Leo Romero goes back to 2003 and digs out his favorite skater, Heath Kircharts part from the Emerica video, This Is Skateboarding.
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@endangeredoddities5 жыл бұрын
the back tail kickflip might be the best single trick clip ever. he starts out, you can't see him, he finishes, you can't see him. it's like he solely exists for that moment to do the trick.
@DouchedByDemocrats3 жыл бұрын
Dig it
@masontexas3 жыл бұрын
okay socrates
@atticusfinch60383 жыл бұрын
Poetic grasp of film. you should make movies if you dont already
@byronhansen13 жыл бұрын
Schrodingers back tail
@masonmcconnell93752 жыл бұрын
hell ya man a very iconic BSTS kickflip out
@Mordorer9 жыл бұрын
The speed he skates at is far beyond driven. Fav skater growing up and fav skater growing old.
@apexscape4 жыл бұрын
that front board was flyin
@joshuasmith63463 жыл бұрын
Hes so was so well rounded and his tricks were ahead of their time.
@RemmyRiffs3 жыл бұрын
Far beyond driven? You listen to some Pantera before writing that comment? Lol.
@Mordorer3 жыл бұрын
@@RemmyRiffs guilty as charged. Hah
@gfeast45182 жыл бұрын
@@RemmyRiffs perhaps he skated f’ing hostile
@american_psycho1147 Жыл бұрын
Almost 20 years later and this is still one of my favorite parts ever and Heath is still one of my favorite skaters ever
@Blkout885 жыл бұрын
This is the best skate part of all time in my eyes. The music, the slams, the nighttime skating all come together to create a part soo depressing but amazing at the same time. Heath Kircharts style is simple yet elegant and defines the street skater of that era. This was one of the first parts i saw and 13 years later its still my favourite part.
@GregMuniz7 Жыл бұрын
It’s the definition of a true street part. Forever a classic. My personal fave part of all time is his mindfield part tho.
@trevorbeecroft978810 ай бұрын
Fucking excellently stated, my friend. True nostalgia for me.
@alfredoking1410 жыл бұрын
2003: back tail kickflip to fakie on a handrail still unbelievably gnarly more than 10 years later
@ilikeemerica96199 жыл бұрын
He was the first one to do it I think.
@ryanjavierortega85138 жыл бұрын
+IlikeEmerica96 He was the first to Kickflip into a back 50-50 - he pulled it on the 7-stair at UC-Irvine when he was an Amateur on Foundation - it was about a year before the Kickflip frontside boardslide on the 7-stair flat bar at El Dorado High School. (He also is the first to kickflip noseslide a handrail, kickflip back lip a handrail, and back noseblunt a handrail - there are actually three more kickflip handrail tricks he pulled before anyone else did, but what they are momentarily escapes me...)
@MrFowlancer8 жыл бұрын
+Ryan Ortega probl a kickflip front 50 -50 ? kickflip bs noseblunt, sw kickflip boardslide
@ryanjavierortega85138 жыл бұрын
Kirchart never pulled a Kickflip, Back Noseblunt, and the switch flip was late, but that KF 50-50 may be correct, though I've no way to confirm. I just remember these things from elementary school, really.
@anhiirr8 жыл бұрын
still one of the best ones ive ever seen in a part i remember seeing it for the first time with the editing of the song it blew my mind... top 5 skate parts for me. Top 5 skate vids in general too what can i say born in 92 i grew up on this shit lol. HK forever my fave skater of all time my fave street skater.
@wsdamico8 жыл бұрын
Nobody catches a board like Heath...
@teerikangas8 жыл бұрын
You can hear that snap miles away. Lovin it..
@evertamaya53176 жыл бұрын
so true!
@jafrocubic26 жыл бұрын
That was exactly what was going through my mind watching this. Just a beautiful thing to watch.
@julianmilnes95946 жыл бұрын
I'm in England, just heard it...
@whochairs3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Something about how he seems to delicately catch his flip tricks with just his toes is near majestic.
@MrRichallen19848 жыл бұрын
Heath may have one of the best styles of all time.
@S7RauzZz11 жыл бұрын
One of the deepest, touching parts ever
@smiauu6 жыл бұрын
lol
@mikeseely59534 жыл бұрын
I agree
@Rob-in-hood3 жыл бұрын
Sight unseen was better, this part was really short for him and at the time lackluster
@Rob-in-hood3 жыл бұрын
And the fact that this was deeply touching to u is beyond strange😳
@HARDL3FT3 жыл бұрын
My first video part/ video ever. I feel you
@christophersantiago60115 жыл бұрын
For all you who don't know, this man was the first to hit El Toro.
@z961095 жыл бұрын
actually Jerry Fowler was.
