2022 unpopular opinion thread

[manysnakes]

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"bad" skating is way more fun to watch and it brings me more joy than any pros footage

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I have the opposite opinion. I wish less people filmed skating in general, social media is just inundated with shitty skaters looking for validation. I only appreciate skating in its highest form which is great skating and good filming.

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keyword validation
i think skating should die a little bit just so the incessant dogshit fades away a little, seeing total beginners do wack shit at wack spots just so they can post on instagram gets really old
seeing people having fun skating doing "simple" tricks well is more what i mean

Have you considered that you could not watch skateboarding you don't like?

[Dwyck]

TJ is miles more interesting than Louie or Nyjah ( ) because of the shit he can't do. He's been putting out parts for more than a decade now and I swear his first switch push on camera came out this month. He's not dexterous. He's not crooking for miles. He's a guy with incredible skill who's still clearly fighting for all the tricks he gets.

I'm biased though that Louie UC spitfire part was so boring man I don't even wanna watch the converse thing

[IpathCats]

I think my biggest takeaway from this years SOTY race is that i dont think footage from prior years should count.

I know this might be an UNPOPULAR OPINION (i said the thing), but let me explain.

The race for SOTY and its criteria are already vague enough, some clarity would help IMO. Most people (myself included) dont like that it seems to have become basically a "who can put out the most/best footy in nov/dec of that year" award. Putting a limit on SOTY to being just what you did that year would not only more closely reflect what people think the award should mean, but it would also change up the whole releasing a bunch of parts at the end of the year META since people couldnt just stack clips forever.

Which leads to my next point, we already see how calculated this race has become, what do you think it will be like 10 years in the future? Dudes will just be holding onto footy for like fucking 5-10 years and releasing hour long parts of enders in December. I dont think anyone wants that, nor do they think thats what SOTY means.

I hereby officially withdraw footage from prior years from my consideration for SOTY.

GET REGULATED.

[manysnakes]

Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants.

[Roy Machine]

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Fat Bills videos are often filmed terribly but are more memorable and impactful than 90% of the edits that go up on thrasher or anything else from the past ten years. He’s also one of the only “brands” consistently doing full lengths

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It's the skaters/locations/songs more than his filming style.

Johnny Wilson would make a better supreme vid than Billy the Fatty.

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Agreed on both points. I actually found the use of Deftones' - Change and Metallica's One pretty tasteful.

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Maybe unpopular opinion, I actually didn't love the use of One. I just don't think it pairs well with a relatively low impact part with a lot of manuals. I could see it working well with a Milton part or something gnarlier.

Thanks, I also found the mix of One and those low impact manual tricks weird. Would have been a great fit for a Nyjah part 

[ToySanta]

Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants. cuts the biggest check.

First part is definitely true, though.

[Painted Baby]

I think my biggest takeaway from this years SOTY race is that i dont think footage from prior years should count.

I know this might be an UNPOPULAR OPINION (i said the thing), but let me explain.

The race for SOTY and its criteria are already vague enough, some clarity would help IMO. Most people (myself included) dont like that it seems to have become basically a "who can put out the most/best footy in nov/dec of that year" award. Putting a limit on SOTY to being just what you did that year would not only more closely reflect what people think the award should mean, but it would also change up the whole releasing a bunch of parts at the end of the year META since people couldnt just stack clips forever.

Which leads to my next point, we already see how calculated this race has become, what do you think it will be like 10 years in the future? Dudes will just be holding onto footy for like fucking 5-10 years and releasing hour long parts of enders in December. I dont think anyone wants that, nor do they think thats what SOTY means.

I hereby officially withdraw footage from prior years from my consideration for SOTY.

GET REGULATED.

Job creator. Somebody could maybe get a job authenticating clips for Price Waterhouse Coopers based on shoes and gear and what seasons they would or wouldn't be available

[IpathCats]

Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants.

You're not wrong, I'm just being idealistic.

[TwisT]

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Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants.

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You're not wrong, I'm just being idealistic.

We all know SOTY is a thrasher popularity contest. And thrasher is invested in picking image appropriate skaters.

I think skating is in its most jockish form when debating potential SOTY.


It’s still fun though

[quackquack]

Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants.

Comments like these are keeping you from getting my POTY vote.

Is my opinion a joke to you???

