Are they going to blame Slap again this time around?
Why yes, yes they are. He just issued yet another very brief and generic "apology" on the Rollers Insta and I see people citing this as just "some old shit from Slap" or "something he did in his youth" yet again. Those apologizing for the apologist are really half-assing it. I didn't hear about this on Slap, I saw 5 industry people post about it, that led me to Slap which seems like a place I may kinda like so I registered. Once again he didn't mention specifics, most of the people who support him in the industry probably still will and they'll all continue thinking this is about something from 30 years ago. I see the word "evolve" used a lot by his apologists, yet I see very little evolution. I see a cycle. Do or say something racist, get called on it, realize it's going to hurt your bottom line, half-ass apologize, don't change, rinse and repeat. I think we're entering a time when people wish for the cycles to be broken, not repeated. He used to be pretty popular here in Japan, now most of the younger skaters I've spoken to about this think he's some weirdo with a Kōrudoheddo (cold head). It's no secret there's a lot of tolerance for racism here in Japan, and the older skate community has it's fair share of it. Hopefully things are changing...
What even is reading? What even is research? What even is the search function? What even is a cali4niahotboy?
Seriously though, does Ace still support him? I DM'd them, it's been "seen" but they never responded. I would like to go all in on DLX but yeah, they hiked their prices big time here and barely send anything anymore. Haven't seen a set of $85 (US) Spitfires or Thunders at my local shop since last June. Well, there's those 58mm Black ones but yeah, no one wants black wheels here or ones big enough for our cars. Our shop is like an outlet for all things NHS and Dwindle. Anyways, I digress...
P.S. Apparently none of you skate, and you're all just here to buy Dunks. Consider your Libs, owned (is that how that phrase works?) I don't know, time for Ramen and then of to Ninja school... (Did I misspell *off correctly?)
Sayonara Slap... Also, Shalom and be kind to one another, no matter your skin color, eye slant, belly roundness or state of general ugliness.