Why You Should Ride Oldschool Skateboards!

In today’s episode we talk about why you should try an Oldschool skateboard and get a good session in!
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[@thatoneguy2057]

There's something to be said for the 80's thrash style. It's like breakdancing with a skateboard. We don't see enough of it these days.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Yes! All the different street plants especially!

[@Ranakade]

What i like about old school skateboards is that you can tell where the tail is very easily unlike the modern skateboards

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

And having the extra space on the tail feels so good

[@TheDeadStretch]

Now we got Egg/symmetrical boards where the "nose" and the "tail" are the exact same.

[@mr.jamster8414]

@@TheDeadStretch You gotta get the Egg board with the 45mm wheels and then it's 1992 again. (How the hell did they roll over tram tracks and potholes and shit in the early 90's?)

[@wittvonwitt4403]

Got me a 10.25 wide boy. As soon as i started pushing i was instantly a kid again remembering my 1st board I got in 1988! Also.i feel more stable now as im older

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

@@wittvonwitt4403 solid board dude!

[@albertoalmeida3424]

The 80s boards were heavy with terrible bearings and wheeels. With today technology and materials, I would love to buy one with edgy colors!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

I run mine with the ace hollow trucks and 52 mm wheels and those lighten it up quite a bit

[@venus0031]

What are you talking about? The wheels we used were the same as today. I skated slimeballs and bones Swiss. I’d rather not follow the crowd and be like everyone else , we have enough clones in this world.

[@albertoalmeida3424]

@@venus0031 There were nice wheels back them and no problem in being a purist. But today we have options of lighter materials for the truck, board, bolts... which will make you jump higher. The griptape technology today is much better too.

[@Skriot]

You obviously didn't skate back in the 80's?

[@albertoalmeida3424]

@@Skriot Kid, weight a original board from the 80s and compare with the ones they sell today. I'm from 82, Brazil. We didn't have access to the best equipment back them. We usually buy copies of US brands made in Asia, and they were sold in Paraguai, then, brought to Brazil, super expensive. Only rich kids of Brazil had access to the best US stuff in the 80s. I started skating with 7 (89) till 2005, when I bop my second knee. Baby, you are so wrong.

[@---Alex]

People who ride Barbarian battle axes are my kind. curretly im riding this 2 set ups: Santa Cruz Winkowski dope planet 10.34" - Indys /159 - Dragons wheels 93a 56mm. Blast Skates Callum McRobbie 10.25" - Indys stage 4 / 166 - Bones wheels X97a 56mm. (if you an enthusiastic of old school boards *Blast Skates* might have something for you) Greetings from Austria.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

I love the winkowski shape! It’s nice and big with the perfect amount of concave. I’ll have to look into blast skates for sure! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@forevergnarlygaming3943]

i got the jeff kendal atomic man reissue last year and ever since i cant go back to popcicle boards

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

I’ve been thinking of getting that one soon! I’m mostly on Oldschool boards now but every now and then I get the popsicle out so I can keep my Nollie tricks

[@scotthughes7440]

why?How about because I'm 50 and only know how to ride old school boards? Nice Kendall deck there...

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks man! As long as you’re riding that’s all that matters!

[@amind1317]

My Jeff Kendal, Graffiti was one of my favorite decks to skate in the 80's.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

I think Santa Cruz has had the best concave and board feel out of any of the Oldschool shapes I’ve skated. Definitely my favorite

[@ron8935]

😅 I'm going to say when that deck was released I was riding a Small Room Seek Shelter deck..... These classic decks from back then they're great the reissue price at $90 is insane but they are cool

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Yeah I pretty much only grab the ones that are on sale. $90 for any skateboard is crazy

[@raimondjarv1672]

What's the board name? Cool!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

It’s the Santa Cruz Kendall pumpkin deck

[@gkhanjriii91-04]

They're harder to flip cause we ain't wimps like them hipsters 😜🤙🏼

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

👐😎

[@O.o..666]

I've had one for a few weeks, and I'm better at everything honestly

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Having more space to land on just feels right.

[@buddur2277]

I had a Kendall graffiti back in the day. I have a reissue of a Vision board I rode in 1987 and setup pretty similar and love riding it. Still rip a Popsicle setup though.

