Style

[InkkeACAB]

philosophing.

[Giocattoli Inutili]

Rodney's style, including clothes, has not been part of the success of his career.  He is a total outlier in that regard.  Odd to include him in such a (goofy) discussion.

[prof_oak]

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philosophing.

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In how many languages can you write?
How many do you speak?

[corto]

I always thought of style as the natural way somebody's body moved, paired with their clothing choice.

I became culturally aware of skateboarding and style around the mid 00's Hesh v. Fresh era, and hesh appealed to me more because they just went faster and did more simple tricks, which seems more obtainable for somebody that just started skating, as opposed to the fresh end of the spectrum, where tech shit dominated. I couldn't fathom doing a sw heel front tail 270 on a ledge, but I could see how it was possible to just go really fast and not bail on a big ollie or lipslide.

I think what it boiled down to a lot of the time was the way someone's knees bent. The arms didn't seem to be as big of a deal as the legs did to me. So someone wearing skin tight pants was easier to see how their legs moved when they landed, and someone with baggier pants it was less obvious what was going on down there.

It made me wonder, if hesh skaters were to wear baggier clothes, would their style seem cleaner?
And if fresh skaters wore tighter clothes, would their style seem sketchier?

I guess pants are synonymous with leg movement. Maybe we can write it off and say pants are what defines style. But I think its what's inside the pants that really matters.

Paradoxically, tight pants are more unforgivable when it comes to style but at the same time people with tight pants are not expected to skate as clean.