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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: Roro1 on April 24, 2015, 11:54:12 AM
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http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2015/04/24/meet-the-youtube-stars-that-are-disrupting-skateboarding/ (http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2015/04/24/meet-the-youtube-stars-that-are-disrupting-skateboarding/)
Jenkem are the best
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Their shits always sooo good.
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Yes, it is.
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never heard of any of these guys. and who are the creeps who follow them?
excellent article anyway
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That was really well done instead of just saying fuck those dudes, it went into way more detail. I don't know if I'll ever be comfortable with skateboarding youtube stars but I don't think it'll ever die. Still not sure if it'll eventually take over skating since I know some young dude that think those guys are stupid but it's totally possible.
EDIT: I just thought of slap in the future and people sharing the latest Andy Shyrock video, man that'd be horrible.
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wut?
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Black ninja is still the shit, idk who those other people are. I'm kind of sick of articles referencing slap all the time.
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blackninja is cool, the other ones aren't. Helmet dude has a beyond punchable face
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There are some similarities with the emergence of the more kid-friendly Transworld magazine in the 80s (which was founded as a response to Thrasher's semi-pornographic Indy ad with an underaged girl). On the other hand, staffers GSD, Blender, Mountain, JGB, and Dave Carson gave TWS enough credibility.
If these YouTube stars are disrupters, they must have done so unwittingly, at least initially. In more ways, their success is due to mainstream pros failing to see the potential in YouTube. It must also be fairly laborious.
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Black ninja is still the shit, idk who those other people are. I'm kind of sick of articles referencing slap all the time.
At least they don't just call us "the messageboards" or "the internet" anymore like we're Voldemort.
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I think this article just called me a fuddy duddy
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the only thing I don't like about those guys is that they're making kids think it's ok to constantly be filming yourself and putting it online. it's breeding a culture of narcissism that's so prevalent in the rest of social media and bringing it to skateboarding
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Any of these youtube stars killing it on iTunes? Maybe it's more profitable to sell videos on iTunes then to get youtube views and subscribers. Thrasher and Ride Channel both have more subscribers than those kids... http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-sports-channels (http://vidstatsx.com/youtube-top-100-most-subscribed-sports-channels)
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Awesome read. I wish there was some talk on Nigel though. I think he's my least favorite out of all. I think people like Andy know he's somewhat kooky, but he's able to make a living off it so that outweighs the negatives for him. I think Nigel truly believes he's awesome and relevant to "core" skaters or whatever the fuck that means.
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I'm always stoked to see skateboarding, and fuck the established skate culture that sold out anyways.
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blackninja is cool, the other ones aren't. Helmet dude has a beyond punchable face
you got it twisted. Helmet dude actually has well thought out opinions. Blackninja just films himself drinking alone by himself saying shit like "every walmart should be burnt to the ground along with everyone inside."
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blackninja is cool, the other ones aren't. Helmet dude has a beyond punchable face
black ninja kickin the truth to the young white youth but shorty's wanna wild, shop at walmart, drinkin beer. ain't tryin to hear what he whisper in they ear.
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blackninja is cool, the other ones aren't. Helmet dude has a beyond punchable face
Yep^
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blackninja is cool, the other ones aren't. Helmet dude has a beyond punchable face
But nun a them rockin the gold tooth
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Andy Schrock - Skate videos are meh. I don't really watch him.
Josh Katz - Can't get past that helmet and that "goody good boy" vibe. Kinda bothers me with how polite he is.
Black Ninja - He's watchable, puts out some good content sometimes.
Majer - I actually really like Majer lol. I don't watch their vlogs and shit, but their park full lengths that they put out are gnarly
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Why do all of these people seem like they'd be Christians?
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Thank you jenkem for reminding me to watch that BlackNinja part again. Genius.
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The only youtubers i watch is the one's that play video games (yeah im that big of loser), so i never even heard of these dudes till people started to post their videos on here. But it just goes to show you ANYONE can get money off the internet
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Blackninja I fuck with, fuck the rest.
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Never heard of these guys which is fairly surprising because I once watched 30 seconds of a chris chan unboxing making me an expert in crappy youtube skating content.
The only youtubers i watch is the one's that play video games (yeah im that big of loser)
Haha truthfully I find that sort of stuff weirdly relaxing. It makes excellent background noise when doing work at the computer.
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That Josh Katz dude and Aaron Kyro are the worst.
