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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: neil. on December 07, 2016, 03:23:29 PM
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http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/the-follow-up-mariano-and-koston-talk-numbers/ (http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/the-follow-up-mariano-and-koston-talk-numbers/)
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So it was all down to gonz. Now it makes sense.
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reading an interview where more than one person is answering the same question is the worst. i don't know why, but I can't stand that shit. And I really didn't get all that much from it aside from the gonz thing. they seemed real generic about the whole thing.
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I love kosten.
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Good call doing this interview in print. Hearing Guy speak is a trigger, and Koston has this smug dismissive attitude only a scientologist could have.
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Ctrl F: "you know what I mean" found 5 times.
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Numbers.
You know what I mean?
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Generic is a good way to describe that. "we wanna be expected sometimes, but unexpected sometimes"
The only cool part of that was the Gonz thing. If Rodrigo and Miles werent part of this I wouldnt fuck with it in any way shape or form. That 12:45 thing seemed like a mix between a berrics segment and wanting to be on some cherry shit. Miles and Rodrgio on the same team is still really hype tho imo.
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Sister company is going to be Letters Edition. NBD, EMB, MNC, TBT, PWBC, because skateboarding is also all about letters, you know what I mean.
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It's sick how the only "new" skateboard brands they know of are WKND and FA
??? ??? ???
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Damn I could not make it through this interview. I wish I was interested in this but this shit is stale. As of now, I'll give it a year tops.
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i dont really care what you say...this is fucking tight. I love it. I can see why they chose it, it's just rad as fuck. Gonz just sends you this random screen shot....i dunno, if i was in their shoes i'd be digging it too.
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/images/image/Features/2016/Numbers_followup/Numbers_5_750px.jpg)
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Id be like "gonz you trippin".
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After listening to the Mike-Mo podcast, reading this interview and the new interview with Alex Olson, I now understand why Marc Johnson constantly feels like he is the smartest dude in the room after spending months at a time in a Van with these people.
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Damn I could not make it through this interview. I wish I was interested in this but this shit is stale. As of now, I'll give it a year tops.
Same. I only made it to the point where Guy or Eric is talking about not assigning someone their "number number" or something. I don't know what kind of tip they're on, but it isn't speaking to me. I'll pay attention for the skating, but the ideology lacks imagination with depth.
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"But there?s a lot of thinking we put into it. The box which is sort of the window."
Huh. It all makes sense now ::).
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ty? quick content?
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Trick porn eh?
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The talent shouldn't be the creatives and vice versa. See Chomp on this if you have any questions.
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I guess trick porn is out now
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Sister company is going to be Letters Edition. NBD, EMB, MNC, TBT, PWBC, because skateboarding is also all about letters, you know what I mean.
not as bad as ssbsts
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After listening to the Mike-Mo podcast, reading this interview and the new interview with Alex Olson, I now understand why Marc Johnson constantly feels like he is the smartest dude in the room after spending months at a time in a Van with these people.
Oh shit, I giggled. It's true though - throw in Biebel and you've got a bunch of dummies who are pretty good on a skateboard.
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koston's number should be 101
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i dont really care what you say...this is fucking tight. I love it. I can see why they chose it, it's just rad as fuck. Gonz just sends you this random screen shot....i dunno, if i was in their shoes i'd be digging it too.
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/images/image/Features/2016/Numbers_followup/Numbers_5_750px.jpg)
I love Gonz but it's pretty lame. It's funny that neither Guy nor Eric have any artistic skills and based their whole brand on some screenshot Gonz farted out. Maybe they'll be able to turn it into something in be long run but I don't know how anyone could be stoked on the direction based on this one image.
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But little does guy know Eric is actually Steve Rocco
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If zero could bite zorlac 20 years on, couldn't these guys bite classic Rocco or something decent?
This is like svorn or whatever it's called. But wussier.
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The comment section. Everyone please don't over look the comment section on this one
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After listening to the Mike-Mo podcast, reading this interview and the new interview with Alex Olson, I now understand why Marc Johnson constantly feels like he is the smartest dude in the room after spending months at a time in a Van with these people.
Oh shit, I giggled. It's true though - throw in Biebel and you've got a bunch of dummies who are pretty good on a skateboard.
actually laughed out loud. for a while.
