I bought a Salman board in 93 or so. The graphic was an x-ray of his broken arm and there was a small piece of his cast in plastic included with the deck.
@@CRASSsk8s the graphic was a painting of his arm x ray and I’m pretty sure the deck was put out by Real Skateboards. I just tried googling it but couldn’t find anything. The piece of Salman’s arm cast was slightly smaller than a postage stamp. It was included under the plastic that the deck was sealed in. I had that piece of his cast on my shelf for years. Then it disappeared. No idea what happened to it.
One of the best Nine Club interviews thus far! Salman had a very strong influence on me when I was younger and was the reason I started skating switch in '91. Love to hear about his continued success with Pizzanista and that he has a family now! Jeron and Salman's history and connection was such a wonderful surprise, and the admiration and respect Dubs has for Salman is undeniable! Thank you Nine Club for giving this legend his flowers!
Being Persian, and Azeri like Salman, I'm so proud that he's Persian as well, and with SOTY under his belt, and pioneering switchstance, he jus fuels me with pride. Dude my dad owned a French bakery too, in Pasadena CA. so trippy all the similarities. Salam dadash
This was a rad one. I’ll never forget all the crazy switch tricks he was doing way back when. I hope you guys eventually get Guy or Natas on in the near future
In 95 I went with my friends from Portugal to Germany for the world skateboarding cup contest, Münster Monster Mastership. The Pro´s were all staying at this big hotel and everybody went there at night to try to get some product or just to see their idols. One night there were hundreds of kids and some were skating on the street in front, some german man driving by gets all pissed, gets out of the car and takes the board from one of the kids. Salman saw it and went to the man and took the board from the man and gave it to the kid. That was super cool! Even Ricky Oyola were psyched on it!
Amazing. Was hoping this would happen. When you did that "moments that changed skateboarding" the Salman switch immediately came to mind mostly cause I broke my ankle and was forced to skate switch and was pleasantly surprised. Thank you!
this ep only made me realize that we need at least 5 eps with Rodney Mullen like cmon guys holy grail ep for the culture and to be forever archived for the future
Saw him skate The Wave by the Sunnyvale Town Center back in 93-94. We were just little skater maggots at the time. He was doing switch front side flips at the top of the wave. The top was like 2 stories up and his flips were like 3ft off the face and bolts everytime. Insane He came and talked to us as we sat on our boards and just watched in awww. He actually kicked down some Esté pants and hats to us. My favorite all time skater
Awesome interview. I learned a while back Tony Henry (RIP) had the first documented backside noseblunt slide (published right before Hensley's); cool they played some of his stuff on here. I first saw Salman Agah in Label Kills; crazy that him and Jason Adams grew up skating together and were in that video together and that's probably Adams' most well-known and influential part, like almost ten years after Salman was SOTY.
Finally! Salman is rad. I entered a contest in the middle of downtown Phoenix back in ‘94. The Real team (Shawn, Drake, etc.) and some Stereo heads were there (Mike Daher, one of my favorites). I took second place in the 16 and up category. Laura Martin (Cowtown) gave me a shirt and my friends were stoked, congratulating me. I look up and Salman is just staring at me with a slight smile. Stoked! Shawn Mandoli was just stationary in their circle just doing nollie flips over and over so smooth and consistent. Daher got some photos for his Pro Spotlight then. Oh I’d totally buy a complete from Salman and get that free pie for sure!
I was just talking to somebody about the "jocking yourself is a kook move" mentality that used to be in skateboarding. That shit was real man. You could be looked at as a kook just for being hyped on yourself for doing something really sick. It was just bad etiquette and you had to be all cool guy and non chalant. Aw man, if our skate forefathers could only have imagined how social media would change that. Now it's par for the course.
One of the early Real videos, The Real Video or Reel to Real but his first switch lines, over the hydrant! I wondered who'd win in their prime Kelch vs Agah in a fight. Lol
The Real Video. Real to Reel came out in 2001. I don't think he was on Real for the latter; he was in Black Label's Label Kills from 2001, the first video I saw him in.
