Thoughts on Gifted Hater?

[fineslime]

the first sentence he speaks in this video haven't aged well, but in the best way possible.

[skate_or_dingus]

He looks like a fish

[Huell Howser]

[camel filters]

Saw this clip in a repost of a stream. Confirms that he's on sci fi.

[Cool Ceith]

This is still one of my favorite things  He just has a sort of adorable quality that makes this play-acting hit even harder.

[BartHarleyJarvis]

With the Slap shout out in the beginning

[FatGuy92]

best collaboration this year. shoutout @Mbrimson88 for keeping the woodshop thread poppin

[BartHarleyJarvis]

best collaboration this year. shoutout @Mbrimson88 for keeping the woodshop thread poppin

@woodshop obviously as well

[Prinzy]

was irrationally excited to see my favorite dweeby internet goblin and Canadian dad made an hour long commentary on the bounciness of wood

the internet is fucking dope dude

[Easy Slider]

Gifted Hater and Ben Degros paying respect to the Slap woodshop thread in the latest episode.   

[Huell Howser]

i enjoyed this just as much as the truck vid. a nice balance between gh's cynicism and ben's nice guy personality

also, i need to try a PStix board. i think i've only skated bbs for the last 5-6 years

time goes too fast

[Frank and Fred]

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best collaboration this year. shoutout @Mbrimson88 for keeping the woodshop thread poppin

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@Woodshop obviously as well

same dude, right?

[BartHarleyJarvis]

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best collaboration this year. shoutout @Mbrimson88 for keeping the woodshop thread poppin

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@Woodshop obviously as well

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same dude, right?

 I actually don't know

[k-nutz]

i enjoyed this just as much as the truck vid. a nice balance between gh's cynicism and ben's nice guy personality

also, i need to try a PStix board. i think i've only skated bbs for the last 5-6 years

time goes too fast

I bought 8 boards from primitive during their fire sale ($17 shipped!) and going through them I think they are garbage.

[sharkin]

so they pretty much diluted years of pals contributions to the woodshop threads into an hour long youtube video


THEY OWE

[rocklobster]

[Monopolyman]

so they pretty much diluted years of pals contributions to the woodshop threads into an hour long youtube video


THEY OWE

And linked SLAP for a bunch of YouTube viewers (including the Ben Degros army) to discover.

[El Freegano]

I could listen and read about this for hours. Great conversation and a great SLAP woodshop thread

[rawbertson.]

I think the reason Video Days and actually World Industries Rubbish Heap are very well known videos because it spanned like many generations. people in their 40s would have grown up when video days was actually new, but people my age never would have seen video days if it weren't for it being readily available on the internet during a key time. the World Industries website hosted these videos on their site early 2000s and back then there were not a lot of good websites, so i imagine it saw a ton of traffic. most videos were really wack for example birdhouse website just had like 5 sec trick tip clips. but this was amazing to get a full length at that time. online skate video piracy was really just getting started at this time too - this was around the time most people could make the jump from dial up to cable internet. Kazaa / Limewire era was maybe 5-7 years then we got youtube. kids from the youtube era and on may still know video days cause its just so referenced now but there is so mcuh content it can be easily missed. Oh also it is featured in KIDS so that was another reason my generation kind of knew it too.

[HeavyAndExpensive]

Could Ben Degros' secret account be...ben_boardbraker? Conspiracy theory...

[TurdyBird]

Ben and GH should do more collabs. I think they mesh pretty well. Anyone know what kind of shape GH likes? Been hating the new shorter board trend. Also, does anyone wish retailers would give the ps stix measurement and the measurement without concave? Shit drives me nuts.

Glad I’m not the only one who seems to be concerned with length of the board.

[rocklobster]

Ben and GH should do more collabs. I think they mesh pretty well. Anyone know what kind of shape GH likes? Been hating the new shorter board trend. Also, does anyone wish retailers would give the ps stix measurement and the measurement without concave? Shit drives me nuts.

Glad I’m not the only one who seems to be concerned with length of the board.

Once a month is a good, can't have too much of a good thing. They do have good chemistry, Ben being the straight man and GH being the color commentary.

I'd like for them to do joint reviews of old / new video parts or a top 5 parts from each of them. Vert Button can be too sterile and I'd like to hear Ben's take on new releases.

[FatGuy92]

Ben and GH should do more collabs. I think they mesh pretty well. Anyone know what kind of shape GH likes? Been hating the new shorter board trend. Also, does anyone wish retailers would give the ps stix measurement and the measurement without concave? Shit drives me nuts.

Glad I’m not the only one who seems to be concerned with length of the board.

I believe he said he likes the Real 8.5 Full (not SE) and Jim T was sending him some for a bit. Considering he's been getting Sci Fi boards idk what shape he's on now.

[Monopolyman]

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Ben and GH should do more collabs. I think they mesh pretty well. Anyone know what kind of shape GH likes? Been hating the new shorter board trend. Also, does anyone wish retailers would give the ps stix measurement and the measurement without concave? Shit drives me nuts.

