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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: bighead on September 14, 2011, 02:13:40 PM
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http://theberrics.com/off-the-grid/anthony-pappalardo.html?autoplay (http://theberrics.com/off-the-grid/anthony-pappalardo.html?autoplay)
only problem... dude is never on the grid.
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kys
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this fucking sucked.
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has to be an inside joke
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It's a video of a dude skating all night, exploring the city until the sun comes up and you're bummed? Quit skating.
(not a video part or commercial, guys)
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I enjoyed that.
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wow he sucks
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that was dope!!
and i cant stand pops.
looked like he was having fun.
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I enjoyed that.
I would enjoy skating all night, hitting up random spots like Pops was, but I didn't enjoy this clip. He looked totally listless and sluggish. I felt uncomfortable watching him.
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I love Pops, and I think I understand (and dig) the idea of this. But honestly, I expect a little bit more than a few curb ollies around a couple drunk patrons and a plywood wedge ramp ollie. I mean, I guess he has to take what's offered in that area where his dart hit, but everyone else seemed to come up with more under the same circumstances.
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Awesome.
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Didn't hate it, didn't love it.
I like Eli Reed and Zared's rainy day off the grid the best out of all of them so far
In conclusion, anything is better than Chaz Ortiz's super boring one
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The weird awning bank thing that he drops in on and cuts of the side , when the guy asks what all the noise is, is pretty gnarly. Im pretty sure billy Rohan did it in the Mandibleclaw vid.
Apart from that, every time he did an ollie I was hoping for at least one kickflip, but whatever. Ill decide when I see his footy in the choco video, as this is the berrics and therefor irrelevant.
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How is he still pro? I don't even understand why he did this feature. I don't even see this as a good career move because kids are going to see this and wonder who the fuck this guy is and why is he on my skate radar. I don't think his sponsors will be too excited if he gets a bunch of negative feedback from the masses.
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How is he still pro? I don't even understand why he did this feature. I don't even see this as a good career move because kids are going to see this and wonder who the fuck this guy is and why is he on my skate radar. I don't think his sponsors will be too excited if he gets a bunch of negative feedback from the masses.
Only problem with that is... If you are creating conversation, then you've won. Some people will give it shit on the forum, but overall I have a feeling it will be received well.
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Loved the dude puking out of the cab. Cool being able to see the nightlife of the city from a skaters p.o.v. The skating itself was not that exciting, I understand it wasn't a commercial or banging new video part. I could watch Gonz or Jason Adams skate a parking lot all night and it would be more exciting.
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SO EAST COAST, BRO
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
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Where the fuck was this nigga at when he threw that dart though LMFAO.
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
sweatercuff summed it up
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i liked it a lot. i can't front though, i was hoping for some flatground cruising flips. not because that's what i like to see from all skaters, but that's what i came up seeing from pops. he'd always throw in a couple flatground tricks in his lines. didn't bum me out though. i liked it.
k
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I'm backing shit like this because i'm from the east coast. however, this was dog shit
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
So deep dude, I'm touched.
Not. This fucking sucked. Skating is about pushing fast and going for it with your friends, not being a lazy weirdo who can barely push and is all hunched over like a scoliosis patient. When you stop caring about being trendy on SLAP maybe you'll see that.
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
Skating is about pushing fast and going for it with your friends, not being a lazy weirdo who can barely push and is all hunched over like a scoliosis patient. When you stop caring about being trendy on SLAP maybe you'll see that.
^I'd enjoy watching a video about that too. But I think theres a lot of room to be explored with different levels of "intensity" when it comes to making skateboarding videos. And this one was easier for me to relate to than most videos nowadays. I've had plenty of nights that felt exactly like that video. It's cool to see something different from most videos, and yet familiar to my real-life experience of skating.
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I enjoyed that.
I came into this thread hoping it wasn't a joke and was siked that it was real.
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How is he still pro? ? I don't even understand why he did this feature. ? I don't even see this as a good career move because kids are going to see this and wonder who the fuck this guy is and why is he on my skate radar. ? I don't think his sponsors will be too excited if he gets a bunch of negative feedback from the masses.
Because maybe his sponsors see more in him then just what a bunch of cynical/opnionated kids say about him on the interwebs ?
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I understand pushing down the street fun, and just cruising maybe showcasing Brooklyn. But pops just looked uncomfortable on his skateboard. Even the little pop ollies he was doing looked struggled. I thought pops was the shit before but now it looks like hes been spending too much time making those little tables and not enough skating. I think the people hoping for a solid pops part in the Chocolate video are going to be extremely let down. Hopefully I am wrong.
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(http://www.healthjockey.com/images/crystal-meth.jpg)
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this feature is perfect for his skating.
dude is a bum though, i will not judge him for this because everyone who has done this Off The Grid (title makes no sense to me, they throw a dart that is on the grid, whatever) does simple tricks.
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I enjoyed that.
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this fucking sucked.
Seconded!
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laMe. I was expecting to see someone kickflipping their dick off
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well judging by the fact that he skated from around 1-2am till sunrise must prove pops is indeed on meth.
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i was hoping to see front a 360 shuv. sometimes when i roll around at night i'll drink an iced coffee or eat a small bag of chips.
yay pops!
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i am a fan of pops,,but he should really step up his skate game
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sickkkk
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this video instantly validates the berrics as actually relevant and worth my time.
+5 steve berra
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I love Pops, and I think I understand (and dig) the idea of this. But honestly, I expect a little bit more than a few curb ollies around a couple drunk patrons and a plywood wedge ramp ollie. I mean, I guess he has to take what's offered in that area where his dart hit, but everyone else seemed to come up with more under the same circumstances.
he wasn't really that limited. he landed on Morgan stop but most of that was Bedford/Lorimer. Not saying its cheating, but just, there's plenty of shit to skate if your radius is that big. And its not as if its some unfamiliar neighborhood where he had to search shit out, he knew exactly where he was
cool clip though
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i got this vibe that he was homeless
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Sometimes you gotta wander around the city and explore it by doing only tricks you have first try during the process. Its the funest thing in the world.
Like the video and the idea behind it
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well judging by the fact that he skated from around 1-2am till sunrise must prove pops is indeed on meth.
;D
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one flip trick on flat, is that too much to ask for?
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one flip trick on flat, is that too much to ask for?
yes. up next the ben gilley off the grid.
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clip was rad - a good approach to the repetitive "off the grid" format.........throwing a dart at a map can lead you to something or nothing, he chose a cool approach just flowing around until the sun came up.
i back it.
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well judging by the fact that he skated from around 1-2am till sunrise must prove pops is indeed on meth.
if he was on really on meth he would of done cooler stuff
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sucked
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http://theberrics.com/off-the-grid/anthony-pappalardo.html?autoplay (http://theberrics.com/off-the-grid/anthony-pappalardo.html?autoplay)
only problem... dude is never on the grid.
that shit's funny. I liked the clip, I do this a lot.
