Classics: PJ Ladd's "Wonderful, Horrible, Life" part

PJ Ladd’s ender in Wonderful, Horrible, Life. There’s a few insane lines in this part but the final one with the Gazelle flip is on a whole other level. The line ending in a push hits hard too. [VIDEO]

I was 16 when PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life showed up at my local skateshop. I had never really heard his name or seen him skate, but the shop owner just said "take this home and show your friends, trust me" We couldn't believe what we watched! It's a classic part now, but at the time he was a somewhat unknown, and it was crazy to see this level of skating in a local shop video. [VIDEO]

Obviously there bigger and gnarlier parts, I’d take guy Mariano video days over crash test dummy gaps and stairs any day. So much soul and style. [VIDEO] For gnarly stuff, everything after pat Duffy is derivative. [VIDEO] Pj Ladd in wonderful horrible life as well. The stupidest display of board control ever. [VIDEO]

Go to YouTube and search “Thrasher Classics” it’s a bunch of pros shouting out their favorite parts. Start here: [VIDEO]

It's been a while since I watched this part, let's watch it [VIDEO] again :) (line start @ 5.01)

This [VIDEO], the last line in PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life. I'm still impressed all these years later.

Chicken flip is a hard flip that doesn't go 90s style straight up and down between your legs. Its like an backside varial flip, made famous by Stevie Williams, (at least in my mind). An impossible is like a shove it that wraps around the foot. That one was with the back foot. On second look, it looked like the chicken flip had some pressure flip action going on as well. Check out PJ Ladds wonderful horrible life for

PJ Ladd - PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life [VIDEO]