Tag: Chris Strople

Nike SB | Spirit of 78/17 | Lance Mountain

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.

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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.

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