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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: backfliptofiftyfifty on November 24, 2022, 09:16:43 PM
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
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Oh it's really simple. It's just the exact opposite of everything you said.
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Top 10 Dead or Alive
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Oh it's really simple. It's just the exact opposite of everything you said.
Bingo Masters Breakout.
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http://youtu.be/8bpxMuAWGH0
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http://youtu.be/8bpxMuAWGH0
ok this vid is kinda dope. but even so, his arm posture post-trick is just not working with me. and i honestly think ledge combos are not that cool man.
i can't wait for my rep to drop to -1000 for this
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You’re insane.
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You’re insane.
irl lol
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https://youtu.be/FrfN4IQdy6o (https://youtu.be/FrfN4IQdy6o)
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Yeah, well, that’s just like your opinion, man.
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Fucking hell. Who do you like then?
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irl lol
then hit ignore.
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https://youtu.be/6yOIfYwWfh0
I honestly love his PS part, the Bowie song is all time. You can feel the emotion.
But I understand if you don’t enjoy ledge combos. That’s Marc.
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Fucking hell. Who do you like then?
honestly. top 5 are jerry hsu, rowan zorilla, kevin bradley, sage elsesser and nik stain
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https://youtu.be/6yOIfYwWfh0
I honestly love his PS part, the Bowie song is all time. You can feel the emotion.
But I understand if you don’t enjoy ledge combos. That’s Marc.
damn. the bowie song is amazing. RIP ziggy stardust. this is better than the four i mentioned before too but pretty sweet overall was kind of an L. i dont really like high production shit in skate videos.
his modus operandi and man down part i kinda liked tho
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https://youtu.be/6yOIfYwWfh0
I honestly love his PS part, the Bowie song is all time. You can feel the emotion.
But I understand if you don’t enjoy ledge combos. That’s Marc.
damn. the bowie song is amazing. RIP ziggy stardust. this is better than the four i mentioned before too but pretty sweet overall was kind of an L. i dont really like high production shit in skate videos.
his modus operandi and man down part i kinda liked tho
well you're the main character in this dimension so its nice to see some growth. seems like this dimension is probably kind of an L though.
what?
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
You know you are entitled with your own opinion. To be fair, like him or not, I still look up to him
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There’s no reason why you have to force yourself to like something
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He’s very good but I was never a big fan. No particular reason, just what he was doing didn’t inspire me to skate. Same with Mike Carroll, another all timer. But Guy or Darwin- fucking raddest. Skateboarding is like music, everybody has those things that make them love a certain thing but not another for no obvious reason. I wouldn’t overthink it
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Oh it's really simple. It's just the exact opposite of everything you said.
this answered the question perfectly, kind of an L to write anything else
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At a certain point in skating it's almost like comparing musicians or artists, people have different tastes for what they like with the result being the style/trick-selection will click for some and not others.
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Mj is goat
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ok this vid is kinda dope. but even so, his arm posture post-trick is just not working with me. and i honestly think ledge combos are not that cool man.
i can't wait for my rep to drop to -1000 for this
Yeah you sound ridiculous.. MJ fucking rules. Tech gnar with speed, style, and grace. MJ's one of the best to do it. You on the other hand...lets see your arm posture post trick...kook!
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We all do but then an interview comes along and we start questioning his validity
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Ban him
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http://youtu.be/8bpxMuAWGH0
ok this vid is kinda dope. but even so, his arm posture post-trick is just not working with me. and i honestly think ledge combos are not that cool man.
i can't wait for my rep to drop to -1000 for this
Yeah you sound ridiculous.. MJ fucking rules. Tech gnar with speed, style, and grace. MJ's one of the best to do it. You on the other hand...lets see your arm posture post trick...kook!
Lmao he's not even calling MJ bad or anything, just stating that his style doesn't click with him. Imagine getting upset at everyone that doesn't like a skater that you like.
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I probably feel the same way about a lot of the current skaters I'm supposed to be into. And I too liked Jerry more than Marc but only marginally. I loved the Tiltmode videos but I had kook friends who'd often put on the VHS of Osiris The Storm unironically and would usually try to dip out after the first part with any random excuse...
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It's okay if you can't get into his style. Plenty of skaters out there that are difficult for some to enjoy, in spite of how skilled they are. Personally, not a fan of watching Nyjah and Tyshawn skate, but damn are both good at what they do. I like Carl Aikens, Kellen James, Shuriken Shannon, and Gailea Momolu. Preferences.
MJ is a top 5 for me alongside Busenitz & Cory Kennedy. That shows where my preferences are at. Your top 5 shows where yours are at and MJ doesn't really mesh with those. Stain, Rowan, etc. all don't skate similarly to MJ so it checks out.