[@frankrotthier4392]

Looks so much fun! After watching this I feel like skating my Krooked Gonz shape (9.81") with ACE AF1 66's 😃 Great skating dude! You got yourself a new subscriber 😉

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thank you 🙏

[@patricksullivan3412]

Best skate video I've seen for a while. No ad's, no promotions, no try-hard. Just pure radness! Thanks bro

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks dude I appreciate it!

[@andynonymous2164]

Came here just to tell you what a great f#*#ing channel name you have.😂

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thank you 🙏

[@SKATESPOTSWORLDWIDE]

How can I learn these old school tricks, I want to learn the no comply Ollie and the Ollie nose grab with the feet kick out

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Nose grab feet kick is called an airwalk and I have a trick tip video on my channel for it. By Ollie no comply do you mean Ollie north or just a no comply?

[@kolefrank6750]

“A barbarians battle axe” im sold getting an old school deck now.

[@kevint.5381]

Airwalk f yes

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Airwalk every day!

[@AdventuresInSkateboarding]

💯 agree Sir. I skate a lot of newer shaped boards but love classic Old Scholl big board. I only have heelflips on them but I will take them. My big boatds are for bowls and slappy sessions. We need to catch a session, i am in NC but daughter goes to school in Savannah so down in GA often. Stay Rad Sir.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Hell yeah man I’m always down to shred! Just hit me up whenever you’re ready!

[@williambo5989]

this guy watched too many h street videos

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Maybe a bit

[@bnhintz]

I agree! Nice skating dude!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks dude 🙏

[@user-js9in4lr3e]

Fiiiiiire ass heelflips, man. I've got one of the dead dave frankenstein cartoon ones and love it for slappies.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks! I’m still trying to find a good slappy spot around here but all the good curbs are in super busy parking lots.

[@shawnmcmullan5457]

The flip board lost a lot of style.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

What ya mean?

[@TheCadWoman]

Very nice chill video. Just had this in my recommended. Liked and subbed. :)

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thank you 🙏!

[@GorillaBiscuitz]

What size wheels on that puppy?

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

54mm dragon formula!

[@GorillaBiscuitz]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 Really?! No risers?

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

@@GorillaBiscuitz I have 1/8 lucky riser pads on. They are hard to see because they match the size of the baseplate on the ace trucks almost perfectly.

[@GorillaBiscuitz]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 Sweet dude. Awesome vid!

[@Hardcorestilllives]

Old school boards are just a lot more fun! I still use 60 mm OJs, but for tricks they should be significantly smaller like yours. In Germany we have really crappy roads and without cruiser wheels, driving from A to B is somehow no fun for me. I also really love the tricks you show. There are really a few that give me new ideas. I would actually like a how to tutorial for each one or I have to watch your video 100 more times :D. because you pull the tricks so ultra smoothly! ps: what do you call the trick for 2:59? reminds me a bit of the sal flip

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thank you 🙏 I have been planning on doing some how to videos soon! Let me know what tricks you are looking to learn and I can add them to my list.

[@Hardcorestilllives]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 oh wow that would be absolutely powerful. I don't even know what all the tricks in your video are called, but boneless, no comply and these fingerflip stuff would be awesome, oh and these buttery-soft heelflips :O Just show me what you can do with battle ax boards :D

[@californiakidcalifornia4649]

You Shred

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thank you 🙏

[@frankiew311]

Cool channel bro. Old school decks for life! 🔥🤙

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks man! Happy you like it!

[@willsparis6157]

Go for the Battle Axe all day!!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

You know it!

[@stickersteve007]

well damn if you didn't make me wanna setup an old school deck! think I'm gonna do it! that's some big deck energy right there!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Hell yeah! Get a solid boneless in for me!

[@SkinnySkates]

BigDeck! As a 34yo coming back in after 15 years off, I've bought 4 skateboards in the last 3 months with 2 more incoming, one of which is a Santa Cruz Winkoski VX Cruz Missle deck. Most excited though about the Heroin Eggzilla 2 I have coming. I was able to get 2, one to skate and one to hang.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

I love the winkowski shape! I haven’t tried any of the heroin eggs yet though been thinking about getting one.

[@55bolts]

I tried a few years ago to go back to late 80s style deck just couldn’t adapt to the longer tail. Also, Jeff Kendall deck in this video looks really good. On the other hand I would never buy another one. I had this deck and it snapped in half right behind the back bolts back in 87. Unless they make them different now For this re-issue it was too stiff and steep at the tail area so the pressure was too much. Love video. Thanks!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thank you! The reissue has lasted me a few months now and I have taken it down some pretty big drops. I imagine the quality of the wood has changed some but I can’t say for sure because I’ve never skated the original.

