i don’t know this one has me mixed up. i agree with the whole supreme take. i don’t agree with skateboarders making companies being considered capitalism, i agree that the ones that make gimmicky shit or mass sell to non skate affiliated stores and all of that are selling out. i do think there is an over saturation & that it’s a lot harder to keep up with brands nowadays much less identify with one being how many there are popping up daily. i also don’t think skateboard brands make skateboarding cool or what it is like he says but, i do think they help build an image for a brand which i’m sure he can date back to with dogtown or whatever brand he was excited about in his time. i understand his points sometimes in some degrees only being that he grew up in a different era that only had vision or this or that being his introduction to what skateboard brands are and not keeping up with the current, he listed nixon as a sponsor he doesn’t like as if it’s still mid 2000’s. it’s still similar and a lot of brands suck and are cashing in on skating although as we know some truly care about the product they make & the skateboarding community & he seems unwilling to accept that. if we started skating in the 70s before there were really sponsors besides the one we grew up with (dogtown for him) it would make more sense to us i’d imagine. it’s probably like an old man who got into early street racing only to see nascar take off with sponsors logos all over the cars/uniforms. he is a narcissist who seems out of date with accepting where things have progressed in terms of the one thing he loves (skateboarding) and has been apart of for a long time & i think more of us can relate to that than we would like to admit, i just don’t think i am as big of a fan of myself as he is. that said it’s sure a lot more interesting than a lot of their episodes so i listened.
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