What Tricks Have Changed Skateboarding?

[@DerekGnarGnar]

I think you can look at it two ways: there’s tricks that changed skateboarding and there’s tricks that reflect how skateboarding has changed. For example, in 2005 Chris Cole’s tre flip down Wallenberg changed skating because it showed how big you can take that trick, whereas in 2009 Chris Cole back 360’d the same set in two tries, which reflected how far skateboarding had progressed in just half of a decade. Not sure if that makes sense but that’s kinda how I see it

[@thenightking6662]

Chris Coles tre flip was legendary when that part came out. Every skater I talked to about it thought it was the most insane thing ever at the time. Truly legendary

[@andynonymous2164]

Dude. Great way to put it. Like I was trying to say in my comment but you did it in a much more concise and understandable way. I think "tricks that changed skateboarding" mostly involve never before skated obstacles, or bigger, faster than ever before. The "reflection" idea seems to consist more of NBDs to me. More than anything, and this is anomalous of both above, I think switch changed everything.

[@infinitescenarios]

I'm glad someone mentioned Cole. First one I personally ever saw do a kick flip noseblunt on a handrail.

[@trevsdead]

This makes complete sense wow so true

[@Twigmf]

Nerd

[@CatzHoek]

I think my ollie down the 3 stair at my local school changed the game (for me)

[@Dthesun]

first try?

[@CatzHoek]

@@Dthesun 100th try maybe

[@stabyourcat]

That shook the skating landscape.

[@shainedupuis2649]

Hell yeah! I landed a kickflip down a 3 set once and it was, and still is, my greatest skateboarding accomplishment lol of course my buddy wasn't looking on the one I landed cuz it was like my 100th try so I'm trying to land it again to show him and my front foot slipped off and kicked the board straight up to my face and it hit me right in the gums and busted my gums open. Honestly got super lucky cuz I was an inch or two from knocking all my front teeth out of my face🤣🤣

[@df3kt]

I remember switch flipping a 6 set when I was young it was the 1st switch flip trick I ever did down stairs and I thought I was omw to being pro

[@rumpelRAINS]

You have to mention the 900. It was all over espn and mainstream media at the time. The video game launched soon after and Tony Hawk becomes a household name. Those video games showed kids a little bit of skate culture. It introduced guys like Koston and Reynolds and showed footage from them. If he didn't do that trick at that time maybe things don't take off like they did.

[@lafemmedevastation]

I was really surprised they didn't even mention that, or the way Rodney introduced the flatground ollie...

[@vitocorleone1742]

I agree. I started skating about 4 weeks prior to the german THPS release and that game changed everything, it felt like every Kid started skateboarding. And of course everybody knew the 900. Its like talking about famous skate shoes and not mentioning the D3..

[@jord99n]

That last sentence hits hard. Can’t imagine my life without skateboarding or it not being as big as it is

[@phillynott6811]

@@lafemmedevastation Or the kickflip and heelflip, Rodney didn't even get a mention when they were talking about Plan B lol

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

"You have to mention the 900." No you don't. the 900 didn't change skating. it wasn't something new, it was just a half turn more than what skaters could previously accomplish. the mctwist was a much better example

[@geezuschrist2734]

Ollie on flat, period. thanks Rodney

[@babylonastronaut]

This is the correct answer.

[@AnttiBrax]

No the correct answer is nailing a roller skate on a piece of 2x4.

[@dreamjackson5483]

Ya. Rodney changed it more than anyone

[@livelyupmyself1]

Alan gelfand

[@vinniebate2981]

Rodney didn’t invent the Ollie 😊

[@exploremoreoutdoors]

Rodney has changed skateboarding multiple times. Daewon with tables and his Skate More part. Koston handrail tricks. Reynolds stair tricks. Gonz entire career.

