Gonz and Natas both did some street handrail at the same time. I forget the name, could google it.
First actual street handrail 5050 - Gonz, 8th St rail, NY. 1987. (According to Puleo - Iām sure he could do something with those numbers to prove it).
10.20min (ish) for the footage.
19:17 raw Gonzo in New York.
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Or was it called mondo vision or something?
Edit, just checked, thatās it
Just to be clear - I didnāt claim either of those in my text.
Ed was first handrail grind, as far as I am aware. Slide stuff had already been done.
No Natas was the first grind on some handrail I forget the name of. Something Street. Iāve heard that somewhere.
Mike V claims Gonz did it first and he did it right after him but he ollied over the back of the handrail (which most people give to Sheffey as a first).
It definitely wasnāt Ed Templeton in 1988.
Is that the same one Mike V is talking about?
The handrail Iām thinking of is the Long Beach Convention Centre one, and as long as I can remember the folklore has been Gonz first boardslide, Natas first 5050, Julien Stranger first frontside boardslide.
Could be bollocks but Iāve believed that for years.
Yes, sounds like it.
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More here
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So, it seems like Gonz did it, and then either Ed T or Danny Sergant.
No mention of Natas.
I always thought it was:
Natas - Boardslide
Gonz - Boardslide Fakie
Julien - Front Board
Ed T - Fifty Fifty.
But reading that, itād Gonz on the fifty, tooā¦but Ed T with the first photo of one.
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Well yeah Mike V says Gonz first 5050 too, and him second but straight over the back 
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Danny Sargent 5050 the same rail.
Both Tobin Yelland photos.
1987 was the year we started seeing it happen. ā86 had Natas hucking himself at that rail at the Oceanside contest but no mag coverage of a make until the following year. Iān guessing Gonz and Natas started doing them shortly afterwards and maybe Julian took them back to SF.
The first board slide photo, (probably a bung-on), was Johnee Kop in a T&C ad in Transworld Feb 87.
The O photos of Gonz were spring/summer 87
1987 for Sick Boys and Julianās frontboard too.
That Gonz, 8th Street rail 5050 in NYC was filmed in 1987.
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Fuck yes man @Scurbrampwoody I was waiting in the lobby of a yoga place so couldnāt do the full post.
You can see Bryce Kanights head in the Stranger photo I posted too so multiple people there.
I think as far as lore goes - Kele Rosencranz had the first handrail boardslide advert (although thereās debate about whether it was caveman and/or not landed).
EDIT - am I mixing kopp and Rosencrans up? Sure he had one too. Youāre right I think @Scurbrampwoody
Natas is credited with the first person to point at handrails as a skateable thing. He famously tried to boardslide one off the stage at the Oceanside Street contest that I think was 85. The same one where Gonz 5050s the flat bar.
Puleo has talked about that and Iāve spoken to one of the people who were in the same contest too and the stories are the same.
Kinda āWhoa it looks like Natas is going to jump on theā¦whoa he tried!ā kinda vibe.
I think itās in this vid
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Thereās an earlier photo of Natas on street than that Johnee Kopp one.
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Itās the 1986 Oceanside contest.
Natas ollies up on to the stage and then heads for the rail (4:15)
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I thought he was wearing a different outfit in that one.
Nice one. Respect to Tony Roberts (RealSkateStories) also since he was at everything and filmed everyone but weirdly never really gets talked about/to.
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Yeah thatās the one. Better than Johnee Koppās!
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