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I'll agree with people that it would be kinda lame to include some tricks you filmed without clearing it with the skater first. But Puleo is still a dick. The proper response is to go "Hey Vivien, kinda bummed you didn't ask me about including those tricks. I wasn't that happy with them, was just skating around. Could you please ask at least next time?" and then maybe not filming or skating with those guys for a little bit. Definitely not appropriate to barge into a restaurant and cause a scene over two ollies.
I suppose he could say that, but isn't he also constantly bitching about being overlooked? Screaming at somebody who still actually wants him in their video is pretty fucking dumb.
You'd think he'd be doing all he could to get footage in anything, rather than just ascending to some magical level of folklore - he once was an amazing skater, but there's been a lot of people who've been better, I'd love to see some Ryan Hickey footage again and hear some tales about him - instead, he just bounced and didn't feel left ditched by the industry
Lets not forget that Bobby's had some pretty major sponsors and decent career for someone who only really had style on there side
I remember skating with him when he was on Mad Circle with Welsh at Fort Miley in SF, like 20 years ago or so and he complained a lot, but was funny about it, just banter as I took it - then meeting him in London a decade or whatever later and what an epic fucking twat he'd become, his skating was same as, he was super nice to everyone, but as soon as he was alone, he'd just moan and complain about everything and everyone, which was lame, the as soon as he's back in NYC all the pish about the rape and pillage of skatespots - what a joke, if that's the case, why would he himself put it out there to become a skate tourist?
The whole thing about skating is meeting other skaters, travelling and getting an idea of what's outside your home town bubble so for someone to then make a comment about how wrong that is, is a joke, if he had the talent level, he'd have done everything at the spots already and it would have been documented, now he's just bitter and sad, it's depressing to view
At least when Oyola is moaning, you can see that he did get fucked over, but also didn't help himself while he did it, he admits it, when he's speaking about 'making' spots, then destroying them, I understand that, he come over a lot more grounded and less depressively whiney - he's also got a full time job, family, skate company, mortgage, etc, not delivering food and living like he's homeless - poor Bobby, totally deluded about he's 'owed'.....