!1!
@jaime73728 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing feeling watching this all over again after all this years! I used to skateboard with all this movies! I truly believe i lived through the best years of skateboarding! I'm 43 now but I just want to buy a skateboard again and go crazy, what a feeling....
@ron2skate8077 жыл бұрын
Jaime Gomes i agree and im 42 and black
@doodskop29446 жыл бұрын
I still have two decks...don't ride them though, as I'm 44 and sort of brittle
@gkhanjriii91-046 жыл бұрын
Jaime 73 just do it 🤘
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
Never quit, I won't.
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
Have they re-released all the PP boards as well? I think it was amazing they did that for the glory days of SC...I can see me purchasing one of them again eventually. They can def see the 40 somethings coming.
@kristiankoooful9 жыл бұрын
These guys were gods to me when I was kid. Still got mad respect for these cats. This video changed my life forever.
@aboutthemetal87836 жыл бұрын
42 yrs old and I still skate Santa Cruz roskopp face decks , old school reissue ones , fkn love them , either with Powell rat bones for park , and Santa Cruz vomits for street, and for cruising slime balls, Santa Cruz alive and well in the U.K. in 2018✌🏻🤘🏻
@frankf.66394 жыл бұрын
I miss the 80´s Santa Cruz sb with kryptonics wheels and smith trucks....I was just 17 and skating all the time with my bro and friends. No cell phones, no internet, just skate....heaven
@Spanky16 жыл бұрын
I'm 45 now and loved this video when it came out in 1987. I remember going to Spyder Skate & Surf shop in Hermosa Beach, CA to buy it the first day it was available. Good Times.
@Spanky16 жыл бұрын
Love the soundtrack and slow motion filming. Much better than using videotape.
@crazyralph63862 жыл бұрын
Not going to lie, Santa Cruz made quality skate films back in the 80’s, especially with the use of slow motion.
@mitchstetron8 ай бұрын
I agree. I can just imagine Scott and his film crew talking about how amazing the stunts were and how they needed to be in super slo-mo to be able to really appreciate them. And he was right, it’s a film showcasing skating - it makes sense to have sone of the sequences in slow motion. The slow motion in Wheels of Fire is one of the things that always stands out when I watch it.
@fernandomaron874 ай бұрын
That raging waters part in the end is pure art filmmaking
@deepcongress93315 жыл бұрын
and thumbs up if you're watching in 2019!!!!
@dyljoskill72923 жыл бұрын
2021
@randylawrence5043 жыл бұрын
2021
@paulmusso81268 ай бұрын
2023 mofo
@kiwi_comanche5 жыл бұрын
First skate movie I ever watched, and I watched it when it came out back in the day. And now it's 2019! Skateboarding, the Fountain of Youth. 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
@seekah1 Жыл бұрын
Yes same here! It still holds up, such a great soundtrack as well. The very first I rented from my local skateshop, changed everything 👍
@percyzeppelin5 жыл бұрын
This really set my mind on how beautiful skateboarding is
@EveLynBigfoot6 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you're watching in 2018!!!!
@GoCubs-of3ub6 жыл бұрын
I always like to think of myself as a of the times
@adambravo23536 жыл бұрын
Eve Lyn still bad ass 30 years later.
@delmusdugan5 жыл бұрын
Still rad
@thisbreadisfine5 жыл бұрын
Thumbs down if watched in 2019
@thebrosofters_vlog2503 жыл бұрын
2020 shit
@unseenforcs6 ай бұрын
The raging waters footage with the soundtrack really brings back what the 80s actually felt like. the vert skating was legendary. they were blasting airs out of that ramp, nearly all the shots are tracking them against the sky.
@fernandomaron874 ай бұрын
Yeah, that footage looks magical, like a video game world or something.
@evenenemy10 жыл бұрын
great old school skating, the good ole days!
@giuseppe_M10 жыл бұрын
***** yes my friend it was a different era .....a different time.skateboarding was admired and "cool" as is is now. it was dangerous the gangs would yell skaters suck and throw shit as they drove by .the jocks would scream skaters suck and throw shit as they drove by.after school rumbles some group always against the skaters.it was shorts over sweat pants. now its girls pants . what ever happened to tube pants. anyways I gotta hipper to nurse .slaatte
@77sponger11 жыл бұрын
i got this for my 11birthday and watched it everday before school till it burnt out. still remember every word in it and think it probably shaped the person i am. cheers santa cruz, classic
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
Same, all the time, when sk8 vids cost SO MUCH. Kids have no fucking idea how lucky they are today with this stuff.
