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Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« on: June 10, 2021, 10:10:53 AM »
Every time I hear about a skaters hobbies outside of skating its always either art, music, photography and similar stuff like that. Why is it? What is it that draws them to that? What are your hobbies outside of skating that isnt that?

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2021, 10:20:31 AM »
Maybe because skating can be a form of escape and self-expression, as with art.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2021, 10:58:37 AM »
The Wide And Short Skateboard

Whose skateboard is that? I think I know.
Its owner is quite angry though.
He was cross like a dark potato.
I watch him pace. I cry hello.

He gives his skateboard a shake,
And screams I've made a bad mistake.
The only other sound's the break,
Of distant waves and birds awake.

The skateboard is wide, short and deep,
But he has promises to keep,
Tormented with nightmares he never sleeps.
Revenge is a promise a man should keep.

He rises from his cursed bed,
With thoughts of violence in his head,
A flash of rage and he sees red.
Without a pause I turned and fled.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2021, 11:01:05 AM »
Would gnar if poss

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2021, 11:02:24 AM »
Art, like skateboarding, is something that can be done on your own time with no rules, regulations or dependency on other people

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2021, 11:10:31 AM »
I don’t think I have an answer despite falling into the category.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2021, 11:11:32 AM »
fake "skateboarding is art" talk incoming from some very ignorant assholes. lets see here we go:

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2021, 11:23:43 AM »
Skateboarding is art

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2021, 11:31:10 AM »
Not sure if it is still the case as much as it used to be.

But I guess skating in in itself creative... So draws creative types.

fake "skateboarding is art" talk incoming from some very ignorant assholes. lets see here we go:

If you don't like skateboarding... Just give up. You seem to nothing positive to say about it.

You can still wear your silly hypebeast clothes with a skateboard.
I want to fight you so badly richard
Please give me your address ill make it my life goal to punsh your face in

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2021, 11:34:54 AM »
Not sure if it is still the case as much as it used to be.

But I guess skating in in itself creative... So draws creative types.

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fake "skateboarding is art" talk incoming from some very ignorant assholes. lets see here we go:
[close]

If you don't like skateboarding... Just give up. You seem to nothing positive to say about it.

You can still wear your silly hypebeast clothes with a skateboard.

you dont really read what im saying do you? you have a really really small brain.

skateboarding is art. I like all types of arts. ice skating is art too.
you on the opposite think skateboarding is THEEEE ART form and you give it so many rules that it can't be art anymore.
thats what core skateboarders always do. they hate and make fun of everyone.
that wasn't stylish. that is stupid. that wasn't very polar or quasi from you broooooo.
only because I dont hate supreme like you doesn't make me a supreme head.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2021, 11:38:13 AM »
I know lots of skaters that are as un-artsy as it gets. It's just that you only hear about the artsy ones. Nobody talks about NOT being into art.
Example: me. I love skateboarding more than anything else in my life, I'm not into (other?) art. I'm a damn physicist

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2021, 11:38:48 AM »
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Not sure if it is still the case as much as it used to be.

But I guess skating in in itself creative... So draws creative types.

Expand Quote
fake "skateboarding is art" talk incoming from some very ignorant assholes. lets see here we go:
[close]

If you don't like skateboarding... Just give up. You seem to nothing positive to say about it.

You can still wear your silly hypebeast clothes with a skateboard.
[close]

you dont really read what im saying do you? you have a really really small brain.

skateboarding is art. I like all types of arts. ice skating is art to.
you in opposite think skateboarding is THEEEE ART form and you give it some many rules that it can't be art anymore.
thats what core skateboarders always do. they hate and make fun of everyone.
that wasn't stylish. that is stupid. that wasn't very polar or quasi from you broooooo.
only because I dont hate supreme like you doesn't make me a supreme head.

