2023 unpopular opinion thread

[Dojsha Abuser]

I like my redkap pants more than my dickies

hate the dickies pants. never could skate in them, like they dont stretch at all.

[Krooked antihero]

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I like my redkap pants more than my dickies

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hate the dickies pants. never could skate in them, like they dont stretch at all.

You should try their skate line, they have some elastane on them.

[JugeL]

Square shaped pizza hits different

[Bobbybanana]

Cyrus on Osiris

[apbarbs]

Most adult beginners should not start skateboarding.

I’d make an exception for people with a background in speed / potential collision sports like ice skating or skiing…but if you never slammed as a kid, being 40 is not the time to start.

The skate industry loves adult beginners because they buy lots of gear. But practicing bullshit pop Shuvs in the garage does not prepare a person for speed, and sitting all day (which is what a lot of adult beginners do) isn’t exactly good training for running out of potential accidents at the edge of their abilities. I know that isn’t necessarily a charitable opinion, but most adult continue-ers generally pay attention to their conditioning in some form (particularly the older we get)
Too many adult beginners are in no condition to take the risks inherent in skateboarding

i'm kind of into this take

my friend's 5 year old daughter wanted a skateboard for her birthday last year so i put together a complete for her - since then, she's gravitated way more towards the scooter, which completely makes sense - at that age, sometimes parent and child just want to go with what's comfortable and what the kid can learn faster on - the learning curve of skateboarding is too steep for a lot of kids, and i could see not wanting to go through the learning process as a 30+ year old too - this is why pickleball has exploded in popularity - you just get way more return of investment (i.e. fun vs time put in) over tennis, especially if you can only play infrequently

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Most adult beginners should not start skateboarding.

I’d make an exception for people with a background in speed / potential collision sports like ice skating or skiing…but if you never slammed as a kid, being 40 is not the time to start.

The skate industry loves adult beginners because they buy lots of gear. But practicing bullshit pop Shuvs in the garage does not prepare a person for speed, and sitting all day (which is what a lot of adult beginners do) isn’t exactly good training for running out of potential accidents at the edge of their abilities. I know that isn’t necessarily a charitable opinion, but most adult continue-ers generally pay attention to their conditioning in some form (particularly the older we get)
Too many adult beginners are in no condition to take the risks inherent in skateboarding

i'm in a group chat with 40+ years old people (mainly beginners) and had this thought a few days ago.
I felt like they really don't know how to fall, when they fail/fall they get hurt and more often than not they end up with serious injuries like fractures and stuff. But man they are really stoked to hit the pumptrack

[apport]

I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

the clothing industry in general and the amount of waste and damage done to the environment from producing clothes is truly despair inducing shit. as far as fast fashion seeping into skating, i'm not sure if it's any different than the way it's always been? obviously the skate market is completely oversaturated and there are a magnitude more brands now, but skate companies have always pumped out cheaply-made soft goods by the season, we just weren't always privy to the catalogs the shops got. along with other pointless shit, like board brand wheels.

[manysnakes]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

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soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

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These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

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why would you

Because subsidizing Limosine Skateboards is apparently my personal responsibility.

[truthislie]

I might go to hell for this, but

Laban - juggling = 1993’s soty

 Salman Agah winning this shit is extremely baffling.

All he did, was just an A+ for effort doing switch. His real video part was extremely overrated. Boring early stage switch snoozers and the ender was funny with that bible quote.

 If they really hanged for creativity they would’ve done Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen’s virtual reality part do I have to explain it?? amazing. blasting away from the freestyle world perfectly landing onto the streets.

But If thrasher continued the gnar streak at the time laban would’ve definitely won it

But at the same time Laban became obscure with his juggling shit so yeah.

Laban for the past few years was constantly shifting and evolutionizing his style to a point where Laban’s “memoirs” part of the invisible team became a high note for him at least. 90s gnar add it’s finest paired with some rooftop action but it end’s with E MOTHER M FUCKING B. Kickflip

Yeah not to also mention his “caught cleaness” (bolts but actually in the heels I’d like to think of)

This reminds me of another maybe unpopular opinion: Make SOTY less relevant again. I don´t think people gave too much of a shit about it in the early 90s. Would be nice to have that back and video parts spread more evenly during the year.

[SatanicPanic]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

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soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

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These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

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why would you

the post a fit thread reminds me of all the dudes i see around town who "used to skate" but all drive outbacks around now

Cause I want to. I don’t care if I’m not dressing my age or some shit

[Dante Bichette]

If you’re not skating in a blazer and slacks as an adult what are you doing?

