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It's wild to hear a parent talk about this org and their kids needing a place to "train" for skateboarding. We all take different paths in skating and although I always dreamed of being a pro skater, I never thought of "training" to get better, I just went out and skated with my friends.... It also makes me sad and stoked at the same time that my parents never had a vested interest in my skateboarding life. To each their own, but hearing stuff like that comment makes me think skateboarding is slowly losing its soul.
Don't worry too much
Contests have always been there
Training is just another word for repeating and getting better at it. It's labourious
It's a matter of perspective but i do find it cooler with my friends in the streets rather than at a training facility, just like you
100% Contests are super fun too, hanging with friends, possibly winning product or money and seeing friends do well is always rad, I can always appreciate a fun contest. I just get bummed knowing there are kids out there who literally spend their entire young skate lives "training" for something. When parents talk about training, that makes me cringe, save that for something a human needs to train for like marathons or weightlifting, let's just keep calling it "going out skating".
I grew up surfing and skating. I surfed in a few contests but it wasn’t my thing.
The core surfers bagged on the contest surfers and resisted the change.
But over the years both sides stopped fighting a learned to get along.
There is a place in skate boarding for both the core skaters and the ones that want to compete.
There shouldn’t be so much hate between both sides.
Its still skateboarding which ever side you are on
I surf and skate too. And 90% of surfers today are terrible jock mentality types. In contrast, 90% of skateboarder's are still cool as shit. And I'm down for resisting any tipping of those scales. Good luck to your kid though, hope he gets a gold!!!
Also, fwiw, The Lurper's comments throughout this thread are the only pieces of gold in an otherwise utter shit pile. Thank you Lurper.
'90% of surfers today are terrible jock mentality types'
Where did you find that data? The WHO website?
There are dicks in every sport. I would say 99% of the skateboarders are cool.
But I have never seen another group of athletes so divided on this issue.
When I started snow boarding the skiers hated snow boarders....couldn't ride on certain mountains.
When the ski community started to accept the snow boarders it boosted the whole industry.
Shaun White is a legend in both snow and skate....
‘Can’t we all just get along?’ by Rodney King
lol Shaun White is definitely a legend in snowboarding. But I have never met a single skateboarder that gave a shit about Shaun White, no less considered him a legend. Another example of the quality of our culture that I'd like to preserve. Also, "athletes" lol. I think you're frame of reference for skateboarding is wildly different from the vast majority of everyone else on this forum who don't just "skate" but are indeed "skateboarders". We can still get along though. You seem at least way cooler than Brink.
You are right....he is not a "legend" in skateboarding....... Bad comparison.
Core Skate boarders hate the term "athletes".
I laughed the first time I heard a surfer called an "athlete" But it took 50 years for Core surfers to accept it.
In the 70"s we surfed drank/smoked and surfed some more. Repeat every day. The only thing that ever got better was the weed we smoked.
In the 80"s guys started taking surfing seriously...we goofed on them.
They worked hard, trained , ate healthy and eased up on the drugs/alcohol.
They started to earn money and were able to surf all over the world on someone else dime. Guess where we were ?? The same beach smoking, drinking and doing more drugs.
I have a few friends that could of made a living out of surfing if they changed their life styles. They resisted the change.
My point is everyone should have an option which road they want take. There will ALWAYS be core surfers and skaters.
I think the industry needs a balance to protect the roots but also give skaters/surfers the option to make a living at something they love to do.
I know this is not the forum to preach this too.
Look at what kids are doing today? Kids like Tre the tank or Kriston ( not sure if I spelled their names right) are doing crazy shit. They skate hard and push the limits.
They should reap the benefits of their hard work.
Would it be wrong for them to want to compete in the Olympics if it would give them more exposure and the ability to make money?
BTW.... I am way cooler than BRINK
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