BA x Reda For The World x Vice Media

[Level 60 Dwarf Paladin]

I don't know what I hate more, people calling it the 1-8 or people saying "footy."

[Hairy Ballsagna]

Made the New York Times.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/fashion/brian-anderson-skateboarding-gay-coming-out-vice-sports.html

This is worth a read. It's not just a rehash of the video, but has some original reporting.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Never in a million years. You all sound like a bunch of dipshit weekend biker dads. Julian using the whole bikey gang image sounds corny as fuck when you type it out like that, not sure if you were trying to help or hurt. Playing biker gang sounds like the exact opposite of cool.

pretty sure AH has been like that since day dot
please continue to keep getting cut over this tho

[OldieButFrenchie]

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Made the New York Times.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/fashion/brian-anderson-skateboarding-gay-coming-out-vice-sports.html

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This is worth a read. It's not just a rehash of the video, but has some original reporting.

I thought so too. Also it's the first time (that I know of) that someone mentions the gay twist. I never even realized that is offensive....goes to show how all this is ingrained. I wonder how BA feels? Gay and les twist to be renamed, or would that be too PC?

AND BRING BACK THE BA, NIKE!

[somethingmustbreaknow]

in europe, especially in german speaking countries "18" primarily is neo-nazi code for "adolf hitler".
so i am not really down with calling anti hero "the 18". it also sounds kinda jockish and lame to me.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

in europe, especially in german speaking countries "18" primarily is neo-nazi code for "adolf hitler".
so i am not really down with calling anti hero "the 18". it also sounds kinda jockish and lame to me.

Julien got you then?
Also, fallen (and most of the chief's brands) must make you hella mad

[Roisto]

in europe, especially in german speaking countries "18" primarily is neo-nazi code for "adolf hitler".
so i am not really down with calling anti hero "the 18". it also sounds kinda jockish and lame to me.

Yeh. That's what I associate it with. First time reading here about "being down for the 18" I was baffled as fuck. Then I thought it was weird as hell and now I think it's just lame as fuck.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

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in europe, especially in german speaking countries "18" primarily is neo-nazi code for "adolf hitler".
so i am not really down with calling anti hero "the 18". it also sounds kinda jockish and lame to me.

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Julien got you then?
Also, fallen (and most of the chief's brands) must make you hella mad

its not "mad", but it sure as hell feels/sounds weird and a little bit wrong for me to use this abbreviation.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Write a letter?
I'm pretty sure AH has never given a single fuck what anyone thinks, why would they start doing so now?
Remember when they straight up told Elissa that females could never ride for them? Oh but that's cool cuz it's Julien right?
But then do you recall when 9jah said girls shouldn't skate? twas a fucking shitstorm on here
Point being ... I don't back everything they've ever done/ said but don't try and start pretending the AH is some sort of PC/ give's a fuck what you think company!
If you do want to chase nazi-inspired companies around and attempt to burn them at the stake, the chief's back catalog of brands (infinitely more dubious imho) is probably a better place to start

[Fongstarr.]

Reda on the Nine Club talking about the doc with BA.

[Jive Turkey]

If you do want to chase nazi-inspired companies around and attempt to burn them at the stake start, the chief's back catalog of brands (infinitely more dubious imho) is probably a better place to start

How did you end up here??
All they said is it sounds awkward to them because what "18" stands for in that part of the world.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

How did you end up here??

Probably the same way you did: bored and at work
This derailment is pretty petty though (it's also nothing new; AH has been pissing people off since 95),
Let's get back the to the topic at hand (i.e. backing the fuck outta BA)

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[Hercules Rockefeller]

i dont have a problem with anti hero pissing people off, actually thats one of the reasons i love them. just pointed out that being from a german speaking country in europe, reading/hearing "18" (especially with rising right wing activities around here) has a weird touch.

its like you seeing me not appreciating a bald eagle, or leaving an american flag out in the rain or some shit that you guys find offensive that nobody else would ever understand.

[Fecal Fury]

Anyway....Fuck yeah BA! I fuck the back out of this man

[Paul Cicero]

I don't know what I hate more, people calling it the 1-8 or people saying "footy."

Word. For me it's "get that money"

[Fecal Fury]

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I don't know what I hate more, people calling it the 1-8 or people saying "footy."

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Word. For me it's "get that money"

[shit_for_brains]

Anti-Hero doesn't piss me off in the slightest, you fucking dorks do.

