2022 unpopular opinion thread

[skatebruh]

More boards should be longer than 33" but we are currently constrained by sheets of griptape being 33".

[TwisT]

More boards should be longer than 33" but we are currently constrained by sheets of griptape being 33".

They make longer grip

Or you can cut grip

[sk8n hugon]

I don’t like seeing people skate vert without pads and a helmet. Looks strange. Also, if it seems like they are holding back, then it’s especially disappointing.

[Paperclip20]

I don’t like seeing people skate vert without pads and a helmet. Looks strange. Also, if it seems like they are holding back, then it’s especially disappointing.

I actually agree here. I don't skate vert and am a total transition novice but no helmet/no pads vert is crazy.

[Mean salto]

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I don’t like seeing people skate vert without pads and a helmet. Looks strange. Also, if it seems like they are holding back, then it’s especially disappointing.

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I actually agree here. I don't skate vert and am a total transition novice but no helmet/no pads vert is crazy.

There's also skating vert vs really skating vert. It kinda extended to bigger bowl contests too but it was sort of annoying a few years back when people started choosing not to wear helmet and pads but then didn't really do anything. Like a long grind is cool but dude in a helmet is doing kickflip mctwists. Also getting marked up for being padless like as of the proper vert guys couldnt just take their helmet off and do some grinds

[pizzafliptofakie]

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transition is harder than street

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eh, it is for me because there was no transition in my area for the first 4-5 years of my skating, by that time i could already do some ledge and flip tricks so obviously i stuck to what i was used to. if i started skating and all i had was a bowl i'm sure transition would of been easier than street.

Yeah I feel like it's pretty circumstantial. The park I grew up skating had great transition which in turn has made me pretty lousy at skating ledges and such. I could probably do more tricks on a 6 foot qp than I could a 1 foot ledge. Then I've got homies who can back noseblunt ledges but can't skate transition very well. It's a toss up. 

[IpathCats]

transition is harder than street

you the type of guy to say something like "tony hawk is better than rodney mullen"

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

woooa buddy rodney mullen has done 720 dark flip on youtube hold on i will find a link

[IpathCats]

woooa buddy rodney mullen has done 720 dark flip on youtube hold on i will find a link

900 > 720. FLAWLESS VICTORY.

[LebowskisRug]

I legit won't buy a deck if the designers designed the graphic so that the trucks obscure it. Just shows laziness and bothers the hell outta me.

[Frank]

I legit won't buy a deck if the designers designed the graphic so that the trucks obscure it. Just shows laziness and bothers the hell outta me.

yeah, same here

[TwisT]

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I legit won't buy a deck if the designers designed the graphic so that the trucks obscure it. Just shows laziness and bothers the hell outta me.

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You mean you don’t like Truck holes right dab in the middle of the face

yeah, same here

[Frank]

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I legit won't buy a deck if the designers designed the graphic so that the trucks obscure it. Just shows laziness and bothers the hell outta me.

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You mean you don’t like Truck holes right dab in the middle of the face

yeah, same here

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it's sort of a pet peeve. real did this a lot. have the name or their logo or something underneath the trucks. i don't get it cause it's easy to avoid. it doesn't really bother me a lot but when i have choices, my ocd tells me to have the clean graphic.

[boi-cuzudo]

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transition is harder than street

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you the type of guy to say something like "tony hawk is better than rodney mullen"

very funny, thank you

[realbasedgod112]

fs180s (transition excepted) are gauche as fuck. really not a good looking trick to me
what's even worse is fs5050 fs180 out, it's every new skater's cool trick but it looks Shit

[BartHarleyJarvis]

fs180s (transition excepted) are gauche as fuck. really not a good looking trick to me
what's even worse is fs5050 fs180 out, it's every new skater's cool trick but it looks Shit

It’s all about fs50-50 bs180 out. The connoisseur’s beginner trick

[boi-cuzudo]

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fs180s (transition excepted) are gauche as fuck. really not a good looking trick to me
what's even worse is fs5050 fs180 out, it's every new skater's cool trick but it looks Shit

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It’s all about fs50-50 bs180 out. The connoisseur’s beginner trick

add bs noseslide shuv it out coming to a stop to the list

[Mean salto]

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fs180s (transition excepted) are gauche as fuck. really not a good looking trick to me
what's even worse is fs5050 fs180 out, it's every new skater's cool trick but it looks Shit

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It’s all about fs50-50 bs180 out. The connoisseur’s beginner trick

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add bs noseslide shuv it out coming to a stop to the list

5050 nollie back shove it.

[DannyDee]

Palace is the best thing in skating right now (even if you hate their hypebeast audience) and London footage looks better than anything else.

[Easy Slider]

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fs180s (transition excepted) are gauche as fuck. really not a good looking trick to me
what's even worse is fs5050 fs180 out, it's every new skater's cool trick but it looks Shit

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It’s all about fs50-50 bs180 out. The connoisseur’s beginner trick

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add bs noseslide shuv it out coming to a stop to the list

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5050 nollie back shove it.

Come on guys these are my most sophisticated ledge tricks you are knocking here. Wanted to work on the noseslide shuv outs next. Not even joking.  :'(

[versacekid420]

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I don’t like seeing people skate vert without pads and a helmet. Looks strange. Also, if it seems like they are holding back, then it’s especially disappointing.

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I actually agree here. I don't skate vert and am a total transition novice but no helmet/no pads vert is crazy.

any excuse to post this. i remember when this came out i was like 15 and completely blown away and i didn’t even particularly care for transition skating at that time

[fs1/2cab]

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fs180s (transition excepted) are gauche as fuck. really not a good looking trick to me
what's even worse is fs5050 fs180 out, it's every new skater's cool trick but it looks Shit

[close]

It’s all about fs50-50 bs180 out. The connoisseur’s beginner trick

[close]

add bs noseslide shuv it out coming to a stop to the list

[close]

5050 nollie back shove it.

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Come on guys these are my most sophisticated ledge tricks you are knocking here. Wanted to work on the noseslide shuv outs next. Not even joking.  :'(

Ledge skating is mad difficult, at least for me.
So all these tricks are rad for me.

My unpopular opinion. We need more pop shuv tricks in videos nowadays. Fakie fs pop shuv is sick.

Like that one Dill did over that barrier thousand years ago.

[switchfakie]

switch ledge tricks CAN be a waste of time if you're not a dedicated ledge skater

i have my ledge fundamentals down but switch ledge tricks just dont hit the same as switch flip tricks or even learning switch/fakie tricks on transition

[milk.razor]

Palace is the best thing in skating right now (even if you hate their hypebeast audience) and London footage looks better than anything else.

damn that is a truly unpopular opinion that i respect you for posting

[braksabbath]

The current trend of Japanese pro’s is a CIA-sponsored psyop to sow further discontent with China

[munchbox]

blue jeans suck
black jeans are superior

[fs1/2cab]

blue jeans suck
black jeans are superior

blue jeans are for dates
black jeans are for skating

skate date: one leg blue, other leg black
of course

[jgonzalez]

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Palace is the best thing in skating right now (even if you hate their hypebeast audience) and London footage looks better than anything else.

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damn that is a truly unpopular opinion that i respect you for posting

Got mad love for London. Shout out Camden brewery beer. Shout out 3.5 £ meal deal

Edit: shout out chicken cottage

[realbasedgod112]

Palace is the best thing in skating right now (even if you hate their hypebeast audience) and London footage looks better than anything else.

i respect you for posting this opinion, i still don't respect your opinion though

[Billy Bitchcakes]

Edit: shout out chicken cottage