"Braining" him? He hit him in the back, and nothing happened to him at all. He didn't go to the hospital, he didn't get hit in the head, he sustained a minor injury
Team van he was riding in and not financially responsible for? It wasn't the team van, it was his friend's (David Loy's) car. Slashing a friend's tire deserves more than a stern talking to
I'm not going to pretend Clint should get an award for citizen of the year, but y'all are a bunch of overdramatic gossipy bitches who like to turn everything into a bigger thing than it is and will literally change the facts of the story to feed your bullshit internet outrage.
Shit, if it was Loy's car, I fucked up and was wrong about which tire got stabbed. This doesn't change the original story of: "Clint Walker assaulted Raven Tershy over a tire".
The logical thing would have been to say: "Hey man, you need to pay us to fix the problem you just created".
Ronald Wilson.... you do realize you are justifying a fellow skater attacking another skater because the skater who got hit didn't get sent to the hospital. That's like saying: "Oh, that dude shot at me with a gun, but he missed, so it's all good".
Jockstrap showing the hipsters how it's done with the body varial and no comply variations. It's a shame it can't be discussed without degrading into Raven vs Clint or Homeless Guy vs Clint debates.
I want to like Clint Walker and fully appreciate the talent he has on a board, but when you do something fucked up off the board, that's going to stick with me. I was hoping he would redeem himself in the interview Thrasher posted to go along with the clip, but he pretty much just said: "I wish that didn't happen, I said sorry and I don't even think about it anymore". Doesn't seem like much reflection or acceptance of overreacting to something so trivial.
He's not alone in this thought process. How many times have you been with someone who does something fucked up to someone, but they act like they played no role in the process? I'm sure we can all relate to not accepting our fault in the situation.
Side rant:
Needless to say, these forums hold power. I can't help but see this every time they are referenced in a negative light. Sure, fucked up opinions float around from time to time but this is the last remaining resource out there where we can continually discuss shit that happens in the skateboarding industry with relevance.
If you come here expecting a bunch of clones agreeing with one another about how rad everything about skateboarding is, you have come to the wrong place.