Given that he is (whether people like it or not) the originator of lots of the core messages of skate culture - from ‘style is more important than tricks’ to the notion of a skater-owned brand - I figured this deserves its own thread.
Just watched it.
Lovely to see Grosso again but poignant to hear him say ‘I never expected to be 60’.
I’ve got plenty to say on this but happy to shut the fuck up for a bit.
Grosso just thinking - “Hey, remember at the comp when I stole that chick off you, back in the day Mr Rock and Roll?”
Not to take away from his massive part in skating history but I thought it was mainly just a back slapping 50min infomercial about Alva… very surface level. Did we really need it (again)? Some cool footage of everyone though, I’d not seen.
It just reminded me how much I/we miss Grosso and that sucked.
Agree with most of the above but despite the cringe I enjoyed it.
It is pretty crazy that he’s still skating at 60/not dead too.
Like everyone else, I enjoyed the Grosso bits mostly, that’s justification enough for its existence - plus I’m sure Vans have been bankrolling his life to some degree for decades so it’s seems fair for them to get a payback of sorts.
Plus, it’s less cringe and a lot shorter than the Bones Brigade documentary.
Will watch this for Grosso. Alva is a sketchy prick.
Probably a generational thing, but I’m surprised he didn’t go down in seconds with the rapey social media call outs of late.
I didn’t know much about Alva and don’t feel like I know more now, really.
Seeing Grosso mad me equally happy and sad. I never met him but he’s like that old uncle that always has ill stories and knows loads about life. The kind of person that you sit down and listen to, the kind of person you admire and respect a lot, but also the kind of person that gets stoked when you call him a prick. The best kind of person.