Peter Smolik: Redefining Technical Skateboarding | Short Skateboarding Documentary

[@digitalvalidity9553]

I met Smolik at Hackettstown skate park in NJ back in 97-98. At the time, Shortys team was doing their Fulfill the Dream tour. Smolik was doing some techy innovative ledge tricks that, to this day, I still haven't seen anyone do besides him.

[@HappyBowser777]

So ahead of his time + amazing style! One of the best ever 🔥

[@michaelmoreno9627]

I had a friend named Josh Bradford....the whole vibe and his skating was smolik. We were looking for rails and shit but he was doing long nose slides shove it's out early

[@Sevfin]

The absolute stranglehold of influence this guy had over my life in the golden era. I'll always be a Smolik fan. Still have a crisp OG dice deck packed away & an RLP hanging on my wall. Peter needs to bless us with an other modern small part.

[@krzysztofsereczynski412]

Me and few of my mates had a pleasure of meeting him back in a day in Prague, Czech Republic where he apparently came for a family reunion or somewhat. We skated together and partied together and all I can say he is an animal on his board so he is when he parties. The best part of it all was he's fucking super friendly with us as he wouldn't let anyone feel like any different even tho he's such a legend. I will never forget thas. Respect Pete!

[@garosama4517]

Dude did switch Heelflip Bs 5-0s 180 out on ledges in the 90s. Absolute beast

[@johnfritz4096]

His style and unique way of letting his body move ahead of his deck was pure gold back in the 90’s. I admired him then as I do now. Just love watching him ebb and flow through any environment. Keep pushing my brother.

[@origaminefretami3480]

Most underrated skater of all time.

[@dingo.D]

I know what you sayin', but I don't think he is underrated, but underappreciated YES :)

[@origaminefretami3480]

​@@dingo.DBoth. Lots of people dont even know him anymore

[@ChrixMadHeck]

One of my favourite Skateboarders ever. 😍

[@Riz2336]

One of the dopest skaters man, I recently put his shorty's deck on my bedroom wall

[@carlosacunacastillo6227]

one of the best to ever do it, best sense of humor too if you have ever met him

[@garosama4517]

Just watching his interviews is enough, dude is funny af

[@Newenglandlocal]

What i enjoy most about this part is how much more relatable it is to many more skaters. Gives me something I can at least attempt to emulate, unlike parts filled with 20 set hand rails.

[@11Rogue-Disciple11]

Around my way (in the hood) majority of whoever skated did mostly tech style skating. We mostly didn't do the gnar stuff bcz low income folks couldn't afford insurance & doctor visits. So we mostly related to skaters like Smolik & the like. This seems to be case with most skaters in the urban sectors of society

[@Bb186fo]

Ive said this for years, as impressive as those dudes are who go insanely big non stop, its the steezy, look like they're actually having FUN dude's who actually make you wana go skate! Its relatable! One of my favorite parts of all time is another Shorty's guy, Sammy Baptista and his part from Fulfill The Dream! Made me HAVE TO go skate every time i watched it!

[@Demion83]

Late 90s we were all trying to mimic Smolik's swaggy steeze 😂

[@josephpaerau9144]

The whole Shorty's crew

[@Demion83]

@josephpaerau9144 indeed. My personal favourite part in fullfill the dream was actually Olsen, but just that whole wanting to land all stylish with your knees bent and baggy pants... You wanted a dash of Smolik in there.

[@treywashington9768]

Its a fire style lol

[@mr.bluenotedoobop]

I wore rolled up joggers in high school! Thanks Smolik and Kalis 😎😎

[@magicwood2360]

Wild thing is this style is still prevalent today

[@ShankyLightfoot]

I used to worship this dude. Lovely skating!

[@joecaca4136]

Bro I'm not going to lie, I learned how to roll from watching Peter. Bro'ham was smooth and pretty goddamn consistent 🤙

[@mauricej8]

Meet him on south st in Philly during an Osiris tour..super chill dude

[@noepoops9181]

One of my all time favorites

[@Phoneticbeats]

Smolik was awesome. I had his pro model & I had a backwards shorties cap hahaha. Them were the days

[@scred1000]

incredible skater !

[@joeymendez1481]

Damn, I was there for a lot of this footy. I miss these days.

