Skateboard fever hits Vancouver, circa 1994

From a CBC news article.

[@spicyramendotcom7975]

Society always says “we gotta find a way to keep kids off drugs and out of crime” but when kids find anything they love like skateboarding, video games, BMX, etc it’s always a problem.

[@under_par5779]

@@KZbin_gets_dumber_each_year actual skateboarders, dont do hard drugs and drink becuse they would rather be skateboarding...

[@jbtrades69]

@@under_par5779 As much as I wish this was true, it rlly isnt. I mean take a look at GX1000, theyre as real as it gets too.

[@uncomfortablynumb9800]

@@under_par5779 This is absolutely FALSE. You’ve proved yourself a fool.

[@IG-66sasori]

@@KZbin_gets_dumber_each_year Bruh the most they do in the skating culture is smoke weed dumb ass 😂 if you are a hard drug addict that’s the person not the hobby.

[@That_Mahi_Mahi]

@@under_par5779 as much as you might not like it drugs and all that have always been apart of skate culture

[@not_a_frog]

I remember those dark days. Couldn't move for skateboards just randomly crashing through windows and hitting you in the head. Lost most of my family to flying skateboard head injuries that fateful summer😔😔

[@TheTempleman]

🤣

[@abananaonthefloor7731]

R.I.P my guy lol

[@MartianMoon]

😂😂😂

[@retro1645]

damn😞

[@not_a_frog]

@@mynameisdeez6074haha thanks man! Don't worry; it's a joke.

[@althunder4269]

Those guys weren't really hurting anything. It's amazing what trivial issues they had to worry about back then compared to now in 2021.

[@cdabcdefg12345]

Well apparently the boards can fly out from under their feet and hit people in the head

[@Imstillaround9x19]

@@cdabcdefg12345 better then the bullets that fly out of guns and hit people in the head in Surrey so what’s worse?

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

Facts

[@E_van714]

I can see the damages. I used to skate back in the day and have the same mentality. All could have been solved by making a skate park. Not a police station next to the spot lol

[@Tomdelongpenis]

@@cdabcdefg12345 which is a freak accident if your that considered about safety ban cars alchohal cigarettes and probably like 50 other things

[@socalkylex]

Anybody ever actually seen somebody miss a trick where the board comes flying out and hits somebody else in the head? I sure haven’t lol

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

Yes but it was at a skate park not the streets ironically lol the board went from the flat and went and hit a guy in the pool. Lucky for him he had his helmet on and hit the back of his head lol

[@theguywiththebighead5432]

I would actually be proud of someone if they got me in the head with a board. That's not easy, 10 points

[@andrewsanchez2458]

That’s what I’m saying lmao 😂

[@lorddarkon4633]

U never see the news reporter get trucked from a deck flying out a bowl?

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

@@lorddarkon4633 once again THAT WAS AT A SK8 PARK NOT THE STREETS lol

[@nicolascage5323]

Dude at 0:45 was like "Wait, what year is this?" and went back to the 80s lol

[@zeestrees2780]

😭

[@MarceloPereiraVideomaker]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.jamster8414]

🤣

[@robertshelby6880]

Lmao

[@banjobanjo-xn7lq]

🤣🤣🤣

[@brucewayne2184]

LMAOOO "they're going so fast their boards will slip from under their feet and hit someone in the head and smash through a window." This lady is completely making things up.

[@gabrielj1644]

Actually, that happened to me a week ago. Crashed through my window, took out my television, and started a fire that took out my entire city. It cost me several millions of dollars, most of which I am still paying off by working in coal mines for pennies.

[@doomedradiance7533]

@@gabrielj1644 Damn life hits hard sometimes

[@l.j.i]

The number of friends I lost in the late 90s/early 2000s due to flying skateboards coming off slick waxed marble ledges... may they RIP 🙏❤

[@TheTempleman]

I started skating in 95 and I remember the look and feel of those days. The brands, the logos, the attitude, the small wheels and baggy clothes. I loved it.

[@PhoenixsWorldVideos]

Funny seeing these kids 30 years ago looking the exact same as skaters do today

[@versnellingspookie]

@@PhoenixsWorldVideos its a timeless look, people in 2060 will still dress like that i assume

[@PhoenixsWorldVideos]

@@versnellingspookie Facts. Plus the 90s have always been cool. Heck I'm wearing the baggy jeans and backwards hat combo right now

[@electroman224]

honestly hard for me to imagine skating wheels that small

[@babyenzo.]

At 1:25 you see a kid rocking FUCT nothing speaks more 90s than a kid wearing FUCT and etnies shoes

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Was 14 back in 94 and always loved the transit trips from Delta into downtown. Now I’m 42 and was skating at Robson square last weekend. Skating keeps me young and I’ll do it as long as I can.

