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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: outis on December 31, 2025, 10:49:27 AM
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Durao drops one helluva part early in the year, with the Wallenburg switch tre.
The skateboard economy continues to struggle, causing at least one major corporation shoe company to close its skate department.
Lots of fakie frontside tricks.
I will do at least 357 nose manual shuvits of some variety or another.
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Thrasher goes digital 100%.Publishes only special collectors editions.
Welcome collabs with more shitty collab partners.
Santa Cruz trims team to Winkowski and Asta. And 25 new color ways of a Salba deck.
Primitive sells to corpo group, promptly turns into budget brand.
European, Baltic and Japanese skaters continue to outpace Americans in innovation and motivation.
Anti hero continues to mis -measure their eagle decks.
Eggs finally die. FOS markets new perfectly square shape. Symmetrical in all directions.
Not skating at all becomes the hottest pro trend.
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Anti-Hero becomes a fully owned subsidiary of Nike.
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economic cataclysm after the world learns durao didn’t land the switch tre at wallenburg
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Ben Gilley comes back to Zero, but as their "HR" guy that nobody asked for. So many lawsuits happen against Zero. Nobody wins, but they drop a really good that takes away any negative press. Guys in the video hard flip off of actual buildings but most of slap can care less.
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Jaeb announced as Quasi pro
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Nidecker closes down emerica/es & rebrands etnies to compete with the sketchers demo.
Ipath gets popular again after some celebrity starts wearing them.
Indy fully brings the cross back & stokes the culture war in skateboarding. Greyson Fletcher is the poster boy.
Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
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Tyshawn 3 peat
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Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
LOVE this. Remember their “Full Full” decks, or the “NightHammer”? Those wheels would go great those decks.
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Tyshawn 3 peat
I could see Foy snagging it
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Anti-Hero becomes a fully owned subsidiary of Nike.
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A non-American skater gets SOTY for only the seventh time in the award's history
Someone does a flip in, flip, flip out trick on a gnarly obstacle
Regular fit pants
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540’s down stairs
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Etnies will collect the YouTube skater infinity stones
Maité will learn casper stalls or darkslides
Chloe will finally win sls super crown
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With Joslin breaking the El Toro tre barrier, someone will try something else ridiculous down it.
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With Joslin breaking the El Toro tre barrier, someone will try something else ridiculous down it.
Adrien Bulard will try to do another flip trick down it, only for Joslin to catch wind and do it first again.
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540’s down stairs
happened 13 years ago and no one else wanted the smoke after that : https://youtu.be/pxczBuQIN0s?si=oCb5QMleQX6QK_uR (https://youtu.be/pxczBuQIN0s?si=oCb5QMleQX6QK_uR) (make is at 1:10)
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lakai dead for good.
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540’s down stairs
Tyson bowerbank ABD
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Tyshawn 3 peat
I keep seeing the term 3peat being used in this context. That would mean he won three times in a row.
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Tyson bowerbank ABD
He was on the nine club with descenzo. The entire time I was waiting for them to talk about it. It wasn’t mentioned.
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He was on the nine club with descenzo. The entire time I was waiting for them to talk about it. It wasn’t mentioned.
That one fool did a 1080 and no one gives a shit about that. I forgot his name even
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With Joslin breaking the El Toro tre barrier, someone will try something else ridiculous down it.
Nyjah vs Sheckler to see who can BS Flip El Toro first
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Kader goes back to Baker for five minutes
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Fs 180 nosegrab down el toro.
Mikey horseface Taylor starts a skatecoin crypto for true christian skaters. Henry Sanchez loses all of his life savings and blames Obama.
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Nuclear War opens up new skate spots, only problem is you're dead
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Skate Mental full length drops
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Nuclear War opens up new skate spots, only problem is you're dead
This would be huge for the cockroaches in that zoo york video
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Greyson goes to brain doctor and starts thumping his chest instead.
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2026 is the year SB falls back.
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Kris Markovich starts a new company with some dumb little faces.
Warsaw goes under. Chief starts a new shoe company.
Primitive x Labubu collab.
Cab breaks up with some high schooler and posts inspirational Facebook bullshit.
Dyrdek invents the first electronic spreadsheet
Several more people posting to the Skateboard Lookalikes thread with GH and literally anyone wearing glasses
Beatrice shuv 50 shuv
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would love to see dylan jaeb and kyonosuke yamashita leave primitive for a better company, they both seem to have a lot of footage not with the other primitive skaters so hopefully theyve made other connections
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Dudes that rock this 2000s emo ironic/unironic style:
(https://i.ibb.co/kgK7P3VH/IMG-0237.jpg) (https://ibb.co/JRn1SxWB)
start skating toy shop completes in insta edits
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Kris Markovich starts a new company with some dumb little faces.
