Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarding’s legendary spots 

If you’re interested in watching all the skate videos referenced in the video, I made a comprehensive google doc w/ links and timecode. It’s in the description!

Vox really enjoying google earth to get that B roll

As a skateboarder I shed a tear with the quality and time spent on skate culture. Thank you

This should be a full documentary .. I could watch hours of this. Awesome job.

"Use Google Earth" "but Sire, the quality!!" J U S T D O I T

I didn't know skateboarding had this deep meaning...... it's nice to see people having fun in the way they know

One thing most non skaters don’t realize is how skateboarding changes the way you look at the world. The world becomes your canvas and the board your brush, every small obstacle your inspiration. I love skateboarding! There are very few things in life as pure and satisfying as the feeling of landing a trick you have been trying for hours, days or weeks (in the case of some tricks, years).

This was awesome. Thank you!

“Tony Hawk is like the oldest teenager I’ll ever know”

Man, this brought me back through 20+ years of my life. Makes me sad that my knee is so messed up. I miss skateboarding. 🥺 Thanks for the trip down memory lane Vox.

I have no interest in skateboarding. But I got nothing but respect for these men.

Small mistakes aside, this is one of the most interesting skate docs I’ve seen on YT, you should expand into more episodes or make an hour long version

“Skateboarders are a constant reminder that our cities can be creative and rich places.” Thank you skateboarding.

Grew up skating and playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games while injured.

I always felt sad when skate spots in my town disappeared. Its literally bringing the concrete to life.

3:13 Oh dang, I remember this from the Hawaii level in Tony Hawk's Underground.

Was expecting to see the footage of Aaron Jaws Homoki land the Lyon 25. Some pretty epic viewing.

Short version: concrete wave bois become stair bois.

As a skater I loved the video but I wish that the iconic love park in Philly was mentioned and a little more about the NYC black hubba

Everyone pour one out for the Carlsbad Gap. I remember growing up watching Baker 3 over and over again. Erik Ellington's bigspin and Antwuan Dixon's nollie heelflip over the gap will always be the sickest tricks in skateboarding!

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That Guy looks like Tony hawk

Heath lipslide El Toro, not a boardslide.

As a skateboarder for more than 30 years, this is amazing!

We need a tv show where every episode is focused on the history of a different skate spot!

"Tony Hawk occasionally chips in on skateboarding's legendary spots"

This footage and locations brings back tonnes of memories..thank you, Estelle

Love the use of Bruce Brown’s footage. RIP to an absolute legend ❤️

I get choked up at fail clips, and especially at the Cole footage. Never underestimate the will to overcome failure. It may be the important human attribute.

For anyone who don't know he is Tony hawk Me: who doesn't know Tony hawk!! He has the coolest name of all time!!

When you forget the drone at home: _google earth_

Your documentaries are the absolut best and have the coolest subjects, keep it up!

The fact that they shot this in Google earth 😅

As a skateboarder I'm very impressed by this. Well done on your research!

I don't skate but I'm glad Montreal's Big O (a concrete pipe that used to be an entrance to the olympic park) was preserved when the soccer stade next to it was expanded

Tony, if you see this - I was a huge fan .. i remember you being 6 years younger and still the champ. Those were the days (today I'm 60).

Jaws finally making the Lyon 25, such feels.

Never caught vox uploading early! My first catch :D

This is the best video about skateboarding by a non-skater run RU-vid channel, the amount of history and respect for culture is unbelievable for anyone new to research and understand, very well done

This made me well up. I used to skate pier 7 hubbas and the Embarcadero when I was younger. I could watch hours of this. Thank you.

i’ve never skateboarded once but this is suuuper interesting

I thought the title said "Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarder's leg"

Chris cole's treflip in wallenberg will always be a monumental moment in skateboarding history.

Great little vid. Nice to see such famous spots in a new light/angle

LOVE PARK IN PHILLY ????!!!!?!

Why doesn’t no one never mention the movie “Thrashing” with Josh Brolin? That movie made me start skating..

Excellent video showing progression and history . Thank you

Never knew anything about skateboarding. But seeing that how it brings together so many people, who want to just get better at it, being so dedicated in it, makes me happy.

Love this video. Those skate spots are so iconic.

such a great video

One of the best skateboarding location history videos I've ever seen. Thank you.

Puts a lump in my throat thinking about the good times skateboarding. I miss it a lot. Especially the comradery between fellow skaters.

This was awesome, amazing stuff.

Great video. Idk how you don’t mention love park when making a video about influential skate spots though. Love park was the east coast embarcadero and inspired a generation of the often overlooked east coast skaters. If you want to talk about public space It is arguably one of the most important plazas in skateboarding and it now has basically been destroyed/skate stopped to the point where it has completely lost its heart and soul.

