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1990s Rollerbladers Made Hilarious Home Movies
Back in the late 1990s, the heyday of the sport of aggressive in-line rollerblading, I was making a documentary feature-length film titled It's All Good. In order to capture what was happening across the American landscape, where 29 million Americans had taken up rollerblading in some form, my team and I placed radio ads around the country in small towns to ask rollerbladers to send us their videos. Hundreds did and several of them were used in my film, which this clip presents.
You can view more clips from my film by searching the word "rollerblading" on my UA-cam channel.
Aggressive in-line skating, known simply as rollerblading, experienced a major surge in popularity in the late 1990s. This sport involves skaters performing various tricks, jumps, and stunts on specially designed inline skates.
Aggressive in-line skating was characterized by its high-energy, acrobatic maneuvers, which included grinding on rails and ledges, jumping gaps, and performing spins and flips. The skates used for aggressive inline are reinforced to withstand the impacts and have smaller wheels arranged to facilitate tricks and provide stability.
The sport gained significant exposure through media, particularly with ESPN’s broadcasting of the X Games. In-line skating was one of the cornerstone events when the X Games started in 1995, highlighting the sport's excitement and appeal to a youthful audience. ESPN's coverage was instrumental in bringing the sport to a broader audience, showcasing its athleticism and subcultural style.
The inclusion of aggressive in-line skating in the X Games helped boost its viewership significantly. The X Games were quite popular in the late 1990s, attracting large numbers of viewers, especially among younger demographics who were drawn to the edgy, alternative vibe of the sports featured. Aggressive in-line skating benefited from this exposure, enjoying a period of mainstream popularity.
National and international competitions were common during this period. Besides the X Games, other competitions like the ASA (Aggressive Skaters Association) Pro Tour and various local and regional events provided platforms for skaters to compete. These competitions were crucial in developing the sport and provided a professional pathway for the top skaters.
The decline of the sport in the early 2000s can be attributed to several factors, including market saturation, the rise of other action sports, and a decrease in media coverage as ESPN and other outlets shifted focus to sports like skateboarding and BMX, which were seeing increased popularity. Despite this decline, aggressive in-line skating has maintained a dedicated core of enthusiasts and has seen some resurgence in interest in recent years.
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The Beautiful Story Of The Dawn Of The Navy Aircraft Carrier
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You are watching a clip from my 90 minute television special on the history of American Naval Aviation. I made it in 1986. The narrator is my friend and colleague, Peter Thomas. American naval aviation had its roots in several key locations, including Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, which became the primary training base for naval aviators. The U.S. Navy began experimenting with aviatio...
When Death Is Near, She Knows What To Do
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This film was made in 1970 and the storyteller is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a Swiss-American psychiatrist and author who is best known for her work on the psychology of dying, particularly the five stages of grief. They call her death's best friend. Her seminal work, "On Death and Dying" (published in 1969), introduced the concept of the five stages, which are commonly referred to as denial, anger...
Sputnik The Russian Satellite Changed American Schools & Kids. They Built Rockets.
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American Education Got Way Better in 1957. The Russians Humiliated Us by Launching Sputnik. This is a clip from my documentary feature length film, Sputnik Mania. I am very proud of it. If you would like to watch the entire film, go here - ua-cam.com/video/-d_53tyZ3ek/v-deo.html. My team spent almost a year looking for the footage that could prove our thesis that Sputnik, what came to be called...
1960s ON THE ROAD Hero Talks Crazy Talk.
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The speaker is Neil Cassidy. Cassady was a key figure in the Beat Generation, known for his energetic and charismatic personality, which greatly influenced prominent Beat writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Born in 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in Denver, Colorado, Cassady's life was marked by a tumultuous and adventurous spirit. He became a central figure in the Beat movem...
