Skateboarding in the 2000s: A Brief Overview (2000-2010)

[@ShredzShop]

Who's your favourite 2000s skater? And what's your favourite 2000s brand?

[@LPlusRatio]

CHRIS COLE

[@jimkozminski7693]

Antihero Squad. Tent City, Cash Money Vagrant

[@cameron3550]

Fav skater is Chris Cole after I saw him compete in the ES Game Of Skate finals in 2006 and miss the switch backside 180 late front foot flip by Alex Mizurov. Those were the glory days!

[@CRYPTfromCATACOMBZ]

As for me, i fell in love with Osiris top brand with Red Dragon appareal (THPS serie), Birdhouse graphics of decks, My the most favourite skaters back in dayz were Brandon Turner and Peter Smolik mainly because 'Tha FedaralZ rappin grp featurin P.Smolik' and as a not native english speaker, that was combined with sk8boarding most pure and underground HipHop i ever listened.... Basicaly whole Shorty's Guilty video that inspired me to get HipHop style to nowadays.... (meaning FUKK SKINNY JEANS! BUT BULKY SHOES AND BAGGY PANTS ARE THE LOVE!)..... But honestly the very top skater i admire till today was/is/ will be.... The KING..... Rodney Mullen

[@regisdelimap]

Adelmo Junior/Tensor trucks

[@benmcreynolds8581]

This is THE BEST ERA in skateboarding and idk how I got so lucky but I got to grow up and get into skating along side ALL OF THIS! Born in 1989. I got a full page picture in my senior HS yearbook of me jumping to flat off the top of the super wedge. At night, under the bridge. Was wearing a pair of white Koston 3 shoes. That's one really good memory from that era

[@ShredzShop]

Koston 3s ruled 💥💞

[@DarwinBoys1]

Born in 88, I agree this might be the golden era but the BEST one might be the 90s though. When you watch the old videos from 92-95 it looks like pure skateboarding, no mainstream bullshit and the level of skateboarding was going crazier every year. Anyway 2000 to 2010 were still so insane and I’m glad I started at this time too and not now.

[@fizzysh4rk]

born in 88 and am super grateful to have grown up in this era

[@ourfather9689]

This younger generation will never know the beauty skating was in the early 2000's puffy És shoes lol... 7.75 and under board now im riding anything over an 8inch 😆

[@djledingham4177]

I’m 37 and I started skating in 99. Those videos made me want to do better.

[@ShredzShop]

Hope the vid delivered some nostalgia for ya!

[@k7j007]

Same here, dude. I'm 37 and started skating in 99

[@djledingham4177]

@@k7j007 my first setup was a blue Powell mini logo that was blue, venture trucks, shop wheels and bearings. I slept with that

[@igomk]

Awesome video🔥also worth mentioning: - Baker 3 was a massive hit, skating and hijinx (maybe Baker's peak) - Zero and Chris Cole were insane (Getting SOTY twice in this decade) - Burton acquiring Alien Workshop and Habitat, also having Gravis and Analog under it's umbrella

[@jaimemendes2472]

Agree, Chris Cole might be top3 street skaters from the 2000s

[@Freiheit1232]

Had a Chris Cole board and it was the best board I ever had…. Tbh I didn’t know who he was when I got the board and watched him in a zero tape afterwards… really lucked out.

[@ShredzShop]

Woulda been cool to talk more on the Burton - Workshop buyout for sure.

[@darrentinonzii340]

Why dont you make a video chief

[@igomk]

​@@darrentinonzii340 they literally asked us to add more in the comments 😂. Are you coming to KZbin to tell all the commenters with opinions to "make a video?" How smart 🤪

[@KRUSTYskates]

This is when I started skating. Was decked out in Emerica, Krew, Altamont, and Baker. Had This is Skateboarding on repeat everyday. I wanted to be Reynolds so bad lol

[@ShredzShop]

those were the days!

[@millennialanimal]

I started skating when I was 11 in 2005, what a year to start skating, I was so lucky. My favourite memory was all the locals crammed into the skate shop to watch Fully Flared and the night time session after.

