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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: cherry on February 07, 2021, 11:33:29 AM
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Assuming numbers is done where is everyone going?
Guy on hockey/fa?
Tony d on picture show studios?
Koston on anti hero?
Rodrigo on primitive?
Kyron on isle?
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I could imagine Antonio durao on all timers
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Koston on Skate Mental with a guest board on WKND or vice versa.
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Isn’t Koston on Skate Mental now? Or some other Berrics/Nike thing..
But yeah, Kyron on anything other than Isle would be a travesty
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I looked at his instagram and the numbers link is still in his bio...
But what the heck is this??? Is koston a dj now?
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Is it just me or does koston look stoned as fuck in that picture?
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What happened to Magnus?
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Assuming numbers is done where is everyone going?
Guy on hockey/fa?
Tony d on picture show studios?
Koston on anti hero?
Rodrigo on primitive?
Kyron on isle?
in what world do you see eric koston going to anti hero?
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Assuming numbers is done where is everyone going?
Guy on hockey/fa?
Tony d on picture show studios?
Koston on anti hero?
Rodrigo on primitive?
Kyron on isle?
in what world do you see eric koston going to anti hero?
The one where julien keeps taking ex crail super stars. Supreme sells a lot of anti hero boards they ain’t really that “core” anymore. It’d be the perfect joke plus they all seem to like koston from
Those beauty n beast trips
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I doubt Koston lands anywhere. A guest board on Skate Mental makes sense.
Shame that they didn't even really try with Numbers.
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Assuming numbers is done where is everyone going?
Guy on hockey/fa?
Tony d on picture show studios?
Koston on anti hero?
Rodrigo on primitive?
Kyron on isle?
in what world do you see eric koston going to anti hero?
The one where julien keeps taking ex crail super stars. Supreme sells a lot of anti hero boards they ain’t really that “core” anymore. It’d be the perfect joke plus they all seem to like koston from
Those beauty n beast trips
Who else besides Brian Anderson? At that point he was an ex3D rider
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Koston on surfing (from 15.50)
http://youtu.be/pEuR2CDyG48
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koston/sal masakala DJ show?
vibes gonna be epic my G
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numb3rs definitely had 3d vibes- directionless art direction, a brand with no real brand identity, and the depressing factor of a seemingly unloved and uninspired project that was abandoned before it even really started.
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I heard Jack O'Grady is going pro for numbers any day now
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Koston on Pizza
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it would be p neat if eric and guy and the craig camp resolved their issues and it was 2014 again or whatever but what do I know I’m just a fucking cheeseburger
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What happened to Magnus?
I’m wondering the same. Love this guy.
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it would be p neat if eric and guy and the craig camp resolved their issues and it was 2014 again or whatever but what do I know I’m just a fucking cheeseburger
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numb3rs definitely had 3d vibes- directionless art direction, a brand with no real brand identity, and the depressing factor of a seemingly unloved and uninspired project that was abandoned before it even really started.
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I remember the early numbers promo vids had a real "what are we even doing" vibe, that made me wonder if there was something big coming that they were avoiding talking about, or if it was just completely devoid of any vision or direction. I guess we know now
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I’m wondering the same. Love this guy.
https://youtu.be/gY_RB6ix6nw
This came out a month ago, I can’t tell what boards he’s skating tho
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imagine rodrigo on primitive... 30min of footage per year lmao, I hope it happens!!
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Mm I don’t really see Koston on 18
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has any other brand ever been quite as bland/disappointing? i feel like the whole “stove skateboards” thing killed the brand before it ever started, regardless of if that was just a rumor or not i feel like it made everyone immediately not take it seriously. how do you have a brand with such a promising team go so far down the shitter? i have literally never seen one out in the open.
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dj koston on the beat
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Let’s take a minute to reflect on how rad a guy portrait board would be with a photo from his early powell skate zone days
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has any other brand ever been quite as bland/disappointing? i feel like the whole “stove skateboards” thing killed the brand before it ever started, regardless of if that was just a rumor or not i feel like it made everyone immediately not take it seriously. how do you have a brand with such a promising team go so far down the shitter? i have literally never seen one out in the open.
3D for mine.
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There was a clip somewhere of Dill referring to the brand as "Samsung skateboards" which pretty much captured how shitty their early (and later) runs of graphics were
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Assuming numbers is done where is everyone going?
Guy on hockey/fa?
Tony d on picture show studios?
Koston on anti hero?
Rodrigo on primitive?
Kyron on isle?
I actually LOLd. Koston doesnt even need a board sponsor anyways he'll skate what he wants and literally anyone he asked would give him boards I'm sure
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But didn't Gonz come up with their name?! Surely that's gotta count for something
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Assuming numbers is done where is everyone going?
Guy on hockey/fa?
Tony d on picture show studios?
Koston on anti hero?
Rodrigo on primitive?
Kyron on isle?
I actually LOLd. Koston doesnt even need a board sponsor anyways he'll skate what he wants and literally anyone he asked would give him boards I'm sure
That and I feel he’s making enough money from Nike.
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him. kids dont care bout him and probably wonder why our generation does. its too bad hes gonna end up on berrics skateboards before he just bows out though and realizes hes way past his ledge dancing prime. has he put anything out besides a few dickaround clips on IG since starting the brand, i cant think of anything post-fully flared besides a few tricks in supreme clips.
idk what theyre waiting for but guy is on hockey after promising to stop doing nosebooger nollie varialheel outs. koston is dummy jealous as usual.