Easily one of the best videos I've seen on RU-vid in years. Keep up the good work

This video is well crafted. I don't know much about skating, but I am now intrigued by all the the different spots of skating.

Love Park, Brooklyn Banks? Big oversights.

_breathes in_ *_SO HERE I AM_*

This is one of the most see through well documented video. The best one.

Thank you for this, brings back a lot of good memories of my youth skateboarding life 😭😭

fantastic content right here baby

It’s nice to see outsiders to skateboarding acknowledging that we exist and how we see the world. Vox rules.

Hope to see another part for this. So much more to cover such as spots like love park and other plazas that have changed the culture

Don't skate much anymore but ill always enjoy watching the legendary clips from these spots.

My teen years were spent skating and watching skate videos with punk music playing. Good times lol

Can you imagine: A whole city, stream and wave like in design. It would be aerodynamic too! A perfect transport system 🤩🤩🤩

very nice video about some very remarkable and memorable skate spots. Thanks for taking the interest in Skateboarding and sharing the sport with the world 👍😎

This was a great report! Thanks

10:27 it's a front side lipslide

RIP Lincoln memorial in Melbourne, RIP Brooklyn banks, RIP all the long and forgotten dead spots

I moved to London last year, and whenever I'm on the Southbank I stop and watch the skaters at the graffitied skatepark mentioned in this video. I could watch them for hours. A few weeks ago I was there and watched this one skater make dozens of attempts at a 360 flip. He got visibly frustrated, throwing his board and cursing, and was so close to landing so many times. He'd really concentrate, put his headphones in and just meditate about the move and what he had to do with his feet, his arms, his body, in order to get the board to perform this manoeuvre. Other skaters would roll by and encourage him with a pat on the shoulder or a fist bump. When he finally landed it after like 30 tries, everybody was so stoked for him, gave him a fist bump and egged him on, and I could see such pure joy and accomplishment on his face. Such a great sense of community there. Sometimes makes me wish I never stopped skating. I grew up skateboarding and watching skate videos. After the bell rang we used to walk over to the local high school and skateboard in the parking lot, trying to learn how to ollie or kickflip, all the while eating chips and drinking RC cola from the convenience store across the street. I stopped skating when I was 12 after I broke my wrist ollying over another skateboard, but whenever I see skateboarders today it makes me nostalgic for those care-free days when I was young. Brilliant video.

Awesome editing! great job

💥 Lords of Dogtown

Check out Grosso Loveletters. Skate history as told by tjose who were there

Beautiful! Skateboarding history is so fascinating.

wow what a message! thanks vox that was one of the best videos ive seen from you guys.

Wow, they named a person after a game! Tony Hawk!

Tony : 😐 Hawk : 😎

Such a well made video with a lot of respect for the scene and culture. Thank you.

This was soooo cool to watch! Please do more of these "hidden culture" videos. It's an amazing feeling to learn about thing like this, which you never knew existed.

the sport that Marry McFly invented

Wow, the guy they interviewed looks just like Tony Hawk!

This video is so good, thanks

What a wonderful video! Thank you!!

Amazing! I might go there, with Bill!

One of the sports I wanted to get into

Spot on, thanks for putting in the time to get it right. We appreciate it.

Fantastic editing and content. I'm new to the scene and the history of it is daunting.

I jumped the gap for the record - Tony Hawk

12:36 Amazing. Very well edited and well researched video, and somehow you manage to list four internationally famous locations and mispronounce every one.

good job on this one! fantastic representation of skate spots and skateboarding, and you got Ian Borden & tony hawk to top it all off! Skating a proper fullpipe and pool is on my bucket list

3 weeks ago I started skating again after watching this video. It's been 10 years (haven't skated since I was 16), but I'm starting to feel comfortable again doing some basic stuff like dropping off quarters, ollies and pop shuvits. Thanks for the awesome inspiring video.

8:20 is Tony Hawk's American Wasteland not Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Second Since everyone’s first

Great job on this Vox. Well done.

Fantastic video! Thank you

Thank you for this the video was so good

Wow really good video! Did not expect to learn as much as I did, but you did a really good job on this.

Very surprised at the quality of the content in this video. Y’all covered some of the most iconic spots and aspects of skate culture that non skate media outlets rarely cover well. Great job!

This was really amazing and well done. Been skateboarding for a long time and the history shared in this is one all skaters know and its amazing to see it presented to others in this way. I want more videos about skateboarding please!! There is so much history to share.