Consider the following skateboarding’s roll of honor:
– Santa Cruz ‘Speed Freaks’: frontside 180 by Mike Vallely
– Life Skateboards ‘A Soldier’s Story’: backside 180 & half-cab & fakie ollie by Sean Sheffey
– Plan B ‘The Revolution’: pop shove-it & hippy jump & fakie frontside 360 by Jeremy Wray
– Plan B ‘Questionable’: ollie to nose manual by Matt Hensley
– H-Street ‘This Is Not The New H-Street Video’: caballerial by Matt Hensley
– Stereo ‘A Visual Sound’: flip by Mike Daher
– World Indutry ‘Trilogy’: heelflip & frontside heelflip by Clyde Singleton; frontside flip by Shiloh Greathouse; frontside nollie 180 by Kareem Campbell
– Baker ‘Baker3’: backside flip by Andrew Reynolds
– Chocolate ‘Las Nueve Vidas De Paco’: switch ollie by Paulo Diaz
– éS ‘Menikmati’: switch backside 180 by Rodrigo Tx
– Girl ‘Mouse’: switch flip by Keenan Milton
– LA County: switch heelflip & nollie frontside heelflip & switch frontside heelflip by Chris Franzen; nollie pop shove-it by Gino Perez
– The BLVD: switch mute & switch frontside pop shove-it by Chris Franzen
– Deca ‘2nd to None’: nollie inward heelflip by Brian Hoard
– Clip of the day: nollie flip by Brian Hoard
– Shorty’s ‘Guilty’: nollie backside heelflip by Toan Nguyen
– Primitive Apparel ‘Back to School Remix’: switch frontside flip & switch frontside 360 by Nick Tucker; fakie no comply bigspin by Jorge Ramirez; nose wheelie nollie heelflip by Joey Brezinski
– Plan B ‘Big Bang Video’: backside 360 & hardflip by Torey Pudwill
– TWS Outliers: flip footplant finger flip out by Brad Cromer
– Pro Part: nollie frontside bigspin by Brad Cromer
– Youtube clip: fakie bigspin kasper flip by Freddy Ernst
– Bake and Destroy: late front bigspin by Cyril Jackson
– Shake Junt ‘Ride or Die’: no comply backside 360 by Spencer Hamilton
– Cash On The Table Contest: flip footplant by unknown; nosebump & halfcab flip & switch ollie late shove-it by Dane Vaughn; switch one foot & body varial by Frankie Heck; fakie bigspin & nose wheelie nollie flip by TJ Rogers; fakie shove-it by Kelly Hart; nollie varial flip by Tiago Lemos; nollie bigflip by Shmatty Chaffin; switch backside flip & nollie backside flip & fakie hardflip by Carlos Iqui
– TWS The Cinematographer Project: Alien Workshop: no comply by Kevin Tarpening; impossible by Dylan Rieder
– Thrasher Firing Line: double flip by Dylan Rieder
– Supreme ‘Cherry’: switch backside heelflip by Dylan Rieder; switch pop shove-it by Eli Reed
– Girl and Chocolate ‘Pretty Sweet’: ollie over the long way & frontside 360 & ollie body varial & frontside shove-it by Alex Olson
– Black Label ‘Back in Black’: ollie over 2 by Pat Rakestraw
– DVS ‘360 Flips For Beginners’: 360 flip by Andrew Brophy
– Grizzly Griptape: nollie 360 flip by Danny Hamaguchi
– Supra Commercial: fakie 360 flip by Jim Greco
– Hammer Report: fakie heelflip by Oscar Rambao
– Untitled Pro Part: full cab flip by Shaun Hover
– Thrasher ‘Solo’ Part: full cab heelflip by John DeMar
– LRG ‘1947’: switch backside 360 by Carlos Ribeiro
And last but not least: here are few hot lines by Bryan Herman.
