Julien Stranger, what's up with that?

[anabolic one]

My friend asked me at the park tonight "what's the deal with Julien?"
I didn't have an answer. Maybe style? I've heard he has nice bs ollies or something.
Is it just a holdover of 80s heads who liked him in short shorts bombing the SF hills? Is it cause of the first handrail fs boardslide?
My buddy goes "I'd like to know what it is but he never films anything."
I didn't want to derail the pro Julien threads and get kooked or banned but is this the Emperor's new clothes? Is he overrated or was there a time he was top pro/style warrior?

[grassblade]

one day you’ll figure it out

but maybe you won’t

[Frank and Fred]

What does this have to do with Fred Gall?

[Sedition]

one day you’ll figure it out

but maybe you won’t

/end thread.

[in love w/ fs shuvs]

My friend asked me at the park tonight "what's the deal with Julien?"
I didn't have an answer. Maybe style? I've heard he has nice bs ollies or something.
Is it just a holdover of 80s heads who liked him in short shorts bombing the SF hills? Is it cause of the first handrail fs boardslide?
My buddy goes "I'd like to know what it is but he never films anything."
I didn't want to derail the pro Julien threads and get kooked or banned but is this the Emperor's new clothes? Is he overrated or was there a time he was top pro/style warrior?

there's ur answer

[OwlGreen]

Watch any Julien footage ever, going back to Sick Boys, and none of it is dated. Dude never filmed a wack trick in his life. I'm not sure he ever did a wack trick. Always fast yet balanced, no matter how big or small the wheels/pants were of the era. No one else's oeuvre holds up the same way. There's no one career-defining part, but every clip, every photo holds its own. Less is more.   

[toe_knee]

Go watch his part in underworld element skypager, that’ll show you everything you need to know

[JoseCansnake0]

In his shadow, lurks Kader

[warmonke]

another L thread, congratulations!

[Boog]

He has footage in the new antihero tour video. He also has footage all the other ones. Go watch those.

[linty]

[Rasmus]

This thread reads like an old Seinfeld bit <3

I don't know how long you been around in skating, but in general most people move away from what is hip at the moment, and towards a more timeless style of skating, which is much more about speed and movement. Julien is timeless skating incarnated!

[PatrickSkateman]

Julien's the 2nd greatest Element team rider and Real team rider of all time imho.

[Pete]

Backside Ollie with a front truck bash on the way in is still fucked


Free max b

[manysnakes]

[manysnakes]

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Julien's the 2nd greatest Element team rider and Real team rider of all time imho.

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After who, Reese? Appleyard? Pepe? Andy Stone? Even Bill Pepper has harder tricks on Skypager. And what's that gap to "tailslide" that doesn't slide? Lavar switch fs flipped that bump with pep.
Julien looks ok on a board but so do a lot of people but it just doesn't seem deserving of so much. Nobody else thinks a lot of it is hype?

I just think most of us don't judge skating by who has done the "harder tricks".

[Christmas Complete]

Pffft, no way Julien could even win Battle Of The Berrics. Now Andy Anderson, that's a pro.

[LebowskisRug]

I've said it before but he's kind of a hesh Gino. It's not what he does it's how he does it. If you fire up YouTube you'll see a nice Memory Screen part that exhibits this ethos.

[PatrickSkateman]

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Julien's the 2nd greatest Element team rider and Real team rider of all time imho.

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After who, Reese? Appleyard? Pepe? Andy Stone? Even Bill Pepper has harder tricks on Skypager. And what's that gap to "tailslide" that doesn't slide? Lavar switch fs flipped that bump with pep.
Julien looks ok on a board but so do a lot of people but it just doesn't seem deserving of so much. Nobody else thinks a lot of it is hype?

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I just think most of us don't judge skating by who has done the "harder tricks".

Natas for Element

Tommy G for Real

[swellbowed]

[jorge]

Trifecta!  I have now seen Slap talking shit about Gonz, Carroll and now Julien.  Who is the next unhateable all timer to get it?

[TwisT]

Trifecta!  I have now seen Slap talking shit about Gonz, Carroll and now Julien.  Who is the next unhateable all timer to get it?

Cardiel

[PatrickSkateman]

Trifecta!  I have now seen Slap talking shit about Gonz, Carroll and now Julien.  Who is the next unhateable all timer to get it?

