In the skateboard world, I'm starting to get the impression that gangstas are not fans of bathing suits and the more evidence I come across, the more I need to know
Are Bathing Suits Not Gangsta?Evidence 1 - Theotis Beasley
Here we see Theotis Beasley being gangsta, wearing a suit with some champagne, enjoying himself in a pool or perhaps a hot tub. This occurs in a Transworld video part, just shortly before he drinks some mountain dew and skates to Waka Flocka.
Evidence 2 - Brandon Biebel
Here we find Brandon Biebel gangsta' tubing. A traditional outdoor, campy G, activity. This screen shot is from his Fully Flared video part (Where he skated to "I luv it" by Young Jeezy off his 2006 album -
The Inspiration - A truly gangsta music choice). Note that he is not wearing a bathing suit but instead some fly jeans.
Even present-day Biebel can be found not wearing a bathing suit on social media (most notably his instagram stories) while going to pool parties to drink and party with wild hunnies. Although this is an aquatic gangsta pastime, Biebel normally appears to be wearing very long, very gangsta, Jordan mesh shorts.
Evidence 3 - Terry Kennedy (SHALOM)
Here we see TK (Shalom), a noted well off g, being gangsta at the beach. Typical beach-goers would wear swim trunks and sandals, but here we find a somber, peaceful-minded gangsta gazing with long pants, sneakers and a T shirt on his way to make billions. All the signs are pointing towards bathing suits not being gangsta.
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Further questions needing to be answered
Does praiseworthy French gangsta, Lucas Puig, surf in Track Shorts / Soccer shorts?
Has the irreproachable english gangsta, Danny Brady, ever been to a beach? If so does he wear a bathing suit?
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Final self reflection-
As a young boy, I always thought what it might be like to be gangsta. I was always intrigued by what was gangsta (My first, non-dubbed, skate video brand new in the plastic was Aesthetics Ryde or Die / I'm currently wearing a humidity NOLA skateshop shirt with a dude talking on a cell phone and a gat). Alas, I was a goofy white boy with a name so generic it sounded fake from a South New Jersey suburb in Camden County about 20 minutes outside Philadelphia. Now as a goofy white man, still with a fake sounding name, currently living in central Jersey (about 10 minutes from the beach), I find myself reflecting as I just get done work on an unusually warm Friday afternoon.
Normally, I use this time to skate flat and drink beers out back until my wife gets done work and we go to the bar. Since today is a normal day I will do that as well, but first I need to share my urge to question if bathing suits are gangsta because I have found myself at a tipping point. As I get changed into a temperature appropriate kit to mess around on my skateboard, while my dog watches me thoroughly unimpressed, I have hit a wall. I find myself reaching for a pair of Patagonia swim trunks. A little background of the trunks: they have pockets, are very comfortable and I have removed their lining net (Which is very revealing but I consider myself an exhibitionist). Although these shorts seem to be the perfect fit for what I plan to do today, are they gangsta? Definitely not because I'm the one wearing them, but that is besides the point and the inquiry at hand.
So to you, my fellow peers, I ask of you this question I've been pondering for at least a decade: are bathing suits not gangsta?
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