He was a neighbour of ours when we lived in Santa Monica a few years ago. I remember him taking his toddler to the park. I can honestly say that he was the best father I had ever seen - engaged, patient, understanding and fun. Never saw him looking tired or frazzled. He was just very cool.
@CL20059 ай бұрын
Love this 👌
@kenneththam24803 жыл бұрын
Wasn't expecting to see Huf doing the intro, that shit hit hard. RIP Huf.
@justinsymanietz28443 жыл бұрын
No doubt. It's rad to see Natas' influence on his style though. RIP
@gerardoneri51153 жыл бұрын
Rip Keith.
@MycoMatty3 жыл бұрын
@@justinsymanietz2844 oh he fucking 100% had a influence on the way Huf skated. Fucking blasting massive ollies with style and grace. The both of them complete power houses. Perfect person to introduce this one. RIP HUF
@dneck3 жыл бұрын
RIP MUCH RESPECT
@rhonin4202 жыл бұрын
RIP
@cyclox733 жыл бұрын
I saw Natas skate at a demo for Sessions in Aurora CO and that dude went faster, higher and skated with more intensity than any pro I had ever seen before. Best way to describe it was controlled chaos. Natas is a legend and hands down one of the best skaters ever.
@YorkshireMatt6 жыл бұрын
Bought a guitar and joined a punk band that I still play in after listening to the descendents on this video. Also bought a new board of to the park Saturday I am 43 now. Once you love skating you never stop loving it... Just your knees hurt a lot more.
@jewelscoop35704 жыл бұрын
CBD balm will get u right
@fillentropy65192 жыл бұрын
SK8 or DIE!!!
@jerryselih Жыл бұрын
What decendents song is this
@YorkshireMatt Жыл бұрын
@@jerryselih the full video
@jerryselih Жыл бұрын
What songs are in this one
@FalseCast10 жыл бұрын
When I was in Junior High in the mid 80's, Natas and Bones t-shits were banned because they thought they were "satanic." I've probably watched this part a hundred times, it never gets old.
@Olysk8er10 жыл бұрын
We got Simpsons t-shirts (especially the ones with Bart who seemed to always have his skateboard) banned at my elementary school around '89-90. Shit was whack.
@CeQuana6 жыл бұрын
MintV2 Well, Natas backwards is Satan, after all.
@trupiil5 жыл бұрын
@@CeQuana It's a lithuanian name and his parents are from lithuania. It's the male version of Natalia. No satanic intention there.
@trupiil5 жыл бұрын
@ANTISCAM POLICE they explain it somewhere I do not know him.
@mut4nt1585 жыл бұрын
If natas is satanic then what would they have thought about lizard king
@alfredoking1410 жыл бұрын
this is one of the most classic of all skateboard classics
@slashtrio4 жыл бұрын
always loved natas, had his pro model in middle school. I don’t recall seeing this part as a kid, but I love his part on the earlier Santa Cruz video, maybe “wheels on file” ? He actually skates to the band fire hose on that part too. The good old days. We would skate in the summer heat and then take breaks at my house and watch bones brigade, Santa Cruz vids, street style in Tempe, and eventually the H street vids. Man, I was pretty good back then, only like 11 years old. Now I’m an old dad teaching his kids to skate👴🏻
@jdmresearch2 жыл бұрын
Natas had two sections in Streets on Fire. This is the "San Francisco" part (although it's not only from there). The first part is the one you're referring to.
@bon1478910 жыл бұрын
Ond of the sickiest parts I've ever seen and not a single kick/heelflip was made.
@wagfinpis2 жыл бұрын
I stopped skating in 89', the kick flips were getting real popular and I never learned them. I skated with passion for 3ish years. Natus even complimented me on a launch ramp to inclined railing slide trick once in 87 or 88 in Wisconsin's Rotation Station skate park, when I was like 13 or 14 years old. one of my greatest moments! Natus approved!
@rebusd2 жыл бұрын
@@wagfinpis excellent. That would've made my whole year lol
@SK8facts10 жыл бұрын
A video of natas always makes me want to cruze around and hit everything!