@rodrigocisneros9164 жыл бұрын
@@z96109 wasnt it nuge?
@orbonds36034 жыл бұрын
For those of you who dont know chris santiago was the first to take el toros(the bulls) entire load in his ass
@NickVanzwol4 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Nuge first to hit stairs after Heath first lipslid it
@LurkKlerk3 жыл бұрын
Zack think that was just a rumor. Heath said somewhere that he heard Jerry Fowler noseslid it, but that it wasn’t true. May be in his epicly latered where he talks about it. Edit He talks about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4fQoISNqcSna6c
@PoliticaV Жыл бұрын
Can’t get enough of Heath Kirchart
@ramonalaneband6 жыл бұрын
i got this video when i was 13 for christmas and i was so hyped. i popped it in the dvd player with my parents and grandparents all there in the living room and that was the opening scene.
@skadude11310 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing his part when I was younger and leo romero is so right, that first line I was like damn that's rad! the way he skated in this part made you think "that could be me" but mixed with "wait it's Heath Kirchart so never mind" haha still one of my favorite parts to this day
@user-nc4mz4pu3b3 жыл бұрын
this was my favorite part in 2004...its now 2021 and I haven't been on a board in over a decade, but god damn does this still seem exceptional. The picnic table lines from this tape are forever engraved in my mental. Endless style from Heath.
@yancieb2 жыл бұрын
This was my first skate video I watched when I started getting into skating. Downloaded off Limewire. Im so happy Heaths part is what introduced me into skating by complete chance. Always felt the name alone was bad*ss.
@Traderthoughtsog3 ай бұрын
The sweetest nostalgia. Keep shredding everyone
@scottsmith81626 жыл бұрын
Heath Kirchart was a game changer.
@spec32804 жыл бұрын
Sight Unseen was my first skate video back in 2001. I didn’t know what I was looking at back then, but I knew it was something special. What a heat era in skateboarding. Now I watch a heath part and it almost brings tears that my eyes.
@halkcabheelman5 жыл бұрын
This video was in my vhs player for at least 2-3 months and I watched this video every night before falling asleep in middle school. Still one of my favorite skate videos and this was definitely my favorite part.
@bingload Жыл бұрын
Heath is a skateboarding legend that needs to be remembered by the young kids, follow this mans abilities and try to emulate them.
@timr51857 жыл бұрын
love his style when he lands his tricks. most definitely one of if not the best of all time.
@TJALOL7 жыл бұрын
2.35 - Sickest noseblunt EVER on a skateboard, show me a better one, you won't find one! it's so perfect, the way the wheels touches the rail first and THEN he locks it, the sound it makes. WOW, that's skateboarding at its finest.
@fayswan697 жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same thing.
@peps1mega2 жыл бұрын
Jon Allie Dying to live is pretty iconic too
@stevencandelaria9097 жыл бұрын
The backside flip is rediculous, and no one will ever float a kickflip like Heath. Fuckin beautiful.
@Mordorer3 жыл бұрын
Reynolds might have something to say about that. You know back in the day they both had a rivalry. Friendly of course. But they pushed each other to greatness. My homie was a goofy skater and I was regular, funny cuz his fav skater was Reynolds and mine was Heath. Worked out for the best. We both did things we’d never be able too. Always push, if it doesn’t work peddle harder! Haha fast.
@skatesamTX11 жыл бұрын
First skate video I ever bought and saw when I started skating. Still one of my favorites!
@Clownconspirator3 жыл бұрын
back tail kickflip gives me chills no matter how many times I watch this
@ThePokemonCard5 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how in 2019 this still gets me hella pumped
@adamstow384811 жыл бұрын
grew up watching this everyday one of my favourite videos of all time
@nvsoliveira11 жыл бұрын
This is Skateboarding is the best video ever!
@emd17913 жыл бұрын
Fuck I hate getting old. This video makes me nostalgia hard when I was in highschool my friends and I would be out all day and night skating even during the week. No cell phones. Biggest social media at the time was MySpace. Just skateboarding and hanging out with friends in real life skating hard and filming videos. What id give to go back 17 years.
@brandonritchie1063 жыл бұрын
Bro this dude makes me look at back tailslides in a different light,my favorite trick by the way, it’s one that even some pros can’t do, that back tail kickflips out to Fakie was a work of art
@DVerdict4 жыл бұрын
Insane style even for 2020. An underrated skater, less known to the younger generation.
@ScareyW11 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this when i was younger.. so much inspiration..
@MotoIndie5 жыл бұрын
That slam is ICONIC. Used to watch this nonstop
@neusprach2 ай бұрын
This is still one of the best parts ever. Timeless.
