CJ Collins Pro as fuck

[doublesteveburger]

Why are you motherfuckers hating on this kid? He shreds a million times better than moste of you negative assholes on here LOLOL

It has nothing to do with skill


What a god damn waste of a good avatar

[Francis Xavier]

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I remember his Myspace page his dad made him,been shakin my head ever since.

Toy trying to tap into that contest market since that's all CJ skates.

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How old was he during this? 2?

10 years ago so 5/6

[shannamal]

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According to Google’s he turns 16 tomorrow. 16 year old pros are not unheard of. It’s not the norm, but hardly rare. He’s got a kooky dad and a kooky hat, but he’s definitely not too young.

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There was once a guy named Steve Caballero who turned pro at the age of 16. Seemed like no one really had a problem with it aside from the people who had to skate against him.

you're right, CJ collins and Steve Cabellero turning pro are equivalent. skating is the same as it has ever been.

[Kanye Omari West]

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According to Google’s he turns 16 tomorrow. 16 year old pros are not unheard of. It’s not the norm, but hardly rare. He’s got a kooky dad and a kooky hat, but he’s definitely not too young.

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There was once a guy named Steve Caballero who turned pro at the age of 16. Seemed like no one really had a problem with it aside from the people who had to skate against him.

You literally trying to compare Caballero to every ripping 16 year old ever. Please stop. Plus that logic is part of the reason why the status of "pro" has been so watered down up to this point.

[SickSickSicks]

I guess that have to turn SOMEONE pro every once in a while, and who else do they have? They for sure fucked up by sleeping on Tre Williams.

[waltercronkite]

Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

[Szechuan]

Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

You say that like it's worked out swimmingly for them.

[Stephens Lawyer]

ya now we talk shit about their team full of adults

[Surf-goth]

RIP Toy Machine

Seriously. Kinda lame now while foundation keeps getting better. Weird huh.

[Surf-goth]

Why are you motherfuckers hating on this kid? He shreds a million times better than moste of you negative assholes on here LOLOL

Dude I usually like you but damn that was a dumbass comment.

[DannyDee]

Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

It didn't seem to work out for them business-wise. But, obviously, Louie became amazing. There have obviously been other groms who got on companies early, and grew into amazing skaters who are well-liked such as Donovan, Grant, Dylan, Tyler Bledsoe, Westgate, etc. Obviously, though, there are also the David Loy's, Chaz Ortiz's of the world.

[cheetahsheets]

Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

Louie, Daveed, Curren, Luan have all proven there worth/relevance to pro skating imo. They all skated contests well, and also skated video parts well, and demos. That’s a fucking solid team of kids in every aspect no matter what slap shitheads have to say.

[shannamal]

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Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

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Louie, Daveed, Curren, Luan have all proven there worth/relevance to pro skating imo. They all skated contests well, and also skated video parts well, and demos. That’s a fucking solid team of kids in every aspect no matter what slap shitheads have to say.

and now, depending on who you listen to, they're done. they made a poor bet, and it didn't pay off. i don't want to see toy do the same thing.

[waltercronkite]

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Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

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Louie, Daveed, Curren, Luan have all proven there worth/relevance to pro skating imo. They all skated contests well, and also skated video parts well, and demos. That’s a fucking solid team of kids in every aspect no matter what slap shitheads have to say.

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and now, depending on who you listen to, they're done. they made a poor bet, and it didn't pay off. i don't want to see toy do the same thing.

Ya why try to cash in on top end young talent because they may outgrow your company someday

[DannyDee]

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Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

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Louie, Daveed, Curren, Luan have all proven there worth/relevance to pro skating imo. They all skated contests well, and also skated video parts well, and demos. That’s a fucking solid team of kids in every aspect no matter what slap shitheads have to say.

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and now, depending on who you listen to, they're done. they made a poor bet, and it didn't pay off. i don't want to see toy do the same thing.

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Ya why try to cash in on top end young talent because they may outgrow your company someday

It was more that it seems they never regained the brand's popularity or relevancy even when they had Louie and Curren still on, and Louie was killing it. Regardless of how good those guys are, Flips transition built around these guys was not successful as a buisness plan. Although, a lot of brands have trouble transitioning from a legendary team to the next era. 

