Philly, even if he hasn't adopted a particular personality, he's allowed his boring ass socal personality to become a very prominent part of his appeal. In other words, he's taken advantage of the fact that there are legions of poor sap fat kids out there who are just into a guy smiley type dude. This is not that big of a deal I guess, but come on man, let your skating do the talking once in a while. Also, it should be noted that you seriously just tried to big dude up because he still skates. This is absolutely regular. I mean, I'd go ahead and give him the same respect I give other skaters who keep skating after they've turned 18 or whatever for just keeping with it even after they've gotten a job or gone to college or whatever, but he doesn't have to do any of that shit--he gets paid to skate. Am I really supposed to be impressed that he keeps accepting those checks and traveling the world and having all that free time? This is an even dumber reason to back him than the other ones provided here, which are that he's nice, he skates handrails in addition to stairs, he dresses better than he used to, and he did one trick at the end of one part that was good. And I don't consider myself to have been grilled in any McClouth thread. All I ever said about dude was that he must be a kook, based on his history of barfing while filming berrics parts (STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSS) and the fact that he's obviously proficient on a skateboard yet can't get hooked up by anyone. Well, he's still good and he's still not hooked up, so apparently potential sponsors agree with me. I mean, until he gets hooked up, I think we pretty much have to assume that he's a kook, and none of you have presented any argument to the contrary.
I know these dudes are your friends or whatever and you think that getting sponsored and having a 'career' in skateboarding is something that should be applauded or revered or taken seriously or something, but from where I'm sitting, all your friends have never done anything remotely cool or interesting on a skateboard, and I can't see why anyone would ever want to give them shit. I mean, have you ever seen a skater with an ounce of originality or spirit in person? It really can get better than what your buddies have done over the years, believe it or not.