Comments on: Back to the Future bank http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/ Skateboarding culture for the disenfranchised Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: brad http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127723 brad Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:29:22 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127723 <p>yeah, I'm going with old cold ones on that...</p> yeah, I’m going with old cold ones on that…

]]> By: cold ones http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127709 cold ones Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:38:38 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127709 <p>Wait, I though Bob Schmeltzer did some of the skate stunts?</p> Wait, I though Bob Schmeltzer did some of the skate stunts?

]]> By: Kilwag http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127706 Kilwag Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:53 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127706 <p>Geez you lazy readers, follow some of <a href="http://skateandannoy.com/?p=1549" rel="nofollow">the links</a> in the post.</p> Geez you lazy readers, follow some of the links in the post.

]]> By: kvon http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127705 kvon Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:09:40 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127705 <p>Valterra. Wow, I was off... I just remember a madrid fly's add with the Back to the future logo... must have been something else. Thanks for the info!</p> Valterra. Wow, I was off… I just remember a madrid fly’s add with the Back to the future logo… must have been something else. Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Larry http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127702 Larry Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:53:20 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127702 <p>yeah pretty sure it was a valterra, judging by this pic, which i found googling "bttf skateboard" http://www.yourprops.com/thumb-45e268f95464a-Back+To+The+Future.jpeg</p> yeah pretty sure it was a valterra, judging by this pic, which i found googling “bttf skateboard” http://www.yourprops.com/thumb-45e268f95464a-Back+To+The+Future.jpeg

]]> By: Larry http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127701 Larry Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:49:34 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127701 <p>oh and i THINK the board was a valterra.</p> oh and i THINK the board was a valterra.

]]> By: Larry http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127700 Larry Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:48:59 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127700 <p>i believe per welinder did the stunts. from wikipedia: <i>Michael J. Fox had to learn to ride a skateboard for the film. To find a coordinator for the skateboarding scenes, Bob Gale went to Venice Beach and approached two skateboarders. One turned out to be European skate champ Per Welinder. The second skater, who became the stunt double for Eric Stoltz and was later replaced in order to match Michael J. Fox's height, was reportedly a then-unknown professional skateboarder named Tony Hawk.</i></p> i believe per welinder did the stunts. from wikipedia: Michael J. Fox had to learn to ride a skateboard for the film. To find a coordinator for the skateboarding scenes, Bob Gale went to Venice Beach and approached two skateboarders. One turned out to be European skate champ Per Welinder. The second skater, who became the stunt double for Eric Stoltz and was later replaced in order to match Michael J. Fox’s height, was reportedly a then-unknown professional skateboarder named Tony Hawk.

]]> By: kvon http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127696 kvon Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:41:19 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127696 <p>You called me out of lurking. The Hover Board ROCKS! Come on, who hasn't prayed that they would make a working one... someday. </p> <p>The first Back to the future movie was what got me into skateboarding. (1985, the fifth grade... good year). I saw the movie and went right out and bought a Thrasher mag (nov 85). What was the board in the first movie? Madrid? Who did the stunts? Anyone know?</p> You called me out of lurking. The Hover Board ROCKS! Come on, who hasn’t prayed that they would make a working one… someday.

The first Back to the future movie was what got me into skateboarding. (1985, the fifth grade… good year). I saw the movie and went right out and bought a Thrasher mag (nov 85). What was the board in the first movie? Madrid? Who did the stunts? Anyone know?

]]> By: cold ones http://skateandannoy.com/2008/07/28/back-to-the-future/#comment-127661 cold ones Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:14:35 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7284#comment-127661 <p>Does it really work?</p> Does it really work?

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