@1000sofusernames2 жыл бұрын
You American's don't realise how good you have it for skateboarding. I skated in the 80s/90s in the UK and skateable spots were like gold dust. We all used to dream of sun and endless terrain. Watching these videos was as depressing as it was inspiring.
@angrytater24564 ай бұрын
I felt the same way watching vert in the 80s. I had no access to ramps.
@davyrockxx15633 ай бұрын
I do realize how good it was that's why i made the original statement
@ethancooper94562 ай бұрын
Your comment just took me way back! I skated in the the 00’s in the UK, we only had 2 street spots in our town and it took forever to skate from one to the other. 😂 Either that or pay 3 quid for the train to Basingstoke just to stand at the top of a quarter and go “nah not today” 😂
@angrytater24562 ай бұрын
@@ethancooper9456 HA! It took me awhile to drop in a big half-pipe. The first time I didn't commit and went sliding down on my back. The second time I over-committed and faceplanted. I finally got it my third time after smoking a joint with my buds.
@ethancooper94562 ай бұрын
@@angrytater2456 Eating shit then smoking a joint with your buds was the only way to learn back then, no KZbin tutorials 😂 I had to learn it by tail stalling first then trying to imagine what it would feel like in reverse. It didn’t stop me from slamming but it definitely helped my confidence going into it 😂
@dylaz1310 жыл бұрын
This just looks fun, what skateboarding should be.
@afrosheenix6 жыл бұрын
Dylazz it's funny to see it now, with slow motion on simple tricks, but back then alot of this was brand new. Plus his style is undeniable.
@anzaeria6 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, those boards were considered light weight! Some of the cheaper, middle of the range boards of the same era were even heavier. Though I do like the extra width of 80s decks in that they provided nice stable landings from big airs.
@patrickcrosby38245 жыл бұрын
What it used to be maybe 20 years ago
@universex75704 жыл бұрын
More like 33/4 yr. ago now
@biertrang4 жыл бұрын
benicia. super tight and taco bell right next door.
@maorigenetics4517 жыл бұрын
I was 12 when this came out,inspired us so much. Back in the days when skating was just fun.
@davyrockxx15636 жыл бұрын
Skating now a days like everything else has become too complicated and technical. This was when you woke up at 7 am and threw on your vans and skated all day until night JUST FUN
@LargeInCharge773 жыл бұрын
You can skate however u want anytime of the week
@StanleyKubick12 жыл бұрын
the only thing that changed about that is that you got old. kids still do that. stop being a grumpy boomer
@morganconklin88492 жыл бұрын
Hasn’t changed for me
@davyrockxx15632 жыл бұрын
@@LargeInCharge77 that's true THANKS!
@davyrockxx15632 жыл бұрын
@@morganconklin8849 AWESOME
@entheogenerator74325 ай бұрын
Some of these guys were really ahead of their time. Yea skating is technically over the top now but you have to remember what year this was. I watched him skate at an indoor park in Brandon Manitoba in 89'. He was an absolute beast, did everything full tilt, never slowed down for any trick. Far more aggressive a skater than almost anyone you'll see these days. Great nostalgic video. Just received one of his reprint boards with the panther lenticular graphic on it. It's F*cking beautiful, can't wait to hang it.
@spl1nterFPS11 ай бұрын
RIP Huf. Cheers for all you did. And THANX to Natas for all the innovations. 2 legends right here.
@buffalonickel73233 жыл бұрын
I had a subscription to Thrasher Mag as a kid (late 80s to early 90s). I even went to BC Surf and Sport and built a deck... the deck was Natas Kaupas's deck. Love this vid... dude shows how gifted he was!
@irishrover93322 жыл бұрын
PD's Hotshop, Kits Shoes on Robson and Westbeach on 4th
@joshuanicely87226 жыл бұрын
I remember a Thrasher spread in the mid 80's of Natas pulling an Ollie over a dumpster, my friends and I couldn't believe it!
@MillCityShogun7 жыл бұрын
He's the best. So much style and raw power. His frontside wallrides are incredible and his pop was gigantic.
