Dude is fucking gnarly.
If I didn't have the image of him trying to smash Raven Tershy in the head with a skateboard over a slashed tire I'd appreciate him more, but that's kinda burned into my brain.
From the interview on the Thrasher site:
CLINT WALKER IS NOT A VILLAIN—no matter what the cops or the Internet rebels say.
Did you and Raven ever squash the beef?
Dude, I don’t know! I don’t know if he’s still mad. I’m not. I haven’t been. It’s so funny because to me that’s something where I wish I hadn’t done what I did, but I wish he didn’t do what he did either, you know?
Yea man, if someone slashed the tire of the team van I was riding in, that I wasn't financially responsible for, and comprehensive insurance or $100 would cover (or just put on the spare), I'd totally want to smash them in the head with a skateboard as well...
It was just something that happened and that’s it. I told him, “Sorry,” and he was, like, “Fuck you,” or whatever, but I’m not mad. I don’t even care about any of that shit. I don’t think about it and I don’t think they—well, yeah, I think they do still think about it. There was someone the other day that texted me and told me Elijah was talking shit on me on some webcast or some shit. I didn’t care or get mad. It’s just weird to me that it’s still even a thing.
So that being said, how does it feel to be the bad wrestler of skateboarding now, the villain? How did that happen?
Ha! I don’t know. I guess it was God’s plan.
Yeah, the editing gods of reality TV.
I don’t even know. I don’t think so.
Well, you’re only the villain to the people who only see the side of the skater they like more. Pretty much, right? Is it a popularity contest?
I think sometimes shit just happens and that’s it. It’s just the way it is. I’m not bummed on it. I don’t feel that way. I never meet people who are bummed on me. No one’s ever, like, “Hey, fuck you, dude.” Kids are just hyped to meet me. Maybe people are bummed on the Internet, but fuck them. I don’t even know who those 12 year olds are. The only time anyone brings it up is in interviews or something. It’s never affected my real life or anything. It’s all TV stuff. It’s not in the real world."
The fact that a human can't be bummed on themselves for an action that literally could have ended a fellow skater's life over something that could easily be fixed... that's the part that personally gives me no reason to forgive the guy.
Of course, no one is going to say "Fuck you" to your face in real life. We've all seen how you could potentially overreact in a situation. It's some scary shit dude.