REAL SKATE STORIES: ERIC DRESSEN VENICE, UNSEEN RAW FOOTAGE FROM SPEED FREAKS SESSIONS IN DOGTOWN CA

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1988. This is never before seen raw camera tapes footage of Eric Dressen street skating Venice, Los Angeles, California, from the filming of Eric's iconic Speed Freaks part for Santa Cruz Speed Wheels. We hang out in Eric's house with Block and Roskopp, Skate a bank with Scott Oster, Skate the beach curbs with Oster and John Thomas, run into the infamous aggro homeless dude and way more. Video camera just came out so filmer TR was filming everything and just letting it roll. Eric was a product of Dogtown Z-Boyz skate culture and was a childhood prodigy. By this point in time he was rated #1 in the world in street skating in 1987 and 1988 and his Speed Freaks part was was his first major video part.
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Video by Tony Roberts
@tonyrobertsphoto
Skater: Eric Dressen
@ericdressen
©1989 TR Productions / NHS Inc.
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[@hugoalvelos4463]

Thank you for this, I started skateboarding back in 86 and its good to see this window into the past, when skateboarding consumed my every waking hour.

[@wendaltvedt4673]

I started in 86 too. 10 years old, got my first 'wide board' for Christmas. The Back To the Future Variflex.

[@sirvidia]

I broke my Variflex deck on purpose so I could get a proper one with a concave

[@stargazer4625]

I can remember these days. So much fun back then. Skating was really fun

[@runningtimelabs]

so good to hear the whole speech from that man by the stairs.

[@artdudivin]

All your old footages are golden master pieces.. I'm 47 so you can easily imagine your videos bring me back in a wonderfull time of my life.. Thank you for aploading ! ;o)

[@genzedsdead6165]

I can't believe all this is coming out now, its like every xmas for eternity has come at once...you've given us a real life time machine, thankyou so so much

[@RealSurfStories]

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[@ldred2604]

Thank you for making me feel as if I was part of that session that day!

[@ERICF66]

I got to meet Eric last year at the Phoenix Skatercon! He was cool! He wasn’t feeling the AZ heat though! I was a bit starstruck being a fan of his for many years! This footage is GOLD!! 🔥🔥

[@wendaltvedt4673]

I saw him and Natas at a demo '88, Eric signed my Bill Danforth.

[@sarayudas]

Hidden treasures! Thank you!

[@RealSurfStories]

My pleasure!!

[@hosoiarchives4858]

I love Eric Dressen so much

[@shaunbeddoes5147]

Brilliant, just takes you back to the vibes of the 80s but by actually being there watching thus footage. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from uk. Ps I still get over how steady you get the footage from keeping your legs so steady as you mentioned in another post, ace

[@MedicatedMemory]

Feels like I'm there waiting my turn.. great footage

[@johnstoddard4692]

Speed freaks video era!

[@goodfella1able]

I used to go Val Surf and rent tapes just to see a glimpse of this footage back in the day. Thank you sir.🙏

[@sportfisher7]

Jumped it all every alley and beach from early 70s to early 90s god bless brother

[@seekah1]

Thanks for letting this roll Tony, that homeless dude was priceless, as well as Eric's house etc, all great stuff. Can't wait to see more.

[@RealSurfStories]

Thank you, more on the way!!

[@seekah1]

@@RealSurfStories Dude, I can't wait, thanks so much for keeping it going!

[@tomluna4762]

Hell yeah, great footage

[@andreabordoni2665]

Those were the last glimpses of real skateboarding (for me)

[@seekah1]

You're not the only one

[@ray-de-yolisten9934]

This footage is fuckin sick!!! shot out to Dressen tho!!! “This is Venice!” Says my dad lol he grew up in Venice and he watched this footage and was taken aback. He grew up off Indiana Ave and 5th. Venice and Santa Monica have drastically changed so much it was almost hard to tell which direction Dressen was skating in but he was sick as fuck

[@RealSurfStories]

Awesome. Much respect 🤜🏽

[@realgwolf]

Dressen had a bag of tricks, man. What a ripper. Little crack bump at 23:06. We called them Chinese Ollies.

