This week Dinosaur Jr will be playing seven consecutive SOLD OUT shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City to commemorate 30 years of being a band. It’s going to be a massive party. To coincide with this event TANK, a sister company of 1939 skate, is releasing a Dinosaur Jr skateboard, featuring Arik Roper artwork. For those lucky enough to to have gotten tickets to the sold out shows, there will be 70 band signed boards available at the merch table. For the unlucky ones, they are offering a limited number of the boards up through their website right now for pre-order. The official release of the board will be in January but we will have a small amount to ship out on December 15th. THESE WILL GO FAST!!!! They also have a Witch Board and Shirt for sale on the site too.
Dinosaur Jr is no stranger to skateboarding for sure! SkateVideoSite.com and Slappy Blast have listings of Dinosaur tracks that have appeared in skate films over the years.
Related - even though the the entire series of shows at the Bowery are sold out, StubHub has some tickets to shows at The Bowery Ballroom. Also, for cyber monday they have a 10% off deal with code CYBER10. (today only)
Compilation of DINOSAUR Jr’s song track Part and interview with HIDEO SAKURAGI
Summarizing the parts of the skate video that use Dinosaur Jr.’s song tracks, I am reminded that they are a band (song) that has been respected by skaters all the time from the late 80s to the present. And all of the video parts are worthy of being called masterpieces. I’ve never actually seen the Skateworks video, but I think it’s one of the best parts Chet has left, with the classic song “The Wagon” being used in the Chet Childress part (which is famous for the Dudick part of G&S). Alien Workshop’s final album, Mind Field, remastered the opening track “Creepies” from the first video, Memory screen, and was heartwarming in its return to its roots (RIP A.W.S) and featured songs from the SST Records band Speedfreaks is a way to make you feel like you’re listening to it twice in a row, including the “FreakScene” that plays in the Mike V part that decorates the end and is repeated in the ending roll.
And then there’s the fact that Japan people leave parts in Dinosaur songs in overseas videos. In ‘93, SMA released el numero tres, and Hideo Sakuragi used Dinosaur’s “Puke and Cry” for his part. More than 20 years ago, he moved to the United States alone, and at a time when it would have been sensational just to receive support from a major company, he left a solo part in the video, and as a bonus, a Dinosaur Jr. truck …… used. We were also able to talk to HIDEO SAKURAGI, who left a feat like a royal straight flush in a sense as a professional skater’s career, about the history of using the music and the time at the time, so be sure to check out his interview. I tried to link as much as I could to what was on You Tube.
Dinosaur Jr Skate Video Parts Compilation
Freak scene / Mike Vallely – Speedfreaks （Speed Wheels）’89
Let it ride (live) / Neil Blender & Steve Claar – Speedfreaks （Speed Wheels）’89
They always come / David Neilsen - Speedfreaks （Speed Wheels）’89
Pond song / Brian Brannon - Speedfreaks （Speed Wheels）’89
The Wagon / Rob Dyrdek, Duane Pitre, Steve Claar - Footage（G&S）’90
The Lung / Rob Dyrdek – Memory screen（A.W.S）’91
Budge / Duane Pitre - Memory screen（A.W.S）’91
Feel whole lot better / Steve Claar - Memory screen（A.W.S）’91
Just like heaven / Rudy Johnson – Video Days（Blind）’91
Puke and Cry / Hideo Sakuragi - el numero tres（SMA）’93
On The Brink / Donny Barley – Eastern Exposure ’96
I don’t think / Josh Stweart - Cinematographer（TWS）’97
Yeah We Know / Brian Anderson – Jump off a building（Toy Machine）’98
The Wagon / Chet Childress - Portable Flat Bar（skate works）’98
Little Fury Things / Reese Forbes - world tour（Element）‘99
In a Jar / Ricky Espinoza - Let it Bleed（1984)’01
Forget Swan / Anthony Pappalardo – Mosaic（Habitat）’03
Raisans / Diego Bucchieri - Suffer The Joy(Toy Machine)‘06
Grab It / Kristian Svitak – Turn up the hell（1031）’08
Creepies, Almost ready / Omar Salazar – Mind Field（A.W.S）’09 (with J in the video)
Grab It / Grant Taylor - Mind Field（A.W.S）’09
Crumble / Mickey Taylor - Mind Field（A.W.S）’09
HIDEO SAKURAGI interview
Hideo Sakuragi made skateboarding history in 1993 when he used a Dinosaur Jr. song track in a team video released by Santa Monica Airline (SMA). We asked him about the episode at that time.
