One In A Million NYC

[gutterhead.]

Of course somebody stupid enough to go into LAW for the money would think I am ashamed of my job...Keep talking and I'll Diego Menenddez your dreams with pleasure.

Ohhhh man, haven't heard that name in a while.

[The Muffin Man]

Reagan, have you read Taylor Mali's poem "What Teachers Make"? I feel like this would apply perfectly to that little spat earlier.

[Zurg]

i dont think its strictly because its in ny, but the footage hasnt been nearly as good this year. watching all those lines last episode was boring as fuck, i almost missed seeing the corniness

[Brooklyn Zoo]

I am referring back to the original "OIAM is going to be in NYC!" thread where half the posts were about how west coast kids were going to come to New York and sit on their asses half the time because they couldn't skate the super rough east coast spots

I think people meant or at least I did, that it would funny/interesting to see a cali/midwest rail and stair jumper or ledge dancer try and figure out a cellar door spot, but they didn't go to any of the "typical" east coast spots on the show, pretty much all the ones they went to that weren't skateparks have really nice ground and are pretty conventional spots. There have been times I would be showing cali people around and half of them would kill it on "urban spots" and the other half would be like "not for me" or "I dont got shit for this"

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Reagan, have you read Taylor Mali's poem "What Teachers Make"? I feel like this would apply perfectly to that little spat earlier.

Yeah, they've shown us the def poetry jam reading of it every year at professional development meetings at the beginning of the year at both schools I've worked at. At first I thought it was cool, but after being forced to hear it so many times in rooms full of teachers I kind of find it cheesy.

A student boasting about the job he's going to have is pretty funny actually.

Especially in Law. This is an old article from a quick google job, but things haven't changed much since then:
http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2009/09/too-many-law-schools-and-too-many-lawyers.html

Law students DEFINITELY don't automatically get jobs. Not even close. If the kid is at year 2 and doesn't realize it he's probably fucked. At this point he should be working desperately to find a summer clerkship that MIGHT lead to a job if he kills it. Of course, a lot of defense lawyers do clerkships with the public defender's office, which is not really the road to riches. If he's just sitting there thinking about all the money he is "guaranteed" in a year he's probably not in the right mindset and is fucked.

[SwiftFootedBird]

Even the "raw" street skating was lame, and I'm definately better as poor as I am than being any of those judges. It would be cool if the whole thing was intended to show kids that it is funnier to skate by/for yourself than trying to get sponsored through "marketing yourself, but it's nothing but a massive fail. Anyways that Finucan kid is pretty good.

That being said, I'm with Reagan in the teacher > lawyer thing.

[shit_for_brains]

Being from the East Coast and having skated the Gulf Coast (MS) pretty hard, I can whole heatedly say that the South does dwarf us on hard shit to skate. You guys have even less than us, worse ground, and insane humidity. Only up side you guys got is relatively mild winters. PS: I don't understand why there arn't more DIY spots on the Gulf Coast. After Katrina it seems like there are an endless supply of foundation spots in the form of leveled houses. We used to skate like people old steps and shit where there houses were, but I never saw anything get built.

my mom lives in the gulf coast region, has for the past ten years, and on my annual visits the areas are vastly different every time. i think the lack of DIY spots are because there aren't areas like being under a bridge or anything like that. everything is flat and far apart from each other. there aren't corners you can tuck something away under, you know? the areas are either pretty populated, or totally empty. there's also so much constant expansion and development that for things to be built in a practical, accessible area, they would disappear really quickly.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

I am referring back to the original "OIAM is going to be in NYC!" thread where half the posts were about how west coast kids were going to come to New York and sit on their asses half the time because they couldn't skate the super rough east coast spots

I think people meant or at least I did, that it would funny/interesting to see a cali/midwest rail and stair jumper or ledge dancer try and figure out a cellar door spot, but they didn't go to any of the "typical" east coast spots on the show, pretty much all the ones they went to that weren't skateparks have really nice ground and are pretty conventional spots. There have been times I would be showing cali people around and half of them would kill it on "urban spots" and the other half would be like "not for me" or "I dont got shit for this"

The thing is, those spots are everywhere. I live in LA and raw spots like that exist out here too, but on the same token, NYC has plenty of amazing perfect ground spots. One thing to point out is that in the OIAM's in SF, they barely took them to any hill spots at all. Thats how these things work.