[ungzilla]

chill, y'all upsetting the 19 6 2

[Sedition]

...being from a german speaking country in europe...

Wo kommst du? Ich kann ein bischen deutsch sprechen...aber mein grammatik ist sehr schleckt.

[pabloalvarado]

Hey guys, how people you skate with had reacted to this ?

I was literally chatting with the crew at the end of the sesh with the rewarding beer and this topic was part of the conversation because of the obvious "thats gay" remark everyone does at the skatepark. The thing is when we start talking about this it was super awkward because of the male chauvinism cause everybody was super offensive to BA and not funny at all. I tried to made a point about the SOTY award and how hes been a badass all those years but it was painful cause everyone there was super harsh.  I cannot stand that much, I finished my beer in two shots and rode back home. 

Sometimes I really miss to skate alone.

[perverted super otaku!]

Hey guys, how people you skate with had reacted to this ?

I was literally chatting with the crew at the end of the sesh with the rewarding beer and this topic was part of the conversation because of the obvious "thats gay" remark everyone does at the skatepark. The thing is when we start talking about this it was super awkward because of the male chauvinism cause everybody was super offensive to BA and not funny at all. I tried to made a point about the SOTY award and how hes been a badass all those years but it was painful cause everyone there was super harsh.  I cannot stand that much, I finished my beer in two shots and rode back home. 

Sometimes I really miss to skate alone.

damn, that sounds depressing 

[Iceman]

pablo, if you don't mind me asking, where do you live?

[pabloalvarado]

Im from Costa Rica Iceman. Born and raised here. Dont get me wrong, it wasnt depressing at all cause I had a lot of fun skating that day but you know sometimes its better to just keep your thoughts to yourself.

[Sedition]

Hey guys, how people you skate with had reacted to this ?

I've been out for a long time. Needless to say, people I skate with don't care.

[SodaJerk]

Hey guys, how people you skate with had reacted to this ?

I was literally chatting with the crew at the end of the sesh with the rewarding beer and this topic was part of the conversation because of the obvious "thats gay" remark everyone does at the skatepark. The thing is when we start talking about this it was super awkward because of the male chauvinism cause everybody was super offensive to BA and not funny at all. I tried to made a point about the SOTY award and how hes been a badass all those years but it was painful cause everyone there was super harsh.  I cannot stand that much, I finished my beer in two shots and rode back home. 

Sometimes I really miss to skate alone.

My crew mostly knew already and are all stoked he had the courage to come out and seems happier with it lifted off his shoulders. We are all pretty nerdy and not jockish in the least. Most of us know out gay men and women in our day to day life at work or otherwise and we live slim a big city where it is common for people to be out or have other "alternative " lifestyles.  If one of our crew did have a problem with it they would get shut down quick.

[Watson]

I wonder if "faster!" still pays attention to skateboarding and if so what he thinks about this whole thing? That dude was homophobic as fuck. That was a long time ago though. Hopefully he's become a little less narrow minded since then.

Fucking with that dude on here though were some of my all time favourite Slap memories.

[SodaJerk]

I wonder if "faster!" still pays attention to skateboarding and if so what he thinks about this whole thing? That dude was homophobic as fuck. That was a long time ago though. Hopefully he's become a little less narrow minded since then.

Fucking with that dude on here though were some of my all time favourite Slap memories.

I remember your thread titled "Things that make me gay according to Faster", or something along those lines. You used to really relish in annoying that guy.

[pizzafliptofakie]

Hey guys, how people you skate with had reacted to this ?

I was literally chatting with the crew at the end of the sesh with the rewarding beer and this topic was part of the conversation because of the obvious "thats gay" remark everyone does at the skatepark. The thing is when we start talking about this it was super awkward because of the male chauvinism cause everybody was super offensive to BA and not funny at all. I tried to made a point about the SOTY award and how hes been a badass all those years but it was painful cause everyone there was super harsh.  I cannot stand that much, I finished my beer in two shots and rode back home. 

Sometimes I really miss to skate alone.

That's a bummer. I haven't encountered any negativity firsthand from this situation, and have even talked about it a bit with some non-skater friends. For what it's worth, I live just outside of a pretty liberal college city, so that kinda shit isn't as rampant as say my middle of nowhere hometown.

[iwishilivedinfinla]

everyone around here wishes they were gay now

[shit_for_brains]

Everybody spent the whole session making out with each other yesterday so I guess it's going well.