@coshannon5 жыл бұрын
I love when classics by thrasher are 5 years old on KZbin.....🤔
@iconic_filmdirectors2 ай бұрын
one of the most brutal slams in skate history.this part is just awesome. emerica forever
@taylorstove8033 жыл бұрын
Still the best kickflip front 50 50 ever. So stylish and powerful.
@patrickisles23783 жыл бұрын
that lipside is so clean :')
@aussietrue6125 жыл бұрын
Cheers for the memories, Heath..!
@TraeDSmith4 жыл бұрын
one of the best opening parts to any skate video
@michaeld20602 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite lines hands down. Heath put in so much time and work for this one ☝️
@Ziggernaut6 ай бұрын
2023. If you guys are watching this after Heath's interview in Hawk vs Wolf you people are legends yourself 👍
@OscarOffTheCuff6 жыл бұрын
Leo Romero himself is slept on. Dude is so good at skateboarding
@draconianTL6 жыл бұрын
he was SOTY in 2010 after destroying every handrail in the universe
@Mordorer3 жыл бұрын
He’s In a band now. Can’t be bothered with skateboarding anymore.
@evertamaya53176 жыл бұрын
thank you Heath kirchart!
@danielhintner58074 жыл бұрын
I remember when this is skateboarding came out. We were sitting in our local skateshop watching it for hours. The backtail flip out blew my mind back in the days
@11bisthewaytobe133 жыл бұрын
One of the best kickflips....ever
@MrTradisrad6 жыл бұрын
His part in sight unseen blew my mind too
@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable5 ай бұрын
This part hyped me so much at the time. I must've watched it 100x over the years (no joke). The footage, editing, skating and music all combine to create a part that is unlike any other I've seen in 30+ years watching these things.
@technodrome4 ай бұрын
Same. That catch and turn on the backside flip still remains my favorite ever to date. One of the best skate parts to take with you as witness to the grave.
@mariusheimisson34326 жыл бұрын
The kickflip front fifty down the handrail is hands down the most incredible trick I've seen
@Jaberwoky510 жыл бұрын
1. Song: DJ Premier, Rakim, Nas & Krs-One - Classic 2. Song: Mellow - SHINDA SHIMA Youre welcome ;)
@reachddb5 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6akYXuHab-imMU You're welcome as well. ; )
@beardfootofficial8 ай бұрын
My friends and I used to watch this to get hyped then go film at night ❤
@kyleortiz86343 жыл бұрын
Nice skating Heath Kirchart, that is some nice finesse with your feet, sweet soft touch. 🙏♥️ Kyle
@Thelordofthematrixtrading2 жыл бұрын
This is a lifetime of inspiration
@theawesomekid2216 жыл бұрын
This was the first skate part I ever saw and will forever be the inspiration I need to skate. There are so many great skaters out there that I look up to, but when I saw this part, it was magic; just jaw dropping. Heath's part was what tied the knot.
@mikeseely59535 жыл бұрын
that slam is gnarly. i love that he went back. something like that could put fear in a man.
@tilen38703 жыл бұрын
He actually made the trick before the bail. He made the 50-50 alone (the clip you see in the part) and then decided to return and film it in a line. Then the bail happened. Hope I don't make Heath smaller in your eyes tho, the man's still a legend!
@benrodnisky15 ай бұрын
So much style , the flip front 50 at the end..
@eduardovelasquez5511 Жыл бұрын
This part change my whole life !!!
@brodrickrobertson3459 Жыл бұрын
I loved the art Heath made out of skate parts!!!! Why he is 1 of my all time favs.
@endlessgrind69516 ай бұрын
Those boardslides are buttery smooth.
@anhiirr8 жыл бұрын
skateboarding personified right here, one of the best to do it....IMO the best i dont wanna see anyone bs flip or bs flip variation in or out of any trick unless its HK....i must have watched that switch lip at UCI like a million times over its disgusting how clean it is....all of his parts have easily entirely clean trick lands in lines or otherwise his sentiment to skateboarding and its documentation and spot destroying is one of the highest.
@methodone9504 жыл бұрын
19 years later and still my fav skater and great song too.
@nathanbellamy19765 жыл бұрын
The man. A man in turmoil. Legend.
@ThePokemonCard4 жыл бұрын
2020 I’ve skated for 18 years and I still watch this legend. It makes me just go and really hard
@cyrosubod23174 жыл бұрын
Me too
@cyrosubod23174 жыл бұрын
I broke my collarbone last week
@ThePokemonCard3 жыл бұрын
@@cyrosubod2317 did you recuperate my bro!?
