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[GnarAlarm]

I surprised there are so many Ginwoo fans on slap

I've witnessed a few people who initially started singing his praises ironically, then slowly lost the plot.
A lot of folks still defend him because "he's just a kid". Yeah he looks 11 but he's actually like 16 or 17. Definitely old enough to have better style and trick selection for sure, and his skate dad should know better too.

I respect the kid's talent for sure, it's undeniable, just wish he'd put on some goddamn pants and clean up his trick selection a little bit. Might be too late to change his style on the board, those front foot pointed straight forward, crab squat kickfliips might be permanent at his age.
Also stop Nyjah-ing after landing tricks. You can be stoked, but the chest pounding and screaming "LET'S GO" ain't it.

[roba]

i grew up on dylan rieder ass mfs (no disrespect to dylan himself but you know what i mean) and videos like emerica stay gold and i truly, unironically fuck with ginwoo. he's like pine if pine could ollie up a 3 stair. the mf flipped out of a front blunt on a 16 stair handrail, that was like the only progressive trick i saw last year, uncharted territory, and as always in skateboarding it's a 15 year old pushing the limits. go ginwoo!

my favorite skate video is eastern exposure 3 and i'm wearing ipath shoes with baggy jeans as i'm typing this

[Love Parked]

I really dislike Ginwoo's style and his dress sense, he looked out of place in his short shorts and a visor hat. His trick selection is bad, but kinda what you want to win a game of skate on some stairs though.

I liked how Yuto won the olympics then right away went to film a full street part, I hope Ginwoo will do the same at some point. He still has plenty of time to grow.

[non]

ginwoo atp is bastien salabanzi 2.0 and he's not going to change or develop because he has no incentive to. he might even lose his backside kickflippy if he corrects his posture to be able to do anything switch, nollie, or frontside. i'd like to see him mix it up but i'm not holding my breath

[backside_frontside]

I really dislike Ginwoo's style and his dress sense, he looked out of place in his short shorts and a visor hat. His trick selection is bad, but kinda what you want to win a game of skate on some stairs though.

I liked how Yuto won the olympics then right away went to film a full street part, I hope Ginwoo will do the same at some point. He still has plenty of time to grow.

He did.

[GnarAlarm]

ginwoo atp is bastien salabanzi 2.0 and he's not going to change or develop because he has no incentive to. he might even lose his backside kickflippy if he corrects his posture to be able to do anything switch, nollie, or frontside. i'd like to see him mix it up but i'm not holding my breath

Damn, good take, I didn't think of that.
Of course I noticed he virtually never spins frontside, but hadn't noticed the total lack of nollie, switch, and fakie too.

[WavyDavy]

Haven't watched it, but the discussion of Girl Talk in the Ghater thread, made me think this skateboarding contest would be sick if it was soundtracked to peak Girl Talk tracks. And they had the blow up boat in the crowd. Beer cup snakes. Beach balls. Vuvuzelas.

This girl talk talk made me remember johnrobs mag minute.
https://youtu.be/oWr9DgQ7hpI?si=q1J20lJaf2Xu1Nwy

[TwisT]

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I really dislike Ginwoo's style and his dress sense, he looked out of place in his short shorts and a visor hat. His trick selection is bad, but kinda what you want to win a game of skate on some stairs though.

I liked how Yuto won the olympics then right away went to film a full street part, I hope Ginwoo will do the same at some point. He still has plenty of time to grow.

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He did.

Everything about Jinwoo's style that works agianst him reg makes this SW back heel look excellent
@4:20 .

https://youtu.be/ZCsNROxJxcQ?t=261

Jinwoo, tricks are all the same variation, kind of like Felipe Gustavo, and Giovani. Nyjah, Jagger, and Yuto, do the best at mixing the bag so it feels more spontaneous.

[Love Parked]

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I really dislike Ginwoo's style and his dress sense, he looked out of place in his short shorts and a visor hat. His trick selection is bad, but kinda what you want to win a game of skate on some stairs though.

I liked how Yuto won the olympics then right away went to film a full street part, I hope Ginwoo will do the same at some point. He still has plenty of time to grow.

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He did.

Yeah sorry I just meant a part when he's not dressed in tennis clothes and has a better trick selection. Not hating on the kid, just something I'd like to see.

I also wonder how is he going to progress in the next 10 years, I hope he doesn't go the tripple and quadripple flips route.

[blindfoldedhillbomb]

Took me several days to make it through this slog of a competition. Highlight: Tim calling Micky Papa ‘an athletic Danny Devito’. Met with a stunned silence from the other announcer.

[Abyss1]

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I really dislike Ginwoo's style and his dress sense, he looked out of place in his short shorts and a visor hat. His trick selection is bad, but kinda what you want to win a game of skate on some stairs though.

I liked how Yuto won the olympics then right away went to film a full street part, I hope Ginwoo will do the same at some point. He still has plenty of time to grow.

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He did.

