Mark Gonzales Finds Perfect Balance

[What Up With That]

[GeorgeCostanza]

great, never seen a video before of mark gonzales cruising around new york and explaining his artistic practice

[shannamal]

at what point do we admit that mark is kinda, sorta, totally, kookin it?

[Johnny Rocketflips]

Has he done any serious skating after Video days?

[pizzafliptofakie]

Has he done any serious skating after Video days?

C’mon, man.

[givecigstosurfgroms]

Has he done any serious skating after Video days?

   Yikes^
      I like the skinny/long set up he's got.  -smart

[hangontoyourego]

at what point do we admit that mark is kinda, sorta, totally, kookin it?

i’ve come to terms with it years ago . it’s ok to admit it . Supreme is solidifying the fact .

[GAY]

at what point do we admit that mark is kinda, sorta, totally, kookin it?

That point was when Super Champion Fun Zone came out. He ruined that shit.

[conqueso]

so basically he has zero artistic process, and gets paid to be a child.

[Johnny Rocketflips]

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Has he done any serious skating after Video days?

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C’mon, man.

No really i'm not a fan, if there's a full part on some video i'll watch it.

[givecigstosurfgroms]

  Wait, are you guys sure your not the douchebags and that he invented your whole shit?  Have fun being the you, you'd never be if it wasn't for original people like the Gonz giving you something to base your life around.

[snowman600]

he didn't find 'perfect balance', he fucking wecked that manual.
anyone else watch it in 4k to better inspect his stack of dvds, only to realize it contains both Static II and Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never"? I love you gonz.
 

[givecigstosurfgroms]

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Has he done any serious skating after Video days?

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C’mon, man.

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No really i'm not a fan, if there's a full part on some video i'll watch it.

   Its called "youtube" bro.  You click on the thing below the video and it tells you usually when the vid came out.  Video days was 91(?) and after that you look at the Real videos he was in.  Also some Krooked parts that are good.   Some good skating in 60/40 ads of him.  Addidas web clips of him killing shit.  That new zealand long board vert footy.  If you go thru his channel you can see him destroying vert present day.

[hangontoyourego]

  Wait, are you guys sure your not the douchebags and that he invented your whole shit?  Have fun being the you, you'd never be if it wasn't for original people like the Gonz giving you something to base your life around.

we’re not talking about blind gonz , 60/40 gonz or early real gonz . we are talking about supreme gonz the nyc artist who’s a kook & vacationing on long island gonz  . There’s nothing about the want to be andy warhol gonz i want to be .

[GAY]

I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

[givecigstosurfgroms]

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  Wait, are you guys sure your not the douchebags and that he invented your whole shit?  Have fun being the you, you'd never be if it wasn't for original people like the Gonz giving you something to base your life around.

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we’re not talking about blind gonz , 60/40 gonz or early real gonz . we are talking about supreme gonz the nyc artist who’s a kook & vacationing on long island gonz  . There’s nothing about the want to be andy warhol gonz i want to be .

   See now this is what Im afraid the 'net' has done to people.  ^This compartmentalization seems crazy to me.  He is one person- youve been given the memo.

[Serious Tea Drinker]

That 200m dash was stunning.

[givecigstosurfgroms]

I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

  Sure "insufferable" but I haven't met him.  I think he could surprise you in person tho but I dunno.  I know a dude who shared a van ride with him in the BC interior in the late 90s.  He asked Mark about snowboarding and Mark totally freaked out at him.  Now Mark does snowboard graphics. 

[shannamal]

I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

[hangontoyourego]

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I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

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see also morrissey

[shannamal]

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I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

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see also morrissey

good analogy, i can't stand him either

[GardenSkater77]

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I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

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  Sure "insufferable" but I haven't met him.  I think he could surprise you in person tho but I dunno.  I know a dude who shared a van ride with him in the BC interior in the late 90s.  He asked Mark about snowboarding and Mark totally freaked out at him.  Now Mark does snowboard graphics.

I bought a snowboard in 95’ that I selected simply because Gonz did the graphics, so he has been selling art to the snowboard world for 25 years now.

http://www.antiquesnowboarder.com/product/vintage-lamar-snowboard-and-bindings-mike-ranquet-art-work-by-mark-gonzales/

I really like the piece and still have the board even though it is too heavy to ride. Not into hanging snowboards as wall art but I like running into it in my shed every now and again.

[cheetahsheets]

i really don’t get the Gonz hate. Nobody has ever said krooked has bad graphics, out of everybody on deluxe, krooked has by far the best graphics. His video days part whether u like it or not is such a defining part. I mean his style, the first kinked rail, the first “alley-oop”/hard way 180 grinds, the flow, his fucking PERFECT the best of the best backside Ollie on tranny. Gonz is like Rodney, Natas, Tony, etc. that he’s such a legendary innovator that I think he should be allowed to “milk” skateboarding as long as he damn well chooses. In my opinion there is 3 people who deserve to “milk”:

1. Those who are such legendary innovators.
2. Those that I would enjoy having a name on my board until I’m 70.
3. Those that continue to skate past their prime at a high level or contribute to skate culture in some form still.

[Pappy Jones]

Yeah I mean he’s eccentric and a bit nuts. We’ve all known that already. I get it if people don’t like him but he doesn’t bother me. Always been a huge fan. It is what it is.

[Baby on Board]

I understand his influence and all the groundbreaking shit he's done in skating and i even get the love for his art, butill be damned if i watch a video on a channel called Hypebeast

[Johnny Rocketflips]

   Its called "youtube" bro

Thanks breh.
Found this from your youtube and it was a good watch. Most of it is just great skating, no "art" or "funny man" bullshit

[What Up With That]

[Nosferatu]

Y’all just some haters.

[Cool Ceith]

I do find it funny when people come from some place of, "you'd have a sad boring life and probably be depressed if it wasn't for Gonz and all the glorious things he did not just for skateboarding, but for you personally." Give me a break.
A person can be amazing and an innovator in their chosen field and still be completely insufferable.

All true. We don't owe Gonz anything, but it is pretty exhilirating to go back and watch some of his old contest runs 

[Rockin Robbin]

this shit is still so gnarly