@drharkins9310 жыл бұрын
this is super cool to see as someone who was born a few years after it was made. I don't see this era of skateboarding a lot and its awesome to be able to be stoked by it 15 years later in crazy ass world of skateboarding today. this is one of my favorite thrasher series...or what ever they're called...keep the classics coming!!
@michaelmiller2858 Жыл бұрын
This brings back that Dogtown era, This is the origin of great skating. R.I.P. Hufnagel
@heshwuan3 жыл бұрын
If 'Public Domain' and 'Future Primitive' were rented out at the VHS place, this is what I would rent. I've seen this countless times and, to this day, it still scratches that itch. I remember wearing those same Converse and using shoe-goo to get them through the entire summer.
@MegaAppl310 жыл бұрын
I could go into a long rant for sure ! I looked up to him when I was younger. One of my all time favorites.
@americansauce8 жыл бұрын
I walk by that post office on Arizona and 5th all the time. That boardslide was insane.
@zacko602010 жыл бұрын
pedestrians who saw this shit going down were probably so confused
@nkmcfrln5 жыл бұрын
This is California you fucking idiot. If you've spent the last 60 yrs living under a rock you might be confused about skateboarders and skateboarding if you decided one day to Venture out from under it.
@listerinestrips11565 жыл бұрын
lol get the wordplay? Venture trucks boiiii!!!!hahahaheheheh
@listerinestrips11565 жыл бұрын
very nice nicevery nice
@southsidesaiyan864123 күн бұрын
@@nkmcfrlndude calm your ass down.
@larryjimbob3 жыл бұрын
Natas has the most fluid skating style that I've ever seen....still! 😊❤
@nikolazaharija6 жыл бұрын
80s golden age of skateboarding
@humanbeingfromearth4 жыл бұрын
Isn't this from the 90s?
@nikolazaharija4 жыл бұрын
@@humanbeingfromearth i think 89
@rskalisky5 жыл бұрын
Natas and the Descendents, perfect combo
@mierdahumana91134 жыл бұрын
Potatoes O'Brien that’s true!!!!
@bengordon63114 жыл бұрын
Who's the first band? Are Descendents second part?
@rskalisky4 жыл бұрын
@@bengordon6311 Yep, it's Coolige off the record Liveage, not sure of the first band.
@bengordon63114 жыл бұрын
@@rskalisky Thanks P
@rskalisky4 жыл бұрын
@@bengordon6311 I think Firehose is the first band.
@2bitnpc Жыл бұрын
I remember renting this from blockbuster in the early nineties. Changed everything
@lordvader67269 жыл бұрын
dam those dudes could catch mad air. with heavy boards too
@rebusd2 жыл бұрын
What's trippy is seeing someone actually break one
@deedeekreep91392 жыл бұрын
Man. Such an Inspiration. His Ollies are god like. He's that one that made me want to pursue my first ollie
@randyrodgers12653 жыл бұрын
Welcome to 2021!!! NATAS IS STILL THE MAN!!
@impking51563 жыл бұрын
Miss the good old days. Best and most carefree time in my life.
@supernewuser10 жыл бұрын
Awesome. I especially like the dramatic tailscrape backside 180 on the hip at 3:00. Really makes me wish it wasn't snowing here.
@zachman82359 жыл бұрын
So here I am watching this reminiscing on all kinds of old skating videos my dad used to have. This is what I always thought of when I said I wanted to learn to skate. 12 years later and I still can hardly ollie on a trick board.
@georgesellhorn76035 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh the memories...i started skateboarding right around this time...NATAS is a LEGEND!
@exit747steve110 жыл бұрын
One if my favs too. Where I got introduced to the band Firehose as well. Great stuff!
@MasonH24 Жыл бұрын
A truly iconic part, it still stands the test of time. Bow down to Natas, our one true god.
@buffalonickel73233 жыл бұрын
When I was a youngster... Tony Hawk set up a half pipe in Southwest Plaza Mall in the center Court. This was circa 1989-1991. Hawk attempted his 1080 move. He couldn't replicate it... but it was super cool to be in his presence. 😃 Southwest Plaza was and is in Littleton, Colorado
@Krondelo10 жыл бұрын
Wow, amazing how much skating has evolved.. still great fun and some gnarly tricks these guys were doing.
