BFFS: Tom Penny

[@michaeldunlevy9755]

I was aimlessly hoping that this series would never end. RIP to one of my favorite skate programs ever!

[@dishwater63]

Michael Dunlevy Same. I was hoping there was an endless supply of old school footage. I never want the late 90's/early 00's to die.

[@alexcatto1432]

Same with me

[@endlessweekend5041]

Some of the finest Skateboarding you'll witness / thanks Tom and thanks Fred

[@brodank]

Lets all be honest, this is really the one BFFS we have been waiting for.

[@powerboon2k]

The footage of the fakie hardflip session at le dome is just amazing. And the bs flip and switch tre he does in the Adidas Superstars are absolutely perfect. Merci Fred!

[@blahblah2018]

This series was something special, ending it with Tom Penny was a great idea.

[@mikapuustinen]

He has amazing board control, love to watch him skate

[@HmmmmNiceBike]

I always assumed Penny just landed everything first try.

[@vmvlev]

Hmmmm Nice Bike lol he did the footy is close to the end of his pro life . young penny was a first try machine

[@SkateSka]

+HAPPY ツ I remember seeing cell phone footage of him failing tricks years ago on youtube thinking "damn, these don't even look like fails, it looks like he knew he'd fuck up as he set up and let it go" which is probably true.

[@justice2dope993]

That type shit.😁

[@codykidwell1369]

I thought the same thing

[@mikehemens9359]

@@vmvlev Naw there footy of him slamming and bailing at White rock, Santa rosa and at his home park england. One of the reasons he's the goat is cause he wasn't a robot. Edit he's still pro.

[@magicwood2360]

Me and my buddy drew used to watch menikmati and anthology all the time and wonder if Tom Penny ever falls lol . His flow looked so consistent and and of course seeing this now even his falls are graceful . Love all of this ❤️ thanks Tom for being you!!!

[@misterpjman4746]

Thanks for all 2-3 years of those magnificient parts. Definately best raw parts ever seen in skateboarding. Always in my mind and in skateboarding history.

[@marvinmagtuba6001]

Fred's unique filming and the whole teams style was just the best.

[@propskate]

flip sorry is one of the best thing ever happened to skateboarding

[@MrLurkin4life]

This is the best shit I've seen in years. All hail Penny!

[@molabola2222]

Thanks for all the amazing episodes

[@mayorsoffice]

Fred what are you doing just putting this footage on here? Take all this footage of old flip days, get some interviews in order and make a documentary about this time in skateboarding and flip. Talk about them coming to the states, how popular the sorry videos were, Arto's injuries, Tom being over it and going off the radar, what they did to Bastien, what happened with Ali and Shane, Mark leaving, etc. This era of flip was when I was most into skateboarding and would love to see a behind the scenes of what went really happened to one of my favorite skate teams of all time. I mean you already have the footage you just need the interviews.

[@fizzysh4rk]

i want this to happen so badly

[@armin38822]

I have no idea how come there is no legit documentary about Penny. There are so many of us who would eat it up.

[@no1studios]

@@armin38822i think its bc penny is one hard motherfucker to track down let alone convince the guy to go in front of the camera for whoever knows how long. Aside from his legendary skating, he’s also a legend at going under the radar

[@andrenemmais]

No, Fred I'm the one thankful here for every footage you shared with us, thanks for filming in a unique style and for filming one of the best ones, it only take a kickflip shifty like that one to make me smile. Penny will always be like Davinci or Beethoven or nietzsche or Einstein of skateboarding who knows. And you were the to get his best tricks/moments on flip career, etc So thank you Fred. You are always welcome where I live.

[@Jeremyramone]

andre difaca excellent comment, I always thought of him as the Oscar wilde of skating, his style is impeccable. cheers!

[@Jeremyramone]

thanks so much for your efforts in sharing these indescribably brilliant visual treasures. tom inspired me to start skating and this video took me all the way back to the days of yore, when one could skate all day and night and do it again all summer long. cheers!

[@FredMortagne]

jeremyshambles You are very welcome!

[@kudos100]

Always love watching Penny footage. The king!

[@nickmiles5546]

thank you thrasher and french fred for this amazing series

[@FredMortagne]

***** With pleasure!

[@Cashcrop91]

Thrasher should due a Hall of Fame type of conglomerate to honor the skaters that had good overall careers or had major influence in the culture itself. It would make up for those skaters that never won SOTY but still shredded. Idk just a random though

[@kevinchittum8012]

Penny and Stranger would be my top two picks for sure.

[@TheBoche93]

I've thought the same thing a while ago!! There has to be!! These names are just as worthy of recognition as any people of remembrance in any sport! These legends have made history. It's only logical to have them remembered forever in a hall of legends.

