Author Topic: Anthony Pappalardo Off The Grid (Read 31399 times)

McBrandt · « **Reply #150 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:03:19 AM »

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Quote from: McBrandt on September 16, 2011, 08:14:01 AM
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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.
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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.

grae · « **Reply #151 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:38:23 AM »

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.

able · « **Reply #152 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:46:10 AM »

Canuck · « **Reply #153 on:** September 16, 2011, 02:57:43 PM »

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.

SweetLou · « **Reply #154 on:** September 16, 2011, 08:14:08 PM »

these off the grids are really starting to suck

AssBandit · « **Reply #155 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:10:06 PM »

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.

wej · « **Reply #156 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:59:21 PM »

Like.

phillipjayfry · « **Reply #157 on:** September 17, 2011, 02:25:13 AM »

He needs to lay off the stool-making.

manu · « **Reply #158 on:** September 17, 2011, 05:21:52 AM »

shrimpwhitewine · « **Reply #159 on:** September 17, 2011, 07:52:55 AM »

Quote from: able on September 16, 2011, 11:46:10 AM

"uh-AAEEHH"

victor doom · « **Reply #160 on:** September 17, 2011, 08:17:15 AM »

Fuck I hate pops!

LemonParty · « **Reply #161 on:** September 17, 2011, 08:46:07 AM »

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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

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

elemire125 · « **Reply #162 on:** September 17, 2011, 11:19:33 AM »

fuck the haters...this dude skated all night, that is gnarly

StarkyLove · « **Reply #163 on:** September 17, 2011, 01:03:29 PM »

that Marc Johnson Dr. Strangelove deck is sick.

theotits beezy · « **Reply #164 on:** September 17, 2011, 01:19:44 PM »

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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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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.

schmuckface killah · « **Reply #165 on:** September 17, 2011, 01:50:21 PM »

Quote from: phillipjayfry on September 17, 2011, 02:25:13 AM

He needs to lay off the stool-making.

is that what there calling meth these days

sultsult · « **Reply #166 on:** September 17, 2011, 02:12:42 PM »

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.

Punkisdead83 · « **Reply #167 on:** September 17, 2011, 05:54:18 PM »

Kid had drive, now he doesn't. The glory days gotta end at some point. Just how i see it.

heckler · « **Reply #168 on:** September 17, 2011, 05:58:53 PM »

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.

idealhandmades · « **Reply #169 on:** September 17, 2011, 07:05:54 PM »

Quote from: frank gerwer's nose on September 17, 2011, 05:58:53 PM

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.

sfa · « **Reply #170 on:** September 17, 2011, 08:20:30 PM »

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.

CigaretteBeer · « **Reply #171 on:** September 17, 2011, 08:22:39 PM »

Quote from: able on September 16, 2011, 11:46:10 AM

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.

Monty Burns · « **Reply #172 on:** September 17, 2011, 09:18:36 PM »

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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 .

Rumpleforeskin · « **Reply #173 on:** September 17, 2011, 10:15:14 PM »

HAHAHAHA, SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT HIS CHOCOLATE PART TO BE GOOD

bakingsoda · « **Reply #174 on:** September 17, 2011, 10:31:31 PM »

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.

The Ghost of Lenny Kirk · « **Reply #175 on:** September 18, 2011, 03:00:05 AM »

on the one hand its nice because it validates average person style. on the other theres dennis busenitz and andrew reynolds.

ed... · « **Reply #176 on:** September 18, 2011, 03:52:15 AM »

Quote from: Rumpleforeskin on September 17, 2011, 10:15:14 PM

HAHAHAHA, SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT HIS CHOCOLATE PART TO BE GOOD

niallc95 · « **Reply #177 on:** September 18, 2011, 04:00:17 AM »

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that ad is fucking sick, im actually hyped for his part in the choco vid.

LemonParty · « **Reply #178 on:** September 18, 2011, 09:04:32 AM »

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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???

LemonParty · « **Reply #179 on:** September 18, 2011, 09:13:53 AM »

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....

Author Topic: Anthony Pappalardo Off The Grid (Read 31399 times)

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