REAL SKATE STORIES: JIM THIEBAUD 1989 RAW SF STREET SK8 FOOTAGE from SANTA CRUZ SPEED FREAKS VIDEO

[@robhelmstetter3167]

A time machine to a simpler era. Thank's again for putting these online, they are gold.

[@h.c4898]

Dude that was the beginning to today's skating. I'm proud to say I was a witness.

[@jonsolimando3694]

In my opinion the best years for skateboarding. Thanks for posting

[@rebusd]

yeah 89 was a dense full f---in year hahaha. I don't think I skipped an hour, even in central Canada. And each video drip was a quantum leap from the previous one

[@tsquipnottsquip5128]

SF in 89 was the place to be. Lived in the Tenderloin. Worked as a bike courier. Shot pool at Zeitgeist. Skated every day it was dry. Archo was amazing. Tommy G was amazing. This guy, not so much.

[@wendaltvedt4673]

@@tsquipnottsquip5128 Jim Thiebaud was not in the same league as say Natas, Dressen or Jason Lee but he had good style.

[@hospagalief]

This some authentic og skating

[@husg13]

How in the hell could anybody give this a thumbs down?! This is amazing.

[@artomarto679]

There mom probably thumbed down

[@tsquipnottsquip5128]

He was a total dick. Maybe that explains the thumbs down.

[@husg13]

@@tsquipnottsquip5128 nah was in his element. wayyy ahead of his time.

[@tsquipnottsquip5128]

@@husg13 you ever actually skate or hang with him? I did. A few times. He was a d-bag.

[@tsquipnottsquip5128]

@@husg13 and no he was not ahead of his time as evidenced by his name dropping.

[@jakethesk8roberts763]

This is when San Francisco was gritty as hell that look like the mission district they wher filming in for the first clip love the vintage sk8 clips 🔥

[@RealSurfStories]

@thomas thompson It's rad you say that because I even felt that early 80s vibe in SF in the 90s

[@grimsadventures-bikesnpetr7913]

I still have my Jim Thiebaud SMA Board from 89

[@nigelgeiger6020]

So rad. I was 7 yrs old when this was filmed and was already skating every day with the middle and high school kids in my neighborhood. Skating didn’t care about age, race, religion or anything else. If you skated in 89 you were part of a secret society. The clothes, tricks and ambiance of the street takes me back to those early days. Jim T is the man. Big up to all the lifers young and old.

[@extraniceness]

Man SO SUPER SICK! That rail slide to 50/50 pure RADNESS! Jim effin’ RULES! 🤙😎🤙

[@fergalfarrelly8545]

Youth was a wonderful thing. My friends that still skate in thier 40s are in amazing shape. I am fat and slow and probobly could not leave the ground and run out of energy after one try and need to sit back down. Skating is the fountain of youth.

[@khontratv9350]

Wow what a different time. Somewhere I have some oldies from the late 80s Memories

[@roddas26]

Shout out to the cameraman, this is cinematic gold. Thank you.

[@RealSurfStories]

Thank you 🙏

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

I've not watched anything, or heard someone say anything that would lead one to believe Jim is anything other than a great human being. Real has consistently added some of the gnarliest in skateboarding to his roster, with Busenitz being one of my favorite guys to watch ever. But Jim is just the man

[@johnclark4649]

The sound of boardsliding on a rough ledge with rails brings back memories!

[@linnsterlingcurebeliefinad1725]

Dude b4 I even saw this video I knew it was gonna he ahead of time.hos board shapes where hella dope

[@vincenzollamas]

i hardly ever saw any Thiebaud footage even back in the day, this is great. i actually applauded when he finally landed that bs transfer to 50-50

[@SkipBittman]

Dude, thank you so much for posting these videos! You’re the man! What are the odds of having a Gonz and Natas session?

[@SkipBittman]

Thank you for the upload shred lord 🙌🏾✊🏽🤟🏽🤙🏽

[@Sonnyblack100]

This footage is gold

[@bluboyblack]

I had Jim's Promodel (Joker) back in '89 and i loved It. Had the two following models too, but the '89 shape was just perfect for me. Thank you for bringing back goooood memories and keep 'em coming! Greetings from Vienna, Austria

[@nicolaitalley9584]

Me too!! It was my first pro model that I bought and wasn't an old "hand-me-down" from a freind...I'll never forget...I still have a brand new unskated "Sanity" SMA model I hung onto...great times!!

