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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: pesto166 on November 18, 2009, 12:22:03 AM
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Ya, so I stopped going to Active Rideshop when I was sick of:
-explaining why I only wanted to see decks that by size and not by brand
- saying "no, i'll do my own fucking griptape thank you"
- people calling me "bro"
- seeing employees who obviously don't skate wear shit that I can't afford
- asking employees, "so how do those shoes skate" (the shoes they are wearing), and then saying, "fuck it, nevermind"
- leaving the store with a guilty conscience; knowing i could have drove a little further to a real skateshop
the list goes on. Does anybody have similar experiences with Active, or is it just the one by my area sucks?
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Ya, so I stopped going to Active Rideshop when I was sick of:
-explaining why I only wanted to see decks that by size and not by brand
- saying "no, i'll do my own fucking griptape thank you"
- people calling me "bro"
- seeing employees who obviously don't skate wear shit that I can't afford
- asking employees, "so how do those shoes skate" (the shoes they are wearing), and then saying, "fuck it, nevermind"
- leaving the store with a guilty conscience; knowing i could have drove a little further to a real skateshop
the list goes on. Does anybody have similar experiences with Active, or is it just the one by my area sucks?
I feel guilty anytime I go to a corporate establisment, instead of a local place. Be it food, music, skateboarding or whatever. Its always better to shop local. Fucking Walmart...sorry I'm drunk.
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http://www.sacklunch.com/?p=187 Active hurting skate companies by overselling shop decks.
From Irvine-sucks.com, 100 reasons why Active blows:
1. They sell girls underwear.
2. I think one employee there skates.
3. Bad grip jobs.
4. “Oh, it might say that all active decks are on sale, but that doesn’t actually mean all of them.”
5. When you ask an employee for an 8.25 shop deck, they give you dumbest of stares and go get a less incompetent co worker.
6. They complain about gripping 8.25s. You shouldn’t have offered to grip it, dick.
7. They have a “Bro me a penny” dish at the front counter.
8. The skateboards are pushed to the very back corner, taking up maybe 5% of the store.
9. “What, we’ve never heard of that policy, since when has independent had a life time guarantee?”
10. “Oh you called Independent and they confirmed the policy? Well, don’t come into my store with that kind of attitude.” Ask Alex, it's a good story.
11. Skatin’ Steve is sponsored by them.
12. Eric Sellers was too.
13. Have you seen some of the art on the walls?
14. I mean all of the art.
15. Jumped to opportunity to carry awesome products such as “Ollie pop gum” and “Skaterade”.
16. It's easier to find girl's skateboarding products than Girl Skateboards product.
17. Not once have I seen them play a video in the store.
18. “Bro, do you know how much it would cost to have shop copies of all those videos?”
19. When discussing the topic of skateboarding in an english class, a girl uses the statement of “Well, I work at active, so I think I would know.” to argue with yours truly.
20. They probably don’t have www.irvine-sucks.com bookmarked.
21. The employees have tattoos, but they’re pussies.
22. The employees have too many piercings, and they’re pussies.
23. They catch on to awesome skateboarders scamming them too quickly.
24. Since when has 2 pairs of shoes for 85 dollars been considered a sale. (Thanks Noah)
25. I think about ten 13 year old girls work there, and they’ve never gripped a board.
26. They are a proud sponser of the Irvine High football team.
27. They carry far too many pairs of designer jeans.
28. The music played in the store is pretty crappy.
29. The posters on the window have pretty close to nothing to do with skateboarding, but instead girls with big sunglasses. Hooray.
30. 10:1 odds a customer in active has never skated in their life.
31. 20:1 odds a customer in active does not skate now.
32. You usually have to get pumped up for a heated arguement every time you go in there.
33. If they ever read this, or knew who I was, I’d probably get banned from going there.
34. They have the power to run little legitimate shops out of business, using walmart style tactics.
35. Do not exchange indy 149s, because they are afriad of the shredders that can handle such massive trucks.
36. Wouldn’t sell a certain Irvine-Sucks member a copy of the Flip video because of the fact it says must be older than 37 or whatever it said. Obviously the hip can’t have a sense of humor.
37. “Can’t make it as just a skate shop.”
38. How many employees there straighten their hair? Not counting the girls.
39. Girl employee, who couldn’t be older than 18, try and belittle shredders by saying “Can I see some I.D. little man?”
40. They don’t send us boxes of skate goodies for being the most awesome website coming out of Irvine. Thanks Utility ; ).
