lame instagram posts by pros

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Is he that mad he can’t say that’s gay anymore or call transition tranny?

[3D X-Ray Vision]

Remember when he was 'done with Instagram' not even like six weeks ago?

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

[HeapsCool]

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Is he that mad he can’t say that’s gay anymore or call transition tranny?

I was watching that adidas clip the other day of having like girl skaters in the van with all the bros and it just made me think of how much pro skateboarding in the past would have been such a toxic masculinity fueled alt-frat. This is kinda where Dustin is.

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Is he that mad he can’t say that’s gay anymore or call transition tranny?

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I was watching that adidas clip the other day of having like girl skaters in the van with all the bros and it just made me think of how much pro skateboarding in the past would have been such a toxic masculinity fueled alt-frat. This is kinda where Dustin is.

Dustin seems like the worst dude

[Gene_Harrogate]

I'm surprised a guy who has based his entire public persona around his rampant alcoholism doesn't think more about the long term.

[tonitonne]

I'm surprised a guy who has based his entire public persona around his rampant alcoholism doesn't think more about the long term.

[Huell Howser]

when ppl start posting text blocks like that to ig you know they're gettin old lol

[ungzilla]

[HeavyAndExpensive]

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https://www.instagram.com/tv/CehO8AfjC_y/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This guy has to have turned into the most irritating skater to listen to. Can you imagine him sitting across from you in a business meeting?

When he got in this accident, I remember his wife (who wasn't there) pretty adamantly saying that it wasn't his fault, but rather that of the person in front of him, despite fault almost always falling upon the person in the rear in an accident in CA.

Looks like they haven't given that approach up, but now he was also looking at the display screen in his car.

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If I understand this correctly, the “brutal story” of how he wrecked his Tessy is that he looked down at the wrong time.
Very brutal, indeed.
Must’ve been a picture of a bag of oats in the car screen, or maybe a sugar cube?
I love that as soon as he takes it out of auto-drive, he wrecks it.  At least Tesla can use his IG posts in their defense case.

It was an enormous carrot

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<3

[WavyDavy]

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

On the other side people complain that everyone is so rude and mean and hateful nowadays. So I guess the truth is somewhere inbetween

[TheLurper]

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

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On the other side people complain that everyone is so rude and mean and hateful nowadays. So I guess the truth is somewhere inbetween

It took a couple readings of this to try and figure out what Dustin was trying to say. (The first two sentences run into each and have no punctuation, which was beyond confusing.)

To some extent I agree with the idea of gate-keeping kooks out of skateboarding, like Craig Lutzka getting kooked out is fine with me, but the definition of kook really matters here.

And, to some extent I disagree, what the hell is the point of being an asshole to everyone else? One of the scenes I was in for a few years made me hate skateboarding. Even though I wasn't ever attacked, the "core" dudes were such assholes to everyone all the time that I was always on edge that I was going to say or do something wrong.

[Craig Lutzka]

Craig Lutzka getting kooked out is fine with me

Might have to add this to my signature.

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

You know what’s hard as fuck? The Stone Age. We been soft for thousands of years now

[Yonnycage]

I personally love getting vibed. Just an excuse to act like an asshole right back. Land a trick one of the dickheads is trying right after he bails, make eye contact and don’t say anything, stand in their space with your homie and act like they’re not there, leave your beer next to where they sit and make it a point to come back for a sip every couple minutes it’s great. I love making clique boys feel small.

[Mariatorresflores]

I personally love getting vibed. Just an excuse to act like an asshole right back. Land a trick one of the dickheads is trying right after he bails, make eye contact and don’t say anything, stand in their space with your homie and act like they’re not there, leave your beer next to where they sit and make it a point to come back for a sip every couple minutes it’s great. I love making clique boys feel small.

Unquestionably the words of an asshole.

[j....soy.....]

You’re right…it’s not the good ole days….we have middle aged men taking to social media….. it’s not like they cancelled vans Dustin…..feel free to go and rent one….

[Rune Spliffberg]

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I personally love getting vibed. Just an excuse to act like an asshole right back. Land a trick one of the dickheads is trying right after he bails, make eye contact and don’t say anything, stand in their space with your homie and act like they’re not there, leave your beer next to where they sit and make it a point to come back for a sip every couple minutes it’s great. I love making clique boys feel small.

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Unquestionably the words of an asshole.

nah i fully back this

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

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On the other side people complain that everyone is so rude and mean and hateful nowadays. So I guess the truth is somewhere inbetween

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It took a couple readings of this to try and figure out what Dustin was trying to say. (The first two sentences run into each and have no punctuation, which was beyond confusing.)

To some extent I agree with the idea of gate-keeping kooks out of skateboarding, like Craig Lutzka getting kooked out is fine with me, but the definition of kook really matters here.

And, to some extent I disagree, what the hell is the point of being an asshole to everyone else? One of the scenes I was in for a few years made me hate skateboarding. Even though I wasn't ever attacked, the "core" dudes were such assholes to everyone all the time that I was always on edge that I was going to say or do something wrong.

Wait why was greg lutzka kooked out? Genuinely curious here besides the fact that he'll take any sponsor?

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

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On the other side people complain that everyone is so rude and mean and hateful nowadays. So I guess the truth is somewhere inbetween

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It took a couple readings of this to try and figure out what Dustin was trying to say. (The first two sentences run into each and have no punctuation, which was beyond confusing.)