@Bravo-Too-Much3 жыл бұрын
Man I just love those old boards.
@codyolmstead49072 жыл бұрын
All of these are fucking sick. All of these were beyond their time. I fell in love with snowboarding when it gave me unlimited freedom. At 3:20 that melon grab was ultimately what made me fall in love with the sport. The way it feels when you are either ripping through the streets or the mountains is next level. Everyone has their own trick list, but after snowboarding for about 17 years or so, and then taking a few years off... the first grab I did off a kicker was a melon. When I landed I knew I wanted to get back into it, after typically riding 30-50 days a year. Anyone who loves their sport.... get back into it!!!!!!
@samkupper4 ай бұрын
R.I.P. Keith Hufnagel
@williamnewman3158 Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy to see all these spots in such an old video
@dizzychizzy110 жыл бұрын
I wanna go curb skating right now
@idmhead01603 жыл бұрын
If you want curb skating inspiration, checkout Ace Pelka. The guy is the slappy master.
@claytongreen52854 ай бұрын
This clip brings me joy.
@theduder2324 жыл бұрын
Yes, he is well cited for his skateboarding. Thank you.
@grantarmstrong6826 Жыл бұрын
Great vid, my favorite skateboarder
@drubabineaux87723 жыл бұрын
Those were the great ol days! I wish it was like that again
@brndnryn3 жыл бұрын
All time classic. Best style. Natas is a legend.
@charlesincharge.51612 жыл бұрын
Still on hit in September 2022. My favorite too. One of my many idols. Matt Hensley Danny Way Tony of course. Lester. Years of great great memories. 📡👽🇺🇸 RUN!!!
@mirbogatyr3 жыл бұрын
Is Santa Monica Airlines still a thing...had an SMA Natas model that was light and rugged... similar to the old Billy Ruff G&S deck... good to feel the Natas street style...so adaptive to the environment being skated...cheers
@mampfdampf2423 Жыл бұрын
natas was my idol in my youth as skateboarder and still he is .... great style. wooow. i had one of the sims boards ;-)
@jdmresearch2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that they chose Natas' second part in Streets of Fire. I mean, it's really great, but the most famous one is the first.
@plzineedtogowayrn6353 Жыл бұрын
85-02 is the golden age of skateboarding imo
@Nediler7 ай бұрын
always has been
@RandyTwang3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P HUF.
@KenshoBeats5 жыл бұрын
Djeez, the memories, the inventor of the No Comply!
@supakidgalaxy10 жыл бұрын
I love natas, he's such a boss
@snapbacks223 Жыл бұрын
Damm when boards were such smaller wasn't born in the 80'a but damm this is gold
@Enemiesexposed Жыл бұрын
Back in my day, we would ride boards a foot wide, with 100mm wheels, weighing 50 pounds. We rode those tanks in blizzards 10 miles uphill both ways. We would eat sh** hard, and we fu**ing loved it! One day Billy popped his board a foot in the air! We were all dumfounded, and asked wtf did you just do there Billy? He said Alan invented the ollie and showed him. Spent my whole life trying to ollie like Billy, but could only ollie an inch. Billy kept trying to teach me, but I sucked. Hill bombing was my jam. I sent it down some gnarly fu**ing hills back then. Sometimes I would eat sh**t so f**king hard, I had to stop skating for a while. Billy, and Jimmy would always encourage me to keep skating...
@davyrockxx15636 жыл бұрын
Natas Was such an Ollie King!
@skatechatham3 жыл бұрын
All these years and I never noticed he taps his board off the fence post 3:44
@CT-nb5lm6 ай бұрын
NATAS didn't invent the sleeve cutoffs we'd sport as Beannie's! But he did put it on the map... I still sometimes skate in these when it's too hot for a Beannie & you need to control sweat.. Thank You Natas!!! A Whole generation knows & respects you &* what you did.
@gmtime5439 Жыл бұрын
Natus just has that X factor that makes you want to watch him.
@Gabe-hd6ok3 жыл бұрын
Firehose, Natas doing a 360 board puncture on a fire hydrant, those were the days.. forever burned into my mainframe.
