2025 unpopular opinion thread

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About Antonio Durao. Imagine this dude skating for Cariuma and being from California. All dudes here where saying he is cringe with that ollie north or one foot bullshit. Dude has pop, but his trick sellection is weird.

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it's easy to hate what you don't understand, but try to appreciate that he has so much board control that he can do a variety of flip tricks with so much control even after the catch that he can squeeze in another trick (sometimes even opposite stance like the sw fs flip on wallenberg) on the way down if he feels so inclined because, well, he is him

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I’m a big Antonio fan. But even I’ll acknowledge it’s a bit much sometimes. Salt can season a steak and make it taste better. But too much salt makes the steak gross.

This response made me picture tony as salt bae, i fuckin love rock salt on a steak

[skatebruh]

Also, if you're hating on cab you must call them fakie 180s/360s, not half cab/cab.

We do that, but we also make it an illegal trick. It's the benihana of 180s.

[ferguu]

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Slaughterhouse remains, to this day, one of the single best and most enjoyable skateboard videos of all time.

I thought it was a classic back then when I first got and rewatched and rewatched the DVD and I still think so.

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Do you like the 88 Footwear video Destroy Everything Now? I think of it as the best "rocker" video of the era, with the coolest team and soundtrack. Slaughterhouse, Baker 3, & Cataclysmic Abyss have some gems but it seemed like the emphasis was more about playing dress up.

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See this is exactly what I was referring to when bringing up the video in this specific thread.
The shit said about people's outfits even when it was released was silly imo.

I enjoyed the fuck out of the 88 footwear video too, and it's similarly great. But Slaughterhouse, warts and all, is a well put together fucking classic. Charlie Castelluzo aside, everyone in the video went on to bigger things. It gave a load of the Baker crew their start. Except Ragdoll. That two song part was basically his magnum opus anyway.

And Slash kickflip fs 5050d the grass-side rail of Beverly Hills High (I think) but didn't get the recognition it deserved because of some tight jeans.

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I loved the video at the time...and encapsulates 3 months of my life perfectly...but watching it now i wouldnt even have this in my top 50 videos of all time...the video works better as a independent video. Pig wood is such a nasty brand lmfao

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slaughterhouse fucking sucks and anyone claiming otherwise is deluding themselves. everyone on the team* definitely dressed like shit but that's besides the point, all of those guys were operating on such a low level of skating compared to their peers. slash kickflip 50-50ing rails that bastien kickflip backside tailslid three full years prior (in a line!) and boardsliding hubbas that had already been front blunted, lizard king's ugly "creative" skating that was sometimes literally nothing (kickflip up a curb, nose bash fakie, switch heel off? come on), adrian mallory just skating like a watered down TNT, ragdoll's ass out and dragging on the ground every other shitty firecracker or grab or scraped manual because he can't keep up with people doing real tricks on those spots. and i don't love such direct trick-to-trick comparisons but its not like this video offers anything else, it's not edited well either and they're just skating a bunch of blown-out southern california spots, just worse! it was a laughing stock when it dropped, no one took it seriously, it hasn't aged well, so over of people calling it a classic. just because something came out when you were a teenager doesn't mean it's good.

*not counting shuriken but his part isn't enough to save this piece of shit

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Nah, bcuz a video is so much more than the tricks written down.

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Agreed. It's not just about the tricks, because if we just do 1 to 1 comparisons of tricks in any video part we would be here all day and get fucking nowhere. Like, Anotnio Durao "just" doing a half flip over a picnic table isn't nothing just because Bryan Herman had an unbelievable picnic table part in Stay Gold.

I'm mostly replying to  carlwinslow here with all this but I thought your comment was worth highlighting.

The comment about about how everyone "dressed like shit" just, again, sums up my point about how stupid that sort of comment is in relation to the video. At the time of release and, seemingly, now as well.

I stand by what I said and all that bluster about "operating on such a low level of skating" is just inane nonsense.

"Real" tricks. lol.

+ it's the only vid im aware of with Viktor Vaughn. Fkn dope. Everyone has swag in that vid and I love that they have interesting boards, especially Lizard king with the coloured grip matching the deck. People ask for variety in skate vids then be hatin. wth is a blown out spot anyway??? talkin bout editing might be thinkin too hard. And I was born the year it came out. compromise - when it's at it's lowest it does get fried af, but there's definitely undeniable hammers.

Durao's weird bcuz if I could I'd probably skate just like him, like my dream style. But then I watch the footage and I just feel this very primal disgust like euuuuurrrghhh. I guess I like him but can't really stand him if that makes sense.

If he doesnt get that foot back on the board before the board touches the ground the trick shouldn't count.

y not? landing one foot would be kinda sick, so why not for a second?

[Dj Paul]

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About Antonio Durao. Imagine this dude skating for Cariuma and being from California. All dudes here where saying he is cringe with that ollie north or one foot bullshit. Dude has pop, but his trick sellection is weird.

