2025 unpopular opinion thread

[Allen.]

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Maybe not unpopular, but in the scenario of a quick up ollie followed by a trick, I don’t like when people set up their feet before they’ve landed the ollie. I just watched Aimu do this, and it’s Aimu - so it was as clean as possible, but it looks bad to me. Landing in varial heel position just makes the quick up ollie gross.

I saw one a few months ago where the guy did a switch quick up ollie into a fakie trick, so he lands his switch ollie right into fakie position. This was the worst example I can remember. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t have too many skating peeves but that one actually makes me cringe

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Damn that's a crazy one. That level of board control is unfathomable to me.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=3O8F1qgUxhw
24:42

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I didn’t hate that one. As good as I’ve ever seen that performed. I don’t think that clip makes the edit without the quick up to nollie position though

Oh yeah. Maybe not, but it’s all the little things like that that make clips like that so memorable

[Jort250]

I don’t think nollie front tails look that bad

[Southernmost]

Maybe not unpopular, but in the scenario of a quick up ollie followed by a trick, I don’t like when people set up their feet before they’ve landed the ollie. I just watched Aimu do this, and it’s Aimu - so it was as clean as possible, but it looks bad to me. Landing in varial heel position just makes the quick up ollie gross.

I saw one a few months ago where the guy did a switch quick up ollie into a fakie trick, so he lands his switch ollie right into fakie position. This was the worst example I can remember. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t have too many skating peeves but that one actually makes me cringe

I remember seeing that switch Ollie where they landed in Fakie position. I really disliked that. If I recall the other tricks had some fake steez added too. There’s definitely a fine line between over shuffling your feet, landing into a different stance or foot set up, and doing a little hop to set up. 

[Buttworm]

I don’t think nollie front tails look that bad

Out fakie is cool, to forward not so much

[whats upman]

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I don’t think nollie front tails look that bad

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Out fakie is cool, to forward not so much

Hello, unpopular opinion thread: when done at a high speed, nollie front tail to fakie is the best looking ledge trick

[Texas_Tone]

dudes spam posting himself wearing skinny jeans rolling away from curb tricks, with fake steez, I feel sorry for him mostly

[PalaceButtPlug]

Hello, unpopular opinion thread: when done at a high speed, nollie front tail to fakie is the best looking ledge trick

Be ready to throw hands if you ever say this out loud

[pop idiot]

Super unpopular opinion right now but I still love Lance. His beliefs and opinions are really sad and disappointing but I'm not going to disregard his influence on the way I see skateboarding because of his antiquated superstitions. Lucero and Grosso did not seem at all religious and Lance is their boy. I bet Lucero cringed super hard at Lance's charlie kkkirk simp post but still loves him like a brother. It's gonna take people like Lucero to reaffirm "this is not what Joe Strummer would do" and guide with love instead of hate in these gross times. Empathy is a good thing.

[SmashtheState]

Super unpopular opinion right now but I still love Lance. His beliefs and opinions are really sad and disappointing but I'm not going to disregard his influence on the way I see skateboarding because of his antiquated superstitions. Lucero and Grosso did not seem at all religious and Lance is their boy. I bet Lucero cringed super hard at Lance's charlie kkkirk simp post but still loves him like a brother. It's gonna take people like Lucero to reaffirm "this is not what Joe Strummer would do" and guide with love instead of hate in these gross times. Empathy is a good thing.

Yeesh, I'm a huge fan of Mountain too and  his influence is undeniably well appreciated. (Even his religious posts) I'd imagine Grosso rolling his eyes and Lucero shrugging it off.

[Jort250]

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I don’t think nollie front tails look that bad

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Out fakie is cool, to forward not so much

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Hello, unpopular opinion thread: when done at a high speed, nollie front tail to fakie is the best looking ledge trick

That over like nollie half cab (..I mean front 170-180) crook? Or nollie half cab (..front ~190-200) nosegrind? Or do you just like the simplicity

[Texas_Tone]

Unpopular opinion but I hate when people use the term nollie half cab to describe a nollie front 180

[Jort250]

Unpopular opinion but I hate when people use the term nollie half cab to describe a nollie front 180

Me too :^)

[alien porkchop]

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Unpopular opinion but I hate when people use the term nollie half cab to describe a nollie front 180

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Me too :^)

just another example of fakie overstepping boundaries. fakie can’t keep getting away with this.