@@morgellon7877 The Real Video was their first wasnt it? Like Kelly Bird and Mandoli Devera parts? Huf too? Eastern Exposure I think Huf was in back then
@WolfWould I'm certain it was. It was before my time. I've watched it online; I watch his part and Gonz' part from it a lot, but I should watch the whole thing again.
@@morgellon7877 I started in about 92 but Kicked around on fish shapes since like 88 just as a kid still riding bmx but around that 92 time I goy my own board so all the videos sometimes run together or out of order in my head. Especially now geez so many clips and videos released daily!
@WolfWould I started in 2000, but I rolled around on my sister's old 80's Variflex fish throughout the 90's. I learned ollies and heelflips on that thing before I even really skated; I'd hold myself up with the back of our couch and pretend I was skating, haha. Eventually I broke it and got a popsicle, and my first issue of Thrasher, the Geoff Rowley SOTY issue. I remember that Vans ad where he's lipsliding that massive rail scaring the crap out of me, like making my palms hurt like when I see someone rock climbing or scaling a tall building (I'm afraid of heights). The prospect of getting good at skating seemed like such a daunting impossibility at that time with what I was seeing; I don't even know how kids starting today must feel about it. Stuff today is like superhuman.
I saw Salman in person at least 3 times in 92/93 when he had the cast on his wrist. He was at the Real demo in Toronto at Rudy's Skate Explosion and I think for another event there, then I saw him at Radland's in England in 1993. I wish I wasn't a shy 16 year old at the time, he seems like a chill guy, but in person at the time he was a scary serious looking guy!!
Wanted to hear the back story on the scalping incident.. I'm sure it's a touchy subject but would like to know about it. You guys should make these live so the chat could ask a couple of questions towards the end.
Salman is such a good dude!!! worked up at vans skate camp in 2004 and he stayed up for the summer and he was my favorit.e i was a young little shit and he was a fatherly man but like in the best way love this guy forever time for a pilgramage to pizzanista!
Props to Salman. Pizza shops are in New York City all over the place. Lol. Glad he's putting it up in L.A. like here. We hear you giving Williamsburg, Brooklyn a shout. I skated that statue step curb so many times there. San Jose now on the map a little more. Supposedly about 800 or so young professionals came to NYC for work a year ago specifically from San Jose. All welcome here from the people I met. Nice people. Good vibes.
Really wish they could have gone into the "enemy of the state" regarding small business in Cali. Some of us, outside of the state see the things going on there, and are just in awe. In a bad way... Generally speaking. Awesome interview guys
Thank you Salman for this! So sick to hear these stories for the first time! My own anecdote: There were definitely people skating switch in the early 90's! I started skating in 1980, and rode switch from day one. I spent the next most of my life being laughed at when I would tell people that the body doesn't care which way you go sideways! I rode the original 'popsicle', the Double Vision, just because it was the only symmetrical board in the 80's at the time (sorry Mike V! The Barnyard deck came after!) to skate switch. So stoked to see skating finally catching up! All the years wasted by so many because they just do what others tell them, which is the antithesis of what skating is about to me. :)
Such a rad dude , so humble and chill , stories were 🔥, shout out Salman Agah and Pizzanista.... on a second note how many god damn watches did they give you guys cos they aint cheap hahah love you guys , take care from Old buddy Bonez 💚🤙🛹
Carlos did Nollie back 180 into a smith grind on the A frame rail at Tampa Pro this weekend, that’s a variation of the trick they were talking about. I do believe Tim O’ Connor called it a Nollie Barley grind. Also I got to meet Kelly for a second at Tampa, Totally genuine dude
love going to lunch at pizza nista! it’s so nice and expensive that I’m forced savor my food because it’s the only meal I’ll be able to afford that day. 2 slices of pizza, a drink, and a side of ranch for just over $20! Love it!
dope episode, well conducted. It seemed more orderly than other 9C shows. Salman was rad at story telling too. The switch O.G., right here boys and girls 🤙
