The Trick That Changed Skateboarding’s Future | Frankie Hill Propaganda Gap

Featuring: Powell Peralta's Frankie Hill.

In the first ever edition of, "Short Storied", “The Trick That Changed Skateboarding’s Future | Frankie Hill Propaganda Gap“ we go back in time with Pro skateboarding legend and Powell Peralta alumni, Frankie Hill to the iconic “Propaganda Hill Gap”. Santa Barbara California’s Frankie Hill is known amongst his peers and predecessors as the true pioneer who broke down the barriers to gigantic gaps and handrails. Many credit Frankie as the first to “go big” and not only did he go big, he did most of his game-changing skate stunts all in one day! Frankie made his biggest mark in the coveted film, “Powell Propaganda” which became the launching point for many of skating’s biggest stars at the time, stars like Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Steve Caballero, Ray Barbee, Bucky Lasek and more. As a young gun fresh on the scene, his part blew minds and changed the way skaters began viewing the terrain around them, he opened up the floodgates of possibility. His Propaganda Hill gap specifically, was a pivotal and groundbreaking maneuver that was celebrated worldwide and inspired a new generation of “gnarly” skateboarding. Some claim it to be the most famous skateboarding stunt ever done. Notable game changers in their own right, Pat Duffy, Kris Markovich & Jeremy Wray, chime in on the impact that Frankie had at the time, regarding him as the one who opened everybody’s eyes to the new possibilities. Also in this video, we measure the legendary gap - which we of course had to dig out 35 years later lol - but you will have to watch to see how massive this thing is! There was never a photo taken of the legendary move, so our good friend Jeremy Wray blessed all of us with his amazing scratch art work for the Frankie Hill Propaganda Hill Gap board graphic and to solidify a proper image of the moment forever. This style was originally seen in our “Jeremy Wray Vs The Water Tower Gap” piece that we premiered right here on Storied Skateboarding. The original art is very tedious and requires extreme patience. The art is featured on a board that is signed by both Frankie and Jeremy, and available on our website. Jeremy claims in the video that photographers and videographers were never really on the same sessions until Jamie Thomas made it the new norm. After Frankie skated the gap, only a few others ever stepped to it, including Jeremy Wray, Pat Duffy and Kris Markovich. When asked who he would like to see skate it nowadays, Frankie responded with Chris Joslin (as seen doing a 360 flip down el toro) and Ryan Sheckler (seen doing his famous kickflip down the Costco Gap). Storied is going to start a petition to rename the famous Propaganda Hill gap at Dos Pueblos High School, to “The Frankie Hill”, so stay tuned to our social channels if you wish to participate and help us get the spot officially renamed!