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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: gripittoripit on April 24, 2010, 09:03:08 PM
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Smooth as hell, alway thought he was sick and had timeless style!
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skate more and mind field parts were constant repeat for me, always been a fan.
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Really? Most bland style ever
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Yeah, he's one of the worst pros out for sure. The great majority of his fans have to be either those kids who are offended by anything other than the 4 or 5 ledge tricks he's been doing since he came out, or they are just into dudes who are portrayed as having sunny dispositions. The former probably also seriously enjoy playing Tetris or tidying up around the house, and I don't think I know any of the latter and I can't even imagine how wack they are.
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worst thread ever.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eARMUOW65hg
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mikey taylor has such a smooth style, likes good on rails, has enough other tricks as well, i really enjoy his skating. and being a happy dude doesnt hurt.
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i'm down for mikey.
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Remember when he did the most bangin ledge trick ever for his ender but it was filmed like shit with no second angle..
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skate more and mind field parts were constant repeat for me, always been a fan.
mikey taylor has such a smooth style, likes good on rails, has enough other tricks as well, i really enjoy his skating. and being a happy dude doesnt hurt.
Agreed. I met him at a demo years ago when he first got on Seek and DVS and he was a super nice dude dealing with me and my buddy fanning out around him. Been down for the guy ever since. His etnies pro model skates really well too.
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hell yea mikey taylor is legit
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i back this thread
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Im totally more a fan now, rather than when he was on dvs (at the time of skate more)
those big tall tees weren't looking good, plus baggy pants and big ass dvs shoes weren't really pleasant for my eyes
now with that slim/relaxed fit looks way better, more into the actual AWS style
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he has a nice 360 flip
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i'm not much of a fan
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He must have got every crooked grind variation in his bag
Mindfield ender was fucked
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I'm backing him. Some of the smoothest and most consistent rail skating I've ever seen in person. And he is cool as fuck.
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Im totally more a fan now, rather than when he was on dvs (at the time of skate more)
those big tall tees weren't looking good, plus baggy pants and big ass dvs shoes weren't really pleasant for my eyes
now with that slim/relaxed fit looks way better, more into the actual AWS style
Could you sound anymore like a faggot. " I wasn't into him because of the way he dressed" wtf?
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nicest dude ever.
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Im totally more a fan now, rather than when he was on dvs (at the time of skate more)
those big tall tees weren't looking good, plus baggy pants and big ass dvs shoes weren't really pleasant for my eyes
now with that slim/relaxed fit looks way better, more into the actual AWS style
Could you sound anymore like a faggot. " I wasn't into him because of the way he dressed" wtf?
hahaha well, yes, it sound really bad
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Mikey Taylor fucking kills it! I don't believe all these haters!
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Mikey Taylor fucking kills it! I don't believe all these haters!
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj303/Thatairsoftkid/HatersGonnaHate.jpg)
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Remember when he did the most bangin ledge trick ever for his ender but it was filmed like shit with no second angle..
This is honestly the only thing I ever remember him doing, and I can't even remember what he started off that line with.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2PTuWBRl5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA8YiEmCMPM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf-8cCzkkEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjhduLSdqag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyHdo4wzxbQ
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Yeah, he's one of the worst pros out for sure. The great majority of his fans have to be either those kids who are offended by anything other than the 4 or 5 ledge tricks he's been doing since he came out, or they are just into dudes who are portrayed as having sunny dispositions. The former probably also seriously enjoy playing Tetris or tidying up around the house, and I don't think I know any of the latter and I can't even imagine how wack they are.
Mike hasn't adopted a persona to fit some niche market in the growing skate industry. He's not bothered by too much because he's 100 percent skateboarding. I like Mike -- both his skating and him as a person. When others have shied away or dropped out of skating for several months/years, Mike held it down. And to disprove your "whack" anthropological observations: I don't play Tetris, my car is notorious for being a moving recycling center, and the last book I finished reading was on the not-so-upbeat band, The 13th Floor Elevators. But I think you've already been grilled before in the McLouth thread.
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I enjoy Mike Taylor parts. I think he has a very classic approach to skating, lots of lines, smooth flow, and good trick selection. His skating is kind of a logical progression from the schoolyard skating of the mid 90's, except there are seriously gnarly rail tricks thrown in the mix, and what's amazing is that he can lipslide a curved handrail or do some technical ledge combination and seem equally comfortable doing both.