[@thepetrolman4879]

He was insanely good. Where is he now

[@timboslice45]

Dude was definitely inspiring when it came to tech ledge skating, and the S.A.G. (Smolik Athletic Gear) was dope

[@d3mones692]

The best

[@LacedBacon]

Westsida Ridaaaaazzz!🛹👐🐐

[@streetfightertwo]

SMOLIK's Transworld part in the 'Let's Do This' video is 🔥 too

[@zaa-flips-it]

We worshipped the guy in the late 90s. I know i was one out of a million people trying the noseslide shuv "tailslide" lol or noseslide to backtail. Best times of my life!

[@CockLobster]

Oh shut up 😂😂😂

[@Air_Marc]

Best sk8 vid to drop since "let's do this" ... smolik4life

[@christmasham4312]

i remember watching is mind blowing part in fulfill the dream when i was little i always wonder what he's been up to from time to time

[@Air_Marc]

If you're ever in a sk8 rut, just watch a smolik clip. You can feel his energy radiating through the screen. Rare.

[@Asicasters]

I remember watching Menikmate when it first came out and Ronnie Creager's last trick was kickflip in and out of a backtail slide (admittedly, a really cool one). I remember thinking to myself, didn't Peter Smolnik do that same trick a few years ago in a Shorty's video in the middle of his part, not even slo-mo? The guy was definitely years ahead of his time, I think it's his style that kept it from aging well. I personally don't have any issues with his style, but I think it's pretty different than most popular styles today of ultra clean, super smooth roll-away kind of thing.

[@VikingAF1111]

Had the grey red and black Osiris shoes when the came out. Not as good as the all time best shoes, the es’ muskas but a close second. Brings back a lot of memories. 🤙🏻

[@mrsonistbeatsofficial2253]

You just had to be there! I was a teenager at a Fulfill the Dream promo demo in Temecula CA. #goldeneraofskateboarding & #hip🔥

[@Sliver-surfer]

This is real skateboarding! Not that fake dress up bs that’s called skateboarding now

[@zachb1494]

That switch front 180 at 5:34 was so good. Sounded like he bonked the pole.

[@origaminefretami3480]

Holy shit didnt even notice that was switch too

[@CHEETO3Z-z3d]

the 7.5-7.75 era

[@vwpeacecar]

I can relate 7.6 - 7.625 for me I also remember retro fitting GK king pins in other trucks

[@slayer66t6]

I still rock 7.75, and I have GK pins in my ace lol

[@brian3185]

Because of Smolik, I had noseslide shuvit noseslides on lock. He would do it with tailslides but I couldn't do them at the time 😂. But it looked so rad that I had to learn it.

[@keenanketsdever590]

He always reminded me of Special K from Can't Hardly Wait

[@boombaptutorials5B]

this is sick dude

[@macabreclothing4138]

Him and Penny always had the best style.

[@garosama4517]

Pennys style was better, but Smoliks tech was insane.

[@ryanloney3448]

Jesus christ, that fakie pop shuv is some serious shit

[@alexwest4629]

Yeah, it's crazy. I eat sh1t hard on those on flat ground lol.

[@derekdeville7870]

Before t pudding there was smolik ,first shorts vid blew us all away,like pat Duffy did in questionable they were all good but smolik took the crown ,power,tec ,style grace,and plus he was tall as shit ,made it look easy and fun too create tricks instead of same old same ol

[@purplemars8322]

Them Tunes ❤

[@tylergates4075]

Smołik 🇲🇨

[@louiecarrigan821]

He is Czech as much as i know, not Polish

[@michaelmccurry2314]

Shortys days were lit

[@CloudSeedz]

🔥SD LEGEND

[@Street_79_]

💯🔥🔥🔥

[@JoHnAnDjAnEdOe81]

Anyone know the name of the 1st track?

[@Bb186fo]

Man was he ahead of his time. He was "spicy mustard while we were playin ketchup" 😂

[@jonahsweet]

there's also some good clips in TWS Cinematographer (danny minnick section) as well as Daryl Grogen's 'Live Animation' (1998). There are also several clips from fulfill the dream that weren't in his part should have like the fs 360 he does over the Clmt bump over pole and the footage from his Thrasher sequence (bs 180 switch croox on marston raquetball court bench). Not sure if you added any clips from his 'Troubleshooters' part

[@Shademax4273]

The smolik

[@louiecarrigan821]

Sad that he was always overshadowed by Muska, when Smolik was the much better allrounder

[@Royden1865]

Muska knows how to put on a show. I don’t think Smolik cared for the spotlight as much

[@Calitmc]

90's skating was the best

[@tuno3514]

5:30 what song?

