New eTines rider

[manysnakes]

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It’s always so funny to see the nostalgic dinosaurs here bemoaning Andy Anderson. The kid has massive appeal, the best selling deck in the world (despite costing like $100), and he is an absolute ripper. But to the Boomer wanna-be Hellriders of Slap, since he wears a helmet and appeals to the wrong type of skateboarder (young people with their lives ahead of them, successful and well adjusted adults with jobs), he’s persona non grata.

Of course no one here could ever skate like him, and if he were actually shredding your local, you’d all stop what you were doing and watch him. And if he were branded differently but skated in a similar way (as is the case with Ben Koppl/rollersurfer), I suspect that the same people would claim to love him.

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You’re sort of making a lot of people’s point. He’s being foisted on the industry as an *alternative* to everything those people think is wrong with skating, and I think that does rub people the wrong way.

Also, I have a much bigger issue with the wack ass full wrap shoes than I do the helmet…

Well then you’re tacitly admitting that you like what you like because you buy into a certain image that a brand presents, which is really something one should consider if they’re older than like 17.

[BartHarleyJarvis]

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It’s always so funny to see the nostalgic dinosaurs here bemoaning Andy Anderson. The kid has massive appeal, the best selling deck in the world (despite costing like $100), and he is an absolute ripper. But to the Boomer wanna-be Hellriders of Slap, since he wears a helmet and appeals to the wrong type of skateboarder (young people with their lives ahead of them, successful and well adjusted adults with jobs), he’s persona non grata.

Of course no one here could ever skate like him, and if he were actually shredding your local, you’d all stop what you were doing and watch him. And if he were branded differently but skated in a similar way (as is the case with Ben Koppl/rollersurfer), I suspect that the same people would claim to love him.

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You’re sort of making a lot of people’s point. He’s being foisted on the industry as an *alternative* to everything those people think is wrong with skating, and I think that does rub people the wrong way.

Also, I have a much bigger issue with the wack ass full wrap shoes than I do the helmet…

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Well then you’re tacitly admitting that you like what you like because you buy into a certain image that a brand presents, which is really something one should consider if they’re older than like 17.

Sure. I support brands I like, I don’t support brands I don’t like. Brand image is a part of that. Do you make decisions differently?

Not being snarky either, just curious what point you’re trying to make.