VENICE, CALIFORNIA 1989
The Eric Dressen Speed Freaks part was 6 minutes long. After filming and editing that in 1989, I have always wanted to do a proper edit with this footage so here it is! 24 minutes and it's only the street sessions/ my commentary. Mini ramp and pool re edits coming soon.
In '89 I was fast cut editing as I had so many skaters to get into the video, so it was amazing to re-edit this and show the full lines and a lot of footage that did not make the original edit. Looking forward to doing these for all the iconic parts I made back in the day. Thank you for tuning in!
-TR
Eric Dressen's part in the 1989 full-length Speed Freaks stands as some of the most influential skateboarding to date. In the late-’80s many were emulating Dressen’s style god skills from Speed Freaks. Eric's part from this video helped to shape how skateboarders across the world viewed what could be done and how stylish it could look.
Speed Freaks was filmed and edited by Tony Roberts.
-The Berrics
When we filmed the Kenter part, Tony was right on my ass keeping up with me, I was like OK, let's do this! I was stoked to have somebody filming that could skate as fast as he could, and keep up with me, I didn't have to hold back or anything.
-Eric Dressen
"That stuff Tony filmed inspired everybody to film follow cam. It became the coolest way of capturing skateboarding. Something about fisheye, just rolling with the guy...it's priceless."
-Eric Palozzolo, Santa Cruz Skateboards
I first skateboarded when I was five years old. I got into skateboarding because of my Uncle Graham. He rode for Con Surfboards. He always had skateboards around. When I turned 8, I saw that “Endless Summer” movie and I wanted to learn to surf. All the older people said, “Get a skateboard. Learn how to skateboard first, and then you can learn how to surf.” Then I just took to skateboarding more. It was just easier for me to go skateboarding.
My fourth grade teacher told me skateboarding wouldn't take me anywhere. I always wanted to send her postcards from Europe, my bank statement and stuff. LOL.
Eric Dressen
Eric Dressen is a living legend. I’m constantly awed by the guy’s ability on a skateboard. He is the original all-terrain wizard. No doubt in my mind that he does the best frontside grinds ever. I’ve never seen anyone bomb hills like Eric. Speed and style, that is Eric D. You should wish you could have style as good as his. Eric has been a friend of mine for years, and I have seen Eric go through a lot over the years. This guy deserves respect, three-time world champion, pro for three decades, and his style is timeless.
Tom Knox
Q: Do you have one memory at a contest or filming or anything that you feel like epitomizes your time with OJ?
A: Just filming for Speed Freaks. I didn’t have any pressure on me, I could just go out and skate and that was like my normal day. I'd wake up early before everybody because everyone went out the night before and partied, but I always wanted to be fresh for the next day. I had my little daily routine, and that’s what Speed Freaks was, my daily routine. I end up getting to film all that for my Speed Freaks part.
Q: How long did you get to film for Speed Freaks?
A: I think it might’ve been two days. I just got a call Roskopp and Tony Roberts, they showed up so I took them to all the spots I normally skated on a daily basis. Went and skated Kenter banks, went and skated a rail, went and bombed a hill, went, and skated Venice, skated the Vans mini ramp behind the shoe factory, then went and skated a pool I had going at the time. Little did I know that video part was going to be something that I’d always be remembered for.
Occasionally people would have a video camera and would just stand there and film you and you’re lucky if you ever get to see it. But like Tony- we were at Kenter School, and he was like “oh I want to follow you and next thing you know I’m like hauling ass and he’s keeping up with me and I was like hell yeah this is sick, I could go as fast I can, it was cool. We were just trying to get as much footage as we could in a really short time.
Juxtapoz Magazine
I got to see Speed Freaks in the editing room before it was finished. I went up there to sign my deal with Santa Cruz and to figure out my graphics and stuff Santa Cruz inking my deal with Santa Cruz and Roskopp brought me by Tony Roberts' studio who was editing it and I got to see my part and Tom Knox's part. I was freaked out over Tom Knox how rad he was, he was the best.
I'd like to thank Santa Cruz and OJs for my Speed Freaks part because that really changed my career, after that part came out it really helped my career out, to this day people still talk to me about that part and how much it inspired them.
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