[@KC_604]

U gotta mention geoff rowley ,appleyard,Chris Haslam, jerry hsu the switch god and Louie barletta in the convo for changing the dynamic of skateboarding and how far progression has come and that was way way back in the day and of course Mullen pushed street skating to an entire new hemisphere with tricks that people are now just being able to do but there a few others I didn’t mention that helped push it to the next level

[@HeynowHeynowheynow]

Both excellent answers and put into words what I couldn’t. Totally agree with you both 🫡

[@S_raB]

Daewon Song also invented quite a few tricks too. First comes to mind is the inward varial flip aka hard flip.

[@carstencole-tc1bj]

Don't leave out Natas. You can't include Gonz and leave out Natas.

[@princequestly2218]

That Tom Penny session over chain to bank spot is the most memorable and epic moments.

[@jhi-fly4awhiteguy]

The switch bs flip 👌

[@thesnapper84]

Jeremy Wray’s ollie over the water tower gap

[@eadweard.]

It's good but I wouldn't say it changed anything. We already knew people could ollie that far. We even knew _Wray himself_ could ollie that far, from the Color video.

[@_andreleo_]

Chris Cole, kf back noseblunt in DTL. I remember being at a locally organized premiere and the feeling in the bar/theatre when that happened.

[@stompyrando]

That sh!t changed my life. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qImZqahvbdSklZY

[@Simonisms]

Salman Agah making switch happen. Epic 💪

[@MarcDupuis50400]

I vividly remember my brother telling me about Chris Haslam (who we didn't know at the time) whose part he'd seen in Round 3. Like "there's this guy doing kickflips out of front-board on rails" which we just couldn't compute. Add to that the kickflip one foot nose manny, the incredible tweak, the one foot boardslide, so many tricks in there that literally felt like "I had no idea this was possible on a skateboard"

[@zacktaylor1143]

Hell ya, I was thinking about Haslam’s round 3 part.

[@KC_604]

Haslam was on another level man he wa turkey a gift to skateboarding like Jerry Hsu

[@blakehubbell8823]

Brandon Turner Switch Hard on Carlsbad from Shorty’s Guilty! Blew my mind and made me learn switch

[@gooseallie4417]

Jon Allie dying to live flip in section of his part. Changed everything

[@CatPhil]

Not talked about enough

[@Dontbustthecrust]

oh yeah.

[@colossalfart]

Here's my top 10 (check Grosso's loveletters for early transition stuff) 1. Rodney Mullen - ollie, kickflip and all the rest of the basic tech tricks on flat 2. Natas Kaupas - Natas spin and handrail pioneering 3. Mark Gonzales - kink rail in video days (or the Gonz gap) 4. Frankie Hill - mute grab dirt gap 5. Pat Duffy - kink rail 50/50 in questionable 6. Jeremy Wray - water tower ollie 7. Danny Way - mega ramp (pick your favorite trick) 8. Tony Hawk - 900 9. Dave Bachinsky - Kickflip el Toro 10. Aaron Jaws Homoki - melon grab Lyon 25

[@SayornSous]

My buddy has a house next to the water tower and whenever we go by it my mind is just fucking blown away!! 🤯

[@AnttiBrax]

Jaws at Lyon was a change but not like the others. Kinda like arriving at the end of a road, admiring the scenery and then turning back knowing there's nothing more down that way. 😀

[@jdmresearch]

Spot on. I'd add ollie grabs and biiiiig ollies both by Natas. His pop was way ahead of his time. And: Matt Hensley -- kickflip melon 180 over a garbage can. Back in 88!

[@johncitizen8828]

Great list!

[@codyscards6698]

Great list, only one missing from my list is jaime thomas original attempt at the leap of faith. That blew my mind

[@shadyp-zv3uf]

when Mullen & Deawon on picnic tables doing flip trick Manuel, flip to Manuel on 2nd table then flip tricks out.... was like 😲

[@iansamuel1811]

still like o.0

[@fergusdenoon1255]

Matt Hensley skating switch before anyone knew what switch was.

