55 Duffy continued...

I probably had not made my way to T.O.B. until '93 when I had a car. I lived on the south shore so if it wasn't on the Babylon LIRR line or a near by bus ride away, I probably hadn't been there. I missed the days of T.O.B. being a mecca, but didn't miss out on plenty of good skate sessions there. It was mostly a night time stop. Maybe after Y.O.M. was over for the evening on the weekend or a mid-week night session. The toast of the evening was always to walk up to the top and bomb down the parking garage.
Pheo-where's the footage of your head getting broke open?
Anyway, here are some old pics of Nick Katsoulas. He was one of 55 Duffy's 2nd generation. Always a ripper and a good time to skate with. All pics shot in one afternoon on maybe two rolls of film. Only the first one is at T.O.B but that's OK.

The Hubba stairs at 55 Duffy get
a powerful, stylish-front foot caught tre-flip.


















Wallride fakie-Nollie out.
It say's 'Suck Cock' on the wall.


















Nollie shuvit near the wallride spot.


















Milridge Inn. Bodega Oscar lurking.


















Hope you are well, Nick.

T.O.B 55 DUFFY " THE PARKING GARAGE "

THIS WAS A PLACE WERE ME AND MY FRIENDS MIKE AND MAT WOULD GO SKATE BACK IN 85 .
IT WAS ARE SPOT ! IT HAD CURBS AND MANNY PADS HILLS THERE WAS A SIX STEP WITH HUBBAS , IT WAS OUR EMB before WE knew about EMB .
AND THERE IT WAS THIS GIANT WAX OWL CANDLE CHRIS SACCO STOLE FROM HIS MOTHER . I USED IT TO WAX THE SHIT OUT OF T.O.B AND IT ALL STARTED FROM THERE . THE WAX OWL CURBS WERE A HIT . NEXT THING WE KNEW KIDS FROM ALL OVER WERE SKATING OUR GARAGE , I'VE MEET MANY NEW SKATE FRIENDS . THERE SUCH A NEIL MORGAN . HE WAS A TOTAL DICK AT FIRST . BUT WE ENDED UP BEING FRIENDS AND DRINKING BUDDYS ... THEN THE NEW YOUNGER KIDS STARTED SHOWING UP LIKE JOEY SUNGA AND HIS CREW OF MISFITS , AND IT JUST KEPT GOING , I KNEW T.O.B WASN'T GOING TO DIE AS A SKATE SPOT ..

THE TOWN FINALLY KNOCK IT DOWN BECAUSE THAT SHIT WAS CAVING IN .. IT WAS A GOOD RUN , LET SEE WHAT THEY REPLACE IT WITH ..



JAY INKPEN SUPER GOOD. I USED TO THINK HE WOULD BE ONE UPPING ME WHEN WE SKATED I DIDN'T LIKE THAT , I WOULD OILLIE THE TENNIS BALL NET HE WOULD HANG A BOARD ON IT AND THEN OILLIE THAT . BUT LOOKING BACK HE WOULD ALWAY BE ON MYSIDE AND TRY TO MAKE ME SKATE BETTER . THANKS JAY SORRY WE LOST YOU TO THE LIMELIGHT PARTY MONSTER DAYS .SKATEBOARDING MISSES YOU ,,he's not dead he just stop skating !!!

THE DAY JOEY SHOWED UP WITH 55 DUFFY TAT I WAS SIKE I NEED ONE ALSO .


MY TATTOO . IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAIDS " SS DUFFY" I TELL EVERYONE IT'S MY PIRATE SHIP 1971 WAS WHEN IT WAS BUILT ALSO THE SAME YEAR I WAS BORN ..

joey leg

JOEY GOTS THAT FLICK

THIS IS DAN FINK THE WALL HE SKATING IS ALSO ON DUFFY DOWN THE BLOCK , THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STREET THERE WAS SOMETHING TO SKATE BUT THE YEARS ARE NEVER NICE TO LONG ISLAND CONCRETE SHITS MAD RUFF THESES DAY

