2025 unpopular opinion thread

[Big Brother]

Love the sketch. Vincent Alvarez, Sheffey, for example.

[polerbear]

“Professor” Schmitt is flash over substance. Nice lab coat, can you make boards that have correctly drilled truck holes?

[Coffee]

Anybody else like sketchy steez? Just me? Pivoting the whole trick? Barely catching it? Barely hanging on down a 12 stair? Clean tricks are cool too, but there's a weird in between where it demonstrates a strange level of control. Or maybe comfortability? That's my favourite kind of steez. Toe drags included. Good example is Deedz / Efron / T-Funk

Yes. Shorty’s Steve Olson was the first that comes to mind. I always liked his sketchy style  parts over Muska.

[spooky electric]

Love a bit of barely hanging on!

[neonbrown]

“Professor” Schmitt is flash over substance. Nice lab coat, can you make boards that have correctly drilled truck holes?

Yeah this dude has no idea what he's talking about most of the time, and his decks always suck.

[Rick Trapasso]

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“Professor” Schmitt is flash over substance. Nice lab coat, can you make boards that have correctly drilled truck holes?

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Yeah this dude has no idea what he's talking about most of the time, and his decks always suck.

LMFAO

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Anybody else like sketchy steez? Just me? Pivoting the whole trick? Barely catching it? Barely hanging on down a 12 stair? Clean tricks are cool too, but there's a weird in between where it demonstrates a strange level of control. Or maybe comfortability? That's my favourite kind of steez. Toe drags included. Good example is Deedz / Efron / T-Funk

The is reminded me of a part on the Jenkem Youtube/website by this guy nicknamed Spud, and at about 2:43 (could be more or less depending on the site you use) into the video he does a kickflip nose manual to slappy. It’s not like the most insane shit you’ll ever see, but the way he is barely hanging onto the nose manual is sick. Some people mentioned it in the comments, too. Obviously this is different to toe drag, but I actually like it when manuals aren’t like robot-like in stiff perfection. It’s nice to see someone barely avoid the board touching the ground with their arms looking like a wacky wild inflatable tube man.

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

it reminds me of that time where everyone felt Emile should win SOTY....oh yah...that was like four months ago.....

[Nom De Plume]

Barely hanging on can be radical but toe drag is verboten.

If you're doing a long front board, front nose, back tail, etc and you touch the obstacle with your hand at all, it ruins the trick and it should not be used for a clip. Especially on a rail or hubba. Says the guy who can't do any of that.

[Willie]

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“Professor” Schmitt is flash over substance. Nice lab coat, can you make boards that have correctly drilled truck holes?

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Yeah this dude has no idea what he's talking about most of the time, and his decks always suck.

It drives me nuts to hear him talk technical on tail angle and leverage and how it affects ollie height. Bitch, you’ve never fucking ollied.

[Cheshire Cat]

Hand drag is more acceptable and looks better than toedrag.

Barely hanging on is cool.

[roba]

glad to see this schmitt slander

[GreenLineAcid]

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In what era Reynolds were wearing really tight saggy pants and tight t shirts, showing his boxers all fucked?
Hate that this era was probably his peak performance.

[close]

I believe it to be the era of the "side-pipe," my dear friend.

http://youtu.be/awrmMSP0kwE?t=454

Grecalicious.

No ere quite like side-pipe era. The best era, new and exciting, plus side pipes n stuff .

[conan777]

A big spin board slide should be called a pop-shuvit board slide

Suski grinds and salad grinds are just 5-0 grinds

[Big Brother]

I hate having to watch someone roll all the way down a hill after doing a trick that has nothing to do with bombing a hill.

[slappygremlin]

Slappies should die out as "cool". Hear me out....They are difficult for people who are used to ollies, so are any differently leveraged trick (pressure flips, primo stands, whatever).

I don't care if someone does any trick but stop marketing it as the cool thing to do when you hit 40, or worse, the cool thing to do while you're young and don't have a hip impingement stopping you from ollies.  Small ledge tricks are already low impact enough for anyone under 70. Don't sell yourself short.

If it's not good enough for a video game trick it's not good enough for any serious skateboarder. Become a filmer and do something productive if you're that fried.

Chill

[Blockwork]

Never have never will do a slappy

[formula420]

A big spin board slide should be called a pop-shuvit board slide

If you dont go to fakie, then yes i agree

[Never Bored]

Never have never will do a slappy

I don’t know how to do a slappy. It looks kinda fun I guess but ehh, whatever… Someday maybe

[conan777]

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A big spin board slide should be called a pop-shuvit board slide

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If you dont go to fakie, then yes i agree

It'd just be a pop-shuvit board slide or a pop-shuvit board slide to fakie

[polerbear]

Never have never will do a slappy

Very brave of you to post this is a forum full of 30-40 year olds

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

If you can back tail….no reason why you ever need to do one…..

[Luddite]

Guy has had pretty bad style for pretty much his whole comeback.

[moonordie]

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Slappies should die out as "cool". Hear me out....They are difficult for people who are used to ollies, so are any differently leveraged trick (pressure flips, primo stands, whatever).

I don't care if someone does any trick but stop marketing it as the cool thing to do when you hit 40, or worse, the cool thing to do while you're young and don't have a hip impingement stopping you from ollies.  Small ledge tricks are already low impact enough for anyone under 70. Don't sell yourself short.

If it's not good enough for a video game trick it's not good enough for any serious skateboarder. Become a filmer and do something productive if you're that fried.

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Chill

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99% sure he got banned for this awful take

Aaaaand he did.

[Cheshire Cat]

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A big spin board slide should be called a pop-shuvit board slide

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If you dont go to fakie, then yes i agree

Back this 100%.
Bigspin boardslide when its to fakie.
Pop shove / fs shove boardslide when the rotation for the bigspin is not complete/ is back to regular.

[back smith]

Dirty grip is empowering, you don't have to worry about it getting dirty anymore.

[roba]

Dirty grip is empowering, you don't have to worry about it getting dirty anymore.

big facts, i stopped caring when i lost my grip gum and my life got much easier and happier

[Rick Trapasso]

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Dirty grip is empowering, you don't have to worry about it getting dirty anymore.

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big facts, i stopped caring when i lost my grip gum and my life got much easier and happier

I agree.

[GnarAlarm]

Doesn't work for me. Dirty grip drives me insane.
But I'm a little neurotic on the board, I hyper fixate on anything that could be considered a distraction.
Like, if there's a leaf on the ground 4' away from the ledge I'm skating, I have to stop and kick it out of the way.
If there's a big spot of mud on my grip, I fixate on it.

Can't help it, it's just what my brain does.

To be clear, I don't mind some dust and minor spots or wax or dirt.
But if my grip looked like this...


I'd throw that deck in a bonfire.

[BALARGUE]

@ooohhhyyyeeeaaahhh