Street Skateboarding History: 1991

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1991 was a transitional year between the 1980s and 1990s styles of street skating. 1980s tricks like one foots were still being done but so where the flip tricks of the 1990s. Then there were also some distinctly “1991” tricks like ollie impossibles and late shove-its. It was a colorful year with a lot of variety and advancements done big on large obstacles, such as Sean Sheffey’s BS tailslide on a table and Eric Rick’s 360 flip over a trashcan. The last few months of the year can be defined as the beginning of the “Big Pants Small Wheels” era. Here are some of the main events from the video broken down by month:

January 1991
Video Days filming continues, Kareem Campbell and Daniel Castillo are on World Industries

February 1991
Powell Warehouse Contest, Shiloh Greathouse gets on World Industries

March 1991
Natas fractures ankle, bLind Video Days is out, Gabriel Rodriguez goes pro for 101

April 1991
Life releases “A Soldiers Story” with Sean Sheffey

May 1991
Powell Eight is out, Planet Earth and Alien Workshop videos out

June 1991
Mike Vallely on New Deal

July 1991
World Industries tour footage

Aug 1991
New Deal tour footage, Dog Town video is out

September 91
Mike Ternasky starts Plan-b starts, Jason Lee and Gonz skate with Frankie Hill in SF and offer him to get on Blind

October 1991
Chris Fissel does pressure flips, Powell Peralta releases Celebraty Tropical Fish

November 1991
New Deal releases 1281

December 1991
Socrates Leal films Rodney Mullen for the first time