ALL BERRICS VAGINA THREADS MERGED HERE

[dlx111]

i cannot beleive no one has mentioned this yet

hello? and also comeon have u seen gang of fourstar gonz boarslidin a wet rail on a 10 foot board!!! id rather watch the gonz goofin around and doin cool stuff then berra talk about the kids he rapes. oh yeah and tampa vert on a huge board.boom!

[Pug Life]

This is the SLAP magazine forums. This is where everything gets "hated on" at some point and time and its a good system of ego checks and balances. Criticism is part of the spotlight, but its how you respond that people will remember. Look at Svitak and 1031. Took that hate and used it as advertisement material, laughed it off, and kept doing his thing. Berra could have done the same, or nothing at all, but he chose a different route and here we are debating about it.

[barkeep11]

This is the SLAP magazine forums. This is where everything gets "hated on" at some point and time and its a good system of ego checks and balances. Criticism is part of the spotlight, but its how you respond that people will remember. Look at Svitak and 1031. Took that hate and used it as advertisement material, laughed it off, and kept doing his thing. Berra could have done the same, or nothing at all, but he chose a different route and here we are debating about it.

Yep, shit's geting old!

[rawbertson.]

NO ONE HATES STEVE BERRA
EVERYONE JUST HATES HOW WE HAD TO JUST WATCH YOU GIVE HIM A BLOWJOB ONLINE
HE IS A FUCKING HUMAN BEING WHO GIVES A FUCK IF SOMEONE ON A WEBSITE SAID THEY DIDNT LIKE HIM
IM SURE HE IS SLEEPING IN A BED FULL OF BENJIS SAFE AND SOUND
AND DOESNT GIVE 2 FUCKS ABOUT WHO ME (OR YOU, ESPECIALLY) ARE
WHILE YOU ARE OUT HERE TURNING TRICKS... AND NOT 3 FLIPS OR ANY SORT OF SKATEBOARD MANEUVER
IT INVOLVES GAY SHIT, SUCH AS
OPENING YOUR ANAL CAVITY FOR BUTTERY DICKS TO INFILTRATE
WEDNESDAYS WITH RED ASS CHEEKS FROM GETTING COCK SLAPPED FROM GIO
HOW MUCH CUM YOU GONNA DRINK FOR A COUPLE BUCKS
MIGHT AS WELL DO GAY PORN FOR COKE FAGGET

[Vibetekk]

Berra is a cool guy with his heart in the right place who has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth and saying the wrong thing at times. Yeah he should have been upfront and said "hey were allowing shops to advertise on the Berrics for cheap" but he didn't. Speaking of, what are Slap and other skate websites doing for the local skate shop? Is that an advertisement for Skateshoewarehouse.com I see up there?

You really shouldn't go around making comparisons with Steve Caballero and Mark Gonzales though. That's frickin' sacrilegious. Steve Caballero has had the longest continuous career in skateboarding out of anyone, he's never disappeared off the scene, has done everything from pool to vert to street to slalom and has stayed relevant the entire time. The guy is a "skateboarder" in the purest sense and an inspiration.

You may thing that the Gonz is goofing around but look at the amount of board control some of that goofing around takes. Also, it's his goofing around with shit like trying to kickflip a street board and trying to slide down a handrail that's brought skateboarding to where it is. He's never limited himself or listened to anyone trying to tell him what the rules of skateboarding are and we are all better for it.

Berra turned pro for being super good and building on the foundations guys like Cab and Gonz laid down. But he will never ever be considered in the same league as them.

