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Skateboarding => PHOTOS/VIDEO => Topic started by: Bubblegum Tate on March 25, 2019, 12:02:41 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_KJiwPXPds
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Fuck yeah TATE!!!
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Wowzers , five hours. Gonna need a few days to watch this.
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I knew this was gonna be a long one but damn.
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5 hours!!!!! That's ridiculous.
This unfortunately might join Gershon Mosley and Jason Jessee in the unfinished pile just due to the length.
I am commuting 3 hours a day for work though shouldn't be too hard haha
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Damn stoked for this one!
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First question, "What was your introduction into skateboarding?"
....45 minute answer.
I don't think I can handle this one. Mike V always sounds like he is full of shit.
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Holy shit. I'm psyched but this is gonna take all week to get through. Ripping it now in case a shorter version goes up later.
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Yeah this is the first time that i wanna watch but gonna save it for later, 5 hours is just way too long i got to much stuff to do
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5hrs of mike v.
They must be trolling us
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holy fuck 5 hours. Going to be a good listen
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holy fuck 5 hours. Going to be a good listen
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alright I got this. so Mike V, V being the roman numeral for 5, 5 hours. THIS is what it feels like to chew 5 gum.
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Looking forward to his dissertation on being vegan, then not being vegan.
Just kidding. I am not looking forward to most of this.
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He could start a TED talk team with Rodney, damn.
But it's nice to listen to in the background while working. Can't imagine I have the attention span to actually listen to this with full attention for 5 hours.
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how can yall hate on this shit it's amazing
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5 hrs? No thanks.
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He better give a play by play of beating those jocks asses
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i honestly wish that they have an index for each episode... especially for the 2+ ones because 5 hours is mad obnoxious
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Hey guys, haven’t watched this yet but I’m very excited about it and I’ll post what I think about it later on, OK?
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He better give a play by play of beating those ocks asses
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This run time only helps reinforce that Mike V, is indeed the biggest fart sniffer in skateboarding.
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For anyone wanting to save a little time you can play it at 1.25 speed, it's what I did with the Jason Jessee episode.
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Within the first 30 seconds I learned I've been pronouncing his name wrong all these years
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Some really good and funny story telling in the first 30mins about finding skateboarding. Can’t wait to hear it all - so much history. Seems Like he’s been waiting his whole life for this interview.
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First question, "What was your introduction into skateboarding?"
....45 minute answer.
I don't think I can handle this one. Mike V always sounds like he is full of shit.
Thought the same thing turned it off when he was talking about looking at thrasher through the screen.
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Hey guys, haven’t watched this yet but I’m very excited about it and I’ll post what I think about it later on, OK?
looking forward to all your observations. thanks so much for letting us know that you will watch it later.
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Does anyone know how long the ep is?
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i honestly wish that they have an index for each episode... especially for the 2+ ones because 5 hours is mad obnoxious
That would be very helpful.
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I’m like 4 hours in to it at work and it’s honestly pretty good. He’s sniffing his own farts for sure but there is some interesting stuff
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First question, "What was your introduction into skateboarding?"
....45 minute answer.
I don't think I can handle this one. Mike V always sounds like he is full of shit.
Is it because every story is something like a wonder years narrative of "at that moment, I knew, my life was changed forever." ? I think he lost me when it was round 3 or 4 of Powell and he had a big statement of how "I always wanted to be a part of this team, etc etc etc" and then quit yet again. I'll watch his skating all day but it's hard to not think about how bad he wanted to become Rollins. And basically has.
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As soon as I heard who the guest was I thought "Should be a long one. If there's anyone out there who likes to talk about themselves even more than Jamie Thomas...."
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Funny story about Rocco just letting Mike take the wheel to continue on from NJ to Canada.
Mike had never driven before and Rocco was like, it’s chill man, and then proceeded to slept for a number of hours.
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I am a huge skate nerd but not really a Mike V fan other than that muska fight. I just dont know much about him. That being said...
This shit is amazing, no joke. Y'all are Tripping.
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got three hours in before work
more interesting than i thought, a lot of but sniffing but is Mike V butt sniffing!
I've been pronouncing his name wrong this whole time, now hearing them pronounce correctly sounds wrong
dude ripping the $100 bill story was nuts
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That crossed out element tattoo is badass
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this guy loves skateboarding
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Only made it 21 minutes and had to turn it off at his story about rolling off of a car when he didn't even know how to skate and his buddy yelling "YES! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER" because it was the most radical thing he's ever seen someone do on a skateboard.
