Ben Degros vlog

[manysnakes]

would he really fly to california just to hang out with gifted hater and dan corrigan?

Have you ever spent January in Vancouver?

[OhioGuy]

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would he really fly to california just to hang out with gifted hater and dan corrigan?

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Have you ever spent January in Vancouver?

Lol, I’m in Ohio and I fly out there just to hang out with Dan and I can’t stand him 😂

It’s cold here!

[Badmeaningood]

After watching one of his carpentry videos I realised that the tennis court he skates is actually his private skatepark out the back of his house! Does he talk about this anywhere?

[OhioGuy]

After watching one of his carpentry videos I realised that the tennis court he skates is actually his private skatepark out the back of his house! Does he talk about this anywhere?

Not that I’m aware of. I always wondered why no one else is ever there besides his filmer.

[manysnakes]

After watching one of his carpentry videos I realised that the tennis court he skates is actually his private skatepark out the back of his house! Does he talk about this anywhere?

Not that I remember, but it’s worth considering that he has half a million YouTube subscribers between his channels and I’m not sure I’d want half a million people to know where I live.

[Pastasash]

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After watching one of his carpentry videos I realised that the tennis court he skates is actually his private skatepark out the back of his house! Does he talk about this anywhere?

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Not that I remember, but it’s worth considering that he has half a million YouTube subscribers between his channels and I’m not sure I’d want half a million people to know where I live.

Yeah in a few of his vids ppl have asked about it in the comments and he's responded before saying he dosen't like talking about it or giving any info "out of respect to the owner and neighbors" or something along those lines. So not sure it's his, but a close buddy of his that lets him skate it whenever as long as it stays private im guessing, looks like my dream backyard, literally every obstacle I would want and a perfect mini, so jealous haha.

[Badmeaningood]

In one of his most recent carpentry videos he shows you around his new house/workshop. When he's in the yard you can clearly see the tennis court at the bottom. He did say he's renting though. The house looks massive so that ad money must be pretty good.

[Pastasash]

In one of his most recent carpentry videos he shows you around his new house/workshop. When he's in the yard you can clearly see the tennis court at the bottom. He did say he's renting though. The house looks massive so that ad money must be pretty good.

oh really? don't subscribe to his VC page but that makes more sense now- crazy he's allowed to build a skatepark in the backyard of a house he's renting tho

[manysnakes]

In one of his most recent carpentry videos he shows you around his new house/workshop. When he's in the yard you can clearly see the tennis court at the bottom. He did say he's renting though. The house looks massive so that ad money must be pretty good.

I don't keep up on his VC videos but I sort of assumed that they bought a bigass house which needs renovation and he's doing the work himself and filming it for content. Whatever the story is, a house with a tennis court in Vancouver isn't cheap, so yeah I'd say that YouTube is paying out for him.

[sometimeperhaps]

Probably a combo of YouTube ad rev from the carpentry channel and being a self employed contractor. Trades pay nice if you’re the boss and Vancouver has no shortage of people with money renovating houses.

[manysnakes]

[coldbrew]

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would he really fly to california just to hang out with gifted hater and dan corrigan?

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Have you ever spent January in Vancouver?

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Lol, I’m in Ohio and I fly out there just to hang out with Dan and I can’t stand him 😂

It’s cold here!

username checks out.

[thanksgiving]

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After watching one of his carpentry videos I realised that the tennis court he skates is actually his private skatepark out the back of his house! Does he talk about this anywhere?

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Not that I remember, but it’s worth considering that he has half a million YouTube subscribers between his channels and I’m not sure I’d want half a million people to know where I live.

[close]

Yeah in a few of his vids ppl have asked about it in the comments and he's responded before saying he dosen't like talking about it or giving any info "out of respect to the owner and neighbors" or something along those lines. So not sure it's his, but a close buddy of his that lets him skate it whenever as long as it stays private im guessing, looks like my dream backyard, literally every obstacle I would want and a perfect mini, so jealous haha.

i found it and sent him an email about it. a big part of why he wants it private is because of the noise for the neighbors. didnt say whether or not it was his property but id assume so.

