Everybody is quick to lash on Bobby but he's actually addressing his issue a lot better than he was doing it ten years ago back when he'd go all crazy on the TOA website. He's being cordial and articulate leaving individual replies to most people reacting like he's genuinely into trying to discuss his point, as opposed to just spamming a comments section like a 13-year-old just figuring out the Internet which is what gave him bad rep originally: the form, but his points have always been worth at least considering (of course if you disregard how some of them don't seem to apply to himself, it's funny to see how he thinks). Finally he's grasped how to present an idea.
To be honest I don't see any beef; social commentary if anything. Those two photos exist, same trick at same spot except the newest one is used to sell Nike shoes, which is what Bobby seems mostly intrigued by as he's always had an anti-Nike stance. He's an idealist but what he might be failing to see is the bigger picture of how many small, otherwise independent board companies nowadays actually rely on those occasional big name collabs to stay afloat, and that if they didn't then their disappearance would be more detrimental to the culture Bobby cherishes than if they couldn't get those deals in the first place?
His photo is super iconic, there's no way I'm buying that Josh didn't know about the photo. Or maybe I could because coincidentally I sent Josh an old part of Jahmal's a few months back as part of a random exchange and he was stoked on it, but I was surprised to hear he had never seen it before; out of all people I'd figured he would know it. I guess in reality Josh is just too modern to really worry about anything in the past and busy producing and running his things, while Bobby just cares more (which isn't a bad thing per se). There are no rules, but etiquette is nice.
I like where territorial Bobby is coming from because I like clips to reflect more than just tricks and when you can sense the personal connection between the skater and the spot. Watching a Bobby part you don't look at just the tricks, in each clip the whole picture was considered so the viewer gets an impression of how complex finding and skating the spot was, even though the final outcome somehow looks graceful. To me, way richer and more interesting than thought processes of the likes of 'just catch this hardflip'. I don't always agree, but I like that he's there.
Topic: Puleo vs Josh Stewart (Read 58419 times)