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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #120 on: October 23, 2023, 04:26:57 PM »
Behold. The 1987 CCS catalog.

https://shop.ccs.com/blogs/blog/1987-catalog

It was the best of times. It was some of the worst trends known to skateboarding.

Funny how board dimensions weren't a thing
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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #121 on: October 23, 2023, 04:28:57 PM »
The return of early 00's fashion is essentially a textile puddle of puke and diarrhea. It was bad the first time around, this time there's a hint of ironic detachment so there are a few more panda beanies. I still kind of like it because I like change and at least it's kind if diy and not necessarily expensive.

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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #122 on: October 24, 2023, 11:39:32 AM »
Behold. The 1987 CCS catalog.

https://shop.ccs.com/blogs/blog/1987-catalog

It was the best of times. It was some of the worst trends known to skateboarding.

Berets!  I totally forgot Berets were a thing.
I might try to bring that back.

I bet my kids would appreciate it if I picked them up from school and was wearing a beret.
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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #123 on: October 24, 2023, 03:08:44 PM »
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Behold. The 1987 CCS catalog.

https://shop.ccs.com/blogs/blog/1987-catalog

It was the best of times. It was some of the worst trends known to skateboarding.
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Berets!  I totally forgot Berets were a thing.
I might try to bring that back.

I bet my kids would appreciate it if I picked them up from school and was wearing a beret.
When I think of berets I can't help but think of a certain Vision pro who wore a beret and even had a line of berets with his graphic on them.

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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #124 on: October 24, 2023, 04:36:22 PM »
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Monster truck ass wheels, anything above about 56 mm.
You do not need to bring 60mm formula fours to the skatepark and you sure as shit don't skate street or rough street at that.
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If it's a park like Burnside I can see why someone would ride 58s or 60s. You get more speed from drop-ins and retain it a little longer. But yeah, at sizes above 60 you're just risking a catastrophic wheel bite moment.
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I’ve known a bunch of rippers who skate big wheels but it’s a different tempo of skating. For a while I was skating 58s on big transition and it’s weird because you keep speed with low effort and can kind of throw yourself up stuff without having to go as fast.

It’s dogshit when you want to ollie off flat though.
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I can't go below 54mm. I get killed skating around here. The ground is so bad I still get stuck in cracks I'm on 58mm dragons.

I don't gotta run to throw down and do something like Ollie the crosswalk. I can kick high pushing two ee eye ee ice and boom I boned one over the flat gap.

I know that unless you're trying to flip in flip out or youre just skating the plaza everyday you need big wheels.

They don't gotta be wide or heavy. Just tall.

I never miss a lock in on a flat bar because I got tall skinny wheels with square edges.

The bounce sucks tho. and I was just reminded that dragons try to push the bearings out the seats. Kinda sucks. I wouldn't care if I wasn't running kick ass ceramic bearings.

Next month I'm just copping something. Orchard has some options.

The biggest hardest squarest wheel I can get.

It's tough because I really want those bones 99s with the monster truck on them. Shop ain't got um tho.

Bones blowing it lol.

I'm tempted to try t bones. I like Tony

They got like 57.5 lock ins I been looking at but I had buy shoes. I can hit cracks for a few more weeks.


Brb I want to show pals something else cool
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I switched to classic formula 4’s 54mm but 97 duro. The ground is ass round my way too but this switch has put me slightly more at ease
I honestly think these are the perfect wheels. A little smoother on shitty ground but they still slide when you need them to
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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #125 on: October 24, 2023, 09:28:03 PM »
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I would just like to add something to the filming complaints raised already.. the worst trend is in fact

Where , for example, someone is flipping over a small rail and filter is right under it, lifts the camera as he flips over then brings it back down.

So many clips ruined because you cannot see the whole obstacle or get a sense of perspective.

They never did that shit in Mouse
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Haha that's great

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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #126 on: October 25, 2023, 01:50:59 AM »
A few years back, guys applied grip tape a bit shifted to one side letting the top deck nude on one edge border.

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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #127 on: October 25, 2023, 06:21:24 AM »
A few years back, guys applied grip tape a bit shifted to one side letting the top deck nude on one edge border.
Is that seriously the worst one you can think of?

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Re: What are some of the worst trends in the history of skateboarding?
« Reply #128 on: October 25, 2023, 09:54:39 AM »
Well, most OCD triggering, probably.
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