[@jdmresearch]

San Francisco! Amazing footage.

[@seekah1]

Pure gold! Thankyou once again Tony, absolutely love it.

[@ChristianRaymondFilms]

Boardslide to 5050 was rad

[@kryptichands968]

Jim, Julien and Natas fkn legends, this is great, thanks for sharing.

[@RealSurfStories]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rzadigi]

Man....the Mission looked so rough and raw then. I didn’t move there til the late 90s and it was pretty similar. Those were some of the best days....my friends lived just down the block.

[@waterboy0873]

Another one ahead of his time

[@jpriggle7157]

The Cars, The SEARS... So Good.

[@daurydelacruz2210]

Man, this video is amazing! Thank you God for Tony Roberts! 🙏🏾

[@chrhadden]

i remember the days when we rocked those huge risers. i thought this guy was older than me but he looks the same age i would have been.

[@mimik5856]

Very happy I discovered your channel

[@skhateanddestroy1252]

Sick thanks for sharing! The graffiti was a nice bonus too. Things were so much better back then!

[@MegaAppl3]

That was Amazing ! Thanks For Posting

[@purplereigninblood]

Thanks, Love the stuff you have, I watched the Speed freaks video so much the tape broke.

[@brendangeraghty8865]

This captures Jim on his journey to becoming the ultimate human being. If you don't know what to do, ask yourself, what would Jim Thiebaud do?

[@macarius8802]

Oh yeah. Those were the days indeed. A more innocent time for skateboarding, when very few people knew what you were even doing, at least up here in Vancouver. And there were skate spots everywhere!

[@Oldpaynes]

“Hold on to that camera tight or you might see you with it 2 miles down” hahahaha

[@igloosurf]

I was 15 at this time, skating. This was really good for the time. Skating got really weird in the 90’s with the “big pants small wheels” etc etc. The 80’s was the last really cool era IMO.

[@seekah1]

Yep, that was a real downturn for the culture, no question. Thank goodness Tony could capture so much goodness back then.

[@extraniceness]

Totally agree, but a whole lot of radness from the 80s did carry on into 1990 too which was an absolute blast for skating at that time. By ‘91 there was too much judgement. If you were skating a jump ramp and doing a boneless you were basically cut and considered old and uncool

[@phildodson6141]

Yep man! I was 14......skating was the best from 88-91.......1992 really changed overnight! Once plan b video was out everything was super tech and big clothes all of a sudden! Miss that era too but skating in 89 was so fun. Man were old now! Ha ha!

[@IAmNoeyes]

Radical, Cool, Later, Thrash it, grind it,trash it, bomb it. Words from the past .

[@drmatacic]

Skateboarding ruled in the 90s.We were hated by everyone just for being skateboarders.Fighting jocks was a normal thing.....now in 2021 the jocks are skaters.Its still Skateboarding and it rules no matter what era.To say the 90s was a downgrade in Skateboarding tells me your a t dog off top.Really dumb comment.

[@kirkearles]

This is so sick.

[@Lordylbc]

The wino crack head with the clothes hanger push rod was chill lol

[@mrovantes]

This is rad, pure sk8 when people would be watching like wtf?

[@zg-mzga]

i was wondering how long it would be before you got approached for that camera haha

[@RealSurfStories]

Yep. There were a few attempts, none successful.

[@vgrepairs]

@@RealSurfStories I read the description, but if you happen to know more about the cameras used in the Era I'd appreciate any info! Thanks so much dude!

[@RealSurfStories]

@@vgrepairs Yeah man this was when video cameras just came out, the year before this I was still shooting movie film. This video I filmed mostly with a Panasonic AG-1940 SVHS camera. It was huge and took a good five Mississippi to start recording after you pressed record. I also was using a couple Sony Hi8 cameras I was using for the follow footy. To be able to just film everything was brand new and I really took advantage of that.