[@layneaic2076]

I feel you bro.. @42 still skating

[@nathanlovesspaceships9742]

1979 baby. I don't bounce off the concrete like I used to.

[@Spratdragon]

Never stop ✌️

[@finejustgivemeaname]

45 just started skateboarding again after 12 years of not touching one.

[@taralynnhoffmann5831]

1978. Broke my arm last summer after buying my son a skateboard for his 7th birthday. It wasnt even a bad fall, I used to fall like that all the time. I couldnt believe how hard I landed. Im old lol I'll stick to going to the gym. Still trying to get my arm back to 100% its brutal

[@ironleeFPS]

Hilarious this was an issue. This is what happens when things are going really good. I literally skated in Vancouver in 94 too. Now in 2022, people would laugh at this compared to the shit going on now.

[@jamesjameson4566]

OK grandad

[@BroadcastsFromPoorFarm]

@@jamesjameson4566 respect yr elders

[@ironleeFPS]

@@jamesjameson4566 Ok little nobody. 🖕🏻

[@josepshchavez4337]

@@BroadcastsFromPoorFarm I want too do that skateboarding ?. .

[@raperepublicanwomentheysee3338]

@@BroadcastsFromPoorFarm Why?

[@shaunbarnett2972]

Perhaps if councils, police and people in general had spent more time worrying about crime, drugs, homelessness and other real issues, instead of getting their knickers in such a bind over skateboarding, we wouldn't see the kinds of situations in major cities that we now see today.

[@ramdom_assortment]

Fuck the drug war.

[@PhaseSkater]

Cops get paid the same whether They help take down a mob or arrest a serial killer, versus yelling at skaters. Same salary. Same clock in clock out daily shift and hours. Not like there is extra commission for doing the riskier and harder stuff

[@raperepublicanwomentheysee3338]

@@ramdom_assortment Yeah, it's so trivial. I blame right wing ideals and conservative "values".

[@ramdom_assortment]

@@raperepublicanwomentheysee3338 There is no right wing versus left wing, only authoritarianism/totalitarianism versus freedom. Elizabeth Warren and Lindsey Graham are equally pieces of vile filth.

[@iforgotmyrealname420]

I mean your friendly neighborhood pharmaceutical companys still prescribe pills that kill all your emotions to this day. Gotta keep that business alive

[@bhinz6389]

those kids are probably in their 40s by now

[@joericci4094]

Ya THINK!!!

[@604roger]

Yeah I was looking on FB

[@chaddevlin8545]

a genius stands before us.

[@Mrbungleface0u818]

Pushing 50 soon

[@jem4068]

Whatchu mean probably?

[@j.h.6081]

As a 90s kid, I miss the days when THIS was considered a big problem.

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Yeah now Canada has fully embraced Chinese level fascism against it's people. This was the last great days.

[@MFtheo]

The person who was concerned about the boards shooting out, was saying that it could hit someone in the head. I have never seen board shoot up that high on flat with that accuracy.

[@stefincanada]

hilarious I was down there all the time never got hit or potentially hit by a skateboard

[@stefincanada]

@@KZbin_gets_dumber_each_year lol your comment was a fail.. "Maybe you'll get by a car" - good one

[@raperepublicanwomentheysee1786]

@@stefincanada I don't want to be "that guy" but my aunt used to work around that area and got injured. She was talking on the phone one day and a board hit the back of her ankle. She missed a couple weeks of work because she had a hard time putting pressure on her foot. It didn't help matters that she was also 6 months pregnant too.

[@raperepublicanwomentheysee3338]

@@stefincanada I don't want to be "that guy" but my aunt used to work around that area and she got injured. She was talking on the phone one day and a board hit the back of her ankle. She missed a couple weeks of work because she had a hard time putting any pressure on her foot. It didn't help matters that she was also 6 months pregnant too.

[@stephenpiggott8173]

Impound fees for skating brings back some memories. A smaller town in Georgia I lived in tried that. They made the fee more expensive than buying a new complete. Needless to say, I ended up skating a lot more fresh decks than ever and if not that I would piece together setups from the homies lol and this was only a little more than a decade ago 😂

[@droptheego5112]

I’m from Georgia and have been skating here for 20 years. What town are you from? Never heard of this.

[@stephenpiggott8173]

@@droptheego5112 Blairsville a little under 10 years ago.

