Haha I know the people he is talking about at 31:00, the dude with the hooks instead of hands is a junkie sack of shit, he beat my mate in pool then said he owed him $50 for it. My mate told him to fuck off then the dude attacked him swinging his hooks at him, they went out the front of the pub and were fighting in the middle of the street like some Mortal Kombat shit and my mate knocked him out.
Dustin is lucky he is good at skating and got out of that place, all those people he knew are junkies or deadbeats at the pub talking shit and drinking their dole money everyday. He can get paid to do it on podcasts and skatevids instead.
Everyone should take this with a grain of salt, but this is why I can respect Dollin. He came from a very fucked up place and made something of himself.
I'll preface my following statement by saying that no one's going to like what I say, but SLAP never likes what anyone says.
You have to come from a place of privilege to criticize Dustin. I don't think anyone in skateboarding is incredibly well off, but if we can afford a $50 deck here or there instead of groceries, and have time to form a criticism from where ever you are instead of busting your ass for an income then you have at least a sliver of privilege. It's like forming a criticism on someone gives us a position of power or authority.
Maybe he should sober, or maybe he's one of the lucky few to do what he wants how he wants it, and we're stuck behind a glass screen.
Whose really getting swindled?