This sequence was shot a few days ago at lake Cunningham skatepark by Steve Potwin. 2009
A.K.A. the Caballerial named by my team manager, Stacy Peralta, in 1981 after winning the Pipeline (Upland) combi- bowl contest. This was the 5th and final contest of the Gold Cup Series of my rookie career as a professional skateboarder at the young age of 15 years old. I first attempted and made this trick in 1980 skating at winchester skatepark in the famous "pink and perfect" keyhole pool. This pool was really good with plenty of flat bottom, 8 ft tranny's and 2 ft of pure vert. The idea for this trick came from a fellow pro skater and friend, named Robert Schlaefli A.K.A. the Fly. He was my inspiration for even attempting to learn this trick, let alone try it. One day i was at the park and he was skating the keyhole pool, as i was watching from the clover bowl above, i saw him attempt a fakie 360 kickturn. As Robert motioned into the trick, he had way too much speed which caused him to flail out of the bowl spinning around, but the board was nowhere near his feet as he came around and bailed. I thought to myself, maybe this could be possible to do if i just bonked my back wheels off the coping doing a fakie ollie and holding my legs in long enough to get all the way around, then i might be able to land it. I first had to visualized this, then i set out to make one and after many attempts over a month long period, my efforts came to a success and i finally landed one. I was totally blown away because i realized i had invented a new skateboard trick that had never ever been done before and i couldn't wait to call Stacy Peralta and tell him about it. He didn't believe me at first, so he flew me down to LA for the next contest at Marina Del Rey skatepark so he could see me do it in person. I remember Lance Mountain and Neil Blender waiting for me in the parking lot as i arrived. When i got out of Stacy's car, they were actually helping me get my pads on, pushing me towards the upper keyhole at the park, just so they could see this trick in person. When they finally saw me make one, Stacy and the rest of them were blown away and couldn't believe what they saw. It was history in the making and this is how it got the name... the Caballerial, a fakie 360 ollie in a pool. A few years later at Del Mar skatepark, Tony Hawk and Kevin Staab, who could both do my trick, tried something new. They both landed one, but only going half way around. Going up fakie, doing a 180 ollie and coming down the wall fakie again. It's a toss up and i'm not sure who landed this trick first, but i believe it was Staab as they both named it a Half-Cab and that's where that trick came from. This was a new trick variation and this is how the "Fakie 180 ollie" got it's name. When i saw this i had to learn it too:) So the two tricks, the Caballerial and the Half-Cab were both invented in pools first, then years later skaters did them on the street in the late 80's, then down sets of stairs in the early 90's and so on after that.
Now ya know the history... so go learn it and skate for fun!
The Trick Tip from the Vans skatepark in Milpitas, CA. 2003.