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this kid in my class was wearing this sweatshirt that was multi material stitched all crazy with active written all over it. This guy wears these hiking sandal boot things to every class. I decided right there that I would hate active forever.
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Back in April when eS emailed all the skateshops hosting the regional Game of S.K.A.T.E
some guy from Active replied to the sender
"Are you still planning on doing any with Active? I'm definitely down to help in any way. Thanks man!!"
But for some reason he CC'd me.
so i replied, "maybe you should worry about paying your fucking bills before you worry about GOS."
that made him sad.
which made me happy.
Fuck those dudes.
They hurt a lot of board companies real bad financially.
Some may never fully recover.
Fuck those dudes.
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please tell me you're 12
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thats bomb they sell girls underwear id go in and put that shit on my head like a hat like oo-long from the original dragonball and then when i didnt buy it id be like "what, what?"
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I wouldn't mind if my shop sold women's underwear. What's the problem there? You set up a new board and try to chat up some chick picking out panties. Win win.
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you're slapping god for a precious gift. never buy anything at active. just walk in and put it to the silly girls that hang out there. get yourself a quick handsky or a mouthsky.
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plus steal. i wish they had these in canada sounds way cooler than west 49
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Back in April when eS emailed all the skateshops hosting the regional Game of S.K.A.T.E
some guy from Active replied to the sender
"Are you still planning on doing any with Active? I'm definitely down to help in any way. Thanks man!!"
But for some reason he CC'd me.
so i replied, "maybe you should worry about paying your fucking bills before you worry about GOS."
that made him sad.
which made me happy.
Fuck those dudes.
They hurt a lot of board companies real bad financially.
Some may never fully recover.
Fuck those dudes.
Nieratko always knows the perfect way to make a statement. Greedy bastards. Sad part is even though the Wallaces are out, some of the shadiest bastards are left there to run the place. To borrow a sentiment from NIeratko, FUCK THOSE DUDES.
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i'm glad they don't have these in canada sounds exactly like west 49
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you guys remember skateamerica.com (http://skateamerica.com) seriously 90% of what I bought there in my younger years was backordered.
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you guys remember skateamerica.com (http://skateamerica.com) seriously 90% of what I bought there in my younger years was backordered.
haha yeah, they had the hugest backorder inventory.
In a nutshell Active sucks, I only go there when they have there sales and yet I still feel guilty
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A while back I started checking the Better Business Bureau to see how some of the online shops looked. SkateAmerica.com (Spin Corporation) is really bad.
BBB Grade: F
http://www.bbb.org/denver/business-reviews/internet-shopping/spin-corporation-in-golden-co-90018116
Also, at one time SkateAmerica had no phone # so I emailed saying that my order (I never made) never arrived and needed to speak to someone urgently. They refused to give me a ph #. They made it impossible to cancel something they had backordered when I finally did do a small order to test how their shit worked.
Active is not doing so well on the BBB front either. Ouch.
BBB Grade: F
http://www.la.bbb.org/Business-Report/Active-100068123
Called CCS and SkateAmerica to place test orders to see how well they knew their shit. The people I talked to at both places didn't say anything when I said I wanted Indy 215s on my 7.625" complete....
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Utility Boardshop BBB Grade: A-
http://www.la.bbb.org/Business-Report/Utility-Board-Shop-13185997
Good job guys! Someone knows what they're doing out there.
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We don't have that cool stuff in europe
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...and then I turned 10.
i used to love checking out product on skateamerica as a yout
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16. It's easier to find girl's skateboarding products than Girl Skateboards product.
36. Wouldn’t sell a certain Irvine-Sucks member a copy of the Flip video because of the fact it says must be older than 37 or whatever it said. Obviously the hip can’t have a sense of humor.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Ya, so I stopped going to Active Rideshop when I was sick of:
-explaining why I only wanted to see decks that by size and not by brand
- saying "no, i'll do my own fucking griptape thank you"
- people calling me "bro"
- seeing employees who obviously don't skate wear shit that I can't afford
- asking employees, "so how do those shoes skate" (the shoes they are wearing), and then saying, "fuck it, nevermind"
- leaving the store with a guilty conscience; knowing i could have drove a little further to a real skateshop
the list goes on. Does anybody have similar experiences with Active, or is it just the one by my area sucks?
HAHAHAHA... you shopped at active!