[SatanicPanic]

I’ve had Spitfire formula fours a few times in recent years but they never felt different than the generic CCS wheels I used to buy

[goodatmeth]

I’ve had Spitfire formula fours a few times in recent years but they never felt different than the generic CCS wheels I used to buy

Either you don't ever slide or I need those ccs wheels

[BALARGUE]

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Literally every skater who has ever won SOTY did so on the basis of footage collected over the previous years.

Also all this "who should win SOTY" talk is silly because Michael Burnett is going to choose whoever he wants.

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You're not wrong, I'm just being idealistic.

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We all know SOTY is a thrasher popularity contest. And thrasher is invested in picking image appropriate skaters.

I think skating is in its most jockish form when debating potential SOTY.


It’s still fun though

This
But I didn’t think Thrasher would become that jockish

[SatanicPanic]

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I’ve had Spitfire formula fours a few times in recent years but they never felt different than the generic CCS wheels I used to buy

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Either you don't ever slide or I need those ccs wheels

I honestly have never noticed a difference in how wheels slide. Maybe it’s just me

[veritas]

Not enough SOTY threads right now, we need more

[GnarAlarm]

Not enough SOTY threads right now, we need more

There isn't a "who deserved SOTY but didn't get it" thread.
Or "who is SOTD (skater of the decade)"
Or "who is the over 30 SOTY"
Or "who is the under 20 SOTY"
Or "which SOTY is the most romantic, you know, like he really makes you feel like the most important person in the world, as though time and space have ceased to exist and it's just you and him floating through eternity forever and ever"

Be the change you want to see in the world.

[Roy Machine]

The kickflip ist harder than the bs flip

[GnarAlarm]

The kickflip ist harder than the bs flip

Interesting. I'm a kickflip guy. Like I devote a lot of time and effort into ensuring I always have a big, poppy, floaty kickflip. It's literally the thing I spend the most time refining. I spend the first 30 minutes of any given session just skating around doing kickflips. I hate my backside flips. I can do them but I never feel good about them.
But then, I want my backside flips to almost look like a backside 180 dragonflip, like I try to fold them a bit.
When I do them the normal way I always over rotate a bit and have to tic tac. Drives me crazy.
When I get them to flip more horizontally I can actually stomp them bolts with no tic tac, but it's wayyyyy harder.

[dannyprovolone]

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The kickflip ist harder than the bs flip

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Interesting. I'm a kickflip guy. Like I devote a lot of time and effort into ensuring I always have a big, poppy, floaty kickflip. It's literally the thing I spend the most time refining. I spend the first 30 minutes of any given session just skating around doing kickflips. I hate my backside flips. I can do them but I never feel good about them.
But then, I want my backside flips to almost look like a backside 180 dragonflip, like I try to fold them a bit.
When I do them the normal way I always over rotate a bit and have to tic tac. Drives me crazy.
When I get them to flip more horizontally I can actually stomp them bolts with no tic tac, but it's wayyyyy harder.

[GnarAlarm]

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The kickflip ist harder than the bs flip

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Interesting. I'm a kickflip guy. Like I devote a lot of time and effort into ensuring I always have a big, poppy, floaty kickflip. It's literally the thing I spend the most time refining. I spend the first 30 minutes of any given session just skating around doing kickflips. I hate my backside flips. I can do them but I never feel good about them.
But then, I want my backside flips to almost look like a backside 180 dragonflip, like I try to fold them a bit.
When I do them the normal way I always over rotate a bit and have to tic tac. Drives me crazy.
When I get them to flip more horizontally I can actually stomp them bolts with no tic tac, but it's wayyyyy harder.

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Hahaha DOLPHIN not dragon. Goddamnit.
I'm still learning all these weird circus trick names...

[Steely Daniel]

Eh just call it a forward flip. Sounds less youtube vloggerish

[Painted Baby]

Yeah I had no idea what a dragon flip was and I felt Ok about that

[SneakySecrets]

I’m sorry but I instantly dislike anyone that writes meaningful shit on their griptape.  I just can’t take you seriously.

[Terminal]

Been thinking about it for a while now. Yuto might be this generations Penny. I know there is only one Penny but hear me out. Style for miles, so relaxed and natural on a board it's almost dreamy. Multidisciplinary and rips all terrain, including vert. Skates vert properly with vert style,  skates street properly, no transition legs. Is it blasphemy jail time for me?