THE PARKING GARAGE IS FOR THE HICKSVILLE TRAIN STATION , THIS IS WERE I WORK THESES ARE THE LOCAL SKIDS. I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH A FEW OF THESES DRUNKS , BUT THERE ALRIGHT THEY KEEP TO THEM SELF MOSTLY AND LOVE SKATING BOARDING AND BECAUSE THEY KNOW ME THEY REALLY DON'T FUCK WITHT HE KIDS THAT SKATEBOARD AROUND THE STATION

Hooligans PT 2 credits

HERE'S THE FUN STUFF , YEAH THAT MY BUDDY DOLLIN , AND THE MARKED UP KID IS BRIAN WINKLER HE WAS A FUN TIME . HEAD FIRST IN TO THE TOLIET OF THE NEWELL ! SO PICTURE 15 DRUNK SKATEBOARDERS IN A HOUSE FOR TWO DAYS WITH OUT A BATHROOM ? OH THE FUN WE HAD YELLING AT THAT KID .. WHEN I GO THOUGHT MORE OF MY HI-8 TAPES I'LL FIND THE FOOTAGE OF HIM CONVINCED HE COULD SMASH CANS AND BOTTLES ON HIS FOR HEAD

" MY PAINTING OF BRIAN WINKLER "

HOOLIGANS PART 1

This is a video from 98 . I am guessing , not really sure but it's from around that time . It's of my friends and it's the first time i ever used any kind of computer to edit video , the program crashed and i wasn't able to fix all the mistakes like the spelling of "Hooligans" it was wrong and fixing the sound on Oscar part , this is the first part of the video . All the after credits will be in part 2 , i'll upload that later in the week , hope you enjoy it ..
skating in this video :: FRANK GERWER , MIKE BRENNAN , NEIL MORGAN , NICK KATSOULAS , JAY RIGGIO , JAY GRABOWSKI ,CHRIS KENT , BRYAN DAVIS , OSCAR WAGONBUCKLER ..
{ FRIEND SECTION FEATURES } .... JAY CAVALLO , CHRIS STINESVAULT , GREG CHAPMAN , MIKE DAUGA , DEVILE , BLACK JON , DAVE MAYHEW , SCOTT BOREN , MARK JOHNSON , FELIP , GIZMO , KEVIN CANDELA , JOE FERSURO



the slide bar on this video sticks a little just move it a frame or two foward to get it going again.. sorry

the first kick flip i seen

this is Jay {RED JACKET} and Gabe{GAY BLUE SHIRT} , i skated with theses two guys back in the day.
Gabe was the first one i ever seen do a kickflip , it was on a blockhead
Sam Cunningham and it was proper . GABE actually RIPped everything and was the kid that introduce the whole crew to Gangster rap ..IT WAS A WAY TO TURN A CREW OF BAD KIDS INTO WORST KIDS . THANKS GABE

IT'S GETTING WEIRD IN HERE

I DON'T KNOW THE SONG SCOOTER WAS PLAYING ON HIS TAPE DECK IN THE CAR AS I FLIMED THE PRETTY LIGHTS ..

SKATE PHOTOS

I AM NOT A PHOTOGPHER BUT I THINK MY TIMING WAS PRETTY GOOD ON THESE SHOTS TO BAD THERE BLURRRY ..

PETER DELLER " WALL RIDE" HE ALSO DID ONE THAT HE PULLED OUT OF WITH A INDY 360 SO SICK !


JAY GRABOWSKI " FRONTSIDE NOSE SLIDE "


BARTON " GAP OILLIE "


NEIL MORGAN " EATTING CRAP "

THE POOL DIRTY'S

BACK IN THE 80'S EARLY 90'S ME AND SKULLS HUNG OUT AT A TOWN POOL BY OUR HOUSES , WITH ME AND HIM BEING DIFFERENT AGES WE HUNG WITH DIFFERENT KIDS BUT WE ALL HUNG OUT AT THE POOL , THIS VIDEO BELOW IS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD . IT'S OF ME & SKULLS AND MY FRIEND BARTON GOOFING ON THE OLD DAYS , LOOKING BACK AT THIS CLIP AGAIN . WE DID A PRETTY PISS POOR JOB OF BEING RETRO . BUT IT WAS FUN TO FLIM . IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ME AND SKULLS WORK ON TOGETHER ...

skulls on set of the filimg of "THE POOL DIRTYS"