[MMongrel]

dudes spam posting himself wearing skinny jeans rolling away from curb tricks, with fake steez, I feel sorry for him mostly

Thank you for your thoughts. I feel sorry for myself too.

[Yonnycage]

Unpopular opinion but I hate when people use the term nollie half cab to describe a nollie front 180

I'm with you. "Nollie full cab" makes my brain short-circuit.

[moonordie]

Nollie bs smiths are an underrated trick.

[Texas_Tone]

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dudes spam posting himself wearing skinny jeans rolling away from curb tricks, with fake steez, I feel sorry for him mostly

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Thank you for your thoughts. I feel sorry for myself too.

Wait wait wait, you created a second account so you post that BS? I thought it was someone who actually didn’t know any better, for shame

[conan777]

Unpopular opinion but I hate when people use the term nollie half cab to describe a nollie front 180

I just say frontside nollie or backside nollie. The 180 is implied

[Texas_Tone]

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Unpopular opinion but I hate when people use the term nollie half cab to describe a nollie front 180

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I just say frontside nollie or backside nollie. The 180 is implied

That one isn’t as bad, at least your letting someone know which way it’s turning, nollie half cab….cab can’t nollie, he’ll tip over

[pop idiot]

I just say nollie 180. Adding "frontside" sounds weird to me, while nollie back 180 doesn't.

[DeanMaple]

Nollie bs smiths are an underrated trick.

They must be really flowy and effortless done to look cool.
That way i agree w u

[Texas_Tone]

I just say nollie 180. Adding "frontside" sounds weird to me, while nollie back 180 doesn't.

I can agree with that, I usually never use the proper frontside for much, unless it’s a FSA

[Sk8 Prick]

I know its 'technically' incorrect, but I prefer 'nollie half cab' because the nomenclature is confusing in skateboarding. A half cab is a fakie backside 180, while a nollie half cab is a nollie frontside 180 - even though in my head its the same trick, spinning in the same direction, just that the stance is different. If I'm playing a game of skate and someone says nollie frontside 180 I'd have to think about what direction they're referring to, since it would be opposite to fakie. Also, some people don't know the correct nomenclature, so they may be getting the two directions mixed up. With 'nollie half cab' everyone immediately knows the direction of rotation.

I also don't understand why a half cab or cabellarial is considered backside? In theory your chest would be facing the coping before your back would. Even if you're approaching switch stance rather than fakie, you would still be rotating a switch frontside 360...

I also like the term 'nollie cab' to describe a nollie frontside 360. its short and sweet and sounds cool.

[alien porkchop]

I know its 'technically' incorrect, but I prefer 'nollie half cab' because the nomenclature is confusing in skateboarding. A half cab is a fakie backside 180, while a nollie half cab is a nollie frontside 180 - even though in my head its the same trick, spinning in the same direction, just that the stance is different. If I'm playing a game of skate and someone says nollie frontside 180 I'd have to think about what direction they're referring to, since it would be opposite to fakie. Also, some people don't know the correct nomenclature, so they may be getting the two directions mixed up. With 'nollie half cab' everyone immediately knows the direction of rotation.

I also don't understand why a half cab or cabellarial is considered backside? In theory your chest would be facing the coping before your back would. Even if you're approaching switch stance rather than fakie, you would still be rotating a switch frontside 360...

I also like the term 'nollie cab' to describe a nollie frontside 360. its short and sweet and sounds cool.

to your later point, is a half cab really backside though?

i encourage vitriol in your responses.

[devils acrobat]

I'll add: fakie always looks better than nollie unless your nollie looks fakie. Then both are the best.