[@nolliekwakie712]

Bossssssss

[@ashleybrown4754]

Nollie 270 nose light years before Yuto

[@GarettChavez]

CLMT ❤all you need is love! ODS4life WS

[@alexandredoyen8227]

Where is Smolik now?

[@SunshineSlappySmackie]

Wes Kremer said in a interview he was trying to get the worlds largest nostril, doesn't sound good by that response

[@user-rr4sl2he8m]

I dunno but I cant believe "lets do this" is what more than 15 year ago!? I got back into skating around that time and his part was soooo inspiring because we was OG af back then haha edit 18 freakn years ago... so wild. but man good times getting back on the board. just cruising parking lots at night doing flat ground lines... miss those days. knowing where i could skate after dark and never get messed with. a curb for some manuals and some slightly downhill pavement and i could be happy for hours.

[@origaminefretami3480]

​@@SunshineSlappySmackieyeah, he spend some time in Tijuana or some shit and got drunk all the time

[@carlosacunacastillo6227]

he is still around, you can find him in San Diego , he's into racing remote controlled cars now of all things lol

[@vancouverbill]

Hope he is good, he was on a thrasher video with Brandon a while back and looked like he had been partying a lot. Wish him will, partying is the best but it's a dragon we all need to be careful not to get taken over by

[@Kynnno]

Of whan I know he was born Cz n moved together with his brother n parents while being still a little kid! Nice complilation

[@jakubv8439]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mattharwardart]

Song ID?

[@joecaca4136]

Where's all the Clairemont homies at 😂😂😂??! Dude was the goofiest yet fun bro to be around. Used to skate Ray Kroc like every other weekend, there were a hella skate spots in Diego. Miss those days running around to all the spots. Shout out to the Madhouse homies!

[@GrecoCalabrese]

Damn I remember Kroc... You just shocked out some memories lol

[@JuanMadrid-fn9fi]

The first song

[@tracker4854]

I have always felt this dude is on a mt Rushmore of skating

[@dugrafiti]

own style

[@hover_roller_balance_boards]

Back then the standards weren’t as high for clean tricks. He shoulda redone a lot of those tricks. Not that his steez was bad on tic tacs or no slides or flop shuv outs or under rotation but it would look wayyy better clean. When he stomps a clean trick it’s top notch. Been a fan since the 90’s

[@origaminefretami3480]

True, 6:06 was crazy clean tho.

[@I_still_use_winamp]

OG’z

[@darthbishop4543]

West sider rider!

[@sk8hillzz]

this dude and Brandon Turner helped mold skate culture, Riders of the Storm

[@squeak86]

Was that dude n still is tf mamamamafia

[@nobocks]

Him.and creager

[@AddictedToMore_]

We got the secret tape

[@mikea9365]

Greg Lutzka pretty much copy pasted Smoliks steeze

[@BLKR_JACK]

Koston try'n to clown'm was wack

[@louiecarrigan821]

Koston tried to clown Smolik?

[@BLKR_JACK]

@louiecarrigan821 a lil shade was sprinkled

[@bugballsy8569]

Dudes the epitome of stuck in the past. Guy just goes around SD unemployed lurking at skate shops while Brandon turner made a solid comeback and is still ripping. Smolik…..just getting drunk in Clairmont

[@louiecarrigan821]

He didnt push himself enough in the later years. Dude had so much potential

[@vancouverbill]

That's too bad, hope all goes well for him . Lots of skaters like Guy seemed beyond hope but somehow figured it all out and are doing great now. Best wishes, he has done so much for skating

[@goingforadds]

American Tom Petty lol

[@GrecoCalabrese]

You mean Tom Penny. Tom Petty is the dead musician.

[@mikemelara9591]

Never was a fan of him. He was gnarly as hell…. I just don’t know why I wasn’t feeling smolik back in the day. Might have been the style. I don’t feel he really had the best style…even tho he had the tricks. Maybe he was the best of his time I dunno… I just didn’t see it

[@Last_I_Checked]

Never realized how sloppy he was lol

[@origaminefretami3480]

Makes it look more natural somehow

[@thecrownedonefromthechurch]

Someone get him back in shape and in the scene please