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You must not understand greatness when you see it. Mj is timeless. One of the best to ever step foot on a skateboard. Do you like Tom Penny? Daewon?
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Wait it's his interviews you like?
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Ban him
He did cite Jerry as a fav so I think a stern warning might be more appropriate...
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you should go back and watch his 411 parts, they are a lot more stripped down and you can see how insane his style is. his manuals dont evne move his feet or body at all its straight cold dude i dont understand whats not to like about that
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Wait it's his interviews you like?
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is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
No. You don’t like him, fine, but his skating is not tied to any era specifically.
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Fucking hell. Who do you like then?
honestly. top 5 are jerry hsu, rowan zorilla, kevin bradley, sage elsesser and
Well. That’s a good list. Still though.
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This guy must want to get juiced
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Fucking hell. Who do you like then?
honestly. top 5 are jerry hsu, rowan zorilla, kevin bradley, sage elsesser and nik stain
My initial guess was that you simply have terrible taste, but now I believe you're just confused. So I'll try to explain.
What makes MJ unique (apart from the skills) is that he really knows how to stand on a board. Very few others do (Lotti, Gino, Puleo). This is particularly evident in Man Down. To begin approaching the truth that is MJ, start with the line with the bs 180 up the curb followed by a sw flip sw manual starting at 2.36. Try to appreciate its sublimity and build from there. Good luck.
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Don’t forget the fucking fedoras.
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nah he's onto something, i love yeah right and man down but post-hot chocolate MJ kinda sucks
fully flared - advertised as like, 30 or 35 minutes worth of footage and then the part comes out and it's full of dumb ledge combos and tacky tricks that he's clearly doing for the sake of doing, like frontside full cabs down three stairs and double flips on flat and no-pop 3 shuvs. the part is almost unwatchable because of how mid half of that footage is
pretty sweet - better but still skirting by on the strength of that david bowie song more than anything
away days and beyond - c'mon
Gotta keep in mind tho that he's pretty old. I think in FF he's already in his 30s. Away days and beyond realistically what do you expect? He had some gnarly shoulder/neck/nerve injury that's going to be a pretty massive speed bump for anyone already older
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This is a truly brave post.
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MJ is a perfect balance of tech and power, he makes it look good. best hardflips in the game, best back tails...this video is 26 years old...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc0UKS8vrDQ
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I’m wondering if OP might simply be questioning his sexuality if he can find something to like about Nik stain skating before Marc Johnson. Also hsu was sort of like an MJ protege? Jerry’s maple/tiltmode era footage looks extremely MJ inspired.
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ok this vid is kinda dope. but even so, his arm posture post-trick is just not working with me. and i honestly think ledge combos are not that cool man.
i can't wait for my rep to drop to -1000 for this
Get better taste
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fully flared could have definintely been edited down to 1 song and it would have been a lot better. but i guess they didnt want to just dump that footage either. sohuld have made it a B-side extra that he had 2 extra parts, all those montages etc.
the vidoe would have been a lot better if it was just mike mo, jesus fernandez, biebel, carroll, 1 song worth of Mariano, and 1 song worth of MJ. the rest of that entire video could have been a side B DVD Extra with an extra mariano and MJ parts.
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who?
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
i have noticed you making a lot of threads within the last couple of weeks and I just usually move forward with a positive vibes only attitude, don't even bother with this kid.
MJ is clearly a flawed human, bu this skateboarding was amazing and has shaped skateboard history
delete your account, or stop making stupid topics that are just you begging for attention and human interaction.
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The human brain doesn’t actually begin forming rational opinions until it sees Man Down and Modus several times each.
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You must not understand greatness when you see it. Mj is timeless. One of the best to ever step foot on a skateboard. Do you like Tom Penny? Daewon?
this is heresy but i havent seen a tom penny part yet. and idk i respect daewons skill but his parts aren't that fun. i'm just not down with tech-y flip trick mannys. i still cant believe he won over jerry for soty when jerry had bag of suck.
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
Oh hey Marc what’s up? What are you reading these days?
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You must not understand greatness when you see it. Mj is timeless. One of the best to ever step foot on a skateboard. Do you like Tom Penny? Daewon?
this is heresy but i havent seen a tom penny part yet. and idk i respect daewons skill but his parts aren't that fun. i'm just not down with tech-y flip trick mannys. i still cant believe he won over jerry for soty when jerry had bag of suck.
Never seen a Tom Penny part?! OK, ban him...