[@reeltimegamer7708]

Bastien Salabanzi's Kickflip FS Board on the 16-stair in SORRY. Just remembered being blown away that there was no escape from injury if he didn't commit 100%.

[@bepeez3246]

Shecklers massive kickflip drop and basically anything Danny way has done.

[@nuffaction5464]

Natas Kaupas and his Ollies'....Streets of Fire. I'm 49.

[@DMah-2036]

Yep, so many tricks in that video which were standouts

[@AJ-hk6zb]

Natas Ollie grabs and first rail grind in Streets on Fire, everything in Shackle me Not, blew my mind, those two videos fueled thousands of hours of skating for us.

[@nuffaction5464]

I'm 49, and finally seeing his Ollie's on video after all of the hype was life changing.

[@robertjr8474]

eldy looks like a merril lynch account manager who plays golf on the weekends cosplaying as a skateboarder

[@MrJeremyCHorton]

I’m rather shocked that Rodney Mullen was not mentioned…😕

[@AnttiBrax]

That's how you know this is a show for skateboarders. You don't need to repeat the obvious stuff.

[@calvatronic]

David Gonzalez’ double link 5050 in his Possessed part definitely reopened the door to kink rails

[@kevinwolff8539]

Frankie Hill definitely changed the game ! I saw his part in the early 2000s and was blown away. Can’t imagine what people thought in the late 80’s!

[@phinehasr]

We thought it was fucking crazy!

[@michalgrzywacz4994]

Hell yeah. I grow up on Frankie’s parts. Influenced my skating for ever - going big and jumping stuff and roll out going low…

[@bassage13]

We lost our minds over Frankie's Propaganda gap. That changed skating forever.

[@toynazi]

Frankie Hill for sure. Also Pat duffy's part in Questionable. He opened up the floodgates on what was possible on big long rails. Back lips in the rain in 1992

[@AlexNiedt]

First Powell video I had was Celebrity Tropical Fish, and Frankie was mind-blowing to me as a kid

[@domcagney2352]

I was a kid of the same era, Koston’s tre flip noseblunt absolutely blew my mind. We talked about that for months when that came out…definitely showed us what was possible moving forward

[@S_raB]

YEAH RIGHT!

[@joefish3600]

Sean Sheffey doing the first double kink rail in soldier’s story. And Natas’s ollie over the 55 gallon drum standing up in wheels of fire.

[@MASONMAXEY22]

Sheffey in the Life video was a life changing experience for me. So good.

[@Quadruple_curious]

A modern one I will say was Kyle walker’s 50-50. I walked by that rail and didn’t even entertain the idea it was possible, but after he did that, my lens towards what’s possible in skating changed. Like I remember walking by the SD City college rail thinking, someone can do this, and then Alex Willms does it. I’m still blown away by what’s been done since then, but I’m not surprised anymore.

[@yikes6969]

Eldy took the works right out of my mouth. That tre flip noseblunt was insane and caused a storm on message boards when word got out before Yeah Right even released.

[@kp905]

After just rewatching "Yeah Right!" P-rods entire part I thought was game changer. People had been skating switch for years. But the way he skates switch and nollie was so amazing it was hard to tell switch from regular stance tricks. I feel like he was the first to Really make switch and nollie flip in flip out tricks much more common. As well as every trick/part Rodney Mullen did.

[@turtleboypurp]

darrell stanton backside noseblunt and nollie back noseblunt on clipper was pretty next level to me. That dude doesn't get enough credit for how next level he was.

[@Darkjedi]

Gailea momolu

[@turtleboypurp]

@@Darkjedi another legend. was the first dude I ever saw do a nollie big spin to backlip on handrails.

[@yikes6969]

Stanton also had that nollie to f/s blunt down a rail that I feel isnt talked about enough. My brain still cant comprehend how you would pop that and then in air move all your weight to the other end of board while getting the board over the rail, turning it a bit and then sitting it down and locking it in.

