Tom Penny back on ÉS

[mattchew]

Always loved that switch shifty so much.

[hobochimp]

I think I’d much rather see him on adidas than modern es. I also don’t know if I believe he’s on yet or not. Probably just needed a pair of shoes after running out of Supra’s

[lk130]

I like the eS fit currently, they can get some cool events going again

[jgonzalez]

I think I’d much rather see him on adidas than modern es. I also don’t know if I believe he’s on yet or not. Probably just needed a pair of shoes after running out of Supra’s

In the stories his board was covered in éS stickers, suggesting some intent. The plot thicccens

I wish he was on palace and flip at the same time. He’s earned it really. Imagine some PaléS shoes

[REGS]

Expand Quote

I went through more pairs of Penny 2's than any other shoe I've ever skated.I still have one pair of them new in the box stashed away.
Tom deserves a cheque and I hope he's getting it but I don't like watching his current footage, just kind of bums me out.
It feels awful to admit it and I understand time is cruel to us all but I'm steadfast in my opinion that no one has ever looked as natural on a skateboard as prime Penny, seeing him stiff in his movements like the rest of us is upsetting.

[close]

Here's some randomly captured 2021 Chilean skatepark footage, and I genuinely think that he looks good here. I've always felt that despite being the gold standard, his kickflips and frontside flips have still always been overly emphasized in talk citing what makes him so special. That said, the f/s flip to flat was flawless.

I love how he's apparently too cooked to feed himself but he'll just show up at some skatepark in Chile for no discernable reason

[Sila]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

I went through more pairs of Penny 2's than any other shoe I've ever skated.I still have one pair of them new in the box stashed away.
Tom deserves a cheque and I hope he's getting it but I don't like watching his current footage, just kind of bums me out.
It feels awful to admit it and I understand time is cruel to us all but I'm steadfast in my opinion that no one has ever looked as natural on a skateboard as prime Penny, seeing him stiff in his movements like the rest of us is upsetting.

[close]

Here's some randomly captured 2021 Chilean skatepark footage, and I genuinely think that he looks good here. I've always felt that despite being the gold standard, his kickflips and frontside flips have still always been overly emphasized in talk citing what makes him so special. That said, the f/s flip to flat was flawless.

[close]

I love how he's apparently too cooked to feed himself but he'll just show up at some skatepark in Chile for no discernable reason

He lives in the region.

Anyway he needs a sponsor that can actually pay him.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

At least something is right with the world in 2021

[rawbertson.]

Wow he’s looking proper with those on his feet.
Agreed that his present day footage is a bitter pill to swallow, those arms are so stiff and lookin like Frankenstein, but the man is a living breathing deity bumbling around this planet, we are blessed and must honor him.

you realize hes 44 right?

[mattchew]

Expand Quote

Wow he’s looking proper with those on his feet.
Agreed that his present day footage is a bitter pill to swallow, those arms are so stiff and lookin like Frankenstein, but the man is a living breathing deity bumbling around this planet, we are blessed and must honor him.

[close]

you realize hes 44 right?

Dude have you seen AVE, Guy, Reynolds, etc. skate these days?

[rawbertson.]

yeah i would say those guys you named are all definintely outliers, some of the greatest people to ever ride skateboards + have been in the industry + in cali the entire time. pretty different circumstances. i will agree tom was also one of the greatest to ever ride a board too, you are asking for a lot of stars to align for him to be still shredding like reynolds somehow still does. you dont know what kind of injuries that guy has too.

to even be skating like tom does at 44 is like 2000x what any normal human is doing at that age, i have not seen anyone fs flip a set like that over 40 lol

[mattchew]

Penny is without a doubt my favorite skateboarder, ever, but unfortunately there is a very long list of people in his peer/age group who are looking infinitely better than him on a board in 2021. Dude really fried himself, sadly. That being said I’m grateful for any and all footage of him. He’s the actual GOAT.

[lk130]

Skateboarding was the farthest from even thinking about skating in mid life when it was anti everything underground and a few years at best. Dude still has one of the best styles and legacies, as far as all the fanfare goes y'all can keep it as long as he's pushing around he's golden in my book

[RichardBarkley]

Penny is without a doubt my favorite skateboarder, ever, but unfortunately there is a very long list of people in his peer/age group who are looking infinitely better than him on a board in 2021. Dude really fried himself, sadly. That being said I’m grateful for any and all footage of him. He’s the actual GOAT.

He earned it through.

For what he gave us all those years ago.

He can take all the drugs he likes.

He gave us gold

[Genericwhitemale]

Looks like he's still skating Fury Trucks
https://www.decathlon.com/products/skateboard-forged-baseplate-truck-size-825-2096-mm-fury-144665?variant=32053695676478

[sometimeperhaps]

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[mattchew]

He seems pretty savant to me, obviously on a skateboard, but there’s also stories from Theo hand of him saying Tom is fluent in multiple languages, picking them all up with ease while traveling, etc. and his manner of speech is pretty on par with that as well. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration when Rowley says in menikmati “he’s off in his own little Penny world”. Dude is just out there, genuinely on a different level, but then you add heavy substance abuse into the mix and shit gets dicey real quick, so not surprising he has someone helping him with his day to day affairs.

[pugmaster]

papas fritas
pommes de terre rissolées
土豆煎饼
оладьи

[Hyliannightmare]

Supra finally go bankrupt?

