P-Rod is so humble and intelligent. I could listen to him all day long. He speaks with so much passion and remembers every little detail. Thats crazy! For me he is still my favourite skateboarder of all time since i started 26 years ago.
This part blew my mind when I saw it. I show all my friends this video because this was amazing. I remember seeing the progression and the dedication he kept applying and it’s inspiring. The song matched perfectly, the way he was skating, it was like otherworldly. Love this part man fr.
I remember when this dropped only thing I ever bought legally on iTunes had it on my iPod with the screen damn time flies with my prod 3s. 2010-2012 felt like the real last two years of skateboarding before being swallowed by the social media.
Mike mo: wait… I did a frontside flip over a gap??? I don’t recall this. Prod: this trick was on august 27th 2007 at 6:18pm while Gordon Ramsay’s famous melt down premiered in San Francisco on Kitchen nightmares.
Prod big respect, one of the best skateboarders out there. That video part was pure fire even until today I see the video and want to mimic those tricks and motivate myself to keep pushing and riding until the wheels fall off.
I bought this when it came out. Watched it on my iPhone 4 all the time, lol. I love how much personality was injected into this edit and loved the fast pace. Rifled through clips. The credits bit where he's making fun of the bad driver-license giveaway at the DMV.
The ending shows the progression of skateboarding....the TRUE discussion and independent part shit was so sick...there was no IG or barely YT back then and this stuff was nuts and still is today
That's funny he is saying that, I remember back in 2010 I was telling a homie about this part and he ask me what it was like and I remember telling him specifically: "man is like Paul was trying to outdo himself and show guys like Felipe Gustavo (who had just put up some awesome parts) that he's still in the game". 😂😂
His late foot shit is insane honestly even up to today’s standards he’s the only one I’ve really seen take it town sets and into tech tricks and it looks fckn great everytime
P-Rod's analysis of the industry decision to move into free skateboard content is a crazy one. Yall remember even before Me, Myself, and I you had to pay for every skate video/content you saw? I also remember when MMI came out I was in the camp of outraged people. I remember talking with my friends and was like "This man wants us to pay for a part of JUST him?!?! P-Rod trippin..." None of me or my homies forked over the money to buy it. I look back now and say that was childish of me. Yet, I also remember being being excited yet confused when full lengths started being given for free. I never had a problem buying a full length. I really wonder what financial impact that decision had on the skate industry as a whole. I would take having to pay money for full lengths if there were more of them from the teams I really love. Reminisicing done, haha.
Honestly I think by the last year of full lengths being sold (2018 really), people just really weren't buying them. And I'm sure for some companies the thought was they might as well get the extra exposure by putting it out for free if not enough people are actually buying and seeing their videos
11:15 For the pro skateboarders out there that don’t know; it’s tough for pretty much everyone fyi. Unless you’re making 50k+ life is pretty stressful on the daily. Doing what you love is a blessing brotha.
I’m hindsight it’s mad that for a couple of years people were willing to pay for single parts. Shows how much the way we consume media has changed over the last 10/15 years
I think the tre flip crook being the NAC is a lot more fitting than the nollie late flip crook. The tre flip crook became such an iconic trick during that era, and I don't think a late flip trick could achieve the same level of notoriety
After that trick I remember that day I ate some orange juicy fruit gum right after, went to my friend Kevin’s house who was wearing dark blue Levi’s, a black vans logo shirt, it was 75 degrees with light wind, and I watched episode 5 of season 4 of breaking bad on my living couch with my feet propped up on my wooden coffee table wearing my new Prod 5’s.
Prod was my favorite skater. I bought that part as soon as it dropped, paid for his app and only skated in prods for like 2 years yet still skated like shit tho lol
Tbh I think a lot of people would pay today for parts. I think he’s right skaters deserve that check and filmers to. If people are willing to pay for exclusive iG content. People would pay a one time purchase for a part. He should definitely stand his ground and continue this with primitive videos.