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active brea has one cool employee by the name of taylor, who rips
and active costa mesa also seems to have their shit straight as far as cool employees. for the most part though, active sucks. i only shop there when i need $2 grip
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So can you call active, get a female employee on the phone, ask her to try on their panties and then describe the fit and feel to you?
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I wouldn't mind if my shop sold women's underwear. What's the problem there? You set up a new board and try to chat up some chick picking out panties. Win win.
and you can save a lot of money on floppy disks
(http://blogs.tampabay.com/80s/images/2009/02/04/16candles.jpg)
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you guys remember skateamerica.com (http://skateamerica.com) seriously 90% of what I bought there in my younger years was backordered.
my friend bought Fully Flared from there and somehow ended up with a puppy training video.
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# 1 FUCK ACTIVE
# 2 WHO GIVES A FUCK THAT YOU SHOP .. SHOPPED .. OR EVER SET FOOT IN THAT SHITTY WEST COAST MALL GRABBER FESTIVAL
(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9411/drooliw5.gif)
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ive worked at one for 2 years now. yes the company makes horrible decisions, but there are some cool people in the company. im not defending the company, the shops, or the brand, but saying that EVERYONE in the company is lame isnt true. at the end of the day, its a paycheck, and better than working at mcdonalds.
also in my 2 years working there, ive convinced countless kids to buy a toy machine, dlx, dgk, blackbox etc board instead of buying an active deck and some stupid shirt,(kids who claim they cant afford the extra 10-20 bucks to get a company board, have no problem buying a 40 dollar streetwear shirt) so i dont feel guilty for working there.
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you guys remember skateamerica.com (http://skateamerica.com) seriously 90% of what I bought there in my younger years was backordered.
my friend bought Fully Flared from there and somehow ended up with a puppy training video.
i just laughed out loud
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
i tend to do that too, I tend to look at people's shoes more than I look at them.... it's a weird tendency I have/ I'm always curious to find other skaters
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I wonder if every skateboarder assumes im a kook because i dont get wear on my shoes
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
i tend to do that too, I tend to look at people's shoes more than I look at them.... it's a weird tendency I have/ I'm always curious to find other skaters
Hey boys, now you know how I feel when I see a pair of converse, I finally realized why I don't care for them; they make me stare at boys and girls feet.
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
yeah i saw a hype beast wearing an emerica sweatshirt once, and the other day i went into the ghetto corner store down the street from my house and some dude in jordans asked me what shoes i was wearing (reynolds 3s) and told me they were tight. i've seen a few dudes wearing the fallen chukka lows too. non-vans/sb skate shoes are getting popular with the non-skate crowds recently.
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
Oh I definitely do that too. Sometimes I even get slightly embarrassed wearing new shoes. I notice some dude checking them out for wear and I'm thinking "Shiiiit...he definitely thinks I don't skate."
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
Oh I definitely do that too. Sometimes I even get slightly embarrassed wearing new shoes. I notice some dude checking them out for wear and I'm thinking "Shiiiit...he definitely thinks I don't skate."
imagine being the only skateboarder at your university and looking at everyone's skate shoes, not to find a single worn-down toe. that's me. i represent the only blown out skateboard shoes on campus
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I used to go to Active before I moved to San Francisco. I still go back there when I go home just to look around at the clothes. It's the most convenient shop near my house unless I want to go to Zumiez. I buy some stuff there but not too often because they raised the fuck out of their prices a year or two ago. I remember when a regular skate T was like 15. Now they are all at least 20. I like their decks, though. If I go through mail order, I never buy from there and try to support smaller shops and what not.
If skateboarding wants to support smaller shops what they need to figure out a way to cut wholesale prices for smaller businesses, so the business can offer lower prices to the consumer. It's hard to compete with the internet and mailorder because a lot of times the prices are a lot better and their is a ton of clearance or sales. On the flip side of that, shops need to get a mailorder system going if they want to survive. It might sound like bullshit to most people but this is kind of where the future is. There are a ton of people who shop online for soft good exclusively and this is where a lot of the money rolls in for skateshops.
I don't know. I'm drunk.