@MusicMixerXX6 жыл бұрын
damn i miss those days it was amazing be a teen or child and listen this kind of music and watching skate videos and be skater too
@kaiaaltonen905811 жыл бұрын
this is my childhood. Love it forever. Little bit tears come along.
@jessebaseballny37008 жыл бұрын
Steve Alba's piece in this video is the best in any other skate video. I don't think I'll ever see a better spot.
@christbait8 жыл бұрын
+Jessebaseballny Its sad watching it now, I remember the last night the Pipeline was open.. It was a heavy moment for everyone that 'grew up' there that night.
@jessebaseballny37008 жыл бұрын
christbait yep i agree its sad that pipeline is gone, but that also adds more reasons as to why Salbas piece is the best in a skate video. I cant imagine how you guys felt that night like a piece of your youth was suddenly gone.
@tomskate19704 жыл бұрын
This video was my inspiration to start skating...it's been 32 years and still love it! Love the soundtrack!
@billymullins13575 жыл бұрын
Rob Roskopp was a personal favorite, coolest decks,santa cruz, next to schmidt stix ;P
@billjordan39525 жыл бұрын
Yup i had one my favorite deck back in the day 😎🤘
@xavierrivera91304 жыл бұрын
Loved his graphicw
@njt0025 жыл бұрын
Powell Peralta generally made the best 80s skate videos, but Santa Cruz's Wheels of Fire really topped them all. The soundtrack is truly memorable. Natas's part blew my mind back then.
@crazyralph63862 жыл бұрын
Streets on Fire is also great
@user-uu5mu1fs6d8 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if you watching this in 2016!!!!!
@andrewt.32338 жыл бұрын
+Jeff Phillips I don't care.
@user-uu5mu1fs6d8 жыл бұрын
Didn't ask you.
@zackgourley18317 жыл бұрын
Jeff Phillips watching this in 2017 hahahahaha
@derekhodge22897 жыл бұрын
2017 thumbs..
@MusicMixerXX7 жыл бұрын
hell yeah in 2017 i still watching this
@spencerkopp37418 жыл бұрын
Natas killing it... His part really stuck out to me. His skating is really down to earth. This video illustrates the line between what is flailing and what is thrashing.
@markedwards19005 жыл бұрын
Natas was amazing
@faithfulfatherof26 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this with all of my buddies at my house in 1988. Some of the best days of my life. I'm now 43 and still hop on a board every once in a while. For being old and fat I can still ollie kick flip and other tricks as well.
@usslongbeachcg96 жыл бұрын
Natas doing a Back 270 lip on even just a curb is pretty ahead of its time lol. mid 80's super-tech!
@freestaterevolution9 жыл бұрын
I remember back when this came out, I hooked my vcr up to a tape deck and recorded the songs- great soundtrack!
@mattc5937 Жыл бұрын
You were a step ahead of me as I just set a tape recorder in front of the TV and hit record.
@nidzdotnet763 жыл бұрын
I was an Aussie kid living in Hong Kong and I skated with the locals there and when my birthday came around I just wanted a Rob Roskopp face board with indi trucks and slime ball wheels. I got it and I was In heaven. I remember all the names and all the boards that came out.
@mitchstetron8 ай бұрын
When I first got into skating I used to love studying those California Skate Shop? ads in the back of the mags that had a hundred or so images of tiny decks in black and white to learn all of the names and companies. I’m the same, if you give me a company name from the 80s I can still name all of the riders lol
@shanehoy3793 Жыл бұрын
After all these years, Kieth Slasher Meek skating hard with a broken arm, inspires the crap out of me. Thanks LEGEND
@theshamanarchist54417 жыл бұрын
Natal Kaupas @26:06 Best street skating segment on any video at the time. My VHS tape was worn out at this section from over usage.
@theshamanarchist54417 жыл бұрын
*Natas lol
@bassage137 жыл бұрын
Andre La Rouge And then Streets on Fire came out he became a legend. That part changed the history of skateboarding.