The Day The BIG BANG Computer Glitch Blew Up The London Stock Exchange in 1986
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This video presents recordings from October 27, 1986 what was referred to in the UK as the Big Bang. Also included on this video is an AT&T promotional video that I filmed as well as the New York Stock Exchange (Wall Street) and the German Stock Exchange (Frankfurt Stock Exchange) during approximately the same time period. All of these video clips present computers becoming involved before the ...
I Loved My Days Filming Oilman Stories in the 1980s
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I was one of the cameramen on this oil delivery film. It was exciting and I was impressed with how hard the "oilmen" worked and how precise they were, although accidents did occur in spite of their efforts. Here is one of my best oilman films - ua-cam.com/video/eCyA_Tm0T08/v-deo.html After the oil embargo of the 1970s, the oil industry and various stakeholders, including governments and compani...
My Bluegrass Clog Dance Film Turned Into An Aussie Music Video
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My Bluegrass Clog Dance Film Turned Into An Aussie Music Video
Earliest Film Of The Grateful Dead 1967 San Francisco Summer Of Love
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Earliest Film Of The Grateful Dead 1967 San Francisco Summer Of Love
Did TV Mess Up Baby Boomers? Say Many. Is It True?
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Did TV Mess Up Baby Boomers? Say Many. Is It True?
Watch How Top ER Nurses Deal With Stress. The Documentary Is Real
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Watch How Top ER Nurses Deal With Stress. The Documentary Is Real
James Baldwin Hit White Americans Hard When He Spoke
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James Baldwin Hit White Americans Hard When He Spoke
This 1963 Anti-Communist Presenter Was A Communist. Hear Him Speak!
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This 1963 Anti-Communist Presenter Was A Communist. Hear Him Speak!
Film Got Americans To Care About Education In 1957
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Film Got Americans To Care About Education In 1957
1960s. Women Did The Work. Men Took The Credit In The Left-Wing Protest Movement
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1960s. Women Did The Work. Men Took The Credit In The Left-Wing Protest Movement
Poverty In The USA Shocking In 1963
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Poverty In The USA Shocking In 1963
Muhammad Ali Spoke His Poem Over The Phone To Joe Frazier
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Muhammad Ali Spoke His Poem Over The Phone To Joe Frazier
1964 Free Speech Protests Not Like Current Student College Protests
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1964 Free Speech Protests Not Like Current Student College Protests
The Complete Summer Of Love Story - Both Sides
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The Complete Summer Of Love Story - Both Sides
An Athlete Could Cheat In 1960s College & Get Away With It
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An Athlete Could Cheat In 1960s College & Get Away With It
Could You Do These 1968 Dances Like They Did?
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Could You Do These 1968 Dances Like They Did?
This Russian Scientist Said Jesus Was The First Communist
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This Russian Scientist Said Jesus Was The First Communist
A 1963 One-Man One Vote Video Cartoon. The Debate Isn't New
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A 1963 One-Man One Vote Video Cartoon. The Debate Isn't New
How They Sold Women Sh-t In 1960. "Free Hands"
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How They Sold Women Sh-t In 1960. "Free Hands"
David Hoffman Filmmaker Gets Stories From Weird Antiques
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David Hoffman Filmmaker Gets Stories From Weird Antiques
What Rich American Men Did For Fun In The Early 1900s
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What Rich American Men Did For Fun In The Early 1900s
My AirBNB Had NO Toilet Paper & Here's What I Did
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My AirBNB Had NO Toilet Paper & Here's What I Did
Gangs! Teaching Kids How To NOT Join. Did This Work?
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Gangs! Teaching Kids How To NOT Join. Did This Work?
Goofy 1994 Movie Sells Handheld Communications BEFORE iPhone.
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Goofy 1994 Movie Sells Handheld Communications BEFORE iPhone.
Men & Women-On-The-Street Respond To Questions in 1964
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Men & Women-On-The-Street Respond To Questions in 1964

