The first Flip vid was the most-anticipated skate video of all time. Mark had a lot of pressure on him, but he came through.

In the late '90s, tales of a skate-prodigy coming out of Canada shook the industry. Habitat grabbed him first.

Neil Blender is one of the true originals in skating. He invented the gay twist, Donner Party, and numerous others, and was always speaking in circles. Check this video and interview and find out why skaters are crazy folk. 400 bucks? Think about...

EMB ruled all in the mid-'90s. Drake Jones was a local favorite, Hurley was gnarly, and some kid named Jamie Thomas ollied the Gonz gap barefoot.

Phelps is back with some more voice over on an old vert contest in 1993 at Playground.

You may cringe or cheer, but Phelps narrates some footage that all-too-accurately captures a long-gone skate era. Koston, McKay, Kareem, Duffy, and others deal with clueless crowds.

Jon Allie pretty much killed it in 2002. Talk about goin' Zero. All that and Slayer—fuck yeah!

Coco is harder. Noah Peacock, Drehobl, Dill; they all came and got some.

Talkin' classic Karl Watson, Lee Smith, Mike Carroll, and Greg Hunt.

Expensive suits were ruined, a van was totaled, and Jeremy almost went up in flames in the botched ender of Birdhouse's "The End." Permits and emergency personnel can't always save the day.