Bones Brigade

The question of "What came first? Ban This or Public Domain." came up the other day with someone and they said "God, they gotta put those movies out on DVD." They are on DVD and not enough people know. What they really need is a box set with all the Bones Brigades and the soundtrack included. That's right. You can actually purchase the soundtrack with such Johnny Rad hits as "Skate To School" or was it "Skate To Create?" Regardless, by the end of the song, Johnny Rad has convinced me that "skating is guh-rayit."

Some of the stuff will get dated like Tommy Guerrero jumping driveways in the Sunset District on a board that looks like a condom cut out of a piece of plywood stolen from a construction site. Or, you may see a lapper or "The Bird" in the background of some of the scenes or giant two-toned wheels.

On the other hand, you can see the birth of street skating with Rodney Mullen busting kickflips while us kids were doing acid drops and handplants. My final point? Bones Brigade III has the dopest collection of Air Jordan's in it, ever, and also happens to be like the Led Zeppelin IV of skate videos. The Chin ramp scene would be like the "Stairway To Heaven" of skateboard scenes. That may be controversial, but I'd argue it.

Oh, here are the links.

Bones Brigade Video Show (1984)
Bones Brigade II: Future Primitive (1985)
Bones Brigade III: The Search For Animal Chin (1987) SPOILER ALERT! They never find him.
Bones Brigade IV: Public Domain (1988)
Bones Brigade V: Ban This (1989)

Bones Brigade Video Tunes