@roba but but but but….what about venture 5.8s?!
as to Ben, and his videos: the quitting youtube, and several other youtuber moves are not great.
but, he skates how i’d like to skate. just the low impact/tech, decently well rounded, and clearly getting better.
i like the gear nerd talk, it is endlessly interesting to me, and he does it better than the others. Paul Schmitt seems like he’s trying to confuse me, and then most of the other folks are just either misinformed, ignorant, and/or lacking the abilities to articulate whatever their thoughts might be.
i do not agree with some of Mr Degros’ conclusions (effective wb, how he says certain shoes fit, as a few examples), but i really appreciate him taking the time to throw it out there.
i thought the shoe video with his daughter was cute. again, i didn’t really agree with some of his takes: i thought the army green/black asics vicka’s looked sick with those jeans, for me dunks skate good but i hate how they look. and i totally understood what i think his point was on the etnies: i had a setup of the 7.81 kelly green ah eagle, with 5.0 hi ventures, and 54s. it looked fucked. hideous. whenever the board ran away, as i was chasing it down and id just note how dumb it looked. at that point in my life (2015 ish) i could skate it better than other setups, but refused to do so because of how i hated the appearance. if skating competency was a job (i would be fired and hungry), then yeah, i guess i would have tried to get over the look. part of my skating fun is being stoked on the gear, too big of a part probably.
who else is speaking on skate gear, in a way that is interesting?
i’ve watched almost any setup video i can find. few years back there were a couple of ig accounts, long dead tho