Story time with Prod - meeting Tom Penny 

These Tom Penny stories need to be an ongoing series.

Can I just say that I am beyond hyped that Paul is putting out all of this new content? I would love a breakdown of your "Me, Myself & I" part, because that part, honest to god, saved my life.

Growing up skating in mid to late 90s this is how most skaters felt about Tom Penny, awesome to hear Paul felt same

Every skater wanted to skate like Koston Every Skater wanted to be a boss like Reynolds Every skater reveres Cardiel Every LAST skater on this earth wanted to BE PENNY. That, is legend, and you only get it by skating for what Tom skates for, fun.

If you ever met penny…just talk to him…he’s without a doubt the nicest person ever!

Love it when they drop a Tom Penny story 🔝🔝.

At a trade show after party in Long Beach, tons of pros partying at a warehouse with a mini ramp. Everyone is partying, skating, Tom drops into the mini ramp, does a fifty fifty, five-o grind on the next wall and the power goes out! Pitch black darkness, everyone was raging so hard, then the place gets silent. All you can hear is Tom skating the ramp in the dark. Everyone realizes this and goes fucking crazy!!! Lights come back on as he's popping into the deck. It was so fucking amazing. Everyone was going nuts! And yes, the deepest voice in skating

I had a chance to meet and watch Tom Penny skate at the old Huntington beach skatepark back in 98 , shit was like playing in a soccer pick up game with Messi.

Humble legend talkin on a another humble legend. Thank you P-Rod 🙏

His impression of Tom Penny is hella accurate

I met Tom Penny in a bar in Barcelona. He, and Ben Grove (an absolute British legend, in his own right) were on a stag do and bumped into them in Temple bar just off Las Ramblas. It was summer 2012, I was 23, single and life couldn’t have been better. Meeting Tom and Ben was the icing on the cake that year. Make the most of your youth folks.

can't really imagine a GOAT is frozen by another GOAT. Tom Penny stories are always the best!

Excellent video! Penny’s the current legendary skaters’ favorite skater. We wouldn’t have dudes like Paul and Reynolds without Penny, at least not in the same way.

1995. The year I graduated.. We were living through Tom and Muska era even out east! Love story time!

This is why penny is and always will be king!! 💚

What other validation do you need? Tom Penny is the most natural skater I’ve ever seen. First came across him when he skated for Deathbox. For Paul to be so excited to meet him is a reflection of how high the top pro’s rate him.

Always stoked on TomPenny stories

PAUL! Keep putting out consistent content like this brotha. We the people love seeing you tell these stories and give more insight on yourself. We appreciate you and are grateful for all you've done.

Shoot you had me nervous about meeting Tom Penny just listing to this and I’ve never even met him haha

Paul your impersonation of Tom cracks me up man 🤣 Great story !

Wow! You're a good storyteller! You describe your story/memory very good verbally and translate it into body language with great spacial awareness, reliving the story as you tell it:) It's beautiful to watch, a sign of someone talking about something passionate, it can't be faked♡♡♡

I loved this. Growing up , i was lucky enough to meet Miles Silvas in the last street league in jersey. I mightve been 14-15 at the time. I was studying every single one of his parts instead of paying attention in class. When i got the chance to approach him, the only words that i was able to think of to say was “ switch heel back tail”. He was like “ what about it?” I thought that was the most g shit. I couldnt even ask how he was doing LIKE I WANTED TO because his response DEADASS MADE ME shake my head and WALK AWAY😂😂😂 I LET HIM KNOW i was blown away at that ender! His adidas part is gold that will only apreciate with time. Not for nothing but the early 2010’s were an AMAZING time to be a skateboarder. I could count all the pros that ran the game with my fingers (this was when you could keep up with the industry, but now, there are waaay too many good skaters i dont know where to begin). Safe to say Miles is one of my favorites haha

I love hearing Tom Penny stories. I feel like he is the most legendary skateboarder in the truest sense of the word, in that he's almost like a mythical creature, as Paul said. He's different from a lot of the other guys who are often referred to as legends (all of whom have deserved the accolades), like Rodriguez, Koston, Ladd etc, who stand at the forefront of skateboarding and work almost as it's public face. Ladd less so nowadays, but still, it's not hard to come by PJ Ladd footage. Mind you, skateboarding couldn't grow if every top pro acted like Penny, because there'd be no publicity and no growth. But since it's basically just Penny who appears once in a blue moon to blow everyone's minds, and then disappears, it makes for a perfect legend. And I don't think he ever wanted to make himself a mythical figure. It always felt like he was just a supremely talented guy, who was good and passionate enough to turn skateboarding into a livelihood, but who also didn't want to deal with the publicity, the interviews, the autograph signings and whatnot that came with the territory. So he carved his own path. Love to Penny and to Rodriguez, one of the most humble, true to life legends in the game.

KEEP THEM COMING. These 9am videos are educational…

Paul is such a good storyteller!

