best skate media ahead?

[crabbys-ledge]

Seems like nowadays there's more of a pathway than ever for former pros to still be in the spotlight by announcing contests, hosting skate segments, judging, doing podcasts, etc.. Who do you guys think does it the best? I get it takes a special skill to talk about skating more than 'daaamn... that was sick' and keep it engaging but there's quite a few heads out now that I think are annoying and could be better placed somewhere else in the industry not in front of a camera or with a mic in hand.

I've been thinking about this after watching/listening to different channels and I'm going to say Jeron Wilson is one of the best. He's pretty mellow, informative without being too cheesy, can be funny and can drop some knowledge from past experiences. I think he can sometimes be out of touch with dudes who are on the come up but overall I think he's on point. I think Chris Cole does a good job on commentating contests as well.

I think the worst ones are:
Chris Roberts
Tim O'Conner (I use to like some of the stuff they would put him on years ago but now I can't stand his commentary)
Kelly Hart

[theloniousmonk]

I agree about Jeron, he was a lot more talkative int he last Live and it was cool to hear

John Drake has a YouTube channel called sole surfer and it’s really good.

Jim Grey isn’t doing himself any favors by having a podcast, he seems low key toxic how he take over everyone and.brings all the stories back to how he got screwed over etc.

I’ve watched a couple episodes of Tom Asta’s YouTube, I’m good on that for a while

[Benevenstanciano]

Best - the bunt , Jeron , Crail couch.

Worst - Chris roberts , gifted hater, Kelly hart,

All time best - epicly Later’d

[sle_epy]

I agree about Jeron, he was a lot more talkative int he last Live and it was cool to hear

John Drake has a YouTube channel called sole surfer and it’s really good.

Jim Grey isn’t doing himself any favors by having a podcast, he seems low key toxic how he take over everyone and.brings all the stories back to how he got screwed over etc.

I’ve watched a couple episodes of Tom Asta’s YouTube, I’m good on that for a while

I like Asta; easily consumable and he's pretty humble for someone so good.

[switchfakie]

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I agree about Jeron, he was a lot more talkative int he last Live and it was cool to hear

John Drake has a YouTube channel called sole surfer and it’s really good.

Jim Grey isn’t doing himself any favors by having a podcast, he seems low key toxic how he take over everyone and.brings all the stories back to how he got screwed over etc.

I’ve watched a couple episodes of Tom Asta’s YouTube, I’m good on that for a while

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I like Asta; easily consumable and he's pretty humble for someone so good.

I agree on asta, he seems really chill & his YouTube videos are real asf. Sometimes in his vids he’ll say that his friends flaked on joining in on the sesh & I thought that really humanized him

[GrayCellGreen]

I’m actually liking Pedro Delfino’s channel. He doesn’t upload too often but his videos are solid

[Baswell Cerry]

Dubs is smooth, insightful, and knows the game

[crabbys-ledge]

Best - the bunt , Jeron , Crail couch.

Worst - Chris roberts , gifted hater, Kelly hart,

All time best - epicly Later’d

I like gifted hater but can see how he can fall into the 'worst' category with him laughing like a little kid at his own jokes and not be able to keep it together. I appreciate how polarizing of a character he is within skate media tho.

I would like to see new epicly later'd. Maybe that's what skateboarding needs again and we can phase out other skate media channels

[j....soy.....]

The sweet sounds of Prod….

[Benevenstanciano]

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Best - the bunt , Jeron , Crail couch.

Worst - Chris roberts , gifted hater, Kelly hart,

All time best - epicly Later’d

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I like gifted hater but can see how he can fall into the 'worst' category with him laughing like a little kid at his own jokes and not be able to keep it together. I appreciate how polarizing of a character he is within skate media tho.

I would like to see new epicly later'd. Maybe that's what skateboarding needs again and we can phase out other skate media channels

It’s all of the above for GH, the laughing at own jokes, voice cracking, vocal fry, and his overall bias. I could see the love for him threw sheer polarization but for me the shtick got old.

EL on the other hand is something I wish we had more of, was hoping vice would have bank rolled more episodes.

[assvogel]

Jeff Grosso

RIP.

[Not_Bruce]

Best - Gifted hater
Extremely funny
Honest - his griffin part review was dead on and nine club would have a stroke before they got this honest.
The only reason I can see people disliking gifted hater is thinking they can do what he does instead of having a job like the rest of us.

[j....soy.....]

Our dumb opinions on here have more influence than most of these YouTubers…..

[backfliptofiftyfifty]

the bunt is the only right answer

[bohemian]

worst: zitzer and his bald sidekick

[lurker_and_poster]

I know this is not the question...

But chromeball is the answer you get.
All hail chromeballincident.blogspot only medium I can consume till the end of time with no regrets.

[switchfakie]

im a fan of skatenewswire

its pretty mellow and not run by apparent kooks

[WhoCareZ]

The only reason I can see people disliking gifted hater is thinking they can do what he does instead of having a job like the rest of us.

Having his 'job' would be fun for 2 years max. Him as a 30-year old slinging shit on the skate industry will be cringe.

Absolute best case scenario for GH is he's revered like a Jeff Grosso figure, but more likely he could end up like skateboarding's Keemstar.

[ASS FAULT]

Worst is Gifted Hater for his voice.

[Benevenstanciano]

I’ve been thinking about this a lot the past few days

And my top 5 skatemedia all time is

epicly Later’d

Love letters

Skate talk live

Skate wise (AO’s old knowwave thing)

Crail couch

[frontsideNECKTIE]

Loveletters was my top choice.

I still watch my favorite eps, and sometimes dig through youtube, hoping to find a note or letter that I missed... I often get more stoke out of looking into skating's past rather than present.

Epicly Later'd was pretty good too, but those videos don't seem to have as much draw to me these days.

[Lowcalcium]

Tim O’ Connor’s podcast was one of my favorites. He never had time for it / or money.

The Bunt.

Chrome Ball Incident

Epicly Laterd

[decoi1]

I really enjoyed Bobshirt. Perhaps I haven’t kept up but I don’t recall seeing any in quite some time. I’m kind of a sucker and really enjoy just about all skate media except for the YouTuber stuff but never really gave it a shot

[Dusty]

I’ve been thinking about this a lot the past few days

And my top 5 skatemedia all time is

epicly Later’d

Love letters

Skate talk live

Skate wise (AO’s old knowwave thing)

Crail couch

I loved Skate Wise so much

[TheLurper]

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