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
Oh I definitely do that too. Sometimes I even get slightly embarrassed wearing new shoes. I notice some dude checking them out for wear and I'm thinking "Shiiiit...he definitely thinks I don't skate."
imagine being the only skateboarder at your university and looking at everyone's skate shoes, not to find a single worn-down toe. that's me. i represent the only blown out skateboard shoes on campus
That's regular. I don't know about the majority of people but I used to have a pair of shoes I skated and then a pair of shoes I didn't skate until I got a new pair of shoes. So, I'd never wear fucked up shoes to school unless I skate there that day. Now that I'm older and hardly skate, my "good" shoes outnumber my messed up ones but I still always have a skate shoe ready to go. So unless you see someone riding a skateboard down the street with perfectly new shoes and unscratched deck, you can't really tell if the dude skates or not.
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I used to go to Active before I moved to San Francisco. I still go back there when I go home just to look around at the clothes. It's the most convenient shop near my house unless I want to go to Zumiez. I buy some stuff there but not too often because they raised the fuck out of their prices a year or two ago. I remember when a regular skate T was like 15. Now they are all at least 20. I like their decks, though. If I go through mail order, I never buy from there and try to support smaller shops and what not.
If skateboarding wants to support smaller shops what they need to figure out a way to cut wholesale prices for smaller businesses, so the business can offer lower prices to the consumer. It's hard to compete with the internet and mailorder because a lot of times the prices are a lot better and their is a ton of clearance or sales. On the flip side of that, shops need to get a mailorder system going if they want to survive. It might sound like bullshit to most people but this is kind of where the future is. There are a ton of people who shop online for soft good exclusively and this is where a lot of the money rolls in for skateshops.
I don't know. I'm drunk.
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
Oh I definitely do that too. Sometimes I even get slightly embarrassed wearing new shoes. I notice some dude checking them out for wear and I'm thinking "Shiiiit...he definitely thinks I don't skate."
imagine being the only skateboarder at your university and looking at everyone's skate shoes, not to find a single worn-down toe. that's me. i represent the only blown out skateboard shoes on campus
That's regular. I don't know about the majority of people but I used to have a pair of shoes I skated and then a pair of shoes I didn't skate until I got a new pair of shoes. So, I'd never wear fucked up shoes to school unless I skate there that day. Now that I'm older and hardly skate, my "good" shoes outnumber my messed up ones but I still always have a skate shoe ready to go. So unless you see someone riding a skateboard down the street with perfectly new shoes and unscratched deck, you can't really tell if the dude skates or not.
I do the same thing.
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That's regular. I don't know about the majority of people but I used to have a pair of shoes I skated and then a pair of shoes I didn't skate until I got a new pair of shoes. So, I'd never wear fucked up shoes to school unless I skate there that day. Now that I'm older and hardly skate, my "good" shoes outnumber my messed up ones but I still always have a skate shoe ready to go. So unless you see someone riding a skateboard down the street with perfectly new shoes and unscratched deck, you can't really tell if the dude skates or not.
I do the same thing.
even though I say I look at other people's shoes for thrashed marks, I'm really trying to stray away from wearing my skate shoes all the time because it becomes an eye sore looking at a gaping hole in shoes and having girls think I can't afford new shoes.
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all the skate only shops around here always open and then go out of business within three to five years. i live by a beach so it's mostly combined surf and skate shops that survive. when i went to high school which is when i skated the most all the popular kids were the rich kids who lived in these huge houses on the water that would act like they were oh so much cooler than everyone else because of what they were born into and that's the vibe i get whenever i go to one of those shops. there was a shop called seraphim skateboards a long time ago that i liked giving my business to because it wasn't run by some snotty rich guy, it was run by real skaters. there's a store in the mall that is as close to a skate shop as it gets, and that's the only place i would want to give my business to.
you would think that people would understand that if you were actually nice and respectful to customers you might sell more stuff. but acting like some hotshot just because your daddy gives you a 200 dollar a week allowance is a turnoff. in pensacola we really need a legit skate shop, not these surf/skate shops overrun by wannabe pretty boys.
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That's regular. I don't know about the majority of people but I used to have a pair of shoes I skated and then a pair of shoes I didn't skate until I got a new pair of shoes. So, I'd never wear fucked up shoes to school unless I skate there that day. Now that I'm older and hardly skate, my "good" shoes outnumber my messed up ones but I still always have a skate shoe ready to go. So unless you see someone riding a skateboard down the street with perfectly new shoes and unscratched deck, you can't really tell if the dude skates or not.
I do the same thing.
even though I say I look at other people's shoes for thrashed marks, I'm really trying to stray away from wearing my skate shoes all the time because it becomes an eye sore looking at a gaping hole in shoes and having girls think I can't afford new shoes.