[@gnarbyq4667]

Moses Itkonen used to destroy that spot! Thank you for the upload

[@frogwhisperer563]

crazy how skaters are dressing like this in 2022, this vid almost looks current

[@Neurotv4941]

Exactly 🤣🤣 I literally had a similar fit the black dude had on today shits wild

[@NittyGritty420]

Foreal It’s like I’m a kid again watching a shortys video. Glad these kids are wearing bigger pants now and not nut hugger krew jeans

[@sleepyxtrap8488]

I feel so bad man if only they knew what skateboarding meant to those guys

[@omfpenguin2119]

If theyd stop getting kicked out so much they would shred their truth potential

[@timeflies313]

Damn, that 90’s drip though. Bruh. Bring it back.

[@dylanfuller8146]

Now it’s an Olympic sport! I’ve always said it would be and people thought I was crazy. 😂

[@tiefighter3445]

Yeah after 25 years. 😂.

[@SavouryLobster]

Olympics are dumb and skating shouldn't be there. Fuck em

[@dylanfuller8146]

@@tiefighter3445 fr 😂

[@nachyomoney3598]

I love how the news wouldn't show them land one trick...

[@jackknowles5295]

Mongo pusher hits a fast, sketchy FS Noseslide on the ledge @0:11 and he's also clearly come out of a trick when they start filming him Having that little control and still landing tricks is kinda steezy

[@Sneeeekz1]

@@jackknowles5295 was switch

[@jackknowles5295]

@@Sneeeekz1 oh true, you're right!

[@debomb721]

@Christopher Meisner oh hey it’s the guy that knows absolutely nothing about skating opening his mouth, good to see you

[@debomb721]

@Christopher Meisner see you don’t know shit about skating, Vancouver has a pretty big skate scene, many pros and normal skaters travel from the rest of Canada to Vancouver

[@codeblue8922]

Goddamn kids and their wheelyboards!

[@freewheeler8924]

Yeah, they keep wrecking my lawn by wheelyboarding on it.

[@shaun8062]

Yea often times when you're out and about you have to watch your head for skateboards flying, especially if you're near a window, they love to fly in and break them.

[@AlexandreAlves-pk8kt]

"they're nerds, they're like so stupid" - words from a wise man

[@dylancollier3093]

skateboarding is a popular youth activity

[@MrSlam-bf2jb]

Nowadays, we already have also seniors, masters and legends. All of them young at the heart ; )

[@llla_german_ewoklll6413]

$100,000 in damages? All I saw were a few pebbles going over a wall.

[@locoattack1210]

$100k a year, even back then, is so trivial within the scope of a city's operating budget lol.

[@rdg771s123]

Who’s getting hit in the head by skateboard “flying out from under their feet”?

[@raperepublicanwomentheysee3338]

Probably lying conservatives. I bet that cop was one. 😐

[@eze8024]

Homeless heroin addicts "lawfully" sleeping on the sidewalk 🤷‍♂️ only crazy thing i can come up with to match their crazy claims

[@alexstark5568]

There’s a video almost exactly the same as this where they went to some ski resort in the early 80s when snowboarding was becoming popular. Y’all should look it up

[@onewheelseal]

0:46 YO this guy is straight DRIPPIN

[@someskaterdudenamedfreddy4909]

Sam Devlin sighting!

[@mustachesally4134]

During my earlier teen years back in the late 90s, skateboarding had its pros and cons skating on business properties. The business properties had the ideal skating environment due to smoother pavement, relenting gaps and easy to reach ledges. Good ol grandmas church candle wax was used on these ledges and you needed a lot tailslides and truck grinding to smooth out the edges. Businesses only cared pushing skaters away because we were loitering and we were not business professionals so the sight of teenage and grungy filthy looking skates did not mix well with folks who worked in the nearby buildings wearing suits and ties. But we do not see eye to eye with what was right or wrong skating on properties back then - nobody cared and we just cared about being with friends and skateboarding and spot was our home. The pros about skateboarding on business property was that at the time, security guards are the only ones that can approach you but they cannot do anything so disobey. Then the cops roll in, we leave and come back again eventually. The law back then could not state private property as many businesses and org had certain regulations what can constitute private business property. So cops would tell you to leave and you leave and do it all again. The police could not give you a ticket (or make an arrest) unless it was evident there was destruction of private propert. Or worse, vandalism. Which all lines up to young skater minds at the time. Especially prone to that were skaters who belong to low income families. On the upside, the police benefited from this due to tickets being handed out, hospitals benefited from skateboarding accidents and security companies were hired to install prefectures and security cameras for legal purposes. I recall back in 1999, I was in high school, got older somewhat and our friends decided to put girls aside and go skateboarding with your old skater crew. We found the law fought back more against skateboarding and businesses and properties decided to install skateboarding deterrents. These were literally those little concrete, iron bolted metallic knobs to prevent skateboarders (and the razor and roller crew) from doing their cool tricks. Skateparks were built but you had to pay. Many were free but it was always crowded and you had to abide the pads and helmet law and you get a ticket if you dont follow those. The scene changed, you get older, priorities change, your mind changes.. your teenage years is now just a tale of your own book. Good times it was skateboarding. I now run my own business and share a plaza with other businesses and once in a while I see some kids skating at our plaza but I don't yell at them. In fact, I just give them some gatorade packs and snacks (they are low income folks, trust me) and I tell them they can skate all they want just dont do it during peak business hours and not to vandalize the place. Other business owners frown on that discussion. But I tell them soon enough, these kids will grow up to know that at least some other adults they have seen in their life actually gave to sh!ts about them.

