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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: shingles on August 12, 2018, 07:32:49 AM
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So, Slap seems to be the perfect platform for either hate or acceptance, so I really wanted to see how SLAP sees the Swiss Guy Jonny Giger.
In my opinion, this guy really needs to switch his board sponsor. I dont want to mention the name of this Toys'R'Us Brand, but I really think the only reason, why Giger joined them is, because no other Brand was willing to turn him pro.
To me it is just very sad, that he ruined his whole reputation, just cause he wanted to turn pro. I mean his skills (when it comes to flatground) are pretty impressive and his style is miles better than the styles of the other child-molester-looking douchebags on his team.
And honestly, his Vlogging ruined everything for him in my opinion.
Can we just have a little talk about it? What are your opinions? Could he make it in the "Real World" of skateboarding or is he just some kook with impressive flatground-skills and a horrible accent?
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No.
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He reminds me of "CrazyRussianHacker" in the sense that he plays up his accent and purposely uses the wrong English word whenever possible in a desperate attempt to sound more foreign.
Flatground does not equal pro anyway.
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He reminds me of "CrazyRussianHacker" in the sense that he plays up his accent and purposely uses the wrong English word whenever possible in a desperate attempt to sound more foreign.
Flatground does not equal pro anyway.
Yeah just tell that to Rodney Mullen, the rail killer and stair hucker of our generation.
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He reminds me of "CrazyRussianHacker" in the sense that he plays up his accent and purposely uses the wrong English word whenever possible in a desperate attempt to sound more foreign.
Flatground does not equal pro anyway.
Yeah just tell that to Rodney Mullen, the rail killer and stair hucker of our generation.
Your comparison is embarrassing and wrong. Rodney Mullen invented countless tricks, began as a freestyle skater and adapted to street, not to mention he did hit rails and had insane technical manual combos that are still unmatched. Laughable that you are putting him on the same level as a youtuber.
I would ask to see a clip of Giger on a handrail, even once but I honestly don't care to see that.
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no idea who you are talking about op, good thing you didn't post any links
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He reminds me of "CrazyRussianHacker" in the sense that he plays up his accent and purposely uses the wrong English word whenever possible in a desperate attempt to sound more foreign.
Flatground does not equal pro anyway.
Yeah just tell that to Rodney Mullen, the rail killer and stair hucker of our generation.
might be the dumbest thing I've seen on here in a long time(and that says a lot). Do your homework.
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Sometimes i say i've never heard of someone when what i really mean is i don't care.
In this case, i've actually never heard of this guy and i also genuinely don't care.
I feel that you might have sold your thread a bit better with some audio/visual component, or maybe a reference to some juicy bit of personal gossip concerning your subject.
3/10
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the 'g word' we don't say around the kitchen table.
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Giger is one of the most impressive people in person one will ever see, he’s up there with Kyle Nicholson in terms of you really just have to see these shits skate in person and you won’t have any shit talking left to say.
Edit:him, John hill, and rademaker are how I thought about austyn while he was on WKND
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Meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaHXcZEiHI
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he's where he belongs. that part was yucky.
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Him, Carlos Lastra, Doug Des Autels etc are all those guys that have talent, but just not enough, they just don’t have it “all.” The skill is there, but they’re still just not good enough, and not marketable for core skateboarding. However, they’re so damn marketable with younger kids, it makes up for what they’re lacking as far as skill which is why they fit in so well with the PG rated companies like Revive.
John Hill is the only one out of all those guys that from a purely talent standpoint, could have actually made it in skateboarding, and was going to, but didn’t help his case by shitting away all his sponsors back in the day. That’s why he started doing YouTube, because no actual skateboarding companies wanted to deal with his bullshit anymore and was out of options. (I.e leaving in the middle of trips, not getting along with anyone, things like that)
So to answer your question, I think if Revive land didn’t exist, Giger could probably get a few decently reputable sponsors, but I doubt he’d ever get his name on a board for one.
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Sucks shit.
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Every generation needs their own Ronson Lambert.
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So this wasn’t about H.R.Giger....bummed.
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someone really just compared some early grabbing late flipping revive dude to kyle nicholson i must be living some kinda crazy fever dream
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someone really just compared some early grabbing late flipping revive dude to kyle nicholson i must be living some kinda crazy fever dream
Heresy, fuck that! Kyles skating is fucking art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSyT_CU4_BE
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So this wasn’t about H.R.Giger....bummed.
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Meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaHXcZEiHI
He's good, but not amazing. I don't like that he skates so slowly and his late flips are of the bad kind not of the good prod kind. I really like that he manages to skate these terrible swiss village spots, though.
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Never heard of this dude.
Clicked the video, uploaded by Andy Shrock.
That figures...
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He reminds me of "CrazyRussianHacker" in the sense that he plays up his accent and purposely uses the wrong English word whenever possible in a desperate attempt to sound more foreign.
