2021 unpopular opinion thread

[RichardBarkley]

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dudes with their throwback 90s kits be lookin ridiculous on 9in decks in all seriousness. some toys-r-us lookin shit.

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I'm watching and waiting for something sick to happen and nothing comes. the whole video could be a meme. jeezuz. nothing original whatsoever.

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Lol

No joke im in fits laughing here.

If you wanna see some rad action and manouevres watch a nyjah video

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never watched a nyjah clip and probably won't ever. prefer Westgate.

Can't fault you there.

But c'mon man. Can't you see the nuance in skating. It's not bang smash wallop action

[imjusthereforthechips]

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dudes with their throwback 90s kits be lookin ridiculous on 9in decks in all seriousness. some toys-r-us lookin shit.

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I'm watching and waiting for something sick to happen and nothing comes. the whole video could be a meme. jeezuz. nothing original whatsoever.

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Lol

No joke im in fits laughing here.

If you wanna see some rad action and manouevres watch a nyjah video

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never watched a nyjah clip and probably won't ever. prefer Westgate.

that's like saying "i never ate mcdonalds and probably wont ever. prefer good food."

[jgonzalez]

Puffy shoes are shit, I had some lynxes and they look sick but when I went back to some blazers I realised how hard it is to skate in them
I fucking hate long socks so much they look so fucking dumb, and blodney wearing shorts all year round is the worst gimmick in skating, way way worse than flame beanies

The higher the socks

The downer the foo

[IUTSM]

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dudes with their throwback 90s kits be lookin ridiculous on 9in decks in all seriousness. some toys-r-us lookin shit.

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I'm watching and waiting for something sick to happen and nothing comes. the whole video could be a meme. jeezuz. nothing original whatsoever.

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Lol

No joke im in fits laughing here.

If you wanna see some rad action and manouevres watch a nyjah video

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never watched a nyjah clip and probably won't ever. prefer Westgate.

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Can't fault you there.

But c'mon man. Can't you see the nuance in skating. It's not bang smash wallop action

I'm an old dude that does pretty boring shit as far as most videos would be concerned, no bang, no smash, no action. What I'm saying about that video is that I feel it is being put into a video because of an image. It strikes me as a video lacking original style. Do all that shit skating street lines in a busy city then it might be more interesting to watch, that's where some nuance would come into play

[jakeumms]

Slappy gap ollie to a drop is pretty buck. You all also seem kinda ignorant of the fact that We Blew It at Some Point is cut more like an H-Street video and Dane has footage all throughout the thing. But oh yeah his pants are wack in that one clip so he must be entirely wack and we gotta have 2 pages on it. Bleh

[Scott Chegg]

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Puffy shoes are shit, I had some lynxes and they look sick but when I went back to some blazers I realised how hard it is to skate in them
I fucking hate long socks so much they look so fucking dumb, and blodney wearing shorts all year round is the worst gimmick in skating, way way worse than flame beanies

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The higher the socks

The downer the foo

Sammy Baca gets a pass

[NoComply180]

I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

[Croquet temper]

The Mona Lisa looks like she gives rough handjobs.

This interview was weird and had a casting couch vibe.

[Scott Chegg]

I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

I get that but I like seeing spots I haven’t seen before and Tom Knox killing really shitty spots

[Urtripping]

Slappy gap ollie to a drop is pretty buck. You all also seem kinda ignorant of the fact that We Blew It at Some Point is cut more like an H-Street video and Dane has footage all throughout the thing. But oh yeah his pants are wack in that one clip so he must be entirely wack and we gotta have 2 pages on it. Bleh

I wonder how everyone hating Dane feels about his small wheels narrow board clips? There are a few sprinkled in there... Also if you guys wanna watch something that stands out, watch his part from their first video.

[blowjobtofakie]

At this point in my life, I favor Baker 4 over baker 3.

[NoComply180]

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I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

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I get that but I like seeing spots I haven’t seen before and Tom Knox killing really shitty spots

i Fucking love tom Knox and I love seeing him skate anything. You could drop him anywhere in the world and he’d string together a 15 trick line.

