Timeless Pros with Unmarred Careers

[Wienerboy]

This is for skaters that you have continued to respect throughout the years. Who, for the most part, have never done anything to make you cringe or consider them sellouts or anything like that, made wise career choices, etc.

I'm sure I've got a few answers, and I know most of my posts inevitably end up mentioning Jim Greco. But I think he is one of the few lasting legends that continues pushing the limits, making beautiful art, always looks good on a board, and has only grown as a skater and seemingly as a person.

Specifically I think the boards he has made under Hammers, the ones that have a layer cut out with pictures inside them, as if framed inside the skateboard, I think those bad boys are absolutely beautiful. First of their kind that I've ever seen, and to me they are literally genius design.

[drewdown]

Drake Jones
Keith Hufnagel

List goes on and on of genuinely good dudes over the years but those two are my jams. 

[WelcomeToHell]

Penny
Brian Anderson
Lucero
Cardiel (?)

[SatanicPanic]

Elissa and Reynolds.

[fulfillthedream]

Reynolds

Mike Carroll

Rodrigo TX

[Terminal]

Add:

Louie Barletta
Jerry Hsu
Cairo
Rune
Kalis
Daewon
Haslam
McCrank

There are actually a lot

[jorge]

Grant

[Wienerboy]

Reynolds is tricky for me. I hold Reynolds in high regard, obviously. But I can't shake some feeling about him using riders in a somewhat unhealthy way. Someone correct me here, but in one way or another I feel like he used Antwuan's and TK's personhood to legitimize Baker's brand image until it didn't serve him anymore. Same with Jay Strickland?

Seems a good amount of previous business partners / riders for Reynolds have some beef with him not taking care of them properly. Is there anyone else that has any info or evidence of this?

[Candied cigarettes]

Ray Barbee comes to mind

[assvogel]

Max Schaaf
Dan Drehobl

[Sidewalk Funk.]

Paul Shier

[Sid Farkus - Bra Salesman]

Reynolds is tricky for me. I hold Reynolds in high regard, obviously. But I can't shake some feeling about him using riders in a somewhat unhealthy way. Someone correct me here, but in one way or another I feel like he used Antwuan's and TK's personhood to legitimize Baker's brand image until it didn't serve him anymore. Same with Jay Strickland?

Seems a good amount of previous business partners / riders for Reynolds have some beef with him not taking care of them properly. Is there anyone else that has any info or evidence of this?

didn't he get punched in the mouth for dropping a N-bomb?

[Mean salto]

Mike Anderson, Silas, Lucas for people not named yet.

Maybe the key is having a career too short to fuck up so lotti, nuske

[Mount St. Hermdog]

Penny
Brian Anderson
Lucero
Cardiel (?)

Penny rode for Supra tho

[SatanicPanic]

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Reynolds is tricky for me. I hold Reynolds in high regard, obviously. But I can't shake some feeling about him using riders in a somewhat unhealthy way. Someone correct me here, but in one way or another I feel like he used Antwuan's and TK's personhood to legitimize Baker's brand image until it didn't serve him anymore. Same with Jay Strickland?

Seems a good amount of previous business partners / riders for Reynolds have some beef with him not taking care of them properly. Is there anyone else that has any info or evidence of this?

[close]

didn't he get punched in the mouth for dropping a N-bomb?

Gershon punched him but it was for Reynolds being a dick. I’ve never heard that he said that to anyone

[coldbrew]

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Reynolds is tricky for me. I hold Reynolds in high regard, obviously. But I can't shake some feeling about him using riders in a somewhat unhealthy way. Someone correct me here, but in one way or another I feel like he used Antwuan's and TK's personhood to legitimize Baker's brand image until it didn't serve him anymore. Same with Jay Strickland?

Seems a good amount of previous business partners / riders for Reynolds have some beef with him not taking care of them properly. Is there anyone else that has any info or evidence of this?

[close]

didn't he get punched in the mouth for dropping a N-bomb?

From Gershon himself.

I heard about an old incident you had with Andrew Reynolds back in 1998. What exactly happened?

That was just him feeling himself. Basically, something happened [when we were on tour together in] Australia, and I called him out for my perception of what was going on. I’ll just title it greed. At the time he said nothing to me. But then we come back to America and he comes at me at Long Beach Agenda—it was the year that Baker started—he comes at me with the children from that. I was probably stoned, but they looked like a pyramid! It was the littlest up to him in the middle, then it went down to the littlest on the other side.
This dude rolls up on me and tries to get all G like, “Yo, remember when we were in Australia and you said this shit?” I was thinking like, you didn’t even address it when I said shit to your face, and now you’re bringing all these children into it. I went to pat him on the shoulders like, “Dude, it’s not a big deal.” And he threw his arms up like, “What?” So we just walk off. But then the next trade show, people overhear Reynolds talking shit. They’re saying he said, “Fuck Gershon.” I walk in the middle of all of it looking at him, because that’s who the issue was with. I go, “Do you have a problem?” And he said yes, so I hit him.