@hofx666 Жыл бұрын
His speed and power when he lands is so sick. The go big or go home style is something that no one really does anymore. Riding look a bulldozer
@ColinBrunnemer7711 жыл бұрын
This part is sooooo sick, easily one of my favorites now, I can't believe I haven't seen it before
@bertoaben82243 жыл бұрын
Thumbs down, really?? Heath is so sick.
@GauntLife7 жыл бұрын
Great part. Great video.
@BradConroy_guitar10 жыл бұрын
He just looks cool, everything is so smooth.
@brandoncleary51811 ай бұрын
First kick flip front 50 I ever witnessed as a kid and still the best one I’ve ever seen
@JeremyTBradshaw9 ай бұрын
Timeless balls of steel with such nice (and timeless) moves.
@NicolasSeptien11 жыл бұрын
Any heath kirchart part is epic
@albertosamaniego24765 жыл бұрын
2:14 best bs flip in the history of skateboarding
@MikeysMadHouse5 жыл бұрын
The sound of his board smacking his feet and him completing the turn with board attached is so pleasing. Not sure how else to put it.
@theredball4 жыл бұрын
Right he made the 5 stair look good
@HauntedHarmonics4 жыл бұрын
coming off a fucking rail no less, that shit blew me away
@wellbi3 жыл бұрын
What about MJ's Fully Flared one?
@HARDL3FT3 жыл бұрын
That was perfect but Reynolds BS flip Wallenberg is the GOAT
@pauliedibbs902810 ай бұрын
My senior year in high school was one of many great skate videos..
@nucca1310 жыл бұрын
This video is 10 years old already? Damn getting old sucks.
@GregMuniz73 жыл бұрын
17 years now. Really getting old here.
@user-gh9qg1sg7t2 ай бұрын
20 now...
@mattiasantangelo94217 жыл бұрын
he's the lonely "elegant" skater i've ever seen. look to his body, it almost doesnt move compared to the others. everything he does is sooo smooth and clean
@homelessathome7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Hsu as well
@ThePokemonCard3 жыл бұрын
Legendary
@chriskoegler48815 жыл бұрын
Sixteen years later and that switch front lip and that kick flip front 50-50 are still freaking heavy.
@eddie95ee3 жыл бұрын
way ahead of his time. fast and big skating right there gentleman.
@jayceelim46710 ай бұрын
This part gets me HYPED! HK all day 😤🦾⛽️
@mayleye4 жыл бұрын
I never seen a skater before or since who can ride away from a huge set in perfectly straight line totally composed...UNreal
@sethcox38724 жыл бұрын
2019...still a killer🙌
@Rob-in-hood3 жыл бұрын
Heath was ona diff level then any skater to where ppl could not wait for his parts to drop, even a add was like a Xmas gift. It’s not like today where dudes rip on other ppls styles and the stuff they skate but today there’s so many of us and footage getting dropped daily back a Heath part then it was like watchin man land on the moon💯
@tepaneyoulie21409 ай бұрын
One of the Best ever Still have the VHS but no player
@cammyd.329211 жыл бұрын
one of my fav parts of all time!!!
@juanramirezgonzalez22134 жыл бұрын
Heath Kirchart is truly awesome personified
@beedee1325 жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorite of all time.
@Daysdontexist2 жыл бұрын
Love that intro bail respectfully, Heath was raw with them long legs and the board stuck to him like magnetized
@mooraga2 жыл бұрын
I remember him as one of the first street skaters that was riding 8.25 or bigger boards but his production models were 7.75 -8.0 cause of the market at the time. His boards looked like tanks for the era and I loved it
@drakewicker29992 ай бұрын
@3:15 is the best clip I’ve ever seen , he comes from the shadows. Love it
@HubbaSparxx Жыл бұрын
Best part of all time. Best song too
@heinzfred19353 жыл бұрын
Most iconic skateboarding video I have ever watched back in my young days , my feels gets me every time.
@JRA732 жыл бұрын
That first slam still makes me wince but the man gets up and pulls it!! Class act!!🖒
@MexicanRedBeard3 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful.
@leethomas76595 жыл бұрын
Heath and Cory Kennedy are by far my 2 all time faves.
@funkydankspliff4 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of all time ever and forever
@forszhen711 жыл бұрын
This was the first skate video I had ever seen 6 years ago.
@aminestoisthebesto8063 жыл бұрын
He stomps every trick so clean. And most of his tricks he could have gotten seriously injured on. Damn. All those switch tricks scared me. He looks fearless.
@kenvetro7427 жыл бұрын
one of the most influential skaters of all time
@mikeseely59534 жыл бұрын
That slam rattled his ancestors and his unborn children...but he comes back for more...greatness is getting back up after a thing like that...heath the legend