Blast from the past
The only one who scored in both vert and street was Danny Way (3rd place) and only because he pulled off the most innovative and technical tricks in the pipe and on the street parcours. A similar development took place in the “Freestyle” competition – thanks to Rodney Mullen, who redefined the term with an unbelievable run that included countless street tricks and had the crowd go bananas. First place for Mr. Mullen – completely without headband, kneepads and skintight shorts that are shorter than socks. A new decade began and by the time of the Mastership it was clear: “Skateboarding has changed”.
The Mastership had become the worlds biggest and most important skateboard contest, which not only brought the skateboarding elite on to the scene but 25.000 spectators as well. A volume which the exhibition center in Münster could not handle and so the organizers were relived and happy that they had booked the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund in time for this mega-event. It was an unbelievable scene and an incredible line-up. Everyone was there! In the end, Brian Anderson (Street) and Bucky Lasek (Vert) really could be proud of their victories. After all, they had left behind street-pro’s like Rick McCrank, Andrew Reynolds, Ed Templeton, Arto Saari, Eric Koston, and others, and vert-pro’s like Tas Pappas, Andie Mac, Sandro Dias, Bob Burnquist, Colin McKay, Rune Glifberg, etc.. That weekend made skateboarding history!
Aside from that, we visited Team Titus rider Wilko Grüning. Back then he was only 14 years old but on his board he already could easily mess with the grown ups. Last but not least we attended the COS Cup finals in Hamburg where the guys shredded the old fashioned way.
The entire Summer episode was dedicated to the big shoe-brands in skateboarding. Lakai, Osiris, and És were on tour and, with Eric Koston, Rick McCrank, P-Rod, Tom Penny, Mike Taylor, Arto Saari and PJ Ladd, És had a team that possessed so much talent it would make your head spin.
Cruiser boards are not just the latest trend of today, back then they were also quite popular as one could see at the Adidas Tour with Jeremy Reinhard, Jascha Müller, Matt Beach, and others. A lot more going on there than just cruising to the bakery. Also in this episode: all kinds of COS Cup action from Chemnitz, Böblingen, and Münster.
The title of the video means “shot or cut”, the idea was that a trick had to be super bad-ass or it would be cut. Ain’t no half stepping!
On top of that, we visited the Osiris Winter Open in Essen and the COS Cup finals in Hamburg.
Muito obrigado Brasil!
The video features renowned pros like Bennie Dietrich, Michi Dufner, Armin Löwenstein, and Jerry Reinhard and newcomers like Vladik Scholz and Wilko Grüning. A young guy from Rostock, named Denny Pham who would later become a Titus pro, celebrates his first part in this Team Titus video.