The last twelve months have been rough as far as skateboarding is concerned. Far too many people have passed long before their time and on March 31st we lost another stellar human being - hence this loveletter to Jeff Grosso. Grosso passing has left a huge void globally and the reaction to his death speaks to the level of affection that our culture held for the lovable curmudgeon. It ought to come as no surprise to any of you reading this that we loved the man. All of us have had the pleasure of meeting Grosso a bunch of times in various destinations under the auspices of everything from ASR trade shows to unexpected demos in Shrewsbury. Always he was funny, talkative and the loudest voice in the room. A truly lovely man. He was a walking, talking skateboard encyclopedia. A man who wore his heart and his flaws on his sleeve and didn't give a hoot about who that might upset. As spokespeople for a culture go, we couldn't really have asked for anyone better than Jeff Grosso. Like everybody else, we've been binging on Grosso content since his untimely death, so as a nod in the direction of the man, we thought we'd share some of our favourites with you as a loveletter to Jeff Grosso from some more people who loved him. Skateboard culture should be forever grateful to Jeff Grosso - for his stalled inverts, for his resurrection from the pits of addiction that allowed him to reappear and become our collective mouthpiece, for his unswerving dedication to shining a light of every aspect of skate culture and not just concentrating on the hottest and the coolest, and for the fact that he was happy to share his private life with us all via his Instagram account. Most of all though, in this sad time, we ought to be eternally thankful that Vans, Jeff and his friends at Six Stair recorded so much of his love for skateboarding over the last decade. Grosso's Loveletters to skateboarding are going to go onto to become some of the most influential, culturally deep and significant reflections ever made on skate culture. So without further ado, and with no need to be in chronological order - here's our loveletter to Jeff Grosso. There's so much out there on the Internet so this is only intended as a pointer based on our own playlists since the great man passed. Either way - buckle up and enjoy. Thankfully, there are as-yet-unaired episodes of Loveletters still to come out with Season 11 episodes focusing on the Japanese and the LGBTQ skate scenes currently under production by Sixstair so we have much to look forward to. For now - tell your friends you love them and stay safe. Jeff Grosso rules! The above are some of our favourites - if you want to catch the entire back catalogue of Grosso's Loveletters - you can do so here: Vans playlist Grosso Loveletters in order. Let's close it off with Jeff's appearance in the still fucking incredible Antihero 'Destination Unknown' video. All hail the man. We love you Oliver!
Like everybody else, we've been binging on Grosso content since his untimely death, so as a nod in the direction of the man, we thought we'd share some of our favourites with you as a loveletter to Jeff Grosso from some more people who loved him. Skateboard culture should be forever grateful to Jeff Grosso - for his stalled inverts, for his resurrection from the pits of addiction that allowed him to reappear and become our collective mouthpiece, for his unswerving dedication to shining a light of every aspect of skate culture and not just concentrating on the hottest and the coolest, and for the fact that he was happy to share his private life with us all via his Instagram account. Most of all though, in this sad time, we ought to be eternally thankful that Vans, Jeff and his friends at Six Stair recorded so much of his love for skateboarding over the last decade. Grosso's Loveletters to skateboarding are going to go onto to become some of the most influential, culturally deep and significant reflections ever made on skate culture. So without further ado, and with no need to be in chronological order - here's our loveletter to Jeff Grosso. There's so much out there on the Internet so this is only intended as a pointer based on our own playlists since the great man passed. Either way - buckle up and enjoy. Thankfully, there are as-yet-unaired episodes of Loveletters still to come out with Season 11 episodes focusing on the Japanese and the LGBTQ skate scenes currently under production by Sixstair so we have much to look forward to. For now - tell your friends you love them and stay safe. Jeff Grosso rules! The above are some of our favourites - if you want to catch the entire back catalogue of Grosso's Loveletters - you can do so here: Vans playlist Grosso Loveletters in order. Let's close it off with Jeff's appearance in the still fucking incredible Antihero 'Destination Unknown' video. All hail the man. We love you Oliver! 