[@kalibkukus8888]

I worked in lawn care both residential and municipal and I’ve seen more cars and homes windows getting blasted out from pebbles flying from weed whackers than I’ve seen from skateboards lol

[@harmonyordie]

amazing vedio! these kids are in their 40s now

[@mastersamurai7683]

Yes we are

[@unquestionabletv]

Kids go so fast their board slips out from under their feet lol

[@TRAVIESO_NA]

Impoundment Fee? Wtf. Plus 100,000 in damages plus 75$ ticket.

[@Killbayne]

0:46 that's how you can really tell this was shot in the 90s

[@connorkillscobras]

the things id do for that hook ups snapback

[@garretleblanc9169]

Facts

[@leospaceman2976]

Dude even looks a bit like Jeremy klein

[@dvnc-music]

The guy with the pink tank and mustache convinced me that it is 94

[@leonbonesyras5389]

Love the 90s man! Bring back underground hip hop

[@Regular_Guyph]

I was in grade 10 then and skateboarding was life. I enjoyed watching this

[@DeadHandX]

Yo mad props to the legends in the video

[@bryton4781]

Imagine being one of these old farts, and seeing yourself on the tube years later. I'd be stoked.

[@raperepublicanwomentheysee1786]

Me too lol

[@jacoblewocki3073]

how the fuck does a skateboard just hit someone in the head

[@drpysorus]

@Christopher Meisner lmao quit copy and pasting this shit

[@11dubs30]

I guarantee that kid now regrets calling cops nerds

[@carlkamuti]

And now it's an Olympic sport. Truly amazing.

[@makingmiracleshappen]

The woman is describing a skateboard like its a rocketship, flying through the air hitting people in the face

[@neonblack211]

I love that they only show bails

[@robertb8629]

Remember when Canada was so relaxed that skateboarding was considered an issue?

[@Hchris101]

Truly a HORRIFYING epidemic

[@unkokusaiwa]

Let's not mention the homelessness and drug epidemic, or all the missing indigenous women... Let's focus on something that won't take too much effort, kids having fun.

[@tomf4087]

Tony ferguson in plan b vid.

[@gooddeal3186]

If only this was the worst problem kids today caused.

[@juniorthe3rd891]

That cop lied hard af ive never had my board go through a window or someone's head lol at cops

[@antikytheramechanism7909]

It's dangerous like Covid and other things in life. Don't let bureaucrats shut down your life is what we've learned!

[@ronmartin1375]

JFC look at that SJW hair cut. Commies everywhere.

[@ProjectRevoltNow]

Skaters generally didn't care much for politics in the 90s, things have changed alot. Sjws ruined dyed hair for everyone

[@JackSmith-lv5lq]

Vancouver ‘94 looks relatively clean and orderly. I’d take that any day over the Vancouver we have now.

[@jean-francoiscaron5706]

I once read a book from the 90s about cycling on the pacific coast, the part about Vancouver says "just ride fast and get it over with". Not everything has gotten worse. Also remember how hard it was to be non-conforming then e.g.: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Sister's_Book_and_Art_Emporium

[@stephenkahui3829]

The best way to keep your tenager out of prison is to buy them a skateboard

[@SIXPOINTPROS]

man those super small wheels....memories

[@dominicpenalosa5277]

It’s hilarious when old people give me bad looks when I skate, or when they say “woah that was close you almost hit me” when I literally went 6 feet outa my way to not hit them

[@atticstattic]

Honestly, whoever thought skateboarding would come back?

[@419buckeye7]

Security guard is like I got to wear this dumb shit you think I care

[@err0r-403]

Man, did you see the size of those wheels? They may as well be skating on bearings.

[@bm-be6wj]

just a reminder none of you are alone ! God is with you all and he will never leave you . you are loved and accepted by him and that will never change . God bless you all

[@cazsnap]

Nice camera quality for being the mid 90’s.