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I like him, but I thought it was boring too. I expect more from someone who is able to make a living off of skateboarding. This would have been better if it were Ricky Oyola. At least he would have put some heart into it.
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I rather do that, than watch it. but it wasnt bad
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You people are fucking insane. I seriously hate you guys, especially the guys who are going on about the east coast and shit. I'm going to reddit.
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Those of you under the age of twenty five - shut your child faces. This was nice.
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
sweatercuff summed it up
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yeh i think we're done here.. pops doesnt skate for you fuckos who want NBDs and the latest trend in ledge dancing or flip-trickery in every new clip someone puts out.. i went out the other night and did less than pops did here - charged solo through downtown atl on a saturday night dodging drunk jocks and nightclub bouncers on the sidewalks and just doing ollies and powerslides while constantly moving from spot to spot - in my head i was thinking about the shit i really wanted to do at those spots but knowing it would take me 20 tries. keep moving. very few kids who skate these days can understand that type of skating. they grow up at parks and stair sets - drive from spot to spot. this off the grid shit is the type of skating i like to watch because i can relate to it.
pops will probably always be hooked up because he is respected - but i bet he doesnt really care. if that makes you mad or jealous or envious then too bad.. look at the number of kids out there who can do every trick, tech as shit and gnarly. they cant all get hooked up, its mostly luck and who you know - simple reality. if youve seen anything on him recently or watched his epicly laterd he is all psyched on woodworking and creating furniture now.. and he's obviously still psyched on skating too. pops is just doing his thing
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
yeahhhh, pro skaters are so busy!!!
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My trips to class are usually more exciting than this. I weave through people, ollie up curbs, and sometimes I do 180s.
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I don't even see this as a good career move
Are you fucking serious?
It's impossible to put into words how much you suck.
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one flip trick on flat, is that too much to ask for?
Would it really make any difference? Instead people would be saying "One fucking flip trick on flat? That's it?! Couldn' he at least done a grind?"
You people just love to bitch.
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Was he riding a blank? Pops of Chocolate? Pops of the Grid?
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really bummed on the lack of flip tricks but aside from that it was pretty cool. hopefully this is a good sign for him having a full part in the choc vid
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Is there any way to see this clip without Berra profiting from me visiting his site?
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i liked it a lot. i can't front though, i was hoping for some flatground cruising flips. not because that's what i like to see from all skaters, but that's what i came up seeing from pops. he'd always throw in a couple flatground tricks in his lines. didn't bum me out though. i liked it.
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agreed
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Pops of the Grid?
AHAHAHAHA
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
Skating is about pushing fast and going for it with your friends, not being a lazy weirdo who can barely push and is all hunched over like a scoliosis patient. When you stop caring about being trendy on SLAP maybe you'll see that.
Skating is about doing what the fuck you want.
As for the video, I think that Sweatercuff nailed it.
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He's not even trying any more. That was some of the worst footage released by any pro in years.
Come back Fuck Gino and Pops.
Slap needs you.
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Is there any way to see this clip without Berra profiting from me visiting his site?
usually there's a youtube link but it appears kids don't give a fuck about pops
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Yeah, that's because he sucks man ass.
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It's Anthony Pappalardo, what's to complain about?
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pops used to my favorite skateboarder when i was a kid, but fuck 'em now. however i fully support him in the sense that he somehow has convinced people (both sponsors and rabid cock gobbling fans - see previous posts) to continue to support him on a professional status. people eat his shit up, no matter what it is, and will always defend it. good for him, get that money while you can.
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pops used to my favorite skateboarder when i was a kid, but fuck 'em now. however i fully support him in the sense that he somehow has convinced people (both sponsors and rabid cock gobbling fans - see previous posts) to continue to support him on a professional status. people eat his shit up, no matter what it is, and will always defend it. good for him, get that money while you can.
Well he did switch backside 180 LOVE gap. Wait, that was Wenning; what did Pops do again?
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pops used to my favorite skateboarder when i was a kid, but fuck 'em now. however i fully support him in the sense that he somehow has convinced people (both sponsors and rabid cock gobbling fans - see previous posts) to continue to support him on a professional status. people eat his shit up, no matter what it is, and will always defend it. good for him, get that money while you can.
Well he did switch backside 180 LOVE gap. Wait, that was Wenning; what did Pops do again?
switch ollie, stuck switch flip 10 years ago
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The switch flip for sure, that is the best part about the credits! I wish he would have done it.
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it's 5:00 am and that clip has me dying to go get some coffee
(http://www.healthjockey.com/images/crystal-meth.jpg)
pretty sure he'd be a little more aggressive if that was the case
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I've never seen someone suck so aggressively.
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Poppalardo seems over the pro shit,like a lot of dudes from 93-98-02 era...cant blame the dude for trying to milking it even if it create hate and "envy"...can understand both side.
other than that the clip was cool,i like it...NY is really a fucked up place by night and one thing is you dont really see it in skateboards videos...so i like that glimpse.
no big tricks,no biggie.
live yo life.
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I wonder what Girl Workshop B would have to say? Something about his dick I'm sure.
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Pops Sucks.
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In every one of these I feel like the dart always lands somewhere that the person regularly skates
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if ya want more flippery watch chaz's off the grid and stop denying your true selves. every last skater will do the requisite tre on flat, how many will get in a dumpster and bust a little something? i kinda hope he does a three minute choco part without a flip trick, it would be ground breaking. all yall's panties would be in a bunch. it's poetry.
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He's not even trying any more. That was some of the worst footage released by any pro in years.
Come back Fuck Gino and Pops.
Slap needs you.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6605/fgnpbg.gif)
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pops off the grid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR2Yjr0YT7k#)
He's really going for it!
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you know, a single 3-flip would really have made that so much sicker.. but i still liked it
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i liked the clip itself
but jesus christ pops. we love you. just fucking try.
I hear that!
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i saw this last night, and was gonna post but, i kept deleting my posts, I didnt wanna be a stereotypical hater.
that said, today I will post.
Pops was a professional skateboarder, now he's a skateboarding icon.
he no longer represents progession or style. He looks uncomfortable on a board, and really doesnt look like hes having any fun at all. It looks like he barely skates, his ollies look weak and it clear he is over it.
I understand tha the is attempting to promote simplicity, and fun. I don't need anthony to show me what is fun on a skateboard, I enjoy the simple parts of skateboarding on my own. Its clear he's ove rskateboarding, but not over being sponsored and not hain to work a real j0ob.
Quite sad.
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I don't expect, demand, or care about flatland flip tricks in a cruising part. However, if you're a pro, and over 75% of your little "part" is ollies and up down curbs, you have to expect some backlash on it. I'll admit that part looks like a typical night of skating for me, but add in a few no complies and 180s as well. But, I'm not pro. I think Pops could have put some more effort in. If he wasn't stoked on the idea, why even do it in the first place?
