If skating kicked out the best frontside ollie and invert fakie in the business, I think it's reasonable to kick out Mike V. I feel like the only thing he's relevant for in long term skate history anyways is the first popular double kick board, and that was more Rocco's doing anyways.
Not liking him should not entail changing history to suit. Mike V. put east coast street skating on the map during the mid-80s. He was the first big name street skater from the northeast, and one of the first true street skaters in general.
There were other guys like Bruno Muso, Jeremy Henderson (transplant from England?), and Rodney Smith, but never became big name pros. Unfortunately many New York guys like to downplay Mike V, even though he was one of the first to do real tricks on the Brooklyn Banks. I guess they don't like New Jersey and tend to also neglect to mention that Rodney Smith (Shut and Zoo York founder) was also from Jersey. Sure they were painting boards on Aly's roof, but they made the decks in Rodney's basement.
Topic: Does Mike V Get A Pass? (Read 11333 times)