2020 unpopular opinion thread

[RichardBarkley]

Skate videos nowadays are desensitizing and we should go back to embarcadero days

You mean like porn?

I'm all for dumbing them down and being able to fantasize about doing the tricks too.

[WobbleHeadBob]

The new Vans video was grand
Berle’s Dylanesque/greaser style is refreshing
Last Resort AB is garbage
Spitfire Wheels aren’t that great and are highly overrated
Big boy pants are beyond ridiculous
Antihero continues to be overrated
Nothing is “core”

you were on a roll till this bombshell.

there are unpopular opinions and theres being just plain wrong

[Croquet temper]

Tom Knox is pretty good, but I don't love him as much as Slap seems to. It's really all about Franky Villani.

[ballintoohard]

I don't like Real even if they make awesome shapes that I would genuinely like.

[Arto!Arto!WakeUp!]

oh, oh, oh, i've got a real one! i've got a real one!

tj rogers should've been a soty contender this year and if he rode for anyone but the relevancy-free combo of blind and es, he certainly would've been.

[Welpok]

skatepark footage still doesn’t count

For real!

[City of Drunken Totems]

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skatepark footage still doesn’t count

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For real!

what are you guys even talking about? it never has

and before some dummy is like "what about transitions skaters" we all know the difference

[Eric Dolphy]

oh, oh, oh, i've got a real one! i've got a real one!

tj rogers should've been a soty contender this year and if he rode for anyone but the relevancy-free combo of blind and es, he certainly would've been.

100%

[Croquet temper]

I don't get the hate for David Gonzales or Kyle Walker on this board. They both undeniably rip. I mean, yeah, they have kookish tendencies, but so have all of our favorites.

[ziggy]

I don't get the hate for David Gonzales or Kyle Walker on this board. They both undeniably rip. I mean, yeah, they have kookish tendencies, but so have all of our favorites.

they don’t ride for Alien, Habitat, Hockey, FA, Quasi, Isle or Polar, so they don’t count

[Urtripping]

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I don't get the hate for David Gonzales or Kyle Walker on this board. They both undeniably rip. I mean, yeah, they have kookish tendencies, but so have all of our favorites.

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they don’t ride for Alien, Habitat, Hockey, FA, Quasi, Isle or Polar, so they don’t count

They are both gigantic kooks, and that kills it for me at least. Could get into a whole "Can you separate the skater from the skating" discussion, but let's not!

Plus big kinked rails, while they may be very gnar, are just not as exciting to me as good ledge skating or skating more interesting spots/obstacles.

[Croquet temper]

[cky enthusiast]

handrails are boring and always have been. “what about the time _____ did ____”? nah. no expeditions. snooze fest. might as well watch xtreme motocross or something

[Urtripping]

If we're talkin unpopular opinions, pineapple does not belong on pizza.

[LordManHammer]

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If we're talkin unpopular opinions, pineapple does not belong on pizza.

This is word of law......

Same people who put pineapple on pizza are the same that pour milk before cereal absolute serial killer tendencies.

[Croquet temper]

Pineapple, jalape񯬠and pepperoni pizza before I go skate crazy multi-kinked handrails with David Gonzales and Kyle Walker while wearing a random pair of Genetic shoes that someone kept cryogenically preserved for 20 years.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Andrew Reynolds doesn't have a good frontside flip. His body has always under rotated between 10 and 35 degrees resulting in an incomplete rollaway.

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if we're doing unpopular opinions on reynolds i'd throw in this:

birdhouse tom-penny-tribute reynolds>>>baker dress-shirt-waster reynolds

Everyone knows Turtle Boy is his most iconic look.   Baker2G was probably his peak version of Turtle Boy, though 4Star bucket hat stood out.  This is Skateboarding might have been near the bottom for me (this was the height of leather jackets, short hair and fs flips landed just over halfway)

Agree with THPS choice, bummed it didn’t look good in the new version

[CHUTNi]

Pineapple, jalape񯬠and pepperoni pizza before I go skate crazy multi-kinked handrails with David Gonzales and Kyle Walker while wearing a random pair of Genetic shoes that someone kept cryogenically preserved for 20 years.

#GONZVIBES

[Arto!Arto!WakeUp!]

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Andrew Reynolds doesn't have a good frontside flip. His body has always under rotated between 10 and 35 degrees resulting in an incomplete rollaway.