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The only youtubers i watch is the one's that play video games (yeah im that big of loser)
Haha truthfully I find that sort of stuff weirdly relaxing. It makes excellent background noise when doing work at the computer.
I do this at work whenever i have a mountain of paperwork to process, it makes the time go so much quicker
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I'll take shrock over black ninja
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The article is good. I think what it doesn't mention though is that these youtube pros like Andy Shrock are preying upon the weakest link in the skateboarding chain, children who have just started to skate: this act of taking money from people who know no better is a con! The youtube pros are sheerly practicing con artistry and it sucks to watch the skateboard industry be conned, whether it's on a mass corporate scale like Nike or an individual like the aforementioned kooks.
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Not sure how I missed that Black Ninja part.
Incredible.
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Or Aaron Kyro who pushes Scientology on kids. Next Berra?
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There's a bunch of kids trying to do the same thing as Andy now, they're like clones. They poorly film their friend's skating the same part every week, and talk to the camera in-between tries. They'll do day in the lives and setup videos despite being absolutely nobody. Youtube pros and their minions blow.
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The only youtubers i watch is the one's that play video games (yeah im that big of loser)
Haha truthfully I find that sort of stuff weirdly relaxing. It makes excellent background noise when doing work at the computer.
I do this at work whenever i have a mountain of paperwork to process, it makes the time go so much quicker
Why don't you guys just listen to podcasts then? Marc Maron gives the best life advice, its amazing to listen to while working http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast (http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast)
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Good point that these guys are serving the place where 411VM and ONvideo were.
Someone should do ONvideo 2015 edition. Getting proper skate educated was the shit.
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That was some god awful writing.
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Why do they all have a gimmick? shrock wears only red shirts, helmet dude always wears a helmet, and blackninja only wears puffy white shoes with green laces.
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That Black Ninja part was glorious haha. Never heard of him before
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Fuck I can't stand the YouTube stars. So corny and repetitive. I mean I get that it's (very possibly) the future of skating and shit but I think I'll always be the bitter dude that hates all of it.
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In more ways, their success is due to mainstream pros failing to see the potential in YouTube.
I'm not sure so about that, youtube has been around for a decade now. A contrived image, really great skateboarding (I'm just making that assumption cause I've never watched any of these guys) and social networking skills are probably pretty tough to compete with for your 30-something yearold pro. Gimmicks in general sell, someone mentioned before these guys basically rock uniforms, that's the most basic gimmick out there. And kid's love all of this stuff.
the only thing I don't like about those guys is that they're making kids think it's ok to constantly be filming yourself and putting it online. it's breeding a culture of narcissism that's so prevalent in the rest of social media and bringing it to skateboarding
What came first, the chicken or the egg? People's egos usually get their start from peers complimenting and hyping them up. But even if it wasn't for these guys, kids would still be filming themselves all the time and putting it online, just because it's super easy to do and why the hell not? I agree that what you said is a problem, but it's a social issue, literally, and skateboarding or any other sub-culture isn't immune to it.
The article is good. I think what it doesn't mention though is that these youtube pros like Andy Shrock are preying upon the weakest link in the skateboarding chain, children who have just started to skate: this act of taking money from people who know no better is a con! The youtube pros are sheerly practicing con artistry and it sucks to watch the skateboard industry be conned, whether it's on a mass corporate scale like Nike or an individual like the aforementioned kooks.
good one, I wonder when Magenta and Polar are gonna pick up on that
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The only youtubers i watch is the one's that play video games (yeah im that big of loser)
Haha truthfully I find that sort of stuff weirdly relaxing. It makes excellent background noise when doing work at the computer.
I do this at work whenever i have a mountain of paperwork to process, it makes the time go so much quicker
Why don't you guys just listen to podcasts then? Marc Maron gives the best life advice, its amazing to listen to while working http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast (http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast)
Podcasts, youtube videos, audio books, movies or tv shows I've seen a dozen times, there's a lot of light entertainment I put on in the background while working. It's all good, there's tons of entertainment out there.
