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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: Vibes of skating rocks on June 11, 2013, 06:58:51 PM
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In dire need of cutting their budget, Baker Skateboards has dropped longtime riders Braydon Szafranksi and Jeff Lenoce and pro-rank newcomer Shane Heyl from their pro team.
Expect this trend to continue as teams look to trim the fat off their teams and cutting loose riders who aren't pulling their weight coverage-wise.
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I'll believe it when I see it
edit: their team page is down.
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What so they can give theotis more money?
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wack. they should have never put on that dee kid, or cyril. they're not even half as baker as lenoce and braydon were
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Did they really thought that turn Shane Heyl pro was a wise business choice???
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I'm overwhelmed with the amount of sources you gave.
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I can believe braydon but I never thought those guys would be sent packing
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If I remember correctly, Lenoce wasn't taking any paychecks other than royalties from Baker.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Braydon and Heyl getting kicked off, but Lenoce as been pretty active over the past 2-3 years so I'm definitly bummed on him leaving if your rumor is true
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maybe Life Extension will take them lol
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If I remember correctly, Lenoce wasn't taking any paychecks other than royalties from Baker.
Reynold's said in multiple interviews that all the baker pros get the same pay check + extra $$$ from sales
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Did they really thought that turn Shane Heyl pro was a wise business choice???
The difference for Shane is that he wont be directly on the payroll. Im sure he'll still skate with the crew & get free boards n whatnot.
i dunno about braydon & lenoce tho. it kinda sucks to see em leave but at the same time neither of them get a ton of coverage or are huge board sellers so if they had to cut ANYBODY it'd be those guys. Spanky's been kinda lowkey for a while too tho...
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makes sense. they definitely have a solid am/flow lineup right now with dee, cyril, riley, rowan zorilla, mike white etc. it would be pretty hard to be able to suppourt as many dudes as they were/are. i am interested to see what vol. 4 is gonna be like.
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I wouldn't mind seeing Braydon and Heyl getting kicked off, but Lenoce as been pretty active over the past 2-3 years so I'm definitly bummed on him leaving if your rumor is true
My thoughts exactly, he's probably my favourite from the whole team (reynolds aside). I really hope this isn't true, and with the lack of proof I think it's safe to bet it isn't!
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Did they really thought that turn Shane Heyl pro was a wise business choice???
The difference for Shane is that he wont be directly on the payroll. Im sure he'll still skate with the crew & get free boards n whatnot.
i dunno about braydon & lenoce tho. it kinda sucks to see em leave but at the same time neither of them get a ton of coverage or are huge board sellers so if they had to cut ANYBODY it'd be those guys. Spanky's been kinda lowkey for a while too tho...
yeah if Spanky still cares about his career it seems like he should be in a now or never mentality and work his ass off !
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I'm overwhelmed with the amount of sources you gave.
This.
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i just really wonder what will be next for braydon if this is true
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What so they can give theotis more money?
Nah man everyone on baker makes the same amount. I doubt Lenoce is off highly because him and Reynolds are super tight and he has been doing alot in the last few years.
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Did they really thought that turn Shane Heyl pro was a wise business choice???
The difference for Shane is that he wont be directly on the payroll. Im sure he'll still skate with the crew & get free boards n whatnot.
i dunno about braydon & lenoce tho. it kinda sucks to see em leave but at the same time neither of them get a ton of coverage or are huge board sellers so if they had to cut ANYBODY it'd be those guys. Spanky's been kinda lowkey for a while too tho...
That, plus that dude makes money off of Shake Junt and his Lil Wayne royalties haha.
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I'm pretty sure the heyl board was a one time deal and he took it wrong so Reynolds was like "ahh, fuck it he can stay on for a while."
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poor brandon lol
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I can't really see Sza getting the boot, he has that appeal to the youngsters and all around baker vibe. I would guess his sales are pretty solid, and his baker 3 part has always been a fav
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Vol. 4
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YEAH N DEY BRININ BACK KNOX AND RAMMY
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AND THAT OTHER KID DAT LOOK LIKE FURBY AND THE KID THAT LOOK LIKE THEETHEE
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In dire need of cutting their budget, Baker Skateboards has dropped longtime riders Braydon Szafranksi and Jeff Lenoce and pro-rank newcomer Shane Heyl from their pro team.
Expect this trend to continue as teams look to trim the fat off their teams and cutting loose riders who aren't pulling their weight coverage-wise.
I believe it. Who here has ever bought a Heyl, Lenoce or Szafranski board?
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you are a fucking kook ^
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In dire need of cutting their budget, Baker Skateboards has dropped longtime riders Braydon Szafranksi and Jeff Lenoce and pro-rank newcomer Shane Heyl from their pro team.
Expect this trend to continue as teams look to trim the fat off their teams and cutting loose riders who aren't pulling their weight coverage-wise.
had his master of puppets deck with the beer cans and shit
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Well this is saddening.
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makes sense. they definitely have a solid am/flow lineup right now with dee, cyril, riley, rowan zorilla, mike white etc. it would be pretty hard to be able to suppourt as many dudes as they were/are. i am interested to see what vol. 4 is gonna be like.
To me it seems like this is actually the most boring group of amateurs Baker has ever had. Also, Lenoce is Baker....kicking him off would be a terrible move. Heyl needs to be kicked out of skateboarding in general
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AND THAT OTHER KID DAT LOOK LIKE FURBY AND THE KID THAT LOOK LIKE THEETHEE
Evan Hernandez?
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In dire need of cutting their budget, Baker Skateboards has dropped longtime riders Braydon Szafranksi and Jeff Lenoce and pro-rank newcomer Shane Heyl from their pro team.
Expect this trend to continue as teams look to trim the fat off their teams and cutting loose riders who aren't pulling their weight coverage-wise.
I had a bunch of Braydon's first pro model, the Budweiser graphic
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AND THAT OTHER KID DAT LOOK LIKE FURBY AND THE KID THAT LOOK LIKE THEETHEE
Evan Hernandez?
albert madrid and the one black kid in here idk his name
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm222/va_where_i_stay/team_ad_2006.jpg)
^wish i still had this poster. baker world champ team
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AND THAT OTHER KID DAT LOOK LIKE FURBY AND THE KID THAT LOOK LIKE THEETHEE
Evan Hernandez?
albert madrid and the one black kid in here idk his name
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm222/va_where_i_stay/team_ad_2006.jpg)
^wish i still had this poster. baker world champ team
Jacob Walder?
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AND THAT OTHER KID DAT LOOK LIKE FURBY AND THE KID THAT LOOK LIKE THEETHEE
Evan Hernandez?
albert madrid and the one black kid in here idk his name
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm222/va_where_i_stay/team_ad_2006.jpg)
^wish i still had this poster. baker world champ team
Jacob Walder?
dingdingding!!!
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that baker poster reminds me when times were simpler, just skate all day and chill
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well this sucks
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that baker poster reminds me when times were simpler, just skate all day and chill
i know. looking at this made me really want to make a baker 3 appreciation thread. i will be there
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I'm pretty sure the heyl board was a one time deal and he took it wrong so Reynolds was like "ahh, fuck it he can stay on for a while."
That sounds like some Curb Your Enthusiasm shit hahaha.
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that baker poster reminds me when times were simpler, just skate all day and chill
Baker 3 was nuts. I was watching Reynolds' part a few days ago and realized that it is still gnarlier than anything that anyone else is doing these days. And it came out 8 years ago.
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Is Braydon on heroin? Not the board brand but like literal heroin? I don't know anybody that dresses like that dude other than people who like to shoot up.
But whoever said that the baker ams are nowhere as good you are definitely right. I think it was some skateboard mag article about like Terry, Herman and Spanky with Terry throwing bottles and shit. I don't really remember but Baker before deathwish had the best team in skateboarding. I remember that Spanky was better than Herman before all his surgery and shit.
Baker is still so fucking good though and you think that if Volume 4 is a board brand then they'd be spreading themselves pretty thin - losing Baca and Nuge.
But if The Boss, Herman and Figgy are still all on the same team then you can't really go wrong.
AH FUCK THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT GOT TO ME ASWELL.
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I'm pretty sure the heyl board was a one time deal and he took it wrong so Reynolds was like "ahh, fuck it he can stay on for a while."
That sounds like some Curb Your Enthusiasm shit hahaha.
Haha damn yeah it does.
Bummed for Brayden, bummed on Lenoce, and don't give a fuck about Heyl.
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I doubt this is true, but stranger things have happened.
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I was hoping for a Lenoce appreciation thread but this talk of the youngins not puttin in work need to rewatch that Cyril part the rest of them new niggas is debatable but come on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11Sl4A8eYc
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Baker is regular.
The whole thing should die.
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I'm pretty sure the heyl board was a one time deal and he took it wrong so Reynolds was like "ahh, fuck it he can stay on for a while."
That sounds like some Curb Your Enthusiasm shit hahaha.
Reynolds - "This board is to show that you're a part of the family, man."
Heyl - "Yeah, I'm pro for the Baker fam, its been a long time coming."
Reynolds - "Well, I mean, you're definitely part of the...extended Baker family. One of the, you know, the Baker boys."
Heyl - "Me, you, Dollin, Lenoce, Spanky -- Baker boys! Baker pros!" (Begins barely decipherable tangent of catchphrases and mainstream rap hooks).
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I was hoping for a Lenoce appreciation thread but this talk of the youngins not puttin in work need to rewatch that Cyril part the rest of them new niggas is debatable but come on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11Sl4A8eYc
Yeah he is next level.
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I'm pretty sure the heyl board was a one time deal and he took it wrong so Reynolds was like "ahh, fuck it he can stay on for a while."
That sounds like some Curb Your Enthusiasm shit hahaha.
hell funny if it went down like that and it would kinda explain it too
Szafranski part in bake and destroy is a pleasure to watch and one of the highlights, would be more then bummed if he was off
Baker 3 part was all time also
Lenoce is baker so i call BULLSHIT unless they are gonna be on an affiliate (Vol 4?)
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(http://i43.tinypic.com/nyz5w1.jpg)
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I was hoping for a Lenoce appreciation thread but this talk of the youngins not puttin in work need to rewatch that Cyril part the rest of them new niggas is debatable but come on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11Sl4A8eYc
Yeah he is next level.
He's trash, but not nearly as bad as dee. Dude's the worst. Only decent baker am right now is riley. I love baker, but they're blowing it right now.
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Skateboarding 2.0
Get ready kids!
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Baker is regular.
The whole thing should die.
exactly
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I was hoping for a Lenoce appreciation thread but this talk of the youngins not puttin in work need to rewatch that Cyril part the rest of them new niggas is debatable but come on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11Sl4A8eYc
Yeah he is next level.
He's trash, but not nearly as bad as dee. Dude's the worst. Only decent baker am right now is riley. I love baker, but they're blowing it right now.
Why do you think Cyril and Dee are trash? They're not my favorite, but they're both pretty gnarly skaters I like watching them.
Also, if this is true it kinda sucks. I always pictured Braydon, Heyl, and Lenoce as a big part of the Baker family. The whole team seems like a tight group of friends. They don't really put out a lot of footage, though. Still no evidence.
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let braydon and heyl start a new board company ... i mean .. somehow selfish still exists.
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If times are tough (like they seem to be everywhere) and they need to loose some dead weight and cut budgets, these are the guys who are gonna go, no brainer there. Braydon and Lenoce are past their prime and Heyl was just a gimmick to begin with. If there is not enough money coming in to carry everyone, something needs to be done.
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Proof?
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No reason Lenoce should be off before Spanky.
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I always though Shane Heyl was more of a tribute board and never got a paycheck as a pro. Just like how Beagle has some boards but isn't necessarily a pro for Baker.
Braydon, Lenoce and Heyl might as well just start Shake Junt skateboards.
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In dire need of cutting their budget, Baker Skateboards has dropped longtime riders Braydon Szafranksi and Jeff Lenoce and pro-rank newcomer Shane Heyl from their pro team.
Expect this trend to continue as teams look to trim the fat off their teams and cutting loose riders who aren't pulling their weight coverage-wise.
Why did you leave out Spanky? He is also off the team.
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I always though Shane Heyl was more of a tribute board and never got a paycheck as a pro. Just like how Beagle has some boards but isn't necessarily a pro for Baker.
Braydon, Lenoce and Heyl might as well just start Shake Junt skateboards.
Shake Junt boards would probably sell better than Baker. Kids eat that shit up.
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hard to believe this is true, but i guess all careers have to end at some point (braydon,lanoce)
spanky & dollin must be stressing....hopefully dustin comes thru with a face melter of a vans part and re-instates his position and starts releasing pro shoes again,
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Dustin has shown that he can still huck it. I'm sure he wont let us down.
That Kicky crooks for his Baker three ender is permanently etched into my brain, I don't think I could handle him being dumped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhBoQAHY8Aw
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Dustin has shown that he can still huck it. I'm sure he wont let us down.
That Kicky crooks for his Baker three ender is permanently etched into my brain[/b], I don't think I could handle him being dumped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhBoQAHY8Aw
2G...
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dollins last part was in shake junt and it closed the video- he s had 10+ parts already. it s not like he s not gonna film another one all of a sudden. he s always been a footage machine.
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Is Reynolds taking classes from JT in cut-throat industry power-moves 101? Something needed to be done about the fact Heyl probably makes more coin than many established pro's.
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Is Braydon on heroin? Not the board brand but like literal heroin? I don't know anybody that dresses like that dude other than people who like to shoot up.
But whoever said that the baker ams are nowhere as good you are definitely right. I think it was some skateboard mag article about like Terry, Herman and Spanky with Terry throwing bottles and shit. I don't really remember but Baker before deathwish had the best team in skateboarding. I remember that Spanky was better than Herman before all his surgery and shit.
Baker is still so fucking good though and you think that if Volume 4 is a board brand then they'd be spreading themselves pretty thin - losing Baca and Nuge.
But if The Boss, Herman and Figgy are still all on the same team then you can't really go wrong.
AH FUCK THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT GOT TO ME ASWELL.
dumbest fucking post ever.
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makes sense. they definitely have a solid am/flow lineup right now with dee, cyril, riley, rowan zorilla, mike white etc. it would be pretty hard to be able to suppourt as many dudes as they were/are. i am interested to see what vol. 4 is gonna be like.
To me it seems like this is actually the most boring group of amateurs Baker has ever had.
Seriously, I couldnt care less about these kids. I guess Dee and Riley are alright but the rest are meh.. The Baker team is one of my favorite teams in skateboarding but this takes away alot of it. The whole thing with Baker is that no one on there has even been that vanilla... If this is true, damn it must suck for braydon too. First emerica and now this.
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I hope Sza and Lenoce are still on Baker, or do their own deal.
As far as Shane Heyl is concerned, well I just don't care about him. At least Supra won't sponsor him.
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makes sense. they definitely have a solid am/flow lineup right now with dee, cyril, riley, rowan zorilla, mike white etc. it would be pretty hard to be able to suppourt as many dudes as they were/are. i am interested to see what vol. 4 is gonna be like.
To me it seems like this is actually the most boring group of amateurs Baker has ever had.
Seriously, I couldnt care less about these kids. I guess Dee and Riley are alright but the rest are meh.. The Baker team is one of my favorite teams in skateboarding but this takes away alot of it. The whole thing with Baker is that no one on there has even been that vanilla... If this is true, damn it must suck for braydon too. First emerica and now this.
Dee is wack, but Riley just alright? Kid's a beast, one of the best ams in all of skateboarding. Give him 5 years and he'll be one of the best pro's out there.
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I'm pretty sure the heyl board was a one time deal and he took it wrong so Reynolds was like "ahh, fuck it he can stay on for a while."
That sounds like some Curb Your Enthusiasm shit hahaha.
Haha damn yeah it does.
Bummed for Brayden, bummed on Lenoce, and don't give a fuck about Heyl.
Yup bummer for them, no doubt they can get some industry jobs.
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Dustin has shown that he can still huck it. I'm sure he wont let us down.
That Kicky crooks for his Baker three ender is permanently etched into my brain[/b], I don't think I could handle him being dumped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhBoQAHY8Aw
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Yeh my bad. I was thinking of the one at .45 in baker three.
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Ran into Sammy at the local park a lil while back. I asked him what the deal with Vol 4 is, and he told me it's just going to be an apparel/accessories company, they aren't making boards.
That would suck if them getting kicked off is true, but for some reason I doubt it's true.
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Never really cared about/for Baker but Sza and Lenoce are both guys I wouldn't have thought they would drop. Making room for fresh blood? Sza going to the retirement company with Dill and AVE
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Dustin's done pretty well for someone who has been constantly injured for the last 8 years or so.
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cough...Terry Kennedy...cough cough
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dollins last part was in shake junt and it closed the video- he s had 10+ parts already. it s not like he s not gonna film another one all of a sudden. he s always been a footage machine.
He's probably filming for the vans video now.
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In dire need of cutting their budget, Baker Skateboards has dropped longtime riders Braydon Szafranksi and Jeff Lenoce and pro-rank newcomer Shane Heyl from their pro team.
Expect this trend to continue as teams look to trim the fat off their teams and cutting loose riders who aren't pulling their weight coverage-wise.
Spanky off baker is a fucking crime
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Always funny when people start speculating why a rumor is/isn't true like they have some insight into the daily operations of a skateboard company.
They may or may not be off, people come and go. Unless you live in LA and see those guys around regularly, you have no clue what anyone is up to.
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cough...Terry Kennedy...cough cough
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cough...Terry Kennedy...cough cough
aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
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Three pages deep and not one piece of evidence. Not going to waste time with an opinion until this is either confirmed or denied.
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cough...Terry Kennedy...cough cough
aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
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aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
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Cyril fucking rips, y'all niggas trippin
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has nothing to do with any of these guys
AN AFTERNOON WITH SPANKY AT LINCOLN PARK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=810EBNnzXFE#ws)
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cough...Terry Kennedy...cough cough
aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
Well he's not bad. He isn't top notch I'm not a huge tk fan myself but he gets better each part he puts out and always has a good amount of footage. There Are pros that do a lot less than he does and have been skating since the early 90s
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Three pages deep and not one piece of evidence. Not going to waste time with an opinion until this is either confirmed or denied.
This.
regardless of any rumors, its gotta be a tough time for the boss when you gotta choose which one of your friends you've got to give the boot to.
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they gonna ride for antwuans new company! ;-)
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Baker is regular.
The whole thing should die.
J.Strickland is that you ???
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i feel bad for lenoce :'(
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Is Braydon on heroin? Not the board brand but like literal heroin? I don't know anybody that dresses like that dude other than people who like to shoot up.
But whoever said that the baker ams are nowhere as good you are definitely right. I think it was some skateboard mag article about like Terry, Herman and Spanky with Terry throwing bottles and shit. I don't really remember but Baker before deathwish had the best team in skateboarding. I remember that Spanky was better than Herman before all his surgery and shit.
Baker is still so fucking good though and you think that if Volume 4 is a board brand then they'd be spreading themselves pretty thin - losing Baca and Nuge.
But if The Boss, Herman and Figgy are still all on the same team then you can't really go wrong.
AH FUCK THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT GOT TO ME ASWELL.
This literally made me shit myself.
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
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Who is that little ass kid that is in those Baker vids now on Youtube? He just doesn't seem like a Baker kid at all.
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I dont know why theyd make shane pro in the first place...
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Lenoce should go to to Skate Mafia.
Dude's way to good to drop.
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Lenoce should go to to Skate Mafia.
Dude's way to good to drop.
Lenoce back on Birdhouse. Tony has money and can get him on the team.
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Haha I guess that could work as well...
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1. Why are we even talking about this with no evidence that it's true?
2. Braydon and Lenoce are both integral parts of the Baker team and I highly doubt they'd just be dropped like they're nothing (especially since Braydon always said he'd kill himself if he couldn't ride for Baker.)
3. All of you talking shit on Dee and Cyril are just haters...Both of these guys are rippers (especially Cyril!) Go back and watch his part in Bake And Destroy, all of his YT shit on the Bakerboys channel, and his older 1031 parts and then come back here and tell me that he "sucks". If anything, I could see him becoming the next pro for Baker.
Give me a link or a press release saying this is true and then I'll believe it....Until then, shut the fuck up.
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The press release will be tattooed on Lizard's head.
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Can't give out my source, dude would be pissed. No need to believe me, just wait once the Team pages are back up for proof. I'm sure Reynolds will hook them up with jobs at Baker Boys if needed, but I haven't heard anything on that.
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They may not have boards anymore, but getting kicked off completely?? I doubt it.