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But didn't Gonz come up their name?! Surely that's gotta count for something
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He also wanted to call Krooked Stance originally. But the magazine already existed. So he’s not really first-thought-best-thought
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him. kids dont care bout him and probably wonder why our generation does. its too bad hes gonna end up on berrics skateboards before he just bows out though and realizes hes way past his ledge dancing prime. has he put anything out besides a few dickaround clips on IG since starting the brand, i cant think of anything post-fully flared besides a few tricks in supreme clips.
idk what theyre waiting for but guy is on hockey after promising to stop doing nosebooger nollie varialheel outs. koston is dummy jealous as usual.
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He had a decent part in chronicles.
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I defend numbers a decent amount on here, but the team rules (Kyron, Magnus, Antonio, Guy, Koston, TX) and it almost seems like the company itself doesn't care if it exists or not. I like that.
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So the numbers won't add up?
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I defend numbers a decent amount on here, but the team rules (Kyron, Magnus, Antonio, Guy, Koston, TX) and it almost seems like the company itself doesn't care if it exists or not. I like that.
I bet Koston has been secretly behind the Chinese ‘Koston’ knock-off brand the whole time.
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I remember someone on here saying that they approached Muska at some stage to tell him they liked MuskaBeats and he immediately assumed the guy was being a dick. I can imagine someone going up to Koston in 5 years time to say, "Hey I liked Numbers" and Koston telling the guy to kill himself or something equally dumb.
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I just assumed Koston has retired from pro skateboarding and only heard about this so-called “Numbers” brand through Slap. Maybe it’s just a tax write off thing like Tidal was for Jay-Z.
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A brand with no real direction fronted by Koston and Guy mighta worked right after fully flared came out. But not now a days.
Feels like Koston has been checked out of skating for the last decade.
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I just assumed Koston has retired from pro skateboarding and only heard about this so-called “Numbers” brand through Slap. Maybe it’s just a tax write off thing like Tidal was for Jay-Z.
Tidal was less of a write off and more of a MLM for rich people. Also, the whole concept of a "tax write off" doesn't exist the way most people assume it does, especially when it comes to hip hop's understanding of how it works.
Pete is right, no one wants to work with Koston where he's getting his own board & pro salary. Staba will do it because he owes Koston, but no other brand wants to go beyond giving him a guest board. He'll never starve since Nike will carry him the same way they did Gino, but that's pretty much where the ball stops (outside of getting boxes of Supreme clearance items that nobody wanted to buy). He'll never come out with a mind blowing comeback part that'd coax a brand into giving him a permanent home, and he couldn't even come close to skating on Guy's level during Number's lifespan. Maybe kooking it with his golf clubs/ pretending to be a jet setting rich yuppie since he got on Nike didn't do his work ethic any favors, that's when his ability to make decent video parts seemed to diminish. Someone mentioned Chronicles, but that looked more like a retirement part than anything. I know we grew up with Mouse/ Menikmati/ Yeah Right/ etc., but our infatuation with Koston is nothing more than grown men trying their hardest to cling onto our nostalgia of the past.
What would Koston do if he lost his spot at Nike as a legacy pro?
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I just assumed Koston has retired from pro skateboarding and only heard about this so-called “Numbers” brand through Slap. Maybe it’s just a tax write off thing like Tidal was for Jay-Z.
Tidal was less of a write off and more of a MLM for rich people. Also, the whole concept of a "tax write off" doesn't exist the way most people assume it does, especially when it comes to hip hop's understanding of how it works.
Pete is right, no one wants to work with Koston where he's getting his own board & pro salary. Staba will do it because he owes Koston, but no other brand wants to go beyond giving him a guest board. He'll never starve since Nike will carry him the same way they did Gino, but that's pretty much where the ball stops (outside of getting boxes of Supreme clearance items that nobody wanted to buy). He'll never come out with a mind blowing comeback part that'd coax a brand into giving him a permanent home, and he couldn't even come close to skating on Guy's level during Number's lifespan. Maybe kooking it with his golf clubs/ pretending to be a jet setting rich yuppie since he got on Nike didn't do his work ethic any favors, that's when his ability to make decent video parts seemed to diminish. Someone mentioned Chronicles, but that looked more like a retirement part than anything. I know we grew up with Mouse/ Menikmati/ Yeah Right/ etc., but our infatuation with Koston is nothing more than grown men trying their hardest to cling onto our nostalgia of the past.
What would Koston do if he lost his spot at Nike as a legacy pro?
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I just assumed Koston has retired from pro skateboarding and only heard about this so-called “Numbers” brand through Slap. Maybe it’s just a tax write off thing like Tidal was for Jay-Z.
Tidal was less of a write off and more of a MLM for rich people. Also, the whole concept of a "tax write off" doesn't exist the way most people assume it does, especially when it comes to hip hop's understanding of how it works.
Pete is right, no one wants to work with Koston where he's getting his own board & pro salary. Staba will do it because he owes Koston, but no other brand wants to go beyond giving him a guest board. He'll never starve since Nike will carry him the same way they did Gino, but that's pretty much where the ball stops (outside of getting boxes of Supreme clearance items that nobody wanted to buy). He'll never come out with a mind blowing comeback part that'd coax a brand into giving him a permanent home, and he couldn't even come close to skating on Guy's level during Number's lifespan. Maybe kooking it with his golf clubs/ pretending to be a jet setting rich yuppie since he got on Nike didn't do his work ethic any favors, that's when his ability to make decent video parts seemed to diminish. Someone mentioned Chronicles, but that looked more like a retirement part than anything. I know we grew up with Mouse/ Menikmati/ Yeah Right/ etc., but our infatuation with Koston is nothing more than grown men trying their hardest to cling onto our nostalgia of the past.
