Matt Hensley

Hokus Pokus, H-Street, 1989 H-Street's rough, homemade videos were the opposite of Powell's big productions, and Matt Hensley was their standout. Tre flips, backside flip melons, 50-50s on tall flat bars and even hand drags looked light years ahead of his peers, and skaters copied his hunched, back-knee-tucked stance as much as his tricks. The music and editing have aged, but the skating explains why so much early 1990s street skating looks the way it does. Watch it right after Ray Barbee for the other side of late 1980s street.