2022 unpopular opinion thread

[EdLawndale]

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^^^that was cool to watch. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks man.. it was definitely a great time in my life, even with all the fucking constant panic attacks and social awkwardness I forced on myself at times.

Yeah, crazy how much self-awareness just comes with age. You did the damn thing though, man. Props.

[JRF]

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^^^that was cool to watch. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks man.. it was definitely a great time in my life, even with all the fucking constant panic attacks and social awkwardness I forced on myself at times.

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Yeah, crazy how much self-awareness just comes with age. You did the damn thing though, man. Props.

Oh, for sure.. I totally agree. It took me into my late 30’s/early 40’s to completely realize that I should stop over analyzing everything and to just be comfortable and content with who I am. Late bloomer I guess.

[PatrickSkateman]

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^^^that was cool to watch. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks man.. it was definitely a great time in my life, even with all the fucking constant panic attacks and social awkwardness I forced on myself at times.

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Yeah, crazy how much self-awareness just comes with age. You did the damn thing though, man. Props.

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Oh, for sure.. I totally agree. It took me into my late 30’s/early 40’s to completely realize that I should stop over analyzing everything and to just be comfortable and content with who I am. Late bloomer I guess.

I really like being 40 so far. I thought 30 was where everything clicked, but 40’s been amazing.

[JRF]

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^^^that was cool to watch. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks man.. it was definitely a great time in my life, even with all the fucking constant panic attacks and social awkwardness I forced on myself at times.

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Yeah, crazy how much self-awareness just comes with age. You did the damn thing though, man. Props.

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Oh, for sure.. I totally agree. It took me into my late 30’s/early 40’s to completely realize that I should stop over analyzing everything and to just be comfortable and content with who I am. Late bloomer I guess.

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I really like being 40 so far. I thought 30 was where everything clicked, but 40’s been amazing.

I fully agree with that. My 30’s were filled with mental problems, addiction and poor impulse control, it wasn’t until my 40’s that I became more calm and rational in stressful situations. Which made my social life a hell of a lot less awkward.

[KGB]

Stop filming on tape. It's 2022. HD is more practical in literally every scenario. Looks better, easier to use, SD cards are more accessible than tape, ect. You can't recreate what old videos had just because you're filming on the same gear.

Ya, not like the majority of us are watching them on old analogue tube tv's anymore.

[FuzzGNU]

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Stop filming on tape. It's 2022. HD is more practical in literally every scenario. Looks better, easier to use, SD cards are more accessible than tape, ect. You can't recreate what old videos had just because you're filming on the same gear.

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Yes. I don’t understand the nostalgia for VX. It’s hard to watch at this point

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I think it looks amazing for night footage for whatever reason. Day? Not so much.

I overall like VX still, but the thing that bothers me is all the 720p footage. Its just this awful middleground. Doesn't have the awesome 4:3 fisheye lense and aesthetic of the VX... its just like HD footage without glasses on.

One thing I wish skating embraced more is 60-100fps footage. Skateboarding looks soooooo nice in HD 60+ FPS. Its criminal how few people are shooting in high frame rate.

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Although the last part I ever filmed was back in 2014 to 2016ish, I can say I’ve never once had a clip that was filmed in HD, pretty much 99% vx1000 footage from 1998 and onward. It’s also crazy to think that photographers shoot the majority of today’s printed photo sequences’ on some sort of digital camera format. God damn! That must be a much less stressful situation when you have a photographer shooting a sequence of you. I can think of quite a few times, while in the middle of shooting a sequence where the photographer had so many spent rolls of film laying on the ground and just feeling super fucking guilty and anxious for wasting so many rolls of film on a single trick and then there’s the situation when the photographer says “this is the last roll” which usually meant that you have 3 more more tries to land it. Back then a photographer had to be either a staff photographer for TWS, the skateboard mag” or thrasher to be able to shoot a sequence of a trick that might be a battle to make, they’d need that reimbursement from the magazine to be able to afford to waste so much film trying to get the make.

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Cool insight. Have any links to your parts or sequences?

