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Both flips mobbed and clip gets cut off right before the ledge trick hahahahaha
Well, if you'd kept watching, you'd have seen the ledge trick materialize. It was a 5-0. Followed by a varial flip on flat. Not top-tier shit. On it's face, I understand it's infuriating that in a world now full of fantastic female skaters, a seemingly mediocre one has a Vans shoe, etc. I'm happy we've at least moved on from the "anything a woman can do a man can do better" argument. But skateboarding is a marketing campaign and not a meritocracy. Shake your fist at the sky for all time that Morgan Smith didnt get a fair go. Sometimes the cream rises to the top, but more often than not it skates for Blind and then retires in search of eye care benefits. With that in mind, can't we be a little excited that a black female is being backed by big brands? Sure, it has more to do with marketability than skate ability, but so does every other corner of the industry. There's more to celebrate here than there is to complain about.
This is really cynical. No, not everybody wins; but when somebody wins who is undeserving and attempts to convince people she actually is deserving is whack and should be noted.
did not want to post in this thread again, but come on....
No, skateboarding is not a marketing campaign. or at least to me it never will be. (yeah I know this sounds corny, but I can't help it. Or else I would not still be on a skateboard forum at nearly 50

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someone being promoted solely because of marketability, rather than talent or effort, is really nothing to celebrate. It used to be looked down on and it still should. and I see the same attitude shift in music. We used to value authenticity, not having the bigger following or being backed by big brands.
my 2 cents, carry on....