The History of ICONIC Skate Spots 2 (macba, southbank, Brooklyn banks)

[@nayfin308]

"Late 90s and early 200s" -Skate Or Die

[@RiversPhotography]

This made me laugh so hard 😅

[@benowen585]

Yeah there was a huge skate scene there in the second century AD. Its crazy that its stayed open that long.

[@SkateOrDie]

Hahahahaha what you know about my boy gerabiëth seshing the colosseum

[@basicskating5803]

@@SkateOrDie lmaoo

[@RiversPhotography]

wtf how dis got more likes than any of my vids?L???

[@juzn893]

maybe something like "the history of Iconic skate videos" would be a great idea for some videos :)

[@gillskateboards7214]

I would love to see that!

[@salstinks9029]

Bro thats an awesome idea!

[@tonybelonog2941]

YES OMG PLZ

[@oneohsix106]

I agreee

[@G3N-0F-D00M]

Yeah Right! Troubled Youth Illegal Civilization 2 The DC Video

[@osto3295]

Somone else noticed 2:58 when he said spain but translaited it from french

[@anderbenavidesmuru2216]

Os To probably it was from spanish and automatically changed to french. Museu d’Art Contemporany is not spanish or french, it’s in catalan so the youtuber and Google were both wrong. There are 4 official languages in Spain. spanish, galego (north west, similar to portuguese), catalan (north east, similar to french) and basque (central north, aboriginal)

[@tommypeterson9986]

@@anderbenavidesmuru2216 Google suggested translating from Catalan if you look near the bottom of the text box.

[@anderbenavidesmuru2216]

@@tommypeterson9986 I had to watch it again, but this time at the computer, and you´re right!

[@juanrojas2595]

IKR

[@antoinequeiros1525]

Spain is ''Espagne'' in french

[@sheona.m]

I found this channel a couple of days ago and I haven’t stopped watching this channel yet😂😂

[@Articinvolved]

Me too being a young skate this channel helps a lot

[@lustkillsuu]

Same

[@eugenenalpin6058]

I've spent all my teens living out in the country, so no paved roads, and I never skated. But I love and adore street culture, so seeing that officials are changing their mind and willing to preserve skate spots and culture is so exciting! Despite all the injuries one can indure while skating, I hope that the legacy will live on for new generations of skaters to come

[@hlaw2830]

You figure out that cities are cancer yet, kid? XDDD

[@deborahsilvio179]

Thank you

[@deborahsilvio179]

Love you too

[@deborahsilvio179]

I live in Haverhill Massachusetts born and raised proud concrete jungle I've never known a grassy field except maybe the high school upper east coast Mass probably first hardcore concrete never to be reversed to normal ground this literally an Old road under the other road running through downtown which was built on top of a cobblestone road and underneath that there were old train tracks so yeah dairy to try to dig a hole downtown but yet we still have guys working on the ground around and everywhere all the time because humans are weird like that

[@marcelomuro3390]

"thankfully for the skaters tho, the police came along and got rid of them" (the homeless)- that's not very punk of y'all

[@FALCONRACING167]

Right but when skaters are kicked out of something they get pissed

[@caodesignworks2407]

@@keithgraham8588 Indeed, it wasn't that long ago that it was popular to upload videos of skaters being total assholes to anybody who got in their way, from harassment to actually beating people down. I'm glad most people were outraged by that kind of behavior.

[@checkadam42]

Seriously, and given the protests in response to police brutality that were happening at the time this video came out, I think it's really weird that someone would phrase anything about the cops forcibly removing people as "thankfully." We all, as skaters, know how cops can be. A bunch of those homeless people probably got beat up in the process of being "gotten rid of."

[@alexsosa266]

@lPartyBoy69 no of course not. But the root of the problem is not generally the individuals involved.

[@captainhowdy3104]

Dont hate, skatespot being blown out by homeless is a problem. Most of the crackhead type will shit and spit on everything.....but most respectable homeless types are ashamed and kinda stay away....I've been both lol at one point in life.

[@duderdude4831]

Wow the irony of a skater saying "thankfully for police they got rid of them" Jfc..

[@drvissie]

DuderDude right? And it’s homeless people.