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You must not understand greatness when you see it. Mj is timeless. One of the best to ever step foot on a skateboard. Do you like Tom Penny? Daewon?
this is heresy but i havent seen a tom penny part yet. and idk i respect daewons skill but his parts aren't that fun. i'm just not down with tech-y flip trick mannys. i still cant believe he won over jerry for soty when jerry had bag of suck.
Soty used to be different it was about who did most for thrasher. I think hsu mostly shot with skateboarder at that time. Also it was less of a big deal as there were six mags all with their own awards.
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https://youtu.be/6yOIfYwWfh0
I honestly love his PS part, the Bowie song is all time. You can feel the emotion.
But I understand if you don’t enjoy ledge combos. That’s Marc.
Thw ss pop shuvit noseslide pop over on the spine just floats in a way I can't comprehend.
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
MJ is clearly a flawed human, bu this skateboarding was amazing and has shaped skateboard history
delete your account, or stop making stupid topics that are just you begging for attention and human interaction.
says the guy who lurks slap enough to notice that thing. sorry that i don't want to add another generic soty thread to the board? go cry about it
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I’m wondering if OP might simply be questioning his sexuality if he can find something to like about Nik stain skating before Marc Johnson. Also hsu was sort of like an MJ protege? Jerry’s maple/tiltmode era footage looks extremely MJ inspired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbeg2qdHa7c&t=119s
honestly what sticks out to me most about jerry is just the unique style. like it really is one of a kind, if you saw a silhouette of his skating you'd instantly know it's him. he rips, does good tricks with style.
https://youtu.be/CcylfSZ_vSs
his black cat part is one of my favs. its just a classic. like look at the nollie inward heel he does at 2:41 and the way he pops out of that nosegrind right before it. or the way he floats over the rail at 3:16
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Solid thread
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dude you are fucking fried
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Nik ShitStain.
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
MJ is clearly a flawed human, bu this skateboarding was amazing and has shaped skateboard history
delete your account, or stop making stupid topics that are just you begging for attention and human interaction.
says the guy who lurks slap enough to notice that thing. sorry that i don't want to add another generic soty thread to the board? go cry about it
you literally are doing the thing you say you are not doing, just don't make threads, you are not interesting, your opinions are not interesting.
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The only thing about Marc I didn't like was Velvet Morning. I enjoy all the Skating tho.
Tilt mode was my favorite video for a while.
I like wigs and shit
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nah he's onto something, i love yeah right and man down but post-hot chocolate MJ kinda sucks
fully flared - advertised as like, 30 or 35 minutes worth of footage and then the part comes out and it's full of dumb ledge combos and tacky tricks that he's clearly doing for the sake of doing, like frontside full cabs down three stairs and double flips on flat and no-pop 3 shuvs. the part is almost unwatchable because of how mid half of that footage is
pretty sweet - better but still skirting by on the strength of that david bowie song more than anything
away days and beyond - c'mon
‘post hot chocolate MJ kinda sucks’
Wtf is going here. I understand if you don’t like the tricks he’s doing for whatever reason but saying that one of the collectively agreed greatest of all time sucks, is completely asinine.
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you really woke up and said, 'i need to express my dumbass opinion on Thanksgiving and ruin someones (me) day'
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Oh it's really simple. It's just the exact opposite of everything you said.
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history matters his parts have to be put in historical context to be fully appreciated if you just watch them in some abstract way like as if everything is just simultaneous and he released it yesterday You're not going to get it
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I put Marc on the level of street skating that Mullen and Daewon are on- u know that top level that cut above the rest. U know that level of skating that they don't even invite those two to batb cuz u know it'll be a one sided bloodbath. Joking kind of but i put Marc on that god level tier he really deserves it with all the footage he's put out in his career.
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Nik Stains fakie tres are disgusting and they barely leave the ground. Zero pop.
Apart from that he's the man.
But I just have to say it. They're awful
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Nik Stains fakie tres are disgusting and they barely leave the ground. Zero pop.
Apart from that he's the man.
But I just have to say it. They're awful
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nik stain = nosemanual and falling forward
thats all i remember
marc johnson is great
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It’s his opinion. He didn’t say he sucks, he’s just not into it.
He likes Rowan and KB.
I can agree with his sentiment.
I can’t stand Jerry…but SLAP loves him.
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OP has a point. Trick selection and Style = meh
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OP has a point. Trick selection and Style = meh
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Lord!
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Whether you like or not the matix sweater is a sk8 world fashion hammer
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I hate this place
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I mean I like Jerry Hsu as much as anyone (Sub to change and Stay Gold mogwai Nollie bs180 5-0❤️) and Rowan Zorilla is criminally underrated to me but you’re really gonna make this post with that particular gif in your sig?