What would Koston do if he lost his spot at Nike as a legacy pro?
Agree with most of that.
But I don't think he would suffer if nike dropped him. Isn't he in on the berries?
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i think most folks here underestimate how wildly popular koston still is. i know a ton of folks that only know like, tony hawk and eric koston.
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Koston is the exact kind of skater to let everyone think he's done, then come out with a full part, banger, after banger, hammer after hammer.
This is Eric Fucking Koston.
You might not like Koston the human, I don't, but I'm sure Koston the skateboarder is fully capable of doing anything he fucking wants to do on any skateboard, anytime he wants to.
Guy, too, fuck.
Do you really think Guy Mariano has been slipping?
The same applies.
He vanished down a rabbit hole full of the best drugs LA had to offer, and came back with 2 parts that blew doors and minds.
If you write these two off, as just kicking back on that Nike money and not making sure their skating remains at an elite level that can be activated with a week's warming up, you're going to get a big surprise, which is probably exactly the plan.
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Koston is the exact kind of skater to let everyone think he's done, then come out with a full part, banger, after banger, hammer after hammer.
This is Eric Fucking Koston.
You might not like Koston the human, I don't, but I'm sure Koston the skateboarder is fully capable of doing anything he fucking wants to do on any skateboard, anytime he wants to.
Guy, too, fuck.
Do you really think Guy Mariano has been slipping?
The same applies.
He vanished down a rabbit hole full of the best drugs LA had to offer, and came back with 2 parts that blew doors and minds.
If you write these two off, as just kicking back on that Nike money and not making sure their skating remains at an elite level that can be activated with a week's warming up, you're going to get a big surprise, which is probably exactly the plan.
numbers TM has entered the chat
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Koston is the exact kind of skater to let everyone think he's done, then come out with a full part, banger, after banger, hammer after hammer.
This is Eric Fucking Koston.
You might not like Koston the human, I don't, but I'm sure Koston the skateboarder is fully capable of doing anything he fucking wants to do on any skateboard, anytime he wants to.
Guy, too, fuck.
Do you really think Guy Mariano has been slipping?
The same applies.
He vanished down a rabbit hole full of the best drugs LA had to offer, and came back with 2 parts that blew doors and minds.
If you write these two off, as just kicking back on that Nike money and not making sure their skating remains at an elite level that can be activated with a week's warming up, you're going to get a big surprise, which is probably exactly the plan.
Koston is for sure on that retirement program. No shade, good for him he’s been in the game a long while. I like him as a skater. Growing up he was a favourite. But to think he’s going to come out with a part, let alone a “banger” part is pretty hot take. I don’t think he even puts out enough Instagram footage to justify a year end montage. He for sure has the talent to put out a part that’s enjoyable, but he’s shown no indications that will ever happen. Dudes over it.
Guy on the other hand still skates and pushes himself. I don’t think anyone’s denying that.
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Koston is the exact kind of skater to let everyone think he's done, then come out with a full part, banger, after banger, hammer after hammer.
This is Eric Fucking Koston.
You might not like Koston the human, I don't, but I'm sure Koston the skateboarder is fully capable of doing anything he fucking wants to do on any skateboard, anytime he wants to.
Guy, too, fuck.
Do you really think Guy Mariano has been slipping?
The same applies.
He vanished down a rabbit hole full of the best drugs LA had to offer, and came back with 2 parts that blew doors and minds.
If you write these two off, as just kicking back on that Nike money and not making sure their skating remains at an elite level that can be activated with a week's warming up, you're going to get a big surprise, which is probably exactly the plan.
Absolutely delusional
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him. kids dont care bout him and probably wonder why our generation does. its too bad hes gonna end up on berrics skateboards before he just bows out though and realizes hes way past his ledge dancing prime. has he put anything out besides a few dickaround clips on IG since starting the brand, i cant think of anything post-fully flared besides a few tricks in supreme clips.
idk what theyre waiting for but guy is on hockey after promising to stop doing nosebooger nollie varialheel outs. koston is dummy jealous as usual.
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He had a decent part in chronicles.
Also that WKND Pro Guest part with the pet shop boy song, more like throwaway footy but I really liked that too..
I mean, we constantly talk about pros of that generation not skating and not filming shit, Koston with The chronicles, wknd part, footy from NIKE tours, supreme shit, have more footy out than Carroll and howard combined since fully flared, you can add McCrank too if you want.
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koston is the most talented kook to ever grace the world of skateboarding.
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*33 pairs of Nike koston 1s that puleo himself cut the swoosh of
* Vivien Feil guest board
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The spring/summer victim©️ Catalog includes
*36 inch wide cellar door cruiser complete with Indy stage 4s and 51mm spitfire classics
*33 pairs of Nike koston 1s that puleo himself cut the swoosh of
* Vivien Feil guest board
Already better than numbers
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if you dislike numbers for being kostons brand, I get that.
if you dislike numbers for being directionless/boring/inconsistent, I get that too.
To me the latter criticism is accurate for about 85% of current skate brands.
Beyond specific Koston hate, I don't get why this same numbers thread gets made once a month.
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if you dislike numbers for being kostons brand, I get that.
if you dislike numbers for being directionless/boring/inconsistent, I get that too.
To me the latter criticism is accurate for about 85% of current skate brands.
Beyond specific Koston hate, I don't get why this same numbers thread gets made once a month.
Just crunching the numbers again to see if the result will be different
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I don’t remember where but I heard rumors that Rodrigo is filming with Primitive.
Where does Tony D go is really all that matters here though.
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Rodrigo TX should've gone to Palace since he left DGK.
