2021 unpopular opinion thread

[WobbleHeadBob]

360 flips are boring as fuck in 2021. Every single pro can do it, probably 4 ways. So boring seeing every line start or end with a tree flip.

Give me original tricks, I'm sick of seeing the exact same tricks just at a different spot in every single video.

At least give me some fucking double/triple flips or unique flip tricks like pressure flips, anti-flips, dolphin flips, late flips, etc.

Trendwatch 2022 - kickflips on redwoods

[PAWL]

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the pixies song in AA's recent vans part was fucking atrocious

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It’s not a ‘skate part’ song (except for maybe someone like Heath), but you’re very spot on with thread choice

which one

[notmikerusczyk]

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the pixies song in AA's recent vans part was fucking atrocious

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It’s not a ‘skate part’ song (except for maybe someone like Heath), but you’re very spot on with thread choice

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which one

especially in the last minute, jesus christ lmao

[MaXX_I-D]

I don’t give a fuck if someone puts out a part with an ABD; How did that shit look though?

No offense to anyone that is all over that shit, just seems like a wack(sad) way to live life.

It’s not about accomplishments or who did what shit first; that shit shouldn’t be your drive in skating.

This is not in defense of Suciu, YUTO is winning that shit.

[IpathCats]

Nik Stain is better than Max Palmer.

[Chakra Lord]

I like videos with lots of b roll that capture the street environment.

[Hinna]

i dont like hockey and fa graphics

[what is wrong with you]

Kevin Bilyeu SOTY

[shouldn't]

The constant trick name arguments here are exhausting and pointless.  Nobody’s ever right or wrong.  There is no skateboarding rule book, no official glossary.  You can twist words around, talk about angles, etc etc.  Nollie cab lip, nollie 270 front board, whatever, it’s all the same shit, and if you have a vicious unbending opinion that it can only be called one thing, you’re taking it way too seriously.

so..  was it a fakie flip or a half cab flip?

[c-dock]

Dickies 874's are good pants to skate in

[Sluggloaph]

Nik Stain is better than Max Palmer.

I love max palmers skating, but it's not even close. Nik stain skates with almost a ricky level of power...even has sum transition game, that Bruns part is too sick.

[big_kev_215]

The Vans AVE Pro look horrible.  AVE is in my top 5 all-time favorite skaters but the shoes look like lace-up water shoes made of multi-colored high tech chain mail.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

i dont like hockey and fa period

[MaXX_I-D]

Kevin Bilyeu SOTY

[Sharp-o]

Kevin Bilyeu SOTY

Yup he should be on the contenders list instead of John.

[somefucker]

The constant trick name arguments here are exhausting and pointless.  Nobody’s ever right or wrong.  There is no skateboarding rule book, no official glossary.  You can twist words around, talk about angles, etc etc.  Nollie cab lip, nollie 270 front board, whatever, it’s all the same shit, and if you have a vicious unbending opinion that it can only be called one thing, you’re taking it way too seriously.

contrary to popular belief, frontside and backside are different. so in theory, there is a right and wrong.

its nollie 270 sw bs lip. not that hard, but if you wanna do the mental gymnastics to avoid thinking about the trick thats fine too.

you're that dude that probably does a trick, someone asks what it was, and you're 'too cool' to know what the proper trick name is, so you just say "i dunno man i'm just out here livin'"

but you're better in that moment because you're not 'taking it too seriously'

just learn your left from right i promise you can do it

[manysnakes]

The Vans AVE Pro look horrible.  AVE is in my top 5 all-time favorite skaters but the shoes look like lace-up water shoes made of multi-colored high tech chain mail.

Yes but they work so fucking well

[manysnakes]

I like videos with lots of b roll that capture the street environment.

These videos often has hundreds of thousands of views so I don’t know how controversial this is.

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The Vans AVE Pro look horrible.  AVE is in my top 5 all-time favorite skaters but the shoes look like lace-up water shoes made of multi-colored high tech chain mail.

which is annoying because they are awesome to skate
Some colorways are ok though

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nollie 270 fs board

[ungzilla]

we need more dyet around here

[BugleBites]

nollie 270 fs board

That would be a nollie 270 SWITCH front board/regular back lip.

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my mistake switch front board.

def not a lipslide.

the side he popped does not go over the rail.

that would be yutos trick and is much harder.

adam dyets wife is hot

[BugleBites]

my mistake switch front board.

def not a lipslide.

the side he popped does not go over the rail.

that would be yutos trick and is much harder.

adam dyets wife is hot

I agree and you beat me to editing my comment. The way he spins means it's a switch front board. Yuto's would technically be switch back lip though if you weren't inclined to call it a nollie 270 front board.

[friendly dave]

we need more dyet around here

A truly unpopular opinion.

[somefucker]

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we need more dyet around here

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A truly unpopular opinion.

last time i saw him was trying something down the last wallenberg contest and phelps goin "yeahhhh dyet" and tbh that was peak for me

[Hinna]

stranger things was such a cringe show

[Mean salto]

stranger things was such a cringe show

I think it's mostly just for people born in the 70s who have ten year old kids to watch it with. "See Billy this is what it was like when I was your age..."

[mushroom slice]

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stranger things was such a cringe show

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I think it's mostly just for people born in the 70s who have ten year old kids to watch it with. "See Billy this is what it was like when I was your age..."

I think its mostly just an advertisement for Cocacola and BurgerKing.

[RichardBarkley]

Great to see the arguing from the Yuto thread has spilled in here. It's great to see you all go around in circles all over again.