2023 unpopular opinion thread

[IpathCats]

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Curb-height manny pads are a far superior form of low impact skating than slappies. Idk why old guys love slappies so much, they hurt your knees almost as much as skating flat and they’re only fun if you’re going Mach 5, which creates a pretty high slam risk factor. Way easier to break yourself off skating a curb than a small manny pad. Just doing manny shuv or 180 out is way more fun than pretty much all slappy tricks. Sometimes I think the real reason slappy culture got so intertwined with old dude culture is because it’s the only kind of skating that’s way more fun with a couple of beers in ya

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Manuals have zero friction thus having no physical affect on your body…..

However it’s the mental torment which is what an elderly skater is avoiding…..

You ever drag your tail on a 5-0?  It’s called a 5-0?  When you do it on a manual….it’s not called anything….

you're killing it man haha can only gnar once in 24 hours

[Sizzle]

If you clip the last stair at a long set or something and still ride away it’s 100% a make, sketchy but 100% counts

[IpathCats]

The problem is you guys are taking manny’s too seriously, if you don’t lock into it just do that heel scrape thing to balance it and try some random trick out, when you stop giving a fuck about making it perfect they’re so fun. I shamelessly scrape on mannys at the park all the time

cant get behind this man

If you clip the last stair at a long set or something and still ride away it’s 100% a make, sketchy but 100% counts

or this, haha.

[SatanicPanic]

You ever drag your tail on a 5-0?  It’s called a 5-0?  When you do it on a manual….it’s not called anything….

I consider a dragged 5-0 a 5-0 - as far as I remember it wasn’t until I’d been doing them for years that anyone thought you had to balance them. Honestly I think balanced ones are dumb unless they’re really long.

[PatrickSkateman]

Weight > wheelbase as far as trucks are concerned.

[Bluntmane]

Curb-height manny pads are a far superior form of low impact skating than slappies. Idk why old guys love slappies so much, they hurt your knees almost as much as skating flat and they’re only fun if you’re going Mach 5, which creates a pretty high slam risk factor. Way easier to break yourself off skating a curb than a small manny pad. Just doing manny shuv or 180 out is way more fun than pretty much all slappy tricks. Sometimes I think the real reason slappy culture got so intertwined with old dude culture is because it’s the only kind of skating that’s way more fun with a couple of beers in ya

Notice how the people who do mostly slappys are trash at transition. Skating transition at an older age would actually save your body vs slamming on a curb.

[manysnakes]

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Curb-height manny pads are a far superior form of low impact skating than slappies. Idk why old guys love slappies so much, they hurt your knees almost as much as skating flat and they’re only fun if you’re going Mach 5, which creates a pretty high slam risk factor. Way easier to break yourself off skating a curb than a small manny pad. Just doing manny shuv or 180 out is way more fun than pretty much all slappy tricks. Sometimes I think the real reason slappy culture got so intertwined with old dude culture is because it’s the only kind of skating that’s way more fun with a couple of beers in ya

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Notice how the people who do mostly slappys are trash at transition. Skating transition at an older age would actually save your body vs slamming on a curb.

I don't know how you could make such a blanket statement, but nevertheless I haven't found it to be true.

[WorldsbestWeedsm0ker]

Louie barletta or whatever his last name - I never been big fan - think he look and skate annoying

[SatanicPanic]

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Curb-height manny pads are a far superior form of low impact skating than slappies. Idk why old guys love slappies so much, they hurt your knees almost as much as skating flat and they’re only fun if you’re going Mach 5, which creates a pretty high slam risk factor. Way easier to break yourself off skating a curb than a small manny pad. Just doing manny shuv or 180 out is way more fun than pretty much all slappy tricks. Sometimes I think the real reason slappy culture got so intertwined with old dude culture is because it’s the only kind of skating that’s way more fun with a couple of beers in ya

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Notice how the people who do mostly slappys are trash at transition.

Guilty as charged. Can’t say which is easier on my body because I’m trash at transition.

[Newphone]

The helmets with a bill (like &&’s) look dorkier, though I think the intent in wearing one is to look less dorky.

[Democratic Republic Of Mongo]

The helmets with a bill (like &&’s) look dorkier, though I think the intent in wearing one is to look less dorky.