Seriously quit saying "If they made a movie about it" and just make your own shitty epic biopic about your life. You and Jamie both. It was basically him reciting a mental screenplay for a movie about his life.
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This interview is hilarious. I still can’t get over this Kevin guy showing Mike a Thrasher through a window.
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Mike V’s favorite skater is totally Mike V.
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Only made it 21 minutes and had to turn it off at his story about rolling off of a car when he didn't even know how to skate and his buddy yelling "YES! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER" because it was the most radical thing he's ever seen someone do on a skateboard.
Seriously quit saying "If they made a movie about it" and just make your own shitty epic biopic about your life. You and Jamie both. It was basically him reciting a mental screenplay for a movie about his life.
Because two weren't enough?
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51LDAz7vm3L.jpg)(https://cimages.cinehook.com/movies/min/post/sLZeqQvnHjNsTZyTZSjQNCn5w0u.jpg)
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Only made it 21 minutes and had to turn it off at his story about rolling off of a car when he didn't even know how to skate and his buddy yelling "YES! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER" because it was the most radical thing he's ever seen someone do on a skateboard.
Seriously quit saying "If they made a movie about it" and just make your own shitty epic biopic about your life. You and Jamie both. It was basically him reciting a mental screenplay for a movie about his life.
yeah i’m trying to listen but it’s hard. I get weird born again christian vibes from him
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Only made it 21 minutes and had to turn it off at his story about rolling off of a car when he didn't even know how to skate and his buddy yelling "YES! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER" because it was the most radical thing he's ever seen someone do on a skateboard.
Seriously quit saying "If they made a movie about it" and just make your own shitty epic biopic about your life. You and Jamie both. It was basically him reciting a mental screenplay for a movie about his life.
I blame this Kevin guy for Mike Vs favorite skater is Mike V. Haha
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5 hours is long but you can listen whenever you want. It’s not a live-only interview. Plus they’ll edit ingestible highlights for the people that can’t listen to the whole thing. 2.5 hours in and it’s a great interview.
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yeah i’m trying to listen but it’s hard. I get weird born again christian vibes from him
This. I honestly thought he was going to start tearing up a couple of times.
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Only made it 21 minutes and had to turn it off at his story about rolling off of a car when he didn't even know how to skate and his buddy yelling "YES! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER! YOU'RE A SKATEBOARDER" because it was the most radical thing he's ever seen someone do on a skateboard.
Seriously quit saying "If they made a movie about it" and just make your own shitty epic biopic about your life. You and Jamie both. It was basically him reciting a mental screenplay for a movie about his life.
Because two weren't enough?
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51LDAz7vm3L.jpg)(https://cimages.cinehook.com/movies/min/post/sLZeqQvnHjNsTZyTZSjQNCn5w0u.jpg)
Sponsored and stand strong as well
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I had these shoes back in the day, they lasted a long while, id skate these again for laughs.
(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/etnies-vallely.jpg)
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The human memory is garbage, that's why it's hard for me to listen to these old guys with their long winded, nostalgic stories. Just a bunch of embellishment or straight up lies. 5 hours holy shit. This will be a hard pass from me.
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In these old guy's defense, if you've been skating 30+ years, you're going to have a lot to talk about, or a lot of stories. I'll probably do an hour, hour and a half sessions. Thats what I did with Jamie. That said this must be a record right? 5 hours?
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I had these shoes back in the day, they lasted a long while, id skate these again for laughs.
(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/etnies-vallely.jpg)
I had a pair as well , grey, yellow and black.
They lasted forever.
Still one of my favourite parts. https://youtu.be/WXHWiFYZ9dk
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I finished it. It really says a lot about him that he can talk about himself for over 5 hours and only discuss how cool people apparently thought he was. His only discusses Ed Templeton in the context of how much he thought Ed looked up to him and even had the gall to victimize himself after Ed "left" their company together, not even hinting to the fact that Mike stole from him and then threatened to beat him up over it. He completely dismisses any discussion about how he used to beat people up all the time, even laughing at the notion of him being a tough guy when he has an interview of him bragging about diving backwards down a flight of stairs with two security guards in a headlock because they wouldn't let his wife into the Globe World Cup. He tries to claim that he inspired an anti-corporate attitude in skateboarding when he's among the earliest pros to have a fucking drink sponsor. He sings the praises of Greg Ginn, who on all accounts is a fucking cretin, just because it brings him one step closer to his wet dream of being Henry Rollins. It takes a special kind of person to say "people just wanna see me skate, man" and be serious about it.
