Collin Provost of Toy Machine

[lemonchicken91]

I agree with Baker standing the test of time. They've shifted a few times and have a different vibe than before but they're still quite popular. Personally, the shift that Baker 4 brought made them resonate more to me personally than the "BIG MONEY BIG CARS" era.

As i turn 30 this year, it really hits hard, the inevitable clock ticks and forces you to chill out, you can fight the battle, or become neen. If not you become Dollin. or worse

[Mr. Stinky]

Baker might not be to the tastes of the 30+ crowd (in other words: people whose opinions about skateboarding definitely don't matter) but that should not be misinterpreted as irrelevance. Skateboarding is for kids, kids love Baker and buy the shit out of Baker boards, the end. 

[bigdave]

Baker might not be to the tastes of the 30+ crowd (in other words: people whose opinions about skateboarding definitely don't matter) but that should not be misinterpreted as irrelevance. Skateboarding is for kids, kids love Baker and buy the shit out of Baker boards, the end.

[lemonchicken91]

cheers i'll drink to that

[Lame_Nigga]

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I agree with Baker standing the test of time. They've shifted a few times and have a different vibe than before but they're still quite popular. Personally, the shift that Baker 4 brought made them resonate more to me personally than the "BIG MONEY BIG CARS" era.

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As i turn 30 this year, it really hits hard, the inevitable clock ticks and forces you to chill out, you can fight the battle, or become neen. If not you become Dollin. or worse

Aw fuck, I'm getting old aren't I? I turn 30 this year and maybe that's it. The nostalgia glasses were on, I stand corrected.

[Utopos]

I guess I need to rephrase. I didn't mean that Baker isn't popular, they just don't seem to have the same energy or "vibe" anymore. So, not to this extreme but if Zero was still popular but they were now a fresh, clean brand. Baker as a whole doesn't seem to have the same vibe was what they were founded on.

[Lou Strux]

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I agree with Baker standing the test of time. They've shifted a few times and have a different vibe than before but they're still quite popular. Personally, the shift that Baker 4 brought made them resonate more to me personally than the "BIG MONEY BIG CARS" era.

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As i turn 30 this year, it really hits hard, the inevitable clock ticks and forces you to chill out, you can fight the battle, or become neen. If not you become Dollin. or worse

As an older gentleman who’s still out on them skreets, trying his best to chop it up, I’d like to point out that there’s a whole lot of ground between Neen & Dollin, though.
Take that for what it’s worth.
I will say this; watching my homies who took extended time off their board for, well, let’s say... LIFE, I don’t envy them. This shits struggle enough with old joints/bones. Can’t imagine trying to relearn everything at my age.
Keep it up, Lemony Chicken. You’ve got this, and you don’t have to be a caricature while you’re doing it.
Have a little faith in yourself. I already have faith in you.
My apologies if I’ve misunderstood your post, BTW.

[urbneathme]

I agree with Baker standing the test of time. They've shifted a few times and have a different vibe than before but they're still quite popular. Personally, the shift that Baker 4 brought made them resonate more to me personally than the "BIG MONEY BIG CARS" era.

who the fuck do you think you are?

[lemonchicken91]

Thank you Lou, I needed that.
Yea I'm off the board as far as park and tricks besides 180 ollie/kickflip for prob 2 years but been cruising the neighborhood a lot.
Just got back into surfing after years off and its brutal.
Been on this weird kick where I have gotten "the fear" and am going from idiot kid to boomer overnight.
It's good to start giving a shit but yea dont give too many shits
annnddd im telling my life story on slap thread about colin provst.
I hope he cleans up and conquers more banks!
respect

[GlenSuggittsflexfit]

Has anyone skated this bowl? It looks like a real good time.

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that new video did not feel like Toy...maybe he felt the same way and bounced

[DaleSr]

I have noticed that he doesn’t go on any of the cross country tours that they do in tumyeto van. They’ve been coming the southeast a lot to film in the last 5-6 years and destroy everything. He doesn’t seem to be interested in that type of skating though. I thought it was funny that Ed said in an interview the only dude he doesn’t have to worry about is Collin (in reference to being productive) and at the time Collin had already transitioned into his booze and street bump stage.
Also remember when him and all his friends humiliated Jordan Hoffart for redoing his clip he’d been sitting on? That was a weird one.