[Steely Daniel]

Nice I always wanted to know the exact dimensions of the courthouse stage ledge, was kinda curious about the normal ledges too.

Ben has some pretty good stuff in this Cornygan vid too:

[Jewel Runner]

Nice I always wanted to know the exact dimensions of the courthouse stage ledge, was kinda curious about the normal ledges too.

Ben has some pretty good stuff in this Cornygan vid too:

Wow thanks for the recommendation I love seeing Ben skate

[Steely Daniel]

Ben seems to be skating better than ever on his skatecation. I guess everyone just gets better when you go to California. That spot with the 3 stairs and ledges looks fun. I wish I had good tall guy style too

[goodatmeth]

My first question was how is Ben the only non-kook skate youtuber. But then it hit me that you actually have to act like a kook in order to get views from the majority of people. The average person is a fucking kook.

So the real question is, how did Ben manage to do it without acting like a kook? He has almost as many subscribers as Dan Corrigan, without all the annoying bullshit that caters to 12 year olds.

I love Ben

[j....soy.....]

It’s tone…….maturity….

[camel filters]

My first question was how is Ben the only non-kook skate youtuber. But then it hit me that you actually have to act like a kook in order to get views from the majority of people. The average person is a fucking kook.

So the real question is, how did Ben manage to do it without acting like a kook? He has almost as many subscribers as Dan Corrigan, without all the annoying bullshit that caters to 12 year olds.

I love Ben

He tries to convey actual info based on experimentation and an obsessive brain, which is relatable to a lot skaters, "core" or not. He also seems like a genuinely nice dude.

[manysnakes]

My first question was how is Ben the only non-kook skate youtuber. But then it hit me that you actually have to act like a kook in order to get views from the majority of people. The average person is a fucking kook.

So the real question is, how did Ben manage to do it without acting like a kook? He has almost as many subscribers as Dan Corrigan, without all the annoying bullshit that caters to 12 year olds.

I love Ben

Ben has a smooth, easy-going charisma which is completely absent in the handful of skate YouTubers I've seen. Watching Ben is more like watching Norm Abram doing "Old Yankee Workshop" than it is spending a day with some goober in a helmet recording himself with a selfie stick.

It doesn't hurt that he actually rips and comes from a skate scene and skate culture which we all know and recognize.

[Nacho Maildrop]

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My first question was how is Ben the only non-kook skate youtuber. But then it hit me that you actually have to act like a kook in order to get views from the majority of people. The average person is a fucking kook.

So the real question is, how did Ben manage to do it without acting like a kook? He has almost as many subscribers as Dan Corrigan, without all the annoying bullshit that caters to 12 year olds.

I love Ben

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Ben has a smooth, easy-going charisma which is completely absent in the handful of skate YouTubers I've seen. Watching Ben is more like watching Norm Abram doing "Old Yankee Workshop" than it is spending a day with some goober in a helmet recording himself with a selfie stick.

It doesn't hurt that he actually rips and comes from a skate scene and skate culture which we all know and recognize.

Yeah, "easy going" is a good way of putting it.

Ben is older and has no delusions of thinking he is going to go pro, whereas just about every other skate YouTuber has some weird aspiration to be pro while bypassing the traditional route(s). So no need for a goofy schtick or anything. Also, watching his brother go through the industry probably disabused him of the idea that it is this cool, glamorous thing to be pro.

He really does just seem like an easygoing person who genuinely enjoys skating and bearing his (very relatable) gear madness to the world.

[OhioGuy]

My first question was how is Ben the only non-kook skate youtuber. But then it hit me that you actually have to act like a kook in order to get views from the majority of people. The average person is a fucking kook.

So the real question is, how did Ben manage to do it without acting like a kook? He has almost as many subscribers as Dan Corrigan, without all the annoying bullshit that caters to 12 year olds.