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I waste 5 hours a day on SLAP easy, this’ll be a breeze.
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These fools need to hire an editor.
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He totally lied about Joe Wuertz being the most radical human being that he's ever met. Mike V is the most radical human being that Mike V has ever met.
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Great storyteller / episode. Lots of history & no doubt Mike V loves himself some Mike V.
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As an older guy, I was def. Inspired by vallely back in the day, like waaaay back in the day.
Then I seen his part in some horrible Powell video and all I could do was feel bad. Similar to kris markovich when his part in that transworld video came out(4 wheel drive I think?)
He really is patting himself on the back way too much.
But whatever. At least he aged well. He must be 45 ish
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As an older guy, I was def. Inspired by vallely back in the day, like waaaay back in the day.
Then I seen his part in some horrible Powell video and all I could do was feel bad. Similar to kris markovich when his part in that transworld video came out(4 wheel drive I think?)
He really is patting himself on the back way too much.
But whatever. At least he aged well. He must be 45 ish
Almost 50. I remember a demo way back in mid 90s - maybe etnies? with Penny, Koston, Chany - and while they all flaked out posing, Mike V fought to get his trick (ollie grab entire funbox) and landed it. MJ also ground out a nollie frontside flip off a lauch ramp. But Mike V saved it - demo king 👑
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Did he talk about when Kip Brennan almost took his head off in a hockey fight??
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This dude is a clown. His skating is also not sick.
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He had me at "Tastee Subs."
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How rich is Mike V ya reckon? haha!
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And now he's replying to every single positive comment on Youtube...
Yeah, tough call. Half good stories, half Mike V loving the smell of his own farts.
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I had these shoes back in the day, they lasted a long while, id skate these again for laughs.
(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/etnies-vallely.jpg)
They lasted forever.
Still one of my favourite parts. https://youtu.be/WXHWiFYZ9dk
these were so durable because they’d actually fight your skateboard
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Interesting stories for sure but this dude is 100% a kook.
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3hrs 41 mins ....
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Mike V is so good at imitating the legends
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I tripped out that CRob only asked five questions? Haha jokes.
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Valley -Lay
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I listened to this whole thing at work today in hopes that he would talk about why he stole Ed's paycheck from TV and then kicked him off his own company. Was never brought up. Only talked about how awesome Ed was and never addressed that he stabbed him in the fucking back. Funny that throughout the interview he mentions not caring about money too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4twp085Ywg
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I listened to this whole thing at work today in hopes that he would talk about why he stole Ed's paycheck from TV and then kicked him off his own company. Was never brought up. Only talked about how awesome Ed was and never addressed that he stabbed him in the fucking back. Funny that throughout the interview he mentions not caring about money too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4twp085Ywg
Weird how people are hung up on some paycheck bullshit when Ed was like 20 and Mike 22. Ancient history from the guy who kicked Chris Senn of Toy Machine.
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The Chris Senn thing, while lame can be chalked up as a mistake that many company owners have made. Mike V stealing Ed's check is not even comparable.
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I started watching this in 0.5x speed to make it a 10 hour video, everyone sounded drunk and stoned, it was entertaining.
Then I sped it up to 2x speed and everyone sounded coked out, red bull fueled, and overly caffeinated. I don't remember anything anyone said. Punk rock?
The whole time I was looking for that video of Mike V launching into a vertical ramp and knocking it over and riding down it. I think it was in an old 411. I never found, but I learned Mike V once freed Muska from a bunch of security guards at a Vans event because Muska said fuck.
https://youtu.be/C9S30d_VRNw
I've got nothing else to contribute to this. I'm sure the 5 hours is an adventure. Good job everyone.
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The Chris Senn thing, while lame can be chalked up as a mistake that many company owners have made. Mike V stealing Ed's check is not even comparable.
