2025 unpopular opinion thread

[TwisT]

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Louie and Curren should get Alec Majerus on FA and reunite the Flip 3

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Matt Berger is actually pretty Hockey…..

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There was a 3rd Flip baby w/Louie & Curren, but it wasn’t Majerus. This crossed my mind the other day and I couldn’t remember who it was…

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It was Axel.

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No, it was Luan. The OG Flip “3” were Louie, Luan, and Curren. Oh how we forget our history.

Edit: Majerus was in that “3” video but the real 3 are the OG’s imo. Whoever really cared about Alec Majerus?

Alec is criminally underrated.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuxuoEiPARw/?igsh=MW02c2s0aXp0NnMzOQ==

[conan777]

Alec is sick but I feel like his edits have never done him any favours

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

Greyson was in the mix too….id get him and curren mixed up as some sort of surf children……

[Dr.S]

Another kid was Oscar Meza who randomly showed up in the qualifiers of that uprising Tokyo contest that just went up on YouTube. 

[rawbertson.]

Just wanna say China spots aren’t boring. Those ones I posted are sick as fuck. China spots were boring because the guys hitting them had no creativity and hit the save ones as everyone else

[Jort250]

Skateboarding in Winnipeg and Saskatoon are unironically great scenes and times

[Southernmost]

Just wanna say China spots aren’t boring. Those ones I posted are sick as fuck. China spots were boring because the guys hitting them had no creativity and hit the save ones as everyone else

While I think the spots are amazing and would love to skate there, there’s something a little too dull when you see it in footy. Kinda grayish and everything looks almost too perfect.

[sk8chimn£y]

This new generation are jocks

[ferguu]

This new generation are jocks

Care to explain? 'Cuz no they isn't... U see the guys doin ride on grinds in LA?

[backside_frontside]

Just wanna say China spots aren’t boring. Those ones I posted are sick as fuck. China spots were boring because the guys hitting them had no creativity and hit the save ones as everyone else

I like the China spots. I think they look nice even tho they're so perfect. I just imagine how much fun it must be to skate spots like that. I like "boring" tech ledge lines at plazas too so it kinda speaks to my skate sensibilities. At least China has the  vision to build amazing public spaces that actually get maintained and not neglected over the years. I'd bet those spots are also newer and haven't seen as much abuse from skateboarders.

[rawbertson.]

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Just wanna say China spots aren’t boring. Those ones I posted are sick as fuck. China spots were boring because the guys hitting them had no creativity and hit the save ones as everyone else

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While I think the spots are amazing and would love to skate there, there’s something a little too dull when you see it in footy. Kinda grayish and everything looks almost too perfect.

i think that is too much of an over generalization though. its a MASSIVE country i bet theres so many insane beautiful spots we have no idea about too. i totally get why you are saying this about the overwhelming gray but etc. but that is not how every spot looks. i have seen a lot where there are a lot of trees and gardens integrated into urban areas. brian peacock has some really cool looking spots in his primitive define part i thought.

[DeanMaple]

China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

[Allen.]

I bet you there’s sick WKND-esque spots in China but the Chinese Bobby Puelo gate keeps them.

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

Well, 1% can access

[sandbagger]

China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

The pollution. The political persecution. The forced labor and human rights violations. The animal welfare offenses. The Muslim slave camps. The human trafficking. The mass surveillance & social credit system. The crackdown and censorship of journalists. The government LGBTQ/social discrimination. The expansive military aggression. Etc. Etc. No thanks.
 
Not to sound patriotic or defend America's own flaws but the GDP, Quality of Life index, Property/Income Ratio and Unemployment% are just a few of many statistics that are easy to find and that indicate the opposite of your economic assertion.
Not sure what you heard or read but their economy and standard of living is shit right now. Many of the large cities you described are mostly deserted ghost towns because of the stagnant economy. "The future", I really hope not. Many of their citizens are quite literally trying to escape.

[DeanMaple]

Hahaha i thought you were talking about the US gov for at least the 4 first lines.

Polution ✔️
Political Pesecution ✔️
Forced labor...mmm US at least estimulate that. Plus labor rights in US are a joke.
Human right violation (u kidding right?) ✔️✔️✔️. See guantanamo and abu ghraib, to name a few.
Mass surveillance ✔️ have u ever heard about NSA?
Social credit. In the US is called bank credit. ✔️
Gov descrimination ✔️ are crazy or do u live in the woods?
The expansive military agression ✔️ you MUST be kidding.

