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I got back into skating after a while off, but I still checked out video parts, was amazed at the progression, etc. People are allowed to be way more creative now than they were in the 2000's. It seemed like in the early 2000's video parts had to be extremely orthodox, with tricks all coming from an approved list, or had to be done a certain way to be considered legitimate. People get nice and weird now you have no idea. But even super techie jock bros are doing weird flip in flip out 270 fucking what variations that had never occurred to me. Just making a nice positive first post. Have a nice day!
The 2000s seemed more "restricted" because A) there wasnt easy access to HQ skate videos or instagram so all the skate media one could see was the big brands/mags and B) there was just a less saturated skateboarding market overall
However, Rodney Mullen was the most popular skateboarder in that era specifically because he did a lot of really dorky unique tricks. As a matter of fact, there has never been a "casper nightmare whatever flip" dude whos been accepted by the core scene like him ever since. Plenty of people have tried.
Look at the entire Enjoi team..... Bag of suck had all kinds of unique skating and was video of the year. You had Chet Childress as one of the first dudes on Nike. Chris Haslam and Daewon song were still very popular despite putting out very unique and different footage and cranking up the weird. Creature blew up at that time with some very different skating. The list is huge.
Nowadays, it seems like skateboarding is more full of that sporty jocky robot vibe than back in the day. This is a pretty interesting point that really got me thinking. I wonder if anyone else has another take on this.
Topic: 2020 unpopular opinion thread (Read 107856 times)