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If this is true, they are both done. I thought Heyl was just a homie getting his name on a board. I didn't think he was actually pro, so how can he be dropped?
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The press release will be tattooed on Lizard's head.
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damn, i thought it was a family over there. i wonder if those guys would still kick it if they weren't getting paid?
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Three pages deep and not one piece of evidence. Not going to waste time with an opinion until this is either confirmed or denied.
The team page is down so most likely someone is off.
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this is real. source: CJ and Doughnut
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It's cute to see kids still think the skateboard industry isn't eating it's young until it finds one that taste like an energy drink.
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Can't give out my source, dude would be pissed. No need to believe me, just wait once the Team pages are back up for proof. I'm sure Reynolds will hook them up with jobs at Baker Boys if needed, but I haven't heard anything on that.
aka i overheard aka bar talk aka eavesdropping
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YEAH N DEY BRININ BACK KNOX AND RAMMY
Can't tell if sarcasm or they're really bringing Rammy Issa.
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TK is lo longer the best black skateboarder so is he getting kicked? I do like crooked grinds but I have seen Terry do enough of these.
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aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
Well he's not bad. He isn't top notch I'm not a huge tk fan myself but he gets better each part he puts out and always has a good amount of footage. There Are pros that do a lot less than he does and have been skating since the early 90s
I don't think this is a case of people not wanting to shit-talk TK...more like a case of people forgetting he even exists. And if this is just about "personal progress" then Beagle deserves at least as much credit as TK, right?
And before someone brings up marketability, is he even relevant to today's "kids"? Maybe this all seems a little harsh, but if Lenoce and Braydon actually did get the boot and Kennedy didn't, that would be kind of odd.
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aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
Well he's not bad. He isn't top notch I'm not a huge tk fan myself but he gets better each part he puts out and always has a good amount of footage. There Are pros that do a lot less than he does and have been skating since the early 90s
I don't think this is a case of people not wanting to shit-talk TK...more like a case of people forgetting he even exists. And if this is just about "personal progress" then Beagle deserves at least as much credit as TK, right?
And before someone brings up marketability, is he even relevant to today's "kids"? Maybe this all seems a little harsh, but if Lenoce and Braydon actually did get the boot and Kennedy didn't, that would be kind of odd.
Kennedy is super marketable and relevant if you want to take it to those levels. always super nice to kids, that ice cream colorful shit still kept his "urban" appeal, His supra shit flies of the shelf with the fashion world still rocking the kicks, Fly Society is in all of the mall stores, His board graphics are actually funny and on point, and regardless of the difficultly/repetitive-ness of his tricks he gets his healthy amount of coverage ads and was in street league video games tv show you name it. relevant in mainstream skateboarding is almost a understatement at this point. etc. side note though i found this pretty gnarly. anyone whos been here knows the danger in this spot.
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o646/HandsomeFemale/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png) (http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/HandsomeFemale/media/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png.html)
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aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
Well he's not bad. He isn't top notch I'm not a huge tk fan myself but he gets better each part he puts out and always has a good amount of footage. There Are pros that do a lot less than he does and have been skating since the early 90s
I don't think this is a case of people not wanting to shit-talk TK...more like a case of people forgetting he even exists. And if this is just about "personal progress" then Beagle deserves at least as much credit as TK, right?
And before someone brings up marketability, is he even relevant to today's "kids"? Maybe this all seems a little harsh, but if Lenoce and Braydon actually did get the boot and Kennedy didn't, that would be kind of odd.
Kennedy is super marketable and relevant if you want to take it to those levels. always super nice to kids, that ice cream colorful shit still kept his "urban" appeal, His supra shit flies of the shelf with the fashion world still rocking the kicks, Fly Society is in all of the mall stores, His board graphics are actually funny and on point, and regardless of the difficultly/repetitive-ness of his tricks he gets his healthy amount of coverage ads and was in street league video games tv show you name it. relevant in mainstream skateboarding is almost a understatement at this point. etc. side note though i found this pretty gnarly. anyone whos been here knows the danger in this spot.
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o646/HandsomeFemale/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png) (http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/HandsomeFemale/media/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png.html)
damn thats probably the best trick ive seen at the spot, he needs to put out more footage tho
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^Doesn't necessarily sway me, but that ad is fucking sick.
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Aaahhh the end of the fiscal year for a lot of companies...fun times on the other side.
If it is true I'm sure I'm sure the Baker dudes were honest and straight up about it with the guys which is the best way in this fucked industry. As much as we would all love of personal opinions of who should be pro, am or just on the team be the truth it's unrealistic. Companies have to evolve and unfortunately that means transitions of eras and riders. Fuck I retired myself to open up spots for the next generation to have an opportunity to live the dream like I was lucky enough to have.
That being said skateboarding is in a weird transition and the ride has just started but hey it's happened before and all it did was make us better.
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aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
Well he's not bad. He isn't top notch I'm not a huge tk fan myself but he gets better each part he puts out and always has a good amount of footage. There Are pros that do a lot less than he does and have been skating since the early 90s
I don't think this is a case of people not wanting to shit-talk TK...more like a case of people forgetting he even exists. And if this is just about "personal progress" then Beagle deserves at least as much credit as TK, right?
And before someone brings up marketability, is he even relevant to today's "kids"? Maybe this all seems a little harsh, but if Lenoce and Braydon actually did get the boot and Kennedy didn't, that would be kind of odd.
Kennedy is super marketable and relevant if you want to take it to those levels. �always super nice to kids, that ice cream colorful shit still kept his "urban" appeal, His supra shit flies of the shelf with the fashion world still rocking the kicks, Fly Society is in all of the mall stores, His board graphics are actually funny and on point, and regardless of the difficultly/repetitive-ness of his tricks he gets his healthy amount of coverage ads and was in street league video games tv show you name it. relevant in mainstream skateboarding is almost a understatement at this point. etc. side note though i found this pretty gnarly. �anyone whos been here knows the danger in this spot.
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o646/HandsomeFemale/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png) (http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/HandsomeFemale/media/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png.html)
Okay, I find it a bit hard to really see how the spot is, it might be pretty gnarly!
...but I've always thought that it was a bit of a long shot even turning him am - he makes the poorest lines (if he ever does one) and he has a pretty bad style too. But I guess he's a good friend of the boss, so it's all good.
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Cliff just poppin in to drop some truth on us!
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they gonna ride for antwuans new company! ;-)
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Kinds blows because Braydon and Lenoce are basically Baker. I guess money means more than homies.
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I was actually hyped on Braydon's Bake and Destroy footage.
You sit here and tell me with a straight face you weren't smiling after the manual late back foot flip
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I was actually hyped on Braydon's Bake and Destroy footage.
You sit here and tell me with a straight face you weren't smiling after the manual late back foot flip
Same here, he had a really good part.
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Went to a really lame Baker/Deathwish demo the other day, and although I used to really hate on both, I've gotta say I've had a change of heart about Shane Heyl and Lizard King. Both seemed like genuinely nice dudes who were pretty good with the kids and fans (if that means anything). Shane didn't skate as he can only skate ledges but Lizard was one of three riders (with Reynolds and Greco) who even remotely gave a shit. Yeah I know it's a lame ass demo and doesn't mean shit, but still took notice.
Lenoce is OG Baker. He can't be cut. Ever. Glad to see all the Lenoce love.
But yeah, Heyl has no business being pro. Nor does TK.
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had his master of puppets deck with the beer cans and shit
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Speaking of Lenoce, did he get dropped from shitty Axion??? He's not listed on their website.
Damn that was quick.
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Hopefully this is just one big rumor...
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Axion got dropped from Axion's website.
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Axion got dropped from Axion's website.
god damn you're on a roll this week.
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JUst saw this and decided to post it in here. TK in the new Myspace video:
Video on this page:
http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2013/06/this-is-myspace-video (http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2013/06/this-is-myspace-video)
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Ryan Hemsworth hah.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
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I have no evidence to prove that any of this is actually happening, but I definitely did notice that their normal constantly-updated social media pages haven't been updated in a week, something is definitely going on in the bakerboys camp...
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
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Spanky can skate anything, he's one of those naturals.
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aha finally someone said it. & I'd never bring this up if the topic wasn't baker team cuts.
Why is every clip I ever see from TK have the words "warm-up" in it, how is it possible to warm up when your not putting out parts, and producing little to no web content.
I know a lot people are siked on him and the dudes talented, but it's kinda sad to see the same tricks from him over and over again from someone who got their career from being "next level" like three year into skating.
Dude seems to have plateaued out IMO, feel free to prove me wrong maybe I just have missed his stuff in mags or whatever. That baker trash compactor edit was the first I saw from him in a while.
He's getting a pro paycheck (?), don't fake the funk and pretend to be caught up with rapping when you're getting paid to skateboard. �Would fit well on ice cream (if that's even a board company?).
Terry Kennedy, Theotis Beasley, and Jeff Lenoce in Trash Compactor - Baker Zone ep 9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tgM52feIo#ws)
tk is good and compared to all the other older baker boys he started skating way late. But I understand why people don't like him
that makes him good?
Well he's not bad. He isn't top notch I'm not a huge tk fan myself but he gets better each part he puts out and always has a good amount of footage. There Are pros that do a lot less than he does and have been skating since the early 90s
I don't think this is a case of people not wanting to shit-talk TK...more like a case of people forgetting he even exists. And if this is just about "personal progress" then Beagle deserves at least as much credit as TK, right?
And before someone brings up marketability, is he even relevant to today's "kids"? Maybe this all seems a little harsh, but if Lenoce and Braydon actually did get the boot and Kennedy didn't, that would be kind of odd.
Kennedy is super marketable and relevant if you want to take it to those levels. always super nice to kids, that ice cream colorful shit still kept his "urban" appeal, His supra shit flies of the shelf with the fashion world still rocking the kicks, Fly Society is in all of the mall stores, His board graphics are actually funny and on point, and regardless of the difficultly/repetitive-ness of his tricks he gets his healthy amount of coverage ads and was in street league video games tv show you name it. relevant in mainstream skateboarding is almost a understatement at this point. etc. side note though i found this pretty gnarly. anyone whos been here knows the danger in this spot.
(http://i1336.photobucket.com/albums/o646/HandsomeFemale/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png) (http://s1336.photobucket.com/user/HandsomeFemale/media/ScreenShot2013-06-12at45016PM_zps60798506.png.html)
If that's the rail I think it is (the one Lutheran back 5050d in Brainwash). Then I believe Taylor Smith back lipped it in WTF. Also, I'm pretty sure that Stacy Lowery crooked and front tailed it in Guarte... which seems insane. Especially since that vid was several years back.
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Ryan Hemsworth hah.
haha what the shit, that guys from my city
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
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I think Spanky was just out there before Herman, even with the City Stars days. Herman just seemed like that young kid at the time and no one really cared as much.
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
No.
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I think Spanky was just out there before Herman, even with the City Stars days. Herman just seemed like that young kid at the time and no one really cared as much.
they both came up around the same time. herman was with baker from the beginning. Evan Terry and Knox got him on. around that same time spanky was just getting on city stars after being on world flow
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Kinds blows because Braydon and Lenoce are basically Baker. I guess money means more than homies.
So its better to have the company go bankrupt so everybody loses their jobs ? or cut some people to reduce cost so people keep their jobs ?
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haha what the shit, that guys from my city
Dude is blowing the fuck up. Nice dude. We kicked it when he was on tour here.
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Aaahhh the end of the fiscal year for a lot of companies...fun times on the other side.
If it is true I'm sure I'm sure the Baker dudes were honest and straight up about it with the guys which is the best way in this fucked industry. As much as we would all love of personal opinions of who should be pro, am or just on the team be the truth it's unrealistic. Companies have to evolve and unfortunately that means transitions of eras and riders. Fuck I retired myself to open up spots for the next generation to have an opportunity to live the dream like I was lucky enough to have.
That being said skateboarding is in a weird transition and the ride has just started but hey it's happened before and all it did was make us better.
talking shit on SLAP is super fun, but Cliff is right. At the end of the day, what we would like to see happen, and what makes sense are very very different.
remember kids, skating can stay as pure as you want, but once you start taking free stuff, once you start getting that pay, you changed it. and you're "rules" don't count any more.
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Kinds blows because Braydon and Lenoce are basically Baker. I guess money means more than homies.
So its better to have the company go bankrupt so everybody loses their jobs ?? or cut some people to reduce cost so people keep their jobs ?
Exactly. That is why never mix business with friends or family. People's feelings get way accounted for when these are what even big businesses do. Baker doesn't want to be one of those companies that won't make it in the long run. We've seen them all go down with start up brands and not knowing how to make profit in order to survive in the long run. What sucks is Lenoce and Braydon have been putting out footage too. Lenoce last part in Shake Junt was one of his best. But times are changing and certain folks just need to get out unfortunately.
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i cant imagine running a company in these times. theres a million guys i would want to support, yet i am pretty sure i couldnt even support myself. this aint baseball.
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i had little to say
the last time i saw braydon was when after he was in custody at jfk for refusing to wear shoes. wow, really interesting man.
the heyl ideology is comical. 'dropped'? he was never 'pro' but in a brief, stupid publicity gimmick, for aspiring drug addicts.
lenoce is OG, of course, but no one at the skate shop at this second gives a fuck about lenoce. the people who care about lenoce - including myself - are not buying his product. whether he's off or they're all off or what, is anything of value really lost?
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
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i had little to say
the last time i saw braydon was when after he was in custody at jfk for refusing to wear shoes. wow, really interesting man.
the heyl ideology is comical. 'dropped'? he was never 'pro' but in a brief, stupid publicity gimmick, for aspiring drug addicts.
lenoce is OG, of course, but no one at the skate shop at this second gives a fuck about lenoce. the people who care about lenoce - including myself - are not buying his product. whether he's off or they're all off or what, is anything of value really lost?
i wish i can just give my favorite pros a extra 100 bucks a month just to drop footage and stay in the game. Sometimes its not the consumers fault for the boards not selling its the shops fault too as well as the company. The shop gets a catalog looks at the sizes and the name. reynolds boards in a 8.25 8.3 then you see lenoce or whatever pro(just an example) in 7.8. The 8.25 is going to sell immediately not only because of size but also name so the shop orders that board and passes on the lenoce board because of size and if it could sell off the name alone and along side reynolds to a kid is a tuff sell anyways. then the only board you see is reynolds board in the shops which then turns into (whatever pro) not selling product. Then eventually whatever pro wasnt selling gets the boot . Maybe companies set up people to fail? just my thoughts on that.
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the last time i saw braydon was when after he was in custody at jfk for refusing to wear shoes. wow, really interesting man.
the heyl ideology is comical. 'dropped'? he was never 'pro' but in a brief, stupid publicity gimmick, for aspiring drug addicts.
lenoce is OG, of course, but no one at the skate shop at this second gives a fuck about lenoce. the people who care about lenoce - including myself - are not buying his product. whether he's off or they're all off or what, is anything of value really lost?
i wish i can just give my favorite pros a extra 100 bucks a month just to drop footage and stay in the game. Sometimes its not the consumers fault for the boards not selling its the shops fault too as well as the company. The shop gets a catalog looks at the sizes and the name. reynolds boards in a 8.25 8.3 then you see lenoce or whatever pro(just an example) in 7.8. The 8.25 is going to sell immediately not only because of size but also name so the shop orders that board and passes on the lenoce board because of size and if it could sell off the name alone and along side reynolds to a kid is a tuff sell anyways. then the only board you see is reynolds board in the shops which then turns into (whatever pro) not selling product. Then eventually whatever pro wasnt selling gets the boot . Maybe companies set up people to fail? just my thoughts on that.
Best skateboard conspiracy theory I've heard in a while.
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whether he's off or they're all off or what, is anything of value really lost?
Yes! value is lost. Hes a big part of what is widely known as the "baker aesthetic". With guys like dee and riley on, baker is quickly turning into blind. Maybe braydon is becoming housebroken and hes losing his edge a little bit but im sure he provides intangibles.
Lenoce is Killing and going to demos, a little more advertising would probably go a long way for him.
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
We're going to have to agree to disagree. I know which part I care for more in This Is Skateboarding.
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i had little to say
the last time i saw braydon was when after he was in custody at jfk for refusing to wear shoes. wow, really interesting man.
the heyl ideology is comical. 'dropped'? he was never 'pro' but in a brief, stupid publicity gimmick, for aspiring drug addicts.
lenoce is OG, of course, but no one at the skate shop at this second gives a fuck about lenoce. the people who care about lenoce - including myself - are not buying his product. whether he's off or they're all off or what, is anything of value really lost?
i wish i can just give my favorite pros a extra 100 bucks a month just to drop footage and stay in the game. Sometimes its not the consumers fault for the boards not selling its the shops fault too as well as the company. The shop gets a catalog looks at the sizes and the name. reynolds boards in a 8.25 8.3 then you see lenoce or whatever pro(just an example) in 7.8. The 8.25 is going to sell immediately not only because of size but also name so the shop orders that board and passes on the lenoce board because of size and if it could sell off the name alone and along side reynolds to a kid is a tuff sell anyways. then the only board you see is reynolds board in the shops which then turns into (whatever pro) not selling product. Then eventually whatever pro wasnt selling gets the boot . Maybe companies set up people to fail? just my thoughts on that.
ill take that money to stay in the game
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
haha what? spanky didnt push shit in skateboarding, youre giving this guy to much credit.
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
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The only thing Spanky ever pushed are those vag wipes he was modeling for his girlfriend.
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tell the forum more personal things about yourself it's completely normal
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http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Yourself (http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Yourself)
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i wish i can just give my favorite pros a extra 100 bucks a month just to drop footage and stay in the game. Sometimes its not the consumers fault for the boards not selling its the shops fault too as well as the company. The shop gets a catalog looks at the sizes and the name. reynolds boards in a 8.25 8.3 then you see lenoce or whatever pro(just an example) in 7.8. The 8.25 is going to sell immediately not only because of size but also name so the shop orders that board and passes on the lenoce board because of size and if it could sell off the name alone and along side reynolds to a kid is a tuff sell anyways. then the only board you see is reynolds board in the shops which then turns into (whatever pro) not selling product. Then eventually whatever pro wasnt selling gets the boot . Maybe companies set up people to fail? just my thoughts on that.
Good post and probably a thought for a different thread entirely. I don't want to derail this thread but I've often wondered how (and why) sizes get arbitrarily assigned to pro boards from one series to the next and how it effects pro's sales for the positive and negative.
Companies obviously know which of their sizes/shapes are selling best. I'll use Habitat as an example since they are the majority of the boards I buy (probably 6 out of every 10 I ride)...I'd buy a Silas board every single series if they were 8.25. But the sizes are all over the place from one run to the next. Gall seems to be the only rider with the same size (8.5) every series. Anyway, point being I like to back certain pros but no chance I am buying something 8 or under.
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whether he's off or they're all off or what, is anything of value really lost?
Yes! value is lost. Hes a big part of what is widely known as the "baker aesthetic". With guys like dee and riley on, baker is quickly turning into blind. Maybe braydon is becoming housebroken and hes losing his edge a little bit but im sure he provides intangibles.
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Heyl - don't care. I'm sure he's making his little shake junt monies.
Braydon - would you like fries with that bat face.
Lenoce - nooooooo!! Baker OG. Might not be the most mind blowing skater but he shouldn't get dropped.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
Yeah, it's easy to forget just how long ago 2003 was. Fuck
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
Haha yep I can still remember getting drunk at the shop premiere like it was yesterday. Ahhhh memories haha
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
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The only thing Spanky ever pushed are those vag wipes he was modeling for his girlfriend.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
I've had an idea to gather all the local park kids in my small town and host some type of 'history 101' skate video type of night every now and then, (I live in a small town that has no premiers, good shops or park for that matter). some of the locals at my park had never even heard of 'this is skateboarding' around the time 'stay gold' came out, I had to school some of em. it felt pretty rad to do this although it's pretty easy to be weirded out by hanging out with a bunch of 13-17 year olds. I remember freaking out by some kid saying he'd never seen 'YEAH RIGHT!'. mind blown.
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Anyone knows anything about Baker 4?
Curious what Reynolds gonna bring to the table after I've seen his interview during the recent Emerica UK tour...
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Anyone knows anything about Baker 4?
Curious what Reynolds gonna bring to the table after I've seen his interview during the recent Emerica UK tour...
