Ray Barbee

Public Domain, Powell Peralta, 1988 In a video packed with vert heroes, Ray Barbee rolled through ordinary streets with a relaxed, flowing style and a bag of no complies that looked nothing like the rest of the Bones Brigade. He was one of the first skaters to bring freestyle and flatland tricks to the street, and his ollie combinations showed how much could happen on flat ground with no ramp in sight. For anyone who skates curbs and parking lots more than parks, this is an origin story worth knowing.