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i don’t like this part. i don’t like hucking in general. i just think it’s funny that the people that call for more gatekeeping probably would have had their stuff taken at any of the places i skated that had actual gatekeepers… part of the reason i think it’s wack and has its place in the past but i only grew up skating love so wtf do i know
Yea I guess it's pretty important to define exactly what I'm advocating for, and for you to define what exactly you're referencing. There's levels to all of that shit. I didn't grow up at emb in the early 90's or anything, but the old guys at my local would definitely call you names if you were pushing mongo or doing some clown shit like this. I'm not saying we physically hurt anyone or steal from people, but most kids could use a little public shame these days. I'm all for helping people learn, no one starts off with style, but giving lame ass dudes like this Jeff guy a pass isn't helping anyone. Kids coming up should see this guy get clowned, and ishod get praised, then decide for themselves. Also, there's a huge difference between a pro part, and just someone skating. There's a difference between someone really trying to skate and push themselves, and some fully padded rando just going to the skatepark like they would a basketball court. I'm not gonna fuck with the rando, but if one of the regulars at my local starts doing mobbed ass double/triple flip variations off of everything in the park, he's gonna hear about it, and get REGULATED.
Oh, fuck of, ‘the kind of skateboarding I like is the only real style’ soft-skulled weak thinking.
That’s how you kill skateboarding, trying to freeze it into your (usually boring and unoriginal) preferences.
It’s basically the white supremacy mindset of skateboarding, and it’s fucking lame.
If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
Poor take. Hierarchies of taste exist for a reason. If you want to engage in any activity - skating, surfing, cycling, whatever - but you ignore the culture and traditions then expect to get mocked.
There is no 'right' or 'wrong' style of skating, you can skate flat, street, vert, freestyle, or whatever; there's so much diversity throughout skating's history that anyone can find something they relate to whether it's Rodney Mullen, Josh Kalis, or Jay Adams.
That doesn't mean to say that there's no such thing as 'bad' skating. Shit like the Berrics or Braille that basically try to reject all of skateboarding's standards and traditions are inherently wack, and you deserve to be mocked so you can find something better to engage with.
While 'don't like it, don't watch it' is a fair point, the problem's more with the Berrics even promoting this less than mediocre skating in the first place. If you want to watch someone not pop their tricks, go watch Love Child (no disrespect lol).