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if we're doing unpopular opinions on reynolds i'd throw in this:

birdhouse tom-penny-tribute reynolds>>>baker dress-shirt-waster reynolds

[close]

Everyone knows Turtle Boy is his most iconic look.   Baker2G was probably his peak version of Turtle Boy, though 4Star bucket hat stood out.  This is Skateboarding might have been near the bottom for me (this was the height of leather jackets, short hair and fs flips landed just over halfway)

Agree with THPS choice, bummed it didn’t look good in the new version

if we're hating on under-rotated fs flips, baker 2g probably has the worst example. the one down wilshire is about 80 degrees short

[Atiba Applebum]

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Andrew Reynolds doesn't have a good frontside flip. His body has always under rotated between 10 and 35 degrees resulting in an incomplete rollaway.

[close]

if we're doing unpopular opinions on reynolds i'd throw in this:

birdhouse tom-penny-tribute reynolds>>>baker dress-shirt-waster reynolds

[close]

Everyone knows Turtle Boy is his most iconic look.   Baker2G was probably his peak version of Turtle Boy, though 4Star bucket hat stood out.  This is Skateboarding might have been near the bottom for me (this was the height of leather jackets, short hair and fs flips landed just over halfway)

Agree with THPS choice, bummed it didn’t look good in the new version

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if we're hating on under-rotated fs flips, baker 2g probably has the worst example. the one down wilshire is about 80 degrees short

Ah right, makes sense.  His intro showed he was getting used to landing perpendicularly

[JimGeko]

Stevie Williams has a wack style.

[Craig Lutzka]

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Andrew Reynolds doesn't have a good frontside flip. His body has always under rotated between 10 and 35 degrees resulting in an incomplete rollaway.

[close]

if we're doing unpopular opinions on reynolds i'd throw in this:

birdhouse tom-penny-tribute reynolds>>>baker dress-shirt-waster reynolds

[close]

Everyone knows Turtle Boy is his most iconic look.   Baker2G was probably his peak version of Turtle Boy, though 4Star bucket hat stood out.  This is Skateboarding might have been near the bottom for me (this was the height of leather jackets, short hair and fs flips landed just over halfway)

Agree with THPS choice, bummed it didn’t look good in the new version

[close]

if we're hating on under-rotated fs flips, baker 2g probably has the worst example. the one down wilshire is about 80 degrees short

Yeah don’t forget about the time he under rotated that 180 to start his baker 2g part.

[ballintoohard]

Kevin Rodriguez has no business being pro.

[Sluggloaph]

I never feel comfortable "hanging out" at the skate shop. I've had decent conversations and even a few beers but I always feel uneasy. I don't get how theres bouls there just kickin it all day.

[Dwyck]

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I don't get the hate for David Gonzales or Kyle Walker on this board. They both undeniably rip. I mean, yeah, they have kookish tendencies, but so have all of our favorites.

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they don’t ride for Alien, Habitat, Hockey, FA, Quasi, Isle or Polar, so they don’t count

It's the N-bombs and the no-complies guys

[Idk]

Kevin Rodriguez has no business being pro.

Can back big spin a double set clean. How many skaters out there doing back big spins down double sets clean as in not wearing some lame gear or doing it with weird style. Probably some but not many

[Circaskater420]

Kevin Rodriguez has no business being pro.

I love K-Rod but there are a lot of French skaters who are way more deserving of a pro board from Hockey.   

[Eric Dolphy]

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I don't get the hate for David Gonzales or Kyle Walker on this board. They both undeniably rip. I mean, yeah, they have kookish tendencies, but so have all of our favorites.

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they don’t ride for Alien, Habitat, Hockey, FA, Quasi, Isle or Polar, so they don’t count

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They are both gigantic kooks, and that kills it for me at least. Could get into a whole "Can you separate the skater from the skating" discussion, but let's not!

Plus big kinked rails, while they may be very gnar, are just not as exciting to me as good ledge skating or skating more interesting spots/obstacles.

i think of it like porn. Watching a guy with an 18" dick pound down is unrelatable. it's impressive but it doesn't get me excited.

[FrozenIndustries]

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Kevin Rodriguez has no business being pro.

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I love K-Rod but there are a lot of French skaters who are way more deserving of a pro board from Hockey.

Do you really think this or are you just not into his skating or the way he dresses? The dude sells a ton of boards and generates a ton of interest without having a social media presence (aside from the fan pages people make for him). He fully deserves to be pro, even if you think he is a pile or wears bad pants or whatever.

Also hilarious that he tried to go back to am for Polar in exchange for not having to have a social media presence but Pontus nixed it.

[Jerrys Kid]

I think if someone wanted to make a 10-part docu-series like "The Last Dance" for a skateboarder and their career, the most compelling person to do it on would be Jamie Thomas. I'm not even a Jamie Thomas fan, but I think you would need at least half a dozen hours of interviews to fully unpack the unorthodox approach he took to becoming successful in the skate industry.