Yes you will still be a fucktard after is released
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http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/ (http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/)
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
Haha, I'm 34 years old and have been skating since 1989 so I'm not really a skate kid. I never saw that vid cause after living in skate houses with 500 videos and no cable TV for years, I got burnt out on watching them around 2000. If I need some pre-sesh stoke I go to Modus Operandi, Video Days, or Streets of Fire depending on what terrain I want to go skate.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
Haha, I'm 34 years old and have been skating since 1989 so I'm not really a skate kid. I never saw that vid cause after living in skate houses with 500 videos and no cable TV for years, I got burnt out on watching them around 2000. If I need some pre-sesh stoke I go to Modus Operandi, Video Days, or Streets of Fire depending on what terrain I want to go skate.
You haven't watched videos since 2000 but yet you threw in a random shitty opinion on spanky (who's output was mostly in the 2000's)? you are way too cool for human life, rohnny jad.
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Spanky was never better than Herman. People just liked him more so he got hyped more and went pro first. I remember being puzzled as to why Spanky was pushed so much harder than Herman when they were new jacks and downright pissed when he went pro first.
I think the This Is Skateboarding era Spanky was leagues ahead of Herman. He had a much deeper bag of tricks and was doing shit on a different level at the time. But then shortly after that Herman got on another level and Spanky has been chilling for the most part.
This. Tampa am and this is skateboarding spanky was doing shit at a higher level than herman for sure. Baker 3 swings around and Herman has that Herman style. I would say that Spanky though "pushed" skateboarding in a more creative direction though.
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The only thing Spanky ever pushed are those vag wipes he was modeling for his girlfriend.
not funny
Just so you know, Mrs. Brown, every time you kook me and reply to one of my posts just to say it's not funny you make my day. I'm glad I'm able to give your life some purpose.
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What the fuck is wrong with some of you? I'm guessing some of us didn't watch Bake and Destroy apparently because all the new blood is sick. Riley has put out like five video parts in the last year, and as for Cyril, sick style and he skates some seriously big shit. I still don't have an opinion on the ostrich kid, but he's not too shabby, his part was good to watch because it wasn't just the same shit over and over again
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(http://24.media.tumblr.com/534e44b7ad5d910de84c79e2f8dda581/tumblr_mmyubgMjjT1qipk2io1_500.jpg)
seriously, this should silence the senseless shit talking about this kid
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SMUT 3D - Dee Ostrander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4pkSkhZdA#)
Dee is gnarly.
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Damn if Braydons off for some odd reason i'll be pretty bummed out but I dont think any of these guys got let go Baker is too much of a homie team to do that. If its true im thinking there gunna end up somewhere in the bakerboysdist. proximity or head over to LE. As long as Braydon and Lenoce are playing skateboards im pretty stoked
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SMUT 3D - Dee Ostrander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4pkSkhZdA#)
Dee is gnarly.
After the last ollie we see the truth. This kid is one of many clones.
Also, could someone buy him a chinstrap for his hat? I swear he tried to catch it after one gap and then realised he wasn't wearing it...
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
Haha, I'm 34 years old and have been skating since 1989 so I'm not really a skate kid. I never saw that vid cause after living in skate houses with 500 videos and no cable TV for years, I got burnt out on watching them around 2000. If I need some pre-sesh stoke I go to Modus Operandi, Video Days, or Streets of Fire depending on what terrain I want to go skate.
I've had Magazine subscriptions my whole life. Plus I check out webclips usually everyday. Also, after I watched the video I changed my opinion of the guy seeing as he had a good part 10 years ago (and had subsequently not produced shit). If giving my opinion of a skateboarder on a skateboarding forum makes you cool, consider me Miles Davis. Now please kill yourself or at least cut the sleeves off your "KiLLYo SelF" shirt.
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Spanky was never even on a shop sponsored level. He stinks.
really now? you're going to tell me this part wasn't really good for 2003?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY)
Ah, you got me. That part was really good. I had never seen it.
What? You've never seen This is Skateboarding? Or just Kevin's part?
You gotta remember that vid is 10 years old. That means that all these skate kids aged 14-18 would have been 4-8 years old when it came out. Wow that makes me feel old haha. So if they havent taken the initiative to go back and look at the history of skating and sakte vids then they would have no idea about it.
Haha, I'm 34 years old and have been skating since 1989 so I'm not really a skate kid. I never saw that vid cause after living in skate houses with 500 videos and no cable TV for years, I got burnt out on watching them around 2000. If I need some pre-sesh stoke I go to Modus Operandi, Video Days, or Streets of Fire depending on what terrain I want to go skate.
I've had Magazine subscriptions my whole life. Plus I check out webclips usually everyday. Also, after I watched the video I changed my opinion of the guy seeing as he had a good part 10 years ago (and had subsequently not produced shit). If giving my opinion of a skateboarder on a skateboarding forum makes you cool, consider me Miles Davis. Now please kill yourself or at least cut the sleeves off your "KiLLYo SelF" shirt.
this part was in my opinion as good or better than his emerica part so if you've never seen baker 3 or this is skateboarding then you're in for some treats.. i'm not sure how you get burnt out on videos but not mags and web clips either.. whatever youve got some good catching to do if so Kevin Spanky Long-Baker 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1o_FUNAik#)
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SMUT 3D - Dee Ostrander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4pkSkhZdA#)
Dee is gnarly.
After the last ollie we see the truth. This kid is one of many clones.
Also, could someone buy him a chinstrap for his hat? I swear he tried to catch it after one gap and then realised he wasn't wearing it...
Isn't that the deal with baker? Boring skating, exciting clothes? Dudes are the epitome of gap/rail SoCal one-up spot skaters. They are probably the best at it, but it doesn't change how generic their approach to skating is. Every video is them skating wilshire, hollywood high, the westwood stairs, carlsbad etc.
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SMUT 3D - Dee Ostrander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4pkSkhZdA#)
Dee is gnarly.
After the last ollie we see the truth. This kid is one of many clones.
Also, could someone buy him a chinstrap for his hat? I swear he tried to catch it after one gap and then realised he wasn't wearing it...
Agreed, agreed. Most LA spots make me cringe, probably because I lived there. Wilshire should have died after Melcher. Hollywood High has been done too many times. Go somewhere else and film!
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Agreed, agreed. Most LA spots make me cringe, probably because I lived there. Wilshire should have died after Melcher. Hollywood High has been done too many times. Go somewhere else and film!
That was so awesome. Came out of nowhere
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Braydon is better than ever these days. Before he was doing inferior hammer tricks to the rest of the team at the same spots, now he is doing awesome lateflip shit that actually looks good.
Lenoce was pretty meh for a minute there, but then the Shake Junt video came around and he went HARD for that and it was cool shit.
I understand how people hate on Heyl but he has totally come such a long way from Baker has a Deathwish (let alone the late 90's) and is visibly progressing. He's filming some tricks that nobody has done since Mullen's days of duking it out with Daewon.
All in all, I respect all these dudes and hope this questionable news ain't true. I never liked Baker as a lil guy in the early 2000's, and now I love them! Go figure, considering they're aimed towards the young guys.
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Saw Dollin a few hours ago and he was riding a Baker Board
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Sucks but it makes sense. Eventually a team can only be so big and support a certain amount of pros to live the lifestyle they live. And if sales aren't up they either cut or go under. Since skating does so much damage to you physically it makes more sense to put more focus on the young guns who not only are more physically capable but are more hungry for it then veteran pros. I still respect the veterans who are constantly improving and not staying in one state once the go pro like the now sober Reynolds,koston,prod etc. I still don't get how Daniel Castillo is pro though in such an elite team like chocolate and rarely producing any kind of footage or coverage. Just saying.
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Their clothes are pretty exciting. Hobo chic is so hot right now.
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Sucks but it makes sense. Eventually a team can only be so big and support a certain amount of pros to live the lifestyle they live. And if sales aren't up they either cut or go under. Since skating does so much damage to you physically it makes more sense to put more focus on the young guns who not only are more physically capable but are more hungry for it then veteran pros. I still respect the veterans who are constantly improving and not staying in one state once the go pro like the now sober Reynolds,koston,prod etc. I still don't get how Daniel Castillo is pro though in such an elite team like chocolate and rarely producing any kind of footage or coverage. Just saying.
In from the start and has been loyal . At the end of the day I dont think he makes that much money and Im sure Chocolate would drop him if it was do or die . I mean they get to help out a friend and it doesnt really hurt anyone , its not like they cant add the next super AM or PRO just cause Castillo hasnt stepped down . Just be happy for a skater getting paid
but still , its weird ...
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I was hoping for a Lenoce appreciation thread but this talk of the youngins not puttin in work need to rewatch that Cyril part the rest of them new niggas is debatable but come on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11Sl4A8eYc
i saw the fuuutuure
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Dee is gnarly.
After the last ollie we see the truth. This kid is one of many clones.
Also, could someone buy him a chinstrap for his hat? I swear he tried to catch it after one gap and then realised he wasn't wearing it...
Thats kinda like asking crailtap dudes to stop filming at lockwood and 7th street or asking alien dudes to stop filming tricks on the photosynthesis benches.
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(http://24.media.tumblr.com/534e44b7ad5d910de84c79e2f8dda581/tumblr_mmyubgMjjT1qipk2io1_500.jpg)
seriously, this should silence the senseless shit talking about this kid
too bad that foto is ass.
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SMUT 3D - Dee Ostrander (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_4pkSkhZdA#)
Dee is gnarly.
After the last ollie we see the truth. This kid is one of many clones.
Also, could someone buy him a chinstrap for his hat? I swear he tried to catch it after one gap and then realised he wasn't wearing it...
I really like baker/deathwish, but you just nailed it.
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I'm surprised that Hollywood 16 hasn't been backside flipped before now. Still sick though.
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(http://24.media.tumblr.com/534e44b7ad5d910de84c79e2f8dda581/tumblr_mmyubgMjjT1qipk2io1_500.jpg)
seriously, this should silence the senseless shit talking about this kid
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But seriously I don't get the hate for Dee, his heelflips look sick as fuck and he seems like a skate rat.
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Sucks but it makes sense. Eventually a team can only be so big and support a certain amount of pros to live the lifestyle they live. And if sales aren't up they either cut or go under. Since skating does so much damage to you physically it makes more sense to put more focus on the young guns who not only are more physically capable but are more hungry for it then veteran pros. I still respect the veterans who are constantly improving and not staying in one state once the go pro like the now sober Reynolds,koston,prod etc. I still don't get how Daniel Castillo is pro though in such an elite team like chocolate and rarely producing any kind of footage or coverage. Just saying.
In from the start and has been loyal . At the end of the day I dont think he makes that much money and Im sure Chocolate would drop him if it was do or die . I mean they get to help out a friend and it doesnt really hurt anyone , its not like they cant add the next super AM or PRO just cause Castillo hasnt stepped down . Just be happy for a skater getting paid
but still , its weird ...
It's probably easy to be loyal when you're not getting any offers from other companies.
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seriously, this should silence the senseless shit talking about this kid
he didnt land that. well at least the day that photo was taken, a friend of mine was there. i dont know why they would have ran that photo, he has to land that shit now.
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Has anyone from Baker actually addressed this rumor yet? I haven't seen anything about it besides this thread and their team page being down on the Baker website.
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I'm really not backing this rumor at all. I know this is lame reasoning, but social media is too out of control to contain multiple drops from one of the biggest skateboarding companies out there. When Braydon left Emerica, he immediately addressed it on Twitter. There are no tweets. Heyl and Reynolds are out on Couch tour right now, and have been posting photos up together.
If my memory's correct, they do an update of the team photos every year around the summer time, because I imagine their sales go up tremendously with kids on summer vacation, people working more hours at summer jobs, Go Skateboarding Day, et cetera. They probably just want to have fresh content up for the many viewers they're going to be getting. Plus with their AM team stacking high, it was probably overdue for an update. I just don't think Reynolds could bare to drop those guys. He would at least open up room for them on Deathwish or another BBD team.
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seriously, this should silence the senseless shit talking about this kid
he didnt land that. well at least the day that photo was taken, a friend of mine was there. i dont know why they would have ran that photo, he has to land that shit now.
he'll get it, i'm sure. so funny that the first time this ad ran, the next ad was a Nixon ad. 'turn the page for more wack shit'
I like baker, that company makes me feel like a kid again.
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seriously, this should silence the senseless shit talking about this kid
he didnt land that. well at least the day that photo was taken, a friend of mine was there. i dont know why they would have ran that photo, he has to land that shit now.
He probably went back, he just wore those clothes for a week straight.
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I'm really not backing this rumor at all. I know this is lame reasoning, but social media is too out of control to contain multiple drops from one of the biggest skateboarding companies out there. When Braydon left Emerica, he immediately addressed it on Twitter. There are no tweets. Heyl and Reynolds are out on Couch tour right now, and have been posting photos up together.
If my memory's correct, they do an update of the team photos every year around the summer time, because I imagine their sales go up tremendously with kids on summer vacation, people working more hours at summer jobs, Go Skateboarding Day, et cetera. They probably just want to have fresh content up for the many viewers they're going to be getting. Plus with their AM team stacking high, it was probably overdue for an update. I just don't think Reynolds could bare to drop those guys. He would at least open up room for them on Deathwish or another BBD team.
i agree. plus, if i remember correctly, their team page hadnt been updated in a really long time. i think figgy was still listed as am. maybe even theotis too. it was when they all had their photos taken inside the liquor store in front of the coolers. i could be wrong, but thats what it looked like the last time i checked their team page.
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I'm really not backing this rumor at all. I know this is lame reasoning, but social media is too out of control to contain multiple drops from one of the biggest skateboarding companies out there. When Braydon left Emerica, he immediately addressed it on Twitter. There are no tweets. Heyl and Reynolds are out on Couch tour right now, and have been posting photos up together.
If my memory's correct, they do an update of the team photos every year around the summer time, because I imagine their sales go up tremendously with kids on summer vacation, people working more hours at summer jobs, Go Skateboarding Day, et cetera. They probably just want to have fresh content up for the many viewers they're going to be getting. Plus with their AM team stacking high, it was probably overdue for an update. I just don't think Reynolds could bare to drop those guys. He would at least open up room for them on Deathwish or another BBD team.
i agree. plus, if i remember correctly, their team page hadnt been updated in a really long time. i think figgy was still listed as am. maybe even theotis too. it was when they all had their photos taken inside the liquor store in front of the coolers. i could be wrong, but thats what it looked like the last time i checked their team page.
yeah your right they only updated the blog and product pages never the team pages.
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Braydon just tweeted a bunch of his new decks from Baker. Doesn't look like he's off.
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sucks but I didnt really think lenoce and heyl were that good.
didnt seem to hit the big stuff enough.
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sucks but I didnt really think lenoce and heyl were that good.
didnt seem to hit the big stuff enough.
yeah because hitting the big enough stuff is all that matters when determining how good people are.
dip shit.
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Don't put Lenoce and Heyl in the same sentence, ever.
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sucks but I didnt really think lenoce and heyl were that good.
didnt seem to hit the big stuff enough.
Isn't that the same reason Ronnie Creager was kicked off es?
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dont give a shit about lenoce or heyl, but Braydon is actually really fucking good and seems like a good guy. If it's true I'm bummed for him hopefully some other company scoops him up.
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I'm really not backing this rumor at all. I know this is lame reasoning, but social media is too out of control to contain multiple drops from one of the biggest skateboarding companies out there. When Braydon left Emerica, he immediately addressed it on Twitter. There are no tweets. Heyl and Reynolds are out on Couch tour right now, and have been posting photos up together.
If my memory's correct, they do an update of the team photos every year around the summer time, because I imagine their sales go up tremendously with kids on summer vacation, people working more hours at summer jobs, Go Skateboarding Day, et cetera. They probably just want to have fresh content up for the many viewers they're going to be getting. Plus with their AM team stacking high, it was probably overdue for an update. I just don't think Reynolds could bare to drop those guys. He would at least open up room for them on Deathwish or another BBD team.
i agree. plus, if i remember correctly, their team page hadnt been updated in a really long time. i think figgy was still listed as am. maybe even theotis too. it was when they all had their photos taken inside the liquor store in front of the coolers. i could be wrong, but thats what it looked like the last time i checked their team page.
yeah your right they only updated the blog and product pages never the team pages.
They just recently updated their team page a couple of months ago. Had Theotis and Figgy as pro, even had Riley/Dee etc.
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sucks but I didnt really think lenoce and heyl were that good.
didnt seem to hit the big stuff enough.
Isn't that the same reason Ronnie Creager was kicked off es?
In a transworld interview from like july 2001 he said he was 25 now and didn't want to jump off big shit all the time.
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Nice 8 page thread with no evidence. Lenoce isn't off. Brayden isn't off. Who gives a fuck about heyl.
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Poor Braydon. He was doing all the shoe shit companies are on now years before. Get him back on Emerica or Supra at least.
And I'm really glad to see all of those boards for him from Baker. Dude is one of the nicest and consistently good-natured guy in skateboarding and deserves to get money for it.
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Braydon had one of my favorite tricks in The Deathwish Video. Ppl hate on him for his tats and leo talks shit on him. Whoever Leo hates UG skate nerds hate. simple as that.
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Nice 8 page thread with no evidence. Lenoce isn't off. Brayden isn't off. Who gives a fuck about heyl.
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I just watched a video with Braydon about Go Skateboarding Day where he was with the whole Baker team tossing out product, so unless Braydon doesn't know he's been kicked off, you can go fuck yourself.
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makes sense. they definitely have a solid am/flow lineup right now with dee, cyril, riley, rowan zorilla, mike white etc. it would be pretty hard to be able to suppourt as many dudes as they were/are. i am interested to see what vol. 4 is gonna be like.
To me it seems like this is actually the most boring group of amateurs Baker has ever had.
Seriously, I couldnt care less about these kids. I guess Dee and Riley are alright but the rest are meh.. The Baker team is one of my favorite teams in skateboarding but this takes away alot of it. The whole thing with Baker is that no one on there has even been that vanilla... If this is true, damn it must suck for braydon too. First emerica and now this.
they just arent breakout stars, because there is so much random talent all over the internet, when you see a new up n comer on ur favorite team you arent as psyched cuz ur comparing it to the 1000 other am videos youve watchd on youtube recently. Dee, Riley,cyril and ESPECIALLY zorilla and mike fucking white. i realize if people arent doing a million new tricks its not gonna impress you but watch thebaker youtube shit and the newer stuff again and youll see why they picked those dudes. It's so funny how many people are questioning these new am's but i have seen all of them throw down shit just through footage and can FULLY understand why they got put on. i can see why skate scouts are so hard to find, because so many people have shitty judgment and write off people before they actually take the chance to pay attention more than a few times to realize how good these duds are and SEE THE POTENTIAL IN THEIR STYLE. especially riley and zorilla, those duds are gonna be monsters, even if theyre not at that level right now. Reynolds knows this, and it's hilarious how 90 percent on here, of other "skaters" disagree with this dude and think he's wrong, and they dont deserve it.
Heyl on the other hand, yeah i understand if you have surplus, giving your homie a board you skate with everyday and helping him out. but if i were heyl right when he gave it to me, i wouldve said, thank you so much for this right now, and dont hesitate for a second if you end up needing to drop me down the line, this is more than enough." and im sure if heyl's a good dude, that's how he took it.
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Totally unsourced and likely untrue announcement that three pros are kicked off Baker leads to 8-page thread. What are we doing with our lives?
But, seriously, fuck Heyl.
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so glad I ignored 69. long ass stupid sig
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so glad I ignored 69. long ass stupid sig
thats racist
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I think literally all 69 does is post on slap. It's usually terrible/not funny/irrelevant and he does it CONSTANTLY. It seems like every other post in any given thread is from 69. Cool.
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If he only posted like once a day he would be tolerable and I bet people would think he was funny. I didn't ignore him until his signature forced me to. And I know you can turn off sigs, but most people's sigs are stokeworthy.
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69 cares what you guys think so stop talking about him
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imagine getting woken up too early and shane heyl's face was hovering over you. day ruiner
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I'll believe it when I see it.
They could be kicking Figgy and Cyril for all we know (that'd be about as dumb as kicking the others)
Also, I doubt they would kick Lenoce off since he's a founding father of the whole baker thing.
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I'll believe it when I see it.
They could be kicking Figgy and Cyril for all we know (that'd be about as dumb as kicking the others)
Also, I doubt they would kick Lenoce off since he's a founding father of the whole baker thing.
Only one that sucks he got kicked is Lenoce, i dont care for Braydons weird mix of styles he has or Heyl
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i just read a riley hawk interview on the thrasher website and he said reynolds took peoples boards but knows what he s doing...
http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/riley-hawk-interview/ (http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/riley-hawk-interview/)
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wouldnt bother me if they dropped that greasy treasure troll looking fool cyril. but lenoce, hell no!