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this makes no sense - you're saying if durao was a totally different person, people might not like him? like sure but you could say this about anyone

what if antwuan dixon wore skinny jeans his entire career? what if tj rogers had t-funks personality? what if t-funk was a quiet polite kid from connecticut?

 
im go further with this....My favorite band launches an album but half of this album has awkward music, but side B has good music. The album cant be considered a classic or  a good album....dude is good, but not on Ishod, Foy and Tiago level. Every part from him has a lot of something weird.

[Southernmost]

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About Antonio Durao. Imagine this dude skating for Cariuma and being from California. All dudes here where saying he is cringe with that ollie north or one foot bullshit. Dude has pop, but his trick sellection is weird.

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this makes no sense - you're saying if durao was a totally different person, people might not like him? like sure but you could say this about anyone

what if antwuan dixon wore skinny jeans his entire career? what if tj rogers had t-funks personality? what if t-funk was a quiet polite kid from connecticut?

I don’t think Antonio needs to double down on the illegal tricks. Here and there is tolerable but doing them every part is excessive. The guy can probably switch Tre or Nollie Tre Wallenberg which would’ve been way cooler imo. The one foot is impressive but looks gross. He’s a very good skater with a unique ability he doesn’t need to rely on circus tricks.

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who started the one foot revolution?

[Willie]

who started the one foot revolution?

[spooky electric]

who started the one foot revolution?

what is the one foot revolution?

[BartHarleyJarvis]

who started the one foot revolution?

[sk8n hugon]

One of my favorite skate photos!

[Hqjdncm]

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What's the nicest place in California? Idc about skating wise, Is it orange county? I used to jerk to real housewives of Orange county. I've never been but I'ma go this year.

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Orange County sucks shit (this belongs in the popular opinion thread)

Oh god….they’re onto me
Don’t check the set up thread

[Plan9Customs]

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who started the one foot revolution?

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Well played.

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who started the one foot revolution?

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what is the one foot revolution?

Durao a lot of one foots, Greyson part 50% one foots, think I seen some t funk clips with some? I have even seen it trickle down into my own economy

Is this something ppl have been doing for a while and filming or a new trend. I’m real aware of how much I don’t know im really asking. I know about some of the history I mean like post idk let’s say 2005. Did somebody bring it back.

Who is this trendsetter? I’m not really into it but I been chalking it up to not knowing what it’s like to be that good. Been thinking the same about ledge,curb, and rail dancing.

It’s funny you google ollie north and the dude comes up and not the trick.

[Southernmost]

who started the one foot revolution?

Billy Teska

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOPOLjMjZMJ/?igsh=YW50MDFrNGl3YzR5

[Rick Trapasso]

One foots are sick.

Please keep them off of flip tricks though.

I'm good on that silly stuff.

[rikki]

Once a novelty trick turns into a shtick it becomes annoying.

I guess this is not an unpopular opinion, though.

[GnarAlarm]

I'm glad Girl/Crail are still doing goofy, dad joke skits in their videos. It's a tradition at this point.

[jorge]

I love SOTY season.  Seeing all the parts drop everyone putting out their best shit wondering what's coming next everyday at the office....kinda don't get why anyone would complain about it.

[Southernmost]

I'm glad Girl/Crail are still doing goofy, dad joke skits in their videos. It's a tradition at this point.

I agree. Lots were complaining about it but I didn’t think it was that bad. Plus Lil Dre’s skating definitely made up for it if you didn’t enjoy the skit.

[Chonk_Fondress]

It's not polite to ask if something was switch.

[Buttworm]

What's the nicest place in California? Idc about skating wise, Is it orange county? I used to jerk to real housewives of Orange county. I've never been but I'ma go this year.

Now it’s just jerkin it for Steve

[Sandwich Marty]

It's not polite to ask if something was switch.

The “how far along are you” of skateboarding

[lurkluke]

It's not polite to ask if something was switch.

but also video parts first trick should always be regular.

Fuck this first trick switch shit.

[Mallie]

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It's not polite to ask if something was switch.

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but also video parts first trick should always be regular.

Fuck this first trick switch shit.

We have to establish a baseline!

[Jort250]

I don’t like twin tails. Snapping off the nose and tail has strengths and weaknesses and I like the option of having both choices

[Chonk_Fondress]

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It's not polite to ask if something was switch.

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but also video parts first trick should always be regular.

Fuck this first trick switch shit.

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We have to establish a baseline!

Given that Jerry went out of his way to skate his natural stance for the first trick in Bag of Suck, I think honoring that is the least we can do.

[let’s go home]

It's not polite to ask if something was switch.

”Have you been skating much lately?”
”Have you been hurt?”
”How’s your injury? Oh it was friend x who messed up his ankle my bad.”

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

it's best to just leave those airbuds in......

[captaindoody]

It’s ok to take a dump in the middle of a skatepark

[TwisT]

It’s ok to take a dump in the middle of a skatepark

Very punk rock and non conformist