Problems with USA skateboarding team

[Rune Spliffberg]

getting back to the topic at hand, i've worked with brink in the past, and disregarding all the petty things he does here on slap, strictly from a business standpoint, i am so glad they stiffed you. you had it coming.

[warmonke]

Pretty impressive that even after 11 pages Brink still manages to kook himself harder and harder every time he posts. The work of a true artist

[Coping Grinder]

As they say on Twitter, hard to believe we have free access to this sort of entertainment on a daily basis. Viva la Slap

[BRINK]

getting back to the topic at hand, i've worked with brink in the past, and disregarding all the petty things he does here on slap, strictly from a business standpoint, i am so glad they stiffed you. you had it coming.

Lmao where did you work with me? And yeah … I’m sure I was soooo bad that I deserve a crime (wage theft) committed against me. Don’t care about or need the money though. Just airing these goons out because I’m not the only person they are doing it to.

[Ghost Face]

Didn't take long to appoint a new head.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126565/usa-skateboarding-appoints-new-chair

"USA Skateboarding (USAS) has confirmed the appointment of Don Bostick as its new chair following the departure of Gary Ream, revealed exclusively by insidethegames."

Let the Slap investigations begin.

[lurker_and_poster]

Didn't take long to appoint a new head.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126565/usa-skateboarding-appoints-new-chair

"USA Skateboarding (USAS) has confirmed the appointment of Don Bostick as its new chair following the departure of Gary Ream, revealed exclusively by insidethegames."

Let the Slap investigations begin.

Thanks to the true skate gods it was a fair, open and free selection process - and they choose the best human being after Gary ream to present skateboarding on a global scale,
„Shitshow it is“ Yoda said.

[TheLurper]

Glad we were able to keep one of Ream's cronies in charge. I wouldn't want it any other way.


Dude is in his 70s and is a former slalom/downhill racer who has dedicated his life to the mainstreaming of "action sports."
https://www.wcsk8.com/don-bostick/

[BRINK]

Glad we were able to keep one of Ream's cronies in charge. I wouldn't want it any other way.


Dude is in his 70s and is a former slalom/downhill racer who has dedicated his life to the mainstreaming of "action sports."
https://www.wcsk8.com/don-bostick/

He’s also been chair for a few weeks now and still hasn't paid out the former staff. Refuses to talk to us about it even.

[GardenSkater77]

That name has been around forever in skateboarding but I never knew what for. Anything note worthy about the guy?

[thebacker]

As they say on Twitter, hard to believe we have free access to this sort of entertainment on a daily basis. Viva la Slap

WHAT WILL THEY DO NEXT?!

[Rune Spliffberg]

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getting back to the topic at hand, i've worked with brink in the past, and disregarding all the petty things he does here on slap, strictly from a business standpoint, i am so glad they stiffed you. you had it coming.

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Lmao where did you work with me? And yeah … I’m sure I was soooo bad that I deserve a crime (wage theft) committed against me. Don’t care about or need the money though. Just airing these goons out because I’m not the only person they are doing it to.

yea lemme just dox myself to the guy who wants to air out someone else's family's dirty laundry on a public forum.

[Miller92]

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getting back to the topic at hand, i've worked with brink in the past, and disregarding all the petty things he does here on slap, strictly from a business standpoint, i am so glad they stiffed you. you had it coming.

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Lmao where did you work with me? And yeah … I’m sure I was soooo bad that I deserve a crime (wage theft) committed against me. Don’t care about or need the money though. Just airing these goons out because I’m not the only person they are doing it to.

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yea lemme just dox myself to the guy who wants to air out someone else's family's dirty laundry on a public forum.

lmao

[BRINK]

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getting back to the topic at hand, i've worked with brink in the past, and disregarding all the petty things he does here on slap, strictly from a business standpoint, i am so glad they stiffed you. you had it coming.

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Lmao where did you work with me? And yeah … I’m sure I was soooo bad that I deserve a crime (wage theft) committed against me. Don’t care about or need the money though. Just airing these goons out because I’m not the only person they are doing it to.

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yea lemme just dox myself to the guy who wants to air out someone else's family's dirty laundry on a public forum.

I don’t need to know who you are. But you made a claim that I’d like to understand and address. Maybe it’s valid, maybe it isn't, maybe you are completely lying. My career (actually 2 careers simultaneously since 2004 … writing and marketing) has gone really well and continues to do so. My resume speaks for itself. If I was so awful, professionally this certainly wouldn’t be the case. What did I do that I deserve a crime to be committed against me and not paid for my work … along with multiple other employees going through the same? Send a wiseass email? Lmao. Do you have a reason to fear your identity being public even if that were my intent?