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wouldnt bother me if they dropped that greasy treasure troll looking fool cyril. but lenoce, hell no!
Hahaha! I like CJ be the troll thing is pretty good.
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wouldnt bother me if they dropped that greasy treasure troll looking fool cyril. but lenoce, hell no!
Cyril rips!!
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wouldnt bother me if they dropped that greasy treasure troll looking fool cyril. but lenoce, hell no!
Hahaha! I like CJ be the troll thing is pretty good.
what UGK film clip is that??
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They printed this information in Thrasher, but they have boards in the newest catalog. Thrasher runnin' false info from the SLAP boards? Who knows.
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Lenoce didn't have a board in this catalog. Braydon and Shane Heyl's boards will be dropped after this run.
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They printed this information in Thrasher, but they have boards in the newest catalog. Thrasher runnin' false info from the SLAP boards? Who knows.
you are so smart i think i just fell for you
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Sucks Baker board have fucking horrible shapes, because I wouldn?t mind supporting some of the dudes over there
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
Man If anything I've been more psyched on Brandon's footage lately. Seems like he's found he's niche getting all creative and shit. It's fucking sick. Also The fact that skaters' hair plays a factor in whether you like them or not is a little questionable
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spankly is still on cause he is a cool guy, braydon is super lame as was forced to take the "look how much fun im having" route, lenoce is a real nigga and should NOT be cut
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
Man If anything I've been more psyched on Brandon's footage lately. Seems like he's found he's niche getting all creative and shit. It's fucking sick. Also The fact that skaters' hair plays a factor in whether you like them or not is a little questionable
Fuckin' THIS. I love his new stuff! He should just move on over and skate for Heroin or something.
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Cyril is fucking rad. I'll take him over a lenoce switch heel any day.
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
Man If anything I've been more psyched on Brandon's footage lately. Seems like he's found he's niche getting all creative and shit. It's fucking sick. Also The fact that skaters' hair plays a factor in whether you like them or not is a little questionable
I mean, I didn't say Dee's hair was particularly why I don't have much of a liking to his skating, it just comes off cliche on his image which whether you like it or not, plays into the way their skating is perceived as a whole but he's real early in the game, I'm just giving my own personal thoughts at this point, and Braydon seemed like he was really developing when baker 3 dropped and that emerica part seemed like he fell back from the rampage, the stuff that could be deemed "creative" looked like some type of warm ups they decided to make an actual clip in his part (nose manny thread the needle thing) I was just hoping for something more Braydon-esque if you will
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PAGE 215 in the SEP. 2013 THRASHER. In the "DROP IN" Section. #1 Reads.." Spanky, Braydon, Lenoce and Heyl off Baker. Former Baker pros, forever Baker bros."
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Thrasher just got that shit from here. Print news is hardly concrete like it used to be. Not saying it isn;t true but I'll wait for a Instagram press release instead.
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Never thought I'd say this but Deathwish actually has the better team now
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sad but true these guys truly are not pro material anymore... it happens and it s not their fault. still wish lenoce would be on tho
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
Man If anything I've been more psyched on Brandon's footage lately. Seems like he's found he's niche getting all creative and shit. It's fucking sick. Also The fact that skaters' hair plays a factor in whether you like them or not is a little questionable
I mean, I didn't say Dee's hair was particularly why I don't have much of a liking to his skating, it just comes off cliche on his image which whether you like it or not, plays into the way their skating is perceived as a whole but he's real early in the game, I'm just giving my own personal thoughts at this point, and Braydon seemed like he was really developing when baker 3 dropped and that emerica part seemed like he fell back from the rampage, the stuff that could be deemed "creative" looked like some type of warm ups they decided to make an actual clip in his part (nose manny thread the needle thing) I was just hoping for something more Braydon-esque if you will
I personally thought Braydon's Bake & Destroy part was sick. It was light years ahead of his Stay Gold part in my opinion. He may not be able to go as big as he used to but he really did some cool stuff in B&D.
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Thrasher just got that shit from here. Print news is hardly concrete like it used to be. Not saying it isn;t true but I'll wait for a Instagram press release instead.
why do u think that? why would they ever do that? I'm sure they are constantly in contact with a company that has coverage and multiple ads in every issue
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
Man If anything I've been more psyched on Brandon's footage lately. Seems like he's found he's niche getting all creative and shit. It's fucking sick. Also The fact that skaters' hair plays a factor in whether you like them or not is a little questionable
I mean, I didn't say Dee's hair was particularly why I don't have much of a liking to his skating, it just comes off cliche on his image which whether you like it or not, plays into the way their skating is perceived as a whole but he's real early in the game, I'm just giving my own personal thoughts at this point, and Braydon seemed like he was really developing when baker 3 dropped and that emerica part seemed like he fell back from the rampage, the stuff that could be deemed "creative" looked like some type of warm ups they decided to make an actual clip in his part (nose manny thread the needle thing) I was just hoping for something more Braydon-esque if you will
I personally thought Braydon's Bake & Destroy part was sick. It was light years ahead of his Stay Gold part in my opinion. He may not be able to go as big as he used to but he really did some cool stuff in B&D.
The stay gold part was definitely better for me, it had some filler clips for sure AND had a manny trick as the ender (wtf?) but B&D seemed like again a bunch of fuck around clips, like he was skating a spot and said "Yo Beagle, I already kickflipped this shit, let me see if I can add a late shuv" it just seemed like out of his element for me, I liked Braydons aggressive, gnarly shred shit but late flips/shuvs just seem outta place especially when he puts like 8 of them bitches in one part
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
Spanky, Jaime Tancowmy, and Aaron Suski are off Emerica according to the Emerica Spring 2014 catalog.
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
Spanky, Jaime Tancowmy, and Aaron Suski are off Emerica according to the Emerica Spring 2014 catalog.
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
Spanky, Jaime Tancowmy, and Aaron Suski are off Emerica according to the Emerica Spring 2014 catalog.
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Jaime Tancowmy had such a sick part in the Emerica video and Zero video and then he just got hurt and has never been the same. Literally dude lost all his sponsors that backed him.
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Lenoce is a contributing member of the squad who didn't quiteee deserve to get dropped, I can't say that he hasn't had his hey day but he hasn't slipped too much. I remember a sequence of him doing a switch ollie over 11 and then switch heel over the next 11, the best part was that he basically landed in switch heel position and it really let me know he was on point, he doesn't get enough credit to be honest.
Braydon has been falling off in the last few years, the last emerica part really had me unsatisfied, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got cut.
Heyl isn't really true pro material just because he's been homey status for so long. It's like seeing someone having a crush on a chick and being in the friend zone for so long and when they do finally start dating, shit doesn't look right no matter how bad you want it to happen BUT I am a fan of his skating, the first pro ad he had doing that crook nollie inward out left me impressed and then he had another sequence in a thrasher of a half cab crook nollie varial heel and it let me see he was serious on stepping his shit up. Still doesn't seem right him being on the actual pro squad so I'm not mad if he got cut either
SPANKY, that dude was a very promising prospect after that emerica part but he's kinda been on dead weight status for basically almost a decade now, I feel like shit saying that but I gotta keep it real on that even though he truly was better than Herm at one point but the tables turned.
CJ is on on a killing spree, anybody doubting him is blind, that Dee dude is just meh even his hair is cliche as hell, its almost a caricature of a skateboarder stereotype, Mike White needs to get himself out there more, theyre just too forgettable at this point
Man If anything I've been more psyched on Brandon's footage lately. Seems like he's found he's niche getting all creative and shit. It's fucking sick. Also The fact that skaters' hair plays a factor in whether you like them or not is a little questionable
I mean, I didn't say Dee's hair was particularly why I don't have much of a liking to his skating, it just comes off cliche on his image which whether you like it or not, plays into the way their skating is perceived as a whole but he's real early in the game, I'm just giving my own personal thoughts at this point, and Braydon seemed like he was really developing when baker 3 dropped and that emerica part seemed like he fell back from the rampage, the stuff that could be deemed "creative" looked like some type of warm ups they decided to make an actual clip in his part (nose manny thread the needle thing) I was just hoping for something more Braydon-esque if you will
I personally thought Braydon's Bake & Destroy part was sick. It was light years ahead of his Stay Gold part in my opinion. He may not be able to go as big as he used to but he really did some cool stuff in B&D.
The stay gold part was definitely better for me, it had some filler clips for sure� AND had a manny trick as the ender (wtf?) but B&D seemed like again a bunch of fuck around clips, like he was skating a spot and said "Yo Beagle, I already kickflipped this shit, let me see if I can add a late shuv" it just seemed like out of his element for me, I liked Braydons aggressive, gnarly shred shit but late flips/shuvs just seem outta place especially when he puts like 8 of them bitches in one part
baker 3 was the best he ever did. that front blunt kick flip fakie was amazing.
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
Spanky, Jaime Tancowmy, and Aaron Suski are off Emerica according to the Emerica Spring 2014 catalog.
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Suski is off? Im fully backing Emerica and all that they are doing but they can't drop him like that, I mean sure he wasn't a coverage machine but he came out with shit somewhat constantly and it was hella good shit.
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
Spanky, Jaime Tancowmy, and Aaron Suski are off Emerica according to the Emerica Spring 2014 catalog.
Life extension shoes
yeah, bummed about suski too but its not about how much good shit you do, its about how much you can sell. i can imagine it being especially hard since he didn't even have a shoe. i think the last thing he had was that color way on that vulc mid shoe? i dont even remember the name.
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So then it's just a matter of time before Spanky's off Emerica eh?
Spanky, Jaime Tancowmy, and Aaron Suski are off Emerica according to the Emerica Spring 2014 catalog.
Life extension shoes
yeah, bummed about suski too but its not about how much good shit you do, its about how much you can sell. i can imagine it being especially hard since he didn't even have a shoe. i think the last thing he had was that color way on that vulc mid shoe? i dont even remember the name.
WOW! I was just thinking about him today like what if he got dropped from emerica! and jamie??? why!? fuck, seems like they're not even giving dudes time to recoup if they get hurt, one ankle roll and it's over, I haven't seen any signs of jamie really blowing it, he's just been laying low and I assumed it was because he was gathering zero video footy
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i guess we'll find out if hes really blowing it when/if le comes out with out some sort of video. same with duncombe. apparently nicky-t is stacking as is tony tave. fletcher is "blowing it" but maybe he'll pull through like ellington and get everything last minute and sinner looks like he has AIDS so he's probably too busy to do anything except do whatever shit people with AIDS do. am i missing anyone?
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i guess we'll find out if hes really blowing it when/if le comes out with out some sort of video. same with duncombe. apparently nicky-t is stacking as is tony tave. fletcher is "blowing it" but maybe he'll pull through like ellington and get everything last minute and sinner looks like he has AIDS so he's probably too busy to do anything except do whatever shit people with AIDS do. am i missing anyone?
ive spent the last several minutes trying to think of how i can combine eating pizza and my girls pussy.
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i guess we'll find out if hes really blowing it when/if le comes out with out some sort of video. same with duncombe. apparently nicky-t is stacking as is tony tave. fletcher is "blowing it" but maybe he'll pull through like ellington and get everything last minute and sinner looks like he has AIDS so he's probably too busy to do anything except do whatever shit people with AIDS do. am i missing anyone?
ive spent the last several minutes trying to think of how i can combine eating pizza and my girls pussy.
Extra "Fromunda Cheese" on you pizza?
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I'd like to see Lenoce on EXP-1. And Spanky on Fucking Awesome and Vans.
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I'd like to see Lenoce on EXP-1. And Spanky on Fucking Awesome and Vans.
Too perfect
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Kind of assumed Tancowny heading to LE would lead to Emerica dropping him. Bummed about Suski though. Spanky's been floundering while.
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I think Dan Lu would be a good fit for Emerica.
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I think Dan Lu would be a good fit for Emerica.
I could see that, but I like where he's at right now.
I'm just bummin' over all of these great skaters (potentially) losing big name sponsors.
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Bummer if they did let Suski go. like someone above me said
he didn't always come out with a ton of coverage, but when he did
damn was it some good stuff.
Hell on Wheels: Aaron Suski (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7jKMDr4GgU#)
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Haven't seen the lookbook, but they're still on the Emerica site. Who knows how up-to-date that is, though...
http://emerica.com/team/ (http://emerica.com/team/)
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Suski is the only one I would be bummed about getting kicked off Emerica.
I could care less about all the Baker guys. They have been milking it for too long.
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Suski is the only one I would be bummed about getting kicked off Emerica.
I could care less about all the Baker guys. They have been milking it for too long.
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Anyone else see this?
If its in print, it's probably true. Producing and circulating a mag is too expensive nowadays for lies.
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Anyone else see this?
If its in print, it's probably true. Producing and circulating a mag is too expensive nowadays for lies.
Yeah I don't know it's the rumor/joke section. Also says Jimmy Carlin drops Mystery and Fallen
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Anyone else see this?
If its in print, it's probably true. Producing and circulating a mag is too expensive nowadays for lies.
Yeah I don't know it's the rumor/joke section. Also says Jimmy Carlin drops Mystery and Fallen
that actually did happen. you must've missed the 20 page thread on that topic about a month ago.
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Anyone else see this?
If its in print, it's probably true. Producing and circulating a mag is too expensive nowadays for lies.
Yeah I don't know it's the rumor/joke section. Also says Jimmy Carlin drops Mystery and Fallen
that actually did happen. you must've missed the 20 page thread on that topic about a month ago.
Woah, feel like I just came too out of a black out. Where did he end up landing, anything confirmed?
EDIT: just read the other thread, enjoi/huf possibly. thanks morty
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All of that is good news.
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So the Drop In section in Thrasher is pretty much just a 'what you missed this month' recap of the Slap forum? How do I get this assholes job? Dude's got it sweet.
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Maybe there will be a Shake Junt skateboard line. If Heyl owns that shit, he'll just make boards for him and maybe the rest.
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I thought those dudes just lost their boards I didn't know they were kicked off completely
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All of you kooks who think you know what goes on in there ores or whatnot it's all business decisions its bullshit yes but once you turn pro you have to bust ass or your being a bum no one rides for free once there there held to a certain standard amongst pros sure its cool to be friends with the boss top nigga who started the shit clearly the idea never sunk in a lot of people's heads is huh hmmmm pro status for a mediocre skater is whack an I see a lot of that throughout the skate industry from AMs to Pros it's honestly hard as fuck to breakout as a Pro unless you live next to or friends with all those dudes it's like high school all over again the peers you want to be equal to are running the show now depending on wether they like you or your skating they will hook you up if not take a look at Nick Merlino & Angel Ramirez so in summation Baker is rad but needs to stop letting talentless people ride for them
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How are you gonna call your next video Baker 4 Life if you kick off dudes who've been on the team forever?
Also, still not sure its true:
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I cant imagine any other reason for spanky to be in this band if hes off the team.
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How are you gonna call your next video Baker 4 Life if you kick off dudes who've been on the team forever?
Also, still not sure its true:
(http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/8f96a94cfb9511e2978222000aa80103_7.jpg)
I cant imagine any other reason for spanky to be in this band if hes off the team.
It's just a title dude, not gonna say it means nothing but it definitely isn't that serious
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
This.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
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It's come to my attention that they probably were informed beforehand
its lame for a company to be like that, sorry its just business
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Am I the only one who finds Heyl and his "every time the camera is on me I will pretend I am a gangster" act really annoying?
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Am I the only one who finds Heyl and his "every time the camera is on me I will pretend I am a gangster" act really annoying?
Only sheltered 12 year old white kids would consider anything Shane Heyl does on camera "gangster".
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I'll change that to putting on lame voices and acting like a knob every time he is on camera.
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to answer your question. i hate shane heyl, i hate him so much. i would like to shove a bottle of everclear down his throat and make him relapse.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
I agree but is Lenoce your favorite pro? Probably not. I'd guess Baker's target demographic head more towards the Reynolds/Herman decks while Lenoce isn't moving much in comparison. Friends and business are two separate things. Truth is if you really want a pro/company to get what they deserve then buy their shit. If you want Lenoce to have a pro model or a smaller board company to survive than put your money where your mouth is and if you don't then you have no room to complain.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
I agree but is Lenoce your favorite pro? Probably not. I'd guess Baker's target demographic head more towards the Reynolds/Herman decks while Lenoce isn't moving much in comparison. Friends and business are two separate things. Truth is if you really want a pro/company to get what they deserve then buy their shit. If you want Lenoce to have a pro model or a smaller board company to survive than put your money where your mouth is and if you don't then you have no room to complain.
But why cant these guys at least stay on in the capacity that daniel castillo does?
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
I agree but is Lenoce your favorite pro? Probably not. I'd guess Baker's target demographic head more towards the Reynolds/Herman decks while Lenoce isn't moving much in comparison. Friends and business are two separate things. Truth is if you really want a pro/company to get what they deserve then buy their shit. If you want Lenoce to have a pro model or a smaller board company to survive than put your money where your mouth is and if you don't then you have no room to complain.
But why cant these guys at least stay on in the capacity that daniel castillo does?
Although these drops don't surprise me the fact that Daniel Castillo is still PRO after a 2 trick line in pretty sweet and are 2 tricks he does in every single one of his video parts that anybody can do is the real mind boggler.
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it's cuz he's a "made guy." but yeah, his graphix ain't even that tight either. that step horray board was so shitty.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down?? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.?
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
I agree but is Lenoce your favorite pro? Probably not. I'd guess Baker's target demographic head more towards the Reynolds/Herman decks while Lenoce isn't moving much in comparison. Friends and business are two separate things. Truth is if you really want a pro/company to get what they deserve then buy their shit. If you want Lenoce to have a pro model or a smaller board company to survive than put your money where your mouth is and if you don't then you have no room to complain.
But why cant these guys at least stay on in the capacity that daniel castillo does?
Although these drops don't surprise me the fact that Daniel Castillo is still PRO after a 2 trick line in pretty sweet and are 2 tricks he does in every single one of his video parts that anybody can do is the real mind boggler.
Give it time. I am sure a lot of companies are going to cut skaters soon. Daniel will be working at the Girl warehouse in no time.
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it's cuz he's a "made guy." but yeah, his graphix ain't even that tight either. that step horray board was so shitty.
I thought of Goodfells and laughed so hard at this. Maybe he will be like Joe Pesci who they strung along making him think he had it made and then get back stabbed by the other made guy's over at Girl.
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it's cuz he's a "made guy." but yeah, his graphix ain't even that tight either. that step horray board was so shitty.
I thought of Goodfells and laughed so hard at this. Maybe he will be like Joe Pesci who they strung along making him think he had it made and then get back stabbed by the other made guy's over at Girl.
I actually was thinking that when I typed it up, glad someone caught that. I have no idea what demographic market Lil' Daniel sells to. Maybe tiny Filipino boiz? I wonder how many boards of his are pressed and what his royalty checks look like.
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it's cuz he's a "made guy." but yeah, his graphix ain't even that tight either. that step horray board was so shitty.
I thought of Goodfells and laughed so hard at this. Maybe he will be like Joe Pesci who they strung along making him think he had it made and then get back stabbed by the other made guy's over at Girl.
I actually was thinking that when I typed it up, glad someone caught that. I have no idea what demographic market Lil' Daniel sells to. Maybe tiny Filipino boiz? I wonder how many boards of his are pressed and what his royalty checks look like.
All i know is that i remember somebody posted every daniel clip ever on youtube and it equaled to no more than 10 min. Even after pretty sweet its still 10 min. I'm not trying to bitch or hate but it sucks seeing certain ams and pros bust their ass off as a skater and still cant get into the top brands and we have other ppl taking advantage of it and milking such an opportunity for soo long. I believe their is more footage of Daniel taking stuff form the girl warehouse then there is of him skating. Just saying.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
No. No one walks away willing from getting a paycheck. Especially if you're at the end of your career. You all are foolish as fuck if you think that's how it goes down.
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you must not know a whole lot about the history of professional skateboarding. there are tons of pros who chose to bow out gracefully rather than milk it.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
No. No one walks away willing from getting a paycheck. Especially if you're at the end of your career. You all are foolish as fuck if you think that's how it goes down.
Ever heard of Heath Kirchart?
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
No. No one walks away willing from getting a paycheck. Especially if you're at the end of your career. You all are foolish as fuck if you think that's how it goes down.
Ever heard of Heath Kirchart?
Cliff retired too.