[backside_frontside]

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I know its 'technically' incorrect, but I prefer 'nollie half cab' because the nomenclature is confusing in skateboarding. A half cab is a fakie backside 180, while a nollie half cab is a nollie frontside 180 - even though in my head its the same trick, spinning in the same direction, just that the stance is different. If I'm playing a game of skate and someone says nollie frontside 180 I'd have to think about what direction they're referring to, since it would be opposite to fakie. Also, some people don't know the correct nomenclature, so they may be getting the two directions mixed up. With 'nollie half cab' everyone immediately knows the direction of rotation.

I also don't understand why a half cab or cabellarial is considered backside? In theory your chest would be facing the coping before your back would. Even if you're approaching switch stance rather than fakie, you would still be rotating a switch frontside 360...

I also like the term 'nollie cab' to describe a nollie frontside 360. its short and sweet and sounds cool.

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to your later point, is a half cab really backside though?

i encourage vitriol in your responses.

Yes it is. It makes sense if you think about fakie as riding backwards in your normal stance. Try it for yourself with your fingers or a tech deck and you can see that a half cab is just a backside 180 while riding backwards.

It's always nollie frontside 180, because you're turning frontside and popping nollie. Do the same exercise explained above and you'll see that it's the same motion, but you're turning around a different pivot point.

[Sk8 Prick]

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I know its 'technically' incorrect, but I prefer 'nollie half cab' because the nomenclature is confusing in skateboarding. A half cab is a fakie backside 180, while a nollie half cab is a nollie frontside 180 - even though in my head its the same trick, spinning in the same direction, just that the stance is different. If I'm playing a game of skate and someone says nollie frontside 180 I'd have to think about what direction they're referring to, since it would be opposite to fakie. Also, some people don't know the correct nomenclature, so they may be getting the two directions mixed up. With 'nollie half cab' everyone immediately knows the direction of rotation.

I also don't understand why a half cab or cabellarial is considered backside? In theory your chest would be facing the coping before your back would. Even if you're approaching switch stance rather than fakie, you would still be rotating a switch frontside 360...

I also like the term 'nollie cab' to describe a nollie frontside 360. its short and sweet and sounds cool.

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to your later point, is a half cab really backside though?

i encourage vitriol in your responses.

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Yes it is. It makes sense if you think about fakie as riding backwards in your normal stance. Try it for yourself with your fingers or a tech deck and you can see that a half cab is just a backside 180 while riding backwards.

It's always nollie frontside 180, because you're turning frontside and popping nollie. Do the same exercise explained above and you'll see that it's the same motion, but you're turning around a different pivot point.

While the logic makes sense, I still don't like it. If the nomenclature comes from your orientation in regards to the lip of the ramp, it should still be frontside. Can we join is solace against scab and redefine the nomenclature in protest?

On a side note, there is further inconvenience in regards to frontside flip/fakie frontside flip and switch frontside flip/nollie backside flip. All 4 tricks register in my brain as a frontside flip based on the mechanics, but if you're going down an obstacle, you'd be flying down it blind (backside) for both fakie and nollie. Should they both be considered backside or both frontside?

Same thing with grinds and slides, when we were kids we had the nomenclature all f*cked up for boardslides because of the orientation of our body related to the direction of the slide. For backside boardslide, the obstacle is behind you but your sliding with your chest facing forward (frontside) while rotating in the direction of a frontside 180, while a frontside boardslide the obstacle is in front of you but your sliding blind (backside) while turning in the rotation of a backside 180.

Is this the reason the skate industry is dying? Are new balance shoes actually cool? Is this part of the freestyle conspiracy? I need answers!

[Texas_Tone]

I know its 'technically' incorrect, but I prefer 'nollie half cab' because the nomenclature is confusing in skateboarding. A half cab is a fakie backside 180, while a nollie half cab is a nollie frontside 180 - even though in my head its the same trick, spinning in the same direction, just that the stance is different. If I'm playing a game of skate and someone says nollie frontside 180 I'd have to think about what direction they're referring to, since it would be opposite to fakie. Also, some people don't know the correct nomenclature, so they may be getting the two directions mixed up. With 'nollie half cab' everyone immediately knows the direction of rotation.