No shit it’s not comparable. Would you rather lose a paycheque or get sacked? Ed plays the victim all the time and it’s lame - “my whole team just quit”, yeah, nothing to do with you fucking them over ay? You’d have to have your head pretty far up Ed’s arse not to see he’s all about Ed and the money.
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I've got a 4 hour train trip lined up this Friday so the timing is perfect!
You'll either love this or hate this episode but the Ed/ TV beef has been squashed a long time ago and if Ed has forgiven him why are you all so hell bent on holding that grudge?
We as a skate community have forgiven way worse shit than that and while Mike V. has gone through tonnes of kook phases I'm almost certain he's not the same person as he was when that happened ...
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I've got a 4 hour train trip lined up this Friday so the timing is perfect!
You'll either love this or hate this episode but the Ed/ TV beef has been squashed a long time ago and if Ed has forgiven him why are you also so hell bent on holding that grudge?
We as a skate community have forgiven way worse shit than that and while Mike V. has gone through tonnes of kook phases I'm almost certain he's not the same person as he was when that happened ...
Well said. And they need a part 2. Element stories, Black Label, Elephant etc. Yep, kook phases and ego for sure, but still intersting for skate history. Animal Chin, World Industries, Black Label, Element, Black Flag etc it is pretty fucken amazing. Ha - they didn’t even talk about that stupid blue “look at me” helmet.
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But can he still do a street Ho Ho with his noodle arms?
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I listened to this whole thing at work today in hopes that he would talk about why he stole Ed's paycheck from TV and then kicked him off his own company. Was never brought up. Only talked about how awesome Ed was and never addressed that he stabbed him in the fucking back. Funny that throughout the interview he mentions not caring about money too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4twp085Ywg
Weird how people are hung up on some paycheck bullshit when Ed was like 20 and Mike 22. Ancient history from the guy who kicked Chris Senn of Toy Machine.
It’s more about his lack of humility to address anything in his career that isn’t about how awesome he thinks he is.
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Surprisingly easy 5 hour listen, he is a great story teller even though it was pretty self-congratulatory and he left out some of the not so great parts of his career. Would've like to hear him talk about Ed and Element era but I guess that would've been another couple hours added to the show.
Pretty crazy he has blown all his money when he must have made a lot from all the different things in his career
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You guys haven't sat through his spoken word poetry and watched his band play like I have.....as far as I'm concerned....he owes me 5 hours of stories....
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3hrs 41 mins ....
Haha! As i read this i was at 3:41.
Crazy world we live in.
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im halfway thru and it’s good but
It was basically him reciting a mental screenplay for a movie about his life.
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I thought it was mostly an entertaining listen. At the end, he was the most apologetic of any old guy that's been on there for going on about his old man stories for such a long amount of time.
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How rich is Mike V ya reckon? haha!
His riches are not of this earth.
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https://youtu.be/Oy8sf58xbQU
1:07-1:27
Moments of Zen
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Just finished listening to it and I enjoyed it. The first 2 hours seemed to be about his first 2 years skating. His black flag story was pretty interesting. Totally forgot about that. I was shocked to find out that Powell gave him a 10 year contract. Even back in the days I would have never suspect that.
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He seems to be in a good, positive point in his life. I think it's great and good for him. Nonetheless:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5YOzFuYMH8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5YOzFuYMH8)
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And five hours later Mike Vallely was carried out on Mike Vallely's shoulders!
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The whole time I was looking for that video of Mike V launching into a vertical ramp and knocking it over and riding down it. I think it was in an old 411.
https://youtu.be/4Fw5Y1BVt2c
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a comment complaint about Crob is that he doesn't do enough research / ask good questions - and while there might be an element of truth to that, I feel people underestimate the host. Interviewing people aint easy, the people that are good at it are talented. And of course preparation is important, but equally as important is creating the right atmosphere - allowing the guests to relax and tell their story. My impression is that the 9 Club is getting better and better - they have done some tremendous interviews of late, barring the 1010 fiasco, but that was a rare mis-step. I though the 5 hour Mike V was top notch. Keep 'em coming.
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Dear Stevie Williams,
On SLAP I have called you the biggest ego in skateboarding on many occasions. I sincerely apologise.
Mike V is the undisputed king of ego and pretentiousness. You can tell he loved every single moment of that.
The comment about him talking us through a movie based on his life was spot on.. Yuck
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The comment about him talking us through a movie based on his life was spot on.. Yuck
Haha thats what I thought, best way to put it!