[Fenzadill]

I am referring back to the original "OIAM is going to be in NYC!" thread where half the posts were about how west coast kids were going to come to New York and sit on their asses half the time because they couldn't skate the super rough east coast spots

I think people meant or at least I did, that it would funny/interesting to see a cali/midwest rail and stair jumper or ledge dancer try and figure out a cellar door spot, but they didn't go to any of the "typical" east coast spots on the show, pretty much all the ones they went to that weren't skateparks have really nice ground and are pretty conventional spots. There have been times I would be showing cali people around and half of them would kill it on "urban spots" and the other half would be like "not for me" or "I dont got shit for this"

The thing is, those spots are everywhere. I live in LA and raw spots like that exist out here too, but on the same token, NYC has plenty of amazing perfect ground spots. One thing to point out is that in the OIAM's in SF, they barely took them to any hill spots at all. Thats how these things work.

Yeah  but it's the ratio of good to bad spots.

[gutterhead.]

fucking weird seeing dudes referring to the gipster as reagan

[victor333]

Yea, I was gonna say aren't lawyers and such in really low demand right now? I've heard many people say law is a pretty shitty field to get into for the past few years

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Ratio? NYC has more nice ledge spots than you could skate in a month. Go to San Francisco and try to skate a smooth plaza there. There aren't any.  NYC is not rough like people claim, but it is an amazing skate city.

[mcpeepants]

FWIW, a few of my buddies said NYC roads/spots are pretty smooth for the most part compared to Pittsburgh.

[Fenzadill]

Ratio? NYC has more nice ledge spots than you could skate in a month. Go to San Francisco and try to skate a smooth plaza there. There aren't any.  NYC is not rough like people claim, but it is an amazing skate city.

I mean the East Coast as a whole.  It's just environmental man, our streets are shittier due to weather.

[Star Whores Episode I: The Fellatio Menace]

by the sound of the results they should re-name this year's show 'None in a million'

*rimshot

The Blunder Games

[Brick]

FWIW, a few of my buddies said NYC roads/spots are pretty smooth for the most part compared to Pittsburgh.

quite true

[KoRnholio8]

Mr. Torres starting a company while his rep is at it's lowest and sinking fast:
http://www.torronyc.com/index.html

[Gomez]

Mr. Torres starting a company while his rep is at it's lowest and sinking fast:
http://www.torronyc.com/index.html

you just know dude was banking on this show putting him into the limelight in the skate industry so he could drop his clothing line and have kids eat it up. i'm assuming that by the time he realized how lame the show made him look it was already in the works and he had to stick with the plan.

[Gnarwhal]

Mr. Torres starting a company while his rep is at it's lowest and sinking fast:
http://www.torronyc.com/index.html

5Toro?

[ice nine]

does anyone over the age of 15 really have any ill will towards the judges? skating is full of awkward corny idiots, and dudes that have gone through with shitty deals only to feel remorseful after.

[pica]

Mr. Torres starting a company while his rep is at it's lowest and sinking fast:
http://www.torronyc.com/index.html

5Toro?

i don't wanna hate on rodney torres, but he literally named his company after himself and made his picture in the teamsection bigger than the rest of his teammates. dude....

[Red]

Q: What's the difference between God and a lawyer?

A: God doesn't think he's a lawyer.

[PsychOut]

Lurker Lou Strikes Again in this Round of Eliminations - One in a Million Episode 11

[Mad Max]

I'll save you the pain. Kennedy's out.
Even though Lurker Lou hooked him up on Iron Claw? Go figure...

The best bit is next weeks teaser which looked like go pro helmet cams were the straw that broke the camel's back. Tension mounts...

@Mandible - Is this the beginning of the end?

P.s. I feel sorry for Cairo being pulled into this. I like the way he stood up for a couple of the dudes when wack judgements were being made.

[HATE!]

Looks like the pizza helmet cam immunity value plus challenge is next!

[Kristi Yamaguchi]

"Bam did that before you were born" 
What's his point? Most of the tricks done on here are abd.

[SwiftFootedBird]

Lurker Lou breaking board first try?

Giorgio Tsoukalos on exoskeletons

[Fenzadill]

How fucking dare they insult the hot foot hippie jump?

Also:

"It always feels, like, so wrong when that happens."  First genuine thing out of any judge's mouth.

[Slowerpide]

I can't wait for next week's episode

[truthislie]

How fucking dare they insult the hot foot hippie jump?

Thats what I thought. This shit doesnt look easy.

Do you guys think Slap is going to do another OIAM after this shit? Maybe without too much influence of mountain dew and fuel tv or whoever made this such a drama-fest? I would certainly hope so.