[Sketch Hitchcock]

I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[BRINK]

I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

I agree with you. Heres the thing though …. Most proper folks don’t want to be involved. And with all the drama … the last of the “proper” folks (or closest to them) are probably gone/leaving. Whether you view me as proper or not … the og staff that’s been there the last few years had some legit people who tried really hard. I personally think its all downhill and will get even weirder from here.

If the org even survives the next few weeks, Bostick and the existing board certainly won’t be bringing in anyone proper. They are all goons who are so far removed from skateboarding it’s ridiculous. Shit’s gotten really dark over there. Worst and weirdest experience I’ve had in my entire career in and out of skate. I don’t even know how the existing people are even allowed to be there by the usopc, safe sport, etc. Its pretty gross. Lots of shady shit happening.

[Sketch Hitchcock]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

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I agree with you. Heres the thing though …. Most proper folks don’t want to be involved. And with all the drama … the last of the “proper” folks (or closest to them) are probably gone/leaving. Whether you view me as proper or not … the og staff that’s been there the last few years had some legit people who tried really hard. I personally think its all downhill and will get even weirder from here.

It seems like involving someone like Tony Hawk who has the stature and reach to effect change would be the move.  Extremely silly comparison, but sort of the Jon Stewart if you will of skating, a voice of the people who can speak truth to power and get shit done.

If skating operated anything like other industries, Jim Thiebaud or another universally respected, iconic figure would step in and right the ship.  This is all just bad for business.

[BRINK]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

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I agree with you. Heres the thing though …. Most proper folks don’t want to be involved. And with all the drama … the last of the “proper” folks (or closest to them) are probably gone/leaving. Whether you view me as proper or not … the og staff that’s been there the last few years had some legit people who tried really hard. I personally think its all downhill and will get even weirder from here.

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It seems like involving someone like Tony Hawk who has the stature and reach to effect change would be the move.  Extremely silly comparison, but sort of the Jon Stewart if you will of skating, a voice of the people who can speak truth to power and get shit done.

If skating operated anything like other industries, Jim Thiebaud or another universally respected, iconic figure would step in and right the ship.  This is all just bad for business.

Edited my post while you replied. So there’s more up there. Yes in theory Tony could be a catalyst for change … but in many cases … one person, or even many trying to do the right thing, no matter who they are, end up being muted or having their hands tied and helpless. Which is how it got to the point its at now. Its suuuuuper frustrating … just typical corporate political bullshit. Sometimes the worst people end up prevailing or invincible from repercussions. Like Trump or some shit. Believe it or not I’m still the skate rat in there banging my head against a wall in disbelief of what's going on. I get cool jobs and titles and paychecks … but I’ll still never be the guy at the exec level anywhere in skateboarding. I’m too “core” believe it or not. And I don’t play the corpo game and smile and shake hands and take people shit so no one wants me there anyway.

PS … look what happens to me when I come speak the truth here. And this place is just a goof. No one truly wants the Jon Stewart. Not industry people anyway. Or if they do they want it in secret. That’s why you have to sort of build yourself up independently enough to have a voice … maybe like a Shaun King or something. Again … in theory you are correct. Its a huge challenge and long road to accomplish that though.

[TheLurper]

I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. These goals are no different than Bostick's.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). And, if we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse tried to push Von Werne back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that sweet NBC/Olympic money/power.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to the skate-scene and everyone in it. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great, believed the disorganization versioned of skateboarding was terrible, or didn't care how bad the Olympics could be for skateboarding as long as they got theirs.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of these shit committees and I'd guess that there is probably good reason for this.

[Sketch Hitchcock]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

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Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding to a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has tag line about wanting to be the Little League of Skateboarding. Not cool at all. The exact same ideology and goals as Bostick.

I don't have a huge issue with Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context).

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship with a bad ideology that is filled with a lot of bad actors. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is a reason not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. is a part of this shit.

I agree with everything you said.  I feel I’m reaching for hypothetical solutions in a sea of doomed outcomes, which is a foolish endeavor that only makes me sound naive.  I feel that.

I spaced on the Frank Hawk angle.  Makes sense why Tony would stay away.

I’ll only say that Nicole Hause, one of Jim’s riders, is now a liason for USA Skateboarding, and many of his other Real team riders are involved in competition (Wilkins, Bottger etc), so it’s more than relevant to his interests.

[PatrickSkateman]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[close]

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

Zion Wright?