What a clown he is, the way he talks about himself, the different phases he has gone through and most of all, the fucking ugly way he skates. FUCK MIKE V.
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Speed Freaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwNSpHdyYeQ
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Mike V’s favorite skater is totally Mike V.
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Are there any Mike V parts that actually contain impressive skating? Like one that could be considered elite and groundbreaking for its time?
Public Domain though, every man and his dog was shaving their head and mimicking his posture, tricks and limp wrist style at the time!
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I'm an hour in and I'm loving it (duh)! Seriously, compare this to the 10/10 episode and Mike V looks like a fucking Pulitzer Prize winner. No doubt he's done some kooky things and gone through a tonne of weird phases BUT (and despite his ego) I bet he loves skateboarding more than most.
People will circle jerk 10/10 for a few frontside ollies he did in the 80s and defend his right to have still not learnt any actual adult life lessons in over 30 years because of it and yet they are so quick to call out Mike V. I would argue that Mike V is easily more of a "legend" in skating than Jesse will ever be.
No, he wasn't Natas or Gonz but he did contribute a lot to the birth of street skating whether you like it or not. And yes, he burned through 1078 companies during his time but it doesn't look like Street Plant is really going anyway these days; they have a solid customer base and it's basically the definition of "core" no? Who else is straight up running DIY companies out of their garage?
I'll probably just broken record on through this thread but I think the important thing I got from this is that I really need to put my money where my mouth is, suck up the international shipping, and give him some of my hard earned next time I need some new boards.
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Who else is straight up running DIY companies out of their garage?
At least:
The guy who runs $lave, whose name escapes me at this moment (probably due to my brain going completely dead from listening to Mike V's auto-fellatio)
Lucero
The owners of umpteen local brands, both wack and cool
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I started at around where he gets on powell and am now about 2/5 hours in & so far this shit is 80s skate nerd gold.
I normally avoid this show because of the hosts, but just in terms of rad stories about legendary pros and behind the scenes detailing of seminal skate events in my 80s childhood, this episode is amazing.
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Are there any Mike V parts that actually contain impressive skating? Like one that could be considered elite and groundbreaking for its time?
contest run not a part but he sent it down the pipe to tampa almost 25 yrs ago. kf 50-50? no handed shoves over pyramid? this is really good for Mike V.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVfOejHnZ40
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I think they purposely made it the longest one yet because of when I asked Brink tips for the Nine Club and he said editing/they are too long. Then this 5 hour monstrosity comes up. Haha. Anyways Mike V is ok in my book.
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If you've ever slapped a fisheye on your phone and thought "I'll film a fun two minutes with my friends real quick at XXX spot/place" and tried the result is disappointing almost all the time. Mike V making a significant video part in a session, granted that several folks were doing that, is still insane. The standards have changed and when that shit came out it is like a single person el toro session coming out now. Dude may be a bit diluted but 80s skating seems to kinda do that to you. Ever seen Gonz's youtube channel? 10 minute interview would kook skateboarding's prodigal son for life.
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First half was awesome. Gets a little weird toward the second part. Dude is definitely a narcissist. Great skating though, and greatest hits.
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Within the first 30 seconds I learned I've been pronouncing his name wrong all these years
One of my childhood friends allways called him Mike valley and I noticed it had an extra L and I asked him, “wouldn’t it be Val-uh-lee” and from then on, that’s how we said it.
It was years before I heard everyone start calling him vuh-lay-lee.
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"It wasn't about being accepted, I didn't care about the acceptance" (paraphrased)
Yeah right Mike, your whole damn career/life was one big battle for acceptance and fitting in, you ain't fooling anyone. That shit mattered to you, hell it probably still does. And as mentioned earlier dude sure loves patting himself on the back.
With that said Mike is one hell of a story teller, I'm not all the way done yet but I've enjoyed it so far. My high school upbringing also involved getting into punk and trying to fit in to that whole scene while discovering skateboarding at the same time as well, real similar to Mike's story, so I was sucked in right away.
Him along with Bryan Herman have been the best story tellers so far in my opinion; stories that keep you interested and wanting to hear more instead of pausing it to check something else every couple minutes.
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(http://ibb.co/3c6XZd3)
Saw this the other day..
Only 399€ with autographs by Mike V and rest of the bunch..
Drip, flip or skip?