[@smurxxx0910]

I started skating in 1998 and skated until the late 2000s. That was a special time for skating, music, filming, and skate culture.

[@ShredzShop]

👊💥those were the days!

[@voidofhope6259]

Summer of 03 was when I REALLY got super into skating. My first actual skate shoes were some Adio Wrays and my first board was a custom pink BlackLabel deck with some Grind Kings and shitty ass clear grip tape lol. Me and my buddy Juan would get our moms to drop us off uptown every Wednesday during that summer break. From like 8 in the morning till sometimes after dark, we’d be at it hard! Juan, I miss you bro

[@ShredzShop]

haha thats epic!! Those Adio Wrays were iconic and probably should made an appearance in this vid! So many good shoes in the 2000s. You should watch out Grind King video, such a crazy story associated with that brand!!

[@kyleroberts3096]

Fully flared defined my high school years. Came out when I was in 10th grade and I still watch my original copy

[@ShredzShop]

We played it on the DVD player in here everyday for months! That Home Screen music is burned into my brain

[@kyleroberts3096]

@@ShredzShop oh man... Hahah same here. I fell asleep and woke up to that music too many times... Glad I never had a seizure

[@infinidominion]

A few years ago, I found Fully Flared DVD at Savers for 4dollars 😂

[@ShredzShop]

@@infinidominion what a steal haha

[@MrDrRemi]

This video makes me nostalgic and sad but so happy all at once. Born in ‘92 so it was truly a great time and a defining moment in skateboarding and in my teenage childhood years. Nothing like small town skating

[@Sproutt]

Circa was my brand for sure. The Mark Appleyard MA402 was really goated. They still use that outsole

[@Skatewolf-81]

Another awesome video from my dudes at Shredz

[@ShredzShop]

Stoked you enjoyed! 💥👊🙏

[@ChrisBaber-br9hh]

The circa Adrian Lopez al 50 is one of my favorite shoes

[@ShredzShop]

so good!

[@voidofhope6259]

Still one of the best shoes ever

[@santaincarolina]

I had a pink and black pair lol

[@avalon5109]

2008 financial crisis was poetic in the changing of decades. It was the end of the glory days of 2000s skateboarding, making great brands file for section 8 and disappearing, and having the stage set for the 2010s. This decade was arguably the greatest time in skateboarding!

[@ShredzShop]

It was a weird changing of the guard moment! Out with the old, in with the new!!

[@avalon5109]

@@ShredzShop yup!!! 2010: enter the internet era

[@infinidominion]

August '08 i Ollied Dorchester Heights 10set with no food in me 😂

[@dookieshoes66]

This is my era of skateboarding. Thanks Levi 🙏

[@ShredzShop]

Hyped you enjoyed! 🙏✨

[@jaewan234]

I Started skating 2008! Never give up!!

[@SauceBlob]

The best time for skateboarding.

[@gvati88]

Shorty's Guilty also came out in 2001. Me and my homies were huge fans of the brand.

[@ShredzShop]

Great video and definitely one of the most iconic 2000s brands.

[@the_laybacks]

Elementary school days (2001-2007) was all about X Games, THPS, Viva la Bam, Rob and Big, and the pre-fab park down the street.

[@danielmcguire9569]

this was very well done. Thanks

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoyed it! 👊💥

[@richardsmith7322]

My generation I’m 34 so thanks for the video guys

[@ShredzShop]

Hope you enjoyed! 🙌🙏

[@NYRAD02]

Amazing Video as always , This was sooo nostalgic for me ❤🤘🏻🛹🇿🇦

[@ShredzShop]

Hyped you enjoyed bud!! 🙏✨

[@dwaynegoscinski2934]

Just found your stuff! So much knowledge with just some awesome humor❤ keep it up

[@nicholasmesa3588]

THINK was my favorite board brand in the early 2000s. Also loved rooting through the new ccs catalog when they came in. Wish I would've kept all my skate magazines from back then!

