Continuing the 20th anniversary celebrations for The Terrible Company, I’ve curated a list of my Top 10 individual parts I have filmed and edited over the past 20 years. Usually these lists should be a Top 5, with anything extra relegated to an honourable mention… But I couldn’t settle on just 5, and seeing as I know all of these parts better than anyone, I have a lot of memories buried in these parts. 

10. Ade The Terrible – Ghostface

I hate tooting my own horn to start this list, but I have a special place in my heart for my 2022 Ghostface section. It is the first of my own parts, built from scratch, that I feel truly proud of – and it is also the last part I ever wanted to film for a Terribleco video. It features cameo appearances from my wife and daughter, it was a part where I pushed myself to learn a whole host of new and weird tricks, and it doesn’t outstay its welcome. It also has clips of Jason Voorhees peppered throughout, and the classic “CH-CH-CH-HA-HA-HA” sound effect hidden into the Roy Orbison track that accompanies the part. 

9. Rosko – Guitar Solos With Skateboards

4:16 in the video above

This is the only part on this list that is a video opener. Rosko is a proper OG member of the blog, and his parts were a firm staple of the videos we made in the first 10 years. He closed a few videos with rad parts, but my personal favourite is this section from 2009’s Guitar Solos With Skateboards. After trying very hard to make serious videos with neither the equipment or skills to pull it off, I changed tack for GSWS and went down a slightly more daft route. Rosko’s opening part is a declaration of intent – honest, proper, relatable skateboarding, presented with a tongue firmly in the cheek, and the odd “WTF” move thrown in. Rosko’s eyebrow raising moves set to Bad Brains set the blog on a course that would make the statement: “We’re just having a laugh and don’t really give a shit if anyone is in on the joke”. 

8. Stan Byrne – Concrete Jungle

At 7:23 in the video above

I’ve filmed a couple of parts with Stan, but his first part we filmed together in 2013’s Concrete Jungle is my favourite. Stan, who was somewhat of a divisive figure at the time, and prone to riling people up, was never one to take himself seriously. He had fresh moves and a rad style, and was keen to take on any spot in front of him. In many ways this is an origin of one of the most exciting skateboarders to come out of the Coventry area. If you want to see how Stan from the Heathen team started out, this is the part to watch. 

7. Daryl Nobbs – Cthulhu

At 28:06 in the video above

Speaking of Heathen, this part from Daryl Nobbs was filmed at the height of his sponsored skateboarding career, whilst riding for Heathen Skateboards. There are far longer and more noteworthy parts to call out for Daryl, but this section – the last I would film with Daryl during this era, is my favourite. This ethereal, minute long, untitled part is simple and straightforward – showing Cov Sid completely annihilate the bowl at Shoreham skatepark on a punk point cruiser board. Any of these tricks would be impressive on a normal transition with a normal board, but seeing Daryl skate pool coping on his secondary setup is just damn good. 

6. Joxa – Cthulhu

At 25:20 in the video above

Staying with Cthulhu, Joxa’s part from that video is another one I really love. Set to an instrumental doom metal track by Kyuss, this is peak Joxa, doing all of his textbook moves the best I have likely ever seen him do them. Attacking all forms of transition, as well as a healthy dose of street, this is a great part with fantastic pacing that really does Ste’s skating justice. The only thing that I regret about it is the very weird edit on the last trick, where I superimposed a clip of a bail on top of the actual land. Cthulhu was full of odd experimental nonsense like this and in this case it wasn’t executed in the best way. The part still slaps though. 

5. Joe Fleming – Franchi$e

27:47 in the video above

Bloody hell, Joe Fleming is good. Back when I met him, Joe was this hesh as hell dude on a 10 inch board, who would literally destroy anything in front of him. He is a transition skating monster. In recent years he might have mellowed out a bit, and gone down a more “90’s Philly Skater” vibe with thinner, popsicle boards, trackie bottoms and technical ledge and flip tricks – however this is just a sign that Fleming can adapt to any and all skateboarding whenever he pleases. You only have to watch his part in 2018’s Franchi$e to see that skateboarding to Joe Fleming is as easy as breathing – he’s just a natural at it. Set to the theme from John Carpenter’s Escape From New York, this video-closing part is just an all out assault on every skatepark we visited in the back half of 2018, including some wild tricks in the deep end of Hereford’s intimidating pool.

4. Lucas Healey – Cannonball Holocaust

This is really your origin story for the man everyone knows as Goose. He’s closing Get Lesta videos these days, but back in 2012 he was a tiny kid with very good tricks. The reason I like this part so much isn’t so much because of the slightly haphazard editing, or the particularly bland song choice (sorry Brody Dalle) – it’s the story behind it. Lucas Healey was due to have the first part in Cannonball Holocaust with longtime Cov shredder Tez Aldersley holding down the curtains. In the last 3 or 4 months of filming, Lucas improved dramatically and it soon became obvious that we couldn’t start the video with what was quickly becoming the best part. The closing trick – a Nosegrind on the horrendously steep Subway 6 handrail – cemented Lucas as the person to end the video. 