SB: 93’ You use Dinosaur Jr.’s “puke and cry” on SMA’s el numero tres, which is said to be the first full part for Japan overseas, but can you request the part selection for the skate video in the first place?
HS: At that time、、、 they listened to a certain amount of hope. But the truth is that “The Wagon” was good, but Dudick and the others used it in the G&S video, so I remember being advised by RussPope, who was the team manager at the time, to make it a different song. So RussPope said, ‘You’re going to love it,’ and I think he did what he said.
SB: Did you have a crush on Dinosaurs?
HS: It was also used in the parts of Dudick and Rudy Johnson. Justin Ortiz, who was living in Huntington at the time and was a blacklabel amateur, was my roommate, and I used to buy Greenmind tapes on the way home from skating and listen to them a lot.
SB: You were roommates with Justin Ortiz.
HS: We met when we were skating at Huntington High School. I thought there was a guy who was insanely good at skating and stylish, but for some reason he thought I was a World Industries rider. We quickly became friends with each other from that kind of talk. Rather, he was a die-hard Dinosaur fan.
SB: What has been the reaction to the video since it was released?
HS: I don’t think there was much of a reaction. However, I started to get ads in magazines and photographers to take pictures of me.
SB: When did you first appear in a magazine?
HS: Check out the September issue of Trans World ‘93.
SB: Checkout of ‘93 is the best w This portrait looks good
HS: It was right after Frank Hirata recommended me to SMA, and I went skiing at Ocean Beach and Dave Swift secretly filmed me. I wasn’t told that it was going to be published in Transworld, it was a surprise set up by Frank and the others. Steve Ortega, Mario (Rubalcaba) and the skaters from VISTA commented. The introductory article was also written by Frank Hirata.
SB: Hirata-san introduced me to SMA! After all, there was a sense of camaraderie that was inherited by the blood of the Japan people, right?
HS: I don’t know, we were improving each other through skating, so there was a sense of camaraderie.
SB: How long have you been in the U.S.?
HS: 10 years from August 91 to August 2001. 91-93 is VISTA, 93-94 is HUNTINGTON, 94-95 is San Jose, 95-2001 Irvine, Huntington, Costa Mesa.
SB: Did you move to San Jose because you were an SMA rider?
HS: That’s right. Tim Brauch, Jason Adams, Isreal Forbes, Paul Sharp… At that time, most of the SMA riders were San Jose, so I was skating with them.
SB: Was San Jose the best place to live while you were in the U.S.?
HS: San Jose and Huntington were good, but San Diego/Vista is the best! I even chose the current company name (VISTAS Co., Ltd.). The night we had a skating session with [Matt] Hensley in ‘91 and he came skiing on a Vespa is one of the best memories of my life. My days with Danny Way, Steve Ortega, Mario Rubalcaba and Frank Hirata were like a dream, and I enjoyed it even if I didn’t understand English. I originally went to the U.S. because I admired Hensley, and it was really great to meet Danny Way, listen to guitar at Steve Ortega’s house, and go skating at Mario’s house. Days skating with skaters I saw in videos and magazines in Japan. It was like a dream.
SB: Lastly, do you have any thoughts on this list, even though it’s a great lineup and footage?
HS: Be an American. Vivi and Vista!
[PROFILE】 HIDEO SAKURAGI
Born on October 2, 1973. Born in Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 1991, he moved to the United States alone and with the support of SMA, he built a professional skating career in the United States for 10 years. IN ADDITION TO APPEARING IN 25 SKATE VIDEOS IN THE UNITED STATES, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS THRASHER AND TRANS WORLD SKATEBOARDING. After returning to Japan in 2001, he worked as a professional rider for the Spanish brand “Nomad skateboard” and operated the skateboard import agency “VISTAS Co., Ltd.”
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