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For one, I can't front 3 stalefish so I wouldn't say anyone can do castillos tricks. Second, baker ain't shit compared to girl in terms of revenue or worldwide exposure. They can easily afford to pay Castillo 4k a month plus royalties just to be a brand ambassador and go chill with kids.
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
Heath probably gets paid nicely being TM from Emerica...well deserved in my opinion.
No. No one walks away willing from getting a paycheck. Especially if you're at the end of your career. You all are foolish as fuck if you think that's how it goes down.
Ever heard of Heath Kirchart?
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
I agree but is Lenoce your favorite pro? Probably not. I'd guess Baker's target demographic head more towards the Reynolds/Herman decks while Lenoce isn't moving much in comparison. Friends and business are two separate things. Truth is if you really want a pro/company to get what they deserve then buy their shit. If you want Lenoce to have a pro model or a smaller board company to survive than put your money where your mouth is and if you don't then you have no room to complain.
its not that simple though. lets say one loves lenoce, but can only ride an 8 inch board, and lenoce always gets stuck with the odd sizes that no one buys, then since no one buys them, they put his board out less, and then due to lack of sales, he gets kicked off.
this is VERY common in the skate industry and has been discussed millions of times.
i for one would like to see a small team brand with no pro models only team models whose royalties were split equally among the riders of said team. i wonder if that would work.
however, in retrospect, everything about skating is short lived: companies, spots, careers, etc. Entropy man, Entropy.
i shutter to think what skateboarding companies will be in the future. someone said something in the P-Rod mtn dew thread about a future where we reminisce about the time corpo's changed skating. a harrowing thought indeed.
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i love u spanky ps free that nigga wayne herman
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did it ever occur to anyone that maybe these dudes knew that cuts were coming and decided to step down? they're obviously all still homies; maybe they just realized that they aren't on that level anymore and want to give some new guys a shot.
People are acting that being knocked from pro position on Baker involves Drew taking you out to the desert, making you dig your own grave, and then shooting you. Baker just can't have 43 pros on the team.
It seems odd to me that Jeff Lenoce just put out the best part in his career in the Shake Junt video last year and now he isn't pro anymore.
I agree but is Lenoce your favorite pro? Probably not. I'd guess Baker's target demographic head more towards the Reynolds/Herman decks while Lenoce isn't moving much in comparison. Friends and business are two separate things. Truth is if you really want a pro/company to get what they deserve then buy their shit. If you want Lenoce to have a pro model or a smaller board company to survive than put your money where your mouth is and if you don't then you have no room to complain.
i for one would like to see a small team brand with no pro models only team models whose royalties were split equally among the riders of said team. i wonder if that would work.
this has been done before:
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it's cuz he's a "made guy." but yeah, his graphix ain't even that tight either. that step horray board was so shitty.
I thought of Goodfells and laughed so hard at this. Maybe he will be like Joe Pesci who they strung along making him think he had it made and then get back stabbed by the other made guy's over at Girl.
I actually was thinking that when I typed it up, glad someone caught that. I have no idea what demographic market Lil' Daniel sells to. Maybe tiny Filipino boiz? I wonder how many boards of his are pressed and what his royalty checks look like.
All i know is that i remember somebody posted every daniel clip ever on youtube and it equaled to no more than 10 min. Even after pretty sweet its still 10 min. I'm not trying to bitch or hate but it sucks seeing certain ams and pros bust their ass off as a skater and still cant get into the top brands and we have other ppl taking advantage of it and milking such an opportunity for soo long. I believe their is more footage of Daniel taking stuff form the girl warehouse then there is of him skating. Just saying.
i dont necessarily see it as him taking advantage or milking it. im sure hed love more coverage but probably has zero influence and his skating is obviously not marketable. kid gets a ton of hate but if anything ppl should be questioning mgmt, not daniel. i think its funny they keep paying him and printing boards for a clip every 5 yrs or so. he should too
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Looks like you guys were right.
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Gang Starr - B.I. Vs. Friendship (feat. M.O.P. ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv44GeBMovk#)
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The Flip Extremely Sorry-fication of Baker Or How Much Longer Until Andrew Reynold's Baker 4 Part Includes a Poetry Reading With Bryan Ferry?
TELL THEM I WONT BE WAITING IN THE USUAL PLACE
IM TIRED AND WEARY LOOK FOR AN ESCAPE
TO NEED A SKATEBOARD YOU GOT TO KNOW
HOW THE STRONG LOSE POP AND THE RICH LOSE THEIR EMERICA CONTRACTS
SLAVE TO SKATEBOARDING
SLAVE TO SKATEBOARDING
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The Flip Extremely Sorry-fication of Baker Or How Much Longer Until Andrew Reynold's Baker 4 Part Includes a Poetry Reading With Bryan Ferry?
TELL THEM I WONT BE WAITING IN THE USUAL PLACE
IM TIRED AND WEARY LOOK FOR AN ESCAPE
TO NEED A SKATEBOARD YOU GOT TO KNOW
HOW THE STRONG LOSE POP AND THE RICH LOSE THEIR EMERICA CONTRACTS
SLAVE TO SKATEBOARDING
SLAVE TO SKATEBOARDING
Although it is absolutely true that those 4 dudes no longer have boards, that ad is totally fake. Google Image search any of there names and those are like the first pictures that come up.
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In the new Weekend Buzz with Ellington & Heyl. Heyl states that he offered to lose his model, to give the other new jacks a chance to shine. I don't believe that for a second.
I like Braydon. He may not be the most technically gifted rider, but his style is rad. I will miss him on Baker. Hopefully he will get picked up.
This is the unfortunate reality of Skateboard economics.
I do not envy the decisions Andrew has to make.
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In the new Weekend Buzz with Ellington & Heyl. Heyl states that he offered to lose his model, to give the other new jacks a chance to shine. I don't believe that for a second.
I like Braydon. He may not be the most technically gifted rider, but his style is rad. I will miss him on Baker. Hopefully he will get picked up.
This is the unfortunate reality of Skateboard economics.
I do not envy the decisions Andrew has to make.
Braydon is more tech then pretty much all of the riders on Baker.
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For one, I can't front 3 stalefish so I wouldn't say anyone can do castillos tricks. Second, baker ain't shit compared to girl in terms of revenue or worldwide exposure. They can easily afford to pay Castillo 4k a month plus royalties just to be a brand ambassador and go chill with kids.
you dont honestly think Daniel Castillo gets $4k a month PLUS royalties, do you?!
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In the new Weekend Buzz with Ellington & Heyl.� Heyl states that he offered to lose his model, to give the other new jacks a chance to shine.� I don't believe that for a second.
The best part about that interview is that apparently Shane Heyle legitimately believed he was a real pro skater.
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and then andrew actually does what he offered (if thats true) and he stil feels a type of way just because drew didnt confirm with him before making the move ???
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For one, I can't front 3 stalefish so I wouldn't say anyone can do castillos tricks. Second, baker ain't shit compared to girl in terms of revenue or worldwide exposure. They can easily afford to pay Castillo 4k a month plus royalties just to be a brand ambassador and go chill with kids.
you dont honestly think Daniel Castillo gets $4k a month PLUS royalties, do you?!
The royalties part isn't much when you only get one board graphic every other year
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In the new Weekend Buzz with Ellington & Heyl.� Heyl states that he offered to lose his model, to give the other new jacks a chance to shine.� I don't believe that for a second.
The best part about that interview is that apparently Shane Heyle legitimately believed he was a real pro skater.
Makes sense, he's cashing Shake Junt and Lil Wayne checks.
Where's your pro model fucker?
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In the new Weekend Buzz with Ellington & Heyl.� Heyl states that he offered to lose his model, to give the other new jacks a chance to shine.� I don't believe that for a second.
The best part about that interview is that apparently Shane Heyle legitimately believed he was a real pro skater.
Makes sense, he's cashing Shake Junt and Lil Wayne checks.
Where's your pro model fucker?
post a deck fuc boi
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Yeah, he's pro in the same way that someone like lil wayne might have a guest board.
He's marketable as a loud idiot(kids are stupid), but for him to believe that he was a legit pro skater, with the required skills, or worse, for you to buy it, is pretty sad.
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I am thinking Shane didn't necessarily think he was good as a skatgeboarder to the general pros out there but more so at least good enough for Andrew to put on and to put his name on a board. There are tons of pros or indie companies that have riders that aren't anywhere near as good as the top pros but if your homie has a company and can hook you up, that is more or less being pro then just skill alone.
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when shane said "what, am i gonna keep doing crooks and noseslides for the rest of my life?" it made me like him a lot more. he knows whats up.
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when shane said "what, am i gonna keep doing crooks and noseslides for the rest of my life?" it made me like him a lot more. he knows whats up.
the whole interview made me like him a lot more. It probably is a struggle being one of the sober dudes in the baker crew and he has to cope with it however he can. Since he cant have footage of him getting buck and partying he just has to create his own image, it just sucks he chose the annoying hype man gone too far
he is the flava flav of skateboarding
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Why doesn't just Shane make a Heyl board with his ShakeJunt brand? If he wants boar royalties, put it out there and see if it makes some money. It's not like they never put out a ShakeJunt board before.
Also.....new Baker catalog: http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28 (http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28)
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Why doesn't just Shane make a Heyl board with his ShakeJunt brand? If he wants boar royalties, put it out there and see if it makes some money. It's not like they never put out a ShakeJunt board before.
Also.....new Baker catalog: http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28 (http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28)
He owns the company why would he need to make royalties?
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heroin should give spanky a board, he's better than their whole team
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Also.....new Baker catalog: http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28 (http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28)
Damn, only 1 Dustin Dollin board?!? (or did I just miss the others?)
***nevermind, I actually saw 4. the neckface one, the crawling hand, the PD one and Up the Drunx....
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Why doesn't just Shane make a Heyl board with his ShakeJunt brand? If he wants boar royalties, put it out there and see if it makes some money. It's not like they never put out a ShakeJunt board before.
Also.....new Baker catalog: http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28 (http://bakerboysdist.com/content/catalogs/holiday13/?page=28)
I guess I meant to say if he wanted to make money off of his name on a board, just do it with your own company. No need to have it on Baker.
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Bummed about Braydon the most. First Emerica, now Baker. Poor dude. I just feel like he cares about Baker a lot, though...
He's been upping his game, too. Front Tail Late Back-foot Flip out was sick.
That NeckFace collection makes me a little sad, 'cause NeckFace had already made Braydon one and everything in this video.
http://youtu.be/kA9X9BnEvdo (http://youtu.be/kA9X9BnEvdo)
I could see Templeton helping himself to him or Spanky. Money's money in skateboarding, as much as well hate to see crews as such break-up.
Surprised TK wasn't dismissed from that roster, too. As someone said very well earlier in this thread, his shoe is a hot seller and his graphics are always on point and probably do really well because of that. I just think TK could try way harder, though. His parts are all fakie to ledge/handrail footage. I think Andrew's knows too well about his marketability, and would hate risking someone else picking him up and capitalizing on it. With all of Kennedy's endeavors, he probably has a manager negotiating his contracts to prevent from such a thing happening.
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i think shane is good and yeah he's repetitive in his trick selection but you cant tell me some of the combos he do are easy tricks half cab crooks to nollie varial heel out and crooks nollie inward heel out. He was am for stereo back in the day so yeah hes a baker homie but its not like he went from flow to pro and i feel he worked for his spot which i respect. I feel they should still make boards for him just not every series. But damn what is Jeff Lenoce gonna do? that dude went hard for his part and interview for the shake junt video, axion is done, no clothing sponsor, etc. back to florida?
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Jeff is the crazy one, because he JUST put out the best part of his life. While, let's face it, Spanky and Braydon haven't put out full parts since... when? Baker 3?
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i think shane is good and yeah he's repetitive in his trick selection but you cant tell me some of the combos he do are easy tricks half cab crooks to nollie varial heel out and crooks nollie inward heel out. He was am for stereo back in the day so yeah hes a baker homie but its not like he went from flow to pro and i feel he worked for his spot which i respect. I feel they should still make boards for him just not every series. But damn what is Jeff Lenoce gonna do? that dude went hard for his part and interview for the shake junt video, axion is done, no clothing sponsor, etc. back to florida?
Completely agree. Dude was on Lakai, but even that went. I want to know more about this arrangement they have. Are they off completely or are they just pro model-less... ?
Jeff is the crazy one, because he JUST put out the best part of his life. While, let's face it, Spanky and Braydon haven't put out full parts since... when? Baker 3?
They both had full parts in Stay Gold, and some tricks in Bake And Destroy if I'm not mistaken.
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heroin should give spanky a board, he's better than their whole team
You're stupid
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Jeff is the crazy one, because he JUST put out the best part of his life. While, let's face it, Spanky and Braydon haven't put out full parts since... when? Baker 3?
I honestly felt the same about Lenoce. Since baker 3 he had a few of his usual tricks and shared parts in the Lakai video, deathwish video, and a decent part in the shake junt video. If anything he had equal amount of footage as Spanky and Braydon since they both had parts in stay gold. Either way their time has expired and the new bucks are taking over the team, same thing with Girl.
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yeah. shane i kinda understand why hes off but the other 3 make no sense to me. reynolds cant just cave and find a way to pay them less to keep em on the team? will they finally put reno on the team?
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i think spanky on heroin would actually be pretty cool.
braydon should go to birdhouse. he is essentially street skating's kevin staab anyway.
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SPANKY ON MY DICK
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Hasn't Braydon mentioned several times that he was going to kill himself if he couldn't ride for Baker anymore?
---I really don't want to see that happen.
Plus. Is any of this official yet? The Baker team page has been down for months...
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Surprised TK wasn't dismissed from that roster, too. As someone said very well earlier in this thread, his shoe is a hot seller and his graphics are always on point and probably do really well because of that. I just think TK could try way harder, though. His parts are all fakie to ledge/handrail footage. I think Andrew's knows too well about his marketability, and would hate risking someone else picking him up and capitalizing on it. With all of Kennedy's endeavors, he probably has a manager negotiating his contracts to prevent from such a thing happening.
Although TK is kinda whatever, his lifestyle hammers are as grossly underrated as Ronnie Creager's skating:
Money, fast cars, made it possible for Lizard King to troll BET, fucked Rev Run's daughter, best intro clip in almost every video he's been in, almost knocked some dude out on his "day in the life", gives random white people a motivational speech at the end of Bake and Destroy, the nigga raps for Christ sakes lol.
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What is Vol.4 all about ?? and why should i listen or what am i listening for ???
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braydon should go to birdhouse. he is essentially street skating's kevin staab anyway.
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Surprised TK wasn't dismissed from that roster, too. As someone said very well earlier in this thread, his shoe is a hot seller and his graphics are always on point and probably do really well because of that. I just think TK could try way harder, though. His parts are all fakie to ledge/handrail footage. I think Andrew's knows too well about his marketability, and would hate risking someone else picking him up and capitalizing on it. With all of Kennedy's endeavors, he probably has a manager negotiating his contracts to prevent from such a thing happening.
Although TK is kinda whatever, his lifestyle hammers are as grossly underrated as Ronnie Creager's skating:
Money, fast cars, made it possible for Lizard King to troll BET, fucked Rev Run's daughter, best intro clip in almost every video he's been in, almost knocked some dude out on his "day in the life", gives random white people a motivational speech at the end of Bake and Destroy, the nigga raps for Christ sakes lol.
hell yea, TKs actually pretty good...... I was hating on bake n destroy but his baker has a deathwish part is sick, and he recently crooked that rail in long beach for that supra add...... pretty fucked.
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Surprised TK wasn't dismissed from that roster, too. As someone said very well earlier in this thread, his shoe is a hot seller and his graphics are always on point and probably do really well because of that. I just think TK could try way harder, though. His parts are all fakie to ledge/handrail footage. I think Andrew's knows too well about his marketability, and would hate risking someone else picking him up and capitalizing on it. With all of Kennedy's endeavors, he probably has a manager negotiating his contracts to prevent from such a thing happening.
Although TK is kinda whatever, his lifestyle hammers are as grossly underrated as Ronnie Creager's skating:
Money, fast cars, made it possible for Lizard King to troll BET, fucked Rev Run's daughter, best intro clip in almost every video he's been in, almost knocked some dude out on his "day in the life", gives random white people a motivational speech at the end of Bake and Destroy, the nigga raps for Christ sakes lol.
hell yea, TKs actually pretty good...... I was hating on bake n destroy but his baker has a deathwish part is sick, and he recently crooked that rail in long beach for that supra add...... pretty fucked.
TK is one of the funniest and most interesting skater out there.
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yeah. shane i kinda understand why hes off but the other 3 make no sense to me. reynolds cant just cave and find a way to pay them less to keep em on the team? will they finally put reno on the team?
why is this so hard for everyone to wrap their heads around? all of those dudes had a great run as pros. lenoce had 10+ years. shane had his time to shine, but hes right when he said that thing about doing noseslides and crooks for the rest of his life. nobody can argue that spanky hasnt been on his way out since baker 3. he came from winning tampa am in 03 and being one of the hottest young dudes in skating to putting out lazy parts. if you dont agree, thats fine, but its true. hes not what he used to be, and he never hit a point of greatness that would validate keeping him pro now. braydon is the only guy i really feel sort of bad for because he seems like hes still ripping just as hard, but at the same time he was always out shinned by multiple people on the team. he was never a stand out guy, and with a team of 8 pros not including the guys who got cut, it doesnt make sense to keep any more dudes who are going to be "filler" pros. all of these guys are good skaters, but theyve all had their run. baker might be a "family" but its also a business. andrew has to pay all his riders and still be able to pay himself. im sure of they were all rolling in dough over their, nobody would be getting cut, but that doesnt sound like the situation over at baker boys. and when you have dudes like riley hawk and cyril jackson coming up who rightfully deserve a spot, youve got to make some cuts if youre going to give the new guys a chance to shine. and ive got no way to prove it, but id be willing to bet riley and cj alone probably could move more decks than spanky, jeff, braydon, and heyl combined. its mostly young kids who buy baker boards, whos boards do you think theyre going to buy? its business.
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Baker is also the kind of company that appeals to skaters interested in stunt/progressive skating.
Having an aging pack of skaters not motivated to put footage out regularly isn't going to work.
I have a feeling they will have to rebuild the team every few years based on that fact.
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Wouldn't really ever search for any of these guys parts.
Not really surprised they got dropped.
They could drop TK too, never really got his hype.
Infant, why don't they just call the whole thing off.
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Surprised TK wasn't dismissed from that roster, too. As someone said very well earlier in this thread, his shoe is a hot seller and his graphics are always on point and probably do really well because of that. I just think TK could try way harder, though. His parts are all fakie to ledge/handrail footage. I think Andrew's knows too well about his marketability, and would hate risking someone else picking him up and capitalizing on it. With all of Kennedy's endeavors, he probably has a manager negotiating his contracts to prevent from such a thing happening.
Although TK is kinda whatever, his lifestyle hammers are as grossly underrated as Ronnie Creager's skating:
Money, fast cars, made it possible for Lizard King to troll BET, fucked Rev Run's daughter, best intro clip in almost every video he's been in, almost knocked some dude out on his "day in the life", gives random white people a motivational speech at the end of Bake and Destroy, the nigga raps for Christ sakes lol.
That is pretty out there!
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yeah. shane i kinda understand why hes off but the other 3 make no sense to me. reynolds cant just cave and find a way to pay them less to keep em on the team? will they finally put reno on the team?
why is this so hard for everyone to wrap their heads around? all of those dudes had a great run as pros. lenoce had 10+ years. shane had his time to shine, but hes right when he said that thing about doing noseslides and crooks for the rest of his life. nobody can argue that spanky hasnt been on his way out since baker 3. he came from winning tampa am in 03 and being one of the hottest young dudes in skating to putting out lazy parts. if you dont agree, thats fine, but its true. hes not what he used to be, and he never hit a point of greatness that would validate keeping him pro now. braydon is the only guy i really feel sort of bad for because he seems like hes still ripping just as hard, but at the same time he was always out shinned by multiple people on the team. he was never a stand out guy, and with a team of 8 pros not including the guys who got cut, it doesnt make sense to keep any more dudes who are going to be "filler" pros. all of these guys are good skaters, but theyve all had their run. baker might be a "family" but its also a business. andrew has to pay all his riders and still be able to pay himself. im sure of they were all rolling in dough over their, nobody would be getting cut, but that doesnt sound like the situation over at baker boys. and when you have dudes like riley hawk and cyril jackson coming up who rightfully deserve a spot, youve got to make some cuts if youre going to give the new guys a chance to shine. and ive got no way to prove it, but id be willing to bet riley and cj alone probably could move more decks than spanky, jeff, braydon, and heyl combined. its mostly young kids who buy baker boards, whos boards do you think theyre going to buy? its business.