It’s too bad, because whatever his intentions were, those helmets will forever have that pungent && stank on them.

[switchfakie]

The helmets with a bill (like &&’s) look dorkier, though I think the intent in wearing one is to look less dorky.

yeh, i agree

i dont care if there's a graphic or a sticker job on it, but once you start embellishing it with unnecessary things like a bill or a mohawk, or you put a beanie over the helmet, its wack

[Banned from the room]

Manual to flip to grind to flip to manual needs to be more of a thing.

i back this

[Banned from the room]

Manual to flip to grind to flip to manual needs to be more of a thing.

i back this

[modern life is war]

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Curb-height manny pads are a far superior form of low impact skating than slappies. Idk why old guys love slappies so much, they hurt your knees almost as much as skating flat and they’re only fun if you’re going Mach 5, which creates a pretty high slam risk factor. Way easier to break yourself off skating a curb than a small manny pad. Just doing manny shuv or 180 out is way more fun than pretty much all slappy tricks. Sometimes I think the real reason slappy culture got so intertwined with old dude culture is because it’s the only kind of skating that’s way more fun with a couple of beers in ya

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Notice how the people who do mostly slappys are trash at transition. Skating transition at an older age would actually save your body vs slamming on a curb.

It doesn't seem like it's possible to really learn new tricks after the age of like 45, plus your body seems to rapidly lose the ability to pop around the same age. Everyone I know at that age is just trying to maintain their skill instead of learn new shit. Some of them still rip but they're not getting any better. So if you haven't learn how to skate transition by the time you're 40 then you're going to be fucked later in life

[goodatmeth]

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Curb-height manny pads are a far superior form of low impact skating than slappies. Idk why old guys love slappies so much, they hurt your knees almost as much as skating flat and they’re only fun if you’re going Mach 5, which creates a pretty high slam risk factor. Way easier to break yourself off skating a curb than a small manny pad. Just doing manny shuv or 180 out is way more fun than pretty much all slappy tricks. Sometimes I think the real reason slappy culture got so intertwined with old dude culture is because it’s the only kind of skating that’s way more fun with a couple of beers in ya

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Notice how the people who do mostly slappys are trash at transition. Skating transition at an older age would actually save your body vs slamming on a curb.

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 So if you haven't learn how to skate transition by the time you're 40 then you're going to be fucked later in life

Now that's some big bullshit if you've ever heard about Jon Bishop. This old dude started skating 3-4 years ago, posted all his progress on youtube and is probably my biggest inspiration even though I'm 28 and have been skating for 15 years. He's the ultimate hype man and fucking rips now. 3-4 damn years and he's smith grinding pool coping like a boss.

https://www.youtube.com/@JonBishopSkate/videos

[BurgerCop]

"of", "fred gall" and "who?" are to SLAP what "this", "sigh...unzips" and "thanks for the gold, kind stranger" are to Reddit, and equally as unfunny.

[Mean salto]

It wouldn't be the worst thing if companies like rip curl, billabong, rusty, Quiksilver etc made teams and paid people enough to live on. It would make skateboarders less dependant on the energy drink and sport shoe companies (altho there'd no doubt still be an amount of cross over)

[modern life is war]

It wouldn't be the worst thing if companies like rip curl, billabong, rusty, Quiksilver etc made teams and paid people enough to live on. It would make skateboarders less dependant on the energy drink and sport shoe companies (altho there'd no doubt still be an amount of cross over)

Didn't they try this in the past? I kinda remember those companies having skate teams when I was a kid but maybe I'm tripping. I agree though, I would way rather have those big corporations than energy drinks

[Mean salto]

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It wouldn't be the worst thing if companies like rip curl, billabong, rusty, Quiksilver etc made teams and paid people enough to live on. It would make skateboarders less dependant on the energy drink and sport shoe companies (altho there'd no doubt still be an amount of cross over)

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Didn't they try this in the past? I kinda remember those companies having skate teams when I was a kid but maybe I'm tripping. I agree though, I would way rather have those big corporations than energy drinks

Lol yeah they all did and canned it but so did some other companies like Nike, cons, Adidas, Carhartt, dickies, Levi's and they came back again so there's a small chance it could work

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

Here’s an unpopular opinion….skaters add next to no value to these brands……

[skate_or_dingus]

"of", "fred gall" and "who?" are to SLAP what "this", "sigh...unzips" and "thanks for the gold, kind stranger" are to Reddit, and equally as unfunny.

