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i don't think there's really any comparison...no one cared about skateboarding let alone danny way when he was that age....
I don't know if there's an apt comparison because i wasn't around when DW was coming up so i wont try to say anything about it, but i do remember reading something in SLAP 4-5 years ago, maybe longer, that was talking about how D Way was the little grom that everyone hated because he was better than them bombing the ramps at the YMCA park.
yeah but that was on such a small level.....i guess it's easy to say now in hindsight but I think a huge point is that guys like Danny, Colin, Tony Hawk....they all got respect when people saw how they were pushing skateboarding....what has sheckler brought? flawless contest runs and heelflip body varials? I'm not trying to slight the dude either....I just think when you are more famous than you are good....people hate on you.....
no doubt about it. I just brought up the Dway thing due to the young skater/fucktard comparison being thrown around. In no way was i trying to defend anything regarding sheckler. wipe my face on a splintered flat bottom first, please.
Danny Way and Ryan sheclker are the same dude just different generations, Sheckler has just let his kookdom be documented for the world.
The differance now is that skateboarding has become a business
much like any other sport, so unlike back in the day even if a dude was amazing but a douchebag he would be kicked out of skateboarding. Now that theres millions of dollars in corporate money going around skateboarders have lost control of skating.
so we don't make those decisions anymore.
Ryan Sheckler prolly makes more off of RedBull than most pros do with board and shoe sponsors combined.
He doesn't even need a board sponsor he can stay rich off of Red Bull. x games and the Dew Tour.
beleive me Danny Way is probably just as much of a Frat boy jock as Sheckler, there was just no internet back then and Mike ternasky was smart enough not put that shit in videos.
Both of these dudes are talented individuals but they are the type of people i don't like and most people that love skateboarding don't like.