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @chezfeliz
    @chezfeliz 2 хвилини тому

    now you work for years and years, with raises that basically match inflation, as everything gets more expensive. and you realize that you can’t really afford to have a kid, let alone buy a starter home

  • @KevinBullard
    @KevinBullard 17 хвилин тому

    Glass Tiger wasn't metal

  • @WingedWheelStudio
    @WingedWheelStudio 24 хвилини тому

    The draft is back on boomers! Call your congressman.

  • @brendankingofnerds
    @brendankingofnerds 25 хвилин тому

    She said “I slashed his face” The guy she is with has a scar on the corner of his mouth…

  • @VincenzoPellerito-fw8oz
    @VincenzoPellerito-fw8oz 32 хвилини тому

    People nowadays have no reverence for these means of communication. It is a big reason why people unreasonably doubt the historicity of The Bible

  • @Barrythebarnabas
    @Barrythebarnabas 32 хвилини тому

    Good to know if the US goes to war these women will just take our kids and move on to the next country 😂

  • @saltyolbroad2962
    @saltyolbroad2962 36 хвилин тому

    But it's still true!

  • @David-hp1ym
    @David-hp1ym 41 хвилина тому

    Low pay.. more hour's. Less Right's Company's moving to china. Not the 50s any more.

  • @MegaLadylove2012
    @MegaLadylove2012 43 хвилини тому

    My uncle is Ghanaian. A very tall handsome man. Studied in Russia where he met his wife. They had a daughter. Divorced and he had to pay her until she remarries. Bk then, we didn’t know wat it was and joked he was so in love he agreed to takecare of her the rest of her life even if they divorced. Come to find out, this is alimony. Well, this was the most painful separation I’ve ever seen bc they do not talk at all. Drop offs between him and the mom was sooooo awkward. She stands twelve feet away and wait as he unload the car with his daughter’s stuff. Poor daughter looked like a hyena in between the both of them. It was soooooo bizarre. She never came around the family at all and would do the same when dropping her off. Would literally parked yards away from the estates and leave bc she didn’t want anything to do with the fam. Daughter didn’t enjoy going over to mom bc mom was an alcoholic who spends all day in the room with her bf and didn’t care whether she showered, ate or drank. She was a total brat. Coming around us saved tht poor baby bc she knew nothing about how to care for herself as a young woman. It was the strangest relationship I’ve ever seen in real life

  • @robertlibby9716
    @robertlibby9716 44 хвилини тому

    I have never set foot in Vietnam but was of that generation. Of the vets I know many have dealt with serious addiction issues and mental health issues.

  • @chatoman2243
    @chatoman2243 54 хвилини тому

    Fighting for democracy in WW1? Right

  • @jred7
    @jred7 57 хвилин тому

    This isn't just a black problem. They want you to think it's just a black problem to keep us divided.

  • @douglasstrother6584
    @douglasstrother6584 Годину тому

    All of my colleagues of Vietnamese heritage expressed gratitude towards our guys to fight Communism.

  • @American.Patriot1220
    @American.Patriot1220 Годину тому

    Not being able to talk back and question “why” as a kid = good parenting. That’s what’s wrong with the young ppl today. Too many of em were able to talk back and question “why” when dealing with authority, thus very few have respect for authority.

  • @yukikobayashi886
    @yukikobayashi886 Годину тому

    People always "figure stuff out and find out more about themselves" and then proceed to not be able to specify any of what they found out. You just lost your mind and you can't get it back anymore 🤦‍♂️

  • @laurenmoreno
    @laurenmoreno Годину тому

    Jenny never knew the fathers of her children with multiple men. Which soon became a modern tale for our youth today.

  • @fazbell
    @fazbell Годину тому

    Jim Crow was HELL!!!!!

  • @mrb6597
    @mrb6597 Годину тому

    The kids make it a hard sell

  • @txdomino
    @txdomino Годину тому

    Liberace is wearing a slip and slide 😂

  • @noelmorin8250
    @noelmorin8250 Годину тому

    They all have daughters and looking for love.

  • @koostory1776
    @koostory1776 Годину тому

    When the hood fills with victims

  • @user-hr3tx6uu9o
    @user-hr3tx6uu9o Годину тому

    One thing I never saw was a girl back talking to her boyfriend. She would have just gotten up and left. In today's world? Most likely yes. Manners still mattered then.

