My first visit here was an attempt to find like minded skaters like myself and have well thought out and educated conversations with each other.
Instead what i encountered disgusted me, people with 2000 posts, signed up for 8 years who have admitted they never learnt to tre flip which would be fine if 90% of their posts weren't taking shit on skaters who are way more dedicated at it then they have ever been.
Then we also have these guys saying regular shit like " nollie nose blunts are easier then blunt slides even though i've never even learned anything but a board slide "
I am that piece of reality in a giant cloud of delusion. You may not like me, i may not like you but the truth needs be spoken from someone who's actually experienced the topic and not just a delusional crowd of people who live it vicariously.
Like listen to the responses to this thread " the first time falling in public " Ok so someone who hasn't even learned how to ride a skateboard is a skater because they ate shit infront of a crowd? That's regular, an actual skater would say something like " a person who's fallen skating by themselves 1000 times and gotten up to land the trick"
You might not notice it due to being too caught up in your act (calling it like it is on the sole basis of your user name), but accounts like yours that bring nothing to the table but cheap shots and middle-school level drama don't really level this place up either. Your obsession with other users and constant generalizations and fantasizing regarding them (because by speaking for all of SLAP, that's what you're doing) really reads like you're the one constantly projecting and protecting your own insecurities regarding 'skate skill' and 'skate identity'. I'm just being honest and trying to provide you with some perspective, not to give you shit. You're never bringing 1998 back by being an asshole to randoms on purpose, if you want to see a change on here then you should bring it positively by being your own person if you can, otherwise you're really wasting your time and energy and it's just a sad sight. SLAP and the Internet as a whole have always been full of bullshit, everyone has flaws, you just know it when you see it, sometimes laugh, always move on. Whether one likes it or not, skateboarding has changed a lot in 20+ years and nowadays it's something most everyone has access to, and can do or try appreciating casually; in the end if you let what other people do affect you as though it gets in your way of being yourself then maybe it's more of a personal struggle with your own identity?
Also I believe I'm the one who said getting into nollie nosebluntslides was easier on low stuff than some other bluntslide variations and I've been able to boardslide for 20+ years which is random as fuck to bring up but I'm not the one who did it, just saying to highlight how far you're willing to lump every poster together to stretch reality according to what you really wish it were. You should post like you expect other people to post, if you're trying to generate 'thought-out and educated conversations', and contribute to raising the bar if that's how you see it because honestly everything I've ever seen from your account has been shit talk and asking help to find a Shane O'Neil video once.