# The Rise and Demise of the Skate Video - An Anthology 1984-2008
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506
**Category:** Skate Videos
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506 "2024-08-31T06:52:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/1 "2024-08-31T06:52:58Z")
About 4 or 5 years ago I wrote a book about some of the most important skate videos over a 25 year period that correlated with the rise and demise of this medium. By skate video I am referring to the physical object not streams. For each year, I tried to choose a couple of videos that really stood out to me and hopefully others, but of course I couldn’t list absolutely everything. I also added a handful of rarer videos that merit recognition, a few terrible skate videos and a brief chapter on music in skate videos. Someone else can write that book.
I tried multiple avenues to get the book published but nothing panned out. The world keeps turning, new evidence keeps appearing, I don’t expect to make any money off this project, and to be honest a real book about skate videos doesn’t exist, which is kind of crazy considering the importance of the medium for the culture and industry (and books already exist about just about everything else skate related) but I’m sure someone else will do something at some point, so I’ve published the entire thing as a website.
If you are interested in checking it out, the link is below. Please read the disclaimer because it explains a bit more about the book. The opinions in the book are my own and all the facts mentioned are referenced with the exception of maybe two which I clearly flag as hearsay.
Enough babbling. I hope you guys enjoy it.
[https://radskatevideo.com/](https://radskatevideo.com/)
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/2 "2024-08-31T07:29:41Z")
Can you not self publish it through Amazon or something similar?
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/3 "2024-08-31T07:34:18Z")
I wanted to try and get it published through traditional lines just for quality, distribution and pride purposes.
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### Author:  [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/4 "2024-08-31T08:15:45Z")
Spotted an error.
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/5 "2024-08-31T08:25:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/6 "2024-08-31T08:51:21Z")
Good effort with this dude. Will dip in later this weekend when I get a chance.
One thing, wasn’t Mouse 1996 and not 1997? Did it come out later on video?
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/7 "2024-08-31T08:56:34Z")
Yeah… Check the chapters on this. 🙃
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### Author:  [@anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anonymity)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/8 "2024-08-31T08:57:54Z")
@MaxFacePalmer congratulations once again. I realised that I’d not got round to reading the advance copy due to work/life stress of last year - I will get on it forthwith. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
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### Author:  [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/9 "2024-08-31T09:40:51Z")
Got ya! Yeah, 1996 already has enough videos!
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### Author:  [@Marekomat](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Marekomat)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/10 "2025-10-25T12:02:43Z")
Hey, I just stumbled upon this post but the link doesn’t work anymore. Is there any chance to get a copy of your book @MaxFacePalmer ?
I would love to read it 🙂
cheers
Marek
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### Author:  [@MaxFacePalmer](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/MaxFacePalmer)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/11 "2025-10-25T14:23:47Z")
You can read it all online here with the embedded video parts.
> **[The Rise and Demise of the Skate Video](https://radskatevideo.wordpress.com/)**
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> An Anthology 84-08
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### Author:  [@Marekomat](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Marekomat)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/the-rise-and-demise-of-the-skate-video-an-anthology-1984-2008/4506/12 "2025-10-25T16:00:02Z")
Oh nice! Thank you so much.