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it would be p neat if eric and guy and the craig camp resolved their issues and it was 2014 again or whatever but what do I know I’m just a fucking cheeseburger
Just what crail needs, 2 more deadweight pros
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Rodrigo go primitive
Guy and koston to nowhere
Tony durable to some stupid coolguy NYC company or something
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I hate that i cant see magnus video part on YouTube, someone scoop him up quick. Adidas YouTube parts hardly stays past a year
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if you dislike numbers for being kostons brand, I get that.
if you dislike numbers for being directionless/boring/inconsistent, I get that too.
To me the latter criticism is accurate for about 85% of current skate brands.
Beyond specific Koston hate, I don't get why this same numbers thread gets made once a month.
Unlike literally every other company, numbers doesnt put anything out
Anyway, durao on hardbody
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if you dislike numbers for being kostons brand, I get that.
if you dislike numbers for being directionless/boring/inconsistent, I get that too.
To me the latter criticism is accurate for about 85% of current skate brands.
Beyond specific Koston hate, I don't get why this same numbers thread gets made once a month.
Just crunching the numbers again to see if the result will be different
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I don’t get why people still talk about Koston like he needs a board sponsor to survive. After changing the game for several years, he’s sitting on a shit ton of shoe royalty(pre-Nike, even), Nike, and video game $$$. He probably invested wisely, too. I’m sure he’s an asshole, yeah, but when you get old you stop giving a shit, you’ll see.
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I just assumed Koston has retired from pro skateboarding and only heard about this so-called “Numbers” brand through Slap. Maybe it’s just a tax write off thing like Tidal was for Jay-Z.
Tidal was less of a write off and more of a MLM for rich people. Also, the whole concept of a "tax write off" doesn't exist the way most people assume it does, especially when it comes to hip hop's understanding of how it works.
Pete is right, no one wants to work with Koston where he's getting his own board & pro salary. Staba will do it because he owes Koston, but no other brand wants to go beyond giving him a guest board. He'll never starve since Nike will carry him the same way they did Gino, but that's pretty much where the ball stops (outside of getting boxes of Supreme clearance items that nobody wanted to buy). He'll never come out with a mind blowing comeback part that'd coax a brand into giving him a permanent home, and he couldn't even come close to skating on Guy's level during Number's lifespan. Maybe kooking it with his golf clubs/ pretending to be a jet setting rich yuppie since he got on Nike didn't do his work ethic any favors, that's when his ability to make decent video parts seemed to diminish. Someone mentioned Chronicles, but that looked more like a retirement part than anything. I know we grew up with Mouse/ Menikmati/ Yeah Right/ etc., but our infatuation with Koston is nothing more than grown men trying their hardest to cling onto our nostalgia of the past.
What would Koston do if he lost his spot at Nike as a legacy pro?
Agree with most of that.
But I don't think he would suffer if nike dropped him. Isn't he in on the berries?
I'm sure he receives a decent supplemental income stream from the Berries, but it's a lot more volatile than a dependable Nike contract that specifies in black and white exactly what you'll be receiving each month. He also has to wack up the vlogging money between Borra and the rest of their sizable staff, and I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that Borra eats better off the Berries than Koston does since Koston knows it's the only real income stream that Borra has. He's probably made some smart decisions with his money over the years since he's surrounded himself with financial planners and business reps, but how long does that nest egg last if Nike decides to retire Koston to make room for a talented producer in their prime? I'm sure Nike wouldn't give him some sort of pension/ annuity, and without a guaranteed income he'd probably have to dramatically scale down his lifestyle in an effort to downsize & consolidate.
Koston is the exact kind of skater to let everyone think he's done, then come out with a full part, banger, after banger, hammer after hammer.
This is Eric Fucking Koston.
You might not like Koston the human, I don't, but I'm sure Koston the skateboarder is fully capable of doing anything he fucking wants to do on any skateboard, anytime he wants to.
Guy, too, fuck.
Do you really think Guy Mariano has been slipping?
The same applies.
He vanished down a rabbit hole full of the best drugs LA had to offer, and came back with 2 parts that blew doors and minds.
If you write these two off, as just kicking back on that Nike money and not making sure their skating remains at an elite level that can be activated with a week's warming up, you're going to get a big surprise, which is probably exactly the plan.
I agree that Koston is an amazing skateboarder, and I concur that he could still do whatever he wants on a skateboard from dork tricks to mindblowing enders. The problem is that he doesn't appear to want to push his level of skating, especially when you compare what he's put out to Guy's footage during the time that Numbers has existed. Guy will always be good, he's a genuinely nice guy w/ friends in the right places who's easy to work with and competes with himself to skate on a high level. Koston has an intimidating personality who's slowed down his work ethic to fly around the world and play golf, and the quality of his clips reflect that. If Guy and Koston had to make sponsor me tapes right now, it wouldn't be a question as to who would do better. And sure Koston can probably get serious for a month and come back with something awesome, but he seems like he's over it and there will always be someone who's in their prime & willing to put more work in. He thought he was going to capitalize on having Antonio under his wing by making a board brand with Guy, and then figured he could harness talent in a super-team fashion to profit off of them pushing boundaries, but then he realized that running a company takes inspiration/ creativity/ passion/ compromise/ strategic planning/ finding your niche. In the end you had a fabricated team with awful board graphics and absolutely no direction, and the way they teetered between super team and small core company came off like he was trying to fuse Primitive or Plan B with FA. Who was Numbers being marketed to? Obviously no one, since none of us have really seen them in the wild. It was an uninspired way to make a retirement home for a guy who nobody wants to work with long term, a guy who has no intention of putting work into properly maintaining a spot on a team. Idk the exact story behind why Eric and Guy left Girl, but I'm sure his arrangement with Rick and Mike was less of a loss than Numbers wound up being.