[DarkPools]

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I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

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I get that but I like seeing spots I haven’t seen before and Tom Knox killing really shitty spots

Why not have both if there's budget for footage at both types of spots? Or a team with a mix of people from X, Y, Z places.

I know we get what I just described from some projects, but I'm pointing out that we can have both and not have to pick one.

[Scott Chegg]

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I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

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I get that but I like seeing spots I haven’t seen before and Tom Knox killing really shitty spots

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Why not have both if there's budget for footage at both types of spots? Or a team with a mix of people from X, Y, Z places.

I know we get what I just described from some projects, but I'm pointing out that we can have both and not have to pick one.

Idk if it would work with a board company because I think board companies work better when they’re homies and hang out together. But it would be cool if shoe brands had teams like in the 90s and early 2000s and made videos like Menikmati. Like they had teams of pros from all over the world who skate differently and they have a full part of each pro. However I fucking hate Nike edits, the music is always fucking boring and not very memorable and even tho the skaters are good I just find the way they’re edited so fucking boring, so much so that I’ve never rewatched a Nike sb edit, not even that trust fall one even tho kyron Davis was in it and killed it

[Scott Chegg]

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I don't get the white shoes with black laces/black Soles and the all black shoes with white laces thing. To me both looks ugly

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yo I snapped my black shoelace, do you have a spare?

'I have a white one in my bag if you want it'

ah fuck, nah ill just not skate for the rest of the day cos a strnager on the internet mght think my shoes look silly

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jeez, that's not what i was reffering to.

I was talking about those style of shoes for example

https://www.lastresortab.com/products/vm001-suede-lo-white-black

https://www.lastresortab.com/products/vm001-suede-lo-navy-black

(nearly) every shoe company has those kind of colourways right now.

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With the exception of the defense of predators and racists, I don’t think I’ve ever disagreed with a sentiment expressed on Slap more than this one. Haha! I love white shoes with black soles! I’m always on the lookout for them. They’re kind of reminiscent of punk rock creepers. Super clean look when they’re new. With black pants, you’ll be looking dope as hell. Black with white are totally fine too. I probably wear that more than anything because there’s always some available. The white are harder to come by.

I’ll admit they look pretty terrible after being skated a bunch though. You gotta keep em clean.

Fuck yeah man me too

[WobbleHeadBob]

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I don't get the white shoes with black laces/black Soles and the all black shoes with white laces thing. To me both looks ugly

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yo I snapped my black shoelace, do you have a spare?

'I have a white one in my bag if you want it'

ah fuck, nah ill just not skate for the rest of the day cos a strnager on the internet mght think my shoes look silly

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jeez, that's not what i was reffering to.

I was talking about those style of shoes for example

https://www.lastresortab.com/products/vm001-suede-lo-white-black

https://www.lastresortab.com/products/vm001-suede-lo-navy-black

(nearly) every shoe company has those kind of colourways right now.

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With the exception of the defense of predators and racists, I don’t think I’ve ever disagreed with a sentiment expressed on Slap more than this one. Haha! I love white shoes with black soles! I’m always on the lookout for them. They’re kind of reminiscent of punk rock creepers. Super clean look when they’re new. With black pants, you’ll be looking dope as hell. Black with white are totally fine too. I probably wear that more than anything because there’s always some available. The white are harder to come by.

I’ll admit they look pretty terrible after being skated a bunch though. You gotta keep em clean.

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Fuck yeah man me too

i also agree, do you guys remember those Adio Jeremy Wray shoes that looked like Creeeprs? they were sick, big black sole and white leather upper. cant find em on a half arsed google search or id post a pic

the Ali Boulala Osiris creeper's were wild! I worked in a tattoo shop whose owner was daft for rockabilly when these came out and he just about humped a pair of my feet when he saw em haha

[Dante Bichette]

VX should die out I never really got the why people champion it so much.

[elbarto]

VX should die out I never really got the why people champion it so much.

Nah. Solid unpopular opinion though. 

[Atiba Applebum]

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I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

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I get that but I like seeing spots I haven’t seen before and Tom Knox killing really shitty spots

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Why not have both if there's budget for footage at both types of spots? Or a team with a mix of people from X, Y, Z places.