[@CodyNadler]

Darrell had to be into kung fu cause he was crane stance to a t with how smooth he flowed

[@JefeDeJefes8484]

@@CodyNadler That's my homie since 96 and he was the first kid I knew and seen at the time was what he called a "Dolphin flip." Kane, Stanton, and the LBC homies. Darrell and Kane were way ahead of their time. Homies for life. 562 represent!

[@enjoiandrew4]

Gravettes 50 50s on long hand rails ushered in a new era of video game level 100 yard grinds

[@JefeDeJefes8484]

Scott Kane and his Bootleg premiere at the Roxy on Sunset, that was and still a legendary part. My homie I started skating with in '95-'96 as well as Darrell I met through Scott.

[@mikeuptegrove]

Eastern Exposures was also a game changer. It let the West have another street skate option with regard to style. It just portrayed skating differently, and made it more accessible, and in that regard it did change skating. Bobby Puleo Penal Code, any of Hugnagel’s parts, Quim Non Fiction, Donny Barley Eastern Exposures, Ricky Oyola Eastern Exposures. Those guys made skating more about style in the raw street. They did the basic next level, really well, with lots of style. It let us step away from both Virtual Reality fully tech doggy, and Jaime Thomas Evel Knievel, skating. A simple backside 50-50 could be the shit again. It was so refreshing.

[@kerryhodgson7908]

Cardiels monster hand rail,penny's hippy jump board through the car .the 900, ways 360 over wall of China, many more

[@guillaumevincent716]

the kickflip coscto gap from ryan checkler, the leap of faith from jamie thomas, rodney mulen's carrer...and so much more

[@Supemonk3y]

chris joslin treflip davis gap, probally the gnarliest huck to ever go down and may not ever be bested

[@jamesonbrandt9451]

Just Rodney Mullen. No tricks no videos that man changed everything!

[@jamesonbrandt9451]

Damn earth... Im about to turn 40 and I skated for about 20 years... So back then things were alot diffrent... I've had so many favorite skaters over the years but mullen was mind blowing... When I first seen him skate and then went back and watch everything before then thi gs just changed... I never looked at skating the same way again.... And now I'm a huge Andy Anderson fan.. But I'm a Jamie Foy fan also.

[@darrentinonzii340]

@@user-yo6um3jn5k too cool to say it Lmao, It goes without saying really, everyone knows Rodney is the godfather

[@carolynberge2919]

@@user-yo6um3jn5k I don’t think they’re being too cool, it’s just that Rodney’s so huge and inevitable that it’s like talking about gravity 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@twotatanka5396]

Owen Wilson doin a back nose glizzy

[@quinndavis]

Let’s go back folks. Gelfand’s ollie air. Alva’s frontside air. Mullen flat ground ollie, then kickflip. Cabalerial, McTwist, Natas wallride, Gonz/Natas handrail, Sheffey doublekink. And Daniel Gezmer’s gliding and turning, which is really the essence of the sport.

[@Stix_Zidinia]

can it boomer

[@quinndavis]

@@Stix_Zidinia I’m 16 years old pervert.

[@mikephillips1043]

Alva needs more credit then what he gets dude was gnarly for his day.

[@quinndavis]

@@mikephillips1043 No I think he’s properly rated. He gets a lot of credit, I’d say too much b/c I don’t like arrogance. But he gets a lot of credit.

[@quinndavis]

@@Stix_Zidinia this still amuses me. Shit you down and you have no idea how old I am.

[@fulltilt151]

Dyrdek's narration of Penny shutting down the chain has lived in my head ever since that video came out....

[@johngrimble3050]

PJ Ladd changed tech skating

[@edsoncharlotin8755]

Flip in flip outs OG

[@tecreates2384]

I think one moment left out is the part that stopped people doing it. Alex Chalmers in Sorry. No one ever ripped a flow bowl like that since.

[@chrissheahon2982]

Jamie Thomas-Leap of Faith One of the biggest drops/gap for it's time and it signified Jamie's decision to leave Toy Machine. So it changed skateboarding on multiple levels.