Warsaw goes under. Cheif starts a new shoe company.
Primitive x Labubu collab.
Cab breaks up with some high schooler and posts inspirational Facebook bullshit.
Dyrdek invents the first electronic spreadsheet
Several more people posting to the Skateboard Lookalikes thread with GH and literally anyone wearing glasses
Beatrice shuv 50 shuv
Turns out it's just a cubicle grid in Mumbai
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2026 is the year SB falls back.
Would be sick, doubt it tho
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
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AXION 5.0
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
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Regular fit pants
all time GOAT
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Mirrored lines with one pant leg cut into shorts. Regular with one leg cut, switch with the other leg cut.
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Prolly some paid subscription content on ig.
Insta Fans or some shit.
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Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger and Polo Ralph Lauren are launching new skate divisions with solid products and riders. Vincent Milou would lead Lacoste, Troy Gibson would represent Tommy Hilfiger, and Lido Junior would ride for Ralph Lauren. Then, Nivea is going to take advantage of its connections with Onodera Ginwoo and create a super skate team.
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Prolly some paid subscription content on ig.
Insta Fans or some shit.
LOL. Leticia most def gonna release a part exclusive to her OnlyFans.
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some of the biggest kooks on here will openly contemplate buying a pair of new Lakais
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Double flips into and out of ledges will be common. Someone will do a alley oop BS 180 50/50 on a rail.
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Tyshawn doing anything over the water tower gap would be insane.
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Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger and Polo Ralph Lauren are launching new skate divisions with solid products and riders. Vincent Milou would lead Lacoste, Troy Gibson would represent Tommy Hilfiger, and Lido Junior would ride for Ralph Lauren. Then, Nivea is going to take advantage of its connections with Onodera Ginwoo and create a super skate team.
(https://www.datocms-assets.com/65903/1734096059-palace-ralph-lauren-knit-teddy-bear-front-6016-051118.jpg?)
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Way less lip/blunt/powerslides, especially in the amateur circuit.
"Lipslides? in this economy? Have you seen the price of wheels lately!"
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Kinda surprised skate companies haven't tried charging more for bigger boards/wheels/trucks. I'm size 15 shoe and there was a stretch where I'd have to pay more for bigger shoes. I never liked Jordan because the were the first to charge an extra $30 if you were size 13+. The only time I've seen it so far is the && 9.13 used to be $20 more than the 8.45. Now they just raised the price of the 8.45 to $120.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Wheelbase should get shorter too
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Tyshawn and supreme makeup, results in a footy dump from Skinny Bill, King Skateboards Supreme collab using a stock photo of King Charles III wearing a Hardies hat and a bar logo pullover.
Tyshawn Chicken Shop Date episode.
The Dunk bubble finally, and completely bursts (already kind of happening), they will make a Dunk Hi Pro B with a midsole.
Pig Wood resurgence, limited edition Slaughterhouse deck and apparel capsules.
Baker will have a great year, as will DLX yet again.
We will see 14-15 great new hardgood brands that will last until July of next year.
Candy sponsorships.
Dyrdek indicted for fraud.
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Tyshawn and supreme makeup, results in a footy dump from Skinny Bill, King Skateboards Supreme collab using a stock photo of King Charles III wearing a Hardies hat and a bar logo pullover.
Tyshawn Chicken Shop Date episode.
The Dunk bubble finally, and completely bursts (already kind of happening), they will make a Dunk Hi Pro B with a midsole.
Pig Wood resurgence, limited edition Slaughterhouse deck and apparel capsules.
Baker will have a great year, as will DLX yet again.
We will see 14-15 great new hardgood brands that will last until July of next year.
Candy sponsorships.
Dyrdek indicted for fraud.
Would rather see Palace sign him to a clothing sponsorship
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I could see a known skate pro doing what GH does, more or less commentary with some spicy takes. This is a result of skaters caring less about content and more about comments……see: this place.
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Tyshawn wins SOTY again, the skate community shrugs and stares into the middle distance.
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More funny hats
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More funny hats
(https://i.ibb.co/kVKBXnqj/goofy-dog-spinny-hat-1.png)
Frog newest pro
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(https://i.ibb.co/kVKBXnqj/goofy-dog-spinny-hat-1.png)
Frog newest pro
Reddit ass post
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Idk the economics of skateboard manufacturing, but the materials are probably a tiny fraction of overall costs. Time, power, marketing, rent, labour, shipping, storage. A few mm of wood would be negligible.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Idk the economics of skateboard manufacturing, but the materials are probably a tiny fraction of overall costs. Time, power, marketing, rent, labour, shipping, storage. A few mm of wood would be negligible.
