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This isn’t quite as good as a batch of new footage from the pro skater everybody says is every pro skater’s favorite pro skater — to be clear, I’m talking about Gino Iannucci — but his fans can attest that his footage, due to both rarity and inherent quality, is worth twice that of most other skaters. This is an opinion so drilled into the skateboarding-media aware that it has nearly proven itself more skateboarding fact than theory. And for anybody out there who still hasn’t figured out what all the fuss is about this Gino character, this mixtape of some of his greatest hits from the 90s and today is a better education than the one you kids slept through earlier today.

This is a seriously good edit — all the sound has been dubbed, thankfully, so viewers can enjoy a custom soundtrack without the huge loss in potency that results from a lack of skateboarding sounds. Indeed, this story is a testament to the power of skateboarding sounds: When I was in high school, I’d often make mixtapes (not YouTube ones, but like, real mixtapes with, uh, tapes) filled with songs from the soundtracks of my favorite skate videos. Once, I was unable to find the original version of the song and had to tape it off the video which left very audible sonic remnants of skateboarding past. Driving with my friends one day, the song in question came on to my embarrassment — I was worried that objectively the song had been ruined, even though I kind of thought it was cool. Much to my surprise, my friends were beyond excited about my apparent innovations in mixtape recording and the track quickly became our go-to pre-session hype song. Smoke session, that is. Although we did occasionally listen to it when we were skating too.

Anyway, dumb story, but it just goes to show the animal magnetism our kind has towards skateboarding sounds. It’s some good, pure shit — something I’m sure your favorite skateboarder’s favorite skateboarder with an ankle monitor can attest to.