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that clip was beyond cheesy with the drunk people footage. the fuck was that? and was the charles manson song a homage to strobecks clip? fuck this. i'd rather watch fred gall oyola or puleo skate than watch pappalardo do an impression of them.
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if his part in the chocolate video is this boring, he needs to retire. he doesnt look like he enjoys being on a board.
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His motivation to only ollie strengthens with every thread about him on slap
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I blame Berra.
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maybe he's hurt???
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Come on it wasnt that bad, I digged it more that the theotis bangin.
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His motivation to only ollie strengthens with every thread about him on slap
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I'm still trying to figure out how they got one of those California school benches in Brooklyn.
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I'm still trying to figure out how they got one of those California school benches in Brooklyn.
It was sent out UPS by Chocolate for training purposes.
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I'm still trying to figure out how they got one of those California school benches in Brooklyn.
It was sent out UPS by Chocolate for training purposes.
Pops didn't build it?
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that was rad. that loose white board going down the loading dock inside the warehouse looked sketchy. same with that over the rail into the fence. I haven't been following the berrics but isn't this video in a whole other league of interesting as far as scenery and music over the battle commanders edited to lil wayne?
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That was fucking horrible! Yeah it's fun skating all night and cruising but the guy is a "professional" skateboarder. I can see how old fat dudes with jobs, a family, bills, etc can relate to only having the ability to do weak ollies, but you old fat guys should realize you suck at skating because you have responsibilities. He's just some meth addict weirdo that is into making furniture but likes the pay checks he gets because somehow people still back him, like people that love talentless "creative" East Coast douche bags and have too much pride for where they were born and raised, and will probably die. The whole time I was watching that it reminded me of what it feels like to skate after you're hurt for a long time.
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If pops kickflips in a street and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?
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That being said, it is a cool idea. If it had Gerwer or someone like that killing it at night it would be awesome.
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There a dozen fun little DIY skate features right under the BQE where he was. Would have been nice to see him skate them.
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is the meth talk just jokes or actually based on something?
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That was fucking horrible! Yeah it's fun skating all night and cruising but the guy is a "professional" skateboarder. I can see how old fat dudes with jobs, a family, bills, etc can relate to only having the ability to do weak ollies, but you old fat guys should realize you suck at skating because you have responsibilities. He's just some meth addict weirdo that is into making furniture but likes the pay checks he gets because somehow people still back him, like people that love talentless "creative" East Coast douche bags and have too much pride for where they were born and raised, and will probably die. The whole time I was watching that it reminded me of what it feels like to skate after you're hurt for a long time.
This is kind of a good point.. I like the video, but I think I'd be more psyched if this was just some rando off of these boards rather than a seasoned pro. Skating through some sketch locale at night is fun as fuck, but Pops has proven himself capable of putting out top-flight footage over the years, and it's kind of a kick in the teeth for him to squander his talent when I'm sure most of us wish we could pull off half the shit he's done in the past.
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i really enjoyed that. Skating trick wise wasn't very special, but the landscapes were awesome and the whole vid flowed very well, got me hyped to skate.
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
ok, birdo.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
right on, pops.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
i hear ya, fat bill.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
you got it, cool guy.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
sounds good, new reynolds.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
right behind ya, puleo.
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This is kind of a good point.. I like the video, but I think I'd be more psyched if this was just some rando off of these boards rather than a seasoned pro. Skating through some sketch locale at night is fun as fuck, but Pops has proven himself capable of putting out top-flight footage over the years, and it's kind of a kick in the teeth for him to squander his talent when I'm sure most of us wish we could pull off half the shit he's done in the past.
Word, Pops is so talented it's weird to see some of his recent coverage. REgardless, Im interested to see how his choc part will turn out.
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Didn't hate it, didn't love it.
I like Eli Reed and Zared's rainy day off the grid the best out of all of them so far
In conclusion, anything is better than Chaz Ortiz's super boring one
Little bastard does all those flippity tricks!
I don't even like Chaz but the hate is ridiculous, hes good at skateboard tricks, end of.
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I liked it. Probably cause this is exactly how I've been skating the last few months.
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i love that people actually believe the meth rumor.
oh the joys of slap
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I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
ok, birdo.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
right on, pops.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
i hear ya, fat bill.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
you got it, cool guy.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
sounds good, new reynolds.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
right behind ya, puleo.
haha "new reynolds."
i liked this video, that ollie over the rail was crazy.
i really enjoyed that. Skating trick wise wasn't very special, but the landscapes were awesome and the whole vid flowed very well, got me hyped to skate.
and that ^
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I was hoping this was going to be footage of him in his garage making a table.
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I'm still trying to figure out how they got one of those California school benches in Brooklyn.
It was sent out UPS by Chocolate for training purposes.
Pops didn't build it?
Pops don't fuss with plastic.
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Peeps keep calling out another Code 97A on him. It's a global problem, I guess. Where's the Skateboard Police?
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i love that people actually believe the meth rumor.
oh the joys of slap
You think that's crazy? There are seemingly a ton of people here who actually think Pops is going to have a part in the chocolate video...
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Who does that Velvet Underground cover? That's my question.
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I haven't watched one of these yet. Is it just Sterra's answer to park footage getting old and stale?
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I haven't watched one of these yet. Is it just Sterra's answer to park footage getting old and stale?
this is the only one I've watched, so I don't know about the rest, but I would guess "yes" is the answer to that.
Too bad he didn't come to this realization after Dyrdek and Caine Gayle's part in IE
(which kinda brings this thing full circle considering pops is in the first 10 seconds of this clip, not kickflipping.)
Rob Dyrdek & Caine Gayle - Transworld Skateboarding I.E. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-XALhuTKEc#)
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is the meth talk just jokes or actually based on something?
They don't call him Anthony "Ice Man" Pappalardo for nothing.
Dood is deep in it.
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I haven't watched one of these yet. Is it just Sterra's answer to park footage getting old and stale?
this is the only one I've watched, so I don't know about the rest, but I would guess "yes" is the answer to that.
Too bad he didn't come to this realization after Dyrdek and Caine Gayle's part in IE
(which kinda brings this thing full circle considering pops is in the first 10 seconds of this clip, not kickflipping.)
Rob Dyrdek & Caine Gayle - Transworld Skateboarding I.E. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-XALhuTKEc#)
Anthony Pappalardo - I.E. - TransWorld SKATEboarding - ie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpiBjHa6j04#)
Good point. pops doesn't do any flip tricks in IE
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Its weird when you see new Pappalardo footage , sometimes you kinda forget how fucking good he was / is . But then when you see old AWS footage and shit , you just suddenly remember holy shit that dude is good
Still hoping for 2 song end part in Choco vid with all his old school tech and big stuff combined with some of his new style .
Anyways , he is still young , and he isnt hurt so he should be able to do all the old stuff.
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I haven't watched one of these yet. Is it just Sterra's answer to park footage getting old and stale?
this is the only one I've watched, so I don't know about the rest, but I would guess "yes" is the answer to that.
