This event happened on the DL about a month ago, somewhere in the L.A. riverbed. This informal contest video just has a lot of damn good skating in it, and apparently was sponsored by Gorilla Energy Drink (never heard of it) and Keen Ramps. It's just a cool, solid video if you're into street skating.
I stumbled upon this video, while checking out a BMX video. This came up on the side, as things do on YouTube. As some of you may know, I worked at Vision Skateboard's video company, Unreel Productions, way back in the olden days. We did a street skating video shoot back when street skating was a really new thing. It happened in an empty parking lot, right on the corner of 17th and Placentia in Costa Mesa, caddy corner to the bar that had once been the legendary Cuckoo's Nest.
In this Vision Street Wear commercial, one of the obstacles was a 4 foot high quarterpipe up against the wall of a building. You can see 3 or 4 quick shots of that shoot in this commercial. Kele Rosecrans was doing loud, wheel squealing, six foot high, front side power slides above that tiny ramp that day. It was amazing. So the quarterpipe against the wall, under the bridge, reminded me of that Vision shoot, way back in the day.
These skaters go off, and it's great vibe for the jam/contest. Check out the video.
For most people of Generation X, this location looks familiar because the L.A. River bed was where they filmed the iconic race scene for the movie Grease.
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