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I never really thought about the video the way Koston described the goal of it (slower paced, more memorable, non 'trick porn'). ? It makes sense. ? Still think the whole company is boring (not the skaters) and unappealing but we haven't seen products. ? Rodrigo is always a favorite and you can't deny Miles' talent. ? Cool to have Durao as an East Coaster. ? Just don't see this brand taking off. ? The Gonz story isn't even that cool. ? And if you have to ask someone for a name, good luck with everything else in your company. ? The skating was great but overall this video really put into prospective my feelings about where the industry is and who's still involved. ? Koston used to be my favorite skater. ? I can't stand him anymore, I have zero interest in him or his projects. ? Same with MJ. ? Maybe I'm getting older and this is normal. ? Who knows....
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I will wait to make a definitive opinion on this brand, but my two cents are:
- The team is incredible
- The video is straight up something that would fit on any PUSH video
- The interview shows that those guys are not really on the same page, nor have any defined idea about what the brand is about. The fact that they had to ask Gonz for a name idea, and they loved the numbers idea so much that they made it the name of their brand...is scary.
They're struggling on finding creative ideas since day one, but they are already making a collab with Nike before putting any board out. Numbers is not about being a creative outlet, just more like a business opportunity.
Coming collaborations:
- Villager goods X Numbers Limited edition flavoured coconut water
- Limited Edition Numbers X Berrics boards after the Numbers United Nation Segment at the Berrics?
- Some board series made by Hecox/Mueller/Jenkis/Parra or any artist that has already made ton of skateboard stuff?
- Some sock collab
- Sunglasses brand X Numbers
- Official X Numbers
- Polerstuff X Numbers
- Leica/Sony/Panasonic X Numbers
- Watch brand X Numbers
- Quartersnacks/boiltheocean/blog X Numbers
- Sriracha/Heinz X Numbers
What I'd like to see is Texas Instrument X Numbers, Tag Heuer X Numbers, IRS X Numbers, and a collab with some association that promotes education for the underprivileged areas.
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I wonder how many "likes" and "you know what I means" they had to edit out of Guy's comments.
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^forgot supreme x numbers
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Everything about this is just so unappealing. I mean WKND is still trying to get rid of their corny Koston collab board that you can find anywhere now either on sale or on clearance. Guy has been absent from the Instagram game ever since he got on Nike. Them disappearing this long i think hurt their following, Sure hope TX and Miles can help build up this brand because they won't have a chance with just Koston and Guy.
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Eric Koston says Guy Mariano is his spirit animal and Guy Mariano says Eric Koston is his spirit animal. It really made Steve Berra upset and devalued along with being left out.
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something about koston and mariano referring to their brand as a "small brand" doesn't resonate
also i think guy said something good about primitive
i'm just gonna go watch chomp on this and forget that i read this
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backing this brand as long as guy uses a ben folds cover...careless whisper
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I heard Guy wanted to call it "Know what I mean"
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So they are going to do limited editions of other artists because they can't come up with any ideas themselves?
This company is wack.
It's lacking originality, creativeness, direction, and more. This brand is about as bland as its logo.
Hopefully the team finds good homes once it folds.
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if the company fails they'll place the blame on gonz
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I just don't get that after all this build up, they roll out the brand without any product available for sale... Seems like a missed opportunity to get some sales from people who are actually hyped on this or get some of that holiday money.
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I don't think its gonna work. If you follow the lineage of the companies that they are coming from, those companies all had insanely talented creative people (I'm talking off the board) running the identity, marketing and overall art direction.
I don't think Ive seen anything creative from either of these two dudes besides their skating..and judging from the concept and the logo I really don't see anything that will get the kids hyped in the way that their previous companies did. It just seems way sterile and forced.
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Thanks to everybody who summed this up so I didn't have to read it
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Damn I could not make it through this interview. I wish I was interested in this but this shit is stale. As of now, I'll give it a year tops.
Same. I only made it to the point where Guy or Eric is talking about not assigning someone their "number number" or something. I don't know what kind of tip they're on, but it isn't speaking to me. I'll pay attention for the skating, but the ideology lacks imagination with depth.
I think what they are talking about is similar to when you buy something like a lithograph and it has a number out of whatever many were created. Its pretty fucking dumb, but I'm pretty sure that's what they were talking about when mentioning limited collaborations and such. This brand probably survives due to the fact it has great skaters on it, and they can easily promote their product, but it is very bland. I understand leaving Girl if they really did get ripped off over Fourstar, but they should of just taken an Element or Plan B check.
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Damn I could not make it through this interview. I wish I was interested in this but this shit is stale. As of now, I'll give it a year tops.
Same. I only made it to the point where Guy or Eric is talking about not assigning someone their "number number" or something. I don't know what kind of tip they're on, but it isn't speaking to me. I'll pay attention for the skating, but the ideology lacks imagination with depth.