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China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

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The pollution. The political persecution. The forced labor and human rights violations. The animal welfare offenses. The Muslim slave camps. The human trafficking. The mass surveillance & social credit system. The crackdown and censorship of journalists. The government LGBTQ/social discrimination. The expansive military aggression. Etc. Etc. No thanks.
 
Not to sound patriotic or defend America's own flaws but the GDP, Quality of Life index, Property/Income Ratio and Unemployment% are just a few of many statistics that are easy to find and that indicate the opposite of your economic assertion.
Not sure what you heard or read but their economy and standard of living is shit right now. Many of the large cities you described are mostly deserted ghost towns because of the stagnant economy. "The future", I really hope not. Many of their citizens are quite literally trying to escape.

[conan777]

I bet you there’s sick WKND-esque spots in China but the Chinese Bobby Puelo gate keeps them.

Bobby Puero

[DeanMaple]

Yup !

And they have a bunch of 99%ers defending them for free.

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China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

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Well, 1% can access

[sandbagger]

Hahaha i thought you were talking about the US gov for at least the 4 first lines.

Polution ✔️
Political Pesecution ✔️
Forced labor...mmm US at least estimulate that. Plus labor rights in US are a joke.
Human right violation (u kidding right?) ✔️✔️✔️. See guantanamo and abu ghraib, to name a few.
Mass surveillance ✔️ have u ever heard about NSA?
Social credit. In the US is called bank credit. ✔️
Gov descrimination ✔️ are crazy or do u live in the woods?
The expansive military agression ✔️ you MUST be kidding.

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China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

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The pollution. The political persecution. The forced labor and human rights violations. The animal welfare offenses. The Muslim slave camps. The human trafficking. The mass surveillance & social credit system. The crackdown and censorship of journalists. The government LGBTQ/social discrimination. The expansive military aggression. Etc. Etc. No thanks.
 
Not to sound patriotic or defend America's own flaws but the GDP, Quality of Life index, Property/Income Ratio and Unemployment% are just a few of many statistics that are easy to find and that indicate the opposite of your economic assertion.
Not sure what you heard or read but their economy and standard of living is shit right now. Many of the large cities you described are mostly deserted ghost towns because of the stagnant economy. "The future", I really hope not. Many of their citizens are quite literally trying to escape.

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Perhaps you missed the part where I said "not to defend America's own flaws" and comparing the US to China on those issues is like comparing salt water to gasoline. You should educate yourself on the topic or better yet go there. Live there. Pretty please. Fly your freak flag, start a small business, jaywalk and see what happens.
Your comments on social credit and pollution alone speak to your level of ignorance and privilege. Please find me one religious slave labor concentration camp in the US, I'll give you as much time as you need.
I notice that you conveniently left the animal welfare, Muslims camps, LGBTQ and journalist censorship off of the checklist.
This is not an excuse for the USA's massive flaws, it's simply a rebuttal to touting China as promising, superior to the US economically and "the future".

[DeanMaple]

Been there. Lived there. Amazing country.
Just like the US btw.

The problem with you guys is that your are too ignorant about the rest of the world. Cuz you have that american exceptionalism wired deep down your brains.

[sandbagger]

Been there. Lived there. Amazing country.
Just like the US btw.

The problem with you guys is that your are too ignorant about the rest of the world. Cuz you have that american exceptionalism wired deep down your brains.

Again "Not to sound patriotic or defend America's own flaws..." No exceptionalism at all. I have lived in several countries on multiple continents.
I'm just debunking YOUR assertion that China is superior and desirable compared to the US which is a wild take.
The problem with "you guys" is that you have selective memory and bask in your own ignorance. I suggest you keep traveling the world in search of a promising future.
"Amazing country. Just like the US btw". Now that is rich.

[DeanMaple]

Where have u been? Im about to visit Rio soon. Heard they have a sick skate scene there.

[neonbrown]

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China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

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The pollution. The political persecution. The forced labor and human rights violations. The animal welfare offenses. The Muslim slave camps. The human trafficking. The mass surveillance & social credit system. The crackdown and censorship of journalists. The government LGBTQ/social discrimination. The expansive military aggression. Etc. Etc. No thanks.
 