Of is cool
Who? is obnoxious for the most part
Fred Gall is a necessity

SHALOM is dearly missed

[Sizzle]

Here’s an unpopular opinion….skaters add next to no value to these brands……

This was my first thought, no skater is buying rip curl or billabong even if they pay louie a million to wear it, and nobody outside skating knows who the fuck louie lopez is

[Newphone]

Baggy pants are the bellbottoms of the 90s and should not be coming back for an athletic activity like skateboarding.  There’s actually not just baggy pants or skinny pants, there are also, relaxed fit normal pants. 

[WorldsbestWeedsm0ker]

Baggy pants are the bellbottoms of the 90s and should not be coming back for an athletic activity like skateboarding.  There’s actually not just baggy pants or skinny pants, there are also, relaxed fit normal pants.

Poo poo pee pee

[manysnakes]

It wouldn't be the worst thing if companies like rip curl, billabong, rusty, Quiksilver etc made teams and paid people enough to live on. It would make skateboarders less dependant on the energy drink and sport shoe companies (altho there'd no doubt still be an amount of cross over)

These companies make like $7 a year now. Every one of them is owned by some capital investment group whose primary concern is evicting the elderly from fixed income apartments or extracting Orgone from 19 year olds in order to sell to Silicon Valley Draculas. Skateboarders add nothing of value to these brands, which at this point likely exist as some elaborate scheme for tax avoidance.

[manysnakes]

Here’s an unpopular opinion….skaters add next to no value to these brands……

A lot of "here's what company X should do" posts are predicated on an era which is now behind us. The idea that there's money floating around inside this system to pay Kader six-figured for board sales or to give a team of riders a living-wage salary to wear Billabong is some 2010s thinking, just completely detached from the current realities of the economy and the tiny little niche industry of skateboarding.

[Mean salto]

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Here’s an unpopular opinion….skaters add next to no value to these brands……

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A lot of "here's what company X should do" posts are predicated on an era which is now behind us. The idea that there's money floating around inside this system to pay Kader six-figured for board sales or to give a team of riders a living-wage salary to wear Billabong is some 2010s thinking, just completely detached from the current realities of the economy and the tiny little niche industry of skateboarding.

It was less this is what these companies should do and more just a hypothetical alternative to everyone needing red bull or monster to pay rent. It wouldn't be the worst thing if it was possible....

[manysnakes]

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Here’s an unpopular opinion….skaters add next to no value to these brands……

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A lot of "here's what company X should do" posts are predicated on an era which is now behind us. The idea that there's money floating around inside this system to pay Kader six-figured for board sales or to give a team of riders a living-wage salary to wear Billabong is some 2010s thinking, just completely detached from the current realities of the economy and the tiny little niche industry of skateboarding.

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It was less this is what these companies should do and more just a hypothetical alternative to everyone needing red bull or monster to pay rent. It wouldn't be the worst thing if it was possible....

I'm really not trying to nitpick your argument, but why would Quiksilver be preferable to Red Bull? What value do they add which Red Bull does not?

[Mean salto]

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Here’s an unpopular opinion….skaters add next to no value to these brands……

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A lot of "here's what company X should do" posts are predicated on an era which is now behind us. The idea that there's money floating around inside this system to pay Kader six-figured for board sales or to give a team of riders a living-wage salary to wear Billabong is some 2010s thinking, just completely detached from the current realities of the economy and the tiny little niche industry of skateboarding.

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It was less this is what these companies should do and more just a hypothetical alternative to everyone needing red bull or monster to pay rent. It wouldn't be the worst thing if it was possible....

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I'm really not trying to nitpick your argument, but why would Quiksilver be preferable to Red Bull? What value do they add which Red Bull does not?

Well in this not real situation it would be both. So red bull has its team of twenty people or whatever and then all these other companies can pick up those who aren't going to fit on the drink companies. It wasn't like the red bull team just quits and puts on rip curl shirts.
It could of been any type of companies I was just thinking what would maybe fit in the best and those brands already have surfers and snowboarders.