Mark Johnson was one video part away from auto-erotica fart inhalation asphyxiation but any trick of his looks better than that fs nose Nollie heel.
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Each to his own , in my eyes Marc Johnson is one of the seminal figures in skateboarding history. After I read your post I rewatched Marc’s parts , and it really hit me …. This Marc Johnson guy is so special words would be inadequate to capture his brilliance on a skateboard.
It was such a shame that the skateboarding industry sided with Mike Carroll and Crailtap , one of the more bummer incidents in recent skateboarding history.
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Mandatory repost from SLAP’s historical canon
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So, umm whose arm posture do you like?
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why do i always feel
like im in the twilight zone?
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His humor rules, but his skating is pretty meh
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I think you're about 20 years too late with this hot take
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any update on what MJ has been up to. he turn amish or something after business and company failed?
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You’re insane.
This
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His manuals, nose or standard, and nose grinds are perfect. It almost seems like he holds them low, but he rarely flinches when he does them. So solid.
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Fair enough
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Oh it's really simple. It's just the exact opposite of everything you said.
This made me lol
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If you're talking vines it's really not his fault. Not everyone can be Cory Duffle.
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Not everyone can be Cory Duffle. - Mike Sinclair to Elijah Berle
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Hes smooth as hell. Dress shirt swag is a bit much though. But he never looks jerky, hes floaty. And he looked like that skating tiny wheels and shitty spots.
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I like his 7 steps look and his current.
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You ever seen ANYBODY else freeze their entire body in place during a manual? He’s one of the best of all time. He can just shit out a tech trick on the spot. Watch his clips in Biebel’s park. Bigheel to back blunt like fuck you talmbout
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This might as well be a post about how someone can not understand greatness: love the guitar but doesnt get hendrix, loves singing but doesnt feel stevie wonder, loves basketball but doesn’t enjoy Michael jordan, enjoys art but hates van gogh. You are missing the entire fucking point. Either you are trolling or lack culture. Smoke some good weed, try to understand the contextual relevance of his time and place. Fuck me.
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i watched his fully flared, rites of passage, yeah right and seven steps to heaven part and i just cannot get down with his skating. the style isn't that great, the tricks he does and the way he does them are just meh. i watch those four parts multiple times and the only trick that even stuck out to me was the nollie flip, bs180 and sick cab flip he does off those three stair sets. other then that tho it all just felt like brainfeed.
it sucks too cuz i know how much marc has contributed to the skate community and from his interviews he seems like a super funny and intelligent dude. he is everything a street skater should be personality wise.
is it because i'm a gen z skater (2002)? maybe it's just something i had to "get" during that era? someone please explain to me the appeal
It’s chill we don’t all like the same skaters. Who has a style and trick selection you like? That would help show your perspective some I think
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Must be weird to watch perfection and think like you do. I prefer a complex person with real life issues who kills it skating than a random Pro who's most interesting comment is "chillin chillin" or "let's go". The hypocrites who are so pro mental health but want to tear down a person who clearly has issues with it are just great people in general.
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Right after he left emerica I almost bought a pair of his second emerica shoe on sale at a shop but ended up getting a pair of some etnies or something. I will always regret that. They were a really cool shoe.
I like his skating. I wasn’t really a fan of pretty sweet but his part was good in it.
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Right after he left emerica I almost bought a pair of his second emerica shoe on sale at a shop but ended up getting a pair of some etnies or something. I will always regret that. They were a really cool shoe.
I like his skating. I wasn’t really a fan of pretty sweet but his part was good in it.
Lol same thing but I got some es cybers. Maybe the chunkiest skate shoe of all time in size 13 or maybe even 14s on a 7.5 board. Definatly regretful behaviour
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Right after he left emerica I almost bought a pair of his second emerica shoe on sale at a shop but ended up getting a pair of some etnies or something. I will always regret that. They were a really cool shoe.
I like his skating. I wasn’t really a fan of pretty sweet but his part was good in it.
The cyber’s were serious 2000s tech chunk. I had the Tribo in synthetic white+red they were similarly massive, with a strange little round rubber / plastic “protector” on the side of the toebox :
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Everything about them was unnecessary.
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Yeah well maybe if you decided to be born earlier than 2002 you’d appreciate him like the rest of us.
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Yeah well maybe if you decided to be born earlier than 2002 you’d appreciate him like the rest of us.
I qualify, but struggling to think of a team model eS besides the accel that I liked
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Marc’s skating is subtle. It’s the notes that he’s not playing
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Makes me wonder if OP thinks he’s obligated to do everything in life
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OP just wanted to say they're gen z
you dont have to like it, you also didnt have to make this thread