@coreyfisher25424 жыл бұрын
Benicia was sick. I forgot all about that place. They had ripper locals I remember, one kid in particular.
@friendsof9street3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. the old Benicia park. they put a new one and some more sick locals coming out of there
@DEEPMUCH3 жыл бұрын
My first skate was a Natas in like 87 i saved my paper route money and bought a custom complete..powell rat bones "free style wheels" pink tracker ultra light trucks on my brand new NATAS i was ollie king on my block...i was 11 then now im 46 and still skating...only stopped between injuries....SK-8 or DIE right?
@jkuebler8910 жыл бұрын
Dudes a beast. I want those converse.
@Dad-Gad Жыл бұрын
Golden Age of skating imo 👍
@nikku11663 жыл бұрын
2:40 sick North Foot 180.
@jksinorbit2 жыл бұрын
Met Natas in Laguna Beach once… what i nice guy, i dont he realized what a god he was to me as a teen.
@Martin-sx4bx Жыл бұрын
I love his style
@feral54044 ай бұрын
the no comply at 3:18 is so good
@idmhead01603 жыл бұрын
Back when life was simple.
@worminator15 Жыл бұрын
Just realized that this was shot on film. Anyone has any idea what camera setup they used back then on streets on fire?
@David_Watts4 жыл бұрын
fIREHOUSE... GREAT band. Perfect choice for this video
@cr113810 жыл бұрын
Bout time we got some Natas up in here.
@scottilewis37534 жыл бұрын
Does it seem like the bearings today are twice as fast as the ones in this vid? Seems like a lot of work to keep momentum
@UnknownStatus2910 жыл бұрын
Crazy some of the pop these guys get with rails on pretty heavy boards.
@jamese44982 жыл бұрын
Natas was ahead of his time
@jonahhex96203 жыл бұрын
Natas stole one of my ideas back in the 80s in Santa Monica, Kenny Bixby can confirm
@El_pedro81 Жыл бұрын
Back then when you could be a pro with an ollie and rock to fakie!!today you have to do a 15 stair handrail flip in flip out shit and a nollie hardflip down a 10 stair!!!
@sebastianrodriguez29322 жыл бұрын
If this does not get You skateboarding nothing will. Best rider on this planet, and I don't think that martians can skate this well, then maybe in the universe. Awesomely stylish.
@MrJasonodonnell3 жыл бұрын
Theres a lot to learn here....No "bros" yelling and running about after that "sick" instagram trick, no Gangsta dichead rubbish, no "im to cool to smile", Just Fun, sun, real friends, and truly expressive skating...
@southsidesaiyan8641Ай бұрын
You sound just like the old people did when you were a kid.
@blackrebelradio98792 жыл бұрын
I lovehim more than anything. Hardcore
@neuvocastezero18383 жыл бұрын
Natas is one of the elite godfathers of street skating, and this video demonstrates this. A sugarcane smith grind on a bank in 1988? Whatevs.
@delmusdugan6 жыл бұрын
Rad is the skaters that rip in this.Rad is the spots that are still around so all can rip them
@cestusfr4 жыл бұрын
My good old days. ^_______^
@dustboxdustbox10 жыл бұрын
yes!!!!! favorite part
@martinaxe63904 ай бұрын
fIREHOSE and the Descendents. Perfect soundtrack.
@solohouette40110 жыл бұрын
Yes the good old days.
@SeeJR10 жыл бұрын
Your lawyer said everything is just gnarly.
@kipchaa84237 жыл бұрын
I remember when Natas had a mullet .
@LocalHasbeen8 жыл бұрын
I always found it funny that Natas the Pro was skating his older model deck with the old panther design, and I think Mickie Reyes the AM is riding the, at that time, new model of Natas'.
@50yearoldskater8 жыл бұрын
it's more likely a prototype. Natas next boards were often screened with the mini's graphics
@DustinBMCraig9 жыл бұрын
I always though of Keith as the Natas from the East Coast
@teetoys763 жыл бұрын
firehose,& Natas . What more do you need ?
@Marco-dm8wd Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what size tracks they used on those boards? The boards were wider and so what size were the Tracks?