I thought Spanky had multiple knee injuries/surgeries, which makes it difficult to skate huge spots. Either way they might as well start their own board co. it hot right now.
Braydon is a professional party animal, thats why he got dropped from Emerica, or Kirchart hates him idk
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What is Vol.4 all about ?? and why should i listen or what am i listening for ???
#1.
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Black_Sabbath/Black_Sabbath_Vol._4/492 (http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Black_Sabbath/Black_Sabbath_Vol._4/492)
#2.
It's Baca and Nuge's new apparel company...
http://www.skateboardermag.com/industry-news/bakerboys-dist-present-vol-4/ (http://www.skateboardermag.com/industry-news/bakerboys-dist-present-vol-4/)
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spanky, one of the hottest young dudes in skating.
I think this says it all.
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spanky, one of the hottest young dudes in skating.
I think this says it all.
fuckin right?
(http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/445/016/445016406_1280.jpg)
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DAMN THEY ARE SOME SWAGGY SUNGLASSES
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shit...
http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/ (http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/)
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Why the fuck is baca still on?
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yeah. shane i kinda understand why hes off but the other 3 make no sense to me. reynolds cant just cave and find a way to pay them less to keep em on the team? will they finally put reno on the team?
why is this so hard for everyone to wrap their heads around? all of those dudes had a great run as pros. lenoce had 10+ years. shane had his time to shine, but hes right when he said that thing about doing noseslides and crooks for the rest of his life. nobody can argue that spanky hasnt been on his way out since baker 3. he came from winning tampa am in 03 and being one of the hottest young dudes in skating to putting out lazy parts. if you dont agree, thats fine, but its true. hes not what he used to be, and he never hit a point of greatness that would validate keeping him pro now. braydon is the only guy i really feel sort of bad for because he seems like hes still ripping just as hard, but at the same time he was always out shinned by multiple people on the team. he was never a stand out guy, and with a team of 8 pros not including the guys who got cut, it doesnt make sense to keep any more dudes who are going to be "filler" pros. all of these guys are good skaters, but theyve all had their run. baker might be a "family" but its also a business. andrew has to pay all his riders and still be able to pay himself. im sure of they were all rolling in dough over their, nobody would be getting cut, but that doesnt sound like the situation over at baker boys. and when you have dudes like riley hawk and cyril jackson coming up who rightfully deserve a spot, youve got to make some cuts if youre going to give the new guys a chance to shine. and ive got no way to prove it, but id be willing to bet riley and cj alone probably could move more decks than spanky, jeff, braydon, and heyl combined. its mostly young kids who buy baker boards, whos boards do you think theyre going to buy? its business.
unlike most companies baker kinda lives off its family/hijinx vibe as much as it does the skating and if you kick those 3 off it messes with that a little bit. everybody on the company doesnt have to be the best because baker isnt that type of company. you got some amazing skaters and then you get a bunch of crazy stuff thrown in the video and it keeps it interesting. same with the web clips. its not like they were getting paid boatloads. thats baker. braydon was the ben sanchez of baker and that was just fine.
maybe im wrong and baker 4 will be amazing but i feel like they did add something to the team.
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yeah. shane i kinda understand why hes off but the other 3 make no sense to me. reynolds cant just cave and find a way to pay them less to keep em on the team? will they finally put reno on the team?
why is this so hard for everyone to wrap their heads around? all of those dudes had a great run as pros. lenoce had 10+ years. shane had his time to shine, but hes right when he said that thing about doing noseslides and crooks for the rest of his life. nobody can argue that spanky hasnt been on his way out since baker 3. he came from winning tampa am in 03 and being one of the hottest young dudes in skating to putting out lazy parts. if you dont agree, thats fine, but its true. hes not what he used to be, and he never hit a point of greatness that would validate keeping him pro now. braydon is the only guy i really feel sort of bad for because he seems like hes still ripping just as hard, but at the same time he was always out shinned by multiple people on the team. he was never a stand out guy, and with a team of 8 pros not including the guys who got cut, it doesnt make sense to keep any more dudes who are going to be "filler" pros. all of these guys are good skaters, but theyve all had their run. baker might be a "family" but its also a business. andrew has to pay all his riders and still be able to pay himself. im sure of they were all rolling in dough over their, nobody would be getting cut, but that doesnt sound like the situation over at baker boys. and when you have dudes like riley hawk and cyril jackson coming up who rightfully deserve a spot, youve got to make some cuts if youre going to give the new guys a chance to shine. and ive got no way to prove it, but id be willing to bet riley and cj alone probably could move more decks than spanky, jeff, braydon, and heyl combined. its mostly young kids who buy baker boards, whos boards do you think theyre going to buy? its business.
unlike most companies baker kinda lives off its family/hijinx vibe as much as it does the skating and if you kick those 3 off it messes with that a little bit. everybody on the company doesnt have to be the best because baker isnt that type of company. you got some amazing skaters and then you get a bunch of crazy stuff thrown in the video and it keeps it interesting. same with the web clips. its not like they were getting paid boatloads. thats baker. braydon was the ben sanchez of baker and that was just fine.
maybe im wrong and baker 4 will be amazing but i feel like they did add something to the team.
i dont think your wrong. its just bakers time to change.
shit...
http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/ (http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/)
and i think its safe to say that things have gotten tough over at baker boys. the boss had to downgrade from the lac to a crown vic.
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i hope spanky will find a new sponsor
i like his tricks and his skating
this team kinda sucks except dustin and the boss...
when baker 2g and baker 3 came out i would have never thought that this company turns into something i dont care about
in terms of footage and videos and stuff
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I love how Dustin's favorite skater is Daewon.
And was Mike White ever on Baker? Riley and Cyril will definitely be the next pros. As much as I am not into the new generation Baker kids, I would say they are better then the ones that got kicked off.
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i was so obsessed with baker 3 its embarrassing. that video changed my life. baker's prime was 2g and 3. then the shake junt thing happened.
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I love how Dustin's favorite skater is Daewon.
And was Mike White ever on Baker? Riley and Cyril will definitely be the next pros. As much as I am not into the new generation Baker kids, I would say they are better then the ones that got kicked off.
Its crazy that nobody realizes this but its the truth whether they care if their favorite pros are getting kicked off or not face it CJ and Riley alone can put out more footage than all of them combined in less time and kids would eat it up.
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I love how Dustin's favorite skater is Daewon.
And was Mike White ever on Baker? Riley and Cyril will definitely be the next pros. As much as I am not into the new generation Baker kids, I would say they are better then the ones that got kicked off.
Its crazy that nobody realizes this but its the truth whether they care if their favorite pros are getting kicked off or not face it CJ and Riley alone can put out more footage than all of them combined in less time and kids would eat it up.
The truth is, that most of the kids have never even heard of any of those four dudes that were kicked of. They haven't really done much to keep their name relevant among the kids.
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Can't wait to see how Tristan Funkhouser does with Baker. First time I've ever been really stoked on a dude that young.
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I love how Dustin's favorite skater is Daewon.
And was Mike White ever on Baker? Riley and Cyril will definitely be the next pros. As much as I am not into the new generation Baker kids, I would say they are better then the ones that got kicked off.
Its crazy that nobody realizes this but its the truth whether they care if their favorite pros are getting kicked off or not face it CJ and Riley alone can put out more footage than all of them combined in less time and kids would eat it up.
The truth is, that most of the kids have never even heard of any of those four dudes that were kicked of. They haven't really done much to keep their name relevant among the kids.
yeah pretty much, Lenoce is good and had some sick footage since way back when, but i mean come one most of times his tricks stay around the same perimeter being a guaranteed switch heel, nollie 180's and inward heels. I normally would get hyped anything time he did a trick that didn't revolve around those. Spanky's situation is unfortunate but its happened before. Back in the This is skateboarding days Spanky was more famous and was looked forwarded to becoming something big more than Herman at the time. I can still remember that and it wasn't until his knee surgery that his skating seems to have less control when before he was so fluid. Braydon on the other hand was always pretty under the shadows of Spanky and Herman until baker 3 came out and killed it. Since then it looks like he hit the drugs a little too hard and just looks so out of it but his skating is still there and has gotten more tech. And Shane was just always there as a homie to the group and was given a chance to be what i thought from the beginning to be a temporary pro board since he started making a name for himself with shake junt. Once again these dudes ripped back in the early to mid 2000's and its hard to believe their run is up but that's life. They had a good run and put out some sick parts but its a new era and the new kids are coming in.
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No. Fuck you, Lenoce deserves a minimum of a full time job with the company and a fat severance package.
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No. Fuck you, Lenoce deserves a minimum of a full time job with the company and a fat severance package.
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What about Spanky? http://www.bakerskateboards.com/team (http://www.bakerskateboards.com/team)
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they finally updated it
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ITS FUNNY HOW YOU KIDS COMPARE BAKER 2 AND 3 THEY ARE COMPLETEY DIFFERENT
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(http://distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/619f6208219d11e3bad522000ab5bccf_7.jpg)
Braydon got a guest board on Brooklyn Projects. Usugrow art too. Might have to get that shit if it is online.
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Is that a mole or a tattoo ???
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Bat on face on bat
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Is that a mole or a tattoo ???
It is a tattoo of a mole. Latest NY trend.
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shit...
http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/ (http://bakerskateboards.com/team/andrew-reynolds/)
and i think its safe to say that things have gotten tough over at baker boys. the boss had to downgrade from the lac to a crown vic.
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Having to pay child support must be a bitch, I am glad I am not him...
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Not for life!
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Spanky off the team makes my heart hurt. :-[
i really cant stand any of the new guys.
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i heard they tried to peer pressure riley hawk into doing a couple pots and the birdman didnt like that so he told andy rainolds to kick them off or he would cover his car in birdshit. The boss didnt listen and his cadillac was ruined, thus making him downgrade cars. Lets just say birdman maid his point and riley pro board coming soon unless the andrew wants to be chewed up and regurgitated into the mouths of the birdmans birdchildren
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Or tony invested in Baker and Lakai and made them put Riley on
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Or tony invested in Baker and Lakai and made them put Riley on
its funny because i actually feel like its the exact opposite
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deal with it guys. baker 2g came out a long ass time ago. certain pros boardsales arent up to par with the checks theyre cashing to pay rent with.
im sure you will see jeff lenoce doing something you appreciate
same for spank dog and that dude braydon
cmon whats not to like about cj and dee? they rip it.
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Bat on face on bat
(http://distilleryimage7.s3.amazonaws.com/967513ea2c6c11e3be8622000a9f192b_7.jpg)
Fuck yes!!!
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i don't like this shit. if i were one of them i'd try to get on something else. i'm sure a lot of companies would be stoked to have one of them on their team, besides heyl. i could see spanky either on toy or starting a company with jerry hsu. how is austin stephens still on toy but these 3 are off baker...? weird.
& cj isn't my favorite but, he is really damn good. i can't really get into dee at all, his baker part was super 'eh' to me.
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Kevin Long - Emerica - This Is Skateboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY#)
forever.
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i don't like this shit. if i were one of them i'd try to get on something else. i'm sure a lot of companies would be stoked to have one of them on their team, besides heyl. i could see spanky either on toy or starting a company with jerry hsu. how is austin stephens still on toy but these 3 are off baker...? weird.
& cj isn't my favorite but, he is really damn good. i can't really get into dee at all, his baker part was super 'eh' to me.
I think Austin is the RVCA team manager now.
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I thought mike white was am
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poor spanky :'(
I'd rather him than TK
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I don't get the Spank or Lenoce Cut because i always thought they worked for there parts and Jeff has been around for awhile and spanky used
to be andrews butt buddy, before Herm Dogg stole him away. But Braydon i feel like parties probably a little too much and his skating has never
been that great and his attitude just over powers everything he does on a board and Shane knows he's not the best and offered up his spot
which i agree with even tho he has good flow and does a lot for the team, but he does the same bag of tricks and sticks to low impact, but after
the weekend buzz interview i do have a lot more respect for him and i like the way he acts now his brains all fucked up, the GOAT mouth shit
annoys the fuck outta me
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i don't like this shit. if i were one of them i'd try to get on something else. i'm sure a lot of companies would be stoked to have one of them on their team, besides heyl. i could see spanky either on toy or starting a company with jerry hsu. how is austin stephens still on toy but these 3 are off baker...? weird.
& cj isn't my favorite but, he is really damn good. i can't really get into dee at all, his baker part was super 'eh' to me.
Probably because they're two completely different companies.
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Kevin Long - Emerica - This Is Skateboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NBGBWbQIY#)
forever.
I like Spanky, but this was pretty much his peak.
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I understand the board sales aspect but I don't get how tk, baca and as much as I hate to say it, dollin can still be considered worth keeping. I get tk because of his marketing ability but physical ability? The dude has been running the same tricks since 2g. Baca rips pools and shit but I stkll don't get how he can be considered to keep over braydon or lenoce. And I love dollin but he's on his way out with what seems like heavy drinking and age. Bummer all around but its time to usher in the new era
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Once a skater gains acceptance/approval from a large enough demographic to maintain steady high board sales, talent and productivity go out the window. Its all about the $$$ at the end of the day unfortunately. This has been and always will be the case. Business is business. Dirtymac lifelesson 101.
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poor spanky :'(
I'd rather him than TK
That's because you're a fucking racist.
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Wouldn't be surprised if Heyl and Spanky sat down and decided to give Reynolds the boot from GOAT, seems only fair.
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I understand the board sales aspect but I don't get how tk, baca and as much as I hate to say it, dollin can still be considered worth keeping. I get tk because of his marketing ability but physical ability? The dude has been running the same tricks since 2g. Baca rips pools and shit but I stkll don't get how he can be considered to keep over braydon or lenoce. And I love dollin but he's on his way out with what seems like heavy drinking and age. Bummer all around but its time to usher in the new era
yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eezxstdhBRE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eezxstdhBRE)
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spanky could be on 3D, lenoce on blind , braydon on black label
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I can't be the only one that still enjoys spanky's skating. With so many stair and rail dudes on Baker, it's good to have some diversity. But I guess board sales say otherwise. Hopefully Spanky's still got some juice to land him a spot on a brand.
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spanky could be on 3D, lenoce on blind , braydon on black label
braydon on bartender at max fish
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I can't be the only one that still enjoys spanky's skating. With so many stair and rail dudes on Baker, it's good to have some diversity. But I guess board sales say otherwise. Hopefully Spanky's still got some juice to land him a spot on a brand.
I enjoy his newer parts more than his older ones.
Sees like he gets more creative now instead of just skating the biggest rails and stairs he can.
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I can't seem to find that bklyn profits board that Braydon got. Can anyone get me a link to buy one?
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I can't be the only one that still enjoys spanky's skating. With so many stair and rail dudes on Baker, it's good to have some diversity. But I guess board sales say otherwise. Hopefully Spanky's still got some juice to land him a spot on a brand.
After Baker 3 and the knee problems he was trying to rebrand himself as a vegan Dan Drehobl who could hurl down shit if he had too. Personally I was digging it, but I do understand why others didn't.
I can see him on 3D or whatever the fuck Alex Olson ends up doing.
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Lenoce - shame on you Andrew. Triple OG.
Brandon - rehab with Gary Busey. But still ripping...
Spanky - permo ice bath sex change.
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spanky could be on 3D, lenoce on blind , braydon on black label
braydon on bartender at max fish
braydon on LE
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I can't be the only one that still enjoys spanky's skating. With so many stair and rail dudes on Baker, it's good to have some diversity. But I guess board sales say otherwise. Hopefully Spanky's still got some juice to land him a spot on a brand.
I enjoy his newer parts more than his older ones.
Sees like he gets more creative now instead of just skating the biggest rails and stairs he can.
i definitely agree with both of you. i love spanky's skating.
the thing i am honestly bummed on the most is that they took their boards off the catalog with no warning. obviously, they have to away their boards but... they could have left a few in there just for the rest of the year during holiday season. i'm sure there's plenty of people who really want to snag a spanky/lenoce baker board for the wall before they are all gone. i'm still really grateful that i coincidentally got a heath aws board just a month before his 'retirement'... definitely a collectible.
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with lenoce i wonder if he'll work for baker boys.. kind of like how some of the OG girl/chocolate dudes work behind the scenes. it'd be cool if lenoce would wanna solidify the brand he's been riding for since it began.
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I thought mike white was am
no one knows who mike white is?
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Yeah and after watching more and more lenoce footage it is interesting that he has had all his same tricks on lock since the beginning. But then again, that's what I like about him. He kept it trill rather than starting to do front foot flips bec they became popular. He's in a category similar to Cairo foster. Definitely still deserves a board.
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Yeah and after watching more and more lenoce footage it is interesting that he has had all his same tricks on lock since the beginning. But then again, that's what I like about him. He kept it trill rather than starting to do front foot flips bec they became popular. He's in a category similar to Cairo foster. Definitely still deserves a board.
???
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Kinda bummed on Lenoce. He's true OG and this part is by far his best one, and it came out like 1-2 years ago.
Shake Junt - jeff lenoce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0QCqzxaA0#)
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Kinda bummed on Lenoce. He's true OG and this part is by far his best one, and it came out like 1-2 years ago.
Shake Junt - jeff lenoce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0QCqzxaA0#)
Damn, thanks for posting this, the part got me stoked.
Lenoce still deserves that board!
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with lenoce� i wonder if he'll work for baker boys.. kind of like how some of the OG girl/chocolate dudes work behind the scenes. it'd be cool if lenoce would wanna solidify the brand he's been riding for since it began.
but lenoce can actually skate at a pro level still, it sucks they took his board, he was one of the dudes on baker i actually like
Yeah same here, I liked Lenoce.
Everyone around here says, "he's gonna work at the distribution". But who says if that is what's he wants? It's not because baker took his board that he can't get one anywhere else... dude's too good to pack a box of shirts if you ask me.
Could see him on skate mafia or something...
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His part in Baker2g is the tits.
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braydon - L.E
lenoce - back to birdhouse
spanky - olson stuff
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What happend to the dude Mike White though? He fucking kills it and was am before Riley and Cyril Jackson.
Mike White - Chicken Bone Nowison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtLMULSH5o#)
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Only positive things can come for spanky if he gets on Olsons company. I mean, in the art world neckface can only take you so far - at some point you gotta move to new york and start smoking old gay guys poles.
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What happend to the dude Mike White though? He fucking kills it and was am before Riley and Cyril Jackson.
Mike White - Chicken Bone Nowison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtLMULSH5o#)
SORRY YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD AT SKATING IN 2013
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What happend to the dude Mike White though? He fucking kills it and was am before Riley and Cyril Jackson.
Mike White - Chicken Bone Nowison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtLMULSH5o#)
SORRY YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD AT SKATING IN 2013
You put the "blo" in Sean Pablo
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What happend to the dude Mike White though? He fucking kills it and was am before Riley and Cyril Jackson.
Mike White - Chicken Bone Nowison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtLMULSH5o#)
Looks like he got demoted when it was time to be promoted.
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fuck all you fags prolly ignored me cause yall didnt even know who mike white was till someone actually posted his shake junt part...... that by the way was way before 2013, fuck boy.....you kooks probably dont even know he has a part in bake and destroy and was even in the Baker ams ad right after the video.....
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What happend to the dude Mike White though? He fucking kills it and was am before Riley and Cyril Jackson.
Mike White - Chicken Bone Nowison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtLMULSH5o#)
I think that guy went on KOTR with Birdhouse.
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braydon - L.E
lenoce - back to birdhouse
spanky - olson stuff
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What happend to the dude Mike White though? He fucking kills it and was am before Riley and Cyril Jackson.
Mike White - Chicken Bone Nowison (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtLMULSH5o#)
I think that guy went on KOTR with Birdhouse.
that was gravette
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with lenoce� i wonder if he'll work for baker boys.. kind of like how some of the OG girl/chocolate dudes work behind the scenes. it'd be cool if lenoce would wanna solidify the brand he's been riding for since it began.
but lenoce can actually skate at a pro level still, it sucks they took his board, he was one of the dudes on baker i actually like
Yeah same here, I liked Lenoce.
Everyone around here says, "he's gonna work at the distribution". But who says if that is what's he wants? It's not because baker took his board that he can't get one anywhere else... dude's too good to pack a box of shirts if you ask me.
Could see him on skate mafia or something...