[@650AFTERHOURSOC]

In the Bay area that what's a big name a rock does boards for a long time play Stanford San Francisco and the shity skate parks nearby like Greer

[@lkl7l359]

I liked the es Koston 3 shoe a lot as I was a little kid and start skating. Greetings from Lower Bavaria. ✌️

[@Tavofell]

Bro seeing Kechaud pop up really just brought a tear to my eye R.I.P to a local legend

[@EastDistrictWill]

Stopped skating in 2000ish and now getting back into it, it’s a trip to think I missed this whole era.

[@johnrogers9262]

Almost Round Three changed my life man. Still watch it at least once a year.

[@ZackyBananas]

Born in 89 and got to enjoy this shit growing up, Yeah Right, Fully Flared and Skate More were on repeat before every sesh, what a time 🙌🙌

[@joshquinn7995]

I still rock Vans. Wearing them since the early 80’s

[@menikmati789]

I’m Still rocking the early 2000s username..

[@secularspectator]

90s all us old people, amazing. I skated semi pro between 92 and 95 best time to be alive :) Great vid as always

[@ShredzShop]

Amazing!! Who’d you ride for?!

[@secularspectator]

@ShredzShop A small UK company called Big Spin, distributed boards through the Phaze 7 company. Now days I snowboard much kinder on the body🤣

[@ShredzShop]

@@secularspectator Thats rad!

[@skating_at_40]

It's wild how big skateboarding was in the early 2000's yet getting skateparks and cities onboard to build a skatepark was such and uphill battle. Today skateboarding isn't as popular but it's far easier to get parks accepted and built.

[@ms3862]

All skateparks in my city are empty 80% of the time feels like no one skates anymore

[@rajs4719]

Great video as always

[@ShredzShop]

Appreciate it! And glad you enjoyed!!

[@kakarotblake]

This video was pure nostalgia for me. I was born in 92 and started skating in 2003. Best era of skateboarding and I’m so thankful to have live through it ! So many core memories

[@ShredzShop]

Stoked you enjoyed!

[@midgolf1569]

lol I would sit on the toilet looking at ccs and picking one item per page in my fantasy life 😂

[@zadekeys2194]

2 boards that stood out for me - DNA and Rasa-libre.

[@avalon5109]

Need the next decade! Let’s see the 2010s! The internet era, start of Instagram clips, start of influencer “pros”, the start of the social media era

[@jmadriga2618]

Take me back to the old days, so many memories watching this video

[@ShredzShop]

Agreed 🥹

[@Oeps1987]

Man, those were the golden days ❤ Thanks for this 👍🏻

[@MarioGodoyMusic]

00s was the time of all the bulky Vans Cab shoes. My first skate shoe was the Cab 6.

[@bobisadrummer]

Yeah dude, those Cab 6's were my favorite. I used to rock airwalks in the 90's, but the Cab 6's and XLT's were great.

[@infinidominion]

I'm still wearing a full zip sample Krew hoodie with Skull/floral print

[@TylerOath]

I had a pair of circa Lopez with the zebra stripes… my favorite shoe of all time. I wish I could find them again

[@craigdenholm1]

I was there! I lived it! The golden age of skateboarding! I was the only one in Scotland at the time to have a G-Bag, had to get it imported as soon as it was released. Ah the good old days ❤️

[@ShredzShop]

That’s rad! I remember everyone rockin them at my school and getting in trouble haha

[@craigdenholm1]

@@ShredzShop Yeah I used to blast mine at break and lunch time. Haha! I never knew how popular they were in America! Such a cool design, would work just as well today!

[@DTC1138]

Thanks. I'm loving this series!

[@veritechz]

I was on a Rodney Mullen “Cologne for Freestylers” Almost deck in the 00s, and running some DVS shoes that might have been Comanches but I don’t recall the specific model.

[@ShredzShop]

rad!

[@michaelmulholland1194]

These videos bring back some epic memories in skateboarding keep em coming

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoy!!