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meh
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Philly, even if he hasn't adopted a particular personality, he's allowed his boring ass socal personality to become a very prominent part of his appeal. In other words, he's taken advantage of the fact that there are legions of poor sap fat kids out there who are just into a guy smiley type dude. This is not that big of a deal I guess, but come on man, let your skating do the talking once in a while. Also, it should be noted that you seriously just tried to big dude up because he still skates. This is absolutely regular. I mean, I'd go ahead and give him the same respect I give other skaters who keep skating after they've turned 18 or whatever for just keeping with it even after they've gotten a job or gone to college or whatever, but he doesn't have to do any of that shit--he gets paid to skate. Am I really supposed to be impressed that he keeps accepting those checks and traveling the world and having all that free time? This is an even dumber reason to back him than the other ones provided here, which are that he's nice, he skates handrails in addition to stairs, he dresses better than he used to, and he did one trick at the end of one part that was good. And I don't consider myself to have been grilled in any McClouth thread. All I ever said about dude was that he must be a kook, based on his history of barfing while filming berrics parts (STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSS) and the fact that he's obviously proficient on a skateboard yet can't get hooked up by anyone. Well, he's still good and he's still not hooked up, so apparently potential sponsors agree with me. I mean, until he gets hooked up, I think we pretty much have to assume that he's a kook, and none of you have presented any argument to the contrary.
I know these dudes are your friends or whatever and you think that getting sponsored and having a 'career' in skateboarding is something that should be applauded or revered or taken seriously or something, but from where I'm sitting, all your friends have never done anything remotely cool or interesting on a skateboard, and I can't see why anyone would ever want to give them shit. I mean, have you ever seen a skater with an ounce of originality or spirit in person? It really can get better than what your buddies have done over the years, believe it or not.
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his street cinema part got my so psyched to skate back in the day.
Much love for Mikey Taylor
Sidenote: It was kind of crazy seeing his style of dress go from kind of baggy n shit, compared to now where he is kind of more hesh. Either way, still good.
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In regards to your last post: Mike held it down when I wasn't skating; when Van wasn't skating; when Justin Case wasn't skating. There are a lot of pros who simply stop skating for prolonged periods of time. I respect and understand that: people do have other interests outside of skateboarding. (And of course there are darker, much more unfortunate reasons why people stop...) For example, Van really liked playing piano and guitar; he liked nature; he wanted to earn a college degree. Matt Hensley is an all-time favorite who stopped to pursue other interests (and excelled). Greco likes Thunders; I do too; I've spoken with him at length about Johnny's guitars and amplifiers; I like Greco and his skating. But the thing is I respect Mike for keeping it going when others were doing other things. I've never met another dude so driven to skateboard. Irrespective of his pro status, I respect someone who's so 100% skateboarding. Mike hasn't changed all that much since I first met him 13 or 14 years ago. He's a professional skateboarder. So of course he's marketed. But the deal with Mike is he's kept it about a real as you can -- he's not trying to sell you a false bill of goods. He's not conveying some sort of edginess, which I'm sure would build him a more devoted, yet polarized, fan base. He hasn't dropped old friends to make new ones. If you want to hate on someone for being true to themselves, go ahead. You'd hate the majority of pro skateboarders in the process. I think Mike has let his skating do the talking.
In regards to your initial post: Mike is a professional skateboarder. He's a public figure. So of course you have every right to criticize him. My grievance with your post is your vacuous argument. Look, if you want to say something like, "Mike Taylor's style is horrible; I don't like his trick selection, etc.", more power to you. That's your right. I encourage you to express your opinion. I think Mike does do more than five ledge tricks, but I get your gist. It's when you make these sweeping generalizations -- about Tetris and house cleaning -- that you make yourself look silly. In essence, what you're saying is if you like Mike Taylor, you're a fucking fat dork who's better off eating Twinkies and doing the work of women. You're essentially employing the same spurious logic of Fox News -- rambling random shit totally devoid of facts. Again, if you want to say something that's just a subjective opinion, fine. If you want to back it up with proof, that's even better. It's when you bad mouth people who like Mike's skating that you cross the line with me. Because I'm a fan.
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Go get your Twinkie on then.
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I actually don't eat Hostess products because they have beef fat in them and it conflicts with my vegetarianism.