If I'm not skating I'm not wearing the ones I skate in. However if I see someone kitted out with a board looking the part I expect to see some scuffs on their shoes.
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BUNCH OF DATING WEBSITE PUSSIES
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40% off everything. employee discount. i love active.
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40% off everything. employee discount. i love active.
It used to be the employee discount was invoice price or cost. Then it was 50%, now 40%, eventually it'll be 10%. Fuck Active....
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40% off everything. employee discount. i love active.
40% off everything. Team rider discount. Actual skateboarders working there. I love my local shop!!
Fuck Active, Zumiez, West 49 and all the rest of them.
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40% off everything. employee discount. i love active.
40% off everything. Team rider discount. Actual skateboarders working there. I love my local shop!!
Fuck Active, Zumiez, West 49 and all the rest of them.
id pay full price to have/work at a local shop
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That's regular. I don't know about the majority of people but I used to have a pair of shoes I skated and then a pair of shoes I didn't skate until I got a new pair of shoes. So, I'd never wear fucked up shoes to school unless I skate there that day. Now that I'm older and hardly skate, my "good" shoes outnumber my messed up ones but I still always have a skate shoe ready to go. So unless you see someone riding a skateboard down the street with perfectly new shoes and unscratched deck, you can't really tell if the dude skates or not.
I do the same thing.
even though I say I look at other people's shoes for thrashed marks, I'm really trying to stray away from wearing my skate shoes all the time because it becomes an eye sore looking at a gaping hole in shoes and having girls think I can't afford new shoes.
if i'm actually skating i put my skate shoes on.
if i'm taking my cruiser to the beer store i put regular shoes on.
thats said, all my regular shoes eventually turn into skate shoes anyway.
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if i'm actually skating i put my skate shoes on.
if i'm taking my cruiser to the beer store i put regular shoes on.
thats said, all my regular shoes eventually turn into skate shoes anyway.
exactly. there's a shoe heirarchy and they routinely get demoted from weardom to skatedom after they're broken in enough/my old ones wear through.
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Great sig
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Yeah, what video are the oily lingerie girls from?
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Great sig
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I already asked, as of yet it's unknown but some pron master here better be able to tell us.
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guy tried to sell me the same shoes i was already wearing at active..... lucky for me http://www.libertyboardshop.com/liberty/ (http://www.libertyboardshop.com/liberty/) is only 10 minutes away
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the image is coming from here, its teh parent directory
http://www.tittaycitay.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/
and let me tell ya, hes got some hotties up in that piece!
http://www.tittaycitay.com/
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40% off everything. employee discount. i love active.
40% off everything. Team rider discount. Actual skateboarders working there. I love my local shop!!
Fuck Active, Zumiez, West 49 and all the rest of them.
So would I...and did for a long time. I think half the reason they started hooking me up was because I was such a loyal customer, not for my unbelievable skateboarding abilities. The guys who work there could pretty much all kick my ass in SKATE.
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Idk if Active exists on the east coast, but we have maaaaad zumiez. Sometimes 2 in one mall (joking). Even a store in the area started selling boards and shit but maybe 2 people who work there skate. Everytime i see a kid i ask where they got there board from and tell them "Na man. you need to come to the shop i work at. i'll hook you up".
I always tell them i'll give them 10% off anything if they come when i'm workin just cuz I'd rather they support a skateshop where the employees know what it is you're looking for if you're havin trouble deciding on a what shoe/deck etc. to get. What sucks is since we're a new shop, companies dont really wanna open accounts w/ us. So idk. w/e. and even tho i've never bought anything from those places...
fuck active and zumiez.
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And i'm pretty sure if you skate, you automatically look at other ppls feet to:
1) check if they're wearing skate kicks
2) do/did they skate those shoes?
and maybe not this so much, but i'm sure a lot of you think about what stance they are when you see the wear on the shoes.
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ive worked at one for 2 years now. yes the company makes horrible decisions, but there are some cool people in the company. im not defending the company, the shops, or the brand, but saying that EVERYONE in the company is lame isnt true. at the end of the day, its a paycheck, and better than working at mcdonalds.
also in my 2 years working there, ive convinced countless kids to buy a toy machine, dlx, dgk, blackbox etc board instead of buying an active deck and some stupid shirt,(kids who claim they cant afford the extra 10-20 bucks to get a company board, have no problem buying a 40 dollar streetwear shirt) so i dont feel guilty for working there.