[@cameron3550]

GREAT VIDEO! Would love to see one of these for 2010's and/or in-depth videos for each year (e.g., Overview Of Year 2001, Overview of Year 2002, etc...) ❤🛹🔥

[@ShredzShop]

That would be cool!

[@EVAASIVEOne]

Gravettes part in Born Dead, and Adelmo Jr. in Organikas Concrete Jungle gotta be my favorite skaters and video parts that introduced me to them. the Anti-Hero “hows my skating? Dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT!” board is a certified 2010s classic.

[@EVAASIVEOne]

Honorable mention to my first pro board that wasnt a H.M.D/trash find.... a Muska Element with 3 fiend skulls wearing chrome lens Ray bans... matte black Ventures and 51mm Autobahns to seal the deal.... Scene/emo kid setup lmaooo.

[@zadekeys2194]

Awesome vid!! My only "critisism" is that there was no "R.I.P" for Dylan, or anyone else mentioned, whis passed. Just my 2c. Much love from Cape Town!

[@ShredzShop]

Stoked you enjoyed! It was 2000-2010, and Dylan passed in 2016, so we’d talk about it in a later vid. 🙏👊

[@brokenoutline]

Only wish this video was longer.

[@ShredzShop]

Hyped you enjoyed! 🙏

[@stitches513]

Baker 2G MUST be in the conversation if you are going to talk about the 2000’s! Huge Greco fan here & I highly suggest that the Baker crew be represented in the part 2 of this series! I did see the title of this was an overview so I’m not going throw any grief your way (yet) 🧐🤨

[@ShredzShop]

That was actually one of my favorite vids when it dropped! Knox Godoy was insane haha

[@MFNDman]

Circa it's time was one heck of a video. Mystery was one amazing company as well

[@maximelnvl7488]

Chris Cole was my favorite skater at this time and so was Zero with my Grind Kings trucks and my Etnis Arto

[@asdfreii]

Not surprised to not see it mentioned but Deca’s Sneak Peak video was seminal for me

[@arculesindustries1217]

Hey can yall do a things you did not know about Dark Star skateboards? As my first ever skateboard came from them.

[@ShredzShop]

I’ll add it to the list! 💥👊

[@kevinsoler5299]

This is my jam. I remember watching all those videos when they came out. Flip sorry and in bloom still my top two of all time. Alberta sucks but Cochrane park is pretty decent I back lipped that rail

[@Chad.Pilling]

Aesthetics’s and alphanumeric were dope!

[@mittenslopez]

the random jaime fortune clip in the intro !

[@Treversoncorey]

My first ever real board was a hand me down from my step brother from the later 2000s and it was a 7.75 flip deck with destructo trucks with probably bones wheels

[@ShredzShop]

haha now we sell nothing smaller than a 8.0!

[@dubmusik304]

Man, being part of the class of 2001, this was perfect. I think the shoes I miss the most are the Vans TNTs. They had some bangers in the 2000s, especially the mids. I feel like this era was the beginning of the marriage between energy drink companies and action sports.

[@justinbishop7142]

Love these

[@ShredzShop]

Stoked you enjoyed it!

[@BrandonHanson]

Congratulations on your achievement for work milestone Honorable mention. 411VM Issue 60 was the 10 year Anniversary Issue in 2003. Along with On Video Skateboarding realeased in Summer 2000 until 2004.

[@stephat_]

Started in 06’ fully flared was the video I remember waiting for, lakais and Etnies Jameson 2 kr3w pants and girl boards

[@jaretbray]

Still have my signed pair of Reynolds 1s from 98.🙌

[@ShredzShop]

That’s rad!!

[@EpicSkater321]

Bobgnarly on KZbin deserves a mention

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

Thank you for your work.