A Tom Penny Primitive guest board would be amazing..

The “psycho stare”😂😂. Great stuff. Could listen to this for another hour.

Loving the consistent uploads ! Every time I check, there’s a notify button for the next vid dropping. This year is starting great lol appreciate the effort & energy you guys put into this forreal, thank you !

Loving the new content you keep putting out Paul! Much love 🫶🏼🙌🏼

That photo of Koston and Penny is great- you can see P emulating Penny in the crew pic too. Never noticed that. So dope. Even the pros were jazzed. Thanks for the story dude that was great. You humble and Masterful. Legends all of ya. Biggup from UK E: def add more those photos you can find. They’re spot on. That’s good editing.

Sick story Paul.. thanks for sharing. We share the same emotions towards the 🐐.. glad to see both of you still killing it.

So cool to see you that excited. One can really feel the Kidz vibes you had back then. Thanks for sharing. 😍🙏🏻

To hear a goat fan out is pretty cool. We’re all fans of skateboarding

Tom Penny was my skating hero as well. Same time period, maybe a few years sooner. But yea... he's definitely on the level of Sasquatch when it comes to sightings & stories! Lol.

You and I are the same age. Sounds like we might have started skating at the same time. Around 12 yrs old. And I can confirm this is exactly how I felt about Tom Penny too. I used to watch his Life In the Fast Lane part over and over and tried to emulate his style. Begged my step dad to take me to HB park just to skate the spot he skated and hoped he'd be there. Tom was a mythical figure at that point. You waited for any small clip of him to come out. Hoped he'd come back to the US and blow everyone's minds again. Funny to think you and your friends were having the same experience as me and mine like 30-40 min across town. Lol I guess a lot of us were at the time.

great story paul made me smile penny is a G.

Keep making videos! We all love you!!!

Penny rules! Excellent story, had me smilin.

Keep dropping more of this storytelling content, Prod!

Legend.

Hilarious man, you are such a humble guy and good storyteller.

Lol Prod told this beautifully. Seeing one of the best skaters to ever do it act so starstruck and humble is really cool.

I’ll forever love Prod for this

Loved this story Paul.. man Toms parts back in the day were truly insane with the natural style he possessed with the board

i love a good Penny story

The Flip team was my favorite team back in the day. Penny, Appleyard, PJ Ladd, Saari, Rowley, Salabanzi, Glifberg all of em. There literally was no other team better than them back in the day. Early Flip. If you wanna argue just watch Flip "Sorry" and "Really Sorry" again lol. I miss Appleyard and Saari though what ever happened to those dudes

Such a cool story! Tom is such a legend haha

Def keep doing these types of videos Paul. This is the content we need brother … and throw in some street skating too ❤

Paul, keep sharing these amazing memories. Thank you

I remember when I first met Tom Penny around 2005, one of the few times I went very early to a spot known at that time as "El Correo" the Central Post Office Building in Buenos Aires, he was alone skating in the place when I arrived. It wasn't until my friends finished arriving that we realized it was him. pure mystique

Legend talking about a legend. Love it

I've never met Tom but I remember growing up he always seemed like such a mythical person who showed up on the scene, destroyed everything then disappeared into the night. Such a legend

I accidentally met Paul at a signing in Long Beach at a skate shop. I vividly remember being the only grown man in line waiting to have him sign my board. Makes me want to skate again at 32 years old!

Why do i like watching these so much. Keep it up P rod!!

Here is the eS Germany promo vid that P-Rod was referring to: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-osTRXS_N5qA.html&ab_channel=SkateVideosCollective

Tom Penny made you want to do what he did… his style, inspiration and influence… his frontside flip was so nice, it made you want to frontside flip like him too, I think Andrew Reynolds can attest to that and many others as well. Thank you P-Rod for the awesome memories! 🙏❤️🛹

That’s how I felt when I met you at Zumiez in Chula Vista. You were doing a signing around Christmas time and I couldn’t find anything for you to sign(I was dirt poor and i knew the shirt I was wearing would have to be washed)…and so I plucked a snowflake they were using as a Christmas decoration and handed it to you and you said “Oh wow, a snowflake!” Haha. Thank you Paul. This must’ve been 15years ago

Good story and well told. Would love to hear more about how he was on the tour. It would be interesting. I have had the privelage to be in his presence 3 diff occasions. One of those times he was skating; Blew my mind and this was circa 93'. Another occasion he let my homie sip some of the 40z that he was drinking. He didn't even know us. My homie asked and he literally handed him the bottle without hesitation. Thats when I knew he was just a cool & chill dude.

