#20: Skateboarding in the '80s

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Skateboarding as we know it today became a true phenomenon on the west coast in the late '70s and into the '80s, and it just so happens that skating has been one of Dagan's biggest passions for more than 30 consecutive years. So we dedicated today's episode of KnockBack to those neon days, when skating was niche, looked down upon, and truly rough around the edges. It's always a pleasure when Dagan goes into storytelling mode, so... without further ado: Here's what it was like to skate when no one else was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's me Colin.
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0:33.0	kindness and generosity. Trust me it's not lost on me. And now it's time for
0:37.2	knockback. Enjoy the show.
0:41.1	Greetings and citations welcome back to Collins last stand knockback. My name is
0:47.6	Colin Moriarty. I'm joined as always by Tony Hawks Prote degan Moriarty.
0:52.0	Hi guys.
0:53.0	How are you?
0:54.0	I'm doing very well, my friend.
0:56.0	Good.
0:57.0	I'm hanging in there.
0:58.0	I'm doing just fine. It's nice to have you here in Philly.
0:59.0	Thank you.
1:00.0	Yeah, good to be back.
1:01.0	Thank you for having me back.
1:02.0	It was funny because I rolled in. There's only one flight, direct flight that Alaska Air slash Virgin America does from LA to Philadelphia and vice versa are not terribly common. Usually you have to go to Atlanta, you have to go to Denver, Chicago.
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