  • @eyeswideopen7777
    @eyeswideopen7777 Годину тому

    The song became her motto

  • @maxtravers1314
    @maxtravers1314 Годину тому

    So interesting… I always had tremendous respect for my parents, still do, but that’s in part because they were generally very sensitive to the fact that they could make mistakes and it was okay to apologize and it doing so didn’t make them “weak”. It showed us that it was okay for us to apologize, and that owning your mistakes isn’t something that makes you bad. Don’t get me wrong they had a lot of structure amd expectations of behavior, but that’s what parents are for; to teach you how to organize your life and get along with others in society. My parents still get comments about how courteous me and my sibling are. But more than anything, they wanted us to succeed in a way that we could find satisfying - something that we could love, at least most of the time. The only way I was afraid of them is that I didn’t want to disappoint or make them feel unloved. As much as yes, they did get stuff wrong, sometimes and increasingly CATASTROPHICALLY wrong, they never abandoned me or gave up on me. I think that counts for a lot Being truly afraid of your parent, or them just seeing you like some kind of zoo animal to be trained… seems really conflicting and crushing. I can’t imagine

  • @phyllissalazar7462
    @phyllissalazar7462 Годину тому

    Terrific advise!

  • @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
    @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we Годину тому

    Ah, this is perfect 😊

  • @kerlynbrown5390
    @kerlynbrown5390 Годину тому

    "Manny was gettin' down when I was in College, a true Black American Historian."

  • @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
    @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we Годину тому

    Does he mean that's when more women started agreeing to do anal and oral. Count me out if she's already done those things with dozens of guys. As Bernie Mac ssid : nasty sumumabitch. Great job the sexual revolution and women's lib did for you😂😂😂

  • @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
    @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we Годину тому

    Also could have said. : "dropping it in another rando's rotten fish sludgepot, after 307 other guys already have, is overrated, especially with a condom on. Whats thecpoint. ? To brag. ? To get another notch. ?

  • @rizzodefrank
    @rizzodefrank Годину тому

    Theres a Mike Rowe right there 70 years ago pushing back against the elitist crowd

  • @Cepheidvariable
    @Cepheidvariable Годину тому

    Comparing her to modern girls is like comparing gold to dogshit.

  • @Benass69
    @Benass69 Годину тому

    Hanoi Hannah never spoke one word of a lie

  • @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
    @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we Годину тому

    We'd like to think that if we were the whites in the south from 1865-1965, that we'd treat everyone the same in our small businesses etc, but you as a righteous man doing the right thing and treating all people as equal, would be outnumbered 10,000 to 1, and may very well end up dead

  • @Jackr-oc7ks
    @Jackr-oc7ks 2 години тому

    I’m interested to know what year this was when they were reflecting. Anyone have the full video?

  • @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we
    @Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we 2 години тому

    ....and the Marxist indoctrination happened anyway. If you haven't heard ypung people in the last 30 years talk like socialists, Marxists etc then your head is buried deep in the sand

  • @PATACHENREN
    @PATACHENREN 2 години тому

    « Hofman Tales »?…😎 « Les contes d’Hoffman »…👌🎶🎻🎼

  • @steve1000
    @steve1000 2 години тому

    That was powerful.

  • @5StarHeneral
    @5StarHeneral 2 години тому

    social engineering.. another bankers win

  • @numinous2506
    @numinous2506 2 години тому

    Eventually our Nostalgia for these days becomes pathological, painful and as much of a waste of time as skating. Good times though.

  • @JohnDoe-zr6bk
    @JohnDoe-zr6bk 2 години тому

    Today's kids realize that hard worked doesn't pays out anymore. You don't get more money. You don't get promoted. Work doesn't make sense anymore. Working harder even less so.

  • @jlockwood1073
    @jlockwood1073 2 години тому

    Pressure makes the diamonds

  • @AbigailJrney-1
    @AbigailJrney-1 2 години тому

    OMG, what the hell did I just watched?😅😅😅😅

  • @MrSsdd123
    @MrSsdd123 2 години тому

    Ahhh as it should be