Girl Skateboards — Marc Johnson - Yeah Right! | the den - skateboard videos
5 min Girl Skateboards TV-YDirector: Girl Skateboards
- Marc Johnson
STAFF PICK (05/27/26) "I WAS INTRODUCED TO MARC ONCE LONG AGO, SHORTLY AFTER YEAH RIGHT! CAME OUT. IT WAS OUR ONLY ENCOUNTER, AND I PROBABLY HARDLY SAID A WORD, MOSTLY BECAUSE I WAS IN AWE OF MARC AND THE CREW HE WAS WITH. I WAS A SHOP OWNER AT THE TIME, AND TO SAY THAT YEAH RIGHT! WAS HUGE IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. TO THIS DAY, IT WAS THE LARGEST, LOUDEST VIDEO PREMIERE WE’VE EVER HOSTED. I DON’T USUALLY GET STAR-STRUCK, BUT IT’S FAIR TO SAY I WAS INTIMIDATED STANDING IN FRONT OF THIS CREW OF CURRENT SKATE ROYALTY. MARC WAS SO CHILL, THOUGH, AND JUST TALKED TO ME AS THOUGH I WAS PART OF THE CREW. THERE WAS A WARMTH AND FAMILIARITY TO HOW HE INTERACTED WITH PEOPLE, AS THOUGH YOU’D BEEN HOMIES FOR YEARS. MARC’S PART IN YEAH RIGHT IS THIS AMAZING MIX OF GOOFBALL COMEDY SKIT MEETS SKATEBOARD TRICK INSANITY. DUDE JUST DIDN’T TAKE HIMSELF TOO SERIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST OF HIS GENERATION TO STEP ON A BOARD. HE CLEARLY GAVE HIS ALL TO THIS CULTURE WE LOVE, AND THE IMPACT HE LEFT BEHIND IS EVIDENT IN THE MANY HEARTFELT COMMENTS AND STORIES I READ LAST NIGHT ON INSTAGRAM. THE FORTUNATE THING ABOUT SKATEBOARDING IS THAT OUR HISTORY IS WELL DOCUMENTED, SO WE’RE LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH MARC’S INCREDIBLE PARTS TO REMEMBER HIM BY. THEY CLEARLY DON’T FULLY CAPTURE THE MAN, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS CREATIVITY, THEY ARE AT LEAST A GLIMPSE INTO WHO HE WAS. WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME, GO WATCH HIS PARTS, LAUGH A LITTLE, BE IN AWE OF HIS INCREDIBLE STYLE, AND APPRECIATE THE CONTRIBUTION HE MADE TO THIS CRAZY WORLD OF SKATEBOARDING. THANKS, MARC, FOR BEING A REAL ONE." - Genico A. Get full credentials, skater details, and video soundtracks from our friends at skatevideosite.com
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