[@fernandomaron87]

Great footage, can't stop watching it

[@RealSurfStories]

wait til you see this kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zou3kGWjp5mIg8k

[@scizophrenic2602]

this is real street skating. no smooth man made transitions you would find at a skatepark. just raw concrete tucked away in the city. great memories.

[@robertwills5757]

I want to hear more from that guy on the beach everything he said was true.

[@RealSurfStories]

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[@skulleagletartat]

Just before Dressen slams some seconds after 28:39 I said to myself, "Damn, I've been getting exploited my entire life."

[@larrybecker2864]

Back in the days before I went skateboarding I'd watch Eric dressings videos for 2 hours and then go skateboarding and it would help

[@JT-un7dc]

I really miss the 80s....

[@SeaSurfnBird]

25:35 "It's just a game" lol

[@RealSurfStories]

😂

[@hugoalvelos4463]

He's not wrong, he said some truths there, maybe skateboarding was to be Eric's life, but how many never made it? After all, football, basketball, hockey, are just games ;)

[@mastersamurai7683]

It's actually a fair point. Guys a bit cynical but he's got a few good points

[@skateboardblues]

What a time capsule!

[@theveranda1061]

So sick!

[@1cetma]

What board is he ridding at the beginning? Is the puppy deck???

[@RealSurfStories]

It's a Dogtown, no graphics, he was just about to get on Santa Cruz.

[@brettbanta2100]

Such a cool time capsule of 1980’s LA, before it was overtaken by bums

[@lirider3932]

Man, where are the homeless tents?

[@pulaskicondoassociation6799]

You mean urban campers

[@eyepodwalkman6247]

21:48 a good way to break your kingpins

[@coreythompson1477]

What movie were they filming?!

[@RealSurfStories]

😂 No idea, we were making our own! 💯

[@GoofyFootersRule]

14:44 dressen' s 10' coffee table battle board beats up 2 🚗 cars

[@louloubydesign1926]

Scott Oster!

[@wendaltvedt4673]

41:39 Um what the hell were those guys talking about...??

[@danielkoval6922]

This is what lead skaters turning into jocks

[@edwardbernays8617]

2:58 to 3:02 lol

[@rtornellort]

Dressen is God

[@mawds2k]

For a fuckin sandwich

[@louloubydesign1926]

Damn, that guy was profound . . . just saying. I bet he pushed a soapbox back in his day.

[@stevenbaker436]

Pushes switch like nothing.

[@eksit101]

Scott & his pretty boy hair. Hated that dude. Lmao. Always thought he was a hosoi poser. From a guy who lived pipeline, nudist colony (kyuss), suicidal on wax. Lol. Could have been pro if i were in la instead of ie. Would have shredded "the la boys".

[@RealSurfStories]

One of the best skaters of all time with perhaps the best style ever. Oster freaking rules.

[@louloubydesign1926]

@@RealSurfStories Oster was rad and I have never seen his style replicated. I still have my original issue from DogTown of his. I personally think he had better style on a street ride than Hosoi and did place decently in contests back in his day. I got to meet him in Virginia Beach, VA at a demo they did at Lynnhaven Mall. I was just a kid but will never forget it. I did not know they were going to do a signing afterwards, and so I ran down to a Waldens bookstore and got the latest issue of Thrasher. I was so stoked cause I was flipping through it trying to find a picture that they could sign off on and only found one of Hosoi for Converse that really did not due him justice, but then at the VERY END of the issue was Oster tweeking a grind in a pool for an Independent Trucks ad and he was wearing the leopard print converse and totally outdid the Hosoi ad for the brand without even trying. His knee was bleeding and he was ripping it. I stood in line and they were passing out stickers and everyone was reaching for them but I didn't, I was kind of in awe and Oster kept handing me a few. I got up to get signed. Hosoi, Hackett and Ventura were there and I think Dressen too, and when I passed the Oster page out to get it signed they all showed it around like they had not seen it. I will never forget that day. I can still do a G-turn but not like Oster. He was a surf-skater of the best kind.