Too bad he didn't come to this realization after Dyrdek and Caine Gayle's part in IE
(which kinda brings this thing full circle considering pops is in the first 10 seconds of this clip, not kickflipping.)
Rob Dyrdek & Caine Gayle - Transworld Skateboarding I.E. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-XALhuTKEc#)
Anthony Pappalardo - I.E. - TransWorld SKATEboarding - ie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpiBjHa6j04#)
Good point. pops doesn't do any flip tricks in IE
i think you misread my sweater buddy's post. he was referring to just the first 10 seconds in rob & caine's part, not pops' part.
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I haven't watched one of these yet. Is it just Sterra's answer to park footage getting old and stale?
this is the only one I've watched, so I don't know about the rest, but I would guess "yes" is the answer to that.
Too bad he didn't come to this realization after Dyrdek and Caine Gayle's part in IE
(which kinda brings this thing full circle considering pops is in the first 10 seconds of this clip, not kickflipping.)
Rob Dyrdek & Caine Gayle - Transworld Skateboarding I.E. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-XALhuTKEc#)
Anthony Pappalardo - I.E. - TransWorld SKATEboarding - ie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpiBjHa6j04#)
Good point. pops doesn't do any flip tricks in IE
i think you misread my sweater buddy's post. he was referring to just the first 10 seconds in rob & caine's part, not pops' part.
OrDie is right.
however, kudos for posting Pop's part from IE anyways. it's a good'un.
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Who does that Velvet Underground cover? That's my question.
I think it was Sonic Youth, but I've never heard it before.
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Who does that Velvet Underground cover? That's my question.
I think it was Sonic Youth, but I've never heard it before.
yep^
http://www.mrtzc-download-server1.asia/CRNKa9.mrtzcmp3 (http://www.mrtzc-download-server1.asia/CRNKa9.mrtzcmp3)
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"i wish i could buy stock in things like 'pappalardo threads on slap being mad controversial' "
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doesn't some kid ollie the same fence pops ollied in this, in the newest ny sewer clip?
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doesn't some kid ollie the same fence pops ollied in this, in the newest ny sewer clip?
noticed that too.
and both landings seemed kinda equally sketchy-ish.
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pops is the best skater ever. hes just having fun and doing whatever he wants to do on a skateboard. If that means keeping it basic and true to what he wants to do, so what. Sure what hes put out recenetly its not the best footage in world, but these things are hardly a testement to what hes really doing behind the scenes. All of these off the grids have been just fucking around footage, some interpret it differnetly then others, but nobody has taken it seriously (maybe chaz orteez, but i didnt watch his so i wouldnt know).
While i have my doubts about pappalardo, i think largely it comes from him not wanting to advertise himself like other skaters do, and sponsors that down for that and not saying "you must have 3 ads in a magazine per year or we kick you off". I think thats probably something to be more stoked on then to hate on. Pappalardo and the way his sponsors treat him is like what skateboarding was about in the 80s and 90s and shit, where it was just go out and skate and maybe film a trick once in a while. A time when skateboarding was never an obligation and a job, like it is for so many other skaters in the world today. Obviously though being a pro skater comes with responsibilities, but business is business. If pops is still selling boards and making money for his sponsors, despite not putting out footage, then why shouldnt he be getting paid?
The whole pops mystery will be resolved in the chocolate video. His part is honestly one that im most hyped for, have no idea what to expect.
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pops just does his thing - this was the most creative off-the-grid artistically due to the trippy fucked up late night brooklyn shit - which i think made it awesome. i cant tell you a single trick anyone did in their off the grid videos.. its just dorking around.
also - i dont really think chaz was taking shit that seriously with his off the grid - if chaz skated like that all the time people on here might actually like him, somewhat
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If pops kickflips in a street and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?
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I like him, but I thought it was boring too. �I expect more from someone who is able to make a living off of skateboarding. �This would have been better if it were Ricky Oyola. �At least he would have put some heart into it.
this.
this guys has done little more than ollie for the last couple of years & he's supposed to be a professional skateboarder & gets paid? everybody on this message board should be pro then. if you have a job & you slack off, you get fired. skating & getting paid to do it, i feel, should be the same. that's why you're called a professional skateboarder, you have the ability to do above what the rest of the skate community can do. kick this guy off & give someone else out of the thousands of no names that're busting they're ass off a chance.
not only did this suck, this guy's career for the last few years sucks. it's a shame, his part in i.e. is one of my most favorite parts EVER.
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this guys has done little more than ollie for the last couple of years & he's supposed to be a professional skateboarder & gets paid? everybody on this message board should be pro then. if you have a job & you slack off, you get fired. skating & getting paid to do it, i feel, should be the same. that's why you're called a professional skateboarder, you have the ability to do above what the rest of the skate community can do. kick this guy off & give someone else out of the thousands of no names that're busting they're ass off a chance.
Ability alone, a pro does not make.
Pop's past is what got him notoriety, which is what generates sales of products he represents, which eventually lead to him going "pro", and so long as the name Pappalardo can generate interest, he'll make money off of his skateboarding (no matter how limited, sparse or lack-luster it gets).
Skateboarding already has plenty of guys in it that can "do above what the rest of the skate community can do".
And I still enjoy watching (some of) them.
But I also enjoy watching someone who's been that in the past, but now approaches their skating in a different way.
The stance you've chosen to take is just like those people that say "how is this art?! its just a bunch of splatters on a canvas! I could make that!" after seeing a Jackson Pollock painting.
And if that's too much of a faggyhipsterartist-like interpretation, then lemme approach it from a competitive sports angle.
Michael Jordan still has pro model shoes dropping for Nike.
And if a video of him just leisurely shooting hoops at a court in Brooklyn at 4 am dropped, I wouldn't complain about how he wasn't working on his windmill 360's, or how some random kid from a college team is "busting his ass" so much harder than he is now, or how he hasn't played in, or won, a game in years.
I'd just watch the old guy shoot the ball around the best he can, the way he wants.
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this guys has done little more than ollie for the last couple of years & he's supposed to be a professional skateboarder & gets paid? everybody on this message board should be pro then. if you have a job & you slack off, you get fired. skating & getting paid to do it, i feel, should be the same. that's why you're called a professional skateboarder, you have the ability to do above what the rest of the skate community can do. kick this guy off & give someone else out of the thousands of no names that're busting they're ass off a chance.
Ability alone, a pro does not make.
Pop's past is what got him notoriety, which is what generates sales of products he represents, which eventually lead to him going "pro", and so long as the name Pappalardo can generate interest, he'll make money off of his skateboarding (no matter how limited, sparse or lack-luster it gets).
Skateboarding already has plenty of guys in it that can "do above what the rest of the skate community can do".
And I still enjoy watching (some of) them.
But I also enjoy watching someone who's been that in the past, but now approaches their skating in a different way.
The stance you've chosen to take is just like those people that say "how is this art?! its just a bunch of splatters on a canvas! I could make that!" after seeing a Jackson Pollock painting.