[H8R part 4]

i had no plans of ever posting this but i've actually met both salman and berra a while back and both of them were really nice guys.  i was a little starstruck hanging with these dudes but they were not on some cool guy shit at all, they just kicked it and had a good time with everybody.  then they made the unified video and kind of blew it for me(among other rumors that have been surfacing).  

nobody has a problem with making money but the way they went about it was all wrong.  if you're going to ask for money just be upfront about it, no ones going to hate you for it.  but instead they tried to mask it and tried to make it sound like they're were doing everyone a favor.  thats hard to respect no matter how you slice it and for that, he should expect to receive some hate.
   
will i forgive and forget at some point down the road?  of course i will, i don't know enough about them personally to have a vendetta against them for all of eternity but i can only speak for myself.  everyone makes bad choices and says stupid things but in the world of internet, people hold grudges forever and its unfortunate thats just the way it is.  i will always respect both berra and salman(and koston too) as good skaterboarders but it won't go beyond that for a long time coming. 

at the end of the day, the majority of people out there will continue to visit the berrics and not give a shit one way or the other.  i didn't visit the site much to begin with and i will continue not to do so because i don't find any enjoyment from watching pros play skate or watching pros skate the same skatepark over and over week after week.  i get why so many people are fascinated by it, i'm just not one of those people. 

i'm sure the heat will die down from all this as soon as someone else in skateboarding pulls some next level stupid shit so don't let it keep you up at night steve/salman/koston. 

[Watson]

The truth is that Berra's video CV is more impressive than Cab's and Gonz's combined.

I like Cab and I was pleased to see him reinvent himself in the late 90s as the master of long, low, gently declining rails

Berra... ...perfected a well-rounded, clean style that combined tech and gnar.

I don't think there's anyone who posts here (who isn't pro) who could do a legit fakie flip tailside on one of those yellow flatbars

Ahahahah Dallas. I was going to stay away from this thread, but all these quotes really just prove what a stupid piece of shit I've always been saying you are.

[Pug Life]

I like the Pappalardo controversy threads much better than the Berra ones.   

[violentpizza]

id rather watch a "schizophrenic clown" any day of the week over some L.A. yuppie who is reaching out to 14 year olds because he knows his time in the industry is short.

you're an idiot

[heckler]

Berra changed the game but in more subtle ways. He was one of the first to flip into rail tricks and he perfected a well-rounded, clean style that combined tech and gnar.

Not to take anything away from Gonz's achievements. He and Natas birthed street skateboarding in the '80s, but in the '90s Berra helped to refine it.

Mike V also helped to "change the game" in the early 90s but because of his bullshit antics since than, I see no reason to respect him.

Same with Berra.

[kilgore.]

ugh, throw this dumbass topic in the berra vagina thread.

[rawbertson.]

ugh, throw this dumbass topic in the berra vagina thread.

ugh, throw this dumbass topic in the berra vagina thread.

ugh, throw this dumbass topic in the berra vagina thread.

[DGKALIS]

Yo fellas......
Yes.. i read the board quite a bit... i have debated registering from time to time... but never pulled the trigger. But here i am. bout to stick up for the Berrics.
You guys have to realize that when the Berrics first started it was extremely exclusive to folks that either lived close.. or other pros that had helped pay for the obstacles. It reminded me of the old World park. When i was lucky enough to get an invite... (the first park set up years ago)... i couldn't even skate.. i was embarrassed.... rollin in and seeing Guy, Koston, Ave, Bieble, TK, and a few others. Koston was learning switch back nose blunts down the old rail.. and Guy was doing impossible lip slides and back 270 lips down the same rail. Fuckin SICK!!

When i seen the Berrics go live on the web.. i was so pumped. So pumped... that i went out there to film some stuff. While i was there.. i got to watch PJ film some Battle Camander stuff... I watched Cole film his in a couple days lol...  I watched Apples film a Bangin in 1 day!!  Needless to say.. im a huge fan. After i had spent some decent time there... i got to follow some of the daily "regiment". I saw that Team after team was showing up... I saw 25 pro's skating all at once.. I saw kids who win the online contest skating and filming.... I saw some of the neighborhood "local" kids skating... I saw some serious ill shit happening.