[@Hashishshin]

Favorite skate show Nike sb P.ROD V lr shoes 🙌🏻 Janowksis Still rockin some Circas Favorite boards Real Deathwish Girl Creature Plan b Baker Atm Almost 5boro Superior Mob grip Grizzly grip Bones or Spitfire wheel Reds Bones or shorty hardware Tried all the trucks Independent, tensors , venture , krux , thunder Had some many good sets ups Let’s of broken boards I’ll never forget the skate days growing up on these times on the streets 😶‍🌫️

[@650AFTERHOURSOC]

I think people forget how popular audio Kenny Anderson's were

[@thakid691]

Great vid !

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Turbopress2882]

It'll be interesting to see what is said in the next decade. I remember being really involved in skateboarding from 2006-2014, and toward the end there was a huge push against Nike and the commercialization of Skateboarding by outside elements. Consolidated even released boards with pretty gnarly anti-nike graphics. A lot of the people I was around were talking about the death of style and how we'd inevitably have skateboarding as a job pathway to follow and not a passion to do. It's interesting seeing how people skate in the Olympics and to see that Woodward has a school now. While it pushes the envelope in one direction, I think it neglects the direction that guys like Ritchie Jackson and Gou Miyagi have historically filled.

[@himonightbreeze]

I still have Yeah Right! on my shelf. It is essential viewing for all skaters.

[@markfitzurka9995]

the era I skipped. I only learned to ride switch in the 2010’s. I never prescribed to the big pants and small wheels decade. I am happy to ride wide trucks and riser pads baby. You can keep your football shape or popsicle deck I just need a big Tail and and rails. enjoyment is different for everyone and I still enjoyed my bigger set ups. lucky for me they are easier to get now than they were for me in the 80s. Back then I only had a birthday and Christmas once a year. now I get paid every week L O L keep the videos coming. Love you crazy Canadians. Oops after watching this whole video I realized that I skipped the 90’s and 2010’s. I didn’t quit I just kept on riding the biggest boards I could get.

[@moonposture5542]

out of curiosity, what year do you think the “glory days” ended for core brands? i want to say 2013, give or take a year

[@ShredzShop]

Id say around that! Tim O'Connor says on his show 2011 right around 911 sales dropped off like crazy for Habitat.

[@moonposture5542]

@@ShredzShop thank you for replying man. also i can’t tell you how much i love your videos… i’m a “skate historian” and no one else makes videos like this. keep it up \m/

[@ShredzShop]

@@moonposture5542 Glad you enjoy!! The goal is people are entertained and go back and do their own research into these brands and skaters. Hopefully some of the younger skaters get inspired by skateboarding's amazing history!

[@rickyrichreacts9667]

Y’all are lucky skateboarding came back in a major way.. I’ve been waiting 20 years for inline skating to come back in popularity 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@AustinD1993]

My Favorite Dayz

[@Rekallism]

I still love Duffs. I still got some stuff.

[@ShredzShop]

So sick

[@bobisadrummer]

I got my first board in '94. After I tried to buy some classmates board for 20 bucks but had to return it cause their parents were pissed, I asked my mom for a skateboard for my 6th birthday. She took my to the local skate shop (shoutout Sunland Skate Shop in Sunland CA) I picked out a World Industries board with some green metallic sparkle flake trucks who's name I can't recall and a pair of Airwalks. Thinking back it was the absolute ugliest combo I could have gotten. Some random kid tried to teach my how to ollie in the parking lot and I promptly fell on my ass. "Yeah that's gonna happen a lot." and boy was that dude right. I didn't really have any friends who skated until years later when almost overnight in 2001/2002 it seemed like all of my friends were into it. By then I had sold my original setup and put together a new one with an element deck that some kid tried to sand the graphic off in woodshop with some of those Tensors with the orange plastic shield on the baseplate. Bought a pair of Vans Cab 6's. Vision streetwear used to stop by our middle/high school in Eagle Rock and give us free stuff. I'd always get a free deck. What I thought was interesting is how it eventually crept across the country. Every summer I'd visit family in Massachusetts and they were all into BMX until one summer (probably around 2003/2004) everyone was into skating. By then EVERYONE was into skater culture, specifically wearing those massive chunky Osiris shoes with socks stuffed under the tongues to make them extra puffy.

