How can skateboarders golf?

[bigdave]

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In my experience golf courses and country clubs are populated by the kind of people who despise skateboarding, its culture, and lifestyle. Conversely much of what skate culture mocks is celebrated in that "world".

I'm always puzzled and disappointed when I learn that great skateboarders enjoy that scene (esp Crailtap camp).How do the former EMB/venice pit crews tolerate spending all that time assimilating with the douchy republican BMW crowd?

 The actual sport itself doesn't bother me though I find it pretty awful from an environmental and urban use standpoint.

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Public courses exist. 
Liberals can drive nice cars. 
Golf is physically low impact.
What else do 40+ year olds do as a hobby

I don’t disagree with the environmental issues you mentioned and don’t quite get how obsessive people get about it, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve considered getting into it

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I mean, I am 44 and I:
Skate
Surf
Snowboard
Run
Mountain Bike

Fuck golf. We have a massive housing crisis and people want to stroll along private (you can call them public all you like, my local park doesnt cost me $85 to walk around) heavily manicured/fabricated places with an exorbitant cost-to-entry activity where we could build housing for working class and poor people?

fuck that shit. Launch all golf-related-anything into the fucking sun. Any pro skater etc that demos that all over their social media is a kook.

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You sure are active out there Dave. Good thing you get out all that aggression doing your physical activities.

Cause it would be a shame for you to care about what other hobbies people might enjoy.

Sorry you interpreted what I said as "caring about what other hobbies people might enjoy."
I think we were talking about the singular activity and its meta impact on our society, golf.
I don't really care about your assorted other hobbies, but I do care about this one that is so obviously detrimental to the world around it. Whether you want to bury your head in a sand trap and acknowledge that or not is on you.

[kook1234]

swerving all the ideological discussion to say this: golf and skating are incredibly similar because they're as much mental as physical IMO. Both activities require immense patience, repetition, and focus to master. Or you can just screw around outside with your friends if you want. Unsurprising to me that so many skaters, especially pros, play golf as well.

[smellsdead]

its all in the hips

[Tear Up a Trick]

I have been loving the links lately myself.  So much fun.  Where do you like to play?  There's so many good courses we are very fortunate. 

[NowhereInLife]

only counts if you take it to the streets.

[OldSkater]

only counts if you take it to the streets.

when i was in college me and my brother would golf on the campus, had to run from the campus police a couple times. good stuff

[Madam, I'm Adam]

only counts if you take it to the streets.

Like Tiger Hood.

[ndsr]

only counts if you take it to the streets.

I only golf in the streets.  Golf parks are for squares and scooter moms.

[Rocuronium]

Good points on both sides...

So who are the Brian Anderson,  Cardiel and Gonz of golf? The Brian Anderson?

Which courses would be considered the equivalent of Pulaski/EMB/MACBA ?

Are there any course designers that are like the Burnside/Dreamland crew?

Any secret DIY spots?
Any epic old school spots like hubba hideout, the nude bowl, or Mt Baldy?

The Alexis Sablone?
The Leo Baker?
The Jim Thiebeaud ?
The Tyshawn Jones?

What's the golf equivalent of a classic video like Video Days?
Or a more modern one like We Blew it at Some Point?

[matty_c]

Crazy thought, all hobbies are kinda the same if they are of interest to you

I mean there’s cunts out there got real good at even jerking off, like sex aids and shit it’s all the same in the end

[Tear Up a Trick]

Good points on both sides...

So who are the Brian Anderson,  Cardiel and Gonz of golf? The Brian Anderson?

Which courses would be considered the equivalent of Pulaski/EMB/MACBA ?

Are there any course designers that are like the Burnside/Dreamland crew?

Any secret DIY spots?
Any epic old school spots like hubba hideout, the nude bowl, or Mt Baldy?

The Alexis Sablone?
The Leo Baker?
The Jim Thiebeaud ?
The Tyshawn Jones?

What's the golf equivalent of a classic video like Video Days?
Or a more modern one like We Blew it at Some Point?

I haven't played there, but I'm pretty sure St. Andrews would be comparable to the Brooklyn Banks or something iconic like that.  It's a place with so much history and when you get there you realize you suck too much to pull anything good on it.

