2025 unpopular opinion thread

[JugeL]

more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

Those grindking pre grooved trucks going hard

[djoekr]

more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

That's just how the Grindking pre-pinched tech hanger looks like.

[ssbsminotti]

more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

if you would call this a noseslide, i would call you blind/an idiot/wrong on purpose to be edgy

but i guess this is the unpopular opinion thread, so congrats

[Yonnycage]

If that's a noseslide then the boardslide I did on the curb on the way to my car was a kickflip frontside noseblunt front shuv out

[apport]

what the hell kind of trucks are those

Im not watching a single 16:9 video this year

4:3 or nothing

nah this is real, i just watched a vx video stretched out to 16:9, in the year 2025 why are we still doing this

[Weededed]

what the hell kind of trucks are those

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=131534.0

[Garfiled L. Asagna LLC]

more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

It's crazy 2 me theres like almost a whole page debating this and no one's asked for the entire clip.

I do get what your saying though sometimes it's easy to end up on top the rail from the nose/tail on a round rail. Sometimes it just the byprodcut of balancing or like the natural motion of the shit. But realistically you cannot determine any of that shit your describing from this potato ass zoomed in screenshot of a YouTube video.

At the least post the clip in it's entirety. Cause that tells the whole story. And that context is crucial in what your saying.

A good front crook all in the back foot anyways so I need to see what's going on there to determine the shit.

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

It is the unpopular thread, so calling out a trucky noseslide is par for the course.....

[CharlieWork]

Jamie Foy will get soty again even though Tyshawn nollie hardflips the subwaytrack.

[back smith]

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more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

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It's crazy 2 me theres like almost a whole page debating this and no one's asked for the entire clip.

I do get what your saying though sometimes it's easy to end up on top the rail from the nose/tail on a round rail. Sometimes it just the byprodcut of balancing or like the natural motion of the shit. But realistically you cannot determine any of that shit your describing from this potato ass zoomed in screenshot of a YouTube video.

At the least post the clip in it's entirety. Cause that tells the whole story. And that context is crucial in what your saying.

A good front crook all in the back foot anyways so I need to see what's going on there to determine the shit.

It is from this

[Dwayne Hoover]

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more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

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It's crazy 2 me theres like almost a whole page debating this and no one's asked for the entire clip.

I do get what your saying though sometimes it's easy to end up on top the rail from the nose/tail on a round rail. Sometimes it just the byprodcut of balancing or like the natural motion of the shit. But realistically you cannot determine any of that shit your describing from this potato ass zoomed in screenshot of a YouTube video.

At the least post the clip in it's entirety. Cause that tells the whole story. And that context is crucial in what your saying.

A good front crook all in the back foot anyways so I need to see what's going on there to determine the shit.

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It is from this

so the screenshot i posted was just from a few frames on instagram, i didn't see the whole clip until now. that's definitely a proper frontside crooked grind. i will stand by my point though: a crooked grind/180 grind trick should be locked in and grinding primarily on (and standing over) the axle, not part of the baseplate and the nose. i've seen some iffy ones lately and it's not a good look... there's a brad cromer 180 nosegrind that i spent 20 minutes looking for that's a perfect example of this

edit: 2:40 is a better example of what i mean
https://youtu.be/HkdcUZrmNm0?si=JuzXCBKZi5y6iqhF

[Lenny the Fatface]

Jamie Foy will get soty again even though Tyshawn nollie hardflips the subwaytrack.

I don’t think you know what an opinion is.

[Mean salto]

If grind king just made their "normal" trucks they might have had a shot with the slappy crowd.

[Rick Trapasso]

At the time of that screenshot homie was nearing the end of his grind and just starting to fall out of it a little. This was a totally acceptable front krook. Perfect? No. But definitely acceptable.

Was really confused by the screenshot at first lol, heard krook and immediately though backside.

For some reason my dumb brain didn't look at this and think front side.

[roba]

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more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

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It's crazy 2 me theres like almost a whole page debating this and no one's asked for the entire clip.

I do get what your saying though sometimes it's easy to end up on top the rail from the nose/tail on a round rail. Sometimes it just the byprodcut of balancing or like the natural motion of the shit. But realistically you cannot determine any of that shit your describing from this potato ass zoomed in screenshot of a YouTube video.

At the least post the clip in it's entirety. Cause that tells the whole story. And that context is crucial in what your saying.

A good front crook all in the back foot anyways so I need to see what's going on there to determine the shit.

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It is from this

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so the screenshot i posted was just from a few frames on instagram, i didn't see the whole clip until now. that's definitely a proper frontside crooked grind. i will stand by my point though: a crooked grind/180 grind trick should be locked in and grinding primarily on (and standing over) the axle, not part of the baseplate and the nose. i've seen some iffy ones lately and it's not a good look... there's a brad cromer 180 nosegrind that i spent 20 minutes looking for that's a perfect example of this

edit: 2:40 is a better example of what i mean
https://youtu.be/HkdcUZrmNm0?si=JuzXCBKZi5y6iqhF

that’s just as bad of an example

[Dwayne Hoover]

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more and more people are abusing the concept of “pinch” to get away with sloppy crooks/180 grinds. to do these tricks proper you should be fully locked in, shoulders relatively square, balancing on the truck — NOT the nose/tail with a single wheel poking over the rail/ledge. ex: i would call the trick below a noseslide.

