Joe Buffalo AH Guest Deck

[cky enthusiast]

epic that a bunch of white guys would put out a board graphic which has a bunch of white guys getting killed on it. thanks anti hero that's so cooool

right? the indigenous people should have been high fiving the white guys, then you wouldnt have to feel guilty

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

Brought to you buy the same white guys that ran a graphic of a white guy hanging…….pretty coooool…..

[Frank and Fred]

Mine just arrived in the mail What a beaut. One of my favorite AH graphics to date. The 8.75" looks like such a nice shape to ride also. Prob should have got two.

[LebowskisRug]

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epic that a bunch of white guys would put out a board graphic which has a bunch of white guys getting killed on it. thanks anti hero that's so cooool

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It's not about them being white (not all mounties are even white to begin with), it's about their inhumane treatment of the natives throughout their history. Highly recommend you do some research about the conflicts between the RCMP (mounties) and Indigenous Canadians if you haven't

Its amazing how often people fall for blatant trolling

[SHARPSHOOTER]

epic that a bunch of white guys would put out a board graphic which has a bunch of white guys getting killed on it. thanks anti hero that's so cooool

Bros gonna have a heart attack when he sees his dad on the Hanging Klansman board

[Bill Salt]

great and deserved deck, too bad it did not  came out in my size...But the one I need remains this awesome "crabman" Chief Pierre's guest board.

[SwitchNollieHeel]

To see anti hero rockin with a residential school survivor? My ancestors would be fuckin stoked!!!

[Sloppy Krooks]

For those of you not from western Canada, the graphic is a riff on a place in Alberta called ‘Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump’ where the Blackfoot would drive a herd of buffalo off the cliff.

Joe seems to be from a completely different tribe (Cree) who were traditionally enemies of the Blackfoot, so I’m not sure how well it translates to actual First Nations skaters in Canada. I’d assume it would probably be a bit like making a Japanese graphic for a Korean skater.

Nonetheless, the heart seems to be in the right place, with the RCMP being driven off the cliff.

And oh yeah, for those of you interested in First Nations history, here is Canada’s first music video, and probably the best fucking song ever to come out of the country.

[zahed]

congrats to joe. takes a lot of courage to be open enough to tell that story. stoked the skateboarding community has gotten behind him. i work at vimeo and know the person who selected it as a staff pick which also makes me stoked.

grabbed one that will not be skated, but hung on the wall.

[fulfillthedream]

hey thanks for posting this.

[Sloppy Krooks]

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For those of you not from western Canada, the graphic is a riff on a place in Alberta called ‘Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump’ where the Blackfoot would drive a herd of buffalo off the cliff.

Joe seems to be from a completely different tribe (Cree) who were traditionally enemies of the Blackfoot, so I’m not sure how well it translates to actual First Nations skaters in Canada. I’d assume it would probably be a bit like making a Japanese graphic for a Korean skater.

Nonetheless, the heart seems to be in the right place, with the RCMP being driven off the cliff.

And oh yeah, for those of you interested in First Nations history, here is Canada’s first music video, and probably the best fucking song ever to come out of the country.

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dawg, your heart is in the right place with this call out/call in, but i think you may be incorrect on this as the buffalo jump was a fairly common tactic across tribes of buffalo hunting peoples prior to the introduction of horses by the Spaniards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_jump

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/madison-buffalo-jump-state-park

"The Madison buffalo jump was utilized by tribes from across the plains. The Hidatsa, Shoshone, Lakota, Dakota, Nez Perce, Bannock, Arapaho, Salish, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Crow, Gros Ventres, Cree and Assiniboine all used this cliff to hunt bison, sometimes simultaneously, which required cooperation between peoples despite their cultural differences."

Thank you!
I never knew of any other buffalo jumps!
And it wasn’t intended as a call out really. I just checked where Joe was from and who used Head Smashed In, and wanted to see if there was a connection.

I just checked, and the Cree used Buffalo jumps too, so all my pontificating was just that. I was wrong. Another guy who thinks he knows something, shows off, and ends up getting proved wrong, haha.
Gnarred for humbling me.

The graphic is solid.

But do listen to the song.

[Urtripping]

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For those of you not from western Canada, the graphic is a riff on a place in Alberta called ‘Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump’ where the Blackfoot would drive a herd of buffalo off the cliff.

Joe seems to be from a completely different tribe (Cree) who were traditionally enemies of the Blackfoot, so I’m not sure how well it translates to actual First Nations skaters in Canada. I’d assume it would probably be a bit like making a Japanese graphic for a Korean skater.

Nonetheless, the heart seems to be in the right place, with the RCMP being driven off the cliff.

