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Yeah because skateboarding totally sucked before internet message boards.
youre missing the point entirely. im not suggesting things were worse off before message boards. if people who skate are frequently communicating through online outlets and many are using heavily watered down online communities (instagram, reddit, youtube comments) to talk to each other and express opinions publicly, this has an effect on peoples conversations and actions offline as well, and could result in future generation's legitimacy becoming more deluded than it has already. i think slap is a good counterculture to help keep things balanced with the abundance of new kids who's knowledge of skateboarding doesn't extend past the things they see on youtube channels like revive.
You are a truly optimistic person if you think that the Slap message board can counterbalance all the kookness on youtube, not to speak about the watered down social communities you mentioned.
Anyway Slap is still a good niche to read about what other skateboarders think about this or that and maybe even to have fun in the process.
Personally I don't think Slap is dying or anything like that, indeed if you look at 2006 posts there were as many (if not more) silly threads everyday, you just have to read and search for the good ones.