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I enjoyed it a lot. He’s pretty eloquent which made it easy to follow and remain interested, as others already said. Might support Street Plant one of these days...
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Are there any Mike V parts that actually contain impressive skating? Like one that could be considered elite and groundbreaking for its time?
You must be kidding.
Start with Public Domain, which Mark Gonzales referred to as the most influential part he's ever seen.
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Treat it as mike v audio book and its not bad at all. Ill take a round 2 sometime.
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Public Domain, rubbish heap, speed freaks were dope. I actually really like his suburban diners part. As mentioned before, when pd came out, everyone wanted that style. I think every other kid had that board here. When rubbish heap came out, I had both the elephant and barnyard decks. But also, then Frankie Hill, Jason Lee, Jeremy Klein were around and I shifted toward them. Then to Guy, Rudy and so on. I was a total Frankie style stealer
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I ended up liking his story telling better than a lot of other previous guests.
Although, he clearly isolated his peak/cool moments, especially in the 80's and then skipped over the whole phase where everyone hated him in 3 phrases.
I understand why, but c'mon Mike.
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Treat it as mike v audio book and its not bad at all. Ill take a round 2 sometime.
Yeah that’s how I’ve felt. It’s like the skateboarding version of Karl Ove Knausgaard. No way all the details from that long ago can be correct but the inisights and emotions are interesting to listen to.
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I started skateboarding because I was over hockey and all the kids I played hockey with. Stupid manstream jock kids doing what their parents wanted. I watch one of my first 411s and he's in there playing the sport I was trying to escape. I pretty much wrote him off after this, then he started fighting jump ramps a few years later.
http://youtu.be/slWhciVFynA?t=97
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I started skateboarding because I was over hockey and all the kids I played hockey with. Stupid manstream jock kids doing what their parents wanted. I watch one of my first 411s and he's in there playing the sport I was trying to escape. I pretty much wrote him off after this, then he started fighting jump ramps a few years later.
http://youtu.be/slWhciVFynA?t=97
he had kind of a Donger thing going on back then. big kickflips and ollies. granted, we hated Donger at the time for being too basic and repetitive but it would've been interesting to see an alternative Mike V path where he didn't rely so heavily on goalie skating.
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i liked the donge. dong is a great word
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/666116b2521a0e078ac29c1e57607022/tumblr_ntqnv5GjAz1tp4km3o1_500.jpg)
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i liked the donge. dong is a great word
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/666116b2521a0e078ac29c1e57607022/tumblr_ntqnv5GjAz1tp4km3o1_500.jpg)
Never seen that photo that's awesome! Anyone who can flick it like that gets props from me, shit's nuts
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I love this section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ye3LN_gpk
Really feels like it could just be in a Polar video today. From the tricks to the kits.
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First question, "What was your introduction into skateboarding?"
....45 minute answer.
i was nervous when i saw this post but that 45 min blew by. i was cooking and actually rewound it because i missed something interesting. im about an hour in now. still enjoying it.
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5 hours......
(https://memecrunch.com/meme/AX79S/yeah-that-s-gonna-be-a-no-for-me-dawg/image.jpg?w=400&c=1)
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This episode was "in-tay-gral" to me getting through the work day.
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Shocking he talks about himself so much....him being a guest in the show and all.....
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Remember this hot piece of garbage of a part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mc76RlPxw
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Remember this hot piece of garbage of a part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6mc76RlPxw
I can see him "pitching" this tragedy: It'll be EXACTLY like Mark Gonzales' part in Video Daze but more hesh!
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Is he like Jamie Thomas or Hosoi, where Crob only gets a word or two the whole episode and somehow they explain their whole life story?
Haven't watched yet obviously, just wondering.....
" how did you start skating?" "Uh huh , uh huh, sure, uh huh, uh huh, no way, uh huh, sure, uh huh"
5 hours later "well we better wrap this up, Kelly will you get him some shirts"
Am I on the right track here?
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If you care about skate history you should watch this
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If you care about skate history you should watch this
Holy shit, you're fucking annoying. Welcome to my ignore list, bub.
Haha ignore list? Rick Kane is poosey confirmed.
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Edit: Poosey!
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I stand in solidarity with Rick Kane
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"I had this beam of light illuminating from me..." when talking about doing ho-ho streetplants was pretty cringeworthy. And I'm only an hour in.