I don't think so. He pronounced his surname like an American would have said it (with the I sounding like the I in bike) instead of saying it like people here in Switzerland say it (with the I like it does in the word Italy). Not sure why he did that, I thought it was weird.
I've been skating for decades and spent most of my life in Switzerland and can tell you guys that skateboarders here never mention him (or that company he skates for). Everybody likes Kilian and knows how incredible Chany is but nobody talks about him. Well, not the people I skate with, and that's a lot of kids, teenagers and adults.
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He’s entertaining, does some rad shit, but meh, deff not what I’d consider a pro
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in order to be even somewhat relevant he would need to shave his head, stop doing late flips, give up youtubing, stop with the circus shit, leave revive, delete shrocks phone number, focus his "pro" boards, learn handrails, forget how to early grab, never speak again, take 2 extra pushes for every trick, buy some highwaters and a beanie, and start suggesting everyone would fit on krooked.
so yea get started johnny.
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Meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaHXcZEiHI
I caught one line and had to turn it off. Gave me IBS
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Giger is one of the most impressive people in person one will ever see, he’s up there with Kyle Nicholson in terms of you really just have to see these shits skate in person and you won’t have any shit talking left to say.
Edit:him, John hill, and rademaker are how I thought about austyn while he was on WKND
In what universe is someone a fan of Kyle Nicholson while also unabashedly liking youtube vloggers???
I don't think anyone needs to see Kyle Nicholson in person to understand how fucked-up good he is. And the edit comparing Austyn & WKND to a bunch of youtubers made me throw up in my mouth a little.
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So this wasn’t about H.R.Giger....bummed.
Came here to post this.
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Meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaHXcZEiHI
this dude is so tasteless
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Who is this cunt?
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So this wasn’t about H.R.Giger....bummed.
Which is damn shame because that Giger was great, this one not so much.
Any slappers been to the Giger Bar/Musuem? Shit looks crazy.
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in order to be even somewhat relevant he would need to shave his head, stop doing late flips, give up youtubing, stop with the circus shit, leave revive, delete shrocks phone number, focus his "pro" boards, learn handrails, forget how to early grab, never speak again, take 2 extra pushes for every trick, buy some highwaters and a beanie, and start suggesting everyone would fit on krooked.
so yea get started johnny.
The guy dresses and skates like the epitomy of the "cool skater-dude" vision of the '00's skater that the general public knows from video games etc. and he does "hard tricks" that dazzle the uninformed, without being particularly creative or inspired.
He is trying just as hard to fit in as the trendy kids you described, but within a different group, and he is obviously very concerned about his status within that group.
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he's where he belongs. that part was yucky.
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First I time saw him was on The Berries in this.
http://theberrics.com/jonny-giger-flatground-project/
He shoulda stuck to being quiet and "letting his skating talk for him" instead of being a try hard in front of the camera. Something about him just bugs the fuck out of me.
He also named a trick after himself which earns is 10/10 on the douchebag scale:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=giger+flip
I had to wash my mouse after clicking on that one again.
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i hate that i knew who this thread was about. hes not even interesting enough to hate watch during moments of extreme boredom.
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holy fuck i hated that part
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Any slappers been to the Giger Bar/Musuem? Shit looks crazy.
There are two Giger bars, one in Chur and one in Gruyères. I went to the one that's in Gruyères and it was pretty rad. Definitely worth it if you're in this area.
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I take back my comment to op about posting parts, no wonder why you didn't
this guy is no pro, I could only watch 3 tricks before I'd had enough
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in order to be even somewhat relevant he would need to shave his head, stop doing late flips, give up youtubing, stop with the circus shit, leave revive, delete shrocks phone number, focus his "pro" boards, learn handrails, forget how to early grab, never speak again, take 2 extra pushes for every trick, buy some highwaters and a beanie, and start suggesting everyone would fit on krooked.
so yea get started johnny.
The guy dresses and skates like the epitomy of the "cool skater-dude" vision of the '00's skater that the general public knows from video games etc. and he does "hard tricks" that dazzle the uninformed, without being particularly creative or inspired.
He is trying just as hard to fit in as the trendy kids you described, but within a different group, and he is obviously very concerned about his status within that group.
this is true, but there certainly is a SLAP-approved dress code and trick selection that is just as unoriginal as anything Revive does
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in order to be even somewhat relevant he would need to shave his head, stop doing late flips, give up youtubing, stop with the circus shit, leave revive, delete shrocks phone number, focus his "pro" boards, learn handrails, forget how to early grab, never speak again, take 2 extra pushes for every trick, buy some highwaters and a beanie, and start suggesting everyone would fit on krooked.
so yea get started johnny.
The guy dresses and skates like the epitomy of the "cool skater-dude" vision of the '00's skater that the general public knows from video games etc. and he does "hard tricks" that dazzle the uninformed, without being particularly creative or inspired.
