High IQ pros?

[Shtonk]

Any (ex) pro skaters that are really smart, erudite, well spoken, kinda the way Ted Barrow is or just scientifically certified geniuses? I know Rodney Mullen will probably come up and somebody's gonna shitpost Mickey Papa's TED talk. I'd say Grosso in his own way seemed a lot smarter and considerate even than what he let on.

[JANUS]

Alexis Sablone is wicked smaht.

[Rune Spliffberg]

john rattray has a chemistry degree or someth

[Síota]

@Shtonk try using that little white bar with a magnifying glass imagine to the right of it at the top of the page...

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=76851.0

[Shtonk]

sorry, although the fourth post in that thread is an ABP as well. maybe rehashing subjects every now and again ain't that bad. Also college degrees don't really make you very smart automatically, with all due respect. Ocean Howell was a good mention in the other thread tho. Still have to read his book.

[Síota]

The link to the ABD is dead. Yes I know you don't need a high IQ to get a degree, especially if you come from money/power.

[slapattack]

Mark suciu wishes he was smart

[Magnolia]

Mark suciu wishes he was smart

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Mark's skating. The style is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the tricks will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Mark's aesthetic outlook, which is deftly woven into his skating - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of his parts, to realize that they're not just boring- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Mark truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Mark's existencial catchphrase "It lacks tastefulness" which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as his genius unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a habitat tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

[kook1234]

if a pro can speak at least 3 different languages, like tom penny speaking Spanish, English, and French, id say they have some level of IQ.

just cause a pro graduated college doesnt mean theyre smart.  im sure they are smart, but there are different levels to intelligence.  some people excel in school and then flounder in the real world

[big_kev_215]

Nik Stain - Mathematics 

[Prostate Exam]

Brandon Biebel seems really smart

[GAY]

Brandon Biebel seems really smart

Also, Duane Peters is definitely Mensa.

[CHONGO]

Sean pablo wishes he had a degree.

[yghartsyrt]

Quick question, OP: will you stop posting once every thread on the first page has been started by you?

[Kaezan]

Mullen was in his senior year for chemical engineering when he dropped out to start World Industries.

He's an odd dude, but seems pretty smart.

[SelenaGlomez]

Nik Stain - Mathematics

I was gonna say isn't nik stain a math genius or something

[ok boomer]

Andy Roy

[the_dangery_bois]

Andy Roy

*Andy Fucking Roy

[Chimppimpin]

sorry, although the fourth post in that thread is an ABP as well. maybe rehashing subjects every now and again ain't that bad. Also college degrees don't really make you very smart automatically, with all due respect. Ocean Howell was a good mention in the other thread tho. Still have to read his book.

recently used ocean howell as a source for a paper

[Coping Grinder]

There was a Captain and Casey episode that showed Salman Agah getting some sort of business degree online. Count it.

[kook1234]

when someone tells you they have multiple degrees, theyre actually pretty dumb

[swellbowed]

Alexis Sablone is wicked smaht.

Alexis has to be the only skater with a Masters degree from MIT

[Laohsu]

Max Palmer & Cyrus went to Pratt (probably doesn’t count)
Ryan Lay has a degree in something
Julien Stranger & Jerry Hsu seem to read hella books
Dill and Suciu talk like they read a lot but seem fried

[Underpressureflips]

The suciu hate here is so weird.

[D10S]

Rodney Mullen is a genius.

John Rattray seems like a smart dude.

Not sure it that makes him high IQ but GH is quick AF with the smart hating...

[TastyBurrito]

Are you asking naturally smart as in IQ? Or smart as in educated?

There are a good amount of people with college degrees in the skating community.

Like someone said, Suicu likes to think he's Will Hunting when really, he's the dude will schooled at the Harvard bar.

[Omars_Dad]

There was a pro vert skater in the 90's named Darren Menditto who is a physician. He was never on my radar but for some reason I always remember this short article about him holding down pro status and doing med school/residency at the same time.

[Switch03!]

Suciu is my favorite skater and I think all the hate is unwarranted.   I've read and watched as many of his interviews as I can, I dont think he comes across as someone who is trying to sound smart when he talks about his interests outside of skating.  He just sound like someone who has interests outside of skating.

[slippy]

Suciu is my favorite skater and I think all the hate is unwarranted.   I've read and watched as many of his interviews as I can, I dont think he comes across as someone who is trying to sound smart when he talks about his interests outside of skating.  He just sound like someone who has interests outside of skating.

I'll bet

[Shrinedescender]

Fred Gall