Rad rat and Kelly/nine club beef

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Laser flips   1
Dorks          0

[left knee cap]

i love doing laser flips

[SneakySecrets]

[Ray C. Usery]

All I want to know is who's got them Quinoa flips

[TrainWreck]

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I scrolled down to the bottom of this page real fast and all the info my brain registered because of that video thumbnail was "RAD NINE ballz".

[rawr1922]

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I always thought kids watching YouTube game streamers were weirdos. Realized we are the ultimate weirdos for watching stuff like this. Inception   

[Xen]

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Imagine several middle-aged men arguing about laser flips.

What even is skateboarding these days? A tragic.

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Yeah imagine if there was an internet message board exactly like this...would be a tragic for sure.

Winner.

[HowMakeBoardFlip]

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I always thought kids watching YouTube game streamers were weirdos. Realized we are the ultimate weirdos for watching stuff like this. Inception

I think we're like...5 levels deep into the metaverse now? First RadRat vid -> 9club response -> RadRat reaction to 9club response -> GiftedHater reaction to RadRat reaction of 9club response -> Slap response to the whole thing

[TheDingus]

Imagine being so sensitive that being called a dork somehow triggers you.

[Grim Deeds]

Rad Rat's skate expertise seems 100% based on solo Internet research. I appreciate that he digs in, but his perspective is extremely limited because there's no experience to back up the knowledge. He also seems to mainly skate flatground by himself in his driveway. Get out there, Rad Rat!

[dr.prestige]

Rad Rat's skate expertise seems 100% based on solo Internet research. I appreciate that he digs in, but his perspective is extremely limited because there's no experience to back up the knowledge. He also seems to mainly skate flatground by himself in his driveway. Get out there, Rad Rat!

I have gotten this impression myself from him. It's cool because he typically has a fresh perspective compared to most other skaters but he sometimes comes off like he isn't immersed in the same skate culture that I am. That's not a bad thing but I'll watch some videos he has and at the end wonder to myself "how did he reach that conclusion?"

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

[Lou Strux]

Under-cooked, unsalted, weak beef.

Yup.

[TheDingus]

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

Kelly’s comment wasn’t dumb. It was 100% accurate.

[pizzafliptofakie]

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

could see this getting a big reaction cuz anytime anyone brings up judging on the show Kelly gets super defensive about it.

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Rad Rat's skate expertise seems 100% based on solo Internet research. I appreciate that he digs in, but his perspective is extremely limited because there's no experience to back up the knowledge. He also seems to mainly skate flatground by himself in his driveway. Get out there, Rad Rat!

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I have gotten this impression myself from him. It's cool because he typically has a fresh perspective compared to most other skaters but he sometimes comes off like he isn't immersed in the same skate culture that I am. That's not a bad thing but I'll watch some videos he has and at the end wonder to myself "how did he reach that conclusion?"

I've been familiar with Aron/Rad Rat since way before he started his podcast thing, back in the early naughts he was all over the place on skate message boards. IIRC he literally grew up in a farm in the middle of nowhere in complete disconnection with everything. Which is something I really respect because that's the majority of skateboarders (whether or not some of them will admit it) and while he may be off on some stuff, he's at least trying to put everything together and doing a decent job at skate vulgarization if I may call it that, when it could be way more dishonest people filling in that niche. He helped me learn crooked grinds 15 years ago and got me a wheel hook-up around that time too, just because he could. Genuine dude who used to do kickflip late shove-its out of primo on the only small patch of concrete he had to skate. Maybe he should have traveled more, but I can also understand isolation. Haven't talked to him in over a decade, which kind of sucks.

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

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could see this getting a big reaction cuz anytime anyone brings up judging on the show Kelly gets super defensive about it.

Funny how even Geoff called out the judging.   But yea even Manny talked to Kelly about his olympic run before he skated to see how Kelly would score it....

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Once again, on point!

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

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could see this getting a big reaction cuz anytime anyone brings up judging on the show Kelly gets super defensive about it.

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Funny how even Geoff called out the judging.   But yea even Manny talked to Kelly about his olympic run before he skated to see how Kelly would score it....

What did he ask? From what I recall Manny was trying cool shit in the Olympics but didn't actually land anything, would be interesting if that strategy was from the "go big or don't even bother" mindset....not that it's really secret insider-info at this point.

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Once again, on point!

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

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could see this getting a big reaction cuz anytime anyone brings up judging on the show Kelly gets super defensive about it.

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Funny how even Geoff called out the judging.   But yea even Manny talked to Kelly about his olympic run before he skated to see how Kelly would score it....

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What did he ask? From what I recall Manny was trying cool shit in the Olympics but didn't actually land anything, would be interesting if that strategy was from the "go big or don't even bother" mindset....not that it's really secret insider-info at this point.

He asks kelly what he was score a run with these tricks as a line if he was the judge,  forget where in the convo but its in here

[butterballs for jerry]

Skate competitions with judges has always seemed strange to me. I mean it does push people to land crazy shit and is generally a good excuse to gather the community, but skating has so many options as far as tricks go that it just seems crazy to put numbers on them. Games of skate, sure, that's more or less cut and dry.

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Skate competitions with judges has always seemed strange to me. I mean it does push people to land crazy shit and is generally a good excuse to gather the community, but skating has so many options as far as tricks go that it just seems crazy to put numbers on them. Games of skate, sure, that's more or less cut and dry.

Its not the number its the technicality of the tricks.  Like in gifted haters video scoring Shane a 7.4 for a nollie nosegrind, nollie flip out was just wrong from the judges

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Once again, on point!

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I actually like how he goes off on the SLS judging for half the video after Kelly's dumb comment

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Kelly’s comment wasn’t dumb. It was 100% accurate.

Shut up dork.

[OldSkater]

[BugleBites]

Fuck DM'ing like a man, it's youtube response like a man from now on.

For real though, this wasn't even an issue. I think Rad Rat was just a bit starstruck and embarrassed.

[Lord Viper Scorpion]

i'm not watching that

[Burt Ward]

"Rad Rat" is one of the stupidest self-given nicknames that I can think of. I assume it's self-given?

[Uh Oh]

"Rad Rat" is one of the stupidest self-given nicknames that I can think of. I assume it's self-given?

Phelps gave it to him

[23shinseal]

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"Rad Rat" is one of the stupidest self-given nicknames that I can think of. I assume it's self-given?

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Phelps gave it to him

fuck yes!!

[HowMakeBoardFlip]

"Rad Rat" is one of the stupidest self-given nicknames that I can think of. I assume it's self-given?

Never heard of the guy before reading this thread, but probably safe to assume anyone rocking this 80s-doritos-vibe logo isn't taking themselves too seriously.