And if that's too much of a faggyhipsterartist-like interpretation, then lemme approach it from a competitive sports angle.
Michael Jordan still has pro model shoes dropping for Nike.
And if a video of him just leisurely shooting hoops at a court in Brooklyn at 4 am dropped, I wouldn't complain about how he wasn't working on his windmill 360's, or how some random kid from a college team is "busting his ass" so much harder than he is now, or how he hasn't played in, or won, a game in years.
I'd just watch the old guy shoot the ball around the best he can, the way he wants.
how can you even compare pops' career to jordans? jordan's career shits on pops'. compare jordan's career to someone like koston & that might be a better comparison. but koston is still busting his ass off. pops' career didn't even scratch koston's before he decided to go half assed. not even half assed more like no assed. i don't even remember most of his stuff as "pro". everything i remember of him was him as an am. i feel pro's have to respect that they can even earn a good living off of skateboarding & keep doing it to the best of their abilities, like koston, because a few years ago that shit was not possible. him not putting any effort into his career as a pro is basically shitting on everybody who kept skating alive even though they weren't making shit.
respect where skating came from & how far it's gone. this dude takes being a paid professional skateboarder for granted. 100000%
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you like pops or you dont - pretty simple
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you like pops or you dont - pretty simple
my friend, you are completely missing the point of a message board.
if everybody had nothing but "i hate pops" or "i like pops" to say, this place wouldn't be the slap message boards.
we are but only humans, & we as a whole have 789h23r9hj8j23r different opinions on any single topic.
a message board is a healthy place to discuss these opinions.
so i say debate on!
but if i had to say anything linear to what you think people should say... i hate what pops has become.
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i'll just add some more fuel to fire
for a fact i have seen more footage of cardiel in the last 5 years than i have from pops. not only that but cardiel was trying hard as shit, as he could barely walk, and was in the van and on the road touring with his teams, getting out there, showing love to his fans and getting stoked on everything. compare that to pops in the last 5 years and it's all you really need to know about what makes a professional.
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ive already spoken my mind on the subject previously in the thread - dont need your ranting
you hate what pops has become - ok then.. good input. seer. maybe he'll blow minds with his chocolate part, or maybe he wont - but every other person in here is just spewing hate for the skate of it. have fun. not a big deal - but you all look like kooks.. go skate - dont take it so seriously
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kooks eh? well it's close to midnight here in san francisco & it's freezing & there are no indoor skateparks so there's no way i can skate. we're discussing things about skateboarding, something a lot of us take seriously because we love it. &talking about skating is what we do when we're not skating because we love it. &having an opinion that's against yours makes us kooks? look in the mirror, kook.
just a little off topic, the word kook starts to sound really funny/awkward after you say it a lot.
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see, in my opinion, there's enough room for all the Cardiels AND the Pops.
but I could give a fuck about professionalism in skateboarding. It's only loosly...loosly based on it anyways.
Jason Dill (From Transworld Skateboarding's Feedback) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7lLUxI_Go#)
(only took 5 pages before Dill got tractor beamed into this thread of NY skaters and so called "career milking", but I really I just wanted to post this up cause watching those parts from IE immediately reminded me of this gem)
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yeah it is so much more than opinion & ability. it's just i think as long as you still have the ability to skate hard, you should go as hard as you can. unless something bad happens & takes you out, then i think it's cool that the skate industry takes care of you. or maybe you gety old & can't skate anymore, then it's cool for you to not skate but still get paid. or grow up & start a company & get paid of that. i mean, cardiel can't skate, & you can tell he's trying as hard as he can whenever he does. pops is the total opposite. whatever i'm done talking about pops.
i was beginning to put tom penny into the career milker category until this came out:
Supra Europe Tour 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ2T9XFdugw#ws)
a full supra video would be epic as fuck. up there with menikmati & fully flared as far as footwear videos.
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i actually enjoyed watching this.
it wouldnt hurt to see some actual footage from him though.
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That was like watching a bad Shawn powers clip
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Ability alone, a pro does not make.
Pop's past is what got him notoriety, which is what generates sales of products he represents, which eventually lead to him going "pro", and so long as the name Pappalardo can generate interest, he'll make money off of his skateboarding (no matter how limited, sparse or lack-luster it gets).
Skateboarding already has plenty of guys in it that can "do above what the rest of the skate community can do".
And I still enjoy watching (some of) them.
But I also enjoy watching someone who's been that in the past, but now approaches their skating in a different way.
The stance you've chosen to take is just like those people that say "how is this art?! its just a bunch of splatters on a canvas! I could make that!" after seeing a Jackson Pollock painting.
And if that's too much of a faggyhipsterartist-like interpretation, then lemme approach it from a competitive sports angle.
Michael Jordan still has pro model shoes dropping for Nike.
And if a video of him just leisurely shooting hoops at a court in Brooklyn at 4 am dropped, I wouldn't complain about how he wasn't working on his windmill 360's, or how some random kid from a college team is "busting his ass" so much harder than he is now, or how he hasn't played in, or won, a game in years.
I'd just watch the old guy shoot the ball around the best he can, the way he wants.
What's this? A sensible post on Slap? We'll have none of that!
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kooks eh? well it's close to midnight here in san francisco & it's freezing & there are no indoor skateparks so there's no way i can skate. we're discussing things about skateboarding, something a lot of us take seriously because we love it. &talking about skating is what we do when we're not skating because we love it. &having an opinion that's against yours makes us kooks? look in the mirror, kook.
just a little off topic, the word kook starts to sound really funny/awkward after you say it a lot.
really can't imagine it being "freezing" in san francisco at midnight at this time of year, man up.
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damnit. saw this thread again and thought it was about popps losing sponsors. got hyped for a sec.
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anyone got the clip of popps skating a demo and eating shit olling a pyramid and trying to skate a piece of plywood on a street and falling? it's pretty funny.
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i'll just add some more fuel to fire
for a fact i have seen more footage of cardiel in the last 5 years than i have from pops. not only that but cardiel was trying hard as shit, as he could barely walk, and was in the van and on the road touring with his teams, getting out there, showing love to his fans and getting stoked on everything. compare that to pops in the last 5 years and it's all you really need to know about what makes a professional.
fully flared came out 4 years ago (2007) where poppalardo had a full 2.5 minute part
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Ability alone, a pro does not make.
Pop's past is what got him notoriety, which is what generates sales of products he represents, which eventually lead to him going "pro", and so long as the name Pappalardo can generate interest, he'll make money off of his skateboarding (no matter how limited, sparse or lack-luster it gets).
Skateboarding already has plenty of guys in it that can "do above what the rest of the skate community can do".
And I still enjoy watching (some of) them.
But I also enjoy watching someone who's been that in the past, but now approaches their skating in a different way.
The stance you've chosen to take is just like those people that say "how is this art?! its just a bunch of splatters on a canvas! I could make that!" after seeing a Jackson Pollock painting.
