2025 unpopular opinion thread

[Lurknopost]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Shout out to Dime.

A lot of Toronto and philly dudes are heavy into bowling.

[oldfart]

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Doobie can expand market share in Europe / France (with the help of the current momentum of Vans Europe and their regular quality videos)
Nick would just be another US pro (and kinda niche)

(just like Kyonosuke went pro before Dylan)

It's a matter of weeks anyway
Hasta la vista, AM status

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I guess but I still think he’s annoying

100% agree!
Same goes for Maité Steenhoudt.
Seems always drunk and/or high on some leaves or something..

[SatanicPanic]

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Doobie can expand market share in Europe / France (with the help of the current momentum of Vans Europe and their regular quality videos)
Nick would just be another US pro (and kinda niche)

(just like Kyonosuke went pro before Dylan)

It's a matter of weeks anyway
Hasta la vista, AM status

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I guess but I still think he’s annoying

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100% agree!
Same goes for Maité Steenhoudt.
Seems always drunk and/or high on some leaves or something..

Ouch yeah it was cute at first but it’s gone on too long and at least Doobie produces footy.

[mongoswongofongo]

I wouldn't have thought this was an unpopular opinion before the last couple years, but...

I don't want taps or yews unless I landed the damn thing. It seems to be mostly newer people doing it, but there are some local rippers who do it too. I just don't get it. It shouldn't bother me because I know it's well intentioned, but it bugs me a little.

I always thought the unspoken vibe was you tap for a sick make or if someone landed a trick they were battling - doesn't matter how easy if it was hard for them. I don't want any for a fucking bail. I don't even care about props either way, I have no illusions about my ability, but it seems bizarre. It's not just happening to me either although fuck, I probably just skate like I started learning <6 months ago, idk.

Is this something that changed? Did I just never notice people always did that? Maybe it's too regional to make any claims

[Dr.S]

Ben's melon smith is trick of the year so far

[JoseCansnake0]

bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

Fishing is close to boring, but at least your outside learning, and practicing how to outsmart your prey every time, in a different environment every time. Catch and release ALWAYS.

Golf is king. Good luck mastering that shit. And you have to (should) walk 6 miles. It's actually funny how many people can't compress a golf ball towards a target.

Just my take, enjoy the lanes broski

[goofyboi420]

Ben's melon smith is trick of the year so far

Just say no to street grabs

[GnarAlarm]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

Post a clip of you rolling a 275 if it's so easy

[Audrey II]

yeah i wouldnt put much stock into the opinions of sports from someone using jose canseco for their username.

[40yearoldtoyrider]

Companies giving less product to skaters in 2025 knowing they are flipping the free stuff on ebay for pure profit

[GnarAlarm]

[Lurknopost]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

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Post a clip of you rolling a 275 if it's so easy

Buddy’s never even bowled a turkey before

[doomstation55]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

Fishing is close to boring, but at least your outside learning, and practicing how to outsmart your prey every time, in a different environment every time. Catch and release ALWAYS.

Golf is king. Good luck mastering that shit. And you have to (should) walk 6 miles. It's actually funny how many people can't compress a golf ball towards a target.

Just my take, enjoy the lanes broski

[Dr.S]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

Fishing is close to boring, but at least your outside learning, and practicing how to outsmart your prey every time, in a different environment every time. Catch and release ALWAYS.

Golf is king. Good luck mastering that shit. And you have to (should) walk 6 miles. It's actually funny how many people can't compress a golf ball towards a target.

Just my take, enjoy the lanes broski

Mini golf > real golf

[GnarAlarm]

Mini golf > real golf

[Aerozzmith]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

Fishing is close to boring, but at least your outside learning, and practicing how to outsmart your prey every time, in a different environment every time. Catch and release ALWAYS.

Golf is king. Good luck mastering that shit. And you have to (should) walk 6 miles. It's actually funny how many people can't compress a golf ball towards a target.

Just my take, enjoy the lanes broski

If you’ve ever gone to the lanes solo and rolled 3-4 games in a row, then you might reconsider that notion.

Also, the act & skill of golf are cool but the culture & forced exclusivity are absolute dog shit.

[Dwayne Hoover]

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bowling is a better hobby than fishing and golf and more skaters should embrace it

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Bowling is easy, and quite possibly the most boring thing ever. Not to mention the total lack of exercise and movement. Roll, sit down, wait, repeat.

Fishing is close to boring, but at least your outside learning, and practicing how to outsmart your prey every time, in a different environment every time. Catch and release ALWAYS.

Golf is king. Good luck mastering that shit. And you have to (should) walk 6 miles. It's actually funny how many people can't compress a golf ball towards a target.

Just my take, enjoy the lanes broski

what's the exercise in golf again? swinging a stick and walking to and from a go-cart while dressed like a fucking dweeb?

[pizzafliptofakie]

what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

[GnarAlarm]

what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

I think my girl and I are going to get into day hiking, maybe camping. We've already bought a nice backpack, some small, lightweight folding camp chairs that you can carry on a hike, a couple knives, a portable stove/grill, a fuckin' monocular dude it's so rad and now we can look at animals or whatever from really far away.
I think I like buying the gadgets and stuff more than actually hiking.

My main side hobby right now would be D&D I guess.

The main thing I won't do as an additional hobby is anything that puts me in danger of injury.
If I'm gonna get injured, it's gonna be from skating. 

