Dan Corrigan - Why I'm hated.
For real, posters in this thread are dicks for bullying a guy into feeling like he has to make a video like that. Also lolwut, he looks good with a beard, you guys are weird as hell for fixating on that.
Shout outs to Dan for talking about being in special education. Sounds like he had some pretty debilitating ADHD (doing assignments, but losing them) and I really hope that there was an understanding of ADHD back then to get him properly diagnosed and helped. I was never diagnosed with ADHD, and in retrospect that was the primary thing that was making school difficult for me. He mentions talking a bunch, and getting very excited talking fast about something you are passionate about, which all can signify ADHD from what I know.
In a world inundated with the evils of Capitalism, being a YouTuber (especially one that doesn't profit off of directing hate towards others) is some of the closest you will get to not having blood on your hands in this world. I'm glad Dan is able to make a living off of his channel, rather than "starting a business" exploiting others, or being exploited himself doing roofing or whatever.
Dan said in the video he wants feedback to improve his videos. Here's my feedback from someone who's only watched a handful of his videos:
1) Dan's really good at trick tip advice, and explaining tricks. He gives really intelligent and intuitive advice when 90% of trick tips people out there give are pretty awful. I owe any bit of talent I have with nose manuals to him and his advice of balancing with bias towards the nose. He should make more of those videos, because he's great at conceiving of new ways of thinking about tricks.
2) I thought the game idea in this video was really neat and I want to steal this game to play with friends when I'm healed up:
https://youtu.be/2zu64TIX_sQ?t=67 That being said, the video titles made this video almost impossible to find again. I was only able to find it again because I vaguely remembered the clickbait name. Regardless, it always gets me hyped to skate to see others learning new tricks in real-time.
3) The couple candid videos I've seen like this new one have all been really vulnerable, open, and honest which I think is awesome. We need more of that in the world and more specifically in skateboarding. Too many people who skate are fake, conforming, or project their insecurities into being negative towards others.
4) His Cariuma videos were bad. His explanation in this video makes me understand that they weren't made in bad-faith. I understand more where he is coming from, but Cariuma is still pretty awful and I'm skeptical of any of their claims. If we want real change, we need more union-made skate gear, and better-yet companies that are full on Worker COOPs. We need more people with platforms to be talking about Worker COOPs in skateboarding.
Side note: Gifted Hater should collab with him. I think they both bring different parts/types of "honesty" to skateboarding. GH brings the honesty of critique and calling people out and not caring about burning bridges. Dan brings the honesty of being himself and speaking openly about personal matters. Dan seems to have a lot of skateboard history knowledge, so that would be a fun combo for a Skate Spot Tier List video or something.
Aside from that, I don't have any advice. His videos are what they are. I'm not into skate vloggers, but he is one of the least offensive of the bunch and I've genuinely learned some things from him which I can't say for most other skate vloggers. Him, Ben Degros, Chad Caruso, and Gifted Hater are the only skate YouTubers I've come across worth watching. I understand why people might not gel with him, but I think a lot of what was said in this thread was over the line.
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