@theshamanarchist54417 жыл бұрын
bassage13 yeah, yeah. The spinny thing on top of the fire hydrant was pure CLASS mate. Great days for street skating ('87 - '90 was when I was shredding it). Kool bro.
@colinobrien28047 жыл бұрын
I've actually met with the guitarist, who played on this. He shared rare photos and a video, which was shot live in a cinema. Absolutely stunning material
@user-uu5mu1fs6d9 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up if watching in 2015!!
@urwholefamilydied9 жыл бұрын
Jeff Phillips no... I'm watching this 8 years ago. wtf are you talking about? of course everyone is watching this in the last few years.
@blockybrobro98789 жыл бұрын
Jeff Phillips im sorry are you 9/11
@user-uu5mu1fs6d9 жыл бұрын
King Aleks yeah
@mitchstetron8 ай бұрын
My friends and I used to watch this over and over back in the late 80s, along with Streets of Fire. Then masses of videos started coming out in the early 90s and my mates moved on from the old 80s vids. But I never stopped watching this (and a few others like Molecules of Motion, Sick Boys, Animal Chin and Public Domain). Every now and then in the 90s and 2000s I’d put on Wheels of Fire if I was hosting a bbq or get-together and all of the old gang would be so into it! Even mates who weren’t into skating would comment on how well it was shot and how cool the soundtrack is. It was an all-round favourite, long after it’s release.
@Clownconspirator3 жыл бұрын
Thanks to these old school videos, I’m learning to skate with style!
@briandigena654611 жыл бұрын
wow....this was so awesome to watch! great time in life....
@breezywhitehead39315 жыл бұрын
One of the finest videos of the 80s..their team killed in that time period..its really a toss up between this streets on fire.and the early h street videos..anyways..always..fun 2 watch .no matter how many times..never gets old...FUSE1..NS .812.. ..
@seekah14 жыл бұрын
It's hard to compare Wheels with those, they seem like the next gen in skate vids, just as good though.
@anderslarsen49128 ай бұрын
I was 12 years old at the end of the 80's when I saw this for the first time with my friends. Wow! it hit me like a rock.
@beckydoesit93314 жыл бұрын
Here's the soundtrack... 01 WHAT'S SO STRANGE ABOUT ME? - Eight Day’z 02/03“Baby Don’t Love Me” and country/blue-grass tune (Jeff Kendall part) 04 STANDING ON THE VERGE - J.F.A. - (Jeff Kendall part) 05 DIFFERENT WORLDS - Eight Day’z - (Rob Roskopp skating down path) 06 HE WHO BEATS UP CHILDREN - Eight Day’z - (Freestyle part - not sure of skaters name) 07 WHEELS OF FIRE (I’m on fire) - Screaming Lord Salba & The Blue Flames 08 POOL - J.F.A. (Love bowl??) 09 JULIE'S SONG - J.F.A. 10 PICK POCKET MAN - Eight Day’z (NATAS bit) 11 LEAVE ME ALL ALONE - Eight Day’z (NATAS bit) 12 MY MOVIE - J.F.A. 13 ABA - J.F.A. 14 WHAT'S SO STRANGE ABOUT ME - Eight Day'z
@matthewmohri99902 ай бұрын
Natas Kaupas is awesome and this has to be one of the best sound tracks from a Skate Video.
@lektroboy10 жыл бұрын
Good old times!!! \m/
@yabla180 Жыл бұрын
Simply legendary
@RetroClash9510 жыл бұрын
so 80s it hurts, i love it!
@SUPERCOCORAINBOW6 жыл бұрын
The MUSIC, though!! Love everything about this!! 2018 in da house!
@user-uu5mu1fs6d9 жыл бұрын
I remember the shopping center me and my friends skated finally got security to run us out. We gave those guys a hard time just like in the video. 80's were a great time to be a live.
@camilofuentealba48085 жыл бұрын
This video inspired and shaped me and my brother on so many levels that I still think about it until this day (12/20/18). We are excited to watch this again after so many years!
@jessebaseballny37008 жыл бұрын
This could be the best skate film ever made.
@shawnrw37276 жыл бұрын
Jessebaseballny . Streets on Fire kills this video
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
It's definitely one of them.
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
Maybe, but this was the first, it means a lot to many skaters from that era.