[Dustgod]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

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soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

the post a fit thread reminds me of all the dudes i see around town who "used to skate" but all drive outbacks around now

Makes me curious about what your fits are like as wel as how/where you procure them. Not knocking your perspective, I just find it interesting that a skater would be so averse to skate “fashion”

[Dojsha Abuser]

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I like my redkap pants more than my dickies

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hate the dickies pants. never could skate in them, like they dont stretch at all.

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You should try their skate line, they have some elastane on them.

Fuck that. Its cheap and baggy time again my man.

[Dustgod]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

[close]

soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

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Because subsidizing Limosine Skateboards is apparently my personal responsibility.

It seems like if no one bought soft goods then most companies would end up folding. Wouldn’t that be a bad thing?

[apbarbs]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

[close]

soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

the post a fit thread reminds me of all the dudes i see around town who "used to skate" but all drive outbacks around now

[close]

Makes me curious about what your fits are like as wel as how/where you procure them. Not knocking your perspective, I just find it interesting that a skater would be so averse to skate “fashion”

what kind of a question is this
skate brands make up a tiny tiny fraction of all the clothing brands in the world lol, you realize it's harder to 'procure' skate clothes than otherwise?

[Dustgod]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

[close]

soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

the post a fit thread reminds me of all the dudes i see around town who "used to skate" but all drive outbacks around now

[close]

Makes me curious about what your fits are like as wel as how/where you procure them. Not knocking your perspective, I just find it interesting that a skater would be so averse to skate “fashion”

[close]

what kind of a question is this
skate brands make up a tiny tiny fraction of all the clothing brands in the world lol, you realize it's harder to 'procure' skate clothes than otherwise?

It’s a question about what they don’t like about skate clothes and about what clothes they do like. Lol

[manysnakes]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

[close]

soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

[close]

Because subsidizing Limosine Skateboards is apparently my personal responsibility.

[close]

It seems like if no one bought soft goods then most companies would end up folding. Wouldn’t that be a bad thing?

This is why I tithe 1/3 of my paycheck to the skateboard industry.

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

Someone’s mad at their big boys…..

[spooky electric]

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

[close]

soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

the post a fit thread reminds me of all the dudes i see around town who "used to skate" but all drive outbacks around now

[close]

Makes me curious about what your fits are like as wel as how/where you procure them. Not knocking your perspective, I just find it interesting that a skater would be so averse to skate “fashion”

[close]

what kind of a question is this
skate brands make up a tiny tiny fraction of all the clothing brands in the world lol, you realize it's harder to 'procure' skate clothes than otherwise?

[close]

It’s a question about what they don’t like about skate clothes and about what clothes they do like. Lol

i know no one was asking me, but i too am a non-"skate clothes" wearer, a large part of it for me is that I just don't buy brand new clothes and finding second hand skate clothes is not really that common - or it tends to be absolute shit if you do find it.

[Groondor the Orc]

Said it before I'll say it again vests and cargos and chains and fitted caps. Peak skate fashion was function over fasihion and had the tech you needed.

Colin McKay X Games 1999. Too ill.

RDS keep it real.

https://reddragonapparel.com/

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I'm getting tired of seeing fast fashion seep into skating. Feels like there are too many options for clothing all the time from every company. An overflow of clothes that feels wasteful. Honestly a fair amount of the clothes are appealing, and then it's also mentally exhausting to continually maintain the strength to not spend money.

[close]

soft goods are the only way skateboard companies make money, they dont make money on skateboards, why do you hate skateboarding etc. i dont understand it any more than you do.

[close]

These charges get leveled against me here anytime I say that I would basically never buy any clothing produced by a skate brand.

[close]

why would you

the post a fit thread reminds me of all the dudes i see around town who "used to skate" but all drive outbacks around now

[close]

Makes me curious about what your fits are like as wel as how/where you procure them. Not knocking your perspective, I just find it interesting that a skater would be so averse to skate “fashion”

[close]

what kind of a question is this
skate brands make up a tiny tiny fraction of all the clothing brands in the world lol, you realize it's harder to 'procure' skate clothes than otherwise?

