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H-Street - Hokus Pokus (1989)

Otávio Carvalho10 skaters recommend it · 11 mentions, 2012 to 2025
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363K views · 14 years ago · Video part

Full-length H-Street video from 1989 with Matt Hensley, Tony Mag, Danny Way and the rest of the team. Runs about an hour and mixes street, curb, bank and early rail skating with a punk soundtrack.

Why skaters like it

Gets named as a standout of the late 80s whenever people talk about early street skating, parking block and curb sessions, and Matt Hensley's bank-over-trash-can section.

“Takes me back to 1989. When you could spend hours skating parking blocks and curbs.”

u/jadibones

What skaters said on Reddit

u/jmailboxhead2022 · 22 points

the fist skate vid ever gifted to me was a dub of an h street vid where they were just starting to put concave on noses but still had wide tails. i dont remember who it was but a dude was killing rails in docs, it was nuts. i still remember all matt hensley's bank over trash can section. edit: it was [VIDEO] hokus pokus

u/YourOwnPersonalSatan2018 · 2 points

Ohhh thats an awesome board. Youll have no problems ollie that board, just think of it like an oldschool skateboard. We could ollie back then too you know [VIDEO] ;) Grip tape and shoes can be weared down fast by scraping your foot up the board. You should do it, cause that teaches the muscle memory. Its the same position you will be in right after you popped. So just go ahead and drag that shoe over the board a few

u/nohyphens2016 · 2 points

most of skateboarding's finest moments in history, at least captured on film, are from skate videos not events. sure you can go back and rewatch some savannah slammah vids, the first 900 at x-games or the first street league, but the best moments are video parts from the 80s and 90s. get through every iconic video first. start here: [VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO]

u/jadibones2016 · 2 points

Awesome video. Takes me back to 1989. When you could spend hours skating parking blocks and curbs. If anyone wants some inspiration for this type of thing, check out this classic ->Hocus Pocus [VIDEO]

u/gridpoet2021 · 2 points

G&S - Footage [VIDEO] H-Street - Hocus Pocus [VIDEO] got me so stoked when i was young... honestly they still do!

u/sljxuoxada2025 · 2 points

Gen X skater here.This [VIDEO] is what i'm watching first.

u/R79ism2023 · 2 points

Some pivot but Hensley in 89 [VIDEO]

u/kill-692025 · 1 points

I would put this vhs on and just point the speakers out my window. [VIDEO]

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