Does Mike V Get A Pass?

[Pete]

How has that gif of him frontflipping into a barricade for no reason not been posted yet?

That’s a good one.

Free max b

[Second date]

Here we go again. Just fuck off with this. Mike V has done more for skating than all of us combined. Who cares if he uses a word you don't agree with. We are allowed to be ourselves wigger boy

Let's be honest though.
Mike V is a massive cunt and his street plants aren't even good.

[MOE SYZLAK]

I have always hated Mike V but when I found out he took ED’s check and cashed it for himself...  that was the true end.
He might not be a racist but he probably is a dick... so No, no pass

[jomeara1]

Not one response from Gip yet?? Usually by now there’s a full blown rant with pitchforks and everything.

[pizzafliptofakie]

I have always hated Mike V but when I found out he took ED’s check and cashed it for himself...  that was the true end.
He might not be a racist but he probably is a dick... so No, no pass

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[jakeumms]

His Public Domain part was the first skate video I remember seeing and I will love his Speed Freaks part til death. There have been some other phases that have made it really hard to hold on to that love though for sure.

[Pootie Calrissitang]

His Public Domain part was the first skate video I remember seeing and I will love his Speed Freaks part til death. There have been some other phases that have made it really hard to hold on to that love though for sure.

Agreed. His Speed Freaks part is easily one of my all time favorites. Even the music was on point and fit the part perfectly.

THAT's how I want to remember Mike V., lol.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Big bro is definitely the best place to look for things to get offended by today's standards.

yes, and also a publication that held strict journalistic standards in regard to only printing exactly what was said during interviews.

I'm a broken record, but I fuck with modern day Mike V, finally seems like he's gotten over all his kooky phases and is really at peace with himself and his brand

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

How has that gif of him frontflipping into a barricade for no reason not been posted yet?

That’s a good one.

Free max b

HE DID IT BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A BIG STUNT.

Not one response from Gip yet?? Usually by now there’s a full blown rant with pitchforks and everything.

You’re a fucking idiot who doesn’t get how shit works here. No, I’m not pissed about a fake big brother interview making fun of his skinhead look. I actually have a brain, unlike whoever the fuck you are. Is there something, anything you’ve controbuted to this place that is memorable that you can remind me of? Because I have no fucking clue who you are or where you get the impression you know shit about shit.
Just a little nazi loving proud boy wannabe bitch who is upset I don’t love his nazi heroes

[NegativeCreep]

I have always hated Mike V but when I found out he took ED’s check and cashed it for himself...  that was the true end.
He might not be a racist but he probably is a dick... so No, no pass

I was just watching Ed's epicly later'd the other night. 

[Chavo]

It turned out to be a non-issue, but skateboarding will never forget the Mike V. sandwich incident.

[Hoeboi]

mike v could whoop all y'alls asses at once. thats the only fact we know about him.

[Nosferatu]

List of people who always seem to get a pass in the industry:
1.) Gino
2.) Gonz
3.) Mike V.

[BobbyPshew]

I'm glad he got called out for that shit.
Same fucking rules apply. Always.

That interview is an interesting read, after hearing Ed's side of the story, of what happened with Mike and Television.

They asked Mike about Television and if he was still friends with Ed.

"I guess the main thing was that I could not keep a business relationship with Ed, and remain friends, so I wanted to end it, end the business relationship.But in doing that, it ended the friend relationship and I guess that was coming.Once Ed moved out and started Toy Machine with Vision, I tried to keep Television going on my own, with Jahmal, doing it out of my house, with all my own money, but it had no chance.
And I didn't feel that good about doing it, anyway, Ed wasn't there and the team wasn't there that we originally had, it wasn't really Television, anymore.At the time I had to cling to it 'cause I didn't really know what else to do."

Q- Are you and Ed still friends?
Mike- I'd like to still be friends, but when I see him, he's a stranger, man.He acts fake to me and bullshits me. He was my best friend for a long time and now, when he sees me, it's like we have no history, ya know, and that kinda hurts.When the whole Television thing went down, I told him I wanted to remain friends, so I made an effort. I called him up to go skating and do the things we usually do together, but he kinda just shined me and stayed away.Then he called me, when he needed stuff, like a videotape I had with a trick with him on it that I had, and I told him "Man, you're calling me when you want something, but you're not calling me to see what's going on, so I don't want nothing to do with you. I still see him and we talk, but not really.
It feels like shit. I hate it"

Fucking liar!
When you can't think of anyone else to milk some money out of, just steal your business partner and friend's check.
Then deny it ever happening,to said "best friend" and business partner, to the point where some shit could go down, then lie about it some more and make yourself out to be the one who's been wronged, and "hurt", when asked in an interview.
He may not be a racist, but he'll fuck you over for a dollar, even if you're his "best friend".