Everyone’s trying to add mm to their wood
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curmudgeons complaining about SLAP on SLAP will reach an all time high.
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curmudgeons complaining about SLAP on SLAP will reach an all time high.
SLAP on SLAP hate crimes.
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curmudgeons complaining about SLAP on SLAP will reach an all time high.
Half of the vert community just stormed this place to complain about gifted hater roasting the Tony Hawk/Tom Schaar SOTY situation and it was pretty intense. Those 3 guys are pissed.
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curmudgeons complaining about SLAP on SLAP will reach an all time high.
Half of the vert community just stormed this place to complain about gifted hater roasting the Tony Hawk/Tom Schaar SOTY situation and it was pretty intense. Those 3 guys are pissed.
haha.
vert preachers blessing us from up on high.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Idk the economics of skateboard manufacturing, but the materials are probably a tiny fraction of overall costs. Time, power, marketing, rent, labour, shipping, storage. A few mm of wood would be negligible.
Everyone’s trying to add mm to their wood
If mm are making a difference then I feel for you.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Idk the economics of skateboard manufacturing, but the materials are probably a tiny fraction of overall costs. Time, power, marketing, rent, labour, shipping, storage. A few mm of wood would be negligible.
Everyone’s trying to add mm to their wood
If mm are making a difference then I feel for you.
What size wheels do you skate? Or did you think I was talking about penis? Pervert!!!
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curmudgeons complaining about SLAP on SLAP will reach an all time high.
You know, I think I just find most of you extremely annoying and I find myself wondering why I bother coming back here. I enjoy it from time to time when I’m waiting somewhere or forgot to bring a book at an appointment. But lately everyone on here is more phony than usual and I think I’m just over it.
I’m on another forum for machining and there is none of this bickering and corniness. Just people enjoying a shared hobby. Sure there are disagreements but nothing like the shit on here. I feel like I’m dealing with teenage Taylor Swift fans and it’s a bit sickening.
That’s all. I’m going to just stop visiting. Problem solved.
It should be noted that he did, indeed, come back. And it was once again to share how pathetic he thinks Slap is.
I’ll never get why some people post so much about how much they hate posting here and coming here. To these kind of posters, you do realize the majority of the people reading your rants can see through your holier than thou facade and are just thinking “you know, you do realize you don’t have to come here, right?”
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Double flips into and out of ledges will be common. Someone will do a alley oop BS 180 50/50 on a rail.
I really wanna see that trick
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Double flips into and out of ledges will be common. Someone will do a alley oop BS 180 50/50 on a rail.
I really wanna see that trick
I feel like Sora Shirai did it in some SLS.
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Tony Hawk finds a new eyebrow style
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(At 2:57)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=71iipabGJqE
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg)
Tyshawn: Ollie a pier 7 manual pad the long ways
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There was talk of Tyshawn doing a kickflip over the bench Nick Matthews did an Ollie over. He posted the ollie. I feel like he’s also done this before, posted an ABD just because. I do like his skating but that’s kinda distasteful, especially with no connection or shoutout to the other skater.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE-xdUYS3ZD/?igsh=bzdqbzRqNTM1dWpj
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg)
Tyshawn: Ollie a pier 7 manual pad the long ways
While I'd love to see that too, that would be insanely hard because the run up isn't straight, you have to curve into the pad from either the right or the left. But I guess if anyone could do it it'd be Tyshawn.
With all the talk about slimmer jeans becoming trendier again, I wonder if 2026 will be the year that cuffed up jeans dylan. style will make a return...
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg)
Tyshawn: Ollie a pier 7 manual pad the long ways
it is a straight run up if he ollies over it moving toward the water.
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg)
Tyshawn: Ollie a pier 7 manual pad the long ways
it is a straight run up if he ollies over it moving toward the water.
That’s what I was thinking. But I have no concept of how the block compares to the length of a school table or nick Matthew’s Chicago bench
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Nakel of Adidas
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg)
Tyshawn: Ollie a pier 7 manual pad the long ways
it is a straight run up if he ollies over it moving toward the water.
That’s what I was thinking. But I have no concept of how the block compares to the length of a school table or nick Matthew’s Chicago bench
taller than the chicago bench but similar length.
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Shrinkflation. 7.5s and 45mms make a comeback. Big boards are scarce making them expensive. Less wood/ urethane per product saves skate companies money.
Idk the economics of skateboard manufacturing, but the materials are probably a tiny fraction of overall costs. Time, power, marketing, rent, labour, shipping, storage. A few mm of wood would be negligible.
They already do on a wholesale level. Not so much with boards, but bigger trucks and wheels are a little more expensive sometimes by $2 or $3
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Nakel of Adidas
It being 2026 and all……I could see him on Lakai…..
