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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: thieveslikeus on October 06, 2009, 12:26:33 PM
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this guy is much too awesome for the usual "canadian pro/usa flow" program that gets you nowhere. stop sleeping usa
yours truly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbD74DoXvrY
just one fix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzlTGzpVrrY
wait a million years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za70jVwRw7c
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he's pro for habitat...
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he's pro for habitat...
...in canada
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Yeah what the fuck is with this international bullshit that so many companies are on?
This guy has been sick for too long on some wack international deal, put him on the real shit he's fully deserving.
Seems like a lot of ripping Canadians are stuck in this purgatory type of sponsorship, what's up with that?
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if u want to make money move to cali like the rest of the proz
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...in canada
Hah!
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Yeah what the fuck is with this international bullshit that so many companies are on?
This guy has been sick for too long on some wack international deal, put him on the real shit he's fully deserving.
Seems like a lot of ripping Canadians are stuck in this purgatory type of sponsorship, what's up with that?
I also do not understand this either. It would seem like a plus to me if a skater was at a pro-level and from another country. I'd want them on my company. I enjoy watching footage from unique spots instead of the same old "famous" cali spots.
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any man that can front bigspin fakie manny and not revert out on a legit height manny pad is a hero in my eyes.
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sooo fucking good. love his style, his pop, his tricks. i made a montage a while back with some of his tricks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNAWLfD9Ag&feature=player_profilepage
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I appreciate! damn reed you're coming through with good topics lately, keep it up!
habitat's kinda sucking lately. great boards but the company just isn't what it used to be..and in this case its 'for worse'.
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I appreciate! damn reed you're coming through with good topics lately, keep it up!
habitat's kinda sucking lately. great boards but the company just isn't what it used to be..and in this case its 'for worse'.
hell yeaa McD kills it,
To bad Burton is blowing it
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Im surprised this topic doesn't have way more comments. Mikes been killing it for soooo long. The first skate video I ever bought he had a part in and he is still killing it with better style that anyone.
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does anyone have mike's 5foot12 part from awhile back? (the whole video would be nice too)
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Aside from Habitat, which other companies have Canadian or International pros that are not recognized as USA pros? McD's not even on the team page. wtf is that?
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Aside from Habitat, which other companies have Canadian or International pros that are not recognized as USA pros? McD's not even on the team page. wtf is that?
http://www.habitatintl.com/#team
whoever manages Habitat needs to get on Jamies level and start judging skateboarders on skill rather then place. Mcd is light years ahead of Marius in every possible way. now that i think about it... who else on Habitat can do fakie shuv-it switch varial heels out? noone
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i'm not canadian and i'm a fan.
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it's disheartening more than anything when companies try to win over certain regions by hooking dudes up and only half assing it. i recognize the fact that they did a couple boards with mcdermott's name on it but when they can't put him on the official team...what is that saying? "yeah, the dude's good....but not that good." a comment like that can't even apply to mcdermott in the first place so I'm not sure what castrucci and them are thinking.
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it's disheartening more than anything when companies try to win over certain regions by hooking dudes up and only half assing it. i recognize the fact that they did a couple boards with mcdermott's name on it but when they can't put him on the official team...what is that saying? "yeah, the dude's good....but not that good." a comment like that can't even apply to mcdermott in the first place so I'm not sure what castrucci and them are thinking.
i would even go as far to say that mike is better then both tim o'connor and kerry getz
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fakie shuv-it switch varial heels out
Where did you see this?
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nollie shuv-it varial heels out
Where did you see this?
never mind, it was nollie. i get his stance confused because he does so many switch tricks
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it's disheartening more than anything when companies try to win over certain regions by hooking dudes up and only half assing it. i recognize the fact that they did a couple boards with mcdermott's name on it but when they can't put him on the official team...what is that saying? "yeah, the dude's good....but not that good." a comment like that can't even apply to mcdermott in the first place so I'm not sure what castrucci and them are thinking.
yeah... it's kind of half assed.
As whacky as Darkstar is, I have to give them respect for historically having so many Canadians fully on (ams and pros) in the past several years.
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As whacky as Darkstar is, I have to give them respect for historically having so many Canadians fully on (ams and pros) in the past several years.
Because Mike Hastie & Paul Trep have moved onto bigger & better things.... ::)
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Mcdermott is amazing his parts have all been really sick
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wooww this dude has been killing it forever! it's cool to see that some other people actually dig this guy's skating. this dude definitely deserves to be on the "real" team but maybe there are reasons beyond our knowledge for him being an international pro. personally i think it's cooler that way cause he's reppin canada well by sticking it out over there.
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stfu all of you this guy is a fucking beanie wearing model fag dont buy his bullshit there should be no pro skaters no one should be paid i am better than the whole industry and i dont get a dime WAHHHH
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUFHy9-jA4w
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUFHy9-jA4w
awesome. i love the shots of winnipeg (correct me if i'm wrong) in the beginning.
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actually this guy is good. although his part on north 1 was one of the crappier parts, but his north 2 part made up for it. he has good manny shit, im pretty sure he was the dude who had the doors song and does manual hardflip out which is fucking ridiculous
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I was skating a school in San Antonio with Mike when he came to Texas last year. We were being escorted out of the school's fenced in courtyard through the school's cafeteria. Mike made a comment to the school faculty about some of the children's art being heavy on Nike logo placement. They tried to get witty and asked what was on the bottom of his board......
"My Name!" was his response. Watching him punk out the faculty was fucking priceless.
That dude is legit. International Teams are crap. Skateboarding is global and not a regional thing. I would buy one of his boards in the U.S. if I ever came across one.
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csumers that is fucking rad
mike is one of my favorite skaters, definitely deserves legit pro status. I was working one time and he came up to me and asked where something was, and then we started talking. I must have sounded like a big dork. it was completely out of the blue and I was just trying to make conversation while the resisting the urge to fan out and tell him I've probably watched his modern love part a hundred times
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actually this guy is good. although his part on north 1 was one of the crappier parts, but his north 2 part made up for it. he has good manny shit, im pretty sure he was the dude who had the doors song and does manual hardflip out which is fucking ridiculous
hes in that part, but that was mitch. regarding the canadian curse, are you supposed to have a american visa if youre getting paid by an american company?
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maybe you're onto something.....
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Mcd is light years ahead of Marius in every possible way.
I like McD, so don't take this as a slight to him at all, but you're wrong. Both of them were here last summer on a Habitat tour and Marius is fucking insane. He fucking shreds so hard and so fast.
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god damn was that a switch back tail bs flip out around a whole curved ledge? dude's amazing.
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Mcd is light years ahead of Marius in every possible way.
I like McD, so don't take this as a slight to him at all, but you're wrong. Both of them were here last summer on a Habitat tour and Marius is fucking insane. He fucking shreds so hard and so fast.
McD had an injured shoulder on that tour and couldn't really skate.
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I know, but I've seen him skate in person lots. And like I said, I am a fan of his skating. All I am saying is Marius is wild.
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I've been hearing alot of hate regarding McD lately, Not really sure why?
Overall, clearly a talented individual.
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Mcd is light years ahead of Marius in every possible way.
I like McD, so don't take this as a slight to him at all, but you're wrong. Both of them were here last summer on a Habitat tour and Marius is fucking insane. He fucking shreds so hard and so fast.
McD had an injured shoulder on that tour and couldn't really skate.
that dosen't matter, marius is on another level and as a whole package he fits what burton wants much better.
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Add to that he's probably about ten years younger....
But McD definitely rips.
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He has the best style of anyone I've ever seen.
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Add to that he's probably about ten years younger....
But McD definitely rips.
yeah this is a huge factor.