Last summer, we wrongly attributed the “Golden Age of the T.F.” title to the period that coincided with Lurkers 2. The “Golden Age of the T.F.” came two years earlier, between the fall of 2001 (when the T.F. was born), and the summer of 2003 (when the World Industries box was there), with its absolute pinnacle being the manual pad, one-sided box, yellow rail, and black rail days. Yes, there was a time when there were FOUR obstacles at the T.F. Over the last five years, the act of returning the box to the shop a mere half-a-block away became immensely unpopular — just imagine that at the onset of the 2000s, people would lug four obstacles all the way from 13th Street to the park.
A large portion of the people you see at the T.F. in 2012 either did not skate, or did not yet move to New York when ABC was around (sadly, the people picking up skateboards and moving here for college now missed out on both the Autumn and ABC eras.) This video should bring you up to speed the time when Tompkins was fortified by Scott Schwartz’s excellent carpentry skills. It’s a much better representation of the era than that awful and horribly-aged Alphabet City video. With all due respect to Autumn, ABC might have been the superior governing body for Tompkins (please consult this clip for a glimpse of key moments from Autumn’s reign.) Everything is left to the history books now.
It is actually perfect that the second part is edited to Ms. Jade, as she, and other Timbaland side projects like Tweet (of “Oops Oh My” and “Call Me” fame) were massive favorites on the ABC shop speakers. Shout to NY Skateboarding for discovering this one.
Did you know that dave was the one who made the world box first. it was the two flat bars but it was an up box with weird big rubber wheels on the high end for transportation. And it fell apart really quickly and Scotty salvaged it and the rest is history…
Mike Wright would be a beast if he still skated.
LOL
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I’m still wishing I bought that 2 XL Doh Doh shirt he tried to sell me.
mike wrong a comquat eatin dickface also this was put together by angry black mayor of tf.
I support every day.
strongarmin health nut dvds with his schizo family thats why gersh kicked u out the tour van bich
EATONTOWN SKATENIGHT STAND UP!
pow skateboards is wack, that shit aint real. i would know.
ABC skateshop was mad real, pizza sucks now. autumns old vietnamese sandwiches are too small. whats next reciprocol or whatever gets caught up on child rape charges. supreme opens an uptown store. autumn re-opens in the southsude of delancey. slicky boy gets a record deal. brengar gets on the jennifer hudson plan. quarter snacks becomes 50 cent snacks……
baseball helmet at the skatepark = hoes on my dick cuz i look like John Olerud
2012 —-> return of the safety first skateboarder