I don't like thieves and I really don't like liars, especially liars that go off into fabricated stories to make them look wronged and hurt.
ASSHOLIO.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Woah, way to judge him over something that happened some time 20+ years ago, so that's it huh, for the rest of his life he can't evolve ever escape that one episode?
I love both him and Ed but Ed also isn't the greatest businessman (remember what he did to Senn?) so I'd honestly take both of their sides of the story with a grain of salt

[Nth syd bear]

Woah, way to judge him over something that happened some time 20+ years ago, so that's it huh, for the rest of his life he can't evolve ever escape that one episode?
I love both him and Ed but Ed also isn't the greatest businessman (remember what he did to Senn?) so I'd honestly take both of their sides of the story with a grain of salt

Exactly and at the end of the day these guys are all kids trying to run businesses an shit
Together don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of my friends have falling outs over money
With each other.. it’s life bro and not really our shit just coz they famous for being good on a skateboard doesn’t make them perfect people .. give me a break..

Ps jj is a nazi.. haha

[jakeumms]

Thanks for posting that text from the interview. Is the full thing anywhere? I'd love to read it all. I bought the Big Brother book but I don't think any full articles like that are in there.

On a related note, from Ed's Thrasher interview somewhere in 01 there's a section where he lists his skate buddies. From 1997-2001 Mike V is listed. I think they patched up things up. He also said in his Epicly Laterd that the Mike V that people see is totally different than the one he knows.

[DCLOVE]

Everyone’s a racist and everyone is an activist. Just be offended quietly and move on. Or rub one out to the dude in your hey Arnold esque secret white power shrine .

I miss when this was just 30 year old dudes circle jerking Bobby Puleo and Fred Gall while also saying that this Jake Johnson kid is God’s gift to skating.

[Krooked antihero]

I miss when this was just 30 year old dudes circle jerking Bobby Puleo and Fred Gall while also saying that this Jake Johnson kid is God’s gift to skating.

Amen.

[BobbyPshew]

They really were just kids trying to work all that shit out, huh?
I can tend to go a wee bitty overboard, every now and then.
Pretty crap way to treat your mates, though...

[Heather Chandler]

He's pretty much a dumber Henry Rollins. I'm almost insulted by how fucking pretentious and uselss he is.

Well said. 

[DISTANT RUMOURS]

Everyone’s a racist and everyone is an activist. Just be offended quietly and move on. Or rub one out to the dude in your hey Arnold esque secret white power shrine .

I miss when this was just 30 year old dudes circle jerking Bobby Puleo and Fred Gall while also saying that this Jake Johnson kid is God’s gift to skating.

Hey hey, not an evening passes without me thinking about Fred Gall or Puleo

[lou dawg]

This is way too personal and way too much time has passed for me to pass any judgment.

Skateboarding as a spectator sport is weird, man.

I'm pretty sure they're cool with each other now. It's been long enough for them to own up to their very public history.

I'm sure we're all living very flawless and fault-free lives.

[dr.prestige]

If skating kicked out the best frontside ollie and invert fakie in the business, I think it's reasonable to kick out Mike V. I feel like the only thing he's relevant for in long term skate history anyways is the first popular double kick board, and that was more Rocco's doing anyways.

[opinionated bastard]

Losers

[shit_for_brains]

What if he gets black balled from the skating, amateur hockey, backyard wrestling, film extra, spoken word poetry, amateur roller hockey, Southern rock, or traveling motivational speaker communities?!?

[Salty Lame Ass Poosey]

You guys got ot all wrong he is just a vegan nazi

[Matthew_James]

The real question is “Is Mike V a Racist,” not “does Mike V have a low IQ & Say Dumb Shit.” He treated my back friends just like he treated me, and he treated us better than literally every single pro I’ve ever met. I fuck with Mike, he’s good in my book.


Oh wait, here come a bunch of people who are gonna pretend they never said “nigger” or “coon” before responding....

[feedmeseymour]

The real question is “Is Mike V a Racist,” not “does Mike V have a low IQ & Say Dumb Shit.” He treated my back friends just like he treated me, and he treated us better than literally every single pro I’ve ever met. I fuck with Mike, he’s good in my book.


Oh wait, here come a bunch of people who are gonna pretend they never said “nigger” or “coon” before responding....

[givecigstosurfgroms]

  Shit flip mute grabs and a 'middle finger to the industry'.  Mike v was the man before he quit world industries.  After that it was just a colosal bad trip.