And if that's too much of a faggyhipsterartist-like interpretation, then lemme approach it from a competitive sports angle.
Michael Jordan still has pro model shoes dropping for Nike.
And if a video of him just leisurely shooting hoops at a court in Brooklyn at 4 am dropped, I wouldn't complain about how he wasn't working on his windmill 360's, or how some random kid from a college team is "busting his ass" so much harder than he is now, or how he hasn't played in, or won, a game in years.
I'd just watch the old guy shoot the ball around the best he can, the way he wants.
What's this? A sensible post on Slap? We'll have none of that!
Actually, that's a fucking horrible analogy, if you ask me. You don't compare basketball and skateboarding. You don't "play" skateboarding to "win," like you do in basketball. They are two completely different activities. Fuck off with the jock shit.
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I saw Pappalardo the other night around 2am doing noseblunts on the benches at washingston square park.
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I enjoyed it as a little art clip. I liked the kooks and the nightlife stuff, as well as the surreal vibe done through the edit. I dunno, it was just a cool looking/sounding skateboard-themed stupor. Backing it.
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pops is the best skater ever. hes just having fun and doing whatever he wants to do on a skateboard. If that means keeping it basic and true to what he wants to do, so what. Sure what hes put out recenetly its not the best footage in world, but these things are hardly a testement to what hes really doing behind the scenes. All of these off the grids have been just fucking around footage, some interpret it differnetly then others, but nobody has taken it seriously (maybe chaz orteez, but i didnt watch his so i wouldnt know).
While i have my doubts about pappalardo, i think largely it comes from him not wanting to advertise himself like other skaters do, and sponsors that down for that and not saying "you must have 3 ads in a magazine per year or we kick you off". I think thats probably something to be more stoked on then to hate on. Pappalardo and the way his sponsors treat him is like what skateboarding was about in the 80s and 90s and shit, where it was just go out and skate and maybe film a trick once in a while. A time when skateboarding was never an obligation and a job, like it is for so many other skaters in the world today. Obviously though being a pro skater comes with responsibilities, but business is business. If pops is still selling boards and making money for his sponsors, despite not putting out footage, then why shouldnt he be getting paid?
The whole pops mystery will be resolved in the chocolate video. His part is honestly one that im most hyped for, have no idea what to expect.
Don't think he's selling boards anymore since Chocolate only gave him 1 pro model this season and kicked him off their series decks.
http://www.wallridecatalog.com/wallride22/index.html#id=album-239643&num=content-4293659 (http://www.wallridecatalog.com/wallride22/index.html#id=album-239643&num=content-4293659)
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Actually, that's a fucking horrible analogy, if you ask me. You don't compare basketball and skateboarding. You don't "play" skateboarding to "win," like you do in basketball. They are two completely different activities. Fuck off with the jock shit.
thats fine dude, then just read the first half of my post.
or don't.
cause this ain't the NBA, and this also ain't a jackson pollock painting.
maybe I should have used skateboarding as an analogy for skateboarding.
Or wait! No! Even better!
I should just not read all the posts that came before this page and completely disregard the merit and message in someones post over semantics, and get really caught up in the detail of one tiny little part of what they said, so I can claim 'core, instead of thinking constructively and trying to follow their point.
And anyways, technically, I wasn't making an analogy between basketball and skateboarding. I was making one between Jordan the human and Pops the human.
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i'll just add some more fuel to fire
for a fact i have seen more footage of cardiel in the last 5 years than i have from pops.� not only that but cardiel was trying hard as shit, as he could barely walk, and was in the van and on the road touring with his teams, getting out there, showing love to his fans and getting stoked on everything.� �compare that to pops in the last 5 years and it's all you really need to know about what makes a professional.� �
fully flared came out 4 years ago (2007) where poppalardo had a full 2.5 minute part
fine, 4 years ago, with footage that was filmed up to a couple years prior to 2007. you completely ignored my post otherwise, which i think makes a valid point of what i think makes a professional skateboarder. my other post in this thread praised pops, for being able to convince people they are 'being true to street skating' by supporting him, buying his product and being 'counter current skate culture'. basically like thinking youre different if you buy from hot topic, when you are still buying into a marketing approach.
at the end of the day, being professional means being able to sell products and create a demand for your signature gear, and to me a guy that is still learning to walk properly yet still trying his best to skate as much as he can and still going on all the tours he can and be involved in the scene embodies 'professionalism' or whatever you wanna call it. all i am saying is get out there and do your best. everyone on slap skates for fun. we aren't pro. do your damn job.
however, i do think pops should rake in every single cent he can.
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Actually, that's a fucking horrible analogy, if you ask me. You don't compare basketball and skateboarding. You don't "play" skateboarding to "win," like you do in basketball. They are two completely different activities. Fuck off with the jock shit.
thats fine dude, then just read the first half of my post.
or don't.
cause this ain't the NBA, and this also ain't a jackson pollock painting.
maybe I should have used skateboarding as an analogy for skateboarding.
Or wait! No! Even better!
I should just not read all the posts that came before this page and completely disregard the merit and message in someones post over semantics, and get really caught up in the detail of one tiny little part of what they said, so I can claim 'core, instead of thinking constructively and trying to follow their point.
And anyways, technically, I wasn't making an analogy between basketball and skateboarding. I was making one between Jordan the human and Pops the human.
We're on the same side here, buddy. We both like Pops. I'm just saying that's a horrible analogy, and I'm also saying that the backlash on this part is understandable. But, let's use your analogy. Jordan is known for his crazy dunks, right? If we carry in the same vein, then it would be like Jordan putting out a clip of him doing a bunch of standard layups while a bum pukes in the corner and some partygoers walk past the court. Some people will dig it, but there's going to be a lot of folks, most of them fans, expressing their displeasure with it.
I'm not claiming anything, except that I was a bit letdown by this clip, and I prefer Mosaic era Pops to crazy tech Pops.
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I always thought it seemed really regular to compare skaters to dudes that are legends or just crazy good like cards, reynolds, koston, daewon, torey, way etc...because those dudes are freaks of nature on a board and are on a whole different level than everyone else. Like when people say, "so what if this guy is in his 30's he should be throwing down harder like when he was younger, just look at reynolds, he's older and still jumps down big shit". Ya no shit, that dudes a total exception to the game. I think if pops heard someone comparing him to cards he would just laugh and be like, "I don't ever wanna be compared to anyone like that". As it should be.
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MILKIN IT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GpqqRZgNo#)
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The crazy thing about all of this is that for a guy you barely ever see coverage of, he gets a ridiculous amount of talk on these msg boards.
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these off the grids are really starting to suck
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Some one PLEASE hurry and kick this piece of shit off of all his sponsors until he learns how to skate again. Fuck I'm so tired of seeing his mediocre footage pollute my internets.
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Like.
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He needs to lay off the stool-making.
