The Berrics: PJ Ladd | Footnotes

[Iceman]

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I always thought it was weird that they made this a separate part for this vid, I mean while the skating is sick, it's still only 40 seconds for fucks sake.

and only 5 tricks at that.

[poor alice]

Threads and discussion like these are why they made it a separate part. His skating cannot be fucked with. No one "caught up" with him. Yes, skating has progressed in the last decade but his skating is still so solid, so fucking good, stylish and progressive too.
That last trick could have used another slow mo. Look at how well caught and executed everything in that 40 seconds is. Who else has done a nollie cab bluntslide in a line and made it look that dam casual.

If there was one mystery around the Ladd that I would liked solved, it's what the fuck happened with his Plab B part, though to be fair True seemed like the least coordinated and organised video ever (two of your most prolific riders have no footage in there and all they did was tease PJ's face in the credits. What the hell?)

[AsianVegan]

I saw an insta clip of him doing a fakie inward-heelflip tailslide to fakie flip out the other day, who knows how old it was but I'm still a believer. Anyone around when WHL came out would never doubt the dude, no matter how much time goes by.  

[mattchew]

I dunno where/when this footage is from, but it's all very sick, set to a good instrumental beat:



And a lot of this is definitely 2014/2015, wearing adidas and NB, worst song though:

[In A Jar]

Even though it's skatepark footage this Manolos edit of all his older Berrics footage is one of my favorite clips ever.

[Mouth]

I saw an insta clip of him doing a fakie inward-heelflip tailslide to fakie flip out the other day, who knows how old it was but I'm still a believer. Anyone around when WHL came out would never doubt the dude, no matter how much time goes by.  

If Pj had lived up his pjwhl potential, he could easily have become Shane Oneill

[Hypnotoad]

PJ changed skateboarding.  He changed it more than anyone else has since.  Everyone into skating when WHL came out was influenced by him and wanted to skate like him to some degree.  He's not just a dude who put out a couple parts.  He's a dude who single handedly rejuvenated skateboarding and shook it out of a huge homogenous, boring funk.  He's the reason an otherwise mediocre shop video with one other good part is the best selling skate video of all time.  That's why he gets a pass, and that's why anyone talking trash about him can eat shit.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

PJ changed skateboarding.  He changed it more than anyone else has since.  Everyone into skating when WHL came out was influenced by him and wanted to skate like him to some degree.  He's not just a dude who put out a couple parts.  He's a dude who single handedly rejuvenated skateboarding and shook it out of a huge homogenous, boring funk.  He's the reason an otherwise mediocre shop video with one other good part is the best selling skate video of all time.  That's why he gets a pass, and that's why anyone talking trash about him can eat shit.

Now THAT is overselling him. Not everybody was influenced by him, skateboarding wasn't boring, and WHL isn't the best selling skate video of all time.

[shark tits]

PJ changed skateboarding.  He changed it more than anyone else has since.  Everyone into skating when WHL came out was influenced by him and wanted to skate like him to some degree.  He's not just a dude who put out a couple parts.  He's a dude who single handedly rejuvenated skateboarding and shook it out of a huge homogenous, boring funk.  He's the reason an otherwise mediocre shop video with one other good part is the best selling skate video of all time.  That's why he gets a pass, and that's why anyone talking trash about him can eat shit.

Only one good part? Um, did you not watch Southie Casper flipping to feeling called love? I dig cutthroat colin Fiske in his andrew Reynolds phase also.

[Abyss1]

As a whole i only liked Alexis, Jerome, and PJs parts...PJ definitely represented that East Coast style and his level of tech skating was pre Mike Mo.

[Righteous Victim]

As a whole i only liked Alexis, Jerome, and PJs parts...PJ definitely represented that East Coast style and his level of tech skating was pre Mike Mo.

Jerome Rogers.

Gallant's part was the "one other good part" I'm guessin'.

[heritage]

I'm still a believer.

that's why anyone talking trash about him can eat shit.

^^All of this.

I still (want to) believe he will drop a part out of nowhere sometime soon. He has to be sitting on a vault's worth of footage. Changing board sponsors would be good too. My question is, do "kids" today even really know who PJ is? I looked at the Plan B site the other day and I had a hard time even finding a board in their online shop with his name on it.

EDIT: Looked again just now and there isn't a single board in Plan B's online store with PJ's name on it.

[Style Police]

PJ changed skateboarding.  He changed it more than anyone else has since.  Everyone into skating when WHL came out was influenced by him and wanted to skate like him to some degree.  He's not just a dude who put out a couple parts.  He's a dude who single handedly rejuvenated skateboarding and shook it out of a huge homogenous, boring funk.  He's the reason an otherwise mediocre shop video with one other good part is the best selling skate video of all time.  That's why he gets a pass, and that's why anyone talking trash about him can eat shit.

You funny. Real funny.

[Hypnotoad]

There's also like 20 minutes of really good footage from the last few years on the last two pages here, so comparing him to drug addict shit piles who haven't done anything in a decade is fucking idiotic.

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[Abyss1]

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As a whole i only liked Alexis, Jerome, and PJs parts...PJ definitely represented that East Coast style and his level of tech skating was pre Mike Mo.

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Jerome Rogers.

Gallant's part was the "one other good part" I'm guessin'.

 

yep Gallant Part was dope thanks for the catch

[Paul Cicero]

There's also like 20 minutes of really good footage from the last few years on the last two pages here, so comparing him to drug addict shit piles who haven't done anything in a decade is fucking idiotic.

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20 minutes of really good park footage and webclips, your one week ago examples are Instagram clips for fucks sake. The same sort of footge that drug addict shit piles produce.

[RoaryMcTwang]

Even though it's skatepark footage this Manolos edit of all his older Berrics footage is one of my favorite clips ever.

The line with the fakie flip over the hip to tiny switch power slide to fakie flip fakie 5-O is still among the best things I've ever seen done on a skateboard.

[wiggitywiggity]

There's also like 20 minutes of really good footage from the last few years on the last two pages here, so comparing him to drug addict shit piles who haven't done anything in a decade is fucking idiotic.

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I agree with the Pro-PJ for sure, but that bench line is spliced together, at least after the nollie cab flip. The colors are darker on the "Tigers" sign and the zoom looks off. Just my 2 cents.

[Righteous Victim]

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There's also like 20 minutes of really good footage from the last few years on the last two pages here, so comparing him to drug addict shit piles who haven't done anything in a decade is fucking idiotic.

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I agree with the Pro-PJ for sure, but that bench line is spliced together, at least after the nollie cab flip. The colors are darker on the "Tigers" sign and the zoom looks off. Just my 2 cents.

It's spliced to show the different colorways.