Not to sound patriotic or defend America's own flaws but the GDP, Quality of Life index, Property/Income Ratio and Unemployment% are just a few of many statistics that are easy to find and that indicate the opposite of your economic assertion.
Not sure what you heard or read but their economy and standard of living is shit right now. Many of the large cities you described are mostly deserted ghost towns because of the stagnant economy. "The future", I really hope not. Many of their citizens are quite literally trying to escape.

Do you believe that the gentlemen at the Cato Institute have created irrefutable metrics by which we objectively judge freedom?

[EXTRA SPICY]

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I bet you there’s sick WKND-esque spots in China but the Chinese Bobby Puelo gate keeps them.

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Bobby Puero

Bobbi Puleeo

[sandbagger]

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China has amazing cities, some are huge and crazy. Its seems like people from US dont know shit about china. Thats crazy. China is way bigger than USA and much more diverse in terms of urbanization styles and landscape.
Try to visit china. Its the future.

Plus, citzens from big and mid cities there are really living a prosperous life. Way better than the average american.

Us, nowadays, are just a poor country with a lotta money under a matress nobody can acccess

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The pollution. The political persecution. The forced labor and human rights violations. The animal welfare offenses. The Muslim slave camps. The human trafficking. The mass surveillance & social credit system. The crackdown and censorship of journalists. The government LGBTQ/social discrimination. The expansive military aggression. Etc. Etc. No thanks.
 
Not to sound patriotic or defend America's own flaws but the GDP, Quality of Life index, Property/Income Ratio and Unemployment% are just a few of many statistics that are easy to find and that indicate the opposite of your economic assertion.
Not sure what you heard or read but their economy and standard of living is shit right now. Many of the large cities you described are mostly deserted ghost towns because of the stagnant economy. "The future", I really hope not. Many of their citizens are quite literally trying to escape.

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Do you believe that the gentlemen at the Cato Institute have created irrefutable metrics by which we objectively judge freedom?

Irrefutable? No. More reputable than China's vastly superior propaganda machine? Probably.
Who said it was an index of "freedom"? I don't equate economic statistics with an index of "freedom" but while you're on the subject, yes China's labor laws and practices are abhorrent in comparison to lots of the world, including the US.
Do you believe that imprisoning entire Muslim populations for the purpose of forcefully brainwashing them with propaganda ("reeducation" as they call it) while using them for slave labor is an objectively viable index of societal freedom?

[DeanMaple]

Sick ! Barcelona is cool indeed.
Right niw im all about exploring the global south.
Brasil (Rio and the forest) argentina, uruguay, chile, central america, thailand, vietnam again and again and again (best food in the world), laos, camboja, morroco, turkey, lebanon (not too soon tho).

@rollersrufer and some dudes are about to drop a whole video in thailand. As did with Rio (which made me wanna go there). Its called MONSTRO DE RIO btw

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Where have u been? Im about to visit Rio soon. Heard they have a sick skate scene there.

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The year I lived in Spain was the best year of my life. Barcelona absolutely lives up to the hype. 
Living in Melbourne was awesome for skating. The Working Holiday Visa is a great way to stack cash. They pay great wages. 
Lived in Italy for several years. Great place to socialize and pig out but certainly not the best skate scenes up north.

[Southernmost]

I bet you there’s sick WKND-esque spots in China but the Chinese Bobby Puelo gate keeps them.

And this is his set up.

https://uae.jazp.com/ae-en/Bobby-Puleo-BHL-3108-Wooden-Skateboard-Black-and-Red/p/21993

[milk.razor]

What podcast did you hear the talking points of the US state dept with which to argue skateboarders online? Time to log off when you’re earnestly typing the terms ‘muslim slave camps’. Get real buddy

[sandbagger]

What podcast did you hear the talking points of the US state dept with which to argue skateboarders online? Time to log off when you’re earnestly typing the terms ‘muslim slave camps’. Get real buddy

Uyghur Muslim internment camps in Xinjiang, China. Pretty common knowledge.
Kidnappings. Mass detentions. Family separation. Political indoctrination. Forced labor. Torture. Sexual abuse. Genocide.
A well-documented humanitarian crisis. Time to educate yourself "buddy".

[alien porkchop]

“there are … around 1 million foreign-born residents in China, or less than 0.1% of the population.”

“The United States is home to the highest number of immigrants in the world. An estimated 50.6 million people in the United States—a bit more than 15% of the total population”. 5% of the entire population being foreign born chinese.

china and the u.s. are the 2nd and 3rd most populous countries in the world, respectively.

all other factors aside, i guess i would just ask the question, if china is the future, the future for who?