I just read an interview with Nathan Jackson in the latest Slam Mag (Australian)
And he said he spoke to Lenoce about it and he wasnt psyched about having his board taken away but was looking forward to doing stuff at Baker Boys.
Only secondhand info but Nathan is on Baker/Shake Junt flow and homies with those guys.
Im sure if Lenoce worked at Baker Boys Reynolds would sort him out with a better position that a warehouse dude.
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at least, though most of us already knew it.... there is real confirmation.
(http://i44.tinypic.com/255s8sh.png)
source: http://bakerskateboards.com/team (http://bakerskateboards.com/team)
edit: i see that i am a little late on the subject, and the page was updated a while ago. sorry!!!
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Jake is pro.
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skateboarding is still young in 100 years everything will sort itsslef ou and rules be implemented
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Pffttt yeah, it's like, dude hasn't had last part in a video in what, like 8 months? Is he just chilling somewhere, waiting for his board to be taken away?
Osiris Never Gets Old JT Aultz - TransWorld SKATEboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF96vVV1K4M#)
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Osiris Never Gets Old JT Aultz - TransWorld SKATEboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF96vVV1K4M#)
I forgot about that part. fucking sick nose mannies.
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Kinda bummed on Lenoce. He's true OG and this part is by far his best one, and it came out like 1-2 years ago.
Shake Junt - jeff lenoce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk0QCqzxaA0#)
jeff looks weird in those slim fit pants
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ernie has put out plenty of footage lately. youre a fucking idiot if you think he is milking it
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Osiris Never Gets Old JT Aultz - TransWorld SKATEboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF96vVV1K4M#)
i was just using real as a example of a team thats got a lot of talent in one plate. i think its awesome they've got a big team.
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Osiris Never Gets Old JT Aultz - TransWorld SKATEboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF96vVV1K4M#)
Jt has had coverage in the last few transworld mags with the Osiris tour, transworlds skatepark and the scattered vids on the web.
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holy shit that nose manual up the black marble kink hubba is fucking insane!
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ernie has put out plenty of footage lately. youre a fucking idiot if you think he is milking it
(http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2002/11/stop_lying_to_children.gif)
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Osiris Never Gets Old JT Aultz - TransWorld SKATEboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF96vVV1K4M#)
Yeah...I kinda just wanted an excuse to post that part.
holy shit that nose manual up the black marble kink hubba is fucking insane!
I can't imagine having that kind of power with nose manuals. Has anyone else done one up something that big?
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i was thinking that if baker dropped dudes who weren't putting out stuff as much as the ams/younger dudes. think about the other teams out there that have pros that aren't producing while having ams/younger dudes. Real came to mind - they've got dudes like kyle walker, ishod, jake donnely and david torgerson while ernie torres, jt aultz still have boards.. donnely will go pro soon so i wonder if they'll take people off or just have one big ass team. not to say that anyone deserves the boot from Real they just have a BIG pro team with a bunch of really good am's who pump out a lot more shit than the other dudes.
Osiris Never Gets Old JT Aultz - TransWorld SKATEboarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF96vVV1K4M#)
I forgot about that part. fucking sick nose mannies.
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would love to see a lenoce gest board
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Don't worry they have their own company in the works.
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(http://s24.postimg.org/cocw34ggl/2011_jeff_lenoce_2.jpg)
(http://s23.postimg.org/sbtf217tn/2007_braydon_szafranski_4.jpg)
(http://s24.postimg.org/u4z2yn4np/2003_jeff_leonce.jpg)
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I'm sorry but baker isn't the "baker" i grew up with anymore with all the new riders they added, graphics etc. J. Strickland pretty much predicted all of this a while back in that interview.
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Don't worry they have their own company in the works.
Yeah, with all the new companies coming up these dudes are the ones that will make it work... ::)
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Don't worry they have their own company in the works.
Yeah, with all the new companies coming up these dudes are the ones that will make it work... ::)
Well heyl's got shake junt so hes got something already going and isn't Braydon owner of Happy Hour shades? Best wishes to Spanky and Lenoce though.
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I'm sorry but baker isn't the "baker" i grew up with anymore with all the new riders they added, graphics etc.� J. Strickland pretty much predicted all of this a while back in that interview.�
J. Strickland is nothing short of a genius. I mean who else couldve predicted that after 10+ years their team riders and graphics would be different than when they started out.
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I'm sorry but baker isn't the "baker" i grew up with anymore with all the new riders they added, graphics etc.� J. Strickland pretty much predicted all of this a while back in that interview.�
J. Strickland is nothing short of a genius. I mean who else couldve predicted that after 10+ years their team riders and graphics would be different than when they started out.
i meant to put that they would go back to his old style of ads and ways of doing things, dudes latching on wanting to be down, etc. The things he would've hated to happen happened basically.
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I'm sorry but baker isn't the "baker" i grew up with anymore with all the new riders they added, graphics etc.� J. Strickland pretty much predicted all of this a while back in that interview.�
J. Strickland is nothing short of a genius. I mean who else couldve predicted that after 10+ years their team riders and graphics would be different than when they started out.
i meant to put that they would go back to his old style of ads and ways of doing things, dudes latching on wanting to be down, etc. The things he would've hated to happen happened basically.
J should bring bootleg back and put these stragglers on board.
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Braydon's nearly out of the industry completely it seems... no Baker, no Emerica and does anyone know any other sponsors he has? That face tat isn't going to help much anywhere else neither. Strange days are coming...
I'm pretty sure he runs Happy Hour Shades.
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Braydons touring with Little Wanye bro.
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Maybe he has the Zenetti Skate Team still sponsoring him along with P.Rod, STEVE Williams, TK and Gerome Rogers....bahahahahaha
http://hypebeast.com/2008/7/zenetti-skate-team (http://hypebeast.com/2008/7/zenetti-skate-team)
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who gives a shit about braydon the kook came from nothing he can go back to nothing
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who gives a shit about braydon the kook came from nothing he can go back to nothing
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who gives a shit about braydon the kook came from nothing he can go back to nothing
Harsh
Disregarding the "weed saves lives" line, the dude clearly loves skating. He may or may not be relevant now. But I have nothing but respect for some one who gets out of Vegas and makes something of themselves.
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It makes me sad that somebody would imply that Jt Aultz is milking it. Remember how fucked up he got skating recently? Was in a coma right?
In addition to the osiris part, he had footage in the Ambig video to
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For anyone that cares. Lenoce posted some sketches on his instagram and basically confirmed he works for bakerboys now and is going to school.
side note: lmao on dudes screen name
(http://i.imgur.com/W5AKzLk.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/W5AKzLk)
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Good for him. That's rad that Baker hooking him up with a job. Depending on things, that career could be longer than his pro one. The worst is skaters having to do dead end jobs cause they never got a higher education or the hook up to do something else.
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i wonder what they have him doing? probably warehouse work which that equivalent to working a retail job in some cases. At least he's with his homies. I wonder if he still goes and films and tries to be productive in skating. If braydon can get a shoe deal I'm sure he can fit in somewhere
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jeff's probably a rep, it isn't the hardest job on the planet and i'd order some stupid shake junt shirt if it meant small talkin' with a switch heel vet.
i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
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i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
I miss him too, BBD should cut heroin and let Spanky make a company instead..
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i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
Yeah that's a great idea, drop a brand that more than ten years deep with a truly international team and following and give a skater you just dropped and who has said he's over it a brand. Bravo.
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i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
Spanky is done. although some people don't want to accept or feel it was wrong to have dropped them, they weren't really doing anything to push baker or any of their brands up. They all for the most part became really uninteresting or lack the skill to maintain a pro career. Better now then later down the line when you are to old to get your life together. Last thing i want for either of them is to become the next Castillo.
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What ever happened to Mike White? Did he just bail after Bake and Destroy?
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I wouldn't say Spanky is done just yet, he had a big fat frontside grind to drop in a very recent House of Hammers edit. He can still take them hefty impacts even after all his surgeries.
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Good for him. That's rad that Baker hooking him up with a job. Depending on things, that career could be longer than his pro one. The worst is skaters having to do dead end jobs cause they never got a higher education or the hook up to do something else.
like working in the warehouse of the company you used to be pro for?!?!?
I love Lenoce, but don't make it like they're doing him any favors or setting him up for a career outside of skating.
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Good for him. That's rad that Baker hooking him up with a job. Depending on things, that career could be longer than his pro one. The worst is skaters having to do dead end jobs cause they never got a higher education or the hook up to do something else.
like working in the warehouse of the company you used to be pro for?!?!?
I love Lenoce, but don't make it like they're doing him any favors or setting him up for a career outside of skating.
I doubt hes getting the salary that he was use to when he was pro and had all his sponsors. I do think it was good of them to possibly offer some kind of job while going to school and still being involved with baker somehow. I find it incredibly sad sometimes when washed up pro's in their early to mid 30's are forced to get their lives together similar to kids 18-19 fresh out of high school,working a part time and going to college, your talking about 10 to 15 year gap there. Its worse when none of them had a back up plan and they had the money to do so but instead wasted it on drugs or the lifestyle. Best of luck to all of them.
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^^^^Exactly. I wasn't glorifying his current job but more so how Baker is allowing him to work and go to school at the same time. I mean I am sure dude can do homework there and being flexible on things. It's tough trying to balance both if one is more strict than the other.
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Good for him. That's rad that Baker hooking him up with a job. Depending on things, that career could be longer than his pro one. The worst is skaters having to do dead end jobs cause they never got a higher education or the hook up to do something else.
like working in the warehouse of the company you used to be pro for?!?!?
I love Lenoce, but don't make it like they're doing him any favors or setting him up for a career outside of skating.
I doubt hes getting the salary that he was use to when he was pro and had all his sponsors. I do think it was good of them to possibly offer some kind of job while going to school and still being involved with baker somehow. I find it incredibly sad sometimes when washed up pro's in their early to mid 30's are forced to get their lives together similar to kids 18-19 fresh out of high school,working a part time and going to college, your talking about 10 to 15 year gap there. Its worse when none of them had a back up plan and they had the money to do so but instead wasted it on drugs or the lifestyle. Best of luck to all of them.
Well they were able to do whatever the fuck they wanted for those 15 years while being in their physical prime. Most people don't have any moment in their life where they'd be able to do anything similar. So I don't feel sad at all for somebody who has to get their first real job at the age of 35.
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Good for him. That's rad that Baker hooking him up with a job. Depending on things, that career could be longer than his pro one. The worst is skaters having to do dead end jobs cause they never got a higher education or the hook up to do something else.
like working in the warehouse of the company you used to be pro for?!?!?
I love Lenoce, but don't make it like they're doing him any favors or setting him up for a career outside of skating.
I doubt hes getting the salary that he was use to when he was pro and had all his sponsors. I do think it was good of them to possibly offer some kind of job while going to school and still being involved with baker somehow. I find it incredibly sad sometimes when washed up pro's in their early to mid 30's are forced to get their lives together similar to kids 18-19 fresh out of high school,working a part time and going to college, your talking about 10 to 15 year gap there. Its worse when none of them had a back up plan and they had the money to do so but instead wasted it on drugs or the lifestyle. Best of luck to all of them.
Well they were able to do whatever the fuck they wanted for those 15 years while being in their physical prime. Most people don't have any moment in their life where they'd be able to do anything similar. So I don't feel sad at all for somebody who has to get their first real job at the age of 35.
It really does suck though. I mean if that doesn't cause a nervous breakdown i don't know what would. I mean no backup money, no insurance, and even friends that you grew up with give you the boot, it must be extremely awkward. But nobody ever learns, history will keep repeating itself even after countless examples as to what happens in the unfortunate world of skateboarding when your 15th minute of fame is up. No athlete can make a living for the rest of their life being an athlete. I'm glad i realized that very young and decided early on to be responsible and look at the big picture. That cocky ignorant kid attitude about fuck school I'm doing this will catch up to you if you are not responsible.
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i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
10 years? I had never heard a thing about it untill a year or two ago, also, their team is who? Shumizu, Chet, The Weird Asian dude, Doucheman of the dark woods, and some guy named hogie?
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i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR YOU ARE
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I don't know if there's a more appropriate place to put this so I'll just leave it here. Dropping these guys definitely frees up some money on the payroll. Perhaps some of that will be going to Rowan soon?
http://instagram.com/p/k7qwa9D5vi/ (http://instagram.com/p/k7qwa9D5vi/)
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most of spankys b-sides for stay gold were filmed a year or two after filming for the video. If you dont think dude is progressing from his knee injury after that then i dunno what will sway you. Dude stick a fs flip over that gigantic rail neen variel heeled and furby sw flipped, among many other things besides trannybanktranny.....do urself a favor and watch his emerica stay gold b-sides, dude is not close to being washed up yet
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i still like spanky but he seems like someone you back or don't.. i think he's got plenty more to give.. he's always on atibas instagram and seems to be filming, i dont know what boysofsummer is but hopefully he'll drop a part soon and get back on from his pro - flow status..
SPANKY GIVE US A REASON TO STILL LIKE YOU!!
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I don't know if there's a more appropriate place to put this so I'll just leave it here. Dropping these guys definitely frees up some money on the payroll. Perhaps some of that will be going to Rowan soon?
http://instagram.com/p/k7qwa9D5vi/ (http://instagram.com/p/k7qwa9D5vi/)
hopefully this means he is gonna have a part in the vans video
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I don't know if there's a more appropriate place to put this so I'll just leave it here. Dropping these guys definitely frees up some money on the payroll. Perhaps some of that will be going to Rowan soon?
http://instagram.com/p/k7qwa9D5vi/ (http://instagram.com/p/k7qwa9D5vi/)
hopefully this means he is gonna have a part in the vans video
Very true. I was just thinking this after watching his old parts today. Love his style.
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i wonder what spanky's up to... i mean, besides listening to morrisey... i miss that little fella.
So, you don't know what you're talking about. Thanks for clearing that up for us.
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i still like spanky but he seems like someone you back or don't.. i think he's got plenty more to give.. he's always on atibas instagram and seems to be filming, i dont know what boysofsummer is but hopefully he'll drop a part soon and get back on from his pro - flow status..
SPANKY GIVE US A REASON TO STILL LIKE YOU!!
supreme video. I don't know if he'll have a legitimate part but he'll definitely have some clips.
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Good for him. That's rad that Baker hooking him up with a job. Depending on things, that career could be longer than his pro one. The worst is skaters having to do dead end jobs cause they never got a higher education or the hook up to do something else.
like working in the warehouse of the company you used to be pro for?!?!?
I love Lenoce, but don't make it like they're doing him any favors or setting him up for a career outside of skating.
I doubt hes getting the salary that he was use to when he was pro and had all his sponsors. I do think it was good of them to possibly offer some kind of job while going to school and still being involved with baker somehow. I find it incredibly sad sometimes when washed up pro's in their early to mid 30's are forced to get their lives together similar to kids 18-19 fresh out of high school,working a part time and going to college, your talking about 10 to 15 year gap there. Its worse when none of them had a back up plan and they had the money to do so but instead wasted it on drugs or the lifestyle. Best of luck to all of them.
Well they were able to do whatever the fuck they wanted for those 15 years while being in their physical prime. Most people don't have any moment in their life where they'd be able to do anything similar. So I don't feel sad at all for somebody who has to get their first real job at the age of 35.
people have to take responsibility for their own choices. if skateboarders are too short-sighted to see that they should prepare for a life post-career, then it's their own fault. people are products of their own decisions - it's no different for pro skateboarders
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i still like spanky but he seems like someone you back or don't.. i think he's got plenty more to give.. he's always on atibas instagram and seems to be filming, i dont know what boysofsummer is but hopefully he'll drop a part soon and get back on from his pro - flow status..
SPANKY GIVE US A REASON TO STILL LIKE YOU!!
supreme video. I don't know if he'll have a legitimate part but he'll definitely have some clips.
again, the supreme video is called Cherry. that other thing is a completely different entity.
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
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"skateboarding doesn't owe you shit. it owes you wheel bite in the rain. you owe skateboarding."
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i still like spanky but he seems like someone you back or don't.. i think he's got plenty more to give.. he's always on atibas instagram and seems to be filming, i dont know what boysofsummer is but hopefully he'll drop a part soon and get back on from his pro - flow status..
SPANKY GIVE US A REASON TO STILL LIKE YOU!!
supreme video. I don't know if he'll have a legitimate part but he'll definitely have some clips.
again, the supreme video is called Cherry. that other thing is a completely different entity.
I thought #boysofsummer was just a hashtag that denoted them filming for the supreme video during the past summer, since it's basically all the same people involved.
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
seriously. at 27 im one of 3 skaters i know with a job that doesnt pay in cash
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
seriously. at 27 im one of 3 skaters i know with a job that doesnt pay in cash
You lost me there....
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
But hopefully those 30+ people were actually working some sort of job. Job history can get you at least some progression if you don't have a degree. If Lenoce tried to get a job, he couldn't even put he was a pro skater on his resume.
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
seriously. at 27 im one of 3 skaters i know with a job that doesnt pay in cash
You lost me there....
i think he just means under the table/not on the books.
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
seriously. at 27 im one of 3 skaters i know with a job that doesnt pay in cash
You lost me there....
i think he just means under the table/not on the books.
Then wouldn't that be payed by cash and not by an actual check? I think we've all had jobs like that. My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
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i still like spanky but he seems like someone you back or don't.. i think he's got plenty more to give.. he's always on atibas instagram and seems to be filming, i dont know what boysofsummer� is but hopefully he'll drop a part soon and get back on from his pro - flow status..
SPANKY GIVE US A REASON TO STILL LIKE YOU!!
supreme video. I don't know if he'll have a legitimate part but he'll definitely have some clips.
again, the supreme video is called Cherry. that other thing is a completely different entity.
I thought #boysofsummer was just a hashtag that denoted them filming for the supreme video during the past summer, since it's basically all the same people involved.
nope, atiba is working on the boys of summer video. cherry is something else entirely.
http://instagram.com/p/kAUhUCSDzQ/ (http://instagram.com/p/kAUhUCSDzQ/)
http://instagram.com/p/jVT42MyD2o/ (http://instagram.com/p/jVT42MyD2o/)
http://instagram.com/p/i2bDKwSD1c/ (http://instagram.com/p/i2bDKwSD1c/)
http://instagram.com/p/hNXDCcyD8v/ (http://instagram.com/p/hNXDCcyD8v/)
once again, they are two different videos.
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My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
And you think that's cool or legit? Or no?
Fucking aggravating for me, a taxpayer.
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My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
And you think that's cool or legit? Or no?
Fucking aggravating for me, a taxpayer.
Can't knock the hustle!
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My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
And you think that's cool or legit?? Or no?
Fucking aggravating for me, a taxpayer.
Can't knock the hustle!
If "the hustle" is being a lazy fuck and living off of other people's money for free... then yeah
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
seriously. at 27 im one of 3 skaters i know with a job that doesnt pay in cash
You lost me there....
i think he just means under the table/not on the books. �
Then wouldn't that be payed by cash and not by an actual check? I think we've all had jobs like that. My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
i wasnt trying to diss your friend or anyone else. i was referring to the idea of career type jobs vs working for cash under the table at skate shops/restaurants/random odd-jobs.
your friend is an asshole for that.
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
seriously. at 27 im one of 3 skaters i know with a job that doesnt pay in cash
You lost me there....
i think he just means under the table/not on the books. ?
Then wouldn't that be payed by cash and not by an actual check? I think we've all had jobs like that. My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
i wasnt trying to diss your friend or anyone else. i was referring to the idea of career type jobs vs working for cash under the table at skate shops/restaurants/random odd-jobs.
your friend is an asshole for that.
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Wow, why do so many people care about this guy's friend getting unemployment checks while doing a bartending gig? Mere fractions of people's cents in his home state are going towards that, boo freaking hoo. Fuck money and fuck landlords and fuck the Government, that guy is doing it right.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
This.
It's totally fun working my ass off the entire year, nights, weekends and more only to ship off a 5 figure check, while a bunch of fleas sit around getting drunk, waiting for their tax refund after being on unemployment for half the year.
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My friend collects unemployment checks and gets payed under the table cash working at a bar. Needless to say hes making really good money and has been doing this for some time now.
And you think that's cool or legit? Or no?
Fucking aggravating for me, a taxpayer.
Can't knock the hustle!
