I always wondered why freestyle skateboarding hadn’t made a comeback yet, maybe now that there is an official World Championships of Freestyle that shit will come back, gran tiempo. Here is a clip from this year’s Worlds:

But I think this guy Killian Martin is the one leading the modern freestyle charge:

Homie is from Spain and is a huge 80’s fan, hence his love of freestyle. In this clip he takes his freestyle skills to ledges and banks:

It’s cool to see all this, reminds me of guys like Per Welinder, Primo and Diane Desiderian, Kevin Harris and of course The Mutt (Rodney Mullen). Here are some cool clips from the salad days of freestyle skating.
Rodney Mullen is a Freestyle Superstar:

Freestyle segment from Powell Peralta’s Ban This! with Kevin Harris, Per Welinder and Cameron Martin:

Primo Desiderio, check out the bad ass Primo slide!

More Per Welinder:

It’s weird, I wasn’t even a fan of freestyle skating back when it was still relevant, but find myself strangely inspired by it today… Maybe it’s the completely unironic and goofy naivite?