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It being 2026 and all……I could see him on Lakai…..
I wish i dont see him ever again
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Worst case scenario Nak would be bro flow via Tyshawn. Unless TJ leaves I don’t see him getting on anything else.
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(At 2:57)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=71iipabGJqE
For the FS 180 crowd, Tyshawn was trying to do one over the double white wall that Johnny Layton ollied at Pulaski for a Skateboarder cover. That would be kinda cool.
(http://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr9d46THkP1qcjlv3o1_500.pnj)
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Foy vs. Tyshawn is definitely happening, either this year or next.
Any spots you'd like to see them hit?
I'd like to see more hairy gap out to rails and heelflips from Foy.
and I wonder if the Water Tower accessible.
Good question…
Tyshawn: I’d like to see either a FS 180 or a late shuv on the Richmond Suntrust bench + stairs gap that Gilbert ollied forever ago.
(At 0:12)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TXo0-S8sFP0
Foy: His strength is being able to actually do all the crazy THPS rail shit, so I want to see front salad gap kickflip front blunt on the Silas rails.
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/uploads/2014/03/silas_baxter_neal_dave_chami.jpg
(At 2:57)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=71iipabGJqE
Wow, two very left field ideas.
A Tyshawn late-shuv is wild, the only mod to that I'd want would be late pressure flip
For some reason I can't see anyone getting pop out of a salad. With the tail pinched I'm just imagining the flip flopping off the rail over the gap.
Love the Pier 7 idea, at first I thought bondo the wood but looks possible from the sidewalk.
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bn3jhNKv/Screen-Shot-2026-01-05-at-3-08-25-AM.png)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35Ulo-qaKc
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(https://i.postimg.cc/kGp2mnSw/IMG-7797.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
ok. pier 7 block looks like maybe it is about a board length longer.
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Ricta wheels are gonna make a comeback with the kids
I’m also predicting a new talent on sls that’s heavily inspired by Greg Luzka and he gone rock a fedora and rock ricta wheels even though he has a bones sponsor and his bones manager is gonna shame him on insta and make him burn the rictas
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After Nyjahs all time horrific slam doctors tell him to hang it up but instead he puts out a part of ledge tech that is next level.
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After Nyjahs all time horrific slam doctors tell him to hang it up but instead he puts out a part of ledge tech that is next level.
you know those stories of people waking up with a completely different set of memories? Maybe new Nyjah has style
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Pier 7 is a lot higher from the sidewalk, to gap over it you'd want to approach from the wood. Not sure it's possible either way. Nyjah slam was gnarly, remember niel Mims crash in Denver? Knocked the sharp cheddar outta him
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Not a prediction, but I would like to see a shared part where all the clips are back to backs / simultaneous.
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Not a prediction, but I would like to see a shared part where all the clips are back to backs / simultaneous.
Not exactly the same, but those dweebs Richie and Melcher have something along those lines. It's set to Johnny Cash and Strummer's version of Redemption Redemption Song, where the nonce duo skates to Cash/Strummer part each and side vy side on shared parts of the song.
Yes. Yes, I am ashamed I know that.
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Slappy trucks don’t catch on
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Not a prediction, but I would like to see a shared part where all the clips are back to backs / simultaneous.
Not exactly the same, but those dweebs Richie and Melcher have something along those lines. It's set to Johnny Cash and Strummer's version of Redemption Redemption Song, where the nonce duo skates to Cash/Strummer part each and side vy side on shared parts of the song.
Yes. Yes, I am ashamed I know that.
Lmfao i like how the better skater skated to the better singer hahaha i’m ngl the song cover was the whole reason i put it on and i was like ey this cover ain’t so bad actually and then strummer joined in, oh brother
Kudos for being brave enough to share that very entertaining
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shecks finally backsideflips el toro wearin a "still watchin" hoodie and wins SOTY + TOTY
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shecks finally backsideflips el toro wearin a "still watchin" hoodie and wins SOTY + TOTY
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shecks finally backsideflips el toro wearin a "still watchin" hoodie and wins SOTY + TOTY
(https://i.postimg.cc/Qd4MXvbx/IMG-8066.jpg)
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shecks finally backsideflips el toro wearin a "still watchin" hoodie and wins SOTY + TOTY
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That is very funny
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Not a prediction, but I would like to see a shared part where all the clips are back to backs / simultaneous.
Not exactly the same, but those dweebs Richie and Melcher have something along those lines. It's set to Johnny Cash and Strummer's version of Redemption Redemption Song, where the nonce duo skates to Cash/Strummer part each and side vy side on shared parts of the song.
Yes. Yes, I am ashamed I know that.