[PatrickSkateman]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[close]

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

Zion Wright?

[BRINK]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[close]

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[close]

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[close]

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

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. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

This is accurate.

[my english is bad]

Let the USA skateboarding team Die

[PatrickSkateman]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

[close]

Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

Zion Wright’s on Team USA

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Let the USA skateboarding team Die

[PatrickSkateman]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

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Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding. His goal was to turn skateboarding into a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has a tag line about wanting to be the Little League of skateboarding. Not cool at all. This is exact same ideology and goals as Bostick and with the same ideology comes the same terrible practices.

I don't have a huge issue with Tony Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. He is personable for sure, I liked the video games, but he is a contest skater through and through. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context). If we are speaking up for LGBT people here, let's not forget how hard Birdhouse fucked Von Werne for being gay and how they tried to push him back into the closet.

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship when everyone on the ship is determined to go the wrong the wrong direction. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. that is a part of this shit and probably for good reason.

Zion Wright?

[PatrickSkateman]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

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Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding to a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has tag line about wanting to be the Little League of Skateboarding. Not cool at all. The exact same ideology and goals as Bostick.

I don't have a huge issue with Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context).

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship with a bad ideology that is filled with a lot of bad actors. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is a reason not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. is a part of this shit.

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I agree with everything you said.  I feel I’m reaching for hypothetical solutions in a sea of doomed outcomes, which is a foolish endeavor that only makes me sound naive.  I feel that.

I spaced on the Frank Hawk angle.  Makes sense why Tony would stay away.

I’ll only say that Nicole Hause, one of Jim’s riders, is now a liason for USA Skateboarding, and many of his other Real team riders are involved in competition (Wilkins, Bottger etc), so it’s more than relevant to his interests.

Zion Wright’s on Team USA

[TheLurper]

Zion Wright’s on Team USA

He might be skating in the Olympics, but I do not see his name on any of the governing committees. I do not believe anyone from DLX or HighSpeed has a role with any power.

https://usaskateboarding.com/pages/governance
http://www.worldskate.org/about/organisation/executive-board.html
http://www.worldskate.org/about/organisation/discipline-commission/skateboarding-technical-commission.html



And, just to be clear, I do not think every single person with USA Skateboarding, the ISF, etc. is a complete kook. I disagree with all of them when it comes to the Olympics, but I do like a very very small number of them as people.



P.S. Ha, the temp server shut down def caused us all to repost a few times:D

[Sketch Hitchcock]

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I don’t really have a dog in this, but I will say it would be nice to have some proper folks running these orgs like USA Skateboarding.

Say what you want about competition, but its what most people see when it comes to skating, and I’d rather have it repped by someone decent than these con artists still behind the wheel.

It’s like Tony Hawk - it’s kinda silly he’s the only skater most people in the world know, but we can all agree he’s a pretty okay guy and reps skating extremely well… we need that in an exec team…

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Tony Hawk's dad was all about the mainstreaming of skateboarding to a regular sport. The skateboard association Hawk's dad created has tag line about wanting to be the Little League of Skateboarding. Not cool at all. The exact same ideology and goals as Bostick.

I don't have a huge issue with Hawk, but his pro-Olympics stance is not cool. And, he is nowhere near the Jon Stewart of skateboarding and does not speak truth to power (I'm not necessarily sure what the mean in this context).

The fact of the matter is that there are almost zero people with credibility in USA Skateboarding, the ISF, and all these other Olympic committees. The whole thing is generally made up of contest skaters and kooks chasing after that NBC/Olympic money.

It is primarily people who were more than willing to sell skateboarding for their own benefit, regardless of the repercussions to everyone else. They either drank the kool-aid that the Olympics were great or didn't care how bad they were.

No new head is going to right a ship with a bad ideology that is filled with a lot of bad actors. The Olympics is fucking nonsense. There is a reason not a single person from DLX or High Speed Dist. is a part of this shit.

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I agree with everything you said.  I feel I’m reaching for hypothetical solutions in a sea of doomed outcomes, which is a foolish endeavor that only makes me sound naive.  I feel that.

I spaced on the Frank Hawk angle.  Makes sense why Tony would stay away.

I’ll only say that Nicole Hause, one of Jim’s riders, is now a liason for USA Skateboarding, and many of his other Real team riders are involved in competition (Wilkins, Bottger etc), so it’s more than relevant to his interests.

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Zion Wright’s on Team USA

Knew I was forgetting someone

[lemonchicken91]

Truly a sight to behold, once agreat champion, now a study in mopishness