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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2018, 04:44:48 AM »
anything you want to add beyond just posting a link?

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2018, 05:19:09 AM »
I'm pretty sure you can replace SLS with most, maybe all, high profile "contests". They really should just be called "shows" because that's all they are, invite only shows that happen to be paying people for tricks.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2018, 06:15:19 AM »
I just though it was an Olympic working prototype to be sold when the money was right?
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2018, 06:37:15 AM »
Bummer. Seems like more than a Street League problem. Of course the majority of us if not all of us knew Street League is really nothing more than a money grab. Sure, they pay the top finishers handsomely, but most of those in the crowd are probably pretty foreign to skateboarding. Kind of like when you go to any sporting event, the real fans are in the nosebleeds and the fake fans are in the suites and lower level seating. Only difference here is that the real fans of skateboarding aren't in the building at all.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2018, 06:47:32 AM »
Only difference here is that the real fans of skateboarding aren't in the building at all.

And they aren't watching the Webcast either.

It's the same with most soft goods, it's the non-skaters buying the products and buying the "lifestyle". DC, VANS, ADIDAS, NIKE, HUF, Thrasher, Element, Palace.......etc etc sells more to non-skaters than skaters. It's obvious. There's nothing wrong with it either, but pretending that it's not so is just silly.

SLS is a product and the Kooks lap it up.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2018, 07:41:43 AM »
at first i thought this was a useless thread. but then i opened the article and and learned the word "quango" and its history...  so thank you for teaching me something today.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2018, 07:58:32 AM »
I can't believe people are trying to make money off skateboarding.  this is an outrage!

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2018, 08:04:41 AM »
Beer is free?

(Although it is sketchy to have an official knife sponsor in the UK. That would be like Smith & Wesson sponsoring Street League in the US.)

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2018, 08:33:33 AM »
Are you saying street league is a corporate money grab? Get the fuck outta here!
Though it was interesting finding out about monster's corporate culture and the fact that you have to be 16 to buy them.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2018, 08:48:32 AM »
Beer is free?



I'm interested in this free beer also!

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2018, 08:52:00 AM »
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Beer is free?


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I'm interested in this free beer also!

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2018, 08:57:48 AM »
can we get a TL;DR because im not reading a 5000 word think piece from a rando website

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2018, 09:09:49 AM »
Street League is lame and gay

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2018, 10:35:56 AM »

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2018, 10:40:25 AM »
if you love street league, hug a veteran.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2018, 10:45:11 AM »
Freedom costs a $1.05

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2018, 01:07:12 PM »
Are they building a street league park on the spot they demolished in England?

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2018, 01:20:00 PM »
Fuck ETN.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2018, 02:50:18 PM »
can we get a TL;DR because im not reading a 5000 word think piece from a rando website

It took me like 4 minutes to read dude.

And Free (imo) is one of the best magazines out there. It's coverage of UK and european skating is top notch with articles that arent written by 11 year olds (Thrasher) and far superior photography.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #20 on: May 24, 2018, 03:09:12 PM »
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It took me like 4 minutes to read dude.

And Free (imo) is one of the best magazines out there. It's coverage of UK and european skating is top notch with articles that arent written by 11 year olds (Thrasher) and far superior photography.


this.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #21 on: May 24, 2018, 04:13:42 PM »
So will you be able to watch online for free without signing up or downloading the ETN app?

It is pretty indicative of the shit show that all Dyrdek was able to negotiate was an 11PM slot for the finals on ESPN2 days later.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #22 on: May 24, 2018, 04:44:19 PM »
Street League is not:
Free
Fun
Flippin awesome
For me

Ive only ever seen Street League when it was on at Buffalo Wild Wings, and even UFC was dominating my attention over it and it was 2x as far away.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2018, 02:30:15 PM »
can we get a TL;DR because im not reading a 5000 word think piece from a rando website

It's not rando. They're one of the biggest mags in Europe. Out of UK.

It's too nuanced to summarize effectively, you really should read it. But basically, local officials bulldozed a nearby DIY weeks before SLS. ONe of the main sponsors is a knife manufacturer, and there's a stabbing epidemic in the city where SLS is taking place. And, he event is taking place in a neighborhood where most people can't afford a ticket, and there's no kind of program to offer these folks a chance to attend at a free or discounted rate.

Tons of good sentiments in the article, lots of good reporting on facts. But in the end, it does come off a bit bias, and it seems like a condemnation of SLS, rather than a productive analysis of the situation. But, I can totally understand how someone who lives in that area wouldn't be interested in writing an unbiased piece.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2018, 08:17:09 AM »
Thank goodness for independent skate media like Free and (sometimes) Jenkem. An article like this would never even get past the proposal stage at Thrasher.
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2018, 08:24:57 AM »
Cobra Cole selling knives to children and then acting all nice on the nine club. I always found those ads disturbing, but I understand them better now that I know virtually everyone in the USA carries some sort of knife with them everywhere. Freedom.

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #26 on: June 03, 2018, 12:19:40 PM »
I hear they are now drug testing

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Re: Street League is not Free
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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #28 on: June 04, 2018, 05:45:16 PM »
Should be Streetleave. That’s shit is weak

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Re: Street League is not Free
« Reply #29 on: June 04, 2018, 08:13:46 PM »
When was the last time you read an opinion piece on a real, pressing issue in the skateboard community that was actually well written? This article is awesome not just because it's different from the usual trash literature in the skate world, but because there's actually some food for thought in here.

Don't argue that people don't like to read about skateboarding anymore for no good reason. They stopped reading because of the garbage that usually fills our mags.