Why Arto Saari Left Flip For Alien Workshop

[@ngideo]

"Arto, Arto, wake up man. Let's go skate" -Tom Penny

[@skate_health7319]

Legendary

[@angelmedrano682]

The fact that es Menikmati and flip sorry were filmed in just two years is mindblowing.🤯

[@AlexNiedt]

@@ceeraq This comment is absolutely wild to me. Have you ever tried to film a ground-breaking video part for a major company before? That is not an easy job you just wrap up in a couple months.

[@ceeraq]

@@AlexNiedtso why doesn’t any pro from the current generation take that long film a video part?

[@AlexNiedt]

@@ceeraq They often do spend way more than six months on a part. What do you mean?

[@greens294]

@@ceeraq Yea, you're ill-informed. There are some animals who can put together a crazy part in 6 months, but most of the crazy ones that leave an impression take at least a year or two to actually put together. We're just seeing more parts now because riders aren't beholden to filming for full videos. They can now just drop a part whenever its ready

[@juvedoo99]

@@greens294Or they probably film for days a year or two and just chop up the footage for different projects. Which is a complete departure from now it was back in Arto’s era. People got pissed if their footage was chopped up and put in other projects.

[@jamaljones5647]

The stress in his voice and body when Shane Cross was mentioned…it still hits him so hard.

[@ogvelociraptor205]

Now Ali Boulalaha can't even do a kick flip, He lived the pissdrunx lifestyle and paid the ultimate price. Look at Dustin Dollen dude looks like an old lady from a small village in Holland.

[@stitches513]

Absolutely! This was a great interview man…

[@256k_]

@@ogvelociraptor205 the "live fast, die young" lifestyle doesn't really work out when you don't die young

[@paceyourself5652]

@@ogvelociraptor205is his body wrecked or something? Why? He was a favorite since baker 2g

[@ogvelociraptor205]

@paceyourself5652 the accident wrecked Him up so bad He's basically screwed

[@ronniebranson6946]

ARTO is the man and always has been hands downnnnn. Hes a mf LEGEND‼️

[@turtleboypurp]

Arto really set the standard for street skating for so long. It's kind of awesome how many upcoming stars he flocked to such as Shane Cross or Dylan Reider. Kind of a greatness recognizing greatness situation imo.

[@juvedoo99]

Crazy to think that Shane and Dylan are both dead. That has to be so traumatic to Arto. Seeing his close friends die supper young and at the top of their game.

[@williamgass9242]

He's probably had actual family members pass. Something we will all experience.

[@devon9249]

​@@williamgass9242haha no shit bro

[@williamgass9242]

@@devon9249 right. No shit. That's why I said what I said, duh.

[@rundmk00]

@@williamgass9242 utterly irrelevant in the context, what has it got to do with the trauma of losing young friends? may as well tell us the sky is blue or fire is hot

[@juvedoo99]

@@rundmk00right? Complete out of context comment…

[@_SirCharge]

5:00 so true. Well put.

[@justinollis34]

One of my favorite (adulthood) "Christmas completes" was an Arto Alien deck with cream colored matching indys. Was sic, and seemed like an Alien second wave around that time cause the shop was all of a sudden full of those decks when I hadn't seen them around like that since early early 90s

[@ryanrowe1975]

One of my favorite skater

[@PhrankJWhite]

My favorite skater ever

[@rodrigosoto8442]

Escuchar es voz de pena cuando alguien menciona a Shane, Arto sabia que a el debia pasarle la antorcha y parece que nunca pudo concretarse y ver en su totalidad esa carrera de pro de shane mucho respeto por ambos

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

The black arto shoe on es were so fucking cool.

[@menikmati789]

Menikmati - still my all time favourite vid

[@GARAGESZERO]

arto is officially the GOAT

[@ianpurcell7026]

Reboot Gravis ❤

[@ogvelociraptor205]

Imo Arto along with Heath Kirchart and Steve Berra didn't seem like they belonged on AWS.

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

What era of alien do you think defined it?

[@ogvelociraptor205]

@@VENGEFULHEXX late 90's

[@AlexNiedt]

Yeah, that was always odd to me after being so used to the mid-late 90s Alien team aesthetic

[@normanl.6891]

​@@VENGEFULHEXXPhotosynthesis

[@Ccfatfat8427]

Teams and companies change over time, everyone at that time knew that was Dill and AVE’s company after the early 2000’s ended. Get in the van, go skate and film. Even today that video has an impact. Also it was one of the last major videos that were made into physical copies. A perfect end of an era video, Heath and Arto’s last parts too. It’s a special video and the team added to it. Like Arto said “the company imploded after.”

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

Imagine if Nike aired a commercial with Kobe Bryant wearing Adidas shoes. So weird a board company allows footage of a skater using a competitors product in their skate video. I know some of these companies are connected, not sure if alien and flip are?, but it's still weird.

[@technofaza]

this is skateboarding not basketball

[@brysonskips4392]

We miss you Shane Cross💔❤️❤️

[@bigD1988]

I skated with Tom Penny and daewon song

[@keefmankeef]

Aeros part in mindfield is my favorite part of the video

[@geezuschrist2734]

The graphics and the song makenit really awesomw

[@williamgass9242]

So... why did he leave flip?

[@arikuusela6716]

He literally explains it in the video

[@williamgass9242]

@@arikuusela6716 that's what the video is called.

[@Ccfatfat8427]

@@williamgass9242Because he was already skating with Greg Hunt, Dylan and that crew through the Analog/Gravis connection, it made sense.

[@williamgass9242]

@ccfatfat3788 was it better financially?

[@Ccfatfat8427]

@@williamgass9242 I mean dude is a legend, I’m sure he was taken care of. Probably wasn’t about money though, he knew he had one last part in him, leaving an impact on the skateboarding is better than a paycheck. Skateboarding is so gnarly now because of guys like Arto, Kirchart, Rowley and Reynolds. They paved the way for today’s generation in skating.

[@FoolForRespect]

🇫🇮 SJK 60100

[@Midwestpenguin]

It felt kind of like Arto was having shade thrown at him for Danny Way, and kind of like he was being grilled about why he switched teams. Felt like an interrogation/goose chase. He wasn't laughing and they kept laughing, felt awkward.

[@frankcastle3827]

We want to see Toan!!!!! Not this nobody!!!

[@hangedups2608]

WHAT

[@brysonskips4392]

We miss you Shane Cross💔❤️❤️