2021 unpopular opinion thread

[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.

[BALARGUE]

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

[conqueso]

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.

[conqueso]

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.

[LebowskisRug]

stranger things was such a cringe show

Curious on why it's "cringe"? I can understand simply not liking it or finding it immature. As a 90's kid I thought it was something not to take too seriously that was a much better done version of the shows I grew up on rolled into one. Might now be for everyone, but I associate cringe with things such as Nakel.

[Icey]

Dickies 874's are good pants to skate in

the existence of Ben Davis pants makes Dickies redundant

[Hinna]

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stranger things was such a cringe show

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Curious on why it's "cringe"? I can understand simply not liking it or finding it immature. As a 90's kid I thought it was something not to take too seriously that was a much better done version of the shows I grew up on rolled into one. Might now be for everyone, but I associate cringe with things such as Nakel.

kinda what mean salto said but it uses nostalgia for the older and for the younger it uses wannabe retro hip shit to sell dumb promo cups from wherever with its bland boring story about nosebleed gurl and the boogeyman

[PatrickSkateman]

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Dickies 874's are good pants to skate in

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the existence of Ben Davis pants makes Dickies redundant

Ben Davis pants are way too baggy for running so small at the waist.

[Hinna]

im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

[Mean salto]

im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

To piggyback on this unpopular opinion the first last resorts looked so much better. I think before the Pontus designed ones. Could of possibly been a dunk rival instead of a rival for thin vulc shoes people can already get cheaper and easier

[MaXX_I-D]

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im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

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To piggyback on this unpopular opinion the first last resorts looked so much better. I think before the Pontus designed ones. Could of possibly been a dunk rival instead of a rival for thin vulc shoes people can already get cheaper and easier

Bro…you can’t tell the Euro cats their shits overpriced it’s “CraFtsManShIP” and “QuALiTy”. They “CaRE”.

(Not a shot at polar just all the wack cats overcharging for shit; kys please)(<- That might be against some rule so no one actually go kill them selves; Thank you)

I decided I don’t want to post this, but reading over it i feel like I have to share this stream of consciousness .

[bob george]

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im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

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To piggyback on this unpopular opinion the first last resorts looked so much better. I think before the Pontus designed ones. Could of possibly been a dunk rival instead of a rival for thin vulc shoes people can already get cheaper and easier

[close]

Bro…you can’t tell the Euro cats their shits overpriced it’s “CraFtsManShIP” and “QuALiTy”. They “CaRE”.

(Not a shot at polar just all the wack cats overcharging for shit; kys please)(<- That might be against some rule so no one actually go kill them selves; Thank you)

I decided I don’t want to post this, but reading over it i feel like I have to share this stream of consciousness .

I feel like it'd be pretty tasteful to lose the kill yourself bit, joking or not - no one needs to hear that.

[MaXX_I-D]

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im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

[close]

To piggyback on this unpopular opinion the first last resorts looked so much better. I think before the Pontus designed ones. Could of possibly been a dunk rival instead of a rival for thin vulc shoes people can already get cheaper and easier

[close]

Bro…you can’t tell the Euro cats their shits overpriced it’s “CraFtsManShIP” and “QuALiTy”. They “CaRE”.

(Not a shot at polar just all the wack cats overcharging for shit; kys please)(<- That might be against some rule so no one actually go kill them selves; Thank you)

I decided I don’t want to post this, but reading over it i feel like I have to share this stream of consciousness .

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I feel like it'd be pretty tasteful to lose the kill yourself bit, joking or not - no one needs to hear that.

Yeah I’ve really been trying to take it out of my “insults”, but weird 2000-2010’s emo shit still runs my brain.

(I hate how wack this sounds, but sadly it’s true)

I was honestly thinking of starting a thread in whatever asking about people’s opinions on the “phrase”(this is getting stupid and convoluted), but decided I didn’t know how to word the question.

I definitely get what you’re saying is what I mean.

[manysnakes]

stranger things was such a cringe show

For a nostalgia trap, it was fine. To me, the cringe part was the extreme reaction to it, and the fact that they continued (and are continuing) to make the show after the first season. We will probably have some annoying version of the "Stranger Things Universe" from now until the sun burns out.

[Dwyck]

im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

There's a vibe in adult skateboarding (on here esp.) where using gear as means to support an ideal trumps gear as function. And that's core to skating for a lot of people. It gets annoying when the "gear" in question has a distinct function from its competitors - Like Venture-based anti-Indy hype annoyed me because they are pretty fucking different trucks. Last Resorts fit a certain niche and theyre not just gonna stand in for Vans or any cup

[somesortofspin]

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im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

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To piggyback on this unpopular opinion the first last resorts looked so much better. I think before the Pontus designed ones. Could of possibly been a dunk rival instead of a rival for thin vulc shoes people can already get cheaper and easier

[close]

Bro…you can’t tell the Euro cats their shits overpriced it’s “CraFtsManShIP” and “QuALiTy”. They “CaRE”.

(Not a shot at polar just all the wack cats overcharging for shit; kys please)(<- That might be against some rule so no one actually go kill them selves; Thank you)

I decided I don’t want to post this, but reading over it i feel like I have to share this stream of consciousness .

are you incredibly stupid or dont you realize that american stuff in europe cost us as much as European stuff costs you? I dont think anyone can be that stupid.

[notmikerusczyk]

im not feeling all the last resort hype. its like when everyone started loving aces overnight

? why not? it's the first skater-owned shoe company in who knows how long that actually seems really cool; great team, design, and overall aesthetic. shouldn't everyone be hyped on a skater-owned company that's doing well?

[Mike Oxwelling]

Cariuma-19 isn't a hoax