I'll tell you this much, Jordan opened a brewery that has some corny people like nyjah associated with it, but I'd rather go there and drink a thousand times over running into Colin and his volume 4 clown crew at pour house even once. He and figgy and Riley are a scourge on Oceanside

[lemonchicken91]

Black plague?

[DaleSr]

Black plague?

Yep. I mean there's lots of cool dudes associated with it as well a la the birdman and the mcclungs

[shannamal]

a friend bartends there. they're shockingly adept business owners, and their beer isn't half bad

[Tireeedd]

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I have noticed that he doesn’t go on any of the cross country tours that they do in tumyeto van. They’ve been coming the southeast a lot to film in the last 5-6 years and destroy everything. He doesn’t seem to be interested in that type of skating though. I thought it was funny that Ed said in an interview the only dude he doesn’t have to worry about is Collin (in reference to being productive) and at the time Collin had already transitioned into his booze and street bump stage.
Also remember when him and all his friends humiliated Jordan Hoffart for redoing his clip he’d been sitting on? That was a weird one.

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I'll tell you this much, Jordan opened a brewery that has some corny people like nyjah associated with it, but I'd rather go there and drink a thousand times over running into Colin and his volume 4 clown crew at pour house even once. He and figgy and Riley are a scourge on Oceanside

Pour House is sick stop being poussey

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Saw rhino post Collin holding up what I assumed to be two beers with the text it us scattered across all strange. That’s 100% full proof evidence he’s on creature

[DaleSr]

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I have noticed that he doesn’t go on any of the cross country tours that they do in tumyeto van. They’ve been coming the southeast a lot to film in the last 5-6 years and destroy everything. He doesn’t seem to be interested in that type of skating though. I thought it was funny that Ed said in an interview the only dude he doesn’t have to worry about is Collin (in reference to being productive) and at the time Collin had already transitioned into his booze and street bump stage.
Also remember when him and all his friends humiliated Jordan Hoffart for redoing his clip he’d been sitting on? That was a weird one.

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I'll tell you this much, Jordan opened a brewery that has some corny people like nyjah associated with it, but I'd rather go there and drink a thousand times over running into Colin and his volume 4 clown crew at pour house even once. He and figgy and Riley are a scourge on Oceanside

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Pour House is sick stop being poussey

Nah fuck that, I'd even rather go to Larry's or Schmittys in Vista than go to pour house

[pizzafliptofakie]

I guess I need to rephrase. I didn't mean that Baker isn't popular, they just don't seem to have the same energy or "vibe" anymore. So, not to this extreme but if Zero was still popular but they were now a fresh, clean brand. Baker as a whole doesn't seem to have the same vibe was what they were founded on.

I think that's the point some people are making. The brands that lose their luster either stay the exact same and become stagnant, or they change drastically and alienate both old fans and new. I think Baker is a good example of a brand that's allowed itself to grow and adapt while not totally bastardizing its former self. (at least, I think so.)

[OMSK]

Has anyone skated this bowl? It looks like a real good time.

Old Department Bowl, long gone unfortunately.

[radcunt]

What happened to cool bars, everything’s a fuckin micro brewery loser shed these days. 

[Murge]

Where can I watch that Volcom twitch video that was mentioned?

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creature is supposedly one of the top 3 board companies out right now and this dude just took out a second mortgage on his house to build onto his backyard skatepark... gotta make ends meet somehow, can’t blame him. doubt he got the boot. he probably got a pay cut due to dashawn getting on and decided to not renew his contract/find more money elsewhere.

[Lame_Nigga]

creature is supposedly one of the top 3 board companies out right now and this dude just took out a second mortgage on his house to build onto his backyard skatepark... gotta make ends meet somehow, can’t blame him. doubt he got the boot. he probably got a pay cut due to dashawn getting on and decided to not renew his contract/find more money elsewhere.

Creature a top 3 fr? Who are the other 2? Bet they're not who we think they are. We talking sales?

I'd bet like Element and Santa Cruz are the other two, just because of how they have all those collabs

[iknowisuck]

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creature is supposedly one of the top 3 board companies out right now and this dude just took out a second mortgage on his house to build onto his backyard skatepark... gotta make ends meet somehow, can’t blame him. doubt he got the boot. he probably got a pay cut due to dashawn getting on and decided to not renew his contract/find more money elsewhere.

