we are lucky to have Pontus
but we're luckier to have Ted.
I really don't understand this opinion. Ted seems like a true skateboarder with inciteful commentary at times and a creative, entertaining show, but its hard to compare this to Pontus' revival of interest in diy through early collabs with carhart, bringing back bigger board shapes with Polar, and numerous video projects.
Didn't see Teds original post, but if it is actually criticizing Pontus for hommage -type stuff, that's crazy, first because Pontus' esthetic is built on nostalgia, not just of the skate kind (his pre-polar movies refernced his own history, death of his dad, what happened to Pontus etc.). Secondly because of all the people who reference or use bits and pieces of skate history, he is the most forthright in acknowledging it. Lastly, most of his refernces are really skillful, such as the reeits in I like it here inside my mind, i'd be surprised if feedback ts even caught them all, no diss to him, but they are layered pretty thick.