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Everything about Jinwoo's style that works agianst him reg makes this SW back heel look excellent
@4:20 .

https://youtu.be/ZCsNROxJxcQ?t=261

Jinwoo, tricks are all the same variation, kind of like Felipe Gustavo, and Giovani. Nyjah, Jagger, and Yuto, do the best at mixing the bag so it feels more spontaneous.

I am not feeling the style jinwoo has…hopefully when he gets bigger/older and changes up the clothing options.  Also still haven’t seen that part he dropped last year

[GnarAlarm]

Probably ironically, as a "well, you made him a person of the year, didn't you" move.

That's a long walk to give a total stranger the benefit of the doubt.
I'm a bigger fan of "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time"

[Mallie]

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Probably ironically, as a "well, you made him a person of the year, didn't you" move.

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That's a long walk to give a total stranger the benefit of the doubt.
I'm a bigger fan of "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time"

I mean, that's true.

I always go for "they can't be THAT thick, right?" but I get proven otherwise on a daily basis for the last couple of years. Maybe I'm just misjudging how bad the climate really is from over the pond. Similar shit is on the rise here, too, but obviously not nearly as drastic.

[rikki]

Let's be honest, Ginwoo looks like total ass style-wise. There's no way around it. He's like a chicken that is about to go in the oven. There are 9-year olds at my local with better style even though they have like 0.01% of the tricks Ginwoo has. He's an anomaly that was brought to existence by the cosmic giggle of the rage-farting jester energy of the universe.

[Im-BLuE]

They shud put out a duo part with Ginwoo and Emile laruant. Style gods
Edit* made byAtlantic drift guy like that Mike Arnold n daewon part from year so ago

[gringo_viejo]

Let's be honest, Ginwoo looks like total ass style-wise. There's no way around it. He's like a chicken that is about to go in the oven. There are 9-year olds at my local with better style even though they have like 0.01% of the tricks Ginwoo has. He's an anomaly that was brought to existence by the cosmic giggle of the rage-farting jester energy of the universe.

I mean…yeah. I see what you see.

But are we talking about trick selection? Trick execution? Clothes???

Or at a certain point are we just body shaming?

I did not dig the rail trick he did that was barely popped and the last 90 degrees scooted on the floor. I deduct style points for that, even though the difficulty level was high. We admire giving the difficult thing a savage grace, not bouncing the difficult thing off the ground like a ripped sack of groceries.

But the man can’t help his legs. And he willed himself into existence through endless hours of practice, and by doing things no one else can do. I have to give that a measure of respect.

Dude needs a pants sponsor though, immediately.

[skateboarder4life]

If Ginwoo dressed like Aimu the only comments about his style would be complimenting it

[propaganda]

gins fits are optimized for maximum performance

[gringo_viejo]

gins fits are optimized for maximum performance

Just that his knees are always out and I’ve never seen so much as a scab or scratch is scarcely believable.

[Abyss1]

gins fits are optimized for 80s marathons

[propaganda]

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gins fits are optimized for maximum performance

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Just that his knees are always out and I’ve never seen so much as a scab or scratch is scarcely believable.

that’s when he bring the leggings out

[spooky electric]

Time "Person of the Year".
What a fucking clown.

Not pictured - The tribal sleeve on the fucking clown's left arm

i believe that is julian agliadi's dad

[Love Parked]

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Time "Person of the Year".
What a fucking clown.

Not pictured - The tribal sleeve on the fucking clown's left arm

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i believe that is julian agliadi's dad

Oh shit, I think it is https://backsideskatemag.com/julian-agliardi/

[gringo_viejo]

Who the fuck even MADE a pootin POTY T? It’s not like I see those every year when the award selection is given.

[MichaelJacksonsGhost]

Haven't watched it, but the discussion of Girl Talk in the Ghater thread, made me think this skateboarding contest would be sick if it was soundtracked to peak Girl Talk tracks. And they had the blow up boat in the crowd. Beer cup snakes. Beach balls. Vuvuzelas.

We need PSL hooligan groups asap. Lithium fans burning cars in the streets etc etc.

[spooky electric]

Yeah, I would've thought more of a BASEketball, Happy Gilmore, rock concert vibe would be more fitting than people sitting in chairs with no music playing for a few hours.

[rikki]

Crob probably blissfully unaware of why Pootin's face on a homie's t-shirt could be problematic.

"Oh, gotcha..."

[roba]

a lot of yall have never seen



and it shows

i think he could do anything if he wanted, he just chooses to do triple bigflips

all he needs is to learn how to do grinds and manuals, the rest is already there

[Love Parked]

Yeah, I would've thought more of a BASEketball, Happy Gilmore, rock concert vibe would be more fitting than people sitting in chairs with no music playing for a few hours.

I was definitely getting BASEketball vibes, in a good way. Homies can't be fucked to do the whole skatepark runs, so they just picked a set of stairs and added some baseball rules for switching sides. Plus the weird team names and outfits.

[rikki]

The team names and logos give some cringey AI vibes. There's like zero identification potential for the fans/viewers. Why not just name them after the team captains?