HOW CAB BEAT TONY HAWK at 1988 SAVANNAH SLAMMA STREETSTYLEThe year: 1988. Skateboarding was truly at a crossroads and Savannah Slammah, unknowingly at the time, was like a head on collision between two generations. The skate industry, the magazines, and the skateboarding world's collective consciousness was still concentrated on transition, with ramp and pool events being the main focus. But the next generation was street skating worldwide, rising up from the underground, earning more and more media coverage, provoking new events entitled "streetstyle." Participating in these contests you had skaters from three clashing groups competing together: 1) established pros that ripped everything and were adapting to the change 2) new sponsored street pros that has never competed previously on ramps and in pools, and 3) pissed off sponsored pro transition specialists that either could not, or did not care to adapt to the new terrain and format. No one could have imagine the profound changes skateboarding would go through in the coming years, becoming almost entirely based around street with heavy influence from flatground freestyle, but this was where it all started. Skaters: Steve Caballero Tommy Guerrero Tony Hawk Lance Mountain Mike Vallely Eric Dressen Scott Oster Aaron Murray Jessee Martinez Ron Allen Mark Partain John Thomas Eddie Reategui Keith Meek Jeff Grosso Neil Blender Jeff Kendall Adrian Demain Mike Folmer Per Welinder Bill Tocco Steve Van Orden Jimi Scott Joe Johnson Ben Schroeder kele Rosecrans Johnee Kop Chuck Dinkins Music: Asylum Party Awon and Phoniks Chaser Delinquent Habits The Colourfield Diamondhead Welelo Dancing Hoods Coffee Break Island Sits Vacant Humble Beginnings Reliance The Count Bishops The Rescue Slade and the Wasters la Danza Moderna The Expression Johnny Sevin Good Riddance The Professionals The Collectors Phoenix Aimless Device Additional footage by: WSAV-6 Jeff Flamer Eri