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i by no means keep abreast [or apenis] of black ninja's exploits but his actual parts are the dopeshow! 'guess who's skatin again? wallridin again, w/ a filmer and friend?' gets stuck in my head from time to time. and when someone dodges traffic i think 'ya need to slow it down like whoah serge murphy'.
when i was explaining 50-50 to wallride i think he had a video showing just that, kid is really good.
i had an epiphany a wk or so ago that i shared w/ jim and dan. my partner in DIY, filming and whatever else is a 36 yr old who's marketed to like a little kid. there's all this youtube out there full of classics, new guys killing it, in betweens like jake johnson who weren't around in the 90s but aren't new jacks either and my man is watching andy shrock. and drinking red bull. and riding elements.
i wanna do an intervention but since we don't have much of a peer group, it's just us 2 sharing space w/ all the other skaters of my town on differing shifts there's nobody to tell him he's indoctrinated.
i mean, i can tell him but it doesn't have the same shame inducing tone coming from me.
wish my man would just drink a large regular from Cumby's, skate a deck from an east coast company and watch some damn jerry fisher or something.
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the only thing I don't like about those guys is that they're making kids think it's ok to constantly be filming yourself and putting it online. it's breeding a culture of narcissism that's so prevalent in the rest of social media and bringing it to skateboarding
Agree. Kids that film non stop never seem to be having fun at the park, when I was their age skating with mates and learning tricks was the best time ever, now kids seem too serious or upset with themselves when they fuck up a boardslide on the parks flatbar.
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Agree. Kids that film non stop never seem to be having fun at the park, when I was their age skating with mates and learning tricks was the best time ever, now kids seem too serious or upset with themselves when they fuck up a boardslide on the parks flatbar.
So many good times when the whole crew gets a new trick. I remember the day when a few friends and I all learned nollie 360 flips. We were celebrating like we all just won a million dollars.
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I'm surprised to see some Black Ninja love in here. I used to watch him a fair bit, not so much nowadays.
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im always pissed when youtube recommends these videos because i accidentally clicked 1 before.
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Why do all of these people seem like they'd be Christians scientologists?
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Why do all of these people seem like they'd be Christians scientologists?
At least they aren't muslims.
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im always pissed when youtube recommends these videos because i accidentally clicked 1 before.
Friday YOU AIN'T GOT TO LIE CRAIG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrj2fdguI1I#)
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Muslims are gay.
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I'm not sure so about that, youtube has been around for a decade now. A contrived image, really great skateboarding (I'm just making that assumption cause I've never watched any of these guys) and social networking skills are probably pretty tough to compete with for your 30-something yearold pro. Gimmicks in general sell, someone mentioned before these guys basically rock uniforms, that's the most basic gimmick out there. And kid's love all of this stuff.
I think many kids are just looking for content. Doesn't matter much from whom. Some years back, Mike V. was putting out weekly videos and getting tens of thousands of hits. I would think you'd just have some intern or publicist pumping these out for the less technically inclined. Andy Roy could make a fortune.
How To Make Prison Style Sweet and Sour Pork With Andy Roy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sgF97c6DZk#)
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I've never heard of any of these people or Revive skateboards for that matter. Things done changed.
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big up jenkem for showing me the black ninja, shit was dope and pretty funny. at least homeboi doin his own shit unlike every other faggy prick
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Black Ninja wouldn't have to be such an unfuny kook if his fits weren't so terrible. He looks like he fucks 13 yr olds.
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Black Ninja wouldn't have to be such an unfuny kook if his fits weren't so terrible. He looks like he fucks 13 yr olds.
His fits are dope and he hauls ass
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I ain't even taking the piss either. That part fully got me on a hype! :D
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I looked into Black Ninja and I love his video parts. Highly entertaining and legitimately skillful ticks in there.
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Don't understand the black ninja love. He can skate but he still does all the same kooky shit as everyone else.
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big up jenkem for showing me the black ninja, shit was dope and pretty funny. at least homeboi doin his own shit unlike every other faggy prick
this was at all the fuccbois in their dickies and chucks doing back 3s and impossibles to music we know you don't listen to. the black ninja might do all that kooky shit all the other YouTube heros do but on a board my mans hauling ass...in a beefy pair of white mufuckin etnies with yellow laces!!! The black ninja is the skaters skater :D
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this video was always gold to me
Trick Tips: Pop Shuvit Late Flip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fosd0byCfWg#)
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Andy Schrock is the butt rock of skateboarding
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the only one of those guys i ever heard of is black ninja. the video of that mike whitehouse guy goofing around was pretty damn sick. is he a youtube star?
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As generations gap so too will the relatability between them.
If you were to liken skateboarding to music, then some of these Youtubers are the Nickelback or Soulja Boy equivalent- and unbelievably, they have millions of followers respectfully. If anything though, perhaps it will strengthen our appreciation for the brands/videos/scenes we favor.