Glad I’m not the only one who seems to be concerned with length of the board.

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I believe he said he likes the Real 8.5 Full (not SE) and Jim T was sending him some for a bit. Considering he's been getting Sci Fi boards idk what shape he's on now.

He said the standard 8.5 BBS generator shape in the woodshop vid with Ben

[HiResDes]

As a very short guy I love the new short board trend, where can I find a wide boy (8 - 8.5) that's like 30 inches long or under that would be sick.

[Mantracker]

Loved the woodshop video with Ben.. my only gripe is they didnt mention how each shop measures their boards. There is a clear difference between a lot of boards and I thought they'd acknowledge that and make sense of it all

Some shops measures flat across the boards length and some shops measures through the concave

[FuzzGNU]

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Ben and GH should do more collabs. I think they mesh pretty well. Anyone know what kind of shape GH likes? Been hating the new shorter board trend. Also, does anyone wish retailers would give the ps stix measurement and the measurement without concave? Shit drives me nuts.

Glad I’m not the only one who seems to be concerned with length of the board.

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Once a month is a good, can't have too much of a good thing. They do have good chemistry, Ben being the straight man and GH being the color commentary.

I'd like for them to do joint reviews of old / new video parts or a top 5 parts from each of them. Vert Button can be too sterile and I'd like to hear Ben's take on new releases.

Yeah, this.

The collabs with Ben are awesome and there's so many topics they can talk about. I like your joint video review and top parts ideas.

I also love GH's Skatepark reviews, those things are a blast. Fun and funny editing.

[Sila]

The guy has never heard of Evisen. Straight in the kook bin. Am I not American enough to enjoy this person? Feels like a kids show.

[rocklobster]

The guy has never heard of Evisen. Straight in the kook bin. Am I not American enough to enjoy this person? Feels like a kids show.

It bugged me they didn't mention more of the brands using Clutch, most of the are lesser known brands but they captured a good bit of the market during the pandemic. Maybe Ben just really hates them and didn't want to give them any more shine.

Clutch / ASF:
3Block
ATM*
BLVD*
Blood Wizard* 2021+
Brujaria
Cleaver* 2021
Coda* 2021
Doom Sayers* (limited 2020)
Elenex
Embassy
F.S.C. (AU)
Fancy Lad
Fixer
Flip* 2021+
Fortress*
Freedome*
Gentlemen (EU)
Holiday* (AU) 2021
Hopps* 2021
Hotel Blue
Huf* 2020+
Japan National* (AU)
Lamebrain
Less Than Local
Lewis Cruise
Loser Machine* 2021
Lurkville
Maxallure* 2021
Meridian*
Mystery
Neighborhood
Northern Co.* 2018+
Paterson
Picture Show* 2021
Pizza* 2021
Plan B* (Americas)
Platipus
Poolroom (AU)
Prisma
Program
Raw Dog
Revive
RipNDip* 2021
Roger* 2021
Rosaline (AU)
Shortys* 2021
Skate Mental* 2021
Stereo
Terminal Four (AU)
Thank You* 2021
Theories* 2021
Time (AU) 2020
Tired* 2021
Traffic* 2021
Visit
Vow
Worble* 2021
Zero* 2020

[Paperclip20]

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The guy has never heard of Evisen. Straight in the kook bin. Am I not American enough to enjoy this person? Feels like a kids show.

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It bugged me they didn't mention more of the brands using Clutch, most of the are lesser known brands but they captured a good bit of the market during the pandemic. Maybe Ben just really hates them and didn't want to give them any more shine.

Clutch / ASF:
3Block
ATM*
BLVD*
Blood Wizard* 2021+
Brujaria
Cleaver* 2021
Coda* 2021
Doom Sayers* (limited 2020)
Elenex
Embassy
F.S.C. (AU)
Fancy Lad
Fixer
Flip* 2021+
Fortress*
Freedome*
Gentlemen (EU)
Holiday* (AU) 2021
Hopps* 2021
Hotel Blue
Huf* 2020+
Japan National* (AU)
Lamebrain
Less Than Local
Lewis Cruise
Loser Machine* 2021
Lurkville
Maxallure* 2021
Meridian*
Mystery
Neighborhood
Northern Co.* 2018+
Paterson
Picture Show* 2021
Pizza* 2021
Plan B* (Americas)
Platipus
Poolroom (AU)
Prisma
Program
Raw Dog
Revive
RipNDip* 2021
Roger* 2021
Rosaline (AU)
Shortys* 2021
Skate Mental* 2021
Stereo
Terminal Four (AU)
Thank You* 2021
Theories* 2021
Time (AU) 2020
Tired* 2021
Traffic* 2021
Visit
Vow
Worble* 2021
Zero* 2020

It would probably be an even bigger knock against clutch to point out known brands only used them when they had literally no other options.