I'm assuming active is like a west-coast version of Zumiez. If you're anything like every kid I've ever seen who works at a Zumiez, then you're twice the barn I imagined you to be.
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ive worked at one for 2 years now. yes the company makes horrible decisions, but there are some cool people in the company. im not defending the company, the shops, or the brand, but saying that EVERYONE in the company is lame isnt true. at the end of the day, its a paycheck, and better than working at mcdonalds.
also in my 2 years working there, ive convinced countless kids to buy a toy machine, dlx, dgk, blackbox etc board instead of buying an active deck and some stupid shirt,(kids who claim they cant afford the extra 10-20 bucks to get a company board, have no problem buying a 40 dollar streetwear shirt) so i dont feel guilty for working there.
I'm assuming active is like a west-coast version of Zumiez. If you're anything like every kid I've ever seen who works at a Zumiez, then you're twice the barn I imagined you to be.
oh no, zumiez is a coast to coast thing, there are about 3 malls within a 30 mile radius of the shop i work at, and they all have a zumiez.
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imagine being the only skateboarder at your university and looking at everyone's skate shoes, not to find a single worn-down toe. that's me. i represent the only blown out skateboard shoes on campus
"I was riding through campus thinking "I'm the only person riding a unicycle! :D", When I should have been thinking "I'm the only person riding a unicycle :("
- saying "no, i'll do my own fucking griptape thank you"
how very 'punk' of you
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
Oh I definitely do that too. Sometimes I even get slightly embarrassed wearing new shoes. I notice some dude checking them out for wear and I'm thinking "Shiiiit...he definitely thinks I don't skate."
imagine being the only skateboarder at your university and looking at everyone's skate shoes, not to find a single worn-down toe. that's me. i represent the only blown out skateboard shoes on campus
thats how my school is, im the only sk8er boi. one guy in my accounting class wears some dc's he buys at Famous Footwear, he tries to talk to me about Fantasy factory.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder
Why not collect comic books or other tat. There is actually money in that.
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ive worked at one for 2 years now. yes the company makes horrible decisions, but there are some cool people in the company. im not defending the company, the shops, or the brand, but saying that EVERYONE in the company is lame isnt true. at the end of the day, its a paycheck, and better than working at mcdonalds.
also in my 2 years working there, ive convinced countless kids to buy a toy machine, dlx, dgk, blackbox etc board instead of buying an active deck and some stupid shirt,(kids who claim they cant afford the extra 10-20 bucks to get a company board, have no problem buying a 40 dollar streetwear shirt) so i dont feel guilty for working there.
I'm assuming active is like a west-coast version of Zumiez. If you're anything like every kid I've ever seen who works at a Zumiez, then you're twice the barn I imagined you to be.
active is more geared to lame 13-30 year olds as opposed to the 16 and under alloverprint colored skinny jean crowd.
and im polar opposite of most of the people who work for the company.
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ONCE AGAIN LET ME SAY
FUCK ACTIVE
FUCK ACTIVE ERICA
FUCK YOU FOR SHOPPING THERE
AND FUCK THIS BULLSHIT THREAD
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- saying "no, i'll do my own fucking griptape thank you"
how very 'punk' of you
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There is no excuse (short of not having hands, or being younger than middle school) for not gripping putting your own board together (including grip).
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Yeah, what video are the oily lingerie girls from?
:o
the girl looking directly at the camera is known on the web as "next door nikki" and the other girls are the "friends" she regularly works with. while she has a great natural rack, i'd describe her portfolio as primarily solo and softcore lesbian stuff which is kind of boring.
i wasn't able to find a gallery containing the picture, but i found a video of it. don't get your hopes up, it's like 30 seconds long and the video quality is shit.
http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1193173905/Next_Door_Nikki_and_her_Friends_Do_This_For_Fun
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I don't know. I'm drunk.
Not drunk enough if you can still type. Filter rum through an empty Schwarzkopf shampoo bottle.
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Here's a quick vid of Nextdoor Nikki showing off the twins on Jerry Springer....
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2380299/girl_getting_nude_on_jerry_springer_show/
Oh yeah, Fuck Active.....
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I noticed that their skate team went from like 40 heads to around 20 heads within the last few weeks. Looks like Reynolds, Greco, Ellington, Torey Pudwill, and more have already bailed out and I heard P-Rod is next. Maybe they should start hyping up their snow team instead.