[close]

It’s a question about what they don’t like about skate clothes and about what clothes they do like. Lol

you can buy second hand clothing from quality brands, even "designer" brands, for less than the cost of a lot of new skate clothing
i say this having bought both, and the quality of materials, fit, and construction of "skate clothes" just doesn't compare to clothing made by companies that focus on making clothes

[Groondor the Orc]

you can buy second hand clothing from quality brands, even "designer" brands, for less than the cost of a lot of new skate clothing
i say this having bought both, and the quality of materials, fit, and construction of "skate clothes" just doesn't compare to clothing made by companies that focus on making clothes

You wash your mouth out right now. I have never experienced 'non skate' clothing and I don't as hell want to experience it even second hand through your lived experience. Get out of my house.

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i still abide by the classic rule that dressing like you don't skate is cooler than dressing like you do skate

[Groondor the Orc]

i still abide by the classic rule that dressing like you don't skate is cooler than dressing like you do skate

Thats so stupid you should dress appropriately for skateboarding not to look cool. Bring back one elbow pad as a statement.

[SatanicPanic]

i still abide by the classic rule that dressing like you don't skate is cooler than dressing like you do skate

Is it embarrassing to admit you skate?

[backside_frontside]

I’d say 80% of my wardrobe is skate clothing with the other 20% being stuff that my parents/sister bought me for Xmas or my bday. Does that make me a kook? So be it.  I’m totally fine with supporting brands that pay skaters I like and do rad things for skateboarding. Not all of it is trash, especially with the new crop of cool brands. I guess the unpopular opinion here is that it’s totally fine to buy/wear clothes from skate brands.

[SatanicPanic]

I’d say 80% of my wardrobe is skate clothing with the other 20% being stuff that my parents/sister bought me for Xmas or my bday. Does that make me a kook? So be it.  I’m totally fine with supporting brands that pay skaters I like and do rad things for skateboarding. Not all of it is trash, especially with the new crop of cool brands. I guess the unpopular opinion here is that it’s totally fine to buy/wear clothes from skate brands.

I don’t think it’s unpopular. At least not in San Diego.

[sizzle_chest]

lemonchicken91 is sick freestyler

[Tonyhawk-prostate]

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I might go to hell for this, but

Laban - juggling = 1993’s soty

 Salman Agah winning this shit is extremely baffling.

All he did, was just an A+ for effort doing switch. His real video part was extremely overrated. Boring early stage switch snoozers and the ender was funny with that bible quote.

 If they really hanged for creativity they would’ve done Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen’s virtual reality part do I have to explain it?? amazing. blasting away from the freestyle world perfectly landing onto the streets.

But If thrasher continued the gnar streak at the time laban would’ve definitely won it

But at the same time Laban became obscure with his juggling shit so yeah.

Laban for the past few years was constantly shifting and evolutionizing his style to a point where Laban’s “memoirs” part of the invisible team became a high note for him at least. 90s gnar add it’s finest paired with some rooftop action but it end’s with E MOTHER M FUCKING B. Kickflip

Yeah not to also mention his “caught cleaness” (bolts but actually in the heels I’d like to think of)

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This reminds me of another maybe unpopular opinion: Make SOTY less relevant again. I don´t think people gave too much of a shit about it in the early 90s. Would be nice to have that back and video parts spread more evenly during the year.

Nuh uh. If so, no one would give a shit that jack o grady wins this tear

[Tonyhawk-prostate]

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I might go to hell for this, but

Laban - juggling = 1993’s soty

 Salman Agah winning this shit is extremely baffling.

All he did, was just an A+ for effort doing switch. His real video part was extremely overrated. Boring early stage switch snoozers and the ender was funny with that bible quote.

 If they really hanged for creativity they would’ve done Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen’s virtual reality part do I have to explain it?? amazing. blasting away from the freestyle world perfectly landing onto the streets.

But If thrasher continued the gnar streak at the time laban would’ve definitely won it

But at the same time Laban became obscure with his juggling shit so yeah.

Laban for the past few years was constantly shifting and evolutionizing his style to a point where Laban’s “memoirs” part of the invisible team became a high note for him at least. 90s gnar add it’s finest paired with some rooftop action but it end’s with E MOTHER M FUCKING B. Kickflip

Yeah not to also mention his “caught cleaness” (bolts but actually in the heels I’d like to think of)

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This reminds me of another maybe unpopular opinion: Make SOTY less relevant again. I don´t think people gave too much of a shit about it in the early 90s. Would be nice to have that back and video parts spread more evenly during the year.

Nuh uh. If so, no one would give a shit that jack o grady wins this year