[@vgrepairs]

@@RealSurfStories thats incredible! and to think i use a vx for the "old school" look!!! haha

[@tedbundy3729]

9:28 " Crack kills, I might take it and go get some crack"...lol

[@korujaa]

Classic ♥️🙏

[@Matt-hn1qb]

That dude at 5:45 owns this video.

[@cows1990]

So dope.

[@skirtsnscrapes3679]

That line still holds

[@tashafreese2082]

I loved street skating in those days,but getting hurt was very common.

[@chrhadden]

still is man still very common. they didnt pave the streets with bubble wrap bro

[@ten4k964]

i had hours of VHS skate footage from the early 90s, a former friend of mine stole the video and is now posting clips from that video on his Facebook and instagram page, taking credit for the content i created.

[@RealSurfStories]

Not cool.

[@chester3621]

I could NEVER skate anything with that many people around.

[@seekah1]

ikr. It just shows a mental state few can achieve. Priceless footage.

[@hospagalief]

U had to before skate parks

[@artomarto679]

This is what skating was like in the 80s, you always end up in the worst part of town having the best of times...

[@auraglasswerks4900]

You’ve never skated SF then

[@chester3621]

@@artomarto679 yep!

[@jasoncabello7650]

This is great. Didn’t some of this end up on Sk8 TV?

[@RealSurfStories]

Not unless they stole it.

[@01mail19]

so sick

[@IAmNoeyes]

Best part, No skate stops. Edited: ahh the good ol' days when Skate boarding was a crime. edit edit: He's on that Night train .

[@latenighttelevision1921]

Add some more ads when u get a chance

[@guyfromsouth1976]

Wow !

[@erino5528]

you got any footage from 92 around when the questionable kicked off?

[@RealSurfStories]

Yes! A bunch from those years on @realskatestories

[@FouglassDir]

Who’s the little guy that does the feeble pop over at 27:02

[@SporeZoo]

Wauw, look at all these robots and zombies surrounding him...

[@jebronlames527]

Gold

[@PutojefeRecords]

Thank you for uploading this! 🔥🛹

[@pulaskicondoassociation6799]

Sick Porsche 24 min

[@giannetto1000]

Estimated value for an original lightly used Jim Thiebaud hanging klansman?

[@korujaa]

Classic Public Enemy hood

[@zeljkokrajcer523]

Uuuhuuu!!! Future is now

[@stevenward9414]

Last board I ever bought.

[@bkw4662]

Crack kills

[@MrGwaldo]

Breakin’s out..

[@unhallowed45]

First clip looks like SF (?)

[@caseywallace2240]

Dude couldnt skzte for shit. But i.loved one of his decks in the day.

[@dirtvegan]

When San Francisco was affordable.

[@tsquipnottsquip5128]

There was never such a time. LoL

[@Hrmn8tor]

16th!

[@_....J........................]

6:40

[@SKREVR]

Ah, the High School sk8n days. We didn't care about anything else

[@SKREVR]

@BoofLameKook 🙄

[@stanleyipkus3707]

Rad 89 X games

[@getsomeorgohome]

Bob n weave

[@punaforager]

I never understood why Jim was pro.

[@pulaskicondoassociation6799]

He was the man back in the day foo! At least he ain’t killing cockroaches at yo mamas house

[@slordigaard]

if you can handle stardom passed 27 you are good

[@Sonnyblack100]

I was not even pro , still better than jim

[@RealSurfStories]

Rad! Post the link. No clips, no flips.

[@danielarney9729]

Not that old, just gave away an 88 church van, then again 80% of the people in the way are probably dead now.

[@JoeSmith-gn1ki]

Most of these cats are dead

[@suzunarikawai2336]

looks not 80s day

[@RealSurfStories]

it definitely was. I filmed it.

[@dlpnrmp1212]

Know i see the reason for covid, so many zombies just walking around with NO purpose --and this is in 1989!!!

[@benjaminsavage4204]

I thought he was in Mexico City!! Or Philippines Lol Look at the immigrants!! I'm thinking, 'Why is he destroying this social area in Mexico ? ' Lol >.

[@Butterballz69]

the first spot is on mission and 16th?