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There is no excuse (short of not having hands, or being younger than middle school) for not gripping putting your own board together (including grip).
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i'm perfectly happy to have someone else grip my board
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the last time i was at active a lesbian gripped my board
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plus steal. i wish they had these in canada sounds way cooler than west 49
worse sadly :(
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i nearly threw up once when i saw a hypebeast wearing emerica hsus (the enjoi collab colorway)
am i the only one that sees people wearing skate shoes and glances to see if they've been skated at all?
all the time
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I get no personal joy or sense of accomplishment from gripping my own board. I'm not 12. Homies at the shop can do it in one minute and they need to do something to earn their checks. Those dudes just watch skate videos all day, while I pay their salary. It's the least they can do.
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That's regular. I don't know about the majority of people but I used to have a pair of shoes I skated and then a pair of shoes I didn't skate until I got a new pair of shoes. So, I'd never wear fucked up shoes to school unless I skate there that day. Now that I'm older and hardly skate, my "good" shoes outnumber my messed up ones but I still always have a skate shoe ready to go. So unless you see someone riding a skateboard down the street with perfectly new shoes and unscratched deck, you can't really tell if the dude skates or not.
I do the same thing.
even though I say I look at other people's shoes for thrashed marks, I'm really trying to stray away from wearing my skate shoes all the time because it becomes an eye sore looking at a gaping hole in shoes and having girls think I can't afford new shoes.
in a nutshell
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I get no personal joy or sense of accomplishment from gripping my own board. I'm not 12. Homies at the shop can do it in one minute and they need to do something to earn their checks. Those dudes just watch skate videos all day, while I pay their salary. It's the least they can do.
everyone knows you're super dumb already, but you must be a true idiot if you think all skate shop employees do is watch skate videos all day.
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I'm assuming active is like a west-coast version of Zumiez. If you're anything like every kid I've ever seen who works at a Zumiez, then you're twice the barn I imagined you to be.
one thing that should be noted is that active, at one point, was a legit skateshop. even if it was more than just one shop per se.
thats what makes this whole thing so irritating for skaters in southern california, specifically the east san gabriel valley/west inland empire. in the mid-late 90s active was THE shop to go to. your homies worked there, the managers skated, and even though they sold some occasional wack shit (re:SURF/SNOWBOARDS!), you wouldnt want to hit up any other place. active WAS the skateshop for anyone in the 909. and a lot of great skaters/spots came out of that area, and were hooked up through active.
now its frat boy central. and while its a shame, id like to think it has a bit more of an organic/core pedigree to it than a Zumiez. but maybe im just being a sucker for nostalgia.
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I'm assuming active is like a west-coast version of Zumiez. If you're anything like every kid I've ever seen who works at a Zumiez, then you're twice the barn I imagined you to be.
one thing that should be noted is that active, at one point, was a legit skateshop. even if it was more than just one shop per se.
thats what makes this whole thing so irritating for skaters in southern california, specifically the east san gabriel valley/west inland empire. in the mid-late 90s active was THE shop to go to. your homies worked there, the managers skated, and even though they sold some occasional wack shit (re:SURF/SNOWBOARDS!), you wouldnt want to hit up any other place. active WAS the skateshop for anyone in the 909. and a lot of great skaters/spots came out of that area, and were hooked up through active.
now its frat boy central. and while its a shame, id like to think it has a bit more of an organic/core pedigree to it than a Zumiez. but maybe im just being a sucker for nostalgia.
and then jocks started wearing DC, Etnies, Osiris, Circa, RVCA, Volcom and the "frat boys" found, Active, Jacks,and SunDiego, then things really got flipped upside down... Skateboarders started supporting all the "frat boy" brands, Nike, Converse and Adidas.
Think the "frat boys" got bummed when Skateboarders started wearing the athletic brands?
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they just rebuilt the mall by my house and sandwiched pac sun, tully's (similar to active), and the van's store right in the middle of the mall. good lucky to our local shops.
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whyd you even start?
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there's a store in toronto called noise which is embarrassing to even step foot into but my friend was shopping for pants and decided to step in. i was carrying a board i just bought from another store with me and the one worker asked if he could see my board. i passed it over to him and he stared at it for a good minute and asked me if there was a sticker on it. i thought he meant on the top ply but he meant the whole graphic in general if it was one giant sticker on the bottom. he was dead serious. support your local skate shop.