I know we get what I just described from some projects, but I'm pointing out that we can have both and not have to pick one.

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Idk if it would work with a board company because I think board companies work better when they’re homies and hang out together. But it would be cool if shoe brands had teams like in the 90s and early 2000s and made videos like Menikmati. Like they had teams of pros from all over the world who skate differently and they have a full part of each pro. However I fucking hate Nike edits, the music is always fucking boring and not very memorable and even tho the skaters are good I just find the way they’re edited so fucking boring, so much so that I’ve never rewatched a Nike sb edit, not even that trust fall one even tho kyron Davis was in it and killed it

Don’t know why Nike is getting singled out for unmemorable songs.   That’s a pretty common issue nowadays.  Nike at least had that Cyrus edit with the Beastie Boys’ Aglio e Olio, house music in that Soulland edit, Ishod Return of the Mack, and I’m sure Mason used a good song last year, but I can’t keep track of all his parts

[HORSES]

VX should die out I never really got the why people champion it so much.

I swear the quality is getting worse and worse.

[jakeumms]

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I like seeing california school yard footage and other iconic so cal spots, because the bar has been set high at them so people can’t get away with subpar footage at them, at least in pro videos and stuff. If I see someone rolling up to say, the muirlands 14 or Hollywood high, I know I’m going to see some cool boundary pushing.

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I get that but I like seeing spots I haven’t seen before and Tom Knox killing really shitty spots

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Why not have both if there's budget for footage at both types of spots? Or a team with a mix of people from X, Y, Z places.

I know we get what I just described from some projects, but I'm pointing out that we can have both and not have to pick one.

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Idk if it would work with a board company because I think board companies work better when they’re homies and hang out together. But it would be cool if shoe brands had teams like in the 90s and early 2000s and made videos like Menikmati. Like they had teams of pros from all over the world who skate differently and they have a full part of each pro. However I fucking hate Nike edits, the music is always fucking boring and not very memorable and even tho the skaters are good I just find the way they’re edited so fucking boring, so much so that I’ve never rewatched a Nike sb edit, not even that trust fall one even tho kyron Davis was in it and killed it

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Don’t know why Nike is getting singled out for unmemorable songs.   That’s a pretty common issue nowadays.  Nike at least had that Cyrus edit with the Beastie Boys’ Aglio e Olio, house music in that Soulland edit, Ishod Return of the Mack, and I’m sure Mason used a good song last year, but I can’t keep track of all his parts

Mason skated to If There is Something of the first Roxy Music record. Can't beat that with a bat.

[Croquet temper]

A lot of skaters should look out for pedestrians more when filming. Running into strangers is really dumb.

[Circaskater420]

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VX should die out I never really got the why people champion it so much.

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I swear the quality is getting worse and worse.

All the filmers who knew what they were doing have moved on to HD.  The VX is like a novelty camera at this point.  Kids just buy it for its reputation and then use it like it’s an iPhone. 

[ok boomer]

[Croquet temper]

Eh, honestly since I started again I’ve been all 8.125 and I’m going to keep trying wider tbh because the kids know wtf goin on with these big boards imo.

[skatingisntspecialstupid]

Eh, honestly since I started again I’ve been all 8.125 and I’m going to keep trying wider tbh because the kids know wtf goin on with these big boards imo.

This. Kids smaller and younger than me seem to have no problem doing flip tricks on 8.25. And my own skating is way better and more fun as I’ve tried wider boards. 

[twic3]

I wish I could go back to 2008 and slap my younger self for thinking 7.6 deck, low trucks, and 50mm wheels was the ideal setup. Actually fuck whoever made low trucks popular and the standard during that era.

[ballintoohard]

Slap secretly loves Nyjah because it gives them something to hate on and feel good about themselves.

[Croquet temper]

Current day Curren Caples has great style. Skating since being a babby has paid off I think.

[RichardBarkley]

I wish I could go back to 2008 and slap my younger self for thinking 7.6 deck, low trucks, and 50mm wheels was the ideal setup. Actually fuck whoever made low trucks popular and the standard during that era.

Low trucks are still the best ya twerp