I read it just fine

I struggle to understand it
I want to fight you so badly richard
Please give me your address ill make it my life goal to punsh your face in

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2021, 11:39:34 AM »
Goddamn, fs180 has perfected the art of ruining threads. You're a master of your craft.
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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2021, 11:44:26 AM »
SKaTeBoaRDiNG_iS_aRT

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #14 on: June 10, 2021, 11:50:32 AM »
I think they're more drawn to the farts.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2021, 11:52:02 AM »
Regarding OP’s question…
 I wonder: art skate boarders drawn to the arts, or do people of an artistic bent find themselves drawn to skateboarding.
My personal inclination towards art existed long before I had picked up a skateboard.
As a physical klutz, skateboarding was a good fit for me, because falling down is an essential part of the learning process. Therefore, I was able to justify sucking at this activity as part of gaining proficiency.
I didn’t have to wait to be the last person chosen for the “team,” nevermind worrying about letting those “team mates” down.
When I suck, I do so on my own & w/o consequence.
On top of that, the freedom (from rules) in skateboarding is mirrored in artistic creation; something I find liberating in both cases.
No wonder I’ve stuck with it this long.

As an aside, I see @fs180 as an artist, of sorts, here on SLAP, but their chosen medium is contrarian rage & they are a master in its blunt application. Oh, dear FS180, is there anything you won’t disagree with?

I wanna play you in a game of SKATE for the right to continue talking shit on me.  You think you got me?

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2021, 12:10:14 PM »
Because you can get gallery representation drawing stick figures

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2021, 12:11:10 PM »
fake "skateboarding is art" talk incoming from some very ignorant assholes. lets see here we go:

no its not. they are a design collective going with time and grabbing cultural references and ideas from the past and make them new and not one pair of slim fitting jeans.
they will be around a lot longer than some of you guys are hoping for.

would you laugh about how David bowie dressed? would you think he would have made that much of an impact if he was just a regular boring guy with a t-shirt and some jeans? the world view some of you guys have is far to boring for me.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2021, 12:30:36 PM »
Both fields have pretty clear ties to alternative cultures. Art is about doing your own thing and expressing yourself, many approach skateboarding that way too. There's definitely the jock mindset/approach to skateboarding as well though, I definitely fall into that category sometimes when my friends and I are pushing eachother in a sesh and trying to amp eachother up, talking shit and what not.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2021, 12:38:33 PM »
A true heshlord practices the art of skating, without skating.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2021, 12:51:58 PM »
Goddamn, fs180 has perfected the art of ruining threads. You're a master of your craft.

Like watching da Vinci paint, or listening to Mozart compose.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2021, 01:03:32 PM »
I know lots of skaters that are as un-artsy as it gets. It's just that you only hear about the artsy ones. Nobody talks about NOT being into art.
Example: me. I love skateboarding more than anything else in my life, I'm not into (other?) art. I'm a damn physicist

same except im not a physicist

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2021, 01:09:33 PM »
I get bullied mum some skaters are bullying me for having opinions. They dont accept my not so perfect english and want only people to like what they like. i swear its just my phone still being on german auto correct  :'(

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2021, 01:29:57 PM »
people express themselves through art the same way they express themselves through skateboarding and its almost always done through a counter-culture type lens

on the other hand imagine if the norm was for skaters to be obsessed with investment stocks, government jobs and farming


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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2021, 01:50:29 PM »
The unpopular answer but one that touches on some truth is:

    1. Art has a low barrier to entry (insert classic’what is art?’ discussion)
    2. Skate culture is decidedly not intellectual (it’s changing, but generally the exception is for skaters to     have degrees), so skaters that may have otherwise been drawn to some random field or pursuit as a side passion (say computer science or gene-sequencing) lack the exposure or background required, and hence go towards pursuits with lower barriers to entry (see 1).


Of course other externals confound these points specifically  (e.g. current math education does a poor job of teaching interesting material, education quality has high variance, different interests yield more social capital).

Also many of skating’s current legends were themselves into art, so the lagged influence among current practitioners is somewhat natural and expected.

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2021, 02:22:42 PM »
People that are driven by intrinsic motivation will be drawn to both. Figuring out how to play a tune for me is very similar to figuring out a new trick. Both are satisfactory even when I am on my own.

My interests outside of art and skating are: sports (cycling, martial arts, yoga) and growing vegetables.


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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2021, 02:27:34 PM »
fs180 are you Kyle walker

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #27 on: June 10, 2021, 02:37:19 PM »
I think of it as a lifestyle that can be portrayed as an art... or a sport.

it must be crazy when chico sells you something and the tables switch from "give me my money chico" to "giving my money to chico"

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Re: Why are skaters drawn to the arts?
« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2021, 03:17:04 PM »
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNNk5IQh914/

yes

this is actually pretty good think about him what you want I like it
if I friend of my did this id be proud of him