Consider the following skateboarding’s roll of honor:
– On Video: manual by Joe Valdez; flip up by Ryan Johnson; tailslide & 5-0 by Jeremy Wray; 5-0 revert by Jamie Thomas; fifty to lipslide by Tim Brauch; frontside crook & switch 50-50 by Gershon Mosley; backside noseslide 270 out by Dave Mayhew; frontside bluntslide to fakie by Brian Anderson – Plan B ‘Questionable’: frontside noseslide to fakie by Rick Howard; frontside 180 nosegrind revert by Pat Duffy – Logic 1: 1 foot noseslide by Bob Burnquist – DTS video: crooked by Wade Speyer – Sheep Shoes ‘Life of Leisure’: line with nosegrind and smith revert by Brian Anderson – Plan B ‘Second Hand Smoke’: 50-50 both ways & backside 5-0 & switch noseslide & frontside 180 nosegrind & pop shove frontside 5-0 & fakie frontside nosegrind & switch frontside noseslide & backside tailslide by Jeremy Wray – Transworld ‘Anthology’: frontside 270 switch frontside boardslide by Jeremy Wray – Foundation ‘Rolling Thunder’: frontside salad by Heath Kirchart; 180 nosegrind shove-it both sides & backside 180 nosegrind & backside 180 nosegrind revert by Steve Olson – Toy Machine ‘Welcome to Hell’: nosegrind revert by Jamie Thomas; frontside bluntslide to regular by Brian Anderson – Osiris ‘The Storm’: tailslide shuvit by Chris Dobstaff; nollie backside tailslide & backside nosegrind revert by Jerry Hsu; heelflip noseslide by Chad Fernandez – Mad Circle ‘Let the Horns Blow’: halfcab noseslide & nollie tailslide by Scott Johnston – Plan B ‘Virtual Reality’: frontside noseslide & flip noseslide by Pat Duffy – World Industries ‘Trilogy’: backside suski & backside tailslide to regular & heelflip backside 50-50 by Marcus McBride; switch crook & switch nosegrind revert & switch tailslide & switch 5-0 by Lavar McBride; nollie frontside 180 switch backside 50-50 by Jason Dill; frontside halfcab noseslide to fakie by Clyde Singleton – Shorty’s ‘Fulfill the Dream’: switch noseslide & switch boardslide & switch 180 5-0 & switch backside 5-0 by Peter Smolik – 411: switch frontside smith by Gershon Mosley; frontside noseslide 270 out by Karl Watson; nollie nosegrind by Cairo Foster; nollie heelflip noseslide by Rodrigo Tx – Rodney vs Daewon Round 1: nollie frontside 180 switch crook by Lavar McBride – World Industries ’20 Shot Sequence’: nollie frontside tailslide by Jason Dill – Alien Workshop ‘Timecode’: frontside lipslide fakie & switch frontside lipslide & switch backside 180 backside 5-0 by Lennie Kirk; switch backside tailslide to fakie by Josh Kalis – Rodney vs Daewon Round 2: noseslide nollie flip out by Marc Johnson – Transworld ‘Uno’: nollie frontside 5-0 by Marc Johnson; nollie noseslide & switch tailslide by Eric Koston – Tilt Mode Army ‘Man Down’: nollie backside 5-0 180 out by Jerry Hsu – Maple ‘Black Cat’: backside lipslide shove by Jerry Hsu – Transworld ‘The Sixth Sense’: backside tailslide shuvit & backside smith revert by Brian Anderson; bluntslide by Brad Staba – Girl ‘Pretty Sweet’ bonus: hurricane by Brian Anderson – Lakai ‘Fully Flared’: frontside feeble by Mike Carroll – Chocolate ‘Las Nueve Vidas de Paco’: backside feeble by Mike Carroll – Bay Area Roughneck Tour 2006: nollie shuvit 50-50 & nollie shuvit nosegrind & bluntslide to fakie & gap nosebluntslide by unknowns – Chocolate Tour: backside noseblunt by Eric Koston – Girl ‘Mouse’: nollie crook by Eric Koston – Aesthetic ‘Ryde or Die Vol.1’: nollie frontside noseslide by Rob Welsh – Zero ‘Misled Youth’: bigspin frontside noseslide by Erik Ellington – Transworld ‘The Reason’: flip frontside noseslide by Gershon Mosley – Alien Workshop ‘Photosynthesis’: nollie flip backside noseslide by Danny Garcia – Foundation ‘Cataclysmic Abyss’: kickflip frontside 5-0 & kickflip frontside lipslide by Corey Duffel – Ojo De Pez 10: kickflip backside tailslide by Diego Bucchieri – Sus Monts: kickflip backside smith by Ben Stewart – City Crime In The City: switch frontside blunt & switch frontside 5-0 & switch frontside tailslide & kickflip backside 50-50 & switch frontside tailslide 270 by Eduardo Craig – Transworld ‘And Now’: nollie noseblunt by Matt Miller – Montage LDT: switch backside lipslide by Jack Curtin – Thanks Camera 2: switch heelflip backside 50-50 by Tommy Wisdom – Nike ‘Nothing but the Truth’: heelflip backside nosegrind by Wieger Van Wageningen – eS ‘eSpecial’: inward heelflip 5-0 by Marquise Henry – DVS ‘Dudes Dudes Dudes’: nollie heelflip crook by Torey Pudwill – Bonus Round: backside flip fakie nosegrind by Jose Rojo – Digital Imagine 2007: hardflip backside nosegrind by Andrew Pott – Youtube clip: switch frontside flip 5-0 by Daniel Rivera – gif: flip frontside nosegrind by Bryan Herman
This post goes out to Keenan Milton. He owned this spot. RIP.