I can see the Ride Channel headline now "Koston finally makes it to Plan B"
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they really put the numb in numbers
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Reading "We're a straight up garage company" made me feel sick to my stomach
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I felt bad that I was talking shit on the Numbers page with what is apparently Gonz' "artwork". But the fact that Guy and Koston decided to use that image as a base for their at the time nameless brand? I'm sure Gonz was just fucking around and sent it anyway. When they told him they liked it and were gonna use it he was probably in a "uhh what the fuck but okay" kinda mindset.
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Reading "We're a straight up garbage company" made me feel sick to my stomach
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Reading "We're a straight up garbage company" made me feel sick to my stomach
fixed.
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haha
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You'd think after all the time it took for this to materialize they would have at least a vague idea about what their brand is. Apparently not.
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I love kosten.
It's KONSTON bro. Get it right.
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I heard Guy wanted to call it "Know what I mean"
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I want to think theyre just playing.
But deep down, I know their just dumb. Dumbers, that woulda been better.
Im tired of these fuckin gay names nowadays, one word that dont mean shit. I want to ride a "CUNTFINGER" or "SHITPOPSICLE" or "OVERDOSE" brand board. Fuck this wack shit, step it up. Thats why Fucking Awesome is doing good. I attribute half of the success to the name.
Like Girl, WTF, thats a great name. It makes no sense. Skateboarding shouldnt make sense, that doesnt make sense to make sense of skateboarding. I think my favorite board name is Heroin, I mean I know it has like a meaning n shit, but HEROIN, c,mon man, thats pure skate shit right there. We aint fuckin normal cool people, were parking lot loosers.
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Reading "We're a straight up garbage company" made me feel sick to my stomach
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haha
(http://i.imgur.com/zv2J3Lw.jpg)
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I want to think theyre just playing.
But deep down, I know their just dumb. Dumbers, that woulda been better.
Im tired of these fuckin gay names nowadays, one word that dont mean shit. I want to ride a "CUNTFINGER" or "SHITPOPSICLE" or "OVERDOSE" brand board. Fuck this wack shit, step it up. Thats why Fucking Awesome is doing good. I attribute half of the success to the name.
Like Girl, WTF, thats a great name. It makes no sense. Skateboarding shouldnt make sense, that doesnt make sense to make sense of skateboarding. I think my favorite board name is Heroin, I mean I know it has like a meaning n shit, but HEROIN, c,mon man, thats pure skate shit right there. We aint fuckin normal cool people, were parking lot loosers.
what do you expect from koston? his past skating is pretty unquestionable but he played a large part in making skateboarding socially acceptable. him and his crew brought in that clean cut, sporty look and more "normal" stuff into skateboarding. also played a huge part in nike's infiltration of the skate world.
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I want to think theyre just playing.
But deep down, I know their just dumb. Dumbers, that woulda been better.
Im tired of these fuckin gay names nowadays, one word that dont mean shit. I want to ride a "CUNTFINGER" or "SHITPOPSICLE" or "OVERDOSE" brand board. Fuck this wack shit, step it up. Thats why Fucking Awesome is doing good. I attribute half of the success to the name.
Like Girl, WTF, thats a great name. It makes no sense. Skateboarding shouldnt make sense, that doesnt make sense to make sense of skateboarding. I think my favorite board name is Heroin, I mean I know it has like a meaning n shit, but HEROIN, c,mon man, thats pure skate shit right there. We aint fuckin normal cool people, were parking lot loosers.
what do you expect from koston? his past skating is pretty unquestionable but he played a large part in making skateboarding socially acceptable. him and his crew brought in that clean cut, sporty look and more "normal" stuff into skateboarding. also played a huge part in nike's infiltration of the skate world.
You right, this boils down to koston. Its konstons fault. Fuck you koston, but your cool.
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Sister company is going to be Letters Edition. NBD, EMB, MNC, TBT, PWBC, because skateboarding is also all about letters, you know what I mean.
Numbers? Letters?
Alphanumeric Skateboards confirmed. Spencer Fujimoto sucker punch pro model, holiday 2017.
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It's KONSTON bro. Get it right.
I thought I was the only one that thought "Konston was here."
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Two legends start a company, sign up 3 more amazing skaters, drop a 10 minute edit with 7 minutes of skating in it and nerds spend hours trying to find something to hate about it.
"I don't like the name, what does it even mean" "I don't like piano in my video edits" "Koston made fun of a kid one time!" "Berra"
The internet is fucking lame. Carry on
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Two legends start a company, sign up 3 more amazing skaters, drop a 10 minute edit with 7 minutes of skating in it and nerds spend hours trying to find something to hate about it.
