Author Topic: is slap dying (Read 11911 times)

Sick Duck · « **Reply #60 on:** December 22, 2018, 12:53:21 PM »

How is slap dying? Anytime there is big skate news/scandal this place is the go-to for everybody

slimblumpkin · « **Reply #61 on:** December 22, 2018, 12:56:00 PM »

Slappin aint dead, its just scared

Dirty Daventry · « **Reply #62 on:** December 22, 2018, 04:02:13 PM »

nahh its just that now SOTY has been awarded theres nothing to talk about

Francis Xavier · « **Reply #63 on:** December 22, 2018, 06:20:16 PM »

It can't even.

Slap is skateboarding's Yelp in a way. Everything but Fred Gall sucks. The truck thread thrives. We share an excessive amount of personal info we probably wouldn't tell people we know in real life. Some Pals may stop posting or logging on in general,but there's a slew of newbies every day saying off* learning to say of and that's all that matters.

Terms~of~Embeerment · « **Reply #64 on:** December 22, 2018, 10:24:11 PM »

Slap been deaD foreva. The mag & message board format are ancient history but what both of those outlets embodied have staked their claim and had a Hugh Mungus impact on skateboarding. Skating is more about (Skateboarding) Fun times in (Life) genuine creativity & (Art) and certainly PROGRESSION now more than ever. And has been for years.

And it’s important to know that it was Not always quite like this. Major components of the industry changed because of the overall vision of the magazine and collective voices on this website. Fred Gall was not always universally worshipped. Even Gino had hating Pals.

But yeah, the board are dead, it’s cool. Lots of history lots of fun and again the cultural impact of SLAP and what and who it’s represented (as well BY so many heads on here) is pretty fantastic.

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nopes · « **Reply #65 on:** December 22, 2018, 10:32:00 PM »

slaps dead youre next

MexicanSpaniard · « **Reply #66 on:** December 22, 2018, 10:32:59 PM »

Quote from: Tortoise on December 21, 2018, 10:16:50 PM

Quote from: Algar on December 21, 2018, 07:26:54 PM
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Slap has been TMZified, with its constant obsessing over minute details of lame pro's personal lives, with social media being the fuel for this garbage fire.
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Madam, I'm Adam · « **Reply #67 on:** December 22, 2018, 10:38:14 PM »

It truly is dying. The last bastion of public online skate discourse will eventually be Enrique Bonilla's Facebook posts on the Thrasher site.

ChuckRamone · « **Reply #68 on:** December 22, 2018, 10:53:30 PM »

2011 article about the decline of online meassage boards

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/remembrance-of-message-boards-past/

TD · « **Reply #69 on:** December 23, 2018, 12:14:49 AM »

Uncle freddy going to rehab only means SLAP will become even stronger

cant stop · « **Reply #70 on:** December 23, 2018, 06:35:41 AM »

Slap will never be what it once was.

Get the strap · « **Reply #71 on:** December 23, 2018, 05:06:11 PM »

The forum is still cool, very cool. It gets referenced all the time. But it's dead as fuck in here right now.

Sarcasm · « **Reply #72 on:** December 23, 2018, 05:43:38 PM »

It’ll be alive again when Shane O Neil puts his new video. Everything seems like it’s dying at the end of the year until it’s resurrected April 21st.

The Mighty Pink Hole · « **Reply #73 on:** December 23, 2018, 06:42:49 PM »

Quote from: Adam Abbas on December 22, 2018, 10:38:14 PM

It truly is dying. The last bastion of public online skate discourse will eventually be Enrique Bonilla's Facebook posts on the Thrasher site.

Whats up Enrique

RESPECT

TCP · « **Reply #74 on:** December 23, 2018, 06:57:22 PM »

I hope not

Mcidraque · « **Reply #75 on:** December 24, 2018, 12:56:25 AM »

Quote from: Hercules Rockefeller on December 21, 2018, 08:05:14 AM

even if it dies, it will rise with the fallen.

lol

SneakySecrets · « **Reply #76 on:** December 24, 2018, 12:29:25 PM »

Quote from: Jerkstore on December 21, 2018, 08:41:18 AM

it's become a bunch of dudes who love correcting spelling mistakes and criticizing fat bill.

You’re going to want to put a period at the end of that sentence there. I went ahead and took care of that for you.

vending machine · « **Reply #77 on:** December 24, 2018, 01:43:23 PM »

it's certainly a different time from BB/hipster runoff/carles having it out for jamie thomas, and all the photoshop cover fun that came with that.
when i started lurking in 2006, i had the idea that many of the posters knew eachother from skating in person.
ali's exploits with exchange students were equally pressing as the 'world without pros' backlash and most people had a team banner in their signatures.
with so many people now on it would be difficult to get that community vibe back, but it probably still exists where only pals can talk to eachother.
i remember someone posted a link to 'baker has a deathwish' a few weeks early and no one at my small high school believed me when i told them baker was making a new company. slap highlights

C. R. E. A. M · « **Reply #78 on:** December 25, 2018, 09:04:23 AM »

🌽 🌽

turD_international · « **Reply #79 on:** December 25, 2018, 08:08:52 PM »

Slap will never die, here's a Xmas Edit from Shanghai

childhood · « **Reply #80 on:** December 25, 2018, 08:28:05 PM »

I hope that when I overdose or whatever, somebody writes an article about me posting on Slap like this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/reader-center/a-tribute-to-a-prolific-times-commenter.html

jakeumms · « **Reply #81 on:** December 25, 2018, 08:43:26 PM »

That's a life hammer.

SneakySecrets · « **Reply #82 on:** December 25, 2018, 08:44:41 PM »

Quote from: childhood on December 25, 2018, 08:28:05 PM

I hope that when I overdose or whatever, somebody writes an article about me posting on Slap like this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/reader-center/a-tribute-to-a-prolific-times-commenter.html

Heard Logitec turned him pro recently. They surprised him with his his pro model keyboard right after he made a fucking gnarly post about campaign finance reform.

Dustwardprez · « **Reply #83 on:** December 26, 2018, 08:21:21 PM »

Let’s go ask the 12oz prophet. I’ll be right here painting Freddy’s ugly mug under this bridge on this refer

weaselhead · « **Reply #84 on:** December 26, 2018, 09:07:39 PM »

is slap living

thomas kook · « **Reply #85 on:** December 26, 2018, 09:51:59 PM »

my scalp is dying

j....soy..... · « **Reply #86 on:** December 26, 2018, 10:56:12 PM »

Slap is more relavent now than ever.....does anyone read comments on Instagram? Does anyone buy magazines?

se7en3two · « **Reply #87 on:** December 27, 2018, 08:44:55 AM »

Quote from: thomas kook on December 26, 2018, 09:51:59 PM

my scalp is ~~dying~~ dead

Soft Boiled · « **Reply #88 on:** December 27, 2018, 04:35:08 PM »

Slap pals are now way quicker to smash that kook button, than in days past. It doesn’t take much to get that rep in the red.

SneakySecrets · « **Reply #89 on:** December 27, 2018, 04:43:48 PM »

Quote from: Soft Boiled on December 27, 2018, 04:35:08 PM

Slap pals are now way quicker to smash that kook button, than in days past. It doesn’t take much to get that rep in the red.

It’s like that Stanford prison experiment where the guards went mad with power... except dumber.

Author Topic: is slap dying (Read 11911 times)

Get the strap

Dustwardprez

thomas kook