[@pr4nnn0y]

Cash Crop Penny, Kirchart and Guy would be mine.

[@nicp51]

Prannoy Jacob Heath for sure he beat the shit out himself to get a shot.

[@kevinchittum8012]

How could I forget Heath?! This is a solid list so far.

[@Drube2]

Oh my god this was so great, I can't stop watching! Thank you so much Fred!

[@SeeJR]

Those shifty flips are divorce your wife to marry a video of a shifty flip worthy.

[@turbotaylor3929]

Goddamn, ain't it the truth, though.

[@db165]

See R now that's a comment !

[@Suburb_hell]

Shit they are textbook aren't they

[@niklasjonssson]

fucking hell..thats funny ! but they are so smooth! pennys style is crazy good

[@daltonvannucci3788]

Ahh his shifty flips are so goood!!!

[@awesomebillfromdawsomevill7788]

man i had so much fun watching all these videos Fred thank you so much again!

[@FredMortagne]

+AwesomeBill FromDawsomeville You are very fucking welcome!

[@thepupils209]

This was/is AWESOME. So much unseen Penny footy. For all you youngin's...Penny footage in the 90's was coveted by ALL. There really wasn't a shit load of footage, but when you saw any Penny clip, it was JAW DROPPING. Everybody loves Penny's style.His Flip industry section (411) His ATM Click friends section, Etnies High 5 (his most famous part of all time) His 411 part (like the first or second 411 vm part) was just legendary. There really isn't anyone this day and age where you see footy of him/her and are just blown away by the trick/style/and effortless look. When Penny was on film (or if you were lucky enough to see him in real life) you sat your ass down and watched wishing you could be like that on a board.

[@Jeremyramone]

thepupils209 atm click friends section is my favorite. have it on vhs, the velvet underground/lou reed song (satellite of love) , the smooth atmosphere of the filming. perfection.

[@thepupils209]

Well Said! I love how his part is just him cruising a whole downtown block hitting up whatever. There was no "OK..I'm gonna hit the ledge then hit the hip, after that hit the rail,etc..." It was all spontaneous and spur of the moment. Caught the "pure" aspect of hitting the streets. RAW

[@Jeremyramone]

thepupils209 so bloody true, I saw that part and thought to myself, I ve got to learn how to skate. and so it began. cheers from san diego, take care.

[@udo230FL]

@@thepupils209 so true, it was in 1997 when i watched this on fine VHS again,again and again and felt the same about it. And by the way, all that good music there in it inspired me as well.

[@munchdoe7664]

last BFFS, thanks for this insane serie Fred !! :D gonna miss this..

[@BROandGOAT]

Aw, this is the last one?

[@munchdoe7664]

yes:(

[@getradvideo]

munch doe wooooot how do you know this??

[@munchdoe7664]

fred said it on his instagram

[@FredMortagne]

TheRealGetrad Yes yes yes unfortunately... but be sure that there will be some good and cool extras that I'll put on my youtube channel...

[@alexpaktjeterug]

Thanks, Fred for all at the rawness! Inspirational stuff... Every, single episode! Hope to see more in the future on your personal channel.

[@brandonblack40483]

Penny,Muska,Reynolds....best street skaters of my day....wish I still had those brown es like Tom. Damn I'm getting old

[@Jeremyramone]

Brandon Black ES re-issued them!!! I m skating them now, the accell og's. they very durable, highly protective and the most comfortable shoe I ve ever worn.

[@armin38822]

1.Reynolds 2.Carroll 3.Penny 4.Muska 5.Suciu My top 5

[@arthurpedersonSD]

I kinda enjoy watching these videos more than the newer stuff

[@mikcap1800]

Merci Frenchfred de nous avoir fait partager ces magnifiques souvenirs !!!! En attendant la suite bonne route

[@shookstylez]

it's really too bad, seeing this kind of makes me sad. I feel like this is the last good footage from Tom Penny. He was at his prime here and he had so much potential, and yet there was just so much drinking and drugs involved. Seems to me they were all having a good time, but also he seems a bit lost and trying to find a way and a place between all the madness. Imagine what we could have seen more from him... We all know how tragically it all wen't down, just I wished Tom Penny recovered from this all and found a better place to be in. Hope he is well.

[@crazyhiphopp]

He does mushrooms and weed i mean he's having the time of his life most days so good for him

[@armin38822]

I don't think we would ever see that smoothnes and gnar he had in the 90's if he had a different mind. He's a bit out there. In his own world. Honestly you can see it in his eyes. You shouldn't be doing frontside flips over handrails down a huge set of stairs while being that calm. As if he's not even there. Is one thing to do it now,but back then he was breaking new ground. And to still be that chill....He's different. In the 90's he was pushing the limits but later on he continued being what a real skater is to me. Somebody who just skates. He didn't care about anything. He just skated for the fun of it.