[@on_jah]

What does kfc mean

[@on_jah]

Jfc

[@hashishiriya]

@@on_jah jfc = jesus fucking christ

[@morbidtotty8375]

Never skated in my life but after playing through almost all the tony hawk games I can’t get enough of these videos

[@NAPOLIEDITS]

"for the luck of the skaters, the police came along" -No one ever

[@trevorfrancismeusx9120]

Yeah never thought I'd hear skaters singing the praises of cops for running out homeless people. That's some twilight zone shit.

[@nickpasquarello1291]

100% what is this dude smoking?? Fuck the homeless I guess?

[@TheHexicle]

Nick Pasquarello In times like this, may we follow in the footsteps of our great lord Jonathan Swift, as outlined in his classic manual on policy ‘A Modest Proposal’, and just eat the poor.

[@amory8412]

It honestly annoyed me so much I couldn't finish the video

[@ethern3l]

Yup, it bothered me as much as if he would have used racist slurs. I really didn't expect that coming from a skate video. Even if the is 16 like who the fuck raised you to hate on homeless people. People whoare already pretty much down or have mental illness or whatever. Fuck that kid.

[@revolutioninthedark7048]

You’re making history man, your videos will inspire young people to get out and skate. I think it’s a good idea to keep kids active and outside!!

[@LukasOll]

3:19 “late 90’s and early 200’s” I want ur time machine dude

[@AndrewDavidBaron]

hop me on board too...

[@TheHexicle]

Back in the 13th century there was truly an impressive underground skate scene, with well-known pros including the upmost-steezy Gengis Khan, hailing from the Mongol Empire, and Mansa Musa, the man who started a ten year recession in the countries he visited on his pilgrimage to Mecca purely from awe of his signature laser flip.

[@luckyspurs]

Being from London, the South Bank skate space is the only one I've ever seen in person. Went to the London Aquarium with family in 2005 and as we were walking to an outdoor cafe afterwards by the river, just happened across it. There were so many people skating there; always remembered it, even though I've never skateboarded in my life.

[@angellara2446]

I used to go to that high school connected to the BBanks back when it was still open so many great memories there.

[@jakekennedy8412]

I don’t even skate but I could watch these all day, you should also do other series on skate history. Very interesting videos !!!

[@benjaminlevi763]

hey loved the vid, and here are sum more ICONIC spots in paris: 1. le dome/palais de tokyo 2. trocadero 3. place de la république keep it up

[@TheNewKid112567]

these videos just gave me the inspiration to pick back up my board and skate after 3 years of not being on one, thank you!

[@raquelrecachabenito5183]

I'm from Barcelona, Spain. I didn't know MACBA was that iconic! The name Macba is in Catalan, a language different to french. It stands for Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.

[@sebiyoko5784]

same!

[@forevergnarlygaming3943]

as someone who never got to skate the banks its real cool to see the history and footage behind it then go play the map in session it looks so photo realistic its wild

[@ultimateyagerman]

Was it destroyed?

[@forevergnarlygaming3943]

@@ultimateyagerman yeah

[@yoitsmilotic]

4:56 did anyone notice that 3rd and army is a spot from skate 3

[@noahatkins5477]

Milotic most spots in skate 3 are real spots lmaoooo

[@lavenderllamamusic]

Yeah, it's called 2nd & Navy in the game lol and Skate 2 had the Black Hubba spot in the downtown area with all the mongocorp guards

[@chadartz9179]

Its the location of the T-Mobile Contest in the game

[@zuggy_t]

Brooklyn banks is in skate 3 too

[@coopernielsen7539]

zugzwang which spot is the Brooklyn banks?

[@jackmcphaden3964]

my cousins moved to england for a year around the time of the long live south bank petition i think he still has the shirt too, i went to visit and it was amazing to see such a coming together of community at such a young age

[@mr.french4602]

SAVE THE BANKS!! I wanna skate em please, just once... :(

[@_megwaters]

thank you so much for featuring south bank in this video after i mentioned it in the comments of the last video, the uk skate scene is thriving right now :)

[@amandak1990]

bold of you to assume I haven't smashed the like button right when I clicked the video

[@collinsepulveda8873]

bold of you to assume I haven't smashed the subscribe button as well

[@disastermidi1990]

Damn right when it’s smaller time creators I love I always like every video it does make a big dif

[@anthonylastname5462]

Frr lmao

[@akselluhavee6704]

imma keep it 69

[@Shad0wmoses]

man remember skating the banks and just running into pros randomly like mike v was cruising down the entire thing filming a line. danny montoya was skating the same thing me and my friends were skating which was the bank to ledge and would constantly see steve rodriguez everywhere. thats what was so fun about skating ny back then.