Lmfao i like how the better skater skated to the better singer hahaha i’m ngl the song cover was the whole reason i put it on and i was like ey this cover ain’t so bad actually and then strummer joined in, oh brother
Kudos for being brave enough to share that very entertaining
I could swear that there's an Adidas video that had this in a short video...
Got it https://youtu.be/x_9HyvLgvG0?si=BNcb8Px-kgW86ao6
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More and more people follow Shecks' arc and entirely give up core/traditional skate sponsors and go the influencers' route with shitty sneakers brands and teamless board companies.
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More and more people follow Shecks' arc and entirely give up core/traditional skate sponsors and go the influencers' route with shitty sneakers brands and teamless board companies.
Chad Knight has been working with Chad Muska on bringing Muskas shoe to market (again?). What was interesting is that The Knight was talking about how The Muska owns the silhouette and is really just outsourcing the construction of the shoe. He sees a possible future where skaters own their own shoe, there is no shoe brand sponsoring them, and they just get connected in with factories that bring their design to life. Im butchering this from memory but thats the gist of it, that skaters could opt for less brand sponsorship and be the brand themselves.
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I’d like to see pro boards mean something again like they did before my time. Have graphics (and shapes) associated with one rider that stick around for several years instead of releasing generic shapes with throwaway graphics quarterly.
Give me a Diego Todd board that he actually helped design and skates on a daily basis instead of an $80 BBS blank with some random heat transfer of a blurry photograph.
If boards are gonna be upwards of $70 I think we deserve a little more personality than the shite companies are churning out lately.
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a whole bunch of people are gonna lose contracts this year.
support the brands and the skaters you like, cause it's about to be more important than maybe ever.
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More and more people follow Shecks' arc and entirely give up core/traditional skate sponsors and go the influencers' route with shitty sneakers brands and teamless board companies.
Chad Knight has been working with Chad Muska on bringing Muskas shoe to market (again?). What was interesting is that The Knight was talking about how The Muska owns the silhouette and is really just outsourcing the construction of the shoe. He sees a possible future where skaters own their own shoe, there is no shoe brand sponsoring them, and they just get connected in with factories that bring their design to life. Im butchering this from memory but thats the gist of it, that skaters could opt for less brand sponsorship and be the brand themselves.
muska is gonna have his own sweatshop. and a lot of good men died in that sweatshop
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More and more people follow Shecks' arc and entirely give up core/traditional skate sponsors and go the influencers' route with shitty sneakers brands and teamless board companies.
Chad Knight has been working with Chad Muska on bringing Muskas shoe to market (again?). What was interesting is that The Knight was talking about how The Muska owns the silhouette and is really just outsourcing the construction of the shoe. He sees a possible future where skaters own their own shoe, there is no shoe brand sponsoring them, and they just get connected in with factories that bring their design to life. Im butchering this from memory but thats the gist of it, that skaters could opt for less brand sponsorship and be the brand themselves.
muska tears
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if cab keeps posting some wack shit I could see the half cab getting discontinued this year
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Chris Joslin coming out as democrat , then fired by Plan B and joining Blueprint V2
Lucien Clarcke smiling
Dustin Dollin opening for Duane Peters Band
Danny Way and Pduff taking officially russian citizenship.
Ed Templeton making a Guy Mariano comeback to support Braden Hoban in his last Toy vid
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After Nyjahs all time horrific slam doctors tell him to hang it up but instead he puts out a part of ledge tech that is next level.
you know those stories of people waking up with a completely different set of memories? Maybe new Nyjah has style
Or the English woman who woke up with a Chinese accent
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shecks finally backsideflips el toro wearin a "still watchin" hoodie and wins SOTY + TOTY
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Ain’t No Debate!
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I’d like to see pro boards mean something again like they did before my time. Have graphics (and shapes) associated with one rider that stick around for several years instead of releasing generic shapes with throwaway graphics quarterly.
Give me a Diego Todd board that he actually helped design and skates on a daily basis instead of an $80 BBS blank with some random heat transfer of a blurry photograph.
If boards are gonna be upwards of $70 I think we deserve a little more personality than the shite companies are churning out lately.
100% agree. its so hard for me to find a board i wanna ride these days cause 95% of the graphics fucking suck. would rather just skate blanks at this point.
anyone got the link to the blank board supplier? Philly from Humidity shared the link on his twitter a few months back but i cant find it anymore
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I’d like to see pro boards mean something again like they did before my time. Have graphics (and shapes) associated with one rider that stick around for several years instead of releasing generic shapes with throwaway graphics quarterly.
Give me a Diego Todd board that he actually helped design and skates on a daily basis instead of an $80 BBS blank with some random heat transfer of a blurry photograph.