"I don't like the name, what does it even mean" "I don't like piano in my video edits" "Koston made fun of a kid one time!" "Berra"
The internet is fucking lame. Carry on
(http://images.hellogiggles.com/uploads/2016/05/26084729/Unella-the-Shame-Nun-700x525.jpg)
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Actually had some ideas for them..but nah
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Reading "We're a straight up garbage company" made me feel sick to my stomach
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haha
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AMAZING!!! Hahahahahahaa
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Reading "We're a straight up garbage company" made me feel sick to my stomach
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haha
(http://i.imgur.com/zv2J3Lw.jpg)
AMAZING!!! Hahahahahahaa
Can we all stop shit talking on each other and take time to appreciate Iceman's amazing (once again) photoshop skills
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I have compiled the contemporary poet Enrique Bonnilla's Facebook comments on this interview for the sake of posterity
"I wanna DJ the session to Mariano.
100 percent hip hop.None of that wack pussy shit. In here we kisses in the lips hugs shotguns ass slaps fat blunts and 40's. I think you wanted to pipe this chick and I already raw dogged her and she left that same night. Left that nut deep in the pussy far in the hot cauldron. But you still wet the nugget with the other chick. We both got pussy. ~~Lights blunt~~ Chokes on chronic. The biggest illuminati use lipstick. Red. They sucky dicky. In the gas station bathroom.
Imagine the pop coming back thanks to some cannabis sativa. With all the tricks. I havent smoked in 5-7 years. You know what that means? Imagine 20 variations with extreme pop. A horse. Equestrian again.
Roselle park highschool from the door of the high to the pavement. 15 feet maybe less than 20 of takeoff, I havent seen it maybe the gap is huge but I know the curb is unskatable. Chunky flip Chunky monkey lives again. Across stair sidewalk curb all of it. To the street, with a puff. flipping it called out. lol back to the bank.
When you progress too far in skateboarding, you start hanging out with kids.
Keep it oldschool. Boneless across the channel.
I like Numbers. But guess what skateboarding is limited with differentiation. You need new product new customer. Im scratching this shit for you, you only hear this shit once. Tonight. We not pre 1980 im 2020.
I could bring 1 book or 40 books. You decide.
~Starts Playing Music~
Numbers does what they wish that they dream. want but somebody has to die. that inside feeling that something is dead mischievous. Fuck the fish, died, no food. Flushed it. That gut feeling rumble fuck cant eat dry mouth dark black eyes like mike tyson, and your coasting even to the FBI. Its what makes you say no. or now. no traces no leads no information no metadata dead. When I was a rookie with an ounce of pot in my room my step dad cleaned a gut knife with water with blood on it. Coast with it. Let that drift that deep in your console. He wasnt cooking any meat he just got home. The blood went down the drain. There was pot missing, and two phillie blunts on the table. all of it at the same time, and a huge graffiti of KING. with grass underneath the K and the G. The pot was mine. He stayed home that day I wonder what he did.
That man is dead. Kicking straight to him kickflip and landing on his belly I remember he caught me. Baby blue outfit and when I was walking down 8th street miami and himself or his clone grafittied SEM I was swapping a window or something, aids sign backwards open underneath the name star six lines. In baby blue. I saw him tag it. It was my step dad. Im looking at him do it RIGHT NOW. Young Bad Mofoker. Forever Young. You could see a row of 60 students in highschool or college, the only motherfucker with sunglasses leaned over resting on his knees was him. I was tagging hella fucking hard before getting to miami. I was fucking raw dogging chicks and getting cleaned off graffiti paint by them with thinner brillo scrub and sponges lestoil baths, smurfing. Hard smurfing, not the typical paint, michaelangelo roof covered in paint. The next level. Miami got my game exponential another new alias out of nowhere like fuck it. I met playas pimps hustlers killers guns daddy funk me serving the whole shit. Fucking new pussy and making the neighbor hear the moans. Fucking 4 chicks on the same week hours in between game at 1 billion. Call chick 1 come home, leaves call chick 2 come thru now, chick 2 leaves the third one is the late night you coming? when you doing this. So fucking hot. Dimes. good dick suckers and dimes. when you coming thru. She was loud. Too loud if you ask me. Four dimes two good dick suckers. Perfect tits perfect ass.
Who do you think I am. When the board gyrates excessively under your feet and it aint a drill or a fantasy.
im not lying for 2 good dick suckers ratio to 5 dimes. 10/10 hottest broads. Then during that same time as an xtreme gigolo a chick overseas a plane ride away says, im pregnant, lol, im toasted baked,"wat you want me to do about it" lmao. My mind going " did I fuck you 8 months ago" lol. I dont think so lol
I had a crocodile in my backyard.
