What a fun topic and excuse me for being long-winded and drifting into tangents. Years ago, my only exposure to hard boot boarding was Bauer and Nerva, in Burton or Warren Miller flicks, or Damian Sanders doing double bone-out stale fish grabs. For me, neither was appealing. There had to be a sweet spot. Then I saw 'Northern Rage' at a skate shop. That flick connected the dots. Thank you VHS(and now, YouTube). In part one, hard boots are in the first seven minutes. In part two, hard boots are on-and-off the entire video. The Sanders' video isn't very long. ***bonus: Can anyone name the game show Sanders was on(I can't find a video of it, on the 'net) ?
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I wouldn't change a thing.