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Saw Mariano was riding a blank deck in that Thunder ad and checked the Numbers website. It's down.
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Saw Mariano was riding a blank deck in that Thunder ad and checked the Numbers website. It's down.
i reckon he's gonna land on hockey or fa.
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Saw Mariano was riding a blank deck in that Thunder ad and checked the Numbers website. It's down.
i reckon he's gonna land on hockey or fa.
Patrick Kingongo on Mostly Skateboarding said Guy for Girl or nothing else. I disagree, but given the recent direction Crail has been going, it might be kinda dope.
Guy on Hockey makes sense to me.
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Saw Mariano was riding a blank deck in that Thunder ad and checked the Numbers website. It's down.
i reckon he's gonna land on hockey or fa.
Patrick Kingongo on Mostly Skateboarding said Guy for Girl or nothing else. I disagree, but given the recent direction Crail has been going, it might be kinda dope.
Guy on Hockey makes sense to me.
would be cool for craig i guess but isn't that relationship a bit strained now? i wouldn't hold my breath.
i feel like he's pretty much gonna replace gino, but unlike gino he's gonna have substantial footage in their videos.
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Saw Mariano was riding a blank deck in that Thunder ad and checked the Numbers website. It's down.
i reckon he's gonna land on hockey or fa.
Patrick Kingongo on Mostly Skateboarding said Guy for Girl or nothing else. I disagree, but given the recent direction Crail has been going, it might be kinda dope.
Guy on Hockey makes sense to me.
Guy on girl would be amazing.
Not gonna happen though
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No way he would go back to Girl, and Girl shouldn't go down that well either.
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him.
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Wasnt it because he & guy got fucked over and lost their shares in fourstar when crailtap got bought out?
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him.
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Wasnt it because he & guy got fucked over and lost their shares in fourstar when crailtap got bought out?
If you relaunched four star in the niche between brixton and supreme, stand alone stores etc you would make a killing.
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him.
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Wasnt it because he & guy got fucked over and lost their shares in fourstar when crailtap got bought out?
If you relaunched four star in the niche between brixton and supreme, stand alone stores etc you would make a killing.
you really think so? i don't think 4star was super relevant at any point to begin with. also the clothes were not that good, at least in my experience. pretty cheapishly made stuff. i owned a pretty sick jeans from them though when i was around 20.
but stranger things have happened. fucking awesome was a total blunder when it first started as a clothing company and look what it is now.
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They should hand the company over to Puleo. Match made in heaven. 33, bitch!
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my 2 cents
Durao on girl
TX on primitive
Mariano on plan B
Kyron on isle
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my 2 cents
Mariano on plan B
disrespectful. lol
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my 2 cents
Durao on girl
TX on primitive
Mariano on plan B
Kyron on isle
durao was already flow for girl and they fucked that up
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No way he would go back to Girl, and Girl shouldn't go down that well either.
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him.
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Wasnt it because he & guy got fucked over and lost their shares in fourstar when crailtap got bought out?
i think a lot of it was that they were taking out loans against inventory to keep lakai afloat so crailtap and al it’s associated companies incurred massive debt and lakai could no longer pay their riders. wouldn’t be surprised if they also fucked them on the fourstar stock buyouts
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tony durable ;D ;D ;D
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my 2 cents
Durao on girl
TX on primitive Chocolate
Mariano on plan B guest boards only. Maybe hockey.
Kyron on isle
TX should have always been on chocolate. Would love to finally see it happen.
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Soo are Antonio, Cyrus and Max all free agents? Because if they ended up the same place that would be my favorite skateboard company.
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Mariano on Darkstar would be cool.
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koston is a scientologist kook
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Say what you will about Crailtap and their questionable business practices but at least they still exist
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I’d like to see Koston on strangelove. I don’t really know why but i like to think the graphics for him would be good.
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koston started numbers solely because nobody else would sponsor (pay) him.
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Wasnt it because he & guy got fucked over and lost their shares in fourstar when crailtap got bought out?
If you relaunched four star in the niche between brixton and supreme, stand alone stores etc you would make a killing.
you really think so? i don't think 4star was super relevant at any point to begin with. also the clothes were not that good, at least in my experience. pretty cheapishly made stuff. i owned a pretty sick jeans from them though when i was around 20.
but stranger things have happened. fucking awesome was a total blunder when it first started as a clothing company and look what it is now.
Went to shit in the end but late 90s Four Star was extremely high quality.
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I don't get the numbers hate?
I know it is/was partly run by Koston who you all seem to hate.
But the team was solid and it is run by two legends.
Art direction isn't the best but it's far from lame.
Like how can you hate on numbers then support the lamest culture killers in skateboarding such as Supreme , Nike etc
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god you continue to be lame
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god you continue to be lame
Yeah dog
24/7 lame wod
What can I say ? I'm old and happy.
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There was nothing about numbers to like! they never did anything! Guy shouldve been on Hockey when cherry came out
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There was nothing about numbers to like! they never did anything! Guy shouldve been on Hockey when cherry came out
I get that. Like they don't stand out whatsoever
But the way some try hards on here go on... They are worse than Braille.
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To say they did nothing is a bit a unfair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QunCnrr9xKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmESm3ap-sA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKBQPJQscUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4HNywY47xs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFFYwjN95YE
This was all in the span of 2 and a half years. That's still more than what some companies have done in the last decade.
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Exactly.
I just don't get the hate.
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I don't get the numbers hate?