[@jeremybudd4985]

This and Ali Boulala’s attempts at the Lyon 25 I think unlocked a lot of skaters mentality to go down ridiculously big stuff

[@renburke6453]

Bryan Herman's hardflip

[@nosleep6829]

dude for real...he changed the hardflip game and made them look cool. i tried to make mine look like his

[@Rippard]

The very first thing that popped in my head was Fred Gall at Hubba. To me his tricks really sparked more innovation at that iconic spot. East coast guy coming in to California and putting them on notice. Honorable mention PJ Ladd WHL part. Both of those examples IMO left lasting impressions.

[@RealSkateStories]

f/s air Alva. The invert- Tom Inouye. Ollie- Alan Gelfand. Mc Twist- Mike McGill Kickflip Indy- Danny Way. Flatground Impossible- Rodney Mullen. 360 Flip 5-0 on a rail- Markus Wyndham. LA Car Wash Ollie- Cardiel and way more

[@Erodgeful]

I wish they were able to show all the clips in the corner of the screen that they are talking about here (and in general). It would make me watch way more of their eps/clips

[@PNWHerb]

takes editing skill they dont have

[@jackhignell2431]

Damn I lost respect for these guys after hearing them all defend Berra skating fake spots lmao

[@mikemcgee1969]

Jaime Thomas' part in Welcome to Hell changed skateboarding for me...Fucking Heavy!

[@PaintGuy]

Still my favorite video of all time (especially his part).

[@akwrd03]

The DC video, mega ramp section

[@seeemsee]

Pat Duffy's handrails in Questionable. Holy Sh1t.

[@RyGuy-fi4zx]

Mitchie Brusco with the 1260. Something so unbelievable and what seems unreachable, was actually reachable.. so amazing that people still can't fathom it. It's so phenomenal and unthinkable, that it's not even talked about NEARLY as much as it should be.. I don't think anyone will top that or even attempt it for quite some time. Still holds the record

[@SkateBNE]

2 tricks that stood out to me. Danny Way kinked 50-50 and Dustin Dollin Kickflip K in baker 2g. First time I’d seen it down a handrail.

[@thesnapper84]

Guy Mariano’s switch 3flip to nose grind

[@Skateboardfreakist]

ohhh yeah guy mariano's pretty sweet part was miiiind blowing. Switch 360 flip nosegrind as his ender is absolute madness. Nobody has done that trick down a handrail ever since not even shane.

[@froogleislive]

Chris Coles KF BS noseblunt messed me up, I watched the premiere of Dying To Live at DoS in Portland and everybody went insane after watching that. My friends and I were talking about it for weeks.

[@steinarslettedal2606]

Young Ryan Sheckler. I remember seeing a video part from him in the early days of KZbin and I immediately knew he would push skateboarding to new levels.

[@WE.ARE138]

In the early 90s I saw Phil Shao, 50 the top rail from the corner at Fort Miley for the cover of Thrasher. My buddies and I just happened to make a day trip to the Bay. It was unbelievable RiP Phil and all the others 🙏

[@jasonstenson7469]

Ain’t no other skating like Bay Area skatin🤙🏾✊🏾

[@WE.ARE138]

@@jasonstenson7469 REAL TALK, THE BANGERS TO HILL BOMBS THESE DAYS ARE CRAZY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH SPOTTERS OUT THERE GUYS LIKE AT LEAST 2 HEADS PER INTERSECTION SAFETY FIRST!

[@oopsydaizi3s824]

Gonz’s hippy flips Tony Alvas frontside air Tom penny’s Fs flips Rodney Mullen.

[@ghostme1635]

Kostons nose blunt was epic too hubba hideout

[@jimmyloughnan9656]

Wennings part in Photo. Stevies whole career. Heath kickflip front board a handrail in ‘94. Dill running down the stairs. D Way on the mega ramp.