Consider the following skateboarding’s roll of honor:
– Transword ‘Modus Operandi’: cab by Marc Johnson; switch frontside flip front by Stephane Larance
– The Deathwish video: nosegrab firecracker by Lizard King
– Emerica ‘Kids in Emerica’: pop shove-it by Bryan Herman
– Girl ‘Yeah Right’: varial flip by Brian Anderson; switch kickflip by Keenan Milton; switch frontside heelflip by Brandon Biebel
– Transworld ‘First Love’: backside bigspin by Ryan Gallant
– Oakley ‘Our Life’: frontside bigspin by Andrew Pott
– Habitat ‘Mosaic’: switch backside 180 by Stefan Janoski
– Volcom ‘Chicagof’: switch pop shove-it by Darrell Stanton
– Circa web part: switch frontside bigspin by Sierra Fellers
– Transworld ‘Not another Transworld video’: switch backside bigspin by Walker Ryan
– 411 #54: nollie flip by Cairo Foster
– Thrasher ‘The Lost Part’: fakie flip by Bastien Salabanzi
– Foundation ‘Cataclysmic Abyss’: frontside halfcab flip front by Corey Duffel
– Flip ‘Sorry’: backside heelflip by Mark Appleyard
– Flip ‘Really Sorry’: nollie backside heelflip by Mark Appleyard
– Flip ‘Extremely Sorry’: nollie backside flip by Mark Appleyard
– Lakai ‘Fully Flared’: nollie heelflip & switch varial heel by Brandon Biebel; switch backside heel & switch hardflip by Eric Koston; nollie frontside heel by Mike Mo Capaldi
– Blind ‘What If?’: switch tre by Corey Sheppard
– Circa ‘It’s Time’: switch inward heel & nollie inward heel by Tony Tave
– XGames 16 real street part: frontside flip over the rail by Tony Tave
– 411 #59: switch ollie over the rail by Jack Curtin
– Jereme Rogers’ Neighborhood: nollie frontside flip by Torey Pudwill
– Transworld ‘Hallelujah’: 360 backside kickflip & laser flip by Torey Pudwill
– Blind ‘The Blind Video’: front shove by Grant Patterson
You might have heard of the name “Bercy” being thrown around as one of those legendary European spots on the list of every visiting American pro, or even remember Andrew Reynold’s superhuman frontside flip down the Bercy 4 block (and his even more ridiculous backside heel down the 5). Bercy has seen some very significant moments in skateboarding history and deserves its place in skateboarding’s rich cultural history. Historically, Bercy is primarily a wine warehousing neighborhood.
In 1982, the City launched a vast program to revitalize the east of Paris, starting with the official opening in early 1984 of the Bercy Arena (originally known as ‘Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy’), which is primarily an indoor sports arena and concert hall. But as skateboarders, it’s this aspect of Bercy’s architecture that specifically interests us.
The Arena itself is shaped like a pyramid with its walls covered with grass. Remember when Ali, Bastien and Arto butt slid down the grass wall in the Flip ‘Sorry’ intro (see 1:12 in the link below).
This feature offered the perfect playground for the inner street skater inside each of us. I went to Bercy the first time I went skating in Paris, and I was hyped! Although there were a lot of people, due to the size of the place you were still able to enjoy it and also have enough space to try stuff.
While the Bercy ledges are world famous and frankly pretty insane, it was really the blocks (4 then 5) that attracted pros from all around the world.
Unfortunately, the Bercy complex is now truly part of skateboarding’s history books in a very literal sense because the area is being redeveloped but should reopen at the end of the year. Treasure every spot now, as you’ll never know when they will become a ghost of skateboarding’s seasons past!