I love Ben

Um, because he’s also a fucking kook! Just a cool one. Lol, I love Ben, but dude’s has been battling full on gear madness and documenting it to us for years. He’s just not cringe like the others, but he’s not normal. So I’m not shocked that he’s popular 😀

[Mean salto]

I'm sure to some he is a kook but he lines up with what we all like so he isn't to us. He gets a little goofy sometimes but if you already like him it wouldn't be a problem. Him being a bit older I think works too because you naturally assume he knows what he's talking about (and obviously he actually does which helps lol).
I think with other youtubers this same affect happens with their teenager fanbase. I'm old enough that a couple mins of this is like wtf are you even going on about but I'm sure kids probably think it's all fact

[Uncle Flea]

I can never get the stickers off under the baseplates of new trucks without a solvent of some kind so I'm left with the thinnest riser pads ever

If I'm setting up indoors I always clean the top of my board of all potential oils and or contaminates. It's definitely a madness but whatever. The bigger the ritual the better the experience maybe.

I never use a razor. I always grind the grip off with a metal piece or a file. That's like a red top situation. I'll use my truck if I gotta before I razor my boards.

Also I haven't seen any John Hill in a grip. What's up with him? I feel like he might be on the cusp of a midlife crisis.

Also all YouTubers are on some re set shit. Telling the origin story but in a negative context.
Negativity is trending. Beef trending. There's a war in Europe. John Hill should go back to being Terminally Positive. Or was that Dale's ingredient causing the giddy?

I fucking dislike thps. That game made a bunch of Marblehead people just stop skating. Some never came back.

[WorldsbestWeedsm0ker]

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My first question was how is Ben the only non-kook skate youtuber. But then it hit me that you actually have to act like a kook in order to get views from the majority of people. The average person is a fucking kook.

So the real question is, how did Ben manage to do it without acting like a kook? He has almost as many subscribers as Dan Corrigan, without all the annoying bullshit that caters to 12 year olds.

I love Ben

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Ben has a smooth, easy-going charisma which is completely absent in the handful of skate YouTubers I've seen. Watching Ben is more like watching Norm Abram doing "Old Yankee Workshop" than it is spending a day with some goober in a helmet recording himself with a selfie stick.

It doesn't hurt that he actually rips and comes from a skate scene and skate culture which we all know and recognize.

Ben videos work as asmr

[OhioGuy]

I'm sure to some he is a kook but he lines up with what we all like so he isn't to us. He gets a little goofy sometimes but if you already like him it wouldn't be a problem. Him being a bit older I think works too because you naturally assume he knows what he's talking about (and obviously he actually does which helps lol).
I think with other youtubers this same affect happens with their teenager fanbase. I'm old enough that a couple mins of this is like wtf are you even going on about but I'm sure kids probably think it's all fact

Title is clickbait but I kinda get what he’s trying to say. It’s good that other skaters outside of California are making moves, like it’s a huge privilege to even be able to afford to live out there.

[Democratic Republic Of Mongo]

It’s about time some brands give Ben some guest pro boards. Krooked could get the ball rolling.

[EagleassMF]

I'm sure to some he is a kook but he lines up with what we all like so he isn't to us. He gets a little goofy sometimes but if you already like him it wouldn't be a problem. Him being a bit older I think works too because you naturally assume he knows what he's talking about (and obviously he actually does which helps lol).
I think with other youtubers this same affect happens with their teenager fanbase. I'm old enough that a couple mins of this is like wtf are you even going on about but I'm sure kids probably think it's all fact

John Hill moved to Southern California and NYC and never got invited to the session. He’s got some sort of inferiority complex because of it. So many of his videos are just imaginary arguments where he tries to convince himself he’s above the industry that never accepted him and his self proclaimed “pro” status.

With his fanbase aging out, he’s starting to get really desperate to get those clicks.

[DakotaRed]

It’s about time some brands give Ben some guest pro boards. Krooked could get the ball rolling.

[weed420]

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John Hill moved to Southern California and NYC and never got invited to the session. He’s got some sort of inferiority complex because of it. So many of his videos are just imaginary arguments where he tries to convince himself he’s above the industry that never accepted him and his self proclaimed “pro” status.

With his fanbase aging out, he’s starting to get really desperate to get those clicks.

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He got invited to the session, it just happened to be by a guy on a razor scooter and a guy on one of those onewheel things. He rolled up to alligator ledge with his squad one day a couple years ago when i was there and they started filming each other with a selfie stick. It was sick