Carroll obviously grew up into a normal adult person and the skate world is probably better for it. The legendary braids and this flawless outfit from that era are the ultimate what-could-have-been. In an episode of Epicly Later’d, Carroll talks about being young and living without parental supervision. Mike Carroll – Plan B: Questionable (1992) The G Man was documented wearing one by a notable fashion blogger as early as yesterday, and Quim Cardona did it great justice almost twenty years ago. The Hawaiian / all-over-printed button-up shirt is one of skateboarding’s most underutilized classic looks. Quim Cardona – Tim O’Connor’s part in Eastern Exposure 3 (1996) And don’t even get me started on the line he does in K Swiss. In my mind, this line did as much for Adidas shell toes in the nineties as Run DMC did the decade before. He looks like he’s skating only because someone put a board in front of him, and he was just like, “Fuck it.” Kareem styled on every other skater in a video packed with gods. The Brotha From Anotha Planet that we all desperately wanted to inhabit, but could not. This guy looked like he was from another planet. I wore khaki cargos for years after this video because of Gino, but Gino was accessible. Kareem Campbell – World Industries: 20 Shot Sequence (1994) For a video full of unnecessary slow-mo, this was the only point in Fully Flared where regular-speed was absolutely unacceptable. Thanks to Roctakon, Boss Bauer, Sweet Waste, Jack Sabback and Jason from Frozen in Carbonite for their contributions to this post.īrandon Biebel – Lakai: Fully Flared (2007)īiebel has a career-long allegiance to the most gargantuan clothing imaginable, but no piece in any of his parts has come close to the size the sweatpants he wore for the half cab crook on the Barcelona theater ledge. (Luckily, they left Javier Nunez’s City Stars jeans alone.) Here’s the proof: All the jerseys, sweats, camo, braids, insane patches, sweater vests and swooshy pants that you could ever hope for. Fashion has been stealing shit from skaters for years. Skateboarding didn’t just begin “embracing fashion,” as some misinformed outfits have recently reported. In honor of this most festive of weeks, we have compiled a somewhat comprehensive guide to the best gear from the past twenty years’ worth of skate videos. We hope that you are fashion-forward during these next several days, and wish you the best of luck in sparking a brief romance with a lonely stylist’s assistant before the week is out.
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