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Waka Flocka Flame- "Fuk Dis Industry" (Official HD Video) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw1ISW1NcSA#ws)
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MILKIN IT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GpqqRZgNo#)
"uh-AAEEHH"
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Fuck I hate pops!
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Don't think he's selling boards anymore since Chocolate only gave him 1 pro model this season and kicked him off their series decks.
http://www.wallridecatalog.com/wallride22/index.html#id=album-239643&num=content-4293659 (http://www.wallridecatalog.com/wallride22/index.html#id=album-239643&num=content-4293659)
wow, i was gonna make a post saying how its no big deal cause alot of chocolate pros only have 2 boards, but then i realized that daniel castillio has more pro boards out than pappalardo... ouch
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fuck the haters...this dude skated all night, that is gnarly
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that Marc Johnson Dr. Strangelove deck is sick.
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kooks eh? well it's close to midnight here in san francisco & it's freezing & there are no indoor skateparks so there's no way i can skate. we're discussing things about skateboarding, something a lot of us take seriously because we love it. &talking about skating is what we do when we're not skating because we love it. &having an opinion that's against yours makes us kooks? look in the mirror, kook.
just a little off topic, the word kook starts to sound really funny/awkward after you say it a lot.
really can't imagine it being "freezing" in san francisco at midnight at this time of year, man up.
cool story, bro.
actually, if you've lived in san francisco your whole life, or even just lived here for a year, you'd know that we don't have seasons, so your whole "this time of year" point is invalid. it can be in the middle of summer & freezing, or in the winter & 70 degrees one day out of the week.
i just manned your bay area weather knowledge up. even though i think everybody but you knows what i just explained.
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He needs to lay off the stool-making.
is that what there calling meth these days
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to me, this is the problem with the changes that the internet has brought to skateboarding... this is just a web clip, who cares if pops is doing 'hard tricks'? before all this web bullshit, real company and video mag parts were what made the skater.. pops is just an old style pro, and the fact that he even gave a clip to the berrics is pretty wild in my opinion. i'm stoked on the clip personally.
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Kid had drive, now he doesn't. The glory days gotta end at some point. Just how i see it.
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I find it funny that everyone's judgement of Pops comes off of web clips nowadays. A causality of the instant gratification age, I suppose.
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I find it funny that everyone's judgement of Pops comes off of web clips nowadays. A causality of the instant gratification age, I suppose.
For sure.
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Guys, really?
Look, I like Pops a lot too, but this is just plain bull shit! Do you guys even skate? Can you not see how weak he looks? Dude has got to start skating more, this is just pathetic!
Sorry, but if you can't see how feeble this was then you might be dumb.
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MILKIN IT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GpqqRZgNo#)
Hahahah That never gets old.
To go from being one of the best in the world to what he is now I'd guess he either has a huge drug/ alcohol problem, a serious illness or some kind of Cardial type of injury. It's not like he's just not on top of his game, he can almost barely ride a skateboard or ollie... To me it's not even that he isn't trying, it's that he is now a completely talentless dude when it comes to skateboarding.
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MILKIN IT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GpqqRZgNo#)
Hahahah That never gets old.
To go from being one of the best in the world to what he is now I'd guess he either has a huge drug/ alcohol problem, a serious illness or some kind of Cardial type of injury. It's not like he's just not on top of his game, he can almost barely ride a skateboard or ollie... To me it's not even that he isn't trying, it's that he is now a completely talentless dude when it comes to skateboarding.
Im still hoping for a super part for the choco vid , ender , 2 songs , shutting down all the hate . If he doesnt pull through with that Im giving up on him . Dudes had plenty of time to film for this vid .
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HAHAHAHA, SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT HIS CHOCOLATE PART TO BE GOOD
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Does there need to be this much talk about it man? (I am aware that I'm only adding to it at this point) There's really no need to argue over it, some will always like him for what he did, like me, others won't. Some won't consider him worthy of sponsership, some will, (if you think about what he's done and that he still is a recodnized figure that a good number support then it makes sense for companies to still put his name on their stuff) but none of it actually matters. I hope for one last really cool part, if it doesn't happen it doesn't happen, whatever. This much talk, every time something about him is posted, is plain stupid.
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on the one hand its nice because it validates average person style. on the other theres dennis busenitz and andrew reynolds.
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HAHAHAHA, SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT HIS CHOCOLATE PART TO BE GOOD
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that ad is fucking sick, im actually hyped for his part in the choco vid.
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that ad is fucking sick, im actually hyped for his part in the choco vid.
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WOAH?? is that recent???
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never thought id ever see another ad of papplardo where i would say "wtf is going on in that ad??" i see what looks like a 20foot + drop on one side of the ledge, and judigng by the distance he had to gap into that grind....
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That ad is 3 years old.
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damn in that case...
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If I'm not mistaken, that ad has been around since before Fully Flared
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kooks eh? well it's close to midnight here in san francisco & it's freezing & there are no indoor skateparks so there's no way i can skate. we're discussing things about skateboarding, something a lot of us take seriously because we love it. &talking about skating is what we do when we're not skating because we love it. &having an opinion that's against yours makes us kooks? look in the mirror, kook.
just a little off topic, the word kook starts to sound really funny/awkward after you say it a lot.
really can't imagine it being "freezing" in san francisco at midnight at this time of year, man up.
Nope, theotis is right, it was in the upper 40s and foggy wet. No fun at all.
I'm backing him as far as what he said about pops too. Dudes last part came out four years ago, he's had maybe six pics/ads since then, none of them being particularly noteworthy. I agree that "if people still buy his boards, then what does it matter?", but it frustrates me to see someone who has one of the best jobs in the world use it as an opportunity to do nothing. Those ollies, the one fs board and shove-it looked way weaker than they should have, were he still skating on a regular basis. That just makes me wonder if he really is going out and skating anymore. Then, if he doesn't care enough to put the effort in, move on and make room for some of the younger guys who are still excited about skating.
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(http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4720/pophx1.jpg)
This is the kind of shit I like seeing from Pops (I am aware this is old but still.) For example his Fully Flared part was way more basic, but it was still very sick shit on somewhat unique spots. If he's going to go the basic route he should atleast do it on some legit spots.
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If I'm not mistaken, that ad has been around since before Fully Flared
From SPOT website
Transworld Magazine - August 2008
Full Page, Advertisement: 5-0 grind on a flat ledge into a bank for a Chocolate ad. Photo by Unknown Company: Chocolate
Can't believe it's over 3 years old already. I was going to guess a year or two max. Time flies.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
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That being said, it is a cool idea. If it had Gerwer or someone like that killing it at night it would be awesome.
Fuck yea - couldn't agree more..!
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I admit, on a pro level of skating, this was weak. But, I really enjoyed it. Like Sweater said, its a close picture to my nights skating downtown. Running 3 or 4 dudes deep, hitting spot to spot. You only have time to do what you have first try. Dealing with drunkards trying ride your board. He skated some cool spots too. I would love to ATLEAST have Pappalardo back in his Fully Flared days.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
joey peppers always walking around brooklyn
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
joey peppers always walking around brooklyn
i enjoy walking, riding my bicycle, AND skating around brooklyn. the first two are nice because you can do them with gurlz.