[GnarAlarm]

Been thinking about it for a while now. Yuto might be this generations Penny. I know there is only one Penny but hear me out. Style for miles, so relaxed and natural on a board it's almost dreamy. Multidisciplinary and rips all terrain, including vert. Skates vert properly with vert style,  skates street properly, no transition legs. Is it blasphemy jail time for me?

As an older dude who was in the scene for Penny's prime, I say not blasphemy. The closest I've felt to seeing a new Penny part in the 90s' is seeing a new Yuto part now. You'll definitely get pushback from some but yeah, the dude has definitely pushed what we think is possible forward while having unbelievable style. He does insane handrail tricks while being able to 540 on vert. If there is a modern day Penny, it's Yuto.

I'd say Versace Plug would be close, in so far as style while being kinda mysterious, but he seems like he's trying to be cool where Penny or Yuto just do their own thing and it just happens to be cool as fuck.

[Terminal]

I’m sorry but I instantly dislike anyone that writes meaningful shit on their griptape.  I just can’t take you seriously.

What about stencils, tags, shit like that? Or just blanket no?

[Terminal]

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Been thinking about it for a while now. Yuto might be this generations Penny. I know there is only one Penny but hear me out. Style for miles, so relaxed and natural on a board it's almost dreamy. Multidisciplinary and rips all terrain, including vert. Skates vert properly with vert style,  skates street properly, no transition legs. Is it blasphemy jail time for me?

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As an older dude who was in the scene for Penny's prime, I say not blasphemy. The closest I've felt to seeing a new Penny part in the 90s' is seeing a new Yuto part now. You'll definitely get pushback from some but yeah, the dude has definitely pushed what we think is possible forward while having unbelievable style. He does insane handrail tricks while being able to 540 on vert. If there is a modern day Penny, it's Yuto.

I'd say Versace Plug would be close, in so far as style while being kinda mysterious, but he seems like he's trying to be cool where Penny or Yuto just do their own thing and it just happens to be cool as fuck.

Yeah agreed Yuto seems to be in a cloud a little too, forgot to cite that and he seemed to kind of blow up out of nowhere (though, maybe I just wasn't paying attention). Don't know versace plug, seen the name but figured a burberry, blondey influencer type character so I avoided. Maybe I'll take a look. Was there for Penny too, wasn't it something!

Edit: Penny is one of my all times, so haven't made this call lightly

[EXTRA SPICY]

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Been thinking about it for a while now. Yuto might be this generations Penny. I know there is only one Penny but hear me out. Style for miles, so relaxed and natural on a board it's almost dreamy. Multidisciplinary and rips all terrain, including vert. Skates vert properly with vert style,  skates street properly, no transition legs. Is it blasphemy jail time for me?

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As an older dude who was in the scene for Penny's prime, I say not blasphemy. The closest I've felt to seeing a new Penny part in the 90s' is seeing a new Yuto part now. You'll definitely get pushback from some but yeah, the dude has definitely pushed what we think is possible forward while having unbelievable style. He does insane handrail tricks while being able to 540 on vert. If there is a modern day Penny, it's Yuto.

I'd say Versace Plug would be close, in so far as style while being kinda mysterious, but he seems like he's trying to be cool where Penny or Yuto just do their own thing and it just happens to be cool as fuck.

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Yeah agreed Yuto seems to be in a cloud a little too, forgot to cite that and he seemed to kind of blow up out of nowhere (though, maybe I just wasn't paying attention). Don't know versace plug, seen the name but figured a burberry, blondey influencer type character so I avoided. Maybe I'll take a look. Was there for Penny too, wasn't it something!

Edit: Penny is one of my all times, so haven't made this call lightly

Versace Plug is a fun watch. He trolled Thrasher and dumped his filler on them as a part for them to host. I always liked that.

[j....soy.....]

You realize that everyone in Japan has that haircut and he seems mysterious because he just can’t speak English very well….

[Roisto]

I’m sorry but I instantly dislike anyone that writes meaningful shit on their griptape.  I just can’t take you seriously.

Bummer. 

I still like you though. I wrote a bunch of stuff on my cruiser griptape to cheer me up last summer when I wasn’t in such a sunny and positive place mentally. Wishing everyone a nice summer and a bunch of other things. It did help me cheer myself up and still does. No point in taking me or anything else seriously though.