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I actually don't eat Hostess products because they have beef fat in them and it conflicts with my vegetarianism homosexuality.
i kid i kid
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In regards to your last post: Mike held it down when I wasn't skating; when Van wasn't skating; when Justin Case wasn't skating. There are a lot of pros who simply stop skating for prolonged periods of time. I respect and understand that: people do have other interests outside of skateboarding. (And of course there are darker, much more unfortunate reasons why people stop...) For example, Van really liked playing piano and guitar; he liked nature; he wanted to earn a college degree. Matt Hensley is an all-time favorite who stopped to pursue other interests (and excelled). Greco likes Thunders; I do too; I've spoken with him at length about Johnny's guitars and amplifiers; I like Greco and his skating. But the thing is I respect Mike for keeping it going when others were doing other things. I've never met another dude so driven to skateboard. Irrespective of his pro status, I respect someone who's so 100% skateboarding. Mike hasn't changed all that much since I first met him 13 or 14 years ago. He's a professional skateboarder. So of course he's marketed. But the deal with Mike is he's kept it about a real as you can -- he's not trying to sell you a false bill of goods. He's not conveying some sort of edginess, which I'm sure would build him a more devoted, yet polarized, fan base. He hasn't dropped old friends to make new ones. If you want to hate on someone for being true to themselves, go ahead. You'd hate the majority of pro skateboarders in the process. I think Mike has let his skating do the talking.
In regards to your initial post: Mike is a professional skateboarder. He's a public figure. So of course you have every right to criticize him. My grievance with your post is your vacuous argument. Look, if you want to say something like, "Mike Taylor's style is horrible; I don't like his trick selection, etc.", more power to you. That's your right. I encourage you to express your opinion. I think Mike does do more than five ledge tricks, but I get your gist. It's when you make these sweeping generalizations -- about Tetris and house cleaning -- that you make yourself look silly. In essence, what you're saying is if you like Mike Taylor, you're a fucking fat dork who's better off eating Twinkies and doing the work of women. You're essentially employing the same spurious logic of Fox News -- rambling random shit totally devoid of facts. Again, if you want to say something that's just a subjective opinion, fine. If you want to back it up with proof, that's even better. It's when you bad mouth people who like Mike's skating that you cross the line with me. Because I'm a fan.
You clueless little name-dropping fuck... Do you think any of these dudes want you speaking on their behalf? Moreover, do you think anyone on here gives a shit that you're a grown-up version of Corey Martinez? We get it, you jock pros as a hobby and then make long winded reports about it on Slap. Cool stories, bro. Check this out...at the 2008 NBC Christmas party, Katie Couric gave lil Hanz a spit-shine while Matt Lauer watched and jerked off. I got that nigga Stone Phillips to keep watch so Mrs Hans wouldn't find us before I could cast my first stones into the bottom of Couric's wishing well. Barb Walters heard what was going down in the coat check and tried to join the party, but fuck that. Bitch smells like Bengay and mothballs. Hanz aint havin' it. But yo, the moral of the story is this: Nobody gives a shit who sucked your weiwei, or whos you sucked. Or how Matt Lauer has trouble getting off without other men present. You just sound like a try-hard motherfuck attempting to paint yourself into every fucking picture being discussed on here. You're a nobody, deal with that. I'll deal with being...
Chris Hansen.
Ouch.
dropped my own name.
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The irony is I'm the first person to admit my skating is mediocre at best; and that I'm fairly anonymous; washed up; at best just a fan of skateboarding.
I was lucky to have had these guys as childhood friends; to me they're simply kids I grew up skating with; more importantly they were/are good people. As far as speaking on their behalf, they were again childhood friends and I knew them very well, which is why I reference them when they're brought up on this board. (I can't recall a time where I've stated, "Speaking on behalf of..." but whatever.) I helped Van's family organize a skate jam we held yesterday; flew to Denver for his last skate jam; spent a lot of time with him on trips to LA in the late '90s. I've constantly fought to get him some posthumous coverage and in the last year of his life, I really tried to rebuild our friendship; we had lost contact for some years; I went to school and he moved to Frisco. Justin Case is one of my best friends. As far as name dropping, whatever. I'm too old for that shit and I'm not really conscious of it. This is after all the Internet and trying to impress people on here is a waste of time. I simply try to fight for people who I care about and respect. The reason I started posting on here was because this board turned up when I was doing a Justin Case google search -- checking up on what was out there on my old pal. I'm on here to keep up with the kids coming up in skating; but mainly because they're are a lot of "old timers" like myself who bring rad skaters like Mike Daher and Lennie Kirk up (bring those names up at a skatepark and you'll most likely get blank faces). Truth be told, I'm getting tired of this shit. I stick around because there are some awesome people with great posts who visit here regularly; but the intellectual level on here can get lower than 8th grade. I'm done for at least some time. It's not worth sifting through the shit to find gold.