I know it is/was partly run by Koston who you all seem to hate.
But the team was solid and it is run by two legends.
Art direction isn't the best but it's far from lame.
Like how can you hate on numbers then support the lamest culture killers in skateboarding such as Supreme , Nike etc
You're right that the art direction wasn't lame, but it just didn't make you feel much. Sleek gradients and minimalist geometric patterns look cool, but don't make you feel much.
Plus it didn't even match Koston, the biggest name on the brand. His brand is goofball, not "cool".
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I don't get the numbers hate?
I know it is/was partly run by Koston who you all seem to hate.
But the team was solid and it is run by two legends.
Art direction isn't the best but it's far from lame.
Like how can you hate on numbers then support the lamest culture killers in skateboarding such as Supreme , Nike etc
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Numbers is wack
FA is wack
Hockey is wack
917 is wack
Palace is wack
Isle is tight as FUCK
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I wasn't a big fan of their logo...but their team was top notch, the graphics were trippy and I'm glad to have some numbers decks in my Mariano and Tx collections.
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Their days are numbered. That’s the best I have for you. That and guy is going to FA or Acme
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New Koston board on Skate Mental
http://www.instagram.com/p/CMXwx8VpJU-/
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Also Jake Anderson, i'm curious to see where he will end up?
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Kyron on anything other than Isle would be a travesty
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Also Jake Anderson, i'm curious to see where he will end up?
Him & Curren Capples are on Skate Mental.
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Also Jake Anderson, i'm curious to see where he will end up?
Cant be real. Back to skate mental and bringing fucking curren?!
Him & Curren Capples are on Skate Mental.
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Guy is skating blanks in his new clips by the way.
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New Koston board on Skate Mental
http://www.instagram.com/p/CMXwx8VpJU-/
Could see Koston on Skate Mental
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New Koston board on Skate Mental
http://www.instagram.com/p/CMXwx8VpJU-/
Crazy that we find this out through a Zumiez account (that may have dropped the ball on announcing it too early?)
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New Koston board on Skate Mental
http://www.instagram.com/p/CMXwx8VpJU-/
Could see Koston on Skate being fucking Mental
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I don't get the numbers hate?
I know it is/was partly run by Koston who you all seem to hate.
But the team was solid and it is run by two legends.
Art direction isn't the best but it's far from lame.
Like how can you hate on numbers then support the lamest culture killers in skateboarding such as Supreme , Nike etc
It felt directionless. The same issue with 3D previously. It had some very talented riders, run by a legend (and in Numbers case 2 legends). Koston is still one of my favorite skaters of all time despite him being a spazz on social media and a bit cringe. They just never created a cohesive image. All the guys just felt like they had a board sponsor but were all off doing separate things.
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Putting Koston and Guy aside, the lineup they once had with Miles Silvas, Antonio Durao, Magnus, and Kyron is a fucking insane team, all young as fuck too.
Numbers is proof that your team can be bonkers talented and it will still fail if you don't have a cohesive brand idea
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CMhe-dSB7Zd/
Guy is riding blanks, unless their art direction got that much shittier.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CMhe-dSB7Zd/
Guy is riding blanks, unless their art direction got that much shittier.
blanks would be an improvement honestly
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I think they should admit defeat, and start up Stove Skateboards IMHO.
S H A L O M
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Would ride a Stove.
I have to admit, reading that interview where Koston said that The Gonzo sent him that screencap "12:45 Numbers" made him go all in on the name - made me think "just because Gonz said it, doesn't mean its a good idea". Plus, Mariano saying "its Numbers Skateboards" and Koston correcting him with "Numbers Edition" made me have 0 hope for this.
Anywho, if it ends, I could see Mariano on Krooked, FA, or even back on Girl (with "welcome back" ad featuring the "welcome Back Kotter" theme, complete with Spike Jonze skits).
Koston, I could see on Skate Mental
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Magnus should ride for Palace,. Kyron on Isle obviously, Guy on Fa, Durao on alltimers
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Durao should be on whatever makes him fucking BANK. Dude is a treasure to skateboarding and should be preserved
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Durao should be on whatever makes him fucking BANK. Dude is a treasure to skateboarding and should be preserved
Full agree
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I wasn't a big fan of their logo...
It's the second most try-hard, terribly designed logo in skating for sure, pipped to the post by Wayward Wheel's strangely off design.
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I'm hoping that DURAO is in a bidding war as a result of his last 3 parts...
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(https://i.imgur.com/EalR5Fr.jpg)
Grimple guest board or is that just Frank's handle?
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guy needs to throw himself on a grenade for all of us so we don't have to see the_italian_ones filming
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Wait what?
On topic: TX is riding blanks as well.
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guy needs to throw himself on a grenade for all of us so we don't have to see the_italian_ones filming
Glad I'm not alone in thinking his filming is garbage.
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I wish he and Koston just mended things with Girl. I just can't see them on any other brand.
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I wish he and Koston just mended things with Girl. I just can't see them on any other brand.
don’t want this to come off confrontational on you, i understand why you want it, but it’s on Girl that their relationship is destroyed. they fucked guy and eric and they dipped. if it mattered to mike and rickk they would have made an effort to repair that. at this point, it’s not coming
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I’ll buy whatever has his name on it. I Have many of his Nike models, many numbers boards and clothes and now I’m buying my first skate mental board. Hope he doesn’t retire for years to come.