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Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

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Louie, Daveed, Curren, Luan have all proven there worth/relevance to pro skating imo. They all skated contests well, and also skated video parts well, and demos. That’s a fucking solid team of kids in every aspect no matter what slap shitheads have to say.

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and now, depending on who you listen to, they're done. they made a poor bet, and it didn't pay off. i don't want to see toy do the same thing.

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Ya why try to cash in on top end young talent because they may outgrow your company someday

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It was more that it seems they never regained the brand's popularity or relevancy even when they had Louie and Curren still on, and Louie was killing it. Regardless of how good those guys are, Flips transition built around these guys was not successful as a buisness plan. Although, a lot of brands have trouble transitioning from a legendary team to the next era.

this is mainly it. toy had a very clearly defined image for years and years, and now, they don't. that's bothersome to me, and a warning sign. IMO, toy is flip 2.0

[euro tm]

all i know is cj’s dad quit his job to become his full time “agent” and makes more than enough as a 15 year old kid to support him. also gets paid, or at least used to, under the table from redbull. there’s gotta be some kind of law about minors riding for an energy drink company. pretty fucked though.

[DannyDee]

all i know is cj’s dad quit his job to become his full time “agent” and makes more than enough as a 15 year old kid to support him. also gets paid, or at least used to, under the table from redbull. there’s gotta be some kind of law about minors riding for an energy drink company. pretty fucked though.

Sounds like Adeyemi Huston part 2.

[pointandclick]

one more toy board ill never buy.

[Szechuan]

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one more toy board ill never buy.

The lack of care put into that font really annoys me. It's like the 1st basic free Photoshop pack you download from some suspect website.

[WastedHippy]

he’s still little boy machine

haha I like you..I like this.

[Syhr]

Glad Axel swooped in with the hype. Nothing worse than seeing tonnes of cameras filming it, but no one actually enjoying the moment.

(This might have been the most grumpy old man thing I've ever said, at the ripe old age of 25)

[shingles]

Wouldn't this be considered child-labor?

[papo]

Grown ass men hating on a little kid, LOLOL

The nerve of you

[cheetahsheets]

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Remember when everyone talked shit on flip for their team full of children?

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Louie, Daveed, Curren, Luan have all proven there worth/relevance to pro skating imo. They all skated contests well, and also skated video parts well, and demos. That’s a fucking solid team of kids in every aspect no matter what slap shitheads have to say.

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and now, depending on who you listen to, they're done. they made a poor bet, and it didn't pay off. i don't want to see toy do the same thing.

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Ya why try to cash in on top end young talent because they may outgrow your company someday

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It was more that it seems they never regained the brand's popularity or relevancy even when they had Louie and Curren still on, and Louie was killing it. Regardless of how good those guys are, Flips transition built around these guys was not successful as a buisness plan. Although, a lot of brands have trouble transitioning from a legendary team to the next era.

Yeah, this makes no sense. Organic building and cultivating talent is great. They were insanely good riders, and flip had an insanely good young past. They wanted to recreate that and it failed obviously.

[Cuban_Lynx]

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all i know is cj’s dad quit his job to become his full time “agent” and makes more than enough as a 15 year old kid to support him. also gets paid, or at least used to, under the table from redbull. there’s gotta be some kind of law about minors riding for an energy drink company. pretty fucked though.

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Sounds like Adeyemi Huston part 2.

#GIVETHEBENZBACK

[straight]

i wouldn’t be surprised if he has the highest selling model .. it’s a business and we all know who keeps the industry afloat

[shannamal]

i wouldn’t be surprised if he has the highest selling model .. it’s a business and we all know who keeps the industry afloat

SLAP Pals?

[natenola forever]

This kid has a ton of big sponsors a few of them corporate, Toy Machine may have been told to turn him pro or lose him. Also now with the Olympics being a thing this could be relevant to that, he's also destroying all these contest and if he's good enough to compete with the pros it makes more sense that he's able to compete for the higher cash prizes at a pro contest. Skateboarding is in a new change over phase and the last time that happened most of your new pros were between 15-17 years old Mariano, Koston, Mike Carroll, Henry Sanchez, Danny Way, so this isn't a really crazy thing, its just a little different than it has been.

[heckler]

I don't think the main complaint is that he's young, but that he hasn't really done much outside a contest circuit and that he doesn't fit Toy Machine in the slightest.