[@roxanne8662]

Maybe you could do a series on skatespots, but do some by country. eg. Well-known skatespots in Brazil, Australia, etc. Or videos on iconic skaters from around the world. Online, we mostly see skaters from California/USA. There's a lot more skateboarding culture that is to be discovered around the world. Even if you dont make a video, it's interesting to see the differences by country.

[@paulcorfe2355]

Awesome video and channel.. you have definitely brought me back to my youth.. Venice Beach definitely needs a mention and credit deserved 👍 those ledges and all that graffiti

[@alexshred177]

A.k.a the pit..

[@drvissie]

6:24 getting rid of people who don’t have a house so skaters can skate is such a shitty thing.

[@REALITY_ONLY_PLEASE]

I used to ride at Southbank in the 70s. I moved from Huntington Beach to England in 75 my skateboard was one of the first my friends/schoolmates had ever seen. By 77 skating was popular in England and Southbank was the spot.

[@howardbill6355]

You should do a history of iconic tricks and how they evolved

[@pahqman]

Or just a biography of Rodney Mullen?

[@JalapenoSmoothie]

I am a 56 year old woman, and I love skating! Been doing it since ‘79

[@jonathanbreakfast1209]

If you’re reading this you better have signed the petition

[@sarahdavison3]

Done

[@Killadey]

Yep

[@michaeljohn8905]

Miss the old banks and the best was the off ramp wall ( right into traffic of course ) So many guys passed Harold Hunter,Keenan Milton , Justin Pierce and the list goes on. I’m glad I just barely missed going out that way also. RIP BOYS skate on.

[@nurglina]

Bro you could def do a series. Embarcadero, Love Park. You could include parks like Del Mar and Burnside too. Sweet video tho my man.

[@soydave1988]

Yessss

[@irohwavez]

I can't believe EMB (RIP) hasn't been done yet.

[@louiec12]

I went to southbank when i was 4 ish, and watching people skate there was one of the things that got me into skating

[@akjm9177]

"Thankfully for the skaters the police came along and got rid of [the homeless people]" I don't think anyone is thanking the cops for doing that. I don't know a single skater who respects the cops, let alone condones them using violence to uproot people who literally have no home to go to.

[@AndrewDavidBaron]

Signed! I used to skate at the banks in the 90s with Steve Rodriguez and whole bunch of people. The best days were getting there early before anyone else and just shredding for hours. Ahhhhh the good old days!

[@mando3984]

love these videos, i wanna give some feedback tho... your information and delivery is amazing i say do some articulation exercise to better articulate some words that sound almost a bit muffled. i mean this critique with respect and in hope to make the channel just a bit more professional. other that keep this serious up i like revisiting these spots histories and learning of new ones.

[@noodles-minecrafttutorials8583]

I just started skateboarding and your videos have helped a lot

[@Vimau02]

Video during week? You have gone nuts!

[@DaddyDanku]

Love the "...and the early 200's." Quote. Skateboarding really is old if my dad says he used to. Love the vid, keep em coming.

[@santiagomonasterio-marcos9996]

love these videos man they are INSANE, Cheers Skate or Die for making such entertaining videos, like if you want a ton more of these.

[@annanimi7141]

I enjoy it so much to wake up, start eating some chips, cookies, ice cream and cheesesnacks while watching these videos!!!

[@Es-zr7qj]

the last time I was this early skateboarding didn't even exist

[@tsukanahibayashi4140]

So.... like 90 years ago?

[@patrickforstner8548]

@@tsukanahibayashi4140 "the early 200's"

[@tsukanahibayashi4140]

@Patrick Forstner thanks for the info

[@lilstjimmy]

I've visited Southbank Skate Space many times and it's such a cool area! All the skaters are super chill and people love to get creative with the graffiti.