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Creature a top 3 fr? Who are the other 2? Bet they're not who we think they are. We talking sales?

I'd bet like Element and Santa Cruz are the other two, just because of how they have all those collabs

I'd think it'd be Primitive over Element at least, actually I wouldn't be surprised if Primitive was the top seller.

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creature is supposedly one of the top 3 board companies out right now and this dude just took out a second mortgage on his house to build onto his backyard skatepark... gotta make ends meet somehow, can’t blame him. doubt he got the boot. he probably got a pay cut due to dashawn getting on and decided to not renew his contract/find more money elsewhere.

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Creature a top 3 fr? Who are the other 2? Bet they're not who we think they are. We talking sales?

I'd bet like Element and Santa Cruz are the other two, just because of how they have all those collabs

idk but in the navarette documentary thing they said creature was top 3. could imagine santa cruz being up there too idk about element. they probably wouldn’t have just lost their entire team if they were thriving in sales. my guess is something dlxsf or fa. maybe primitive.

[ndsr]

Has anyone skated this bowl? It looks like a real good time.

Yes, used to be my local when Cals pharmacy had the park.  I helped them on a remodel that a person from Scotland headed up.  It was my intro to layering bowls with birch instead of Masonite.  Cubic!!!!!  Shout out cubic!

[duniwayRobber]

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Has anyone skated this bowl? It looks like a real good time.

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Yes, used to be my local when Cals pharmacy had the park.  I helped them on a remodel that a person from Scotland headed up.  It was my intro to layering bowls with birch instead of Masonite.  Cubic!!!!!  Shout out cubic!

It was actually much bigger than it looks in that footage too. The small section was what, 8'?

Maybe my bearings were shit but I always found it hard to get enough speed in that thing, Grant makes it look 2EZ.

[Pavs323]

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creature is supposedly one of the top 3 board companies out right now and this dude just took out a second mortgage on his house to build onto his backyard skatepark... gotta make ends meet somehow, can’t blame him. doubt he got the boot. he probably got a pay cut due to dashawn getting on and decided to not renew his contract/find more money elsewhere.

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Creature a top 3 fr? Who are the other 2? Bet they're not who we think they are. We talking sales?

I'd bet like Element and Santa Cruz are the other two, just because of how they have all those collabs

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idk but in the navarette documentary thing they said creature was top 3. could imagine santa cruz being up there too idk about element. they probably wouldn’t have just lost their entire team if they were thriving in sales. my guess is something dlxsf or fa. maybe primitive.

Not saying you or the documentary is wrong, but I’m kind of skeptical about that claim. I don’t see a ton of Creature boards out in the wild, and although I can’t think of anybody I know that specifically dislikes them, they just don’t seem popular enough to where they sell more boards than 99% of companies. Just kind of hard for me to believe Creature out sells or is at the same level as Primitive, FA, dlxsf, Baker, and other companies when it comes to how many boards are being bought. Hell, as cringe as they are, Revive has got to up there to in terms of pure board sales.

[Shrinedescender]

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creature is supposedly one of the top 3 board companies out right now and this dude just took out a second mortgage on his house to build onto his backyard skatepark... gotta make ends meet somehow, can’t blame him. doubt he got the boot. he probably got a pay cut due to dashawn getting on and decided to not renew his contract/find more money elsewhere.

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Creature a top 3 fr? Who are the other 2? Bet they're not who we think they are. We talking sales?

I'd bet like Element and Santa Cruz are the other two, just because of how they have all those collabs

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idk but in the navarette documentary thing they said creature was top 3. could imagine santa cruz being up there too idk about element. they probably wouldn’t have just lost their entire team if they were thriving in sales. my guess is something dlxsf or fa. maybe primitive.

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Not saying you or the documentary is wrong, but I’m kind of skeptical about that claim. I don’t see a ton of Creature boards out in the wild, and although I can’t think of anybody I know that specifically disliking them, they just don’t seem popular enough to where they sell more boards than 99% of companies. Just kind of hard for me to believe Creature out sells or is at the same level as Primitive, FA, dlxsf, Baker, and other companies when it comes to how many boards are being bought. Hell, as cringe as they are, Revive has got to up there to in terms of pure board sales.

Unless Creature's hyper successful in like some Walmart, "baby's first complete" market, I find it hard to believe they're top three in board sales.