THE DAY MATT HENSLEY CHANGED SKATEBOARDING

[@MrCatcandance]

The way Hensley changed skating cannot be denied. Him, Natas and Gonz were the true street revolutionaries in my opinion.

[@isyt1]

Met him in Glasgow, Scotland. My hero growing up lol

[@klauswigsmith]

Yeah, Matt!

[@brentobrien6642]

I saw Matt Ollie over a picnic table end for end in Michigan in 1989. Crazy talent.

[@nailsbarr7045]

Matt Hensley is one of the best of all time.

[@danielsaredi]

I was there somewhere in the audience! 😃 Matt's ollie to rail was absolutely stunning! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@michaeljohn8905]

Dayum that must have been awesome to watch all those LEGENDS. I’m 50 I grew up with some of these guys. It was an amazing time for SKATEBOARDING ! Sky was the limit ! Mike 13 st LES. NYC 80,$ and 90,$

[@skyrotfpv]

@@michaeljohn8905I am also turning 50 this year. 😃I actually thought often about this Contest in Münster (Münster Monster Mastership) in 1989. I was already there in 1988 when I saw Gonz, Tommy G and a ton of other street skaters. Compared to 1988 this contest here in 1989 was split into the indoor 'Halfpipe' and this outdoor part with the streetstyle obstacles. I often thought about this specific contest as it was the lagest at the time and was hoping that there is any video recording that captured this amazing time and luckily I found it in this channel!

[@skulleagletartat]

People need to know this! I started skating in ‘89, by the end of the year and into ‘90 everyone looked like Hensley clones, it was awesome. This was in the middle of nowhere Indiana, I can only assume it happened everywhere else 😂 Good story and it’s a true story, this definitely propagated all those changes that were on the horizon.

[@RealSkateStories]

100% facts!

[@skulleagletartat]

@@Deadsetdead chukka boots and cutting highs down to lows, amazing times to experience.

[@runningtimelabs]

True, there were some in m town in France.Just like we had Valelly clones in kakis after public domain.

[@haydenbarr140]

What you say is completely true. Here in New Zealand everyone skated in cut-off army pants and had a buzzcut; I was no exception. This was around the time Hensley's Pro Spotlight appeared in Transworld. He set the style for everyone.

[@jasondashney]

In Canada, all of my friends got chain wallets because we all wanted to be Matt Hensley

[@bricemenaugh4828]

This is gold... I would love to see some Scott Oster footage!!

[@RealSkateStories]

YES!! I need to do a proper Oster video!!

[@bricemenaugh4828]

@@RealSkateStories I'll be the biggest fan!!! He's my fav! Thanks

[@augustvong7057]

The G-turn style master!

[@JonnyDIY]

Sick trick! I came up skating in 90s during the tech revolution. Fun times. 80s mustve be awesome with all the pools n big ramps. Where skateboarding is now is awesome, perfect mix of the two. And endless skateparks everywhere. No shortage of places to skate like back in the day

[@andresperez383]

Dude. 100% subscribed. 47 year old skateboarder here and I cannot wait to watch the rest of your videos.

[@RealSkateStories]

Thanks Anders!

[@PhilippePetitKnotweedDMT]

Yves Tchao (Alva rider from Belgium) did a rockslide down that rail and finished second or third in the amateur division...

[@dionysusroy7579]

ride all day bruxelles

[@punaforager]

I had the pleasure of seeing Matt skate twice in person, and he was so so so special. 360 pop shuv-it to a tweaked melancholy grab!

[@michaeljohn8905]

Love Matt Hensley ! I think The Gonz would make a good edition to these story’s !

[@augustvong7057]

Hensley did a lot of fresh stuff in "Hokus Pokus". Lance did a nice invert on that rail, though!

[@Massachusettsmike413]

Just subscribed. If u roll out old school clips like this I’m in!!

[@RealSkateStories]

Thank you! I'm so old school I still think Hensley is new school 🤣🤣

[@krassmachine]

Been there, love it! Thank you for the memories and Matt for so much inspiration!

[@scottieskatan4219]

Yup he was the best. at a time god like even bloody legend.cheers for this...

[@bazzib4953]

His end part on this is not the new h street video always gives me goosebumps.

[@Mole-Life]

I have not heard this story, thank you.

[@amonle]

Damn! I was at that competition and remember him trying and then nailing it ... after all these years! Legend! @RealSkateStories Thanks for the upload. Where did you get the video?

[@eaglebauer944]

There used to be an official video from the 1989 worldcup, I think Titus released it back then. Pretty rare footage these days.

[@amonle]

@@eaglebauer944 thanks. I think it’s called ‘The Contest’. Hensley was great but there was a kid named Jan Wagge who won amateur and I think stole the show. Amazing how I remembered his name when I saw your video. Found him on IG

[@a-hagirl]

🔥🔥🔥 LOVED IIIIT !!! Loved Hensley

[@stefanherzberg1630]

Matt Hensley was my inspiration back then, but the significance of this trick is ridiculously overblown.