But it's indisputable that he's one of street skating's pioneers and worked very hard. It's pretty fucking weird how one of the pioneers of street skateboarding had to resort to signing with Affliction clothing to make some money. I mean maybe it's his fault, I don't know, but it's disheartening.
I remember when he skated for Element and wrote a KOTR article which talked shit on barneys with trucker hats and Thrasher tattoos and hardcore attitudes. Wonder if they discuss it here.
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Jesus Christ, how long does he talk about that fucking graveyard this time?
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That was tough to listen to. I liked when he blamed skateshops for Vallely and Elephant skateboards not doing well, and continued to praise Zumiez. They must carry a lot of Street Plant.
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Improv Maestro
Bobshirt would have been better tho.
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best video part
https://youtu.be/zY9ZN7c7vIo (https://youtu.be/zY9ZN7c7vIo)
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Lol wow
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two hours in on 1.5 speed
i'm choking this down like Metamucil
might finish it off at 2x
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Are there any Mike V parts that actually contain impressive skating? Like one that could be considered elite and groundbreaking for its time?
You must be kidding.
Start with Public Domain, which Mark Gonzales referred to as the most influential part he's ever seen.
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If you care about skate history you should watch this
Holy shit, you're fucking annoying. Welcome to my ignore list, bub.
Haha ignore list? Rick Kane is poosey confirmed.
You're next old man!!!
You are the most dumb, and fuckest cunt here since Tracer. At least he he had something appropriating charisma. You are a fuckhead.
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"I had this beam of light illuminating from me..." when talking about doing ho-ho streetplants was pretty cringeworthy. And I'm only an hour in.
But it's indisputable that he's one of street skating's pioneers and worked very hard. It's pretty fucking weird how one of the pioneers of street skateboarding had to resort to signing with Affliction clothing to make some money. I mean maybe it's his fault, I don't know, but it's disheartening.
I remember when he skated for Element and wrote a KOTR article which talked shit on barneys with trucker hats and Thrasher tattoos and hardcore attitudes. Wonder if they discuss it here.
I do remember that article. I thought it was insane that on one page, he shittalked his teammates for going on the trip but not taking the challenges seriously, then the next page, talked about how revolutionary and pure this session at a pool where they didn’t get any points for was, and then complained about how pissed he was that they got last place. It made no sense. Remember his Chris Cole BATB March and then how he whined about it after when Cole did do all of his tricks?
He just loves being contrarian, even if it means contradicting himself.
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I listened for about a hour and a half working on my car today. Some funny stuff but this guy needs to get over himself. Had to turn it off after he brings up his energy and being the first guy doing something for the 100th time.
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"I had this beam of light illuminating from me..." when talking about doing ho-ho streetplants was pretty cringeworthy. And I'm only an hour in.
But it's indisputable that he's one of street skating's pioneers and worked very hard. It's pretty fucking weird how one of the pioneers of street skateboarding had to resort to signing with Affliction clothing to make some money. I mean maybe it's his fault, I don't know, but it's disheartening.
I remember when he skated for Element and wrote a KOTR article which talked shit on barneys with trucker hats and Thrasher tattoos and hardcore attitudes. Wonder if they discuss it here.
I do remember that article. I thought it was insane that on one page, he shittalked his teammates for going on the trip but not taking the challenges seriously, then the next page, talked about how revolutionary and pure this session at a pool where they didn’t get any points for was, and then complained about how pissed he was that they got last place. It made no sense. Remember his Chris Cole BATB March and then how he whined about it after when Cole did do all of his tricks?
He just loves being contrarian, even if it means contradicting himself.
http://youtu.be/1jcRllGVaQ4
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enjoyed it. agree with the other poster who mentioned that it was nice that he was apologetic about bad choices he's made and about talking up his own accomplishments. the episode would be kind of lame if he didn't explain how exciting these things were to him. i liked that he took a story telling approach to it. at the end of the day the guy did do a lot of cool shit and helped launch the hobby\lifestyle that so many of us take pride it so i'm guessing lot's of people would take some pride and do a little bragging if they were in his position.
also saw him at a few demos and appreciated how he would break himself off every time as others mentioned. might buy a board and show them some support.
