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Also - "Welcome to slap where sitting on your ass watching videos makes you more of a skater then you know actually skateboarding??"...
^That was one day and it was easy. Your move, poser.
Nice vid but i can't help but notice you look forward as you ride away instead of backwards so why are you on my back when you do what i say is suppose to be done?
Because you're arguing semantics of trick descriptions like your point of view is fact and all of skateboarding has to change how we refer to tricks because... *checks notes... SlapRHaters says none of us are real skaters unless we can back lip a flat bar, flip into slides and grinds, and... shit, I forgot the other one because it was just bullshit that wasn't worth remembering.
Also - you're wrong. I turn and look the way I'm going if I feel like it.
By your logic, all skaters who aren't that good don't get to identify as skateboarders. All the guys I grew up with who lived and breathed skateboarding, but also happened to suck at it, none of them were skaters, huh? I DARE you to test your asinine theory out in the real world - go to a park, gather up a few folks, give em the requirements, and then if they don't meet them make sure you walk right up to them and tell them to their face "You're not a skateboarder, sorry.". Lol. You realize there's scores of legitimate pros who couldn't meet your standard, right?
I've been skating over 30 years, taught skate lessons/camps since the 90's, been the sponsored am, helped run brands, made lots of videos, wrote for magazines... I'm telling you honestly your whole idea that a trick list should determine who is a real skater is flawed at it's very core. The sheer arrogance and snobbery of that sentiment has no place in skateboarding. It's people like you who make so many others feel unwelcome in skateboarding with your gatekeeping nonsense that's completely ego driven.