CJ Collins Pro as fuck

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[Yonnycage]

Word I wish I was a little kid getting paid to do handplants

[winecrab]

Damn, what's the rush? He's still a little kid who hasn't even put out a part. I guess this means his part in the toy video is gonna be good.

[frontside tailgrind]

At least wait till he looses that little kid style

[hmmmokay]

This is weird.

[euro tm]

This is weird.

i miss jump of a building era toy

[doublesteveburger]

he’s still little boy machine

[darwin]

This is weird.

Not really, we're in a period in skateboarding where the youth are getting better than the rest of us at a quicker pace because of places like California. Look at how many kids around the age of 10 are getting noticed these days, like the 10 year old who did a boardslide down el toro a few months ago and just won bronze at x-games. Nobody was saying it was weird when Kader went pro even though him and CJ are a similar age and skill level. Over the next few years the age of the average pro is going to decrease a LOT and you can thank all the guys who realised they were too old to make it in skateboarding, but if they had a kid they could live their dreams through them.

[heckler]

RIP Toy Machine

[shannamal]

they typed out 'fuck' but censored 'fucker'? that makes no sense.

[DannyDee]

This kid is good, but this is pretty surprising. Has to be one of the youngest people turned pro for a respected company in awhile. Only other person who comes to mind is Kader. Everyone else I can think of are guys like Nyjah and Shekler who went pro for Element and World really young.

Damn, what's the rush? He's still a little kid who hasn't even put out a part. I guess this means his part in the toy video is gonna be good.

He has full-parts out.

[ArtVandelay]

I blame instagram for this trend too.. kids like CJ and Kader have 400k followers. That’s a lot of advertising and marketability power it gives them. They don’t have to put out parts and hustle for years now - just get that follower count up dawg and you pro as fuck!

[honey island]

current era of toy machine is really bad

[backside bonerless]

well atleast if they decide to reboot the tony hawk series we know who will be a secret character

[feedmeseymour]

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[Toadfish Rebecchi]

Gross

[FROTHY]

This kid is good, but this is pretty surprising. Has to be one of the youngest people turned pro for a respected company in awhile. Only other person who comes to mind is Kader. Everyone else I can think of are guys like Nyjah and Shekler who went pro for Element and World really young.

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He has full-parts out.

Little kids with full-parts out is right up Templeton's alley.

[Stephens Lawyer]

Alley is code for butt right

[shit4breakfast]

Fuck happened to Toy

[Christmas Complete]

Ugh. I'm not generally a hater, but this kid is the fucking worst. Obviously, "He do good tricks on skateboard", but gross, man. Gross.

[weon]

I fucking hate how nowadays every time someone is given a surprise, whether it’s a birthday or any celebration, all they see when they turn around or turn the lights on are a shit ton of cellphones/cameras pointed at them—no faces, no friends, just lenses.

Have a designated filmer/photographer and look your friend in the eyes. Jebus man...

[CHONGO]

Interesting. I’m just surprised it happened now and not awhile ago.

[Chris Hansen is back]

Ersatz Curren Caples needs to go back in the incubator for a few years.

[TMKF]

What is the rush? So weird but I can't say I'm surprised, Ed lost his touch long ago...

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is this meant to change my mind?

[hmmmokay]

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This is weird.

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Not really, we're in a period in skateboarding where the youth are getting better than the rest of us at a quicker pace because of places like California. Look at how many kids around the age of 10 are getting noticed these days, like the 10 year old who did a boardslide down el toro a few months ago and just won bronze at x-games. Nobody was saying it was weird when Kader went pro even though him and CJ are a similar age and skill level. Over the next few years the age of the average pro is going to decrease a LOT and you can thank all the guys who realised they were too old to make it in skateboarding, but if they had a kid they could live their dreams through them.

I don't have anything against most of what you said. Admittedly I was psyched when Kader went pro, but I think that has more to do with both my own personal bias, combined with Reynolds (and whoever else has a say at Baker/DW) vision for the brand and track record of trying to get the promising youth hooked up quick (Herm, Spanky, Theotis, etc are all good examples).  I do think the fact that CJ is so young (younger than Kader no?) and heavily involved with most contest circuits, is what makes me question this abrupt bump to the pro ranks. It seems like a cash grab*, no matter how much CJ rips (and he does fucking rip), it just feels 'weird' as my original post states. 

*not for Toy Machine, but for CJ and his caretakers, but hey you do you.

[huggs]

sick sweet 16 present, idk

kid will def sell to other kids, so there's that?

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Not really, we're in a period in skateboarding where the youth are getting better than the rest of us at a quicker pace because of places like California. Look at how many kids around the age of 10 are getting noticed these days, like the 10 year old who did a boardslide down el toro a few months ago and just won bronze at x-games. Nobody was saying it was weird when Kader went pro even though him and CJ are a similar age and skill level. Over the next few years the age of the average pro is going to decrease a LOT and you can thank all the guys who realised they were too old to make it in skateboarding, but if they had a kid they could live their dreams through them.

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I don't have anything against most of what you said. Admittedly I was psyched when Kader went pro, but I think that has more to do with both my own personal bias, combined with Reynolds (and whoever else has a say at Baker/DW) vision for the brand and track record of trying to get the promising youth hooked up quick (Herm, Spanky, Theotis, etc are all good examples).  I do think the fact that CJ is so young (younger than Kader no?) and heavily involved with most contest circuits, is what makes me question this abrupt bump to the pro ranks. It seems like a cash grab*, no matter how much CJ rips (and he does fucking rip), it just feels 'weird' as my original post states. 

*not for Toy Machine, but for CJ and his caretakers, but hey you do you.

They are about a year apart according to their birthdays on the Vans team.

It is definitely weird though. Toy Machine isn't really a team that has done things like this over the years. This is way more up Element, Birdhouse and Wet Willy Era World's ally.

[fergus]

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