[Allen.]

FWIW, Reynolds’ take on that story seems way more probable considering Gershon’s… uh… stability

[Deputy Wendell]

"Unmarred"

[offkilter]

Jake Johnson

[my bad cuh]

spanky?

[GrayCellGreen]

Mike Anderson, Silas, Lucas for people not named yet.

Maybe the key is having a career too short to fuck up so lotti, nuske

I was going to name drop these fellas, but I would also add Leo Romero to that list. He's been rather consistent for as long as I can remember.

[Mean salto]

spanky?

Well a big thing people like with Spanky is he famously completely fucked up and then came back (so much so people still talk about comeback story now even tho he's been back for longer than his original run as pro)

[Wienerboy]

I think that makes Spanky a better candidate for this thread because his "downfall" was him just partying with Neckface too hard. He turned his life around hard and is a respectable father, husband, artist, and skating better than ever. Can't think of anything he's done that's cringey or lame. Even if you don't like his art, he's still making it and puts boards out. Love Spanly, def a good answer. 

[Anti waxxer]

Rune, Omar Hassan.

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

Julien is he correct answer no? 

This thread seems to value the skaters who fall down, make mistakes and then make their way back versus the guys who just keep it steady….

Greco?  He was a drug addict and wore pirate shirts….unmarred?

[doomstation55]

This is for skaters that you have continued to respect throughout the years. Who, for the most part, have never done anything to make you cringe or consider them sellouts or anything like that, made wise career choices, etc.

I'm sure I've got a few answers, and I know most of my posts inevitably end up mentioning Jim Greco. But I think he is one of the few lasting legends that continues pushing the limits, making beautiful art, always looks good on a board, and has only grown as a skater and seemingly as a person.

Specifically I think the boards he has made under Hammers, the ones that have a layer cut out with pictures inside them, as if framed inside the skateboard, I think those bad boys are absolutely beautiful. First of their kind that I've ever seen, and to me they are literally genius design.

I can’t tell if you’re serious saying that Greco never did anything to make you cringe. He rode for Hook Ups, had a glam rock phase as a grown ass man, used a darkslide for an ender, and said “bring don’t sing it” unironically. At least one of those had to make you second guess yourself.

I’d say Busenitz has a clean track record. Drehobl comes to mind too. Can’t say anything bad about Chico. I want to say Zered too but those early Red Bull days don’t look too good.
I think the Cyrus/Max tandem have yet to let us down either.

[CanadianBacon]

Arto

[SatanicPanic]

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This is for skaters that you have continued to respect throughout the years. Who, for the most part, have never done anything to make you cringe or consider them sellouts or anything like that, made wise career choices, etc.

I'm sure I've got a few answers, and I know most of my posts inevitably end up mentioning Jim Greco. But I think he is one of the few lasting legends that continues pushing the limits, making beautiful art, always looks good on a board, and has only grown as a skater and seemingly as a person.

Specifically I think the boards he has made under Hammers, the ones that have a layer cut out with pictures inside them, as if framed inside the skateboard, I think those bad boys are absolutely beautiful. First of their kind that I've ever seen, and to me they are literally genius design.

[close]

I can’t tell if you’re serious saying that Greco never did anything to make you cringe. He rode for Hook Ups, had a glam rock phase as a grown ass man, used a darkslide for an ender, and said “bring don’t sing it” unironically. At least one of those had to make you second guess yourself.

I’d say Busenitz has a clean track record. Drehobl comes to mind too. Can’t say anything bad about Chico. I want to say Zered too but those early Red Bull days don’t look too good.
I think the Cyrus/Max tandem have yet to let us down either.

I remember Greco’s first interview in Transworld and it was super cringey. He came off a total goober try hard. Then he went glam and I was like, why is this dude copying me?

[Steely Daniel]

What about your seemingly quiet low-key kinda dudes like Scott Johnston?

Or style masters Kenny Reed and Nate Jones.

[Deputy Wendell]

i just love conversations about "Unmarred" human lives where a bunch of grown-ass people use "cringe" as a criterion for evaluating human decisions and behavior...it's all so cringe bruh...

...social media looks fucking exhausting