[pizzafliptofakie]

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what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

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I think my girl and I are going to get into day hiking, maybe camping. We've already bought a nice backpack, some small, lightweight folding camp chairs that you can carry on a hike, a couple knives, a portable stove/grill, a fuckin' monocular dude it's so rad and now we can look at animals or whatever from really far away.
I think I like buying the gadgets and stuff more than actually hiking.

My main side hobby right now would be D&D I guess.

The main thing I won't do as an additional hobby is anything that puts me in danger of injury.
If I'm gonna get injured, it's gonna be from skating.

I've seen some skaters camp, so that sounds like a pretty good hobby. Can't say the same for D&D tho, so I would cut that out.

[goofyboi420]

I’m thinking about be becoming an astronaut. In fact, I just took a giant bong rip. Hobbies are so sick

[GnarAlarm]

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what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

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I think my girl and I are going to get into day hiking, maybe camping. We've already bought a nice backpack, some small, lightweight folding camp chairs that you can carry on a hike, a couple knives, a portable stove/grill, a fuckin' monocular dude it's so rad and now we can look at animals or whatever from really far away.
I think I like buying the gadgets and stuff more than actually hiking.

My main side hobby right now would be D&D I guess.

The main thing I won't do as an additional hobby is anything that puts me in danger of injury.
If I'm gonna get injured, it's gonna be from skating.

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I've seen some skaters camp, so that sounds like a pretty good hobby. Can't say the same for D&D tho, so I would cut that out.

No, but funny thing is, in a roundabout way I have
@Candied cigarettes to thank for all this interest in outdoor shit and camping.
It was this comment in Things You Are Not Stoked On back in May...

Outdoor boys YT channel is donezo. It doesn’t seem like that ben degros fakeout either. A tragic

I'd never heard of it, so I put one of his videos on. It was pretty entertaining so I watched a few more, then outdoor shit started clogging up my YouTube rec feed, so my girl and I just rolled with it and started watching a shitload of outdoors and bushcraft videos.
Then we were like, fuck man we should go out in the woods or something and we went and hiked a trail.
Loved it, started buying gear, planning on hitting a new trail every weekend.

[doomstation55]

what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

SHOULD: Crypto and real estate investing, drop shipping, money laundering
SHOULDNT: photography, motorcycles, fishing, skateboarding

[Billy flowers]

Jogging on kratom

[Audrey II]

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what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

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SHOULD: Crypto and real estate investing, drop shipping, money laundering
SHOULDNT: photography, motorcycles, fishing, skateboarding

ive been seeing random reels of dudes sliding around on the ground in public with like spark plates on their hands... might have to look into that, can never have too many hobbies.

[alien porkchop]

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what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

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I think my girl and I are going to get into day hiking, maybe camping. We've already bought a nice backpack, some small, lightweight folding camp chairs that you can carry on a hike, a couple knives, a portable stove/grill, a fuckin' monocular dude it's so rad and now we can look at animals or whatever from really far away.
I think I like buying the gadgets and stuff more than actually hiking.

My main side hobby right now would be D&D I guess.

The main thing I won't do as an additional hobby is anything that puts me in danger of injury.
If I'm gonna get injured, it's gonna be from skating.

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I've seen some skaters camp, so that sounds like a pretty good hobby. Can't say the same for D&D tho, so I would cut that out.

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No, but funny thing is, in a roundabout way I have
@Candied cigarettes to thank for all this interest in outdoor shit and camping.
It was this comment in Things You Are Not Stoked On back in May...

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Outdoor boys YT channel is donezo. It doesn’t seem like that ben degros fakeout either. A tragic

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I'd never heard of it, so I put one of his videos on. It was pretty entertaining so I watched a few more, then outdoor shit started clogging up my YouTube rec feed, so my girl and I just rolled with it and started watching a shitload of outdoors and bushcraft videos.
Then we were like, fuck man we should go out in the woods or something and we went and hiked a trail.
Loved it, started buying gear, planning on hitting a new trail every weekend.

back country backpacking is the best. i got sort of obsessed with ultra light gear because i like to be able carry a good amount of water and not have a super heavy pack. i carry a little sawyer and a proper MSR pump filter, along with iodine and chlorine tablets. water is life.

[Billy Bitchcakes]

I enjoy golf slightly more since seeing this the other day

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1ludwwf/drunk_golfer_finds_a_water_hazard_and_gets_his

[lurkluke]

I enjoy golf slightly more since seeing this the other day

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1ludwwf/drunk_golfer_finds_a_water_hazard_and_gets_his

dudes will go out on a nice, sunny day, and get their ass whipped and thrown in a pond, instead of just going to therapy.

[Coffee]

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what other hobbies should/shouldn't skaters have?

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I think my girl and I are going to get into day hiking, maybe camping. We've already bought a nice backpack, some small, lightweight folding camp chairs that you can carry on a hike, a couple knives, a portable stove/grill, a fuckin' monocular dude it's so rad and now we can look at animals or whatever from really far away.
I think I like buying the gadgets and stuff more than actually hiking.

My main side hobby right now would be D&D I guess.

The main thing I won't do as an additional hobby is anything that puts me in danger of injury.
If I'm gonna get injured, it's gonna be from skating.

I actually enjoy hiking more than skating but I live in an area absolutely shit for it. But anytime I’m close to the mountains my pack is on and I’m having a beverage and enjoying a view. Hopefully I get at least one weekend off this fall where it doesn’t rain and I can get the camping gear out for the first time in a couple years.

[Jort250]

Flatspotted wheels add style points