@jizzo3856 жыл бұрын
Bro this is a good one but nothing beats animal chin
@AliRaza-bz9bu5 жыл бұрын
Yeah agree Animal Chin are legend. the movie ever seen and the team Bones Brigade@@jizzo385
@marksimmons380110 жыл бұрын
love this one , i remember watching it in 1988 i was 21 , it made me go out and buy a board !
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
The question is do you still skate today?
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
31:33 That music is so chill and mellow, love it even still...what a blast just to sesh on that...SC forever.
@Tackz7777 жыл бұрын
Definitely, one of the best sk8 vids EVER. So bad, so good & soooo 80s.
@_mzkr_6 жыл бұрын
The moves, the sound. It's all there.
@wakjob9619 жыл бұрын
Jeff Kendall. So smooth. So great. Pumpkin Eruption. My first board. Love this VHS. Such a great soundtrack.
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
My first as well. This video is responsible for so much, lol. I still can't remember what happened to it.
@borshteineldad52486 жыл бұрын
Best film ever ! Watching it on VCR in 87 and now again in 2018 Natas was my God . When skateboarding was real !
@Supremeslade Жыл бұрын
This video is forever timeless this will forever be a artifact of culture
@Joefullager11 жыл бұрын
Funny how skateboarding is coming back this way, with longboarding being so big, penny boards and all that. People are re-finding the fun in just shredding on a board and being good at it, than worrying about how many technical flip tricks you can do.
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
It will never really phase out like it did in the past. There are just so many options now and with net so much easier to get motivated. There has never been a better time to skate, young or old. I'm never gonna stop, its a serious addiction with so many benefits.
@Joefullager3 жыл бұрын
@Figgy Newton far out man, 7 year old comment you're replying to haha.
@Andrea-uu2en Жыл бұрын
Magnifico!
@bassage137 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia is overwhelming.
@NeckRemover7 жыл бұрын
I love shape boards I just got my first a couple weeks ago. so much stabler it's like a tiny longboard. Very inspirational video.
@nestorps66232 жыл бұрын
Got this tape in beta. I remember going to someplace store to record this from my friend's VHS tape to beta. When I finally got it, all time in replay mode. Seeing all this USA locations, the music. Great memories of a different and simplier era
@harveycasey1900 Жыл бұрын
I was in the tenth grade when this one came out. The soundtrack was as awesome as the skateboarding😎👍🏿
@hemmojito8 жыл бұрын
amazing what these guys did with the old boards. Nearly straight out flat.
@bassage137 жыл бұрын
hemmojito Zero nose, enormous tail, flat as a pancake, heavy as lead, way too high off the ground...and Natas could still ollie trash cans and fire hydrants. Amazing.
@tonchido7 жыл бұрын
i love this old school videos,i did grow up watching and listening them
@luisjeronimomirandaperez24332 жыл бұрын
Están bien los.videos.de.profesionales . Gente con estilo 😎 pero no hay que olvidarse nunca de.los.buenos ratos.y de.la naturalidad y la.gracia de aquellos.maravillosos.años.
@jt66856 жыл бұрын
This was the video I studied when I started skating back in the day. Prob saw this vid hundreds of times. Music is epic! Sure brings back memories.
@christbait6 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah, I grew up skating at The Pipeline and those spots Steve Alba's segment shows. Steve and Micke were the kings of Pipeline hands down. We wore the shit out of this VHS in junior high watching him and Natas's segment over and over and over..
@toplistcrew7645 Жыл бұрын
This video and Animal Chin were our two go two videos. We lived to watch these and skate that was it. Being inside the house was not in the cards… you would have had to have been sick or it was raining outside.
@wellingtonthomastw2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad this is out and one of my favorite memories 🙏
@NateB19769 жыл бұрын
Talk about memories!!! Classic skate flick...Natas was one of the first to do sick Ollie tricks well.
@seekah16 жыл бұрын
His ollies were sick, his style was amazing, still remains in my Top5 of all time for many reasons.
@ferroxglideh56216 жыл бұрын
Natas was the first street skater to understand that flatland exists...
@markedwards19005 жыл бұрын
His Ollie airwalk off the flat is sick and the natas spin
@fabianurweider8054 жыл бұрын
@Roger T Groh yeah but Natas and the Gonz did it with a whole lot more style , Mullen was just a freak , all tech in a 2ft square space.