He is trying just as hard to fit in as the trendy kids you described, but within a different group, and he is obviously very concerned about his status within that group.
this is true, but there certainly is a SLAP-approved dress code and trick selection that is just as unoriginal as anything Revive does
I respectfully disagree, on the grounds that the slap-approved dress code exists on an infinitesimally smaller scale than the mainstream revive look.
If you showed 100 random people pics of this revive-guy next to ben cado and asked which one is the "pro skater" there's no question upwards of 90% would identify revive-guy as the cliché, hands down.
In other words, revive-guy is probably 10x as unoriginal as the slapcentric style, and that's a very conservative estimate.
Now if you wanted to talk about the way things are assessed just within this microcosm of slap-skateboarding, your argument would make more sense. But it's clear that revive-guy either doesn't understand or doesn't care about the way we see the culture. So if this guy is so clearly unconcerned with what me or other people here think, is it so surprinsing that we in turn don't give a shit about him? Why is there some moral obligation for a "skate scene" (personified here by a message board, but you know) to respect and applaud the efforts of a person or company who don't give anything back to it?
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in order to be even somewhat relevant he would need to shave his head, stop doing late flips, give up youtubing, stop with the circus shit, leave revive, delete shrocks phone number, focus his "pro" boards, learn handrails, forget how to early grab, never speak again, take 2 extra pushes for every trick, buy some highwaters and a beanie, and start suggesting everyone would fit on krooked.
so yea get started johnny.
The guy dresses and skates like the epitomy of the "cool skater-dude" vision of the '00's skater that the general public knows from video games etc. and he does "hard tricks" that dazzle the uninformed, without being particularly creative or inspired.
He is trying just as hard to fit in as the trendy kids you described, but within a different group, and he is obviously very concerned about his status within that group.
this is true, but there certainly is a SLAP-approved dress code and trick selection that is just as unoriginal as anything Revive does
I respectfully disagree, on the grounds that the slap-approved dress code exists on an infinitesimally smaller scale than the mainstream revive look.
If you showed 100 random people pics of this revive-guy next to ben cado and asked which one is the "pro skater" there's no question upwards of 90% would identify revive-guy as the cliché, hands down.
In other words, revive-guy is probably 10x as unoriginal as the slapcentric style, and that's a very conservative estimate.
Now if you wanted to talk about the way things are assessed just within this microcosm of slap-skateboarding, your argument would make more sense. But it's clear that revive-guy either doesn't understand or doesn't care about the way we see the culture. So if this guy is so clearly unconcerned with what me or other people here think, is it so surprinsing that we in turn don't give a shit about him? Why is there some moral obligation for a "skate scene" (personified here by a message board, but you know) to respect and applaud the efforts of a person or company who don't give anything back to it?
I find it amusing that 90% of people would identify Giger as the pro skater
because he would be the one doing all the tricks
the public doesn't know or care about the SLAP dress code. it has no value other than gatekeeping
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i could see him being flow for enjoi or almost with his style, maybe am if he could actually skate rails. he reminds me of a less stylish chris haslam, definitely shouldn't be pro though for sure
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I dont see how you can hate on a guy with such a sick double dolphin late under flip casper slide.
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If you give your own name to ANY flat ground trick then see ya
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Should start his own company.
Name : Regige.
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When I was a kid a friend of mine at the time, and he was dead serious mind you, said that stationary flat ground skating was better than any other type of skateboarding. for some reason I feel like jonny, skating in what would appear to be a basement and naming tricks after himself, would argue the same, and he's a grown ass man.
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Meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnaHXcZEiHI
Kickturns don't count these days.
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yeah, everything about the youtube shit is completely wack. and said company is absolutely terrible. everything about it makes me think "gross". i always thought his flatground shit and all those manuals and whatnot were impressive.. but I never got hyped on his skating at all. would not give a fuck if he went pro for any other company
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Shit like this exists, yet Julien Stranger chooses to throw jabs at legit smaller skate companies.
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Never heard of this guy
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He literally has 210K followers by just renaming existing tricks like a "backside 180 late back foot flip" and giving them goofy names that will appeal to 10 yr olds - like "the pokemon flip" or some shit.
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Never heard of him. He's definitely into cuckolding though. Definitely.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/820997730189320192/hwvTXdOw_400x400.jpg)
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He literally has 210K followers by just renaming existing tricks like a "backside 180 late back foot flip" and giving them goofy names that will appeal to 10 yr olds - like "the pokemon flip" or some shit.
Youtube skaters are so wack
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He literally has 210K followers by just renaming existing tricks like a "backside 180 late back foot flip" and giving them goofy names that will appeal to 10 yr olds - like "the pokemon flip" or some shit.
Shit, I'm totally into backside 180 late back foot flips now
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If you give your own name to ANY flat ground trick then see ya
I know defending him is not fucking core, but hey his fan base was begging him to name a trick after himself. After a couple years of his fans begging, he gave the people what they wanted. I don't think that's terrible. Theres way more legit reasons to hate on him, like the figerflips.
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It could be the contorted, fully flared arm steee. Only room for one professional to do that haha :)