on a scale of one to a zillion how corny is barrier kult

[heavy metal harvey]

i give them a solid 6 trill on the cornometer


yours in dumb illegible band logos,

Anguished Stepdad at Applebees (Ba.Ku)

[Black Frycook]

Fuck you

[thisisnotepic]

What? Shut up Gurney.

[smokecrack]

I thought it was cool for a while until I realized that I was watching grown men in ski masks play with toys on Jersey barriers (while being "dark" and oh so "metal").

Yeah, it's fucking corny (so is like 75-80 percent of the skateboarding industry tbh).

[Crack Whore]

somebody had to say it

[givecigstosurfgroms]

  Its not corny just a little arty but the thing is when it comes to skating metal kinda went out with skinny jeans so the barrier kult gets left lookin wack.  The skater behind it should have gotten farther imo when he was a regular sponsored skater.  He was pretty rad.

[Coco Santiagos Kitten]

Anything you do that leans into a black metal aesthetic is gonna come off cheesy. Also, fuck an $85 hoodie. That said, I like the videos.

[Toadfish Rebecchi]

I've been thinking this for years.

[Yonnycage]

Less corny than trap music normal speed trick and a second later same trick slowed down camo pants hashtag lightwork followed by 3 really quick slomo shots of bails

[Fred Savage]

What a boring cult. Where’s the sex at? Who joins a cult just to skate?

[GAY]

I've always assumed....that it was supposed to be silly. Isn't it supposed to be silly?

[Shalom Iginla]

I forgot what video it is but there's a vid on youtube of them and they go out into the woods to ritual "sacrifice" a board. I'm fairly certain they're aware how silly it is. And even if they are being serious, black metal is a really melodramatic genre so it's par for the course.

[woodinbrine]

Yeah, don't take the image too seriously. Metal is more often than not corny as hell and that's part of the fun. I really like their videos, raw and primitive.

[os89]

What a boring cult. Where’s the sex at? Who joins a cult just to skate?

I'm def only joining a cult if there is massive fuckage going on.

[DirtyBurger]

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I'm def only joining a cult if there is massive fuckage going on.

That could be happening, I mean no one knows for sure unless you join up.

[Silky Johnson]

Yeah, it's fucking corny (so is like 75-80 percent of the skateboarding industry tbh).

[Fred Savage]

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I'm def only joining a cult if there is massive fuckage going on.

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That could be happening, I mean no one knows for sure unless you join up.

Those dorks ain’t getting laid.... shit I don’t know actually. I mean maybe they are . That fit is a lot like the gimp from pulp fiction. Any of you dorks on here part of this cult? Is it a sex cult or just some skate nerd shit for old people that like Cookie Monster music

[Shalom Iginla]

Cookie Monster is death metal, black metal is more like banshee music

[DirtyBurger]

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I'm def only joining a cult if there is massive fuckage going on.

[close]

That could be happening, I mean no one knows for sure unless you join up.

[close]

Those dorks ain’t getting laid.... shit I don’t know actually. I mean maybe they are . That fit is a lot like the gimp from pulp fiction. Any of you dorks on here part of this cult? Is it a sex cult or just some skate nerd shit for old people that like Cookie Monster music

Well I meant between the members, pretty sure they're all dudes, but hey when you got a mask on who knows.

[BacksideWallride]

I forgot what video it is but there's a vid on youtube of them and they go out into the woods to ritual "sacrifice" a board. I'm fairly certain they're aware how silly it is. And even if they are being serious, black metal is a really melodramatic genre so it's par for the course.

It was a show on Vice with McCrank and he was with them. He looked shook at first, then looked like he thought it was funny.

Beyond the Black Metal stuff I find it weird and so restricting to only skate those barriers. Do they carry their boards to these little DIYs?

[Shalom Iginla]

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I forgot what video it is but there's a vid on youtube of them and they go out into the woods to ritual "sacrifice" a board. I'm fairly certain they're aware how silly it is. And even if they are being serious, black metal is a really melodramatic genre so it's par for the course.

[close]

It was a show on Vice with McCrank and he was with them. He looked shook at first, then looked like he thought it was funny.

Beyond the Black Metal stuff I find it weird and so restricting to only skate those barriers. Do they carry their boards to these little DIYs?

I'm gonna guess when they're not "in character" that they skate anything.

[Cool Ceith]

Well BaKu ain't as corny as DGK's recent mask obsession (Am I supposed to be scared of your hardflips?):

[Christmas Complete]

Do they carry their boards to these little DIYs?

If so, I hope they have a discreet carrying case. Otherwise, how embarrassing!

[fs overkrook]

Metal heads and skaters are fucking dorks.

[Ankle_Lift]

Do you people not realise that Barrier Kult isn't supposed to be taken seriously? It's supposed to be corny. I can't believe that actually has to be spelled out for some people. Really, holy fuck, how serious do some of you take skateboarding?

[givecigstosurfgroms]

Do you people not realise that Barrier Kult isn't supposed to be taken seriously? It's supposed to be corny. I can't believe that actually has to be spelled out for some people. Really, holy fuck, how serious do some of you take skateboarding?

   It started out in canadian skate mags like color and others before becoming known about in the us.  The 1st inception wasnt meant to be corny at all.  It was more like a straight forward art thing as i remember.  I laugh that people assume its a joke tho, that in itself being funny.

[fakie nollie]

i give them a solid 6 trill on the cornometer


yours in dumb illegible band logos,

Anguished Stepdad at Applebees (Ba.Ku)

I can’t tell if you wrote this while drunk, after a stroke or if English isn’t your first language.

[Ankle_Lift]

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I forgot what video it is but there's a vid on youtube of them and they go out into the woods to ritual "sacrifice" a board. I'm fairly certain they're aware how silly it is. And even if they are being serious, black metal is a really melodramatic genre so it's par for the course.

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It was a show on Vice with McCrank and he was with them. He looked shook at first, then looked like he thought it was funny.

McCrank knows who they are,  being from Vancouver. It's not hard to figure out who the main guys are.

[LiterallyRyan]

Who's who?

I know Deer Man is Mike McKinlay, Sam McKinlay is Depth Leviathan Dweller (he's also the guy behind The Rita harsh noise walls project), PD of Skull Skates is a founding member (vertical cliffs of eastern shores), Austin Kanfoush is Permafrost, Haslam is the only one with a beard under his mask (the Muskellunge guy if I remember right).

I think Danforth and Adam Hoppkins is involved too (I think Adam is vlad the mountain impaler maybe? he is unmasked in the original horde video), I can't imagine Sam Hitz not being involved either. Can't figure out who LUTHER is even though he has obvious tattoo's nor who CTHYLLA (the girl) is.

[Cool Ceith]

Who's who?

I know Deer Man is Mike McKinlay, Sam McKinlay is Depth Leviathan Dweller (he's also the guy behind The Rita harsh noise walls project) PD of Skull Skates is forgot who but its obvious when you see him, I think Austin Kanfoush is Permafrost Corpse Eating Hraesvelgr.

Pretty sure Danforth and Adam Hoppkins are involved too. Can't figure out LUTHER is even though he has obvious tattoo's nor who CTHYLLA (the girl) is.

Spoiler alert!