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I guess this…??…


http://kurthayashimedia.blogspot.com/2010/05/fortune-fridays-1-of-4.html?m=1

I’m sure there’s atleast 1 or 2 clips that I wasted way to many rolls of film on trying to shoot a sequence

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Great part!

[Gab]

I like Zion

[tonitonne]

Nollie FS bigspins are sick and don't get done nearly as often as they should.

[fineslime]

I don't think that a majority of the Japenese talent that's exploding on the contest scene right now will have much success in the realm of legitimate street skating. They're extremely talented and do fucked up technical tricks, but I'm not sure if they'll break out of the TF.

[manysnakes]

I like Zion

I love his skating - he has a fast and explosive style. One of my favorite big rail chompers.

[j....soy.....]

I don't think that a majority of the Japenese talent that's exploding on the contest scene right now will have much success in the realm of legitimate street skating. They're extremely talented and do fucked up technical tricks, but I'm not sure if they'll break out of the TF.

Opposed to all the other contest greats who broke out……..

[SneakySecrets]

I don't think that a majority of the Japenese talent that's exploding on the contest scene right now will have much success in the realm of legitimate street skating. They're extremely talented and do fucked up technical tricks, but I'm not sure if they'll break out of the TF.

If you judge success as having a unique style/trick selection and skating interesting spots in creative ways, then yeah, probably not. 

But if you’re talking about grinding out just enough footage to appease their energy drink overlords and keep the fat checks rolling in, then yes, they probably will be successful.

Or maybe they’ll just tell us all to go fuck ourselves and won’t even bother to film any street stuff.

[TwisT]

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I like Zion

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I love his skating - he has a fast and explosive style. One of my favorite big rail chompers.

I love zions skating too, big rails and 540s. Like a more refined jaws

[veritas]

Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

[tonitonne]

Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

I don't see how xl tees and baggy jeans are that bad personally. Classic skate fit imo. There's way worse stuff people could be wearing. There's literally a whole hypebeast subculture look at what those fuckers wear.

[Mean salto]

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I don't think that a majority of the Japenese talent that's exploding on the contest scene right now will have much success in the realm of legitimate street skating. They're extremely talented and do fucked up technical tricks, but I'm not sure if they'll break out of the TF.

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Opposed to all the other contest greats who broke out……..

I think it's the unfortunate situation of what's the point? Tho. Why go out and try their hardest shit on street spots when they're already getting paid to do it in a comp. So a few people on a forum will go ok actually they're pretty good.

[JRF]

Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

I guess that it depends on who’s rocking it. That dude (his name escapes me) that’s in the bronze 56k and Dc videos that wears the full ‘1999 kalis get up makes it look legit, his talent and style obviously helps too.

[Lou Strux]

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Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

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I guess that it depends on who’s rocking it. That dude (his name escapes me) that’s in the bronze 56k and Dc videos that wears the full ‘1999 kalis get up makes it look legit, his talent and style obviously helps too.

Talkin’ ‘bout John Shanahan over here.

[JRF]

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Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

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Talkin’ ‘bout John Shanahan over here.

I guess that it depends on who’s rocking it. That dude (his name escapes me) that’s in the bronze 56k and Dc videos that wears the full ‘1999 kalis get up makes it look legit, his talent and style obviously helps too.

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Yup! That dude is fucking super decent!

[Lou Strux]

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Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

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Talkin’ ‘bout John Shanahan over here.

I guess that it depends on who’s rocking it. That dude (his name escapes me) that’s in the bronze 56k and Dc videos that wears the full ‘1999 kalis get up makes it look legit, his talent and style obviously helps too.

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Yup! That dude is fucking super decent!

Hard agree.
Something about his Kalis cos-play fits is endearing to me.

[silhouette]

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Dressing like a workshop rider from 1998 looks like a Halloween costume in 2022

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I guess that it depends on who’s rocking it. That dude (his name escapes me) that’s in the bronze 56k and Dc videos that wears the full ‘1999 kalis get up makes it look legit, his talent and style obviously helps too.