I went to a demo in Brisbane Australia in the 90s and Koston was there, Rowley was there and Penny was there (I can’t remember who else). Both Koston and Rowley were doing their thing but Penny was just chillin’. I had a Penny shirt that I wore to death and got him to sign it and I walked away stoked lol

I started skating in 99 so this story was awesome, especially coming from someone with so many accomplishments himself. Been interested in your skating since in bloom

P-rod speaking all facts..there was no cell phones back then no youtube you had to buy videos i miss those days

Love this type of content, prod the GOAT

It’s cool to look back and you can see the Tom penny influence on prods skating. It all kinda clicks in a way. Prod just added on his own style.

Man I’ll forever remember receiving that Tom penny mushroom deck on Christmas morning ❤

Thanks Paul for the Penny stories!

I was a big TP fan, the clothes, his sig shoes, decks and all, thanks for sharing bro! Looks like I'm still a p.rod fan lol

Loving the content! I could here a classic P Rod story anytime!

This is amazing you have a gift for telling stories that was so good.

I don't think I ever met him but yeah he was such a legend at that time and nobody knew where he was or what was going on for years.

Great video man!

You can tell PRod is hyped on Penny for real because this story was the “skater’s favorite skater” equivalent of listening to a toddler take 15 minutes to tell you he had Mac & cheese for lunch and he loved it.

thanks for sharing that, respect

I love some P Rod story time

i cant wait bout to watch this in school

That’s how you are to us I’m a skateboard from Nebraska we don’t get too many pros that come thru if I ever met Paul I would lose it.

What an amazing experience and story we need more of these give us more

What a dope story! Im psyched for paul! Hell yes! I had my moment when i met bryan herman! Had a super fanout kinda like him! 😋

Paul rules and tells good stories and Tom rules so great video all round

Paul's tom penny voice impersonation sounded like kano' s voice from the first mortal Kombat movie

great story teller, hands down

If Tom penny had a 2 minute video part of only frontside flipping Carlsbad gap, would you watch it? I would😜

I definitely know how P-Rod feels about anxiety getting on planes and stuff. Hate that feeling

Yo Prod I got a crazy story about meeting you at the DC shoe video premiere in LA in the early 2000’s. Just watched this video and it reminded me of meeting you and the crazy story behind how I got into the premiere that night!

You are a great story teller Paul, Thank you for these stories!

This is gold

Paul, I got your autograph (and Mikey's) on a t-shirt at the 2001 Slam City Jam. You guys were giggling and seemed embarrassed a bit, probably because you didn't think anyone would recognize you, but I watched your runs and practice and knew you guys were going to do big things.

Hyped 🔥🔥

No other pro has this kind off grip over other top notch pro's. Tony Hawk,Rodney Mullen,Mark Gonzales etc. No other legend has this impact over other skaters.

love all this new content boss

He didn’t do it the biggest or gnarliest but he did all with the most style

Yah I was a Penny fan since I seen him in that 411vm Flip Industry. Best style ever. We blazed a J with him at a demo at C&C Ride Shop in Riverside in mid 90’s at a demo. And weed was fully illegal then lol he musta been like 19-20 then. He barely tried just a few fs flips on flat and a few qp stalls. No phone cameras then so it’s all in my mind. Cool guy. I wasn’t that intimidated by him then cuz he only like 19 then and we were like 14. Idk if he was as big then. Muska was there as well. Janky demo but good pros. Like the chocolate tour when they roll up and it’s like some bujee ass setup and they piece out with the $$ haha some backyard lookin ramps and boxes. I’m sure you endured those. Your story is epic gettin to see him shred live in his prime. That’s really cool. I woulda fanned out way harder if I was on the same team. That’s more pressure to live up to his standards. I think I was felt that way when I met you. I wish I coulda been funnier or showed my personality more. I was a lil star struck after studying you since I had the TWS switch flip 13. That was a very impactful cover on us growing up. Seeing a kid that young going that tech and big made us believe we could be that good. I wanted to share my sk8 clips with you and a box I co-designed for a Tony Hawk fundraiser with ARC. I had cool stories about filming Tre Williams and Samaria back in the day and skating with them. I kinda blanked tbh I just was happy to meet you. Appreciate you being humble guy and being supportive of everyone’s street dreams. Thanks for the vids over the yrs and hope to see you sk8 in person 1 of these daze homie 🛹🤙🏽

I feel like I now understand where Paul's style comes from

They dropping Tom penny stories like they drop Tupac stories.

My tom penny story; we were in india on a skate tour, there was an older french dude ripping there with us who used to work at a skateshop in lyon in the early 00s , he told heaps of fun facts, meeting tom many times there, all top secret ;)

I like these story times... I let my wife watch the nunchuck story the other day 😂😂😂😂

And now the same most likely happens to you Paul, that's pretty special 🙏

Really cool

Tom penny is like the Loch Ness monster, we know he exists but few have seen him in all his glory

The only two skaters I see now that have the presence of penny is Andy Anderson and aurelian as they flow super natural and skate everything with ease. I remember getting into skating in 1999 and Tom penny was one of the unicorns but I was lucky to get meet a lot of UK pros and also meet the whole es team including rodriguez.

Great storyteller!