Now im not going to lie... Pro decks are dying. Skate companies are hurtin something crazy. There are so many "newish" elements that have caused it.. but that is the way it is right now. It is HIGHLY possible that skate companies could drop having Pro boards some day. It may get to the point were the skater just rides for a company.. and just represents the "brand" rather than representing his board. Almost like riding for a distribution instead of a board company. To me... thats fucked. But skate shops aren't selling as many "pro boards" as they used too... some of the bigger "mall" type stores have backed down from pro boards..  a lot has to do with shop boards.. blank boards.. just cheaper ways to buy and sell them shits. I can't hate on that.... but companies have to find a way to stay in business or Pro skaters will no longer exist except in some shitty contest circuit.

With the lack of "Plaza" skating... its going to be hard to find another Mike Carroll, Henry Sanchez, Javante Turner, Rick Oyola, Matt Reason, Stevie Williams, Kareem Campbell, Popalardo, Ave, Welsh, ect. There are so many skaters that are hella good right now... that there is no where for them to "showcase" their steez. Everything right now is based on "tricks"... that isnt going to last. It gets boring.  No more Kelch's or Clydes... Sheffs...ect. No personality. So... seeing all these dudes in one place skating together seems to be bringing back that feeling of "friendship" and the real reason people skated. Pushing and feeding off each other.

So the Berrics is extremely good for skating in my opinion. It gets me hyped to see footage... it gets me hyped to see some new kid "showcasing" his shit on the same shit Pro's have laid it down on. It reminds me of a plaza... i know its not.. but it reminds me of it.

As far as the mail order goes... Fuck yeah its good!! A place for my guys to have there shit for sale with out the wackness. All pro shit... all real skate shit... exclusive colab shit... its like FTC back in the late 90's. FTC had mail order.. but they didn't have a park to pay for... they just had the city streets. We don't have those so much these days. With the caliber skatings at... if dudes went and filmed some cool downtown skating shit with a back pack on.... they would get clowned. Especially that kids don't give two shits about style and flavor right now(yeah... im bitter bout that).

Anyway.. Steve and Eric have a lot on their plate... the warehouse costs a ton of money. I have to back them on what they are doing. Every single pro who skates there has to back what they are doing. How can you hate on that..... companies need something like this.  Skate shops can use something like this. To run an ad in a magazine is regular. I think its 2,000 for 1 page per month! Or something like that. MAYBE there is 100.000 magazines sold. (i heard that number just recently... i could be way off though)... Berrics gets 6 million hits a month. 6 MILLION.  That is some serious heat. But understand how much it costs to run a web site that has that much band width. Its all expensive. For advertising to come for shops as cheap as Berrics offered it... is pretty crazy. And good for the shops.. my guys are doing it.. so if they think its good... i have to back them too.

Lastly... its not like these dudes are millionaires. Neither has a show... neither are "mega" contest winners. Pro's don't get "retirement" money unless they caught percentage deals when the company they skate for gets bought. Even though the Berrics is dumb popular right now... its not like the park caught millions of up front dollars. It takes a long time to grow that shit. A long time. After TAXES and payroll... there isn't much left. Maybe... hopefully.. in the future... the Berrics will make a bunch of good dough... and the shops that they support... and the shops that support them will grow together.. and eventually skateboarding will grow and make good cash like it did in the late 90's early 2000's. Then there can be a whole new influx of skaters who can make a living doing what they love.

The skateboard business is dying..... The illest companies are barely holding on... pro's are getting pay cuts and flat out clipped across the board. Shits wack. Berrics is helping to keep that shit alive.

So.... with that.... i am now a registered member. lol. 

Kalis.

[rawbertson.]

damn fam.... yall dont want it with Kalis

[H8R part 4]

i don't believe you are josh kalis....

[Jupiter]

yo kalis. lets race for pinks.

i think my 1992 ford taurus can give that bmw a good run.

[DGKALIS]

yo kalis. lets race for pinks.

i think my 1992 taurus can give that bmw a good run.