If boards are gonna be upwards of $70 I think we deserve a little more personality than the shite companies are churning out lately.
anyone got the link to the blank board supplier? Philly from Humidity shared the link on his twitter a few months back but i cant find it anymore
Idk if u mean for commercial or actual runs but for personal skatesamples.com is bbs/generator and primewood.la is prime wood and their blanks are pretty good. I think they still have their “summer sale” still going on
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A skateboarder gets murdered by ICE on film and becomes a viral flashpoint. Trump orders all skateparks bulldozed.
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I’d like to see pro boards mean something again like they did before my time. Have graphics (and shapes) associated with one rider that stick around for several years instead of releasing generic shapes with throwaway graphics quarterly.
Give me a Diego Todd board that he actually helped design and skates on a daily basis instead of an $80 BBS blank with some random heat transfer of a blurry photograph.
If boards are gonna be upwards of $70 I think we deserve a little more personality than the shite companies are churning out lately.
anyone got the link to the blank board supplier? Philly from Humidity shared the link on his twitter a few months back but i cant find it anymore
Idk if u mean for commercial or actual runs but for personal skatesamples.com is bbs/generator and primewood.la is prime wood and their blanks are pretty good. I think they still have their “summer sale” still going on
sorry yea i meant for personal
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anyone got the link to the blank board supplier? Philly from Humidity shared the link on his twitter a few months back but i cant find it anymore
blankdecks.com. Get some Orion trucks while you're at it.
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if cab keeps posting some wack shit I could see the half cab getting discontinued this year
My friend and I just said they’re gonna rename em instead
“New Vans Fakie 360s!”
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Going pro for zero automatically turns your instagram comments to ‘friends only’
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I'm going for skateboarding to become popular again.
Anecdata alert: Here in London I've noticed a load of 13-16 year old types skating about, trying kickflips, that sort of level. Adidas shoes seem to be in for them.
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A skateboarder gets murdered by ICE on film and becomes a viral flashpoint. Trump orders all skateparks bulldozed.
I think the odds are genuinely pretty good we'll see a skater involved in a physical altercation with an ICE incel...side rant, I just can't bring myself to call them "agents", that's too official of a term for a bunch of out of shape, dickless neckbeards cosplaying as Navy Seals while they storm a suburban Target in ill-fitting military surplus tactical gear to assault a teenager because he has tan skin.
I don't even like calling them "thugs", that makes them sound strong and scary, they'd welcome that.
I prefer ICE cowards, ICE incels, ICE shitbags, ICE virgins, etc.
Anything they can't rebrand as a badge of honor.
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A skateboarder gets murdered by ICE on film and becomes a viral flashpoint. Trump orders all skateparks bulldozed.
I think the odds are genuinely pretty good we'll see a skater involved in a physical altercation with an ICE incel...side rant, I just can't bring myself to call them "agents", that's too official of a term for a bunch of out of shape, dickless neckbeards cosplaying as Navy Seals while they storm a suburban Target in ill-fitting military surplus tactical gear to assault a teenager because he has tan skin.
I don't even like calling them "thugs", that makes them sound strong and scary, they'd welcome that.
I prefer ICE cowards, ICE incels, ICE shitbags, ICE virgins, etc.
Anything they can't rebrand as a badge of honor.
Didn’t someone grind a cop car in the George Floyd protests? Anyone got that clip? That was sick af
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a whole bunch of people are gonna lose contracts this year.
support the brands and the skaters you like, cause it's about to be more important than maybe ever.
Unfortunately likely. Lots of fat trimming this year.
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Mitch Barrette will win SOTY and SFB continues to bring up his rep score in every post
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Slappy trucks don’t catch on
Probably cause of that KP clearance
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Vert tricks on the streets
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A rise in nubuck
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Grab to grind. The Kadow Effect
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Grind to grab
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Vert tricks on the streets
Street Madonna would be dope.
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front 3 nose grab down some stairs
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US Companies will go out of business due to tariffs and American imperialism making people want to buy product from non-US companies.
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Nidecker closes down emerica/es & rebrands etnies to compete with the sketchers demo.
Ipath gets popular again after some celebrity starts wearing them.
Indy fully brings the cross back & stokes the culture war in skateboarding. Greyson Fletcher is the poster boy.
Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
Ooh, pre-flatspotted wheels! They become all the rage as cool kids seek out that distinctive flatspot chunka-chunka sound.
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Nidecker closes down emerica/es & rebrands etnies to compete with the sketchers demo.
Ipath gets popular again after some celebrity starts wearing them.
Indy fully brings the cross back & stokes the culture war in skateboarding. Greyson Fletcher is the poster boy.
Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
Ooh, pre-flatspotted wheels! They become all the rage as cool kids seek out that distinctive flatspot chunka-chunka sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krEWjMh_-k
They say things do move in 20 year cycles
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Nidecker closes down emerica/es & rebrands etnies to compete with the sketchers demo.
Ipath gets popular again after some celebrity starts wearing them.
Indy fully brings the cross back & stokes the culture war in skateboarding. Greyson Fletcher is the poster boy.
Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
Ooh, pre-flatspotted wheels! They become all the rage as cool kids seek out that distinctive flatspot chunka-chunka sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krEWjMh_-k
They say things do move in 20 year cycles
Curious, do you already know what Anti Rockers are for? These def aren't for skateboards... a couple of brands still make Hexagonal antis
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Good one
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Nidecker closes down emerica/es & rebrands etnies to compete with the sketchers demo.
Ipath gets popular again after some celebrity starts wearing them.
Indy fully brings the cross back & stokes the culture war in skateboarding. Greyson Fletcher is the poster boy.
Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
Ooh, pre-flatspotted wheels! They become all the rage as cool kids seek out that distinctive flatspot chunka-chunka sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krEWjMh_-k
They say things do move in 20 year cycles
It was supposed to make their Backside Royale grinds go further because the angle of the wheel edge lined up with how the wheel would be sitting?
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Nidecker closes down emerica/es & rebrands etnies to compete with the sketchers demo.
Ipath gets popular again after some celebrity starts wearing them.
Indy fully brings the cross back & stokes the culture war in skateboarding. Greyson Fletcher is the poster boy.
Spitfire/grimple collab with an octagonal shaped wheel & people post silly clips for a week on social media
Ooh, pre-flatspotted wheels! They become all the rage as cool kids seek out that distinctive flatspot chunka-chunka sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krEWjMh_-k
They say things do move in 20 year cycles
It was supposed to make their Backside Royale grinds go further because the angle of the wheel edge lined up with how the wheel would be sitting?
Not bad, close enough.
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A hairy wheel that you have to shave before use, then it's just a normal wheel with a 5 o'clock shadow.
Edit: and/or, I feel this would suit Snot Wheels - a wheel with squeezable blackheads/pimples.
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A hairy wheel that you have to shave before use, then it's just a normal wheel with a 5 o'clock shadow.
Edit: and/or, I feel this would suit Snot Wheels - a wheel with squeezable blackheads/pimples.
Seems more like a Scumco product
They did do the Abair velvet board you could shave
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More and more people follow Shecks' arc and entirely give up core/traditional skate sponsors and go the influencers' route with shitty sneakers brands and teamless board companies.
Chad Knight has been working with Chad Muska on bringing Muskas shoe to market (again?). What was interesting is that The Knight was talking about how The Muska owns the silhouette and is really just outsourcing the construction of the shoe. He sees a possible future where skaters own their own shoe, there is no shoe brand sponsoring them, and they just get connected in with factories that bring their design to life. Im butchering this from memory but thats the gist of it, that skaters could opt for less brand sponsorship and be the brand themselves.
I remember hearing some idiots like P Rod, Mikey Taylor, James Cole or even Steve Borra (some geniuses, yes...) having the same conversation about boards. It was at the time that single board "Cobra Cole" was released and when P Rod was questioning the idea of starting Primitive as a board brand. It finally never really took off, and i am glad. I like the idea of a collective of skaters helping to define the identity of a brand.
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I predict a Powell full-length that will lead into && SOTY run. The video will be hyped, and will try VERY hard to imitate the vibe of Bones Brigade videos. Cab, Lance, Tony, Rodney etc will all be marketed as being in the video, but really only have one or two tricks. The video will be just Okay. Kelvin Hofler will have the stand out part, but ultimately people will complain that there was too much of their actual team and not enough old dudes.
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I predict a Powell full-length that will lead into && SOTY run. The video will be hyped, and will try VERY hard to imitate the vibe of Bones Brigade videos. Cab, Lance, Tony, Rodney etc will all be marketed as being in the video, but really only have one or two tricks. The video will be just Okay. Kelvin Hofler will have the stand out part, but ultimately people will complain that there was too much of their actual team and not enough old dudes.
The new Powell video is just gonna be a supercut of every Dan Corrigan vlog from the last 3 years. It’ll only be accessible via a QR code that’s been printed on the top of flight decks.
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Gonna see increased output/effort from vans/cons riders that don't want to get canned?
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I predict a Powell full-length that will lead into && SOTY run. The video will be hyped, and will try VERY hard to imitate the vibe of Bones Brigade videos. Cab, Lance, Tony, Rodney etc will all be marketed as being in the video, but really only have one or two tricks. The video will be just Okay. Kelvin Hofler will have the stand out part, but ultimately people will complain that there was too much of their actual team and not enough old dudes.