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It's crazy 2 me theres like almost a whole page debating this and no one's asked for the entire clip.

I do get what your saying though sometimes it's easy to end up on top the rail from the nose/tail on a round rail. Sometimes it just the byprodcut of balancing or like the natural motion of the shit. But realistically you cannot determine any of that shit your describing from this potato ass zoomed in screenshot of a YouTube video.

At the least post the clip in it's entirety. Cause that tells the whole story. And that context is crucial in what your saying.

A good front crook all in the back foot anyways so I need to see what's going on there to determine the shit.

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It is from this

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so the screenshot i posted was just from a few frames on instagram, i didn't see the whole clip until now. that's definitely a proper frontside crooked grind. i will stand by my point though: a crooked grind/180 grind trick should be locked in and grinding primarily on (and standing over) the axle, not part of the baseplate and the nose. i've seen some iffy ones lately and it's not a good look... there's a brad cromer 180 nosegrind that i spent 20 minutes looking for that's a perfect example of this

edit: 2:40 is a better example of what i mean
https://youtu.be/HkdcUZrmNm0?si=JuzXCBKZi5y6iqhF

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that’s just as bad of an example

would love to hear how that's a backside 180 fakie 5-0 and not a front blunt given he didn't turn a full backside 180 into the trick, isn't locked into a proper fakie 5-0, and had to spin 90 degrees backside after the 360 flip

[Space Cowboy]

I don't understand the hype and marketing around insoles for impact protection, talking to podiatrist's and industry homies the insole is for support (helps prevent lower back pain with arch support etc) but the actual impact protection is from the outsole of the shoe. Just annoys me to see snake oil style mis-marketing that relies on placebo, like a better insole on a thin vulc may feel better and make the shoe way more comfortable, but it wont actually result in better impact protection...

[Lenny the Fatface]

Skate gear hasn’t been exciting since the test runs of Formula 4’s…and that was 10 years ago!

[formula420]

Skate gear hasn’t been exciting since the test runs of Formula 4’s…and that was 10 years ago!

Im excited about the dlx top secret boards. Will dlx sell carbon fiber in 2025?

[pantyhero]

Skate gear hasn’t been exciting since the test runs of Formula 4’s…and that was 10 years ago!

Be careful what you wish for. The gear arms race rarely benefits the consumer.

[Dwayne Hoover]

Skate gear hasn’t been exciting since the test runs of Formula 4’s…and that was 10 years ago!

we talking hard goods exclusively? cuz the polar pants boom was definitely a moment

[Cheshire Cat]

P2 Boards were underrated.

[doomstation55]

I've long held this opinion that cross lock 50-50s are fine, and can even look better in some cases. Not sure why people are so adamant to go against this.

[Rick Trapasso]

I've long held this opinion that cross lock 50-50s are fine, and can even look better in some cases. Not sure why people are so adamant to go against this.

It can look kinda gross, especially on wider trucks.

I'm definitely not gonna fault anyone for cross locking though.

Would it have looked better and possibly been more difficult heel locked? Probably.

But it's def still legal/acceptable.

[Unkle Fleak]

I’m not talking shit on the truck. I crook on the face of all trucks like 1/6 ism ish. Are we saying these truck allows this always?

[Jort250]

Skate gear hasn’t been exciting since the test runs of Formula 4’s…and that was 10 years ago!

Bu-but the old heads in my area insist that the Andy Anderson Flight deck is the best thing since sliced bread

I thought for a while and I largely agree. Maybe the only other product of note could be those Thunder Inverted Kingpins if they catch on (no pun intended) or wide-deck and short-wheelbase shapes if you want to split hairs

[kitcatski]

I've long held this opinion that cross lock 50-50s are fine, and can even look better in some cases. Not sure why people are so adamant to go against this.

Cross lock looks fine for back 50s but bad on front 50s imo

[Cheshire Cat]

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I've long held this opinion that cross lock 50-50s are fine, and can even look better in some cases. Not sure why people are so adamant to go against this.

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Cross lock looks fine for back 50s but bad on front 50s imo

Crosslocks are fine.

[BeachChicken]

I don't understand the hype and marketing around insoles for impact protection, talking to podiatrist's and industry homies the insole is for support (helps prevent lower back pain with arch support etc) but the actual impact protection is from the outsole of the shoe. Just annoys me to see snake oil style mis-marketing that relies on placebo, like a better insole on a thin vulc may feel better and make the shoe way more comfortable, but it wont actually result in better impact protection...

This is only in skateboarding. In other sports impact protection isn't from just adding a bunch of foam, but bracing the body for better alignment on impact for the reasons you specified.

FWIW I have found non-skate insoles to always perform better. I prefer cups because they tend to have better stability when I do a simple ankle roll test. I don't need them to be super thick.

[SatanicPanic]

Dudes who shave all their body hair off but then grow a giant pube beard on their face are weird