[@ironohyes3644]

That hookups hat is dope as shit

[@Rufusdos]

The one trick that someone actually landed in this video and it’s ruined by a woman walking past.

[@nelsonajimenez9758]

Don't worry kids and hold on. By 1999 skateboarding it's gonna be something massive.

[@humanothumqn659]

The irony of the cop saying they were skating fast in 1994

[@sneeuwwolf1176]

In that period inline skating became massive. Still remember taking over the skatepark. Skaters watching from the sidelines. Pitty that didn´t last.

[@darylwilson9124]

A skateboard could shoot out and hit somebody in the head? I'm no physics major but your editor showed mostly flat ground. How's the head boarding supposed to occurre precisely?

[@rubinprince100]

crazy how they would rather spend millions on, police, passing laws, building new policing facilities, etc... instead of simply remodeling the plaza at another place

[@daweller]

0:45 - 0:49 are the only seconds of this video that matter, because of the most epic mullet in Canada.

[@Soldier_Sean]

This was right after rick howard, colin mccay and the rest of plan b were filming there for virtual reality i believe.

[@AK-uf2dx]

"Blasts through a window", its a skateboard not a rocket

[@lostboy710]

Always forget how small the skate wheels were back then. Like I can’t ride anything smaller than a 55 mm lol.

[@shawnfromportland]

that's actually pretty good skating for random kids on the street in 94!

[@Abandoned_Brane]

If a board slips out and hits someone in the head, exactly how short is that person? Were they sleeping on the sidewalk? I bet Hongcouver wishes they had the skateboarding kids back.

[@evanpjohnson]

Why did they show so many bails and why am I seeing this in 2022?

[@lancehobbs8012]

Memories. And...a time where the issue on the street was just...young guys skating..

[@thatguy5801]

100,000$ a year in damage (how the hell is that possible in 1994s currency!) in which 999,980$ went to some politician, probably.

[@markjohnston3790]

This footage is such high quality, you'd think it was Just filmed!

[@cyborgmonkey03]

They chose like 35 clips of kids missing their trick and the last clip where dude lands it someone is in the way lmao

[@Papa_Mateo]

The cops bangs and the guys mullet in the pink tang-top 🔥

[@cameronw87]

What did the awesome mullet sunglasses guy at 0.46 think? No one asked him his opinion.

[@hrmIwonder]

Check out the dude at 0:46. Crazy shit going down in '94.

[@mikehunt4797]

Damn them wheels were so small back then.

[@DJJOOLZDE]

Aww... my youth

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Vancouver 1994: Here's a fine for having fun and living your life. Vancouver 2020: Wear 3 masks and take these boosters or go to prison or we'll freeze your bank account Vancounver 2034: Just walk into this chamber of gas my comrade no big deal. Hope you canadians see what culture you have created by your compliance.

[@Procrastin]

I love the Truth.

[@pvnthera2638]

00:41 is that a red miata on the right?

[@joeschianodicola1810]

"The potential for injury and damage is great." *aww hell fuckin yeah dude*

[@michaelrodriguez7651]

Did anyone land?

[@Tattooedpain]

90s skateboarding was an awesome scene. We were outlaws back then.

[@freewheeler8924]

But was it worth spending the rest of your life in jail?

[@61936]

@@freewheeler8924 yeah probably

[@Yarmox]

The last authentic era before social media and smartphones hit. Really sad honestly. Wed have so many kids out growing a pair of balls instead the new generation is lonely and weak.

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

No you just got old, plenty of kids still skate today, in fact skating is much bigger now than it was back then.

[@Yarmox]

@@southsidesaiyan8641 no it isnt lmao

[@darrenvarley105]

aaaaHhhh the skinny wheel days.... I skateboarded from about 1991 till 2001 (still would like to get on but hey, ya know). Skateboards to the head? WTF? My shins have like a million speedbumps on them to this day, thats about all the damage that happened.

[@warrax111]

no tattoos, no cell phones, just normal happy people outside, looking normal.

[@stik_o9]

I remember i would skate this spot called bam it had a nice stair set and a ledge now there's just security everywhere.

[@TheWalkmanRotation]

Pretty sure that was Sam Devlin with the switch frontside noseslide.

[@Nick-eg6nx]

It's so crazy how people think skateboarding is a bad thing and athletes think it sucks and some might not think it's hard and what I tell those people is, everybody can kick a ball and got put a basketball in a hoop, not everybody can step on a skateboard and ride around all day

[@ultimatescapebro]

I recognize those green buildings from Tony Hawks Underground!