And oh yeah, for those of you interested in First Nations history, here is Canada’s first music video, and probably the best fucking song ever to come out of the country.

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dawg, your heart is in the right place with this call out/call in, but i think you may be incorrect on this as the buffalo jump was a fairly common tactic across tribes of buffalo hunting peoples prior to the introduction of horses by the Spaniards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_jump

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/madison-buffalo-jump-state-park

"The Madison buffalo jump was utilized by tribes from across the plains. The Hidatsa, Shoshone, Lakota, Dakota, Nez Perce, Bannock, Arapaho, Salish, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, Crow, Gros Ventres, Cree and Assiniboine all used this cliff to hunt bison, sometimes simultaneously, which required cooperation between peoples despite their cultural differences."

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Thank you!
I never knew of any other buffalo jumps!
And it wasn’t intended as a call out really. I just checked where Joe was from and who used Head Smashed In, and wanted to see if there was a connection.

I just checked, and the Cree used Buffalo jumps too, so all my pontificating was just that. I was wrong. The graphic is solid.

But do listen to the song.

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❤️

Real cool thrasher interview. Kinda blows my mind the level he is skating at being a 47 year old addict in recovery. Fuck ya
https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/joe-buffalo-a-first-nations-legend-speaks/

Sick, I learned something cool as hell today. Love some Willie Dunn!

[lurker_and_poster]

Hat’s  off to Joe Buffalo and AH
Real recognize Real.
Meet Joe in Vancouver at a spot 20 years ago.
He had a special appearance on and off the board.

Woud buy a JB / AH anytime!

[somedudefromnj]

Joe Buffalo fuckin rips

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

Last year I was skating this public minicamp and it was a pretty fun session with a bunch of older guys.  Joe shows up and everyone is stoked because he's a Canadian skate folk hero.  Someone does a fake nosepick and in a room full of middle aged skaters....someone is going to inevitably say: 'we used to call that a chink chink back in the day!' and you bet someone said it.

I'm pretty asian, and I think I'm funny, so I have a whole bag of material based on this trick but before I could get started.... Joe turns to the guy and half deadpan, half stoic just says....'We don't say that anymore....'

Thanks Joe!  That's probably the right move....

[Síota]

Didn't Farrel die there also?

Fubar for those who don't know...also ordered one

[Luddite]

I'm pretty sure Joe Buffalo has met, befriended and remembered the name of every skater in Canada. Even in his partying days.

[backfliptofiftyfifty]

Antihero is sick for this

[lurker_and_poster]

Last year I was skating this public minicamp and it was a pretty fun session with a bunch of older guys.  Joe shows up and everyone is stoked because he's a Canadian skate folk hero.  Someone does a fake nosepick and in a room full of middle aged skaters....someone is going to inevitably say: 'we used to call that a chink chink back in the day!' and you bet someone said it.

I'm pretty asian, and I think I'm funny, so I have a whole bag of material based on this trick but before I could get started.... Joe turns to the guy and half deadpan, half stoic just says....'We don't say that anymore....'

Thanks Joe!  That's probably the right move....

Back in the days I never realized that it was connected a ethnic slur. I connect it with „Cheers„ or the Italien „cin cin“ version - because of the sound of the truck on cooping. Didn’t grow up English spoken - manny years later I head the term Chink as a slur for an Asian person - und understood that I may misunderstood something - since then this trick is a cin cin to me.

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

For sure, it’s based on the noise f your truck but it’s also a racial slur.  As mentioned, as long as someone wasn’t saying the word at me I was ok with it, that said….it’s ok to just leave it alone….fakie ollie nose pick works just fine. 

Just because things were done or said in the past doesn’t mean it’s the best way to go going forward……

[Allen.]

Same with the crack nollie. There was a Zach Lyons trick tip for the (at the time) Chinese Ollie, featuring a presumably pre-psychedelics, The Hundreds wearing Vert God.

I like the GH term crypto-bonk nowadays.

[GumOnMyGrip]

This is a sidebar but I’m pretty sure Joe skates for Menu in Vancouver and I just wanted to say they were about the friendliest skate shop I’ve ever been in…I was in Vancouver back in the spring and stopped by to get new bearings.
Super nice guys. Downtown skate plaza was one of the best spots too…

[Natas_Fauxas]

Damn just saw it was posted in videos. My bad

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

This is a great read…..awesome on DLX and AH to elevate and celebrate….

https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/the-follow-up-joe-buffalo/

[The Mexican Nancy Chin]

Bought the board a couple days ago. Super hyped on it! One of my favorite graphics I've ever seen