[@ShredzShop]

haha rad! My first board was a World board too, with a horrible graphic in neon green... 😛

[@markmeloni2388]

Crazy for how long some Brands survived. Think never realy had a Top Tier Pro but stayed arround for almost 20 Years. When i started most of the Brands were just created or werent createt at all. There were also many short lived Board Company. 101, A Team, Platinum, Color, Prime.

[@d.chancebeardsworth3477]

Can someone please tell me what board this is ?!?! I was gifted this deck as part of a contra trade for golf lessons in 2015 or 16. I eventually decided to grip it and skate it and I love some of the dimensions, but I hate the tail. can anyone tell me more about this deck please?! I can't find it on the Internet anywhere Internet anyway It’s a Skate Mental Jack Curtin Pro model from I think about 2015 it has a golf club and two golf balls that form kind of a funny 2 meaning picture. 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@alexrekzu4079]

started skating in 98 so this is right up my alley ✊

[@ShredzShop]

Hope you enjoyed! 👊

[@brennhannon609]

I hated the big boatie skate shoes of the early 2000's. I was stoked when skateboarding made a course correction in 05'

[@domwalker6526]

Fav skater was AR fav brand was baker. Shocked you guys didn't talk about baker 3 that was a huge game changer

[@wreckingcrewrecords6655]

Had a Rudy Johnson Girl Stateboard - Tensor - Circa

[@ShredzShop]

Tensor was a good one!

[@Sproutt]

Favorite Skater in that Era.... had to be "The Boss" but id say Jaime Thomas would be a close second. Or in an Alternate Universe would go Koston, Daewon

[@50-50_Grind]

Can't wait the 3000s.

[@SergioFernandez-w5w]

I loved the vans xlt geowff Rowley and Ali boulali I loved ATM skateboards.

[@8369378]

Flip all the way for me. What a team. Rowley a GOAT. 'Sorry ' is an all time fave.

[@radias2922]

holy fuck, great video broo!!

[@ShredzShop]

Hyped you enjoyed!!

[@5veRodriguez]

Looking at boards my parents would never agree to buy from that CCS magazine! World Industries, Blind, Chocolate, Alien Workshop, Habitat, Zero, Hook-ups, Girl, Powell, Toy Machine, Birdhouse, Baker, Element, Almost, Anti-Hero, Enjoi, Real, Krooked, Flip, Zoo York, Dark Star, Black Label, etc!!

[@abelgonzalez6431]

back after 20 years this was specifically made for me.

[@ShredzShop]

Hope you enjoyed! 🙏 👊

[@-Anthracite]

I think the most important video in 2003 was brian sumners tao of skateboarding that video was mindblowing because way before youtube there were not many how to videos atleast not good ones that i remember then came sumner gathering your favorite pros teaching you how to do tricks not only that dude performs almost every trick himself For me this is one of the best skate videos of all time

[@toneohm]

best years of my lifeeeee

[@jaydenanimationstj3015]

Can guys do another skateboard brand vid 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@derekpalacios7362]

Which decade were big boards/ fat shoes / small wheels in? 90's 0r 2,000's?

[@mircobernado7028]

And what about Zero and Fallen?

[@ShredzShop]

2010s were definitely the glory days for Zero and Fallen! Zero still seems to be killing it, their last few vids were great.

[@Lisa-x7n8p]

I dont tnink ive ever seen the Osiris D3 or any other bulky skate shoe like those have a tear or rip in them from doing flip tricks. Tell me if yall have pls

[@ryanrowe1975]

Vans XLT Geoff Rowley and Ryan Scheckler

[@sonnyrico]

Id love to see skateboarding get as big again as it was then

[@ShredzShop]

It seems like it’s big in weird ways like skaters getting Chipotle sponsorships, but hard for your average pro to make a living.

[@jct903]

No doubt Yeah Right / Fully Flared were amazing, but Inhabitants was the one that I watched more that any.