[@HumaneApproach]

1:11 Dude, what about rollerblading?! Daaaaaaaamn

[@soydave1988]

Nice video, but I can't believe you never mentioned Embarcadero in SF! One of the most important spots in skateboarding history for sure

[@Iamgoopy]

1:00 Me watches video Also me: SESSION

[@saro6043]

I don’t skate anymore because my skateboard has been stolen and can’t afford a new one, but skate 3 and these videos makes me feel like I know a little bit about skateboarding

[@uncledeath6785]

3:11 that’s not french it’s catalan that’s the language we have here in barcelona haha

[@Majisto41]

I've been to southbank a few times (I only skated there once but when I go to london I always see it) and it's probably my favourite skate spot

[@urlocalghost]

Last time I was this early I was but a smol boi I didn’t know what to type so I typed this lmao

[@soloscoots6918]

Lmao

[@Waltliquor2]

I signed the petition...this has a historical value in skate borders hearts, why take it away!

[@surugg]

"late 90s and early 200s" did you fail English class too?

[@T.T.E.O.T.]

He did also say that a local went into the polluted water to receive the skateboard not retrieve it receive it lol so yeah he most definitely failed english 🤣

[@duncanmccabe9376]

You guys represent a complete failure of the education system, where we learn to compete with each other and capitalise on other people's mistakes. Your small-minded attitudes and lack of decency should make your families and your school teachers proud. Well done. You really showed your ignorance today!

[@ryansanico6539]

Thank you Skate,or Die for these Skateboarding Contents.

[@kushviper]

It’s wack af to act like the cops came and did something good by kicking out homeless people

[@detonationpyrotechnics4156]

Why is that exactly?

[@chubbinnrubbin]

They’re literally everywhere..skaters aren’t.

[@K1llerTunes]

@@detonationpyrotechnics4156 you tell us why it’s okay

[@rileymilkman]

naw fr

[@FrostyBalls01]

If there not hurting them skaters like them. But as soon as they get into there way it’s gets these bums outta here.

[@RobertWilliams-eu8vb]

9:45 - Hunt Park (Riverside, CA)… you may even see the notorious Forrest Edwards skating there

[@juanrojas2595]

Ah yes, thank the police for getting rid of the closest thing those homeless people had to a neighborhood, too bad there are stragglers left over sometimes. Pesky homeless people. But seriously though, wtf man. There's a lot of skaters who were homeless, like the Muska, Bam Margera, and Chris Haslam. I really hope you were being sarcastic, when a skater gets kicked out we get pissed but at least we have homes to get back to or other skate spots, for the homeless where have they to go?

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

Yeah like I'm really hoping that was just a slip up or something in the script or a bad piece of irony that didn't really land well. This guy doesn't seem pro cop in anyway so a comment like that is pretty left field but for now I'll leave it up to a slip of the tongue or something because we've all said dumb shit before that we didn't mean the way it sounded.

[@thethrowawaythatstayed7055]

Right? That was fucked up.

[@rdgblading1813]

Bam was never homeless. His parent were always there. He’s always had a roof over his head. His pops would bring him to this og concrete park 50 minutes from westchester to shred when he was a young teenager lol

[@irislol1560]

3:18 didnt know they had cameras in the early 200's lol

[@lena-kol]

early gang 👏

[@dreoneful]

I'm not a pro skater but these nyc spots bring me back so many good and bad memories from fights running from police to landing my first kick flip lol

[@MonkeyDWoofy]

flip was most iconic in barcelona to me, the sorry and really sorry videos will forever be legendary to me, mark appleyard, ali b, bastien salabanzi, tom penny, mike mo, then pj ladd, shane cross and so on, damn those were good ol days

[@urbancreekfishing6216]

Man the guy doing the manual at the 3rd and army spot brought back memories i had that tape in middle school wow im not old just feel it. Miss skate boarding hate i tuined my ankle and started frinking

[@purplegotz9626]

5:07 I've seen that place a lot of time on skate 3

[@JasonJayWray]

And Skate 4 was just announced by EA a few weeks ago

[@gempysmile134]

Jay Wray yes!

[@thakiddtp3741]

southbank skatepark is a motive 99% of the time when i go out, at night thou southbank tunnel is live as well its also a chill bunnin spot

[@fakeasmr6792]

In Catonsville Maryland there is an abandoned skate park called the cascades I went there yesterday and I sadly couldn’t skate it since it was filled with mud and wood and rubble

[@rosco8453]

6:37 when u showed pics, i got flashbacks when my family went a day out to london and we watched the skaters there

[@rosco8453]

we never knew about the southbanks

[@gxvro1]

nice to mention that ''king/queen of MACBA'' is, imo, the best game of skate contest ever by far

[@kortmann9]

The early 200s is certainly well known for its skating scene! The Romans were brilliant at it!