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Talkin’ ‘bout John Shanahan over here.

Thought JRF was talking about Kevin Bilyeu for a second, that's another skater who I find can really pull it off. The whole Sabotage crew in general is quite fascinating in how they respect and homage the history and traditional imagery and identity of their scene all the while dodging falling into the gimmicky, and just via raw work:



(just realized the Thrasher intern moving the mouse during the screen capture around 3:07 on that version of the upload)

[IpathCats]

Stop filming on tape. It's 2022. HD is more practical in literally every scenario. Looks better, easier to use, SD cards are more accessible than tape, ect. You can't recreate what old videos had just because you're filming on the same gear.

Stop filming with cameras, it's 2022. Cell phones are more practical in literally every scenario.

Lol /s

[goodatmeth]

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Stop filming on tape. It's 2022. HD is more practical in literally every scenario. Looks better, easier to use, SD cards are more accessible than tape, ect. You can't recreate what old videos had just because you're filming on the same gear.

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Stop filming with cameras, it's 2022. Cell phones are more practical in literally every scenario.

Lol /s

I guess my unpopular opinion is I give zero fucks what you use to film clips, I just want to be able to see the trick, the skater and the spot from a nice angle.

[georgethecat]

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Stop filming on tape. It's 2022. HD is more practical in literally every scenario. Looks better, easier to use, SD cards are more accessible than tape, ect. You can't recreate what old videos had just because you're filming on the same gear.

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Stop filming with cameras, it's 2022. Cell phones are more practical in literally every scenario.

Lol /s

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I guess my unpopular opinion is I give zero fucks what you use to film clips, I just want to be able to see the trick, the skater and the spot from a nice angle.

What if you've got all that and then, hear me out, you zoom way in on the skater's face and then their ankles?

[formula420]

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I don't think that a majority of the Japenese talent that's exploding on the contest scene right now will have much success in the realm of legitimate street skating. They're extremely talented and do fucked up technical tricks, but I'm not sure if they'll break out of the TF.

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If you judge success as having a unique style/trick selection and skating interesting spots in creative ways, then yeah, probably not. 

But if you’re talking about grinding out just enough footage to appease their energy drink overlords and keep the fat checks rolling in, then yes, they probably will be successful.

Or maybe they’ll just tell us all to go fuck ourselves and won’t even bother to film any street stuff.

Pj does that last part without doing contests

[j....soy.....]

Aureilien just dropped a part no?  I’m sure it’s nuts…..I haven’t watched it yet….I may not…

[IpathCats]

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Stop filming on tape. It's 2022. HD is more practical in literally every scenario. Looks better, easier to use, SD cards are more accessible than tape, ect. You can't recreate what old videos had just because you're filming on the same gear.

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Stop filming with cameras, it's 2022. Cell phones are more practical in literally every scenario.

Lol /s

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I guess my unpopular opinion is I give zero fucks what you use to film clips, I just want to be able to see the trick, the skater and the spot from a nice angle.

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What if you've got all that and then, hear me out, you zoom way in on the skater's face and then their ankles?

Board, face, board, face, fat bills golden formula. extra points if the subject is shirtless and sweaty.

It seems like we're getting past the era of bad bill impersonators, and people are actually filming in that style better than strobeck now IMO. That recent vid with Kyota had me thinking this.

[goodatmeth]

Aureilien just dropped a part no?  I’m sure it’s nuts…..I haven’t watched it yet….I may not…

Even if you watched it, you wouldn't be able to remember a single trick. At least I can't

[Idk]

Contest skateboarding is going to make skateboarding really ugly. No need for anyone to do a cab back tail 270 shuv out. Unless you’re Marc Johnson and doing it gracefully. Not just a tornado spin.

[goodatmeth]

Contest skateboarding is going to make skateboarding really ugly. No need for anyone to do a cab back tail 270 shuv out. Unless you’re Marc Johnson and doing it gracefully. Not just a tornado spin.

I'm so sick of seeing a cab into anything at this point. So many contest dudes are doing the same tricks