I also don't understand why a half cab or cabellarial is considered backside? In theory your chest would be facing the coping before your back would. Even if you're approaching switch stance rather than fakie, you would still be rotating a switch frontside 360...

I also like the term 'nollie cab' to describe a nollie frontside 360. its short and sweet and sounds cool.

So what about a nollie frontside shuv?? Or nollie backside shuv?? For example
Not that I do either or consider either of them a trick, well unless your antwuan or wade

I think when these tricks were getting named they based them off fakie because nose stuff wasn’t everywhere yet, so a switch frontside 180 which has the same kinda body movement as a nollie frontside 180 hence why it’s frontside, and when they were naming the cab stuff they were going off the spin I.E  cab=backside because your body is spinning the same direction as a backside ollie, or at least that’s how I explain them to myself, skateboarding jargon am I right? Also a frontside halfcab is a thing as well so when playing skate you’d still have to differentiate frontside and backside, and screw it, may be another unpopular opinion but if you do frontside fullcabs….stop

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I know its 'technically' incorrect, but I prefer 'nollie half cab' because the nomenclature is confusing in skateboarding. A half cab is a fakie backside 180, while a nollie half cab is a nollie frontside 180 - even though in my head its the same trick, spinning in the same direction, just that the stance is different. If I'm playing a game of skate and someone says nollie frontside 180 I'd have to think about what direction they're referring to, since it would be opposite to fakie. Also, some people don't know the correct nomenclature, so they may be getting the two directions mixed up. With 'nollie half cab' everyone immediately knows the direction of rotation.

I also don't understand why a half cab or cabellarial is considered backside? In theory your chest would be facing the coping before your back would. Even if you're approaching switch stance rather than fakie, you would still be rotating a switch frontside 360...

I also like the term 'nollie cab' to describe a nollie frontside 360. its short and sweet and sounds cool.

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to your later point, is a half cab really backside though?

i encourage vitriol in your responses.

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Yes it is. It makes sense if you think about fakie as riding backwards in your normal stance. Try it for yourself with your fingers or a tech deck and you can see that a half cab is just a backside 180 while riding backwards.

It's always nollie frontside 180, because you're turning frontside and popping nollie. Do the same exercise explained above and you'll see that it's the same motion, but you're turning around a different pivot point.

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While the logic makes sense, I still don't like it. If the nomenclature comes from your orientation in regards to the lip of the ramp, it should still be frontside. Can we join is solace against scab and redefine the nomenclature in protest?

On a side note, there is further inconvenience in regards to frontside flip/fakie frontside flip and switch frontside flip/nollie backside flip. All 4 tricks register in my brain as a frontside flip based on the mechanics, but if you're going down an obstacle, you'd be flying down it blind (backside) for both fakie and nollie. Should they both be considered backside or both frontside?

Same thing with grinds and slides, when we were kids we had the nomenclature all f*cked up for boardslides because of the orientation of our body related to the direction of the slide. For backside boardslide, the obstacle is behind you but your sliding with your chest facing forward (frontside) while rotating in the direction of a frontside 180, while a frontside boardslide the obstacle is in front of you but your sliding blind (backside) while turning in the rotation of a backside 180.

Is this the reason the skate industry is dying? Are new balance shoes actually cool? Is this part of the freestyle conspiracy? I need answers!

I think about it more in terms of which direction I’m turning, not whether the front or back of my body is facing the obstacle. This works for the normal 180s like half cab (fakie backside 180) versus nollie frontside 180.

I get that doesn’t hold up in some cases like grinds and slides, but in those scenarios you think about it in the way your body is oriented in relation to the obstacle.

I guess that’s a long way of saying you have to use both ways of thinking because you can’t really apply one or the other in all scenarios.

But a half cab is backside and there is no such thing as a nollie half cab 

[MMongrel]

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dudes spam posting himself wearing skinny jeans rolling away from curb tricks, with fake steez, I feel sorry for him mostly

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Thank you for your thoughts. I feel sorry for myself too.

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Wait wait wait, you created a second account so you post that BS? I thought it was someone who actually didn’t know any better, for shame

Hahaha, don't know what you are talking about. Just felt seen.