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I get the point of "Off The Grid" and that it's about cruising the streets, but it seemed like Pops planned allot of that part out setting up all those plywood/wood crate obstacles.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
joey peppers always walking around brooklyn
i enjoy walking, riding my bicycle, AND skating around brooklyn. the first two are nice because you can do them with gurlz.
What the fuck are girls?
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MILKIN IT (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GpqqRZgNo#)
"uh-AAEEHH"
Rather watch Cardiel ride a bike.
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Here you go bro.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FUCKGINOnPOPS#p/a/u/0/RQxG3vxZZjY (http://www.youtube.com/user/FUCKGINOnPOPS#p/a/u/0/RQxG3vxZZjY)
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
How old are you?
I am 24.
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
harsh.
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
harsh.
haha i lol'd that is harsh!
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
harsh.
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Here you go bro.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FUCKGINOnPOPS#p/a/u/0/RQxG3vxZZjY (http://www.youtube.com/user/FUCKGINOnPOPS#p/a/u/0/RQxG3vxZZjY)
Ha - Thanks, Bud... Check out this one too:
http://offthewall.tv/video/shore_break_baby_time_well_spent (http://offthewall.tv/video/shore_break_baby_time_well_spent)
All the Shore Break Babies are fucking awesome.
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
you're trying to tell me when his photosynthesis part dropped that wasn't completely monumental to New York skateboarding basically giving him a hall pass to rise to the title of "one of the most tech skateboarders of his time" along with kalis and all of those other dudes. why do you think his "old style" is talked about so much and Israel Forbes is probably dead in some gutter out side of Santa Cruz.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
How old are you?
I am 24.
you're also uneducated, but i could see why you'd want to keep that one under wraps.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
How old are you?
I am 24.
you're also uneducated, but i could see why you'd want to keep that one under wraps.
Please, do explain. I am too uneducated to understand.
How old are you?
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
How old are you?
I am 24.
you're also uneducated, but i could see why you'd want to keep that one under wraps.
Please, do explain. I am too uneducated to understand.
How old are you?
you are playing a dangerous game here. if he is older than you, he must be smarter, so take care.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
How old are you?
I am 24.
you're also uneducated, but i could see why you'd want to keep that one under wraps.
Please, do explain. I am too uneducated to understand.
How old are you?
you are playing a dangerous game here. if he is older than you, he must be smarter, so take care.
due to internet anonymity he can feel free to insert any age above 24.
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i was skating in brooklyn about a week ago and passed by him walking. that should say enough to those who are "backing him".
A pro must have a board on them at all times?
other than the fact that one of the most innovative skateboarders has converted his unmatched style to ollies and 50-50s and he lives in a land of asphalt. i'd say its pretty fucking disappointing when you see one of the greats just walking around.
How old are you?
I am 24.
you're also uneducated, but i could see why you'd want to keep that one under wraps.
Please, do explain. I am too uneducated to understand.
How old are you?
you are playing a dangerous game here. if he is older than you, he must be smarter, so take care.
due to internet anonymity he can feel free to insert any age above 24.
he would be lying then. that has no acceptance on slap. only the truth. and kittens.
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saying that you dont respect a pro cause they didn't have a skateboard with them when you saw them is like hearing a kid upset that Santa is at more than one mall.
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0a19R5Udo&feature=player_embedded
Greatest Skaters: #673 Israel Forbes
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Pops was never 'one of the greats'.
Unless the list of greats runs in the hundreds and includes people like Israel Forbes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0a19R5Udo&feature=player_embedded
Greatest Skaters: #673 Israel Forbes
Doin' the Bojangles thing at 2:16 - way ahead of his time...
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Pops part in the Choco video will probably look a lot like Scott Johnstons part in Fully Flared.
If it's anything more than that, well it still probably won't be as good as that video of Cards riding his bike two pages back.
I'm still going to watch it either way.
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8 pages.
people obviously give a fuck.
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8 pages is standard for any Pappalardo related thread. Let's push it too 9.
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Dude is legend status. Barely not on the Mount Rushmore of street skating with Gonz, Natas, Mullen, Koston.
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if pops smokes meth in the forrest, does BA give a fuck?
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Dude is legend status. Barely not on the Mount Rushmore of street skating with Gonz, Natas, Mullen, Koston.
lol.. there are at least 10 other names that would go on that list above pops. that being said - im fully backing the dude.. he just needs to skate more and it will all come back. you can tell he has been focused on the wood working stuff and that he is a little off - but i dont think he suddenly lost all his skill.. just a little rusty maybe
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talk about beating a dead horse then fucking its carcass then complaining when
said carcass doesn't give you head after you nut.
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i prefer street skating too, kna mean? but you should take this shit to open mic night with Mike v son.
I liked it, and keep your jockified babylon to yourself and chase the "RADiKal Trixxzzz" dragon down on abc or fox televising street league, cause I hope to see more videos like it in the future.
When I go out skating late at night, I'm not exactly kickflipping my dick off either, nor would I take more than 2 tries at anything before moving on and skating to the next spot. This was a good, unfiltered, (and im gonna cringe a little bit with this last one...) and raw depiction of what skateboarding means to someone like me, and what an average night rolling around the neighborhood feels like.
I'm not bringing a generator along with me.
No I don't wanna watch the shot we just got.
Fuck a car, cellphone, or anything in my pockets 'sept a sweaty dollar for a bottle of water.
Lets go see whats over there.
And then take a different way back.
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Doin' the Bojangles thing at 2:16 - way ahead of his time...
everyone was doing that shit in '92, c'mon where were you?
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when it comes to a relaxed vibe i'd rather watch louie barletta skate. he's just having fun with no pretention to it. with pappalardo it just looks painful and i get this vibe that he's trying to act like he's above doing tech tricks. i used to love pops. now its kinda hard to.
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Doin' the Bojangles thing at 2:16 - way ahead of his time...
everyone was doing that shit in '92, c'mon where were you?
It was just an excuse to say "bojangles" - ah i hope that catches on...
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just doin' my part to push it to 9...
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pushing it to the limits as always
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Tom Asta is the new Pappalardo, though he's not as good at using woodglue.
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Tom Asta is the new Pappalardo
what in the fuck is that supposed to mean?
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Tom Asta is the new Pappalardo, though he's not as good at using woodglue.
no
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i heard he doesnt skateobard enough to justify being a professional skateboarder.
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I heard Cardiel skates more than Pops.
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Is there a constant need to always live up to expectations? Let pops skate because this is no video part for anything, he is just skating parts of new york for the sake of just skating. Same thing went for Petersen and Supa's "Off the Grid" segment, they are just exploring parts of a city for the sake of skating places that they don't intend to skate. Too many expectations?
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leave pops alone! leaaaave him alllllllone!!!!! :'(