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he had kind of a Donger thing going on back then. big kickflips and ollies. granted, we hated Donger at the time for being too basic and repetitive but it would've been interesting to see an alternative Mike V path where he didn't rely so heavily on goalie skating.
that's a fair comparison, sure he didn't have as much flow/ style as Donger did in the mid 90s but his focus was on doing simple tricks fast and with lots of pop. Some footage here (I fucking love this vid btw, so many heads in there):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Datx4WNbgFI
funny that he only has a few tricks filmed and yet he won the pro division? He was hated for a long time in the 90s though so maybe that's why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Datx4WNbgFI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLal2wvgpU
are two great examples of the type of skating he was doing, both are pretty powerful skating for 95/96-ish, lol he looks like Ben Kadow at the end of that Pacific Drive vid and a big YES to whoever said the skaters in the POLAR vid looked like they were trying to cosplay Rubbish Heap-era Vallely
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Where is that gif of him eyeing the barrier and than shoulder checking it. I fucking love that one
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3rd attempt, couldn't do it, sorry Mike.
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it looks like Mike V has chronic wasting disease. maybe he plowed into a gypsy while pushing around LA and doing handstands.
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Just finished and it was fucking amazing! He really summed it up over the last 15 or so min about where he's at in life and I can't hate on that PMA, he honestly brought a tear to my eye.
And while I did want to hear more about his return to veganism I'm not sure if the 9 club was the right platform for him to do so seeing as though he's already talked about it at length on social media so perhaps it was redundant, especially after talking for 5 hours straight? Funnily enough though, it was during that dark period he was talking about right before he decided to start street plant up with his daughter.
I won't babble on any longer, but I'm really stoked he's at peace with himself after all these years; he has a good sense of self awareness and is even able to make fun of himself these days which was probably hard to do back in the day when he was copping a lot of hate from the industry at large. Fuck yeah Mike, I think you might just be my fav skater ever!
"but why did you only push in the black label video?"
hahaha
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(https://www.streetplantbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/[email protected])
what a bozo
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BvP_vFgCbVf/
Whether it matters to unknown_soldier or not. Didn't quote because he used a retardedly big picture.
This was a really good episode for the trip I did this past week. Mike has a lot of passion, and his storytelling made for a solid listen. It's crazy to think, how long the episode was, and it feels like there was so much more to talk about.
I grew up with Diesel Mike V (2000 and later), and didn't really know anything of his career before that. I was pretty ignorant to a lot skate history and didn't realize he was attached to a lot of it. That story with TG saying was pretty awesome, especially after listening to his 9club.
I'd assume he has his own company rather than doing something with Powell, because of the skate graphics. Was he was on Element at one point?
Again, good listen and definitely like this chapter of Mike V, Chill Mike.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIuzm4u_Jp4
Before we slide into a new episode I wanted to post the Suburban Diners part. Everything else got posted, good and bad, but I think this part is really cool and has aged well. It uses a Husker Du song so it's got that going for it which is nice.
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^never seen Vallely 360 flip before. that part was cool and Donger-like.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BvP_vFgCbVf/
Whether it matters to unknown_soldier or not. Didn't quote because he used a retardedly big picture.
This was a really good episode for the trip I did this past week. Mike has a lot of passion, and his storytelling made for a solid listen. It's crazy to think, how long the episode was, and it feels like there was so much more to talk about.
I grew up with Diesel Mike V (2000 and later), and didn't really know anything of his career before that. I was pretty ignorant to a lot skate history and didn't realize he was attached to a lot of it. That story with TG saying was pretty awesome, especially after listening to his 9club.
I'd assume he has his own company rather than doing something with Powell, because of the skate graphics. Was he was on Element at one point?
Again, good listen and definitely like this chapter of Mike V, Chill Mike.
If you're in Houston and want either of these boards or any street plant at all go to beantooth skateshop on the eastside of town they're the only ones that carry it in this vast beautiful city.
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Mike claimed in this episode that he wouldnt "go back to the well" on a 30 year barnyard deck. oops I did it again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxh2NELgsjy/
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Not that anyone should be surprised but,
what a jerk of.
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Mike claimed in this episode that he wouldnt "go back to the well" on a 30 year barnyard deck. oops I did it again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxh2NELgsjy/
I think he claimed that they wouldn't do a 100% straight-up reissue, but they would do something to celebrate the 30 year anniversary including some new artwork. It was a long episode so I might be paraphrasing here...