[ThisFuckingDude]

I can’t believe people are complaining about Penny not skating at a top tier level at his age. Yes there are like 5 pros from that era that still skate at a high level. But he can obviously still do a lot of tricks might be stiff and old looking but he’s still got it for someone his age. Let the man have fun skating it’s cool that he even wants to jump in his board nowadays. If he ends up with some good sponsors it be a great move for the companies that back him from a marketing stand point.

[EdLawndale]

He’s the actual GOAT.

[RichardBarkley]

He seems pretty savant to me, obviously on a skateboard, but there’s also stories from Theo hand of him saying Tom is fluent in multiple languages, picking them all up with ease while traveling, etc. and his manner of speech is pretty on par with that as well. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration when Rowley says in menikmati “he’s off in his own little Penny world”. Dude is just out there, genuinely on a different level, but then you add heavy substance abuse into the mix and shit gets dicey real quick, so not surprising he has someone helping him with his day to day affairs.

He is certainly on the spectrum and it is well known in UK about his very rough childhood. Mix these with becoming a pro skater, travelling across the world non stop from young age and substance abuse and you have TP.

[Eric Dolphy]

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

[Rasmus]

Expand Quote

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[close]

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

I'm pretty sure that she was part of an instagram post at some point - and back then I think someone both confirmed, what she did, and also at the same time toned down some of the rumours about how bad he should be functioning. Seemed more like a personal assistant, who also made sure he ate more healthy (hence doing grocery and stuff)

[Billy Bitchcakes]

Expand Quote

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[close]

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

Pretty sure most pro skaters would have minders if that was the case

[kingpinuser]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[close]

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

[close]

I'm pretty sure that she was part of an instagram post at some point - and back then I think someone both confirmed, what she did, and also at the same time toned down some of the rumours about how bad he should be functioning. Seemed more like a personal assistant, who also made sure he ate more healthy (hence doing grocery and stuff)

That's his girlfriend and his connection to Chile, as she is from there. I'm going to tell my girlfriend that she is no longer my girlfriend but my "minder" since we travel together, hangout most days and she got me eating better and taking care of myself. The minder shit is done...Tom is fine and a lot more coherent then people give him credit for on these boards.




This is still some of the best skating, and everyone wanted to find a jacket and wear it like that.

[Cheshire Cat]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[close]

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

[close]

I'm pretty sure that she was part of an instagram post at some point - and back then I think someone both confirmed, what she did, and also at the same time toned down some of the rumours about how bad he should be functioning. Seemed more like a personal assistant, who also made sure he ate more healthy (hence doing grocery and stuff)

[close]

That's his girlfriend and his connection to Chile, as she is from there. I'm going to tell my girlfriend that she is no longer my girlfriend but my "minder" since we travel together, hangout most days and she got me eating better and taking care of myself. The minder shit is done...Tom is fine and a lot more coherent then people give him credit for on these boards.

While he's probably more coherent a lot of the time than what the general idea of him seems to be, I've heard from skaters who have stayed with him in bcn and such in the past talk about the Chilean girlfriend as fulfilling the role and performing duties we would mostly associate as a minder or carer of some sort.

I'm not belittling her or trying to portray Penny as some ultra-cooked barely functioning skateboarding diety, just saying that there is an element of truth to that.

[Bruno_Herrera]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[close]

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

[close]

I'm pretty sure that she was part of an instagram post at some point - and back then I think someone both confirmed, what she did, and also at the same time toned down some of the rumours about how bad he should be functioning. Seemed more like a personal assistant, who also made sure he ate more healthy (hence doing grocery and stuff)

[close]

That's his girlfriend and his connection to Chile, as she is from there. I'm going to tell my girlfriend that she is no longer my girlfriend but my "minder" since we travel together, hangout most days and she got me eating better and taking care of myself. The minder shit is done...Tom is fine and a lot more coherent then people give him credit for on these boards.

[close]

While he's probably more coherent a lot of the time than what the general idea of him seems to be, I've heard from skaters who have stayed with him in bcn and such in the past talk about the Chilean girlfriend as fulfilling the role and performing duties we would mostly associate as a minder or carer of some sort.

I'm not belittling her or trying to portray Penny as some ultra-cooked barely functioning skateboarding diety, just saying that there is an element of truth to that.

You’ve just described a typical Southern Chilean girlfriend. If she was raised on a rural area she probably had drilled into her head that she has to be a “good wife” first and a woman second. Also there still is this weird way of thinking that if ur gf doesn’t do a good job of replacing your mom, she’s not a good partner... dumb third world country shit

[rawbertson.]

damn bro im not tryin to hear penny cookin it

[ok boomer]

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Expand Quote

Anyone have the full story or more background on him having a “minder”? Is he really that fried he can’t function by himself?

[close]

I have no facts to add but I imagine it's a little exaggerated. You miss a few demos, flights etc and your sponsor says "you're costing us a lot of money, either we give you a minder to make sure you meet your obligations, or you're of"

[close]

I'm pretty sure that she was part of an instagram post at some point - and back then I think someone both confirmed, what she did, and also at the same time toned down some of the rumours about how bad he should be functioning. Seemed more like a personal assistant, who also made sure he ate more healthy (hence doing grocery and stuff)

[close]

That's his girlfriend and his connection to Chile, as she is from there. I'm going to tell my girlfriend that she is no longer my girlfriend but my "minder" since we travel together, hangout most days and she got me eating better and taking care of myself. The minder shit is done...Tom is fine and a lot more coherent then people give him credit for on these boards.




This is still some of the best skating, and everyone wanted to find a jacket and wear it like that.

I had a TSA jacket that was similar if not the same one as that. And I miss it immensely.
RIP TSA jacket, u da 1 4 me