shane oneill thrasher interview

[boardnews]

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/shane-oneill-interview-0215/

fuckin' good things has been said, Shane is the man

[jgonzalez]

Well that was boring

He only really said two things.
1. He filmed this with only pressure from himself. (But still motivated by companies/$$. Since it's his job)
2. He supports his family and doesn't like to talk about himself/personal life. Which he accomplished. And he has to fix his barbecue but who cares

But still. He shuts the fuck up and skates. Part was good

[L33Tg33k]

I guess you missed the part where he said he has 20 minutes of footage.

[ill_Murray]

I guess you missed the part where he said he has 20 minutes of footage.

I'm sure people are going to joke about "quite a different family situation" as growing up on an assembly line in a robot factory or something but I'll be damned if that interview didn't just humanize the shit out of him to me. 

[Salty Lame Ass Poosey]

"Let’s say Koston’s bringing out a new part—the last thing I’m thinking is, “What the fuck camera is he using?” you know? But I guess that’s how people are these days, so whatever."

so is koston coming out with a new part, with what kind of camera?

[Tyroneshoelaces]

That was dope.  Real talk.

The part about the cameras was spot on.  If cardiel magically got better and dropped a part in HD the first thing people on slap would do is bitch that it isn't VX

[ungzilla]

staba is irritating

i wonder how many times he has been punched in the face

[ill_Murray]

staba is irritating

i wonder how many times he has been punched in the face

[Facehead]

I want to know more about these Tim Tams . . .

[Beeda Weeda]

does he still have tha thot girlfriend?

[ungzilla]

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staba is irritating

i wonder how many times he has been punched in the face

[close]

thank you but once is just not enough to sate my hate

[raw]

pics of hot girlfriend now

[skateskateskate]

he's unhateable

[doomstation55]

I want to know more about these Tim Tams . . .

Tim Tams are teh shit. I think you can find them in some places in the US, they're on amazon too.

http://www.amazon.com/Arnotts-Original-Value-Pack-Australia/dp/B00DTDPUUU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425591689&sr=8-2&keywords=tim+tams

[skateordie]

I want to know more about these Tim Tams . . .

i got you, facehead:

[GAY]

This interview would have been 10 times more interesting if anyone OTHER than Staba had done it.

[straight]

This interview would have been 10 times more interesting if anyone OTHER than Staba had done it.

But it's still better than if he interviewed himself

[Vianouz]

He's one of the very best but holy shit, you look boring as fuck shane, get a life

[ill_Murray]

He's one of the very best but holy shit, you look boring as fuck shane, get a life

You sound stupid as fuck, get a brain.  Just because he chooses to not put his personal life out there like every other social media whore doesn't make him boring. 

[pizzafliptofakie]

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He's one of the very best but holy shit, you look boring as fuck shane, get a life

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You sound stupid as fuck, get a brain.  Just because he chooses to not put his personal life out there like every other social media whore doesn't make him boring. 

Yeah, I always thought it was weird how people will shit on Shane for not having a lively presence outside of his skating, but then think it's so cool when PJ or Heath do the same.

[FrenchFuck]

He's one of the very best but holy shit, you look boring as fuck shane, get a life

Boy you slipping

[poopnutsupreme]

people will shit on Shane for not having a lively presence outside of his skating, but then think it's so cool when PJ or Heath do the same.

I'd really like to see someone make a valid argument against that.

[Andrew]

Yeah, I always thought it was weird how people will shit on Shane for not having a lively presence outside of his skating, but then think it's so cool when PJ or Heath do the same.

agree with you on the PJ thing but the Heath comparison isn't as strong, dude seems to have an extremely active life/presence outside of skating which is part of why people like him so much. Is he still doing those yearly trips where the goal seems to be see how close he can get to death?

[BraveUlysses]

[Wizard Fight]

[oyolar]

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I guess you missed the part where he said he has 20 minutes of footage.

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I'm sure people are going to joke about "quite a different family situation" as growing up on an assembly line in a robot factory or something but I'll be damned if that interview didn't just humanize the shit out of him to me. 

I'll agree that I definitely care more about Shane now than before.  But for someone who doesn't want to talk about his family so much, he sure did bring it up a lot.

[pizzafliptofakie]

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Yeah, I always thought it was weird how people will shit on Shane for not having a lively presence outside of his skating, but then think it's so cool when PJ or Heath do the same.

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agree with you on the PJ thing but the Heath comparison isn't as strong, dude seems to have an extremely active life presence outside of skating which is part of why people like him so much. Is he still doing those yearly trips where the goal seems to be see how close he can get to death?

I never said that he (or any of them) weren't interesting people. Heath leads a pretty exciting life from what we can gather, but even that isn't as well documented as a lot of pros and their "lifestyles" ala hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers. I always hear people describe reserved dudes like Heath as someone who "lets their skating do the talking", and that seems to be a pretty commendable trait among pros in this weird age where Ryan Sheckler's breakfast is considered journalism. Then you have dudes like Shane who ARE in the limelight, but don't really have a loud personality being advertised, and people hate on him for being dull. To me it just seems like people are way too eager to fish for reasons to hate somebody to justify their own tastes.


Is Shane O'Neil a boring person? I dunno. I don't really care either, since watching his skateboarding footage is probably about as involved with his life as I'll ever be. Truthfully I'd rather have a boring person who kills it then some loudmouth with face tattoos sticking his tongue out at cameras, but then again skateboarding is skateboarding. Hell, maybe PJ Ladd is overtly charismatic off camera. That's neat, but until I see that video part I've been waiting years to see none of that matters to me.

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

I was at Shane's First Holy Communion and can confirm that he knows how to party.

[DannyDee]

Shane's sick and seems like a quiet guy who is focused and tries to take care of his friends, very similar to PJ in that regard. Heath is a completely different animal, while he doesn't grant many interviews or talk about his life everyone has stories about him. There are so many stories about Heath doing random things from death defying stunts, crazy crap with klien, to working random jobs (tending bar and delivering pizza's) that he has a mystique where almost any story about him is believable.

[pizzafliptofakie]

Shane's sick and seems like a quiet guy who is focused and tries to take care of his friends, very similar to PJ in that regard. Heath is a completely different animal, while he doesn't grant many interviews or talk about his life everyone has stories about him. There are so many stories about Heath doing random things from death defying stunts, crazy crap with klien, to working random jobs (tending bar and delivering pizza's) that he has a mystique where almost any story about him is believable.

That's what's cool about him. He doesn't need to flaunt it.