[versacekid420]

my dads a pro golfer and i was kind of forced into it as a child and quit when i was 12 to skate “full time” because i was back and forth, but now i understand how people can do both. it kind of makes sense

[southkook]

courses are pretty and it's relaxing

you're allowed to have other hobbies outside of skateboarding and pretending to be cool

[stone cold steve austin]

Cause it’s just another sport you can drink beers and still play.

[ok boomer]

[Urtripping]

I like how horrified the thread title sounds, like op had just recently learned that some skaters golf and just could not fucking believe it. "How could they do that?!"

I see parallels between golf and skating but idk, as an outsider looking in, it seems very exclusive and elitist. I think quite a few of the negative associations with golf were rightfully earned. I do have some buddies who skate and golf and I do sometimes wonder "How can they do that?" because I can't imagine being good at both.

The land use argument is the strongest one against it being cool, though. Perfectly manicured grass just kinda reeks of suburban American dream to me. Barf.

[mushroom slice]

If I see a golf course I imagine the whole thing being covered in the smoothest concrete. Like a giant snake run. Truthfully I find sports that involve playing with balls to be kinda dumb. Sometimes I throw a ball around with my dog but even he gets bored with that shit pretty quick. I wish he could skate.

[SneakySecrets]

my dads a pro golfer and i was kind of forced into it as a child and quit when i was 12 to skate “full time” because i was back and forth, but now i understand how people can do both. it kind of makes sense

Hey let’s beat up this preppy kid

[PatrickSkateman]

Tennis is way better and an actual workout.

Also more accessible and requires less land.

[cky enthusiast]

[versacekid420]

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my dads a pro golfer and i was kind of forced into it as a child and quit when i was 12 to skate “full time” because i was back and forth, but now i understand how people can do both. it kind of makes sense

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Hey let’s beat up this preppy kid

yeah dude preppy for sure

[dustyassrocketswitchv]

golf is tight. Cry me a river. Some of you have been heavily bullied either physically or mentally and it shows

[JimGeko]

Golf is fucking wack as fuck.

When all yall get a hosepipe ban in those toasty summer months these golf courses get to continue to waste millions of gallons of water every day just to
Keep their lame ass grass looking lush.

[Hinna]

mini golf was always fun as a kid but now theyre just fantasy skate spots. i would not bother at all with real golf

[pro club blanks]

Shits fuckin wack and has a long history of racist and exclusionary policies far more restrictive than other activities some of yall are trying to make comparisons to

[stephop]

Doesn't really make sense. Same thing with getting any type of corporate job that makes you money and you skate. Having an HR department and insurance is anti skate culture.

[Hinna]

Shits fuckin wack and has a long history of racist and exclusionary policies far more restrictive than other activities some of yall are trying to make comparisons to

true but fuckem its not like i wanted to hang out at some country club anyway

[Lisa96]

"skate culture" lol holy shit are you serious

[Star Whores Episode I: The Fellatio Menace]

swerving all the ideological discussion to say this: golf and skating are incredibly similar because they're as much mental as physical IMO. Both activities require immense patience, repetition, and focus to master. Or you can just screw around outside with your friends if you want. Unsurprising to me that so many skaters, especially pros, play golf as well.

Skating and Golfing might be the two biggest sports that are primarily a competition against the terrain more than another person.

Also, pro skaters have tons of time on their hands. And it's a pretty fun way to kill an afternoon doing something outside that is relatively low impact, isn't crowded, and doesn't generally require a long drive to get to.

[ManimalChin]

The moral argument for environmental sustainability of golf courses is alwyas puzzling to me, because that land is fairly well preserved and maintained for nature. Wildlife flourishes, and the watering and upkeep is comparable, if not more energy efficient, to any patch of densely populated concrete jungle that would take its place.

If you're concerned about what type of climate changing and environmental impact golf has on the planet, I don't know how you can skateboard and not constantly feel guilt from wasting wood and supporting the import/export of cheap consumable goods. Skateboarding relies on you constantly breaking your equipment and buying more. Ive had the same golf clubs since like 1995, which were my Dad's before then.

OP - you seem more concerned with the stereotype of a BMW driving Trump supporting golfer than anything else. Golf is for everybody.