To some extent I agree with the idea of gate-keeping kooks out of skateboarding, like Craig Lutzka getting kooked out is fine with me, but the definition of kook really matters here.

And, to some extent I disagree, what the hell is the point of being an asshole to everyone else? One of the scenes I was in for a few years made me hate skateboarding. Even though I wasn't ever attacked, the "core" dudes were such assholes to everyone all the time that I was always on edge that I was going to say or do something wrong.

I think Dustin is sad that bullying is considered less acceptable these days.

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this guy is such a tryhard kook

[Spectre]

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this guy is such a tryhard kook

Foreal man he's never gonna make it with that attitude

[JRF]

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https://www.instagram.com/tv/CehO8AfjC_y/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

This guy has to have turned into the most irritating skater to listen to. Can you imagine him sitting across from you in a business meeting?

When he got in this accident, I remember his wife (who wasn't there) pretty adamantly saying that it wasn't his fault, but rather that of the person in front of him, despite fault almost always falling upon the person in the rear in an accident in CA.

Looks like they haven't given that approach up, but now he was also looking at the display screen in his car.

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If I understand this correctly, the “brutal story” of how he wrecked his Tessy is that he looked down at the wrong time.
Very brutal, indeed.
Must’ve been a picture of a bag of oats in the car screen, or maybe a sugar cube?
I love that as soon as he takes it out of auto-drive, he wrecks it.  At least Tesla can use his IG posts in their defense case.

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I can't handle this man BUT I have to say, he offers a good run down on how pros get paid in this clip. He really lays it out  and hits most of the key points.

I just wish he could not lean into the camera like that... close talking is not cool.

Maybe Mikey has changed a lot over the years but he always seemed pretty chill and far less worried about some of the things he focuses on in his social media posts. Not saying he’s lame, it’s hard for me to judge someone by their social media posts but they do seem kind of, we’ll, I don’t know, uninteresting to me, not exactly relatable in any way I guess. That’s the nice way of saying it’s not my cup of tea instead just calling it kind of whack..

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this guy is such a tryhard kook

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Foreal man he's never gonna make it with that attitude

is fake lifestyle steeze a violation?

[JRF]

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

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On the other side people complain that everyone is so rude and mean and hateful nowadays. So I guess the truth is somewhere inbetween

I think that there’s always been elements of the same type of personalities, especially in skateboarding, the new generation is not soft compared to the old. It has the same types of personalities. Look at someone like tyshawn jones, that dude would fit in great during any generation of skateboarding past present and probably the future too. Social media just gives people the easy access to make themselves known by a vast amount of people. I guess its up to the individual wether or not they come off as likeable or insufferable

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What a fucking kook.

Edit: it's funny when people say stuff like "this generation is soft". As if they're not. 100 years ago it wasn't uncommon for people to not have running water or electricity in their houses and you'd have to wash your clothes in a basin with a washboard, no washer and dryer. We're all fucking soft.

[close]

On the other side people complain that everyone is so rude and mean and hateful nowadays. So I guess the truth is somewhere inbetween

[close]

I think that there’s always been elements of the same type of personalities, especially in skateboarding, the new generation is not soft compared to the old. It has the same types of personalities. Look at someone like tyshawn jones, that dude would fit in great during any generation of skateboarding past present and probably the future too. Social media just gives people the easy access to make themselves known by a vast amount of people. I guess its up to the individual wether or not they come off as likeable or insufferable

On second thought, I read that IG post again and that was pretty fucking terrible. Plus it might just be me but it didn’t really make much sense either.

[Spectre]

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this guy is such a tryhard kook

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Foreal man he's never gonna make it with that attitude

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is fake lifestyle steeze a violation?

Most definitely

[layzieyez]

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I guess instagram comments count here. This one caught me off guard

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Pulling my bias aside, and taking the birds eye view, Le’Andre Sanders will go down as a force of skate history (fuck even typing that hurt my brain). It is what it is, no one else is doing switch Madonnas and making them look good. Up there with Greyson Fletcher owning the Ollie north.

Kalis ain’t wrong.

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Nah, he won't. Maybe if skate history to you = what steve borra thinks, but otherwise nah, kooks are kooks, that's just the way it is

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Nah dude he's defintely gonna be a legend. Just like Greyson Fletcher!

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lol since when is grayson fletcher a legend

[TheLurper]

I think that there’s always been elements of the same type of personalities, especially in skateboarding, the new generation is not soft compared to the old. It has the same types of personalities. Look at someone like tyshawn jones, that dude would fit in great during any generation of skateboarding past present and probably the future too. Social media just gives people the easy access to make themselves known by a vast amount of people. I guess its up to the individual wether or not they come off as likeable or insufferable

I'm impressed when someone comes to hang out with the rabble on SLAP, and I don't want to derail the thread too much or turn this into an AMA, but I'm curious...

Looking back, are you glad social media wasn't as big of thing during your years as a pro? Do you think it would have added extra layers and annoying obligations to the job of pro?  Generally, was it nice to have filmers, editors, skate-journalists help craft your persona in skateboarding or did you feel misrepresented? Would you have been ready to own a public image as a young dude coming up in the scene?

Also feel free to ignore these questions as well. I won't be bummed if you ignore them.