@desche747 жыл бұрын
Still have a lot of decks from this time ! I lived it so badly
@JeromeArmstrong3 жыл бұрын
Back then, we had fads on the coast first, and skateboarding was like this in the early 80s in California valley. Abandoned pools and half-pipes in the backyards. By the late 80s we'd moved to the mountains and we'd fly 50 mph down steep hills. One thing I really appreciate is that those guys encouraged pads and equipment, allowed total abandonment knowing you could roll out.
@jeffficht22307 жыл бұрын
Great to watch again. Probably my all time favorite video when skating in the 80s.
@pyongyangunderground11 жыл бұрын
Can't stop listenning to it. Sometimes I watch only the beginning of the video only to hear it (even if the whole video is great)
@viktorcordyceps19787 жыл бұрын
this makes me proud to have grown up a skater in Santa Cruz
@BigDawg20244 ай бұрын
I’m gonna say I was raised right, I’m 20 years old now, born in 2004 and grew up watching these kinds of videos, I still have a VHS copy of this and a vhs player that still works (most of the time) but I love this music, the clips, the way they dressed, everything I love it all and apply it to my life style.
@franciscocarrasco71283 жыл бұрын
wowzers! I got this cassette tape in 1987,88 ,it was called born to skate! Some of the tracks to this documentary are on that tape. I haven't herd them since then 💥kaboom, plus all those designs on the boards bring me back big time!!!thanks for putting this up.
@openeyes23878 жыл бұрын
These vids were my inspiration to get better. best times of my life was glad the nose came out though..
@inspirationalaries3 жыл бұрын
Wheels of Fire has aged pretty darn well, all things considered when viewed with the Vision video from ‘87 and Animal Chin.
@ajhands18763 жыл бұрын
Natas, the greatest street skater that ever lived.
@seekah13 жыл бұрын
One of the big four, no question.
@chrishendricks46136 ай бұрын
Tom Penny:Hold my beer. 😂
@abrahamhands5 ай бұрын
@@chrishendricks4613 The only thing right about that statement is the laugh emoji at the end of it.
@loewe726 күн бұрын
Best skate time of my childhood ! the 80's best decade ever period ! feel pitty for the youngsters now these days!
@djtenzen2 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest documentaries I’ve ever seen.
@fernandomaron87Ай бұрын
37:58 This footage is stuff of legends. I've seen plenty of Raging Waters skate videos, but no other could replicate this. The blue sky and blue waters on background with Christian flying high and that soundtrack, it's poetry in motion.
@BASE5NYC17 күн бұрын
never gets old. so rad.
@JM-dy6rq5 жыл бұрын
lol must have rented this video a 100 times when I was young.
@kchastain39 жыл бұрын
I was 12 or 13 when I got my copy of this VHS. I watched it over and over again. It definitely framed a lifestyle that I thought I would have at 19 or 20. Didn't happen. "I like to sit in my room and listen to a lot of loud music and play my guitar. It's loud. It's cool.".
@Satori20465 жыл бұрын
Santa Cruz for life !
@MusicMixerXX7 жыл бұрын
good old times, i wish i start skating again at age of 44 years old :)
@shocbomb238 жыл бұрын
Pissed I let a friend borrow my VHS copy years ago and never got that shit back. As a kid I I got Wheels of fire x-mas of 1988 and played that shit every fucking day. Natus to this day is still the fucking man !
@JamesMcLennan-p7mАй бұрын
This and the Shackle me not soundtracks are my favourite skate movie soundtracks ❤
@napalmhardcore11 жыл бұрын
Used to have this and Streets On Fire. Ah the memories. I used to watch these and it always hyped me up to go out on my skateboard. The problem is a) I was crap and b) there wasn't anywhere good to skate near where I lived.
@johnny15048011 жыл бұрын
These guys were so freakin' cool... I miss the 80's and the 90'ies
@claytongreen52852 ай бұрын
That intro went so hard.
@whiteboywhite32926 жыл бұрын
THE HOLY GRAIL OF SKATEBOARDING VID GREW UP WITH IT AND THANKS TO TECH THESE DAYS IS STILL ABOUT...
@MrThomazR3 жыл бұрын
OMG amazing! I remember when I first watched this and still got the thrill. Thanks for posting.
@SuperSgtdan8 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@garethfoster99616 жыл бұрын
Thanx for uploading this!! Brings back so many good memories..