I sold it. 

[ahlee]

for what?

[SFblah]

If this is Kalis then tell me who was always taking "Amp's" car for the day and leaving him at home in Dallas?  Also, what is "Amp"s full name?

[DGKALIS]

If this is Kalis then tell me who was always taking "Amp's" car for the day and leaving him at home in Dallas?  Also, what is "Amp"s full name?

What car you talking about..... the bug, the caddy... or the sunfire? Me, Dawong, and Ernest used to put that kid through some serious shit. But he paid some dues.... so Anthony is part of the family now. Him and Dawong come visit me every year. Amp is now a manager at a gas station... and Dawong started a clothing company called "Trife".

[DGKALIS]

for what?

[ahlee]

Pretty tight, that paint job is whack as fuck though. Shoulda kept the M and turbo'd that.

[SFblah]

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If this is Kalis then tell me who was always taking "Amp's" car for the day and leaving him at home in Dallas?  Also, what is "Amp"s full name?

[close]

What car you talking about..... the bug, the caddy... or the sunfire? Me, Dawong, and Ernest used to put that kid through some serious shit. But he paid some dues.... so Anthony is part of the family now. Him and Dawong come visit me every year. Amp is now a manager at a gas station... and Dawong started a clothing company called "Trife".

I think they took all his cars but mainly the Sunfire is what I remember. Haha!  He used to call Chrome asking us if we'd seen Dawong, Randy, and Ernest in his car.

Houston and me also saw Reagan about 3 years ago at a club in Addison.  I was laughing at the guy across the room in grey sweats with a leather jacket and no shirt.  As he walked closer we realized it was Reagan.  Hilarious.  He came up and talked for a bit.  Last time I saw Dawong he told me he had a clothing company but I think it was called Pyramid or something like that.

[MexicanSpaniard]

You have a '69 bitching camaro? Very American.
Also, since I assume this is the real Kalis, do you think berra himself is a bit of a kook?

[Molas]

To be honest, I do not hate Berra that much and I'm a berrics.com visitor, but seriously you just can't compare Berra to Gonz or Cab.
Those guys are skateboarding, compared to them Berra is just a regular pro.

I was just wondering what you guys think about Koston being a part of all of this? I assume, since his name is involved, that he supports all the decisions about what's going on with the berrics.

[DGKALIS]

You have a '69 bitching camaro? Very American.
Also, since I assume this is the real Kalis, do you think berra himself is a bit of a kook?

I don't think he's a kook.... He lives by his own code.... he likes things a certain way.... and will live by that. Whether its beliefs, food, ect. He's his own man.

[MexicanSpaniard]

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You have a '69 bitching camaro? Very American.
Also, since I assume this is the real Kalis, do you think berra himself is a bit of a kook?

[close]

I don't think he's a kook.... He lives by his own code.... he likes things a certain way.... and will live by that. Whether its beliefs, food, ect. He's his own man.

If only more pro's could be as honest as you most of this may not have happened at all.

[EXTRA SPICY]

Do you know what it takes to eke out even a modest living in LA? About five grand a month, at least.

damn dude what world do you live in?
you can live a great life at half that in los angeles.




and this thread is also...
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...dildos!

[Jupiter]

but don't you think it's a tad bit shady to start up the unified program to let kids know who the "important" local shops are through the berrics and then turn around and start a full fledged mail order site through the berrics that's ironically taking money from the local shop?

and couldn't berra at least give free listings for shops to get put on the site then after they are posted on the site charge them to get the extra stuff like banners and shit? seems reasonable doesn't it? i mean in the phone book every business gets it's name and number posted for free.

btw i think my ford taurus could take that camaro in the quarter...you would just have to give me an 1/8th mile head start  

[sage]

If there was a video of Cab and Gonz having sex, it would be better than any Berra part, ever.

Do people think they sound cool when they say shit like this in their heads.

"fuck i'm core, incoming gnars"