[@jasonwilliams8324]

Yesss Save brooklyn banks!!!, great video, cant wait for more like this, cheers bro! Im new to skateboarding, how often do you clean bearings??? And lubricate?

[@adamhill8358]

3rd and Army was recreated in skate 3. But they called it 2nd and Navy. Still one of my favorite spots in the game because of the area around it is so dope

[@ethanhall5842]

yo! that first skate park is Lehi skate park i skate there all the time!! the first clip is the lehi skate park.

[@thatslifebro.]

Do one for the late great "Sadlands" (Moon Park) in Anaheim california. Legendary spot in socal. You use to see pros there all the time back in the day.

[@Fingermanant1234]

The brooklyn banks are so amazing! I had so much fun skating it

[@dnichimatus131]

I woke up to this? Damn! You listen to us about making this into a series. Thanks amd keep it up #SkateOrDie #NotificationSquad

[@httr2193]

Where can I get the background song towards the beginning of the vid??

[@whoreallyknowspodcast8990]

put the link to the change.org in my podcast episode bio and will be posting it every week. we HAVE to save these spots man.

[@TheRealKjay]

The banks are in thps1+2 remake and its awesome 🤘

[@zew1414]

The Banks in the mid 90s......give me chills when I think back

[@mossadon]

"South bank. South south bank. South bank. South south bank" (To the tune of South Bronx, BDP) The gnarliest spot the U.K ever had. Truly legendary. Way back in the day it was THE hub for Skaters, BMXers and....rollerskaters ! YEARS before inlines were even a nugget of a thought, peeps were rippin up that place on 8 wheels with mad skills.

[@kjeezy2990]

KRS

[@TylerO_O.]

man awesome video. I have been wondering where jaime thomas did the leap of faith back in the day

[@oneohsix106]

Any history like most iconic/influential skate videos, skaters, etc. I would watch it bro keep making great content 👍🏻

[@eddboy1323]

Man i don't even skate but just love these kind of videos this should be a series.

[@LightGamer6]

Please! I would love to see videos about skate spot on a certain basis :D Especially those from the THPS games. Great content thanks!

[@skeem2455]

A tiny bit of History for yahs. Caesar Chavez Blvd use to be called "Army Street" about 25 years ago. I think they changed its name in like 95'.

[@XhavepurposeX]

For part 3 you should feature Iconic Philly spots, Love Park (RIP) FDR, Calhoun Rail... city is COVERED in legendary spots

[@iamnotanumber100]

I’ve skated Southbank, it’s smaller than you think, still pretty rad though.

[@brandongiovanni44]

That was so clean... that it could be in a Mr. Clean commercial. So clean it could what Outkast was talking about in the song 'so fresh and so clean' it was so damn clean.. it could be used to sanitize a surface to prevent Co-vid!

[@Fatkushblunts666]

You missed love park brother, I was with wondering if you were going to show it but nothing, I used to dream of skating there…

[@proskatertonycock6321]

That Brooklyn banks petition needs to get to 50,000 signatures now

[@zoebob1538]

I don't know what your real name is but you made me not a scooter kid I used to be one right when I started watching you I change that to skateboarding thank you so much for changing it I love you so much

[@FrDriftt]

Please could u try make part 3 ?

[@Spitfire515O]

I chuckled when, talking about HH in the first video, you said "Wayne Speyer." Okay, Wade is a legend, especially to us in the 40 y/o age range, but "Make Carl" is inexcusable. Followed by shortly thereafter by the phrase "skate God Aaron Kyro." Yeah, can't forgive that one. Time to go. Good luck to ya with the channel dude.

[@willplaner1974]

How was that SF spot chose before Pier 7

[@marekkoran2932]

What about Stalin plaza in Czech republic? Also well known great spot.

[@Giannis27272]

Last video made me start skating 2 days in not as easy as I thought but it's Hella fun

[@JSBeats85]

I saw the clip from Thrashers "Skate and Destroy". That game was so awesome and influential for me.

[@gd.gloryy]

I just realized Third and Army is Second and Navy in Skate 3. o my gosh

[@covagotnextgaming]

This is such an awesome series.

[@enriquepastor3626]

Barcelona is in the Catalonia (like a state of Spain), and there the official lenguage is Catalán, so every info signs and street and place's names there are in Catalán

[@speehdy]

A video on WEDNESDAY yessssssirrrrr