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Classics: Tommy Guerrero, "Ban This"

ThrasherMagazine2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2014 to 2016
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Thrasher Classics entry on Tommy Guerrero's 1989 Powell Peralta part from Ban This. Ben Hatchell introduces it, covering Tommy's transition skating and his hill bombing and San Francisco street style.

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Posted as an example of early street skating on bigger boards and as the go-to pick for San Francisco flow and hill bombing.

Classic partsStreet skatingEighties and nineties#TommyGuerrero#PowellPeralta#BanThis#1989#SanFrancisco#BenHatchell

“Every skater should know about the guys who gave us street skating so take a minute to check these out”

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u/SilverSnurfer2014 · 5 points

Street skating as we know it today was invented on shaped, big wheeled boards with no nose... similar to what would be called a cruiser now. The little wheels and popsicle stick boards didn't show up until the 90s. Every skater should know about the guys who gave us street skating so take a minute to check these out and tell me if it's "possible" to ollie on a cruiser: Natas [VIDEO] Mike Vallely [VIDEO] [Tommy Guerre

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u/thoughtzero2016 · 1 points

If this is what you're into you're in luck because your example video is super traditional San Francisco street skating. People have been filming it just like that for 30 years now so there's a lot of it. I don't know how we got this far without a Tommy Guerrero [VIDEO] clip. His part in 1985's Future Primitive [VIDEO] invented this format.

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