The new Powell video is just gonna be a supercut of every Dan Corrigan vlog from the last 3 years. It’ll only be accessible via a QR code that’s been printed on the top of flight decks.
I tried watching a Dan Corrigan video once or twice, it's always some title like "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS BELOVED PRO SKATER WOULD SAY SOMETHING SO CONTROVERSIAL!!!"
Then after watching him eat breakfast, talk about his breakfast, get in his car, talk about his drive to the skatepark, get to the park, talk to his friends for 10 minutes, somewhere around the 17 minute mark of a 24 minute video he'll be like "Chris Heitt said yellow is the best Starburst flavor".
My prediction for 2026 - Gabbers remains the only rider to willingly leave Zero until late 2026 when, in a bittersweet move, Kairi Netsuke gets picked up by Plan B. Damn. We really wanted better for you Kairi but at least it's not Zero.
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front 3 nose grab down some stairs
Fuck i miss Tony Cervantes think he did it bs though
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My favorite genre
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Fuck i miss Tony Cervantes think he did it bs though
It seems easier. And it looks more verty, i guess.
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@DeanMaple Definitely agree with both of those it just gave me a flashback to him doing that and had to put it out there
I can’t think of anyone doing it fs sounds insanely hard on street
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with big shoe brands cutting back marketing dollars, I could see some smaller shoe brands emerge....they will suck....
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@DeanMaple Definitely agree with both of those it just gave me a flashback to him doing that and had to put it out there
I can’t think of anyone doing it fs sounds insanely hard on street
Jason Adams ender down the chino 4 block in Black Out
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i could see us all having to get better at Japanese names....
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i could see us all having to get better at Japanese names....
Good luck, Half of us can’t still can’t pronounce “Geoff”
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@DeanMaple Definitely agree with both of those it just gave me a flashback to him doing that and had to put it out there
I can’t think of anyone doing it fs sounds insanely hard on street
We can only hope my friend.
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I predict that we finally get the Guy Mariano NikeSB part that’s he’s been filming for the last 9 or however many years he’s been on.
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@DeanMaple Definitely agree with both of those it just gave me a flashback to him doing that and had to put it out there
I can’t think of anyone doing it fs sounds insanely hard on street
Jason Adams ender down the chino 4 block in Black Out
Damn, just rewatched it. So sick. And chets ende is a backside one.
Love how u guys can remember shit like this.
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I predict that we finally get the Guy Mariano NikeSB part that’s he’s been filming for the last 9 or however many years he’s been on.
dumps April and drops the vid for Girl....
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This is the year fakie varial heels down gaps become a thing
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- Danny Way dropping a pro-ICE board involving a mask (similar to the COVID one)
- Elijah SOTY run (won't win)
- Jhanka and Jaeb will drop amazing parts
- Primitive gone
- Lakai gone by October
- Somebody will be kicked of Baker
- Thrasher July cover will be very rad
Source: gypsy woman told me
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Durao drops one helluva part early in the year, with the Wallenburg switch tre.
The skateboard economy continues to struggle, causing at least one major corporation shoe company to close its skate department.
Lots of fakie frontside tricks.
I will do at least 357 nose manual shuvits of some variety or another.
Well, halfway through the year, how are your predictions shaking out? Mine is pretty much a bust so far, guess I'm more of a Nostradumbass. No real Durao part, no corportate shuttering, no more fakie frontside tricks than usual. I haven't even really been doing nose manny shuvs. Six months to go though, maybe it'll all come true after all.
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Been a few years since Yuto dropped a real part.
Predicting a mind blowing Yuto part sometime around October/November-ish
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A hairy wheel that you have to shave before use, then it's just a normal wheel with a 5 o'clock shadow.
Edit: and/or, I feel this would suit Snot Wheels - a wheel with squeezable blackheads/pimples.
possibly second human in history to conceptualize a hairy wheel, possibly first that you could shave it.
squeezable pimple wheel concept pretty typically/tired ABD discussion.
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economic cataclysm after the world learns durao didn’t land the switch tre at wallenburg
the second part has already come true and the first part is currently underway.
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economic cataclysm after the world learns durao didn’t land the switch tre at wallenburg
the second part has already come true and the first part is currently underway.
Man, nailed it.
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Been a few years since Yuto dropped a real part.
Predicting a mind blowing Yuto part sometime around October/November-ish
He does have a signature AF-1 coming
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Pine will quintuple flip off a park 3 block and be expected to execute it every session for the rest of his career
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Pine gets dropped from his Jarrito's sponsor and instead gets picked up by "Squirt"
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2 skaters each from April, Primitive and Girl leave to start Guy Skateboards.
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I could see pine on sollos. Bam too.