1980s Skate Witches? That Takes Us Back…

Written by Ashley Burns / 02.22.11

Ever since skateboarding went mainstream, we’ve become accustomed to guys like Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Bob Burnquist and whoever else I can remember from the first three Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games being the faces of events like the X-Games and the Dew Tour, and the scariest thing about the sport has been those no good punks on the local church steps making their own skate videos.

Alas, all was not as simple in 1986, and there was a much darker force at play – witchcraft. Enter the Skate Witches, a trio of mean babes who won’t put up with anyone standing in their way. They’ve got rats, skateboards and magical powers. Except one of the girls who doesn’t need a skateboard because she’ll just steal yours. And if you find yourself out strolling the cemeteries at midnight and you hear some grinding and wicked kick flips, that’s the Queen Witch. You should know better than to mess with her.

In conclusion, the 80s were f*cked up, dude.

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’80S SPORTS MOMENTS REMEMBERED IN RAP

Written by Matt / 05.08.07

I grew up in the '80s, so this combination of nostalgia with KRS-ONE, Kool Moe Dee, and Young MC is almost too much to take.  I had no idea rappers cared so much about Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus.  And Mary Decker Slaney. 

(This video was sent in by hunk of burning love Yavuz, but since I started planning to make a post out of it, MJD posted it for the FanHaus.  That's the thing about With Leather — I'm here posting throughout the work day for all you office drones and bored college students, while MJD doesn't sleep. Is he some kind of evil blogging clone?  Well, he's not NOT an evil blogging clone, I know that much.)

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