[@RealSkateStories]

I agree, but not just this trick. He was good but definitely overblown. Skateboarding went way down in speed and power around the time he took over, he was a big part of that. His influence with that next generation of kids who's skateboarding began with stationary kickflips cannot be denied. A lot of them are now adults and have not much interest or knowledge of skate legacies and history pre 90s.

[@barney6697]

F yeah ,,another historical sic Vid , thanks TR for sharing your personal tapes that need to be seen and rolled for the future of a sport still in its youth historically. The true Pool pioneers a high percentage still ride …😊

[@duhkha75]

Gracias! Keep the good work

[@joedent3323]

Nice footage :)

[@twoslapsmma]

New sub here! Keep up the great content bro!

[@bdavis9876]

Well written. Good job. Hensley is god!

[@kashimayuki]

Yes, I had a keychain coz Matt 😄❤

[@RubenHernandez-yx1bk]

Matt Hensley wallet chain!!!! Yup and some chukka boots green ones!!!

[@kellymcentee7172]

First to do 360 flip to rail slide too. His curb skills were pretty killer too.

[@anadraham2995]

Well this was fuckin AwEsOmE ✔️✅✔️

[@daveturner4134]

So goo! Do you have anymore footage from this comp?

[@RealSkateStories]

I do...I'll drop it in a future vid!

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

And he stuck it to Hosoi too

[@Soldier_Sean]

Matt retired way too early

[@hoodybeatz]

Yea Matt

[@FabricioCastroSkateVideos]

Great!!!

[@veggieSxDBD]

Still my favorite skater since 88 hokus pokus transword thrasher pic on my wall str8 up mad respect good energy always ✌🏻💨732Nj

[@coldseamonster]

His melon grabs changed everything. Best style ever.

[@AdventuresInSkateboarding]

100% Skateboarder 🙏

[@jefwhitehead4301]

Wow Thanks,TR

[@kassieraine110]

Yeah, Matt.

[@dietsches]

Ramps designed and build by Dietsches Pools. Good times !!!

[@E_L1000]

Could you share a readable scan of that LA Times article about Hensley? That part of skate culture newer reached us kids in Europe. Yeah, sure you could go to a well sorted library or newsstand and find American newspapers, but no one did that at the time.

[@TimVreeswijk]

That's not Hosoi, it's Kasai.

[@petesmite]

A bit more context would be great. What has changed exactly? Was this the first 50-50 down a rail? Or the first 50-50 ever? Why was there a rail anyway, when nobody skated rails at that time? Was nobody skating a rail? So many questions.

[@RealSkateStories]

Seems so obvious but here's the nuts and bolts of it: In an era all about going fast, stylish and big, along comes Hensley, hunched over and rolling slow- but doing undeniable tricks that changed skateboarding forever.

[@pullingteeth20]

In 1989 Hensley was one of just a handful of pros who were street-only, and most of the ‘street-style’ contests were dominated by vert pros. Munster was a big deal, and it was the image of Hensley re-inventing the approach that had the impact, not the rail as such. After Hokus Pokus came out in early 1990, Hensley was the most influential skater worldwide and a key part in how street skating took over the game.

[@jamesmuller1481]

Just because he did one rail? Isn't that why they made it, for someone to do it?

[@RealSkateStories]

It was a lot more than just doing this rail. Rolling up really slow hunched over to obstacles and taking dozens of tries to make something "tech" somehow and surprisingly changed the game forever.

[@wendaltvedt4673]

Of course Hensley took part in revolutionizing street skating but claiming this particular trick was the day he changed skateboarding just sounds over dramatic.

[@RealSkateStories]

I agree!

[@funkengruvenful]

Omfg!!!! I’m dying lolol

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

Well, pretty spot-specific, I mean did anybody ever even again have the contraption to perform this move? I remember how Jamie Thomas raved over Hensley, watching everything we could get our hands upon in his wealthy parents' plushy living room.

[@RougeMaster]

Paisa Music ?

[@luisaugustobastos4744]

This was the year that vert guys were getting the first spots in street competition… mostly because of the obstacles

[@augustvong7057]

The vert-riders could go down the handrail, though. Hensley could do a lien to tail on vert. If I remember correctly ... Saw it at a demo. But true, it was hard being more technical then. I think Hensley placed in the top 5 in this contest. Kickflip kickturn on the big wall ...

[@robertcrystals]

Gonz 50-50ed a handrail on video in 87. Hensley and this trick are both is sick but the seed was long planted before this. We were even trying em by 89 in Australia.

[@RealSkateStories]

This story is not about the first handrails done. It's about a turning point in skate history.

[@Rufusdos]

Got to say, the voiceover script is absolute garbage. It's a sick trick by a sick skater. Everything else is just a string of Hollywood clichés.

[@RealSkateStories]

Did you see the guy in the yellow shirt?

[@alexandredoyen8227]

Mullen?????????

[@RealSkateStories]

One of the greats! But this video is about Matt.

[@comesect]

Lol....yeah okay

[@cheompapos]

Shackle me not changed it, Templeton changed it. Mariano and others. Not Hensley. He just was a part of the Evolution.

[@cheompapos]

Over dramatic. Calm down brother.

[@RealSkateStories]

😂🤙 Hyped it up for sure for all those Hensley fans out there.