3. Josh Walters – Cthulhu

At 29:34 in the video above

When Cthulhu was made, the blog had a somewhat close relationship with the Heathen team. I had attended part of the Holy Mountain Tour with them, and was fairly good friends with a few of the team. I had already known Daryl Nobbs for years, and through trips to the Board Room skatepark in Leicester became good friends with Josh Walters. After a quick 2 minute thrash metal part in Batface, Josh returned for Cthulhu with an eye to make something calmer, matching his sensibilities, and to go bigger. With a cruising, energetic part set to a song by The Cranberries, Josh put down some amazing lines and tricks across the Midlands and further afield, tackling MK terrain and obviously his local parks. His ender – a gigantic 5050 down a treacherous hubba off the top of Stratford’s old wooden Vert Ramp – is probably one of the raddest tricks I’ve ever seen go down at Stratford Skatepark. 

2. Zac Parkinson – Ghostface 

The closing part of 2022’s Ghostface is indicative of a certain time and place. Comparing it to other closing parts from other Terribleco videos (especially those from the 2000’s) is a bit like comparing apples to oranges. This part is considerably smaller in scope than others, and like the video that it ends, is more focused on humble, relatable skateboarding with no delusion of grandeur. Zac Parkinson is a long time local face of the Coventry and Warwickshire scene – widely regarded as pro-active, cheery and unafraid to give something utterly daft a go. 

He is a dark horse on a skateboard, cruising around with style but with a sheer level of unpredictability that means he might throw out a surprise move at any time. His closing part in Ghostface is testament to his unpredictable nature, his ability to get on with anyone, and the friendship I’ve sustained with him since the minute I met him in the mid-2000s. Zac’s a bloke who I am always stoked to skate with or just shoot the shit with, so filming and editing this part was a complete honour. 

1. Ralph Cooper – Batface

At 4:11 in the video above

Ralph Cooper’s closing part in 2009’s Batface sums up what The Terrible Company is all about in a short, 4 minute burst. It is equally daft as shit and technically astounding. The juxtaposition of a death metal filled horror movie themed video, and a last part from a guy in high tops and baggy clothes doing late flips whilst skating to Kiss, is the exact sort of thematic nonsense and destruction of what skateboarding defines as “cool” that I enjoy when I make my videos. 

The moral is: the rules and social norms we enforce as skateboarders don’t really matter. If you love skateboarding, it doesn’t matter what I say, or what anyone else says – just do your thing. Ignoring all of the rules in skateboarding and just filming my mates doing daft stuff they find fun is what makes The Terrible Company what it is, and ignoring the rules means you eventually do something everyone will agree is rad as fuck. Ralph does some very amazing tricks on Cov terrain in this part: switch hardflips down stair sets, clearing massive gaps that had never been attempted before, and doing the sort of flip tricks that are likely to end friendships in a game of SKATE. Ralph Cooper’s 2000’s era video parts are core to the DNA of this blog, and Batface is the king of them all. 

Honourable Mentions

Connor Lomas – Sorcerers Of Shred 

17:17 in the video above

I love Duffman, and this part filmed mostly by Lucas Healey is a great selection of tricks filmed in and around Cov, before he moved out of the city. Duffman’s a real ATV, and this part full of transitional destruction, cruisy street lines and huge drops is proof of his ability to skate absolutely anything. This part closed 2017’s Sorcerer’s Of Shred – a bit of a footage clear out of stuff me and Lucas had been sitting on, and Connor’s part is far too good to call any of it throwaway, it is legitimately great skateboarding. 

Kyle Smith – Cannonball Holocaust

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again – I took Kyle Smith’s undeniable skill on a skateboard for granted. An incredibly dextrous, technical, stylish street skater with the best Backside Bigspin, Kyle’s first full part in a Terribleco video showcases his deep trick selection and ability to skate all terrain. I’d even go as far as to call him Cov’s answer to Chris Haslam.

Chris Mander – Ghostface

4:28 in the video above

Chris has almost filmed as many Terribleco parts as me, but similarly my favourite part from him is the part I filmed most recently. Chris most definitely has done far bigger, better and badder tricks on film than anything in his Ghostface part over the years, but this part is purely Chris chilling out and having fun with skateboarding. It’s back to basics, remembering why we started skateboarding and making videos in the first place. His Ghostface part is a culmination of a friendship that has lasted half our lives, and rather than “trying to be the best part”, this is just a love letter to my brother from another mother. Love ya Chris.

Tony Lui – Franchi$e

23:57 in the video above

This short untitled part, filmed in Black and White, is a favourite of mine, just because it’s existence was a happy surprise from a trip to Bristol. Heading out for a day trip with Harry Myers, RB and Pro Marky – Tony came to meet us and we managed to film a whole mini-part in a single day. I hadn’t seen Tony for years, and it was great to meet up with him, and witness his utterly rad, flowing style in person again. I’ve always been stoked on Tony, which is why throughout this blog’s life he’s had more than a couple of full parts, so getting to film a little something with him again back in 2018 was super cool.