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numbers management always looked like they were going nowhere, no consequence for rich guy & eric of course but i kinda feel bad for the team riders who lost time riding for a brand that didn't have anything under the hood
That aside, i really enjoyed the videos. Super nice & chill session style vids, i don't think i've seen this elsewhere, but doing a video that makes the viewer feel like he's on a bench checking out the sesh was a really good idea and they were well filmed. Still remember Durao's (?) frontside flip over this set of stairs
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I don't understand the whole "they felt like going nowhere", "it was directionless" argument. The Edition 1, Edition 2 thing was great, always with different concepts and artist, they had great collaborations with Nike, Adidas, Ron Herman, Soulland. Maybe the first 2 videos where a bit weird I could agree, but after that, the Miles Silvas Edition 3, Magnus for Edition 4 and Kyron Davis for Edition 5 were proper well edited video parts.
Saying the skaters lost their time riding for them is stupid. It was a good company and they had a good run, my only complaint with them is that their clothes were too expensive/the boards were kinda hard to find. I think Miles leaving lowered their motivation, and then Corona virus happened and they just couldn't stay afloat.
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Wait what?
On topic: TX is riding blanks as well.
https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt (https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt)
(https://i.ibb.co/BKNbwxB/829-D5801-3-F29-475-F-A6-BC-F65-E41-F40463.jpg)
From a recent Instagram post
I really think antclavarall it’s filming his intro part for primitive in Brazil right now
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I don't understand the whole "they felt like going nowhere", "it was directionless" argument. The Edition 1, Edition 2 thing was great, always with different concepts and artist, they had great collaborations with Nike, Adidas, Ron Herman, Soulland. Maybe the first 2 videos where a bit weird I could agree, but after that, the Miles Silvas Edition 3, Magnus for Edition 4 and Kyron Davis for Edition 5 were proper well edited video parts.
Saying the skaters lost their time riding for them is stupid. It was a good company and they had a good run, my only complaint with them is that their clothes were too expensive/the boards were kinda hard to find. I think Miles leaving lowered their motivation, and then Corona virus happened and they just couldn't stay afloat.
wow, thanks for that, I had never seen it this way.
Due to your numbers obsession, are you Bobby Puleo?
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Wait what?
On topic: TX is riding blanks as well.
https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt (https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt)
(https://i.ibb.co/BKNbwxB/829-D5801-3-F29-475-F-A6-BC-F65-E41-F40463.jpg)
From a recent Instagram post
I really think antclavarall it’s filming his intro part for primitive in Brazil right now
I wonder what DBZ character he'll be... Janemba? Bardock?
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Wait what?
On topic: TX is riding blanks as well.
https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt (https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt)
(https://i.ibb.co/BKNbwxB/829-D5801-3-F29-475-F-A6-BC-F65-E41-F40463.jpg)
From a recent Instagram post
I really think antclavarall it’s filming his intro part for primitive in Brazil right now
I wonder what DBZ character he'll be... Janemba? Bardock?
That's a Palace graphic though.
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Wait what?
On topic: TX is riding blanks as well.
https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt (https://ibb.co/Xk81Vgt)
(https://i.ibb.co/BKNbwxB/829-D5801-3-F29-475-F-A6-BC-F65-E41-F40463.jpg)
From a recent Instagram post
I really think antclavarall it’s filming his intro part for primitive in Brazil right now
I wonder what DBZ character he'll be... Janemba? Bardock?
That's a Palace graphic though.
Yep, that is a palace as far as I can see.
He was definitely riding blanks a few weeks ago (red and green ones.
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(https://i.imgur.com/EalR5Fr.jpg)
Grimple guest board or is that just Frank's handle?
So Grimple stix is a new way for pros to ride DLX wood in-between sponsors?
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(https://i.imgur.com/EalR5Fr.jpg)
Grimple guest board or is that just Frank's handle?
So Grimple stix is a new way for pros to ride DLX wood in-between sponsors?
So... Does this mean that Guy winds up on UMA in another year?
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I wish he and Koston just mended things with Girl. I just can't see them on any other brand.
don’t want this to come off confrontational on you, i understand why you want it, but it’s on Girl that their relationship is destroyed. they fucked guy and eric and they dipped. if it mattered to mike and rickk they would have made an effort to repair that. at this point, it’s not coming
How exactly did Girl blow it with Eric and Guy? I've never really heard an outright explanation of what happened there, it wasn't as well documented as Eric's departure from Lakai....
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I wish he and Koston just mended things with Girl. I just can't see them on any other brand.
don’t want this to come off confrontational on you, i understand why you want it, but it’s on Girl that their relationship is destroyed. they fucked guy and eric and they dipped. if it mattered to mike and rickk they would have made an effort to repair that. at this point, it’s not coming
How exactly did Girl blow it with Eric and Guy? I've never really heard an outright explanation of what happened there, it wasn't as well documented as Eric's departure from Lakai....
Had to do with Fourstar going belly up.
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I wish he and Koston just mended things with Girl. I just can't see them on any other brand.
don’t want this to come off confrontational on you, i understand why you want it, but it’s on Girl that their relationship is destroyed. they fucked guy and eric and they dipped. if it mattered to mike and rickk they would have made an effort to repair that. at this point, it’s not coming
How exactly did Girl blow it with Eric and Guy? I've never really heard an outright explanation of what happened there, it wasn't as well documented as Eric's departure from Lakai....
Had to do with Fourstar going belly up.
Yeah, Eric and Guy were supposed to have stock in the brands or something like that but it was never given to them/somehow sold out from under them.