[@brink1010011010]

Dyrdek add with the crowd chasing him down the street to that fiddy he did down the round rail that they made square .. “pull the trigger”

[@adamrobarge6460]

dubs always coming through with the good beer

[@Twigmf]

Josiah Gatlyn’s Battle Commander/Recruit (forgot what it was) was insane when it dropped

[@secretskater855]

I think there was somewhat of an inevitability about the progression of tech skating,Pat Duffy did kicky back tail bs flip out in 1991. But what those dudes like Cardiel, Kirtchard,Geoff Rowley,and Koston did down huge gaps and rails, changed the world forever

[@Mathertron]

Penny, Kalis for sure. legends. respect to all the game changers too, and the end was sick HK and JK is a one off part.

[@bakeraus]

100% and Stevie around at the same time Kalis was on a tear. That was a great era with Love park

[@hollabackgod]

Pj Ladd and RG.. Game changers at the time

[@johanjotun1647]

The community collage kink rail closer on "No Other Way" by Kyle Walker, Is one of the knarliest I've seen.

[@Dadbot]

I remember as a teenager everyone’s favorite skaters were commonly Mullen and Tony. No one ever understood why mine was Koston.

[@stabyourcat]

Bastien Salabanzi with the full-cab flip shit. Really blew the doors off actually doing full 360s with flip tricks. Chris Cole contributed to that as well.

[@Skateboardfreakist]

trueeeee

[@nedtempleton4873]

Some of the tricks that changed street skateboarding the most would be Rodney Mullen's invention of the Ollie and Kickflip (which paved the way for all the other flatground tricks) and Mark Gonzales' first handrail Boardslide (which paved the way for all the other handrail tricks) and switch skating (which paved the way for all the other switch tricks).

[@Supemonk3y]

Jaws Lyon 25 just because you thought it wasnt possible when Ali attempted it like 20 years before

[@danielsummerour]

I went to Lyon recently and stayed at the Marriott where that spots at and I feel like if you brought someone like Chris Joslin there that he’d do the straight up Ollie, no street grab but they put those fucking blind bumps right before it so guess we’ll never know

[@kylew7180]

Jaime Thomas and the leap of faith was the precursor to the lyon 25.

[@HappyBowser777]

@@danielsummerour Aurelien Giraud tried it no grab casually kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH-snJ2Ll61qask

[@episodebeats2817]

Jeremy Wray water tower gap back in 97 do or die moment where failure isn't an option...

[@Good_at_clips]

Pat Chanata and Daewon made all those manual tricks in that Getto indoor skatepark. Stuff went down there in '93 '94 I never knew could be done (fakie threeflip switch blunt)

[@rtk90083]

That was the world industries park i think.

[@ConradRichardson]

Corey Duffle 10 flat 10 double set 💥

[@eliyousef2178]

tricks that changed everything ...Willy Santo's Smith grind kickflip out ....Chet Thomas Hardflip revert ....Ronnie Creager Hardflip late flip ...Danny Way Helicopter drop , beginning of super ramps ....Tony Hawk 900 ....I think some of the most significant tricks ever ...Jamie Thomas leap of faith ...Jaws gave us the revamped Jamie type gaps .....these the most immediate tricks I think of

[@oopsydaizi3s824]

Leo getting a shoutout was sick, his first love part is classic

[@Shroomdiffnuclear]

Keenan Milton switch kickflip over a picnic table, Ronnie Bertino switch b/s lipslide on a handrail in Second hand smoke

[@Rick-vi6ni]

Chris Cole noseslide nollie heelflip out down the handrail at LOVE for a Tensor ad.

[@FouglassDir]

Heard someone actually noseslide that rail at LOVE before Koston. Scott Kane KickFlip Fs noseblunt a handrail , still ahead of its time.

[@Nealatosis]

The trick I remember changing things was kostons nollie heel noseslide. My friend, who worked at the skate shop, called me the day they got the video. I was on the next bus down, cuz I legit didn't believe him and had to see it myself. Before then, it was always tech or rail skating, but koston went and combined the two

[@DarwinBoys1]

You’re talking about The one from menikmati or another one?