Your friend probably "loves haters" too because they "motivate" him. You both sound like assholes. A real hustle is supporting yourself and not taking a fucking handout while thinking you're putting one over on people.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
oh boohoo, you can't get another beamer, sounds like you're really struggling
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As far as my friend goes this is really happening. Dude has a kid too. So he gets a fat check at the end of the year as well. I agree with most and have told him myself that's a dick thing to do and he's fucking lazy. I'm making a over 50k and after taxes and insurance for the whole family which is expensive I'm bringing home in just a little more than he is. It sucks and frustrates me when the middle class get no help for anything but people who do shady shit live pretty much the same life as someone who had to work hard to get there. But trust me there are far more worse stories out there for sure.
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I've spent plenty of time collecting unemployment and working another job. Thanks for helping me pay for the weed guys.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
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I've spent plenty of time collecting unemployment and working another job. Thanks for helping me pay for the weed guys.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
Your right, it doesn't only go to keeping lazy bums fat and drugged up, it also goes to war, which eats up a major chunk of the money that could go to "hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that."
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
With an education like yours I would be extolling the virtues of a welfare state.
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
With an education like yours I would be extolling the virtues of a welfare state.
You couldn't find any flaws in my logic so you decided to go for a baseless personal attack? Next time, don't reply unless you have some facts to counter with instead of trying to make yourself look smart. You're not fooling anyone.
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
With an education like yours I would be extolling the virtues of a welfare state.
You couldn't find any flaws in my logic so you decided to go for a baseless personal attack? Next time, don't reply unless you have some facts to counter with instead of trying to make yourself look smart. You're not fooling anyone.
Well I could have put effort into replying but I think you're a piece of shit so I don't care.
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
With an education like yours I would be extolling the virtues of a welfare state.
You couldn't find any flaws in my logic so you decided to go for a baseless personal attack? Next time, don't reply unless you have some facts to counter with instead of trying to make yourself look smart. You're not fooling anyone.
Well I could have put effort into replying but I think you're a piece of shit so I don't care.
Spanky on welfare
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
the percentage of your check that goes to welfare and positive things is infinitesimally small compared to cop salaries and blowing up other countries. you believe everything you hear on bill o'reilly?
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
With an education like yours I would be extolling the virtues of a welfare state.
You couldn't find any flaws in my logic so you decided to go for a baseless personal attack? Next time, don't reply unless you have some facts to counter with instead of trying to make yourself look smart. You're not fooling anyone.
Well I could have put effort into replying but I think you're a piece of shit so I don't care.
Nice cop out. You know I'm right so instead of shutting the fuck up you come with more personal attacks. Do yourself a favor and stop replying.
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
..........First of all, just because I don't think it's cool that there are dudes out there getting paid for nothing doesn't mean I'm conservative, I fucking hate Bill O'Reilly's guts. You need to escape the left wing-right wing polarization conditioning if you are ever going to think for yourself. Second of all, I'm completely aware what most taxes actually fund, and I'm even more against that shit than lazy dudes getting paid for my hard work. So...you wanna try again?
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And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve?
No, there's this thing called having a job. No matter what percentage of my check goes to these types of people doesn't make a difference. The point is that millions of dollars are being collected from hard working people and given away to people who don't need it. I'm all for my tax dollars going towards things that are positive for society but there's a huge problem with unemployment welfare being taken advantage of in this country. You're one of those sheep who believe everything the government tells you huh? Dude wants to sit on a couch all day and get fucked up? I couldn't care less, more power to him if that's what makes him happy. He can get a fucking job at a fast food restaurant or a gas station.
..........First of all, just because I don't think it's cool that there are dudes out there getting paid for nothing doesn't mean I'm conservative, I fucking hate Bill O'Reilly's guts. You need to escape the left wing-right wing polarization conditioning if you are ever going to think for yourself. Second of all, I'm completely aware what most taxes actually fund, and I'm even more against that shit than lazy dudes getting paid for my hard work. So...you wanna try again?
the o'reilly comment was cause you accused dude of being a 'sheep' and believing everything the government said. i'm not left or right wing. did you miss the part where he said his buddy works under the table? if he's drawing that means he at some point worked 'in the system' and now he's working and drawing, ethically questionable but hardly lazy.
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Ex Skateboard pro or not a lot of people at 30+ don't have there shit together or are working on it. That's life.
But hopefully those 30+ people were actually working some sort of job. Job history can get you at least some progression if you don't have a degree. If Lenoce tried to get a job, he couldn't even put he was a pro skater on his resume.
Why not? I mean... why wouldn't he list Lakai or Baker as his employers? It's not like has to state he spent 10 years chilling on his couch. In my eyes, he does have a job history (contrary to some other people without a degree).
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read this post by the donger on the book and thought of the latest posts in this thread...
IF WE HAVE EVOLVED SHOULDN'T SURVIVAL BE MORE FREE?
I think we got it Twisted. We are actually living in the Dark Ages, where we feel we have to produce intelligence through our minds in the form of technology, rather than experience the intelligence that is around and readily available. Think of it like this, some, like "Nikola Tesla", wanted to harness free energy to be free, while others like "Thomas Edison" wanted to monopolize energy to make money, along with J.P. Morgan(guess who won) The understanding and split of two different minds lead us to our present dilemma "unsustainable energy" Imagine if we lived towards Tesla's direction? Profit and Greed won! As opposed to Share and Live! Well guess what, most are scraping to live with only the motive of Survival, as opposed to the motive of Experience! Ain't that a bitch!!!
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
There's a difference between a social safety net, which is what unemployment and welfare were designed to be, and scamming the system. So fucking WHAT if he wants to sit around all day doing drugs? Sure, do it, but be responsible enough to pay for it your damn self. Fucking "life trajectories" have nothing to do with this, it's simply that an asshole who'd "rather not" work taxes the fuck out of all already over-taxed system that is meant to get people over a rough spot until they can stand on their own two feet. And, oh yeah, dude, we are paying for him to do that. Everyone who works pays income tax, which is how the governments, both state and federal, get the money to, among other things (hospitals and roads, like you so kindly pointed out), pay fucking lazy creeps like we're talking about money that's supposed to go towards rent and food. Do you have any fucking idea how our government works? I can just imagine the sheer amount of books you've never read.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
There's a difference between a social safety net, which is what unemployment and welfare were designed to be, and scamming the system. So fucking WHAT if he wants to sit around all day doing drugs? Sure, do it, but be responsible enough to pay for it your damn self. Fucking "life trajectories" have nothing to do with this, it's simply that an asshole who'd "rather not" work taxes the fuck out of all already over-taxed system that is meant to get people over a rough spot until they can stand on their own two feet. And, oh yeah, dude, we are paying for him to do that. Everyone who works pays income tax, which is how the governments, both state and federal, get the money to, among other things (hospitals and roads, like you so kindly pointed out), pay fucking lazy creeps like we're talking about money that's supposed to go towards rent and food. Do you have any fucking idea how our government works? I can just imagine the sheer amount of books you've never read.
While life trajectories may not explain every instance, they certainly fucking do have a great deal to do with this. You can complain about the fleas living off your tax money(which is fucked), but if you're going to you better complain about the tax cuts for the super rich passing the buck down to you.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. �People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. �I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). �So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant �::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
There's a difference between a social safety net, which is what unemployment and welfare were designed to be, and scamming the system. So fucking WHAT if he wants to sit around all day doing drugs? Sure, do it, but be responsible enough to pay for it your damn self. Fucking "life trajectories" have nothing to do with this, it's simply that an asshole who'd "rather not" work taxes the fuck out of all already over-taxed system that is meant to get people over a rough spot until they can stand on their own two feet. And, oh yeah, dude, we are paying for him to do that. Everyone who works pays income tax, which is how the governments, both state and federal, get the money to, among other things (hospitals and roads, like you so kindly pointed out), pay fucking lazy creeps like we're talking about money that's supposed to go towards rent and food. Do you have any fucking idea how our government works? I can just imagine the sheer amount of books you've never read.
Broad sweeping statements on the books you imagine I haven't read on an internet forum make you look like an idiot.
All I'm saying is that a society that doesn't take care of people who are to dumb or lazy to get a job is not a society I want to be a part of. Do I think it is admirable that someone wants to be a druggie? I don't. But taking care of the weakest members of society or those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable by society is a reflection of that society. Do you want to live in a society that allows poverty to be perpetuated and all the negative impacts that go along with that? No. But it seems you want that extra plasma in the kitchen.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant ::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
There's a difference between a social safety net, which is what unemployment and welfare were designed to be, and scamming the system. So fucking WHAT if he wants to sit around all day doing drugs? Sure, do it, but be responsible enough to pay for it your damn self. Fucking "life trajectories" have nothing to do with this, it's simply that an asshole who'd "rather not" work taxes the fuck out of all already over-taxed system that is meant to get people over a rough spot until they can stand on their own two feet. And, oh yeah, dude, we are paying for him to do that. Everyone who works pays income tax, which is how the governments, both state and federal, get the money to, among other things (hospitals and roads, like you so kindly pointed out), pay fucking lazy creeps like we're talking about money that's supposed to go towards rent and food. Do you have any fucking idea how our government works? I can just imagine the sheer amount of books you've never read.
I couldn't agree more. The super rich have done more harm to the American middle class than one unemployed stoner ever will. I just don't imagine any of the 1% on this forum, so I direct my indignation at the dingdongs (i.e. stoners on unemployment) who probably are.
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"those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable."
Choosing paths that are not economically viable is completely fine. Kobe, for instance, commutes by helicopter frequently. Probably not economically viable, but he has the right to make that choice for himself in America. What he doesn't get to do is ask the tax payers to cover it. There's no connection between those two things, blowing money and the right to get it back for free, no matter what end of the spectrum you're on.
I get that you're like a "rebel against society" type, but I really think if you stepped back and thought about the entire world and its future, you would be able to identify the problem with your logic; specifically, supporting everyone who is "to dumb or lazy to get a job."
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. �People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. �I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). �So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant �::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
There's a difference between a social safety net, which is what unemployment and welfare were designed to be, and scamming the system. So fucking WHAT if he wants to sit around all day doing drugs? Sure, do it, but be responsible enough to pay for it your damn self. Fucking "life trajectories" have nothing to do with this, it's simply that an asshole who'd "rather not" work taxes the fuck out of all already over-taxed system that is meant to get people over a rough spot until they can stand on their own two feet. And, oh yeah, dude, we are paying for him to do that. Everyone who works pays income tax, which is how the governments, both state and federal, get the money to, among other things (hospitals and roads, like you so kindly pointed out), pay fucking lazy creeps like we're talking about money that's supposed to go towards rent and food. Do you have any fucking idea how our government works? I can just imagine the sheer amount of books you've never read.
Broad sweeping statements on the books you imagine I haven't read on an internet forum make you look like an idiot.
All I'm saying is that a society that doesn't take care of people who are to dumb or lazy to get a job is not a society I want to be a part of. Do I think it is admirable that someone wants to be a druggie? I don't. But taking care of the weakest members of society or those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable by society is a reflection of that society. Do you want to live in a society that allows poverty to be perpetuated and all the negative impacts that go along with that? No. But it seems you want that extra plasma in the kitchen.
So don't be a part of it.
And if someone doesn't want to be a contributing member, don't expect anything in return. All I'm saying is that people should put in before they take out. "Wanting to be a druggie" is fucking pathetic. The weakest members of our society, the ones we need to take care of, are the ones unable, for whatever reason, to do so for themselves. That's a far cry from unwilling, which is what this guy appears to be. Poverty is fucked, and we (America, the world, whoever) should be doing whatever we can to help people out of it, but if they're not willing to work, then FUCK THEM IN THE ASS.
I work. I pay taxes. I don't always agree with the system, but I'm happy to pay my share when I know it helps, in part, to alleviate some of the suffering of people who really do want to work and feed their kids, but have been dealt a bad hand.
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"those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable."
Choosing paths that are not economically viable is completely fine. Kobe, for instance, commutes by helicopter frequently. Probably not economically viable, but he has the right to make that choice for himself in America. What he doesn't get to do is ask the tax payers to cover it. There's no connection between those two things, blowing money and the right to get it back for free, no matter what end of the spectrum you're on.
I get that you're like a "rebel against society" type, but I really think if you stepped back and thought about the entire would and its future, you would be able to identify the problem with your logic; specifically, supporting everyone who is "to dumb or lazy to get a job."
My hat is off to you, sir.
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P.S. Does anyone think that Shane "The Most Annoying Person Ever to Live" Heyl even deserved to be pro in the first place? That was a freebie because he's a bro.
I saw him yesterday and he looked like he was doing pretty okay living off that Shake Junt money. I'm willing to bet that if Spanky really wanted to, he could start a slightly less annoying company and probably do pretty okay for himself. I mean, he IS an artist.
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"those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable."
Choosing paths that are not economically viable is completely fine. Kobe, for instance, commutes by helicopter frequently. Probably not economically viable, but he has the right to make that choice for himself in America. What he doesn't get to do is ask the tax payers to cover it. There's no connection between those two things, blowing money and the right to get it back for free, no matter what end of the spectrum you're on.
I get that you're like a "rebel against society" type, but I really think if you stepped back and thought about the entire world and its future, you would be able to identify the problem with your logic; specifically, supporting everyone who is "to dumb or lazy to get a job."
I don't really get how supporting the current system of welfare makes me a "rebel against society". I was called a sheep who believes everything that the government tells me before. Can you kooks please make up your mind?
The majority of people don't want to live on welfare. They don't want to live in a shit house. They want to work to get that car and that tv. These welfare recipients live a shit existence. But its their existence to do what they want. And if you want to look at the entire world I would say that outside the west there is very little in welfare payments (this is a guess, I am not sure) and look how well Africa and the middle east and india are going. Look outside your middle class sheltered existence and maybe try to empathise with those beyond what you know.
And I think you misinterpreted my economically viable point. I meant career paths that are not viable such as poets, musicians etc but have a tremendous cultural impact need to be propped up by society/welfare. Alot if these are the stoners and dropouts that you and Limbaugh get so angry about.
Anyway fuck you right wing reactionary scumbags. I'm done talking tax and welfare on a skateboard forum.
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Thanks for playing. You'll notice I never insulted you.
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It's amazing what actually paying a lot of money (60k a year) in taxes does to you. �People really think the money for all these programs comes from some magical bank with unlimited funds - No, it doesn't. �I'm giving away a really nice car every single year, while the recipients of my cash sit on the couch doing drugs, faking job search efforts (or already having a job). �So if anyone's hustle is getting knocked it's mine.
Sorry for the rant �::)
This is so fucking dumb. You know that your tax money doesn't go only to drug fucked dudes on welfare? Like there are hospitals and schools and roads and shit like that?
And so fucking what if someone wants to sit on a couch all day doing drugs? Because they didn't follow your life trajectory they have to starve? If they want to sit on their shitty couch doing shitty drugs eating shitty food all day let them. You are not paying for them to do it. You are paying for the right to live in a country that is civilised enough that they support their weak.
Not sorry for the rant.
There's a difference between a social safety net, which is what unemployment and welfare were designed to be, and scamming the system. So fucking WHAT if he wants to sit around all day doing drugs? Sure, do it, but be responsible enough to pay for it your damn self. Fucking "life trajectories" have nothing to do with this, it's simply that an asshole who'd "rather not" work taxes the fuck out of all already over-taxed system that is meant to get people over a rough spot until they can stand on their own two feet. And, oh yeah, dude, we are paying for him to do that. Everyone who works pays income tax, which is how the governments, both state and federal, get the money to, among other things (hospitals and roads, like you so kindly pointed out), pay fucking lazy creeps like we're talking about money that's supposed to go towards rent and food. Do you have any fucking idea how our government works? I can just imagine the sheer amount of books you've never read.
I couldn't agree more. The super rich have done more harm to the American middle class than one unemployed stoner ever will. I just don't imagine any of the 1% on this forum, so I direct my indignation at the dingdongs (i.e. stoners on unemployment) who probably are.
This. It's such a clever trick that the rich have pulled - get people on the bottom rung of the ladder to blame each other, rather than those who are benefiting from their misery. Tell me how the system works when there are now more billionaires than there were before the GFC. Getting paid cash and claiming benefits is a dick move, but it's not the main cause of inequality.
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"those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable."
Choosing paths that are not economically viable is completely fine. Kobe, for instance, commutes by helicopter frequently. Probably not economically viable, but he has the right to make that choice for himself in America. What he doesn't get to do is ask the tax payers to cover it. There's no connection between those two things, blowing money and the right to get it back for free, no matter what end of the spectrum you're on.
I get that you're like a "rebel against society" type, but I really think if you stepped back and thought about the entire world and its future, you would be able to identify the problem with your logic; specifically, supporting everyone who is "to dumb or lazy to get a job."
I don't really get how supporting the current system of welfare makes me a "rebel against society". I was called a sheep who believes everything that the government tells me before. Can you kooks please make up your mind?
The majority of people don't want to live on welfare. They don't want to live in a shit house. They want to work to get that car and that tv. These welfare recipients live a shit existence. But its their existence to do what they want. And if you want to look at the entire world I would say that outside the west there is very little in welfare payments (this is a guess, I am not sure) and look how well Africa and the middle east and india are going. Look outside your middle class sheltered existence and maybe try to empathise with those beyond what you know.
And I think you misinterpreted my economically viable point. I meant career paths that are not viable such as poets, musicians etc but have a tremendous cultural impact need to be propped up by society/welfare. Alot if these are the stoners and dropouts that you and Limbaugh get so angry about.
Anyway fuck you right wing reactionary scumbags. I'm done talking tax and welfare on a skateboard forum.
You just managed to agree with my whole point, dude. No one should WANT to accept a handout; it's there when and if they need it. This is a social safety net. Ours might not be the best in the world (google Sweden sometime), but it's there and will hopefully keep improving. But our whole disagreement was about an idiot wow preferred to sit around smoking pot all day and the idiots who defended his right to free money so he could keep doing it. Fuck that guy and fuck anyone who defends him.
I noticed also that you're now trying to backtrack and claim that you were talking about poets and musicians instead of a self-entitled asshole. I'm no right winger, nor do I give a tenth of a rat's ass about Rush Limbaugh, but you, sir, are the worst human being who has ever lived. Including Hitler.
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read this post by the donger on the book and thought of the latest posts in this thread...
IF WE HAVE EVOLVED SHOULDN'T SURVIVAL BE MORE FREE?
I think we got it Twisted. We are actually living in the Dark Ages, where we feel we have to produce intelligence through our minds in the form of technology, rather than experience the intelligence that is around and readily available. Think of it like this, some, like "Nikola Tesla", wanted to harness free energy to be free, while others like "Thomas Edison" wanted to monopolize energy to make money, along with J.P. Morgan(guess who won) The understanding and split of two different minds lead us to our present dilemma "unsustainable energy" Imagine if we lived towards Tesla's direction? Profit and Greed won! As opposed to Share and Live! Well guess what, most are scraping to live with only the motive of Survival, as opposed to the motive of Experience! Ain't that a bitch!!!
Good post
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"those that want to pursue a path that is not deemed economically viable."
Choosing paths that are not economically viable is completely fine. ? Kobe, for instance, commutes by helicopter frequently. ? Probably not economically viable, but he has the right to make that choice for himself in America. ? What he doesn't get to do is ask the tax payers to cover it. There's no connection between those two things, blowing money and the right to get it back for free, no matter what end of the spectrum you're on. ?
I get that you're like a "rebel against society" type, but I really think if you stepped back and thought about the entire world and its future, you would be able to identify the problem with your logic; specifically, supporting everyone who is "to dumb or lazy to get a job."
I don't really get how supporting the current system of welfare makes me a "rebel against society". I was called a sheep who believes everything that the government tells me before. Can you kooks please make up your mind?
The majority of people don't want to live on welfare. They don't want to live in a shit house. They want to work to get that car and that tv. These welfare recipients live a shit existence. But its their existence to do what they want. And if you want to look at the entire world I would say that outside the west there is very little in welfare payments (this is a guess, I am not sure) and look how well Africa and the middle east and india are going. Look outside your middle class sheltered existence and maybe try to empathise with those beyond what you know.
And I think you misinterpreted my economically viable point. I meant career paths that are not viable such as poets, musicians etc but have a tremendous cultural impact need to be propped up by society/welfare. Alot if these are the stoners and dropouts that you and Limbaugh get so angry about.
Anyway fuck you right wing reactionary scumbags. I'm done talking tax and welfare on a skateboard forum.
That's because everyone just shit on you for being such a complete and utter idiot. Now shut the fuck up and go away.
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i wonder what Cory Kennedy thinks about all this?
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i wonder what Cory Kennedy thinks about all this?
prob too rich, too high, and having too much fun on a skateboard to give a fuck. ;D