They used to go straight to the bed."
-Enrique Bonnilla, 2016.
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I have compiled the contemporary poet Enrique Bonnilla's Facebook comments on this interview for the sake of posterity
"I wanna DJ the session to Mariano.
100 percent hip hop.None of that wack pussy shit. In here we kisses in the lips hugs shotguns ass slaps fat blunts and 40's. I think you wanted to pipe this chick and I already raw dogged her and she left that same night. Left that nut deep in the pussy far in the hot cauldron. But you still wet the nugget with the other chick. We both got pussy. ~~Lights blunt~~ Chokes on chronic. The biggest illuminati use lipstick. Red. They sucky dicky. In the gas station bathroom.
Imagine the pop coming back thanks to some cannabis sativa. With all the tricks. I havent smoked in 5-7 years. You know what that means? Imagine 20 variations with extreme pop. A horse. Equestrian again.
Roselle park highschool from the door of the high to the pavement. 15 feet maybe less than 20 of takeoff, I havent seen it maybe the gap is huge but I know the curb is unskatable. Chunky flip Chunky monkey lives again. Across stair sidewalk curb all of it. To the street, with a puff. flipping it called out. lol back to the bank.
When you progress too far in skateboarding, you start hanging out with kids.
Keep it oldschool. Boneless across the channel.
I like Numbers. But guess what skateboarding is limited with differentiation. You need new product new customer. Im scratching this shit for you, you only hear this shit once. Tonight. We not pre 1980 im 2020.
I could bring 1 book or 40 books. You decide.
~Starts Playing Music~
Numbers does what they wish that they dream. want but somebody has to die. that inside feeling that something is dead mischievous. Fuck the fish, died, no food. Flushed it. That gut feeling rumble fuck cant eat dry mouth dark black eyes like mike tyson, and your coasting even to the FBI. Its what makes you say no. or now. no traces no leads no information no metadata dead. When I was a rookie with an ounce of pot in my room my step dad cleaned a gut knife with water with blood on it. Coast with it. Let that drift that deep in your console. He wasnt cooking any meat he just got home. The blood went down the drain. There was pot missing, and two phillie blunts on the table. all of it at the same time, and a huge graffiti of KING. with grass underneath the K and the G. The pot was mine. He stayed home that day I wonder what he did.
That man is dead. Kicking straight to him kickflip and landing on his belly I remember he caught me. Baby blue outfit and when I was walking down 8th street miami and himself or his clone grafittied SEM I was swapping a window or something, aids sign backwards open underneath the name star six lines. In baby blue. I saw him tag it. It was my step dad. Im looking at him do it RIGHT NOW. Young Bad Mofoker. Forever Young. You could see a row of 60 students in highschool or college, the only motherfucker with sunglasses leaned over resting on his knees was him. I was tagging hella fucking hard before getting to miami. I was fucking raw dogging chicks and getting cleaned off graffiti paint by them with thinner brillo scrub and sponges lestoil baths, smurfing. Hard smurfing, not the typical paint, michaelangelo roof covered in paint. The next level. Miami got my game exponential another new alias out of nowhere like fuck it. I met playas pimps hustlers killers guns daddy funk me serving the whole shit. Fucking new pussy and making the neighbor hear the moans. Fucking 4 chicks on the same week hours in between game at 1 billion. Call chick 1 come home, leaves call chick 2 come thru now, chick 2 leaves the third one is the late night you coming? when you doing this. So fucking hot. Dimes. good dick suckers and dimes. when you coming thru. She was loud. Too loud if you ask me. Four dimes two good dick suckers. Perfect tits perfect ass.
Who do you think I am. When the board gyrates excessively under your feet and it aint a drill or a fantasy.
im not lying for 2 good dick suckers ratio to 5 dimes. 10/10 hottest broads. Then during that same time as an xtreme gigolo a chick overseas a plane ride away says, im pregnant, lol, im toasted baked,"wat you want me to do about it" lmao. My mind going " did I fuck you 8 months ago" lol. I dont think so lol
I had a crocodile in my backyard.
They used to go straight to the bed."
-Enrique Bonnilla, 2016.
acidrap..?
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Enrique Bonilla is hilarious in a really really dumb way....
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I have compiled the contemporary poet Enrique Bonnilla's Facebook comments on this interview for the sake of posterity
When you progress too far in skateboarding, you start hanging out with kids.
Enrique drops a nugget of genius in the middle of what reads like something scratched into the wall of an insane asylum.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc
Wangernumb!
Here's and imaginary +1