[@Mabuhay_Ka]

@@bigdeckenergy8119Heard the Santa Cruz reissues are made in china and not as good as any of their modern models. I have a santa cruz eric dressen and it feels different than other decks I have. Kinda lighter feeling and not as firm. Modern shaped decks I think are better than the reissues. I havent skated for about 13 years and I was skating a Hosoi with Gonz graphics which I still have. Its such a cool looking shape.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

@@Mabuhay_Ka all I have to compare this reissue to are a few of the winkowski Santa Cruz models. They seem pretty similar in quality to me.

[@rumble108]

Got the 10 75 Wide Boy from Heroin these Tricks would slay it like Conan! Got the Follow Thanks Bro

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Let me know how you like it! I’ve been thinking about picking up a Heroin deck.

[@arielvillaverde8813]

I’m loving my Powell Gee-gah shaped deck. Super rad. Didn’t grow up during the advent of popsicles.. plus I’ve not been interested in flips. Transition bowl and half pipes skating the best

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

That’s awesome man I’ve got the Vallely Powell reissue and I love it! Keep shredding!

[@mikeboelk3015]

Old school decks are the best ! I only now skate my Powell Peralta McGill and Per Welinder freestyle.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

How do you like the McGill? I’ve been thinking about getting one.

[@radoldrat]

LOVED THIS! Love the channel! Sucks I can't do this video now but stoked at how well yours came out haha!! The height on those bonelesses!!?? I quit! 😂😂😂 Stay rad! 🛹🐀

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks man! Go ahead and do the video! I’d love to see your perspective and would love more people to be drawn to older shapes. I’m hoping the more exposure these boards get the more other companies want to make ‘em

[@radoldrat]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 good call homie let's do it!! 🛹🐀

[@bobthememeyeet4790]

Did you build that ride on rail yourself or buy it somewhere either way I would love to have one

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

I bought it from keen ramps! It’s called the slapstick. I’m pretty sure if you search it there are a few videos where people have built their own version.

[@bobthememeyeet4790]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 thank you brother I’ve been looking for a way to work on stalls and grinds at home this will definitely help 🙏

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

No problem man!

[@Capitan_Chaos]

I got a discount from ccs and finally got a powell cab deck. Now I need some trucks to skate it since I don't have a 6 hole baseplate.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Are you saying the cab has a different hold pattern for the trucks?

[@Capitan_Chaos]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 yeah, the holes are further apart. Was thinking of just drilling holes on the deck so I can put newer indys.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

@@Capitan_Chaos i know on the larger stage 11 Indy’s they have a six hole plate but if you’re wanting to save money drilling always works!

[@skate_oasis]

Love it! Your comparison of a surgeons precision tool vs a barbarians battle axe is incredible! For me it’s all about the vibes - the shaped decks just get me a lot more excited than popsicles.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks man! Yeah I do love a popsicle but nothing beats the feeling of a classic shape for me!

[@amind1317]

80's boards are like American muscle car's.

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

@@amind1317 beautiful and dangerous?

[@donavenbrinkley2650]

Just perrrrrrffffffeeeecccccttt!!!👏

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks dude 🙌

[@donavenbrinkley2650]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 just got a Landyachtz dark wave atv and this type of video is going to help a ton

[@olddudeboarding]

Awesome 🔥🔥🔥

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Thanks old dude 👐

[@radratcomics]

The catch on that heelflip was nuts

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Hey thanks man! I had no idea you had a comic book channel?!? That’s sick!

[@radratcomics]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 Yep! It doesn't get a ton of use, but it's a lot of fun!

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

@@radratcomics well as a fellow skater and comic book nerd I salute you! 🫡 and I’ll check out some of the videos!

[@radratcomics]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 Did we just become best friends?

[@andycaree]

Would you mind telling me your set up on that deck?

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

Ace af1 hollow size 55 54mm dragon formula wheels Bones reds bearings And madness rails!

[@radoldrat]

Also, couldn't agree more. '80s boards are directional and made for hacking, slashing and destroying! They have attitude and totally influence the way you skate! 🛹🐀

[@bigdeckenergy8119]

The old school graphics and shapes just scream dangerous and I love it

[@radoldrat]

@@bigdeckenergy8119 💪😤