Kareem got some hate.

[Newphone]

You want us to explain je ne sais quoi?

[Madam, I'm Adam]

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Trifecta!  I have now seen Slap talking shit about Gonz, Carroll and now Julien.  Who is the next unhateable all timer to get it?

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Kareem got some hate.

Ray Barbee really grinds my gears with his positivity and preternatural talent. Not to mention being a wellspring of inspiration spanning several decades.

Some people, man...

[yourbreakfsat]

My friend asked me at the park tonight "what's the deal with Julien?"
I didn't have an answer. Maybe style? I've heard he has nice bs ollies or something.
Is it just a holdover of 80s heads who liked him in short shorts bombing the SF hills? Is it cause of the first handrail fs boardslide?
My buddy goes "I'd like to know what it is but he never films anything."
I didn't want to derail the pro Julien threads and get kooked or banned but is this the Emperor's new clothes? Is he overrated or was there a time he was top pro/style warrior?

"If he's a pro, how come he isn't posting on Youtube and IG 24/7?"

[Noble Experiment]

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Julien's the 2nd greatest Element team rider and Real team rider of all time imho.

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After who, Reese? Appleyard? Pepe? Andy Stone?

[Newphone]

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My friend asked me at the park tonight "what's the deal with Julien?"
I didn't have an answer. Maybe style? I've heard he has nice bs ollies or something.
Is it just a holdover of 80s heads who liked him in short shorts bombing the SF hills? Is it cause of the first handrail fs boardslide?
My buddy goes "I'd like to know what it is but he never films anything."
I didn't want to derail the pro Julien threads and get kooked or banned but is this the Emperor's new clothes? Is he overrated or was there a time he was top pro/style warrior?

[close]

"If he's a pro, how come he isn't posting on Youtube and IG 24/7?"

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Inappropriate comparison. He's been around longer than Carroll and produced less. Koston, Markovich, all the dudes from then to now have more parts than Julien. And the Greyhound back lip, i thought it was rad but my friends said 'there's not a pro alive at the time who couldn't do it.' In fact, Cairo was going switch backside over the whole ledge. And Wu Welsh was doing techner tricks for his am checkout.

You seem to be going with what I like to call the “daft punk” debate technique (so and so did it Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger).  But you must have some favorites where it’s not what they do but how they do it, no?

[Frank and Fred]

Julien's book shelf is worth a gander and adding a few titles  to your 'to-read' list.

[rawbertson.]

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My friend asked me at the park tonight "what's the deal with Julien?"
I didn't have an answer. Maybe style? I've heard he has nice bs ollies or something.
Is it just a holdover of 80s heads who liked him in short shorts bombing the SF hills? Is it cause of the first handrail fs boardslide?
My buddy goes "I'd like to know what it is but he never films anything."
I didn't want to derail the pro Julien threads and get kooked or banned but is this the Emperor's new clothes? Is he overrated or was there a time he was top pro/style warrior?

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"If he's a pro, how come he isn't posting on Youtube and IG 24/7?"

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Inappropriate comparison. He's been around longer than Carroll and produced less. Koston, Markovich, all the dudes from then to now have more parts than Julien. And the Greyhound back lip, i thought it was rad but my friends said 'there's not a pro alive at the time who couldn't do it.' In fact, Cairo was going switch backside over the whole ledge. And Wu Welsh was doing techner tricks for his am checkout.

I could be wrong but I don't think Cairo Foster was around until a few years later. First appearance I know of him is 411 ~97. maybe he was doing stuff like that before he was sponsored kind of thing but he also is a pretty top level pro too. he pushed the limits of skateboarding quite a bit himself in sf especially. put a lot of spots on the map.

i dont really understand how you dont like julien, he is the boss of anti hero, he is an amazing person to listen talk in John Cardiel's epicly laterd , not sure if you have seen that. he is just such a character. i dont think i could list all the small things he has done for skateboarding but I am fairly stoked on what he has done with anti hero and i really like the way he skates. i think it looks awesome and you can tell right away its him as soon as you see the way he moves.

i DO understand why people DONT like him , probably huge alchoholic, super negative all the time, probably feels entitled , empowers some fairly goofy behavior, im probably not the best to answer that either as i suffer from a lot of these exact same issues. maybe this is why i align with anti hero so much...