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because eric and guy "were given part ownership of the brand" 15 years ago based on a fucking handshake or something. read any interview with anyone that ever left crail, its all handshakes and rainbows over there until you ask for the royalties you shook hands on or whatever.
koston should just say fuck it and ride for that south african mall shoe brand or whatever called Koston. they just use the lakai font they used to use on his shoes. that company is way sicker that girl at this point.
imagine guy on antihero just cuz idk maybe BA or whatever haha that would be sick, but most likely just some one off shit before his FA class photo board. dill needs time to find the perfect picture of young guy and alter it to be cooler. the only good one is freddys.
why in the fuck is fred gall not on hockey yet? koston can stay sponsorless the rest of time and be fine nobody will miss his dork tricks sticking his ass out. someone put freddy on one of the few companies with money have him modeling supreme hoodies and shit haha habitat is the fucking worst. dudes been skating FA boards for 3 years just put him on the team dill.
free max b
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because eric and guy "were given part ownership of the brand" 15 years ago based on a fucking handshake or something. read any interview with anyone that ever left crail, its all handshakes and rainbows over there until you ask for the royalties you shook hands on or whatever.
koston should just say fuck it and ride for that south african mall shoe brand or whatever called Koston. they just use the lakai font they used to use on his shoes. that company is way sicker that girl at this point.
imagine guy on antihero just cuz idk maybe BA or whatever haha that would be sick, but most likely just some one off shit before his FA class photo board. dill needs time to find the perfect picture of young guy and alter it to be cooler. the only good one is freddys.
why in the fuck is fred gall not on hockey yet? koston can stay sponsorless the rest of time and be fine nobody will miss his dork tricks sticking his ass out. someone put freddy on one of the few companies with money have him modeling supreme hoodies and shit haha habitat is the fucking worst. dudes been skating FA boards for 3 years just put him on the team dill.
free max b
The real mystery here
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koston a buguyaga harbor shark, him ah still tink him mr. mention. sizzla seh koston irrelvant
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Numbers always lacked a visual direction for me, often felt like a mall-store 917
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmESm3ap-sA
imo this was the most original thing they did
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Numbers always lacked a visual direction for me, often felt like a mall-store 917
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmESm3ap-sA
imo this was the most original thing they did
That video is great
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And done.
https://numbersedition.com/
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because eric and guy "were given part ownership of the brand" 15 years ago based on a fucking handshake or something. read any interview with anyone that ever left crail, its all handshakes and rainbows over there until you ask for the royalties you shook hands on or whatever.
koston should just say fuck it and ride for that south african mall shoe brand or whatever called Koston. they just use the lakai font they used to use on his shoes. that company is way sicker that girl at this point.
imagine guy on antihero just cuz idk maybe BA or whatever haha that would be sick, but most likely just some one off shit before his FA class photo board. dill needs time to find the perfect picture of young guy and alter it to be cooler. the only good one is freddys.
why in the fuck is fred gall not on hockey yet? koston can stay sponsorless the rest of time and be fine nobody will miss his dork tricks sticking his ass out. someone put freddy on one of the few companies with money have him modeling supreme hoodies and shit haha habitat is the fucking worst. dudes been skating FA boards for 3 years just put him on the team dill.
free max b
What you on about? We still got 13yr old decks floating around over here. Don't need no bootleg stuff when your woods this fresh.
https://johnosskateshop.co.za/product/chocolate-marc-deck/?v=abf8f96f23ab
https://johnosskateshop.co.za/product/girl-carbon-mariano-deck/?v=abf8f96f23ab
https://johnosskateshop.co.za/product/girl-kory-deck/?v=abf8f96f23ab
https://johnosskateshop.co.za/product/chocolate-chris-deck/?v=abf8f96f23ab
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(https://i.imgur.com/EalR5Fr.jpg)
Grimple guest board or is that just Frank's handle?
So Grimple stix is a new way for pros to ride DLX wood in-between sponsors?
I mean most pros ride anti hero when between sponsors anyway ( some when they still have a sponsor). At least this way anti-hero/grimple can make some scratch of the in between sponsors pro guest board.
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i just don't see how the number 1245 is seditious
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Is their website down? I just looked it up and did not find it?
Could see Guy on Krooked by the way
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Ima guess 382
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koston’s the big creature pickup they’ve been teasing. heard from a friend of a friend.
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So if numbers really was scientology backed wouldnt they just keep it afloat?
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koston’s the big creature pickup they’ve been teasing. heard from a friend of a friend.
Well I heard it from a fiend of a fiend.
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numbers was a money laundering front for the construction of berras spaceship which has a cariuma emblem on it. theyre done building
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There is a new DURAO water sponsor video coming on May 4th / Youtube.
He's not in it for the money, he just needs to quench his thirst.
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koston’s the big creature pickup they’ve been teasing. heard from a friend of a friend.
Didn't someone say it's Wes Kremer?
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There is a new DURAO water sponsor video coming on May 4th / Youtube.
He's not in it for the money, he just needs to quench his thirst.
Hes just trying to groe
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There is a new DURAO water sponsor video coming on May 4th / Youtube.
He's not in it for the money, he just needs to quench his thirst.
Hes just trying to groe
Dis dude...wish he had a board sponsor but at the very least, just hope he keeps putting footy out
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koston’s the big creature pickup they’ve been teasing. heard from a friend of a friend.
Well I heard it from a fiend of a fiend.
NICE
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Stingwater has the next quickstrike dunk coming out soon. naturally its ugly as fuck, but im sure they made a 2-3 minute edit in them
free max b
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koston’s the big creature pickup they’ve been teasing. heard from a friend of a friend.
Saw a Creature hoodie in the wild yesterday. Almost stopped my walk to ask the guy for a picture.
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numbers was a money laundering front for the construction of berras spaceship which has a cariuma emblem on it. theyre done building
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/181/957/2f5.gif)