Imagine feeling no shame in claiming you invented the shoelace belt?
Have you ever listened to Mark Appleyard talk for a sustained period of time?
Just to be very clear- I love his skating and have always enjoyed him in interviews and videos etc; he's great value.
But just listen to him, his brain is permanent coast mode. I don't even think he still smokes weed so I'm not gonna call him fried, but he fucking cracks me up with him being so surprised at some of his tricks and rewinding and it not coming across as self centred or just motivated by self props. Also "Fakie tre.....casual" said so casually. He seems so laid back and is fairly pleased with his accomplishments [RIGHTLY SO] and it's pretty entertaining watching him revisit them.
I guess my point is that he strikes me as exactly the type of person who has convinced himself that he did it first, the big loveable oaf.
Other highlights:
"That is a young man.... fucking doing it right there that is young man...getting some right there. I was good as fuck".
"Back three ahhhh! that is the cleanest one I'mm I mean I've done some clean ones but that shit was
clean mmI was prety hyped on that..I had a fucking funny ass hat on".