Saturday Starrs #4: Free Former demo at a rock concert
July 12th, 2008 by Kilwag
This edition of Saturday Starrs is a 1978 California Free Former demo at something called Cal Jam II which was one of those outdoor mega concerts that purportedly had an attendance of 350,000 people. The skaters are legends Ty Page, Laura Thornhill and Brian Beardsley. Can someone be considered a legend if they aren’t well known? I’m certainly not up on all the 70’s pros, but who the heck is Brian Beardsley? (UPDATE: OK, Brian Beardsley) Right. There’s freestyle, highjump and halfpipe footage from one of the plexiglass Firestone Ramps. At least one of those Firestone ramps was still being carted across country for demos as late as 1988 or so.
From the archives of Scott Starr. (More Saturday Starrs) Note: You might actually want to watch the next one below instead.
Here’s the same film from an alternate source. The audio level is lower but it hasn’t been compressed so much so it’s actually preferable to listen to. I think the video might be cleaner too.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Wow, that fro dude is really tearing up the half…
Laura Thornhill, she is welcome on my team anytime. Loose those other squares baby, I’ll teach you how to ollie, you’ll really dig that.
July 12th, 2008 at 11:02 am
One of my personal favorites. Many more to come…….
July 12th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Cal Jam II skating was covered in Skateboarder magazine as well. What Ty Page not a legend? wtf : 0
July 12th, 2008 at 11:29 am
No, no, I’m not talking about Ty Page, I’m talking about Brian Beardsley.
July 12th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Laura looks a little anorexic in the still shot. And they say the camera ads 10 pounds.
July 12th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Beardsley was known for high jumping. There were photos of him jumping an MG convertible.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Oh, you mean this Brian Beardsley
July 12th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
ramps are made of wood……duh
July 14th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Brian beardsly should up with ty-page in ocean city (the O>C> bowl) back in mid 70’s. Ty was doing these super power slides accross the whole big bowl with out putting his hand down. It was a trip too because everyone wsas just getting used to soft grippy rode riders, but when he showed up wih had hard wheels which were able to let loose at his command. Years later I rode Black hearts. Brian was in the street high jumping over MG”S or was it 280 z’s and a high bar. He was known for crossing his legs indian style when he was up there high jumping.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Dude its so wierd wathcing this stuff skateboarding has gotten so fucking rad
September 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Speaking of Ty Page, check this out: http://www.ty-page.com