2022 unpopular opinion thread

[big_kev_215]

Pinched 50-50's don't deserve the same amount of acclaim as straight ones

I wonder what’s the most egregious cross-locked 5050 example of all time

[gsosa]

People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[Stu Pickles]

cross locking is ok and actually looks way cooler

[Gab]

Both are acceptable, straight lock looks gnarlier but both look sick. First cross lock I really remember taking note of was frank gerwer in a firm ad in 411 and I thought it looked so sick.

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

I think anything not cross locked is just considered lucky......

[EXTRA SPICY]

People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

Maaaaaan, I don't want to see no Gravette shit right now.

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

I'm starting to question crooked grinds......I've always been suspicious.....

[Dwyck]

Louie is the least interesting guy in the FA/Hockey camp

[SneakySecrets]

Louie is the least interesting guy in the FA/Hockey camp

But the best skater

[Billy Bitchcakes]

People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[backside_frontside]

People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[BurgerCop]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

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That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[Dwyck]

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Louie is the least interesting guy in the FA/Hockey camp

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But the best skater

By a wide margin

[Mean salto]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

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That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[gsosa]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

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That was only two so it doesn't count...

Kidding, damn I haven't seen Nyjahs part or Empowered so I must get up to date on my shit. Anyways, I thought people cross locked their shit so they wouldn't eat shit on kinkers and huge rails and not as an aesthetic deal.

[GAY]

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Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants.

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Comments like these are keeping you from getting my POTY vote.

Is my opinion a joke to you???

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I’m not even in the running, not with @GAY losting regularly and @pizzafliptofakie successfully trolling Berra for the second time with the same joke.

Yeah but you're WAY more likable.

[LebowskisRug]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

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That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

IIRC Kyle Walker mostly heel locks and did that insane billion kink rail a few years back maybe in his SOTY year?

[SatanicPanic]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

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That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

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That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

[GrayCellGreen]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

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Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

[SatanicPanic]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[close]

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

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That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

Yeah I caught that too. Was a good interview.  Hot take- maybe we were all too harsh on Nyjah

[GrayCellGreen]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[close]

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

[close]

That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

[close]

Yeah I caught that too. Was a good interview.  Hot take- maybe we were all too harsh on Nyjah

His skateboarding is objectively good, but the criticisms of his fits and overall jock vibes are valid and should be called out.

[SatanicPanic]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[close]

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

[close]

That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

[close]

Yeah I caught that too. Was a good interview.  Hot take- maybe we were all too harsh on Nyjah

[close]

His skateboarding is objectively good, but the criticisms of his fits and overall jock vibes are valid and should be called out.

For sure. Not a fan of his fits and I admit he sometimes leans too hard on his sender attitude. But he seems like an ok dude (yes I’ve heard the rape allegations, I’m not convinced). At this point I’ve moved from not a fan to respectful indifference like where I’m at with Tiago

[Terminal]

Does anyone else avoid the injury thread out of superstition? Fuck I can't go near it!

[BurgerCop]

Does anyone else avoid the injury thread out of superstition? Fuck I can't go near it!

I don't like seeing, reading, or even hearing about injuries.
I especially hate it when some jerkoff starts talking about injuries at the session.

[IpathCats]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[close]

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

[close]

That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

[close]

Yeah I caught that too. Was a good interview.  Hot take- maybe we were all too harsh on Nyjah

The truth people arent ready for.

[Tommy G]

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Does anyone else avoid the injury thread out of superstition? Fuck I can't go near it!

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I don't like seeing, reading, or even hearing about injuries.
I especially hate it when some jerkoff starts talking about injuries at the session.

Not only that, whenever I see people talk about their skate sessions it seems like they get hurt more than they land anything.

[modern life is war]

Does anyone else avoid the injury thread out of superstition? Fuck I can't go near it!

Absolutely, and any time someone at the skatepark starts talking about injuries i will either tell them to stop talking about it because they're harshing my vibe or i will just skate away. FUCK having that shit in my head when i'm skating

[modern life is war]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[close]

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

[close]

That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

[close]

Yeah I caught that too. Was a good interview.  Hot take- maybe we were all too harsh on Nyjah

I feel like at the end of the day nyjah is just a dude who loves skateboarding as much as any of us. I'm sure he would have made more money this year if he just competed instead of going for all those insane rail tricks. Fuck, he's probably so loaded that he doesn't even need to skate anymore if he doesn't feel like it, yet he still does and is pushing the boundaries of skating. He's corny at times but at least he's honest about who he is.

[Roisto]

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Does anyone else avoid the injury thread out of superstition? Fuck I can't go near it!

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Absolutely, and any time someone at the skatepark starts talking about injuries i will either tell them to stop talking about it because they're harshing my vibe or i will just skate away. FUCK having that shit in my head when i'm skating

Exactly. It’s not about superstition, more like common sense. It’s better to not have that shit on your mind when skating because that can lead to doubt and commitment issues and that’s when you injure yourself.

[manysnakes]

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People who hate on cross locked 50s clearly do not understand that that is the only way to do the rails people are doing these days. Someone please show me a straight locked 50-50 down a triple kinker

[close]

That’s absolute bullshit and you’re smoking dust if you think otherwise

[close]

In the Empower video Bækkel hits 50s down a couple huge double kinks using heel lock.
That's just a very quick example off the top of my head. No reason to think he couldn't do it on a triple.

[close]

That's all well and good but whens someone gonna make backside 5050 double toe lock the norm?

[close]

Doesn’t Nyjah already do this?

[close]

That's what he said in his recent interview with Gary Rogers. I guess he's seen too many people end up in feeble when doing cross locked back 50s down kinked rails.

[close]

Yeah I caught that too. Was a good interview.  Hot take- maybe we were all too harsh on Nyjah

I’ve got a friend who has been saying this for a decade; it has been funny watching half of Slap and seemingly 3/4 of Instagram commenters arrive at the same conclusion.