Searching & finding different & new terrain, some pour some great. Figuring out the walls & lines all in something that was not made to skateboard in but the ultimate rush is pool skating. Bringing together Brad Bowman, Doug “Pineapple” Saladino, Tom “Wally” Inouye, Chris Strople pioneers of skateboarding style, maneuvers & pool riding, (who all graced the covers & pages of the first skateboard magazines) with friends along with Guy Mariano & Donovon Piscopo is the destination. These times are the reason I started skateboarding & fell in Love with it. The spirt of 78/17.
Loveletters Season 8: Old Skate Mags – Part 2 | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Skateboarder Magazine was the bible for skating back in the 1970’s- Grosso sits down with Steve Olson, Eric Dressen, Jim Muir, Chris Strople and others to talk about the magic of print.
Loveletters Season 8: Old Skate Mags – Part 1 | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Before cell phones, the internet and skate video magazines reigned supreme… In this episode Grosso examines the birth of skateboarding in old skate mags from the 1970’s with some of the pioneers who were there. Steve Olson, Chris Strople, Bill Sharp, John Lucero and Lee Ralph are featured.
Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding – Slide N Roll
Doug ‘Pineapple’ Saladino and Chris Strople rehash with Jeff Grosso on how the Rock N Roll became the most popular trick in skateboarding.