[@Nealatosis]

@@DarwinBoys1 I remember it being from menikmati

[@darrentinonzii340]

His tre nose blunt down that hand rail is what blew my mind

[@menikmati789]

@@Nealatosis great video.

[@Nealatosis]

It's actually the chocolate tour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/honbpX-mbranm6s I was wrong, my bad. I forgot the hubba hideout back nose blunt was from that part too. I remember that cover had me memorized at the grocery aisle. I just couldn't wrap my head around hou proper it was

[@b4ucme]

You should talk about what parts have changed skateboarding, fade to black with nyjah was insane

[@infinitewindow164]

Chris Joslins part in true. Changed a lot.

[@Sellbow]

Justin eldridges Nollie Nosegrinds on handrails. Also his switch flip salad grind. Not trying to kiss but just sayin' legitimately game changing tricks

[@SnoopyBDaPharoah]

My man said watermelon 🍉 wit the tajin fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 if u know u know 🤙🏿

[@codysnow4631]

Chris Cole kickflip back noseblunt at the end of New blood

[@mattimaranda9638]

Dying to Live ender at night??? That was unheard of at the time.

[@thinglizzy2718]

I watch Tom Penny anthology part with the chain to bank at least once a month before I go skate

[@iansamuel1811]

Rob is the best hype man haha

[@Dreekuz]

the invention of back tails lol

[@highginx]

Leo Romero 5050 up the rail in Stay Gold forsure had my mind fried

[@Enemiesexposed]

The courthouse switch flip manny, and my boneless back in the day.

[@crazycatman5928]

Even though the 360 flip was invented by Rodney…Jason Lee doing it with such flair made it the new trick for years to come.

[@airiushunt]

I immediately thought of Leo when I heard the question. He made skating big rails casually such a thing.

[@jacobgillmor-anderson9239]

90 percent of his clips in That's Life were rails

[@droolmccool]

Going off the people setting shit up to skate, Deca Daewon and everything he did was sooooo gnarly

[@thesnapper84]

Salabanzi’s kickflip front boards on big ass rails

[@Skateboardfreakist]

oh yes that 15 stair kickflip front board in his Flip Sorry video as ender. Huuuuge

[@NittyGritty420]

Gonz gap and Wallenberg… he was the first guy to open the door to huge gaps.

[@chrismalchow3861]

Some people/ tricks that come to my mind....Antwuan Dixon and his style, Ryan Sheckler costco gap, Jaws, Chris Joslin tre flip down davis gap, Aurelien Giraud

[@chrismalchow3861]

I think overall though we gotta go Rodney Mullen as just the overall most impactful

[@edsoncharlotin8755]

Lazy tre flips ain’t exist before Twan Now it’s how everyone does tre flips

[@RyanCrase1]

The kinked rail Gonz did in Video Days changed a lot for me

[@TheWildair]

You can tell what era someone grew up in by their picks for sure 😁 Not to give away my age but my two are lines if that counts: 1. Stevie Williams - The Reason - Love Park - epic line 2. Mike Carroll - Modus Operandi - line at night - kick, tre, 180, switch front big spin, hardflip (flawless)

[@Brian-rp7dj]

A good example in favor of setting up spots is Daewon's 2nd to None part. It's almost entirely set up warehouse clips but still is so progressive and different.

[@Skateboarding151]

When Tom Penny came out with is awesome tricks and style was a game changer for me and also I remember when we all waiting for Jeremy Wray new part to come out as expected to see some crazy tricks on big things

[@jasonstinson3894]

Arto's part in sorry started the big rail era

[@jasonstinson3894]

Front board in the dark down the middle rail of El Toro. I think that was in the Menikmati butt still.......plus his switch game......

[@thestranger3530]

Sean Sheffey in Soldiers Story was a highlight in my skate youth