-Ryan Leach
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*Bangs noggin on desk, repeatedly*
-Chris Hansen.
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damn.. mikey really got them people on writin
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Loved him since In Bloom, Mindfield is my favourite part so far, lot of fucked up switch in that.
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I'll back the dude. He's not too entertaining but the tricks he does do, he does them very well. Definitely has a lot of talent. Plus he's a gearhead haha so we have that similar understanding of certain things
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Curren Caples dude is wack, Mikey's sick, Leach is cool, C-Hanz tells good stories.
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Curren Caples dude is wack, Mikey's sick, Leach is cool, C-Hanz tells good stories.
accurate tl;dr for those who don't want to read that shit
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Curren Caples dude is wack, Mikey's sick, Leach is cool, C-Hanz tells good stories.
That pretty much says it all...
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Not wanting to take anything away from mikey taylor i just think that out of the whole of skateboarding it is odd that he is a person worthy of making an appreciation thread... normally these are for legends or unhateable people who have made some sort of impact.
The boy is good but seems from the mixed responses he needs to pay his dues a bit more.....
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http://www.thrashermagazine.com/component/option,com_hwdvideoshare/Itemid,90/lang,en/task,viewvideo/video_id,433/
Listen to this long ass face bad mouth all his old sponsors! and then he quit cuz pops told him to!! think for ur self goon!!! and antone seen his new aws ad? I wonder how he came up with the idea for that? sorry but hes bring nothing to the table but that long fucking face.
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The irony is I'm the first person to admit my skating is mediocre at best; and that I'm fairly anonymous; washed up; at best just a fan of skateboarding.
I was lucky to have had these guys as childhood friends; to me they're simply kids I grew up skating with; more importantly they were/are good people. As far as speaking on their behalf, they were again childhood friends and I knew them very well, which is why I reference them when they're brought up on this board. (I can't recall a time where I've stated, "Speaking on behalf of..." but whatever.) I helped Van's family organize a skate jam we held yesterday; flew to Denver for his last skate jam; spent a lot of time with him on trips to LA in the late '90s. I've constantly fought to get him some posthumous coverage and in the last year of his life, I really tried to rebuild our friendship; we had lost contact for some years; I went to school and he moved to Frisco. Justin Case is one of my best friends. As far as name dropping, whatever. I'm too old for that shit and I'm not really conscious of it. This is after all the Internet and trying to impress people on here is a waste of time. I simply try to fight for people who I care about and respect. The reason I started posting on here was because this board turned up when I was doing a Justin Case google search -- checking up on what was out there on my old pal. I'm on here to keep up with the kids coming up in skating; but mainly because they're are a lot of "old timers" like myself who bring rad skaters like Mike Daher and Lennie Kirk up (bring those names up at a skatepark and you'll most likely get blank faces). Truth be told, I'm getting tired of this shit. I stick around because there are some awesome people with great posts who visit here regularly; but the intellectual level on here can get lower than 8th grade. I'm done for at least some time. It's not worth sifting through the shit to find gold.
-Ryan Leach
HAHAHAHA was that a cry for help? does he want us all to be like "oh no please don't leave! ur right mikey taylor is sick!" get the fuck out of here
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ya i'm sure he's a cool dude and all, and he IS an amazing skater. but watching him just doens't make an impression on me. I"m not like, oh yeah i just waatched his dvs vid part, now i want to fucking skate.
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Been a fan since that Mikey issue of 441.
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So it took two pages to conclude that Mikey Taylor is skateboarding marmite. Either you love him or you hate him.
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I watched his Mind Field part a lot more than I expected, but chances are that's because of the Dinosaur Jr song.
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Can't see how you can hate, he has one of the most effortless switch stances, and he rides loose trucks.
What is there not to like?
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http://www.thrashermagazine.com/component/option,com_hwdvideoshare/Itemid,90/lang,en/task,viewvideo/video_id,433/
Listen to this long ass face bad mouth all his old sponsors! and then he quit cuz pops told him to!! think for ur self goon!!! and antone seen his new aws ad? I wonder how he came up with the idea for that? sorry but hes bring nothing to the table but that long fucking face.
Yeah, he came off like a real fucking douche in that interview...
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dude's boring as hell and that section in his MindField part where he's playing with some blocks is too gay for words!