[@kennethtanaka9483]

we arent entitled to shit from tp. just be glad you saw what you saw from him.

[@mikehemens9359]

Completely not his prime here although this shit is rad. 94 thru 96 was when he was totally magic.

[@nathanbellamy3308]

He knows something more than you. Success and validation mean nothing. Living life on your terms is all that matters. I feel sorry for you.

[@kevinso187]

Tom was lookin too chill on the fake manual...I was like damn

[@over30sk8tv8]

Aaah, "le dôme" à Paris ! Ce spot me rappelle des souvenirs de quand j'étais jeune ! :-)

[@justingog4533]

Still a fucking legend .. One of the best to ever do it .. Tom Penny.

[@nateskate11]

those white and red kostons (at least I believe they are kostons?) and that one dudes marc johnson emericas are giving me some nostalgia. Thanks for the awesome series Fred.

[@Olivier738]

Tom Penny the legend

[@ColinADay]

Thrasher refers to itself as The Bible and yet J Wray, Penny, and Guy never won SOTY.

[@Mr74261000027]

None of those guys killed it all year. Maybe if they counted Instagram clips, Guy would have won.

[@ColinADay]

giorgio tsoukalos let's see...redefine skateboarding...or kill it for a year...hmmm. That's a tough one.

[@TheWatsonGreen]

Colin A. Day Chris Haslam too.

[@ColinADay]

TheWatsonGreen Pat Duffy three.

[@ColinADay]

And Busenitz four.

[@OM3N1R]

1:53 I don't think another human being on earth could have rolled away from that. Grew up watching him as a kid. Been on a Penny footage binge for days. There really never was or will be another skater like him

[@HENNOZINGER]

Tom Penny OG!!!!! His cheese and chong is still the best board graphic ever.

[@adamb6905]

Yes the BFFS I've been waiting for!!!!

[@AlexNiedt]

Seeing Tom actually fall is so weird, haha. Great video.

[@MrChristaylor89]

Shiney Shiney...

[@douglast3827]

I get those giggles and sore cheek smiles when he keeps landing trick after better trick, after insane trick after unbelievable trick after etc etc....... And the no music Is the best music to me.

[@alexcatto1432]

Yes. Been waiting for this.

[@gmanzano89gm]

I love how Ali was Piss Drunk even though the rest were all BAKER. He stayed loyal to Flip. Two of the best Skate crews ever.

[@jaredbiggs7637]

Tom Penny + red and white es Koston 3's fire!

[@skeptical-of-all1633]

One of the best styles ever

[@paultaylor7115]

Let's all take a moment to admire Tom Penny's late hardflips

[@Burritoast]

livin in his own penny world

[@gmanzano89gm]

I love how Ali and Tom kicked it, 2 different styles in FLIP. Skateboarding brings that together.

[@djopulence]

the skate shoe. golden age.

[@TheFortyTheives]

***** those shoes are so hard to skate in

[@vperkv6554]

I enjoyed this way way too much, love the style,

[@lovejjjbd5431]

TP the OG is blessed. Lets just enjoy the natural talent brings the interpretation on all terrains.

[@sk8love]

Seriously, that fakie inward heelflip at Le Dôme is crazy !

[@Bakezor36]

Shout to Fred for having made the best web series around!! :D

[@alexfriedman2047]

The front nose to fakie down that hubba at 1:25 is so incredibly sick. Its skating ilke this that makes Tom Penny a true genius in every sense of the word. So sutble that kids nowadays don't even ctach how gracefull tom penny is. Look at the arm movment his right arm when he lands fakie!!!!.

[@nvsoliveira]

The only person in the world that could make a nollie inward heel looks beautifull.

[@jamesdeanjdspalding-gotthe5986]

That was a fakie inward heel. And when it comes to nollie inward heelflips looking good. I recomend you look up Bryan Herman. He does one on flat ground over a picnic table. I shit you not. Still, Penny's fakie inward is EPIC!!

[@crazycarlsadventures5983]

Oh man takes me back to the meinikmati days and sorry days ...'Es video was the first skate video i ever saw , arto Saari's part is def my fav

[@vmvlev]

thank you thank you soo much !

[@collectivestatetv]

One of the best to ever do it. steezy.

[@BobtheBaRRicadE]

finally Tom penny

[@littlebear2477]

I’m so in love with those old es Koston model shoes

[@paddyb3510]

Who’s more hip hop than this white guy from England n a skateboard Mans a legend. Respect due

[@callumsmall8098]

thanks french fred, this series was the shit man!!

[@satnamo]

Wow you're a true skater Tom Penny, so courageous and persistent, even into older ages.

[@powerboon2k]

1:22 Oh that got me right in the bollocks...

[@Riz2336]

He's been a good skater for a long time.

[@robertojuarez9785]

See in hom sk8 will never get old

[@johnnyboy2653]

3:11 top shifty flip in the biz, 3:18 clearing that pyramid switch tree flip easy, this guy...

[@zooyhnahte]

Second angle just to show you how high it was.

[@krulan]

Thanks, Fred.

[@Hitmarcus]

What a hero

[@diveanddine]

top ten most influential skaters of all time!

[@nila5081]

Your killn itttt!!!💯

[@taLLdavidproduction]

Always loved french freds clips

[@talktal]

this was all still after his prime. 93-97 he was a terminator on a board. i remember when his sorry part dropped i was pretty disappointed. it was subpar compared to the stuff he was doing when he first came out to the states

[@shabbadabbadooby]

I think you missed the memo about him not giving a shit, probably around 97/98.

[@talktal]

Alex Charlton doesnt make it any less subpar compared to his prior skating

[@thepupils209]

talktal Dead On! His Etnies High 5 part & his 411 Flip Industry section part are my favorite of all time. So Sick! People had heard about him before he came to the states and knew how good he was. When he actually hit U.S soil and went to So-Cal...it was over. s/w f/s flip Carlsbad a year after J. Wray f/s flipped it (which was unbelievable at the time when SHS came out) Penny is the ultimate style and easiest on the eyes to watch in history. Especially like you said 94-97 era when he was in his prime and untouchable.

[@trupiil]

i think he was already marked by his drug phase. Drug use can seriously damage you and Penny is a tragic example of this. Best style and trick selection of all time for me. He just had it like no other.

[@armin38822]

90's Tom Penny is the greatest skateboarder ever. Pushing the limits while having the best style ever. A lot of people praise his later footage but it has nothing on his 90's stuff. Still really good,still Penny but that 90's stuff is insane. Random park footage,contests,video parts...It was just to much. Best street skater ever during those times.

[@nicp51]

Even his bails are smooth.

[@zacharryvandyk2291]

These clips remind me of watching metekimati and sorry back in the day

[@AngelVP]

Penny 4 ever

[@abadito14]

Amazing

[@GameboyGuitar]

0:38 that’s a Jeremy Klein type spot. I love Tom penny.

[@bassmetalheadbang]

I haven't seen one of those independent decks in over 10 years.

[@CT-nb5lm]

0:40 What eS shoes are those White w/ Red?

[@Dilemma009]

i think they are koston's k3. but my first instinct were the muska's just for the time and color

[@LaggingBack]

I'm surprised the nollie inward heel down the double set in France (among other things) didn't make the Es video!

[@FredMortagne]

Ryan Drehmann We kept it for the Flip video "Sorry" !!!

[@NotoriousNUGS]

So Epic! Shit gives me goosebumps

[@mickeyfinn4636]

Does anyone know what white and red shoes hes wearing in the kickflip over the box?

[@usernotfound904]

Impossible at 3:04 best i have ever seen

[@AlexGordonMusic]

That was rad.

[@pancake_bones2289]

3:39, the Ollie no angle correction slide down to flat was in the words of Mark Suciu " tasteful" The choice to do it that way makes this line that much better Edit, this footage seems to be the last batch of penny footage where 1. Is closet to pre hiatus classic penny style and 2. Before you could tell his age like the rings of a tree with how little by little his pants size added a layer of baggy year after year, it would be fascinating to do a geological study on his pants and make a topological map

[@gstate4ever]

I’ve just realized Tom penny is human. Nuts.

[@ezrhino100]

Where can u get the whole thrasher collection?

[@JoiningFoot5]

0:48 those shoes are the best brou!

[@235papi6]

Thumbs up if u want more from bastian !!!

[@PaulHindt]

Some of Tom Penny's style here reminds me a lot of how Tiago skates now.

[@eddieaguilar644]

Ali Boulala lmfao...Tom Penny freakin Legend

[@AddverbMedia]

Damn I miss those K3's

[@Israel-qp9nk]

the goat 🐐

[@MrAmirtaha]

Fred is gonna post new contents soon, but admit it, no matter what are those, y'all are gonna miss BFFs

[@antoinegx-9185]

Au-delà de son talent c’est un bon gars

[@brulism]

tom penny is skateboardings brian wilson

[@Jeremyramone]

***** lou reed!

[@nikokaapa]

+Brulism Yeah that sounds about right

[@mikeymercure]

Dope ass edit!

[@justice2dope993]

Those fucking k3s are some of the most dope shoe known to man.🙏