Unpopular Gear Opinion Thread 2025

[skateboarder4life]

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the antihero greasy pigeon is way better than the classic eagle logo

https://www.companybe.com/cowtown/product_photos/rd_images/rd_antihero-skateboards-pigeon-team-deck-8.32.jpg

even something like this would be better

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I'd back this here, simpler and c'mon the pigeon is the official bird all over the SF area.

Yeah for sure also feel like a dirty street pigeon fits their ethos better

[back smith]

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the antihero greasy pigeon is way better than the classic eagle logo

https://www.companybe.com/cowtown/product_photos/rd_images/rd_antihero-skateboards-pigeon-team-deck-8.32.jpg

even something like this would be better

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I'd back this here, simpler and c'mon the pigeon is the official bird all over the SF area.

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Yeah for sure also feel like a dirty street pigeon fits their ethos better

The Grimple pigeon is pretty thugged out

[Unkle Fleak]

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Anyone who rides an egg shaped board, must buy and skate a Rick and Morty Primitive shaped board as their next setup.

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Why? Please elaborate this corny take.... I have a ccs 90s egg shape and it's my replacement for a deck that was stolen years ago in the early 90s and haven't had the chance to buy one till recently.

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Lol, it is a corny take, but I see that shape as useless as the primitive board. If it makes you feel better, the SLAP gods did -1 rep for it.

Guess it was truly an unpopular opinion.

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You’re in the right thread.

He’s an uncomfortable truth that’s probably even more unpopular.

Ipath has the ugliest shoe logo, and no one who wears them has any right to complain about Cariuma’s logo

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Too make matters worse:

"The IPATH logo always kinda looked like a bull to me. You say it’s an “I” though, is there something subliminal going on there?
So Matt [Field] had this dream where there was a bull in a field charging at him and he wasn’t wearing shoes so he had to run into the forest and he came to a tree where he fell asleep and he woke up and looked at his footprints and they had the bull horns.

No, I’m kidding, there isn’t any bull connection. It’s an I. The I in IPATH stands for the creator of all things in this world, who guides our lives in the right direction. In our daily lives, we are always at the crossroads of good and evil. Everyone has a creator inside them who guides their path."

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I always thought it was Bigfoot’s nose and eyebrow

I see it!

[steve]

Ace is the lamest brand. The corny slogans, the fact that people sweep the QC issues under the rug, and honestly never seen a single person that really needed the extra turn. They get a pass cuz of the owners, but IMO Slappy and Royal even are better brands.

under whose rug?

[JM]

If you motherfuckers touch the AH logo with some shitty AI generator again I’m sending pre sobriety Andy Roy to your  house with a roll of mob griptape and a copy of “it’s dark and hell is hot”

AHHAHAHAHAHA

I’ll send you some stickers. What’s your address?

[Plan9Customs]

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Truck size doesn't really matter that much. The difference between an 8.5 truck and a 9 is uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a half an inch. Go look at it on a ruler and then imagine half that. Thats how much your wheel moved dude.

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That depends on how wide the board is, doesn't it?

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Nobody wants a flying carpet setup.... Or even a hotrod.

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Rails look stupid.

Clips with rails on the board look worse.

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That's a hot take especially with older dudes and some dipshits who skate with 1 rail?! Wtf was up with that corny trend?

You can blame the 1 rail on Gonz. He got a cover(iirc) shot where a rail fell off and so it began. Tried that and saw no benefit to no rails(didn’t/don’t do curb dance combos) though.

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

Re AH, I’ve mentioned it before but I think on a podcast I heard Todd Francis say the eagle came about one long weekend when Julien was camping, Jeff Klindt demanded he come up with a new graphic that was American and tough.  There was a book of biker tats in the room and the logo was born…..

Graphics, less important than wood shop, more important than wheelbase…

[Steely Daniel]

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If you motherfuckers touch the AH logo with some shitty AI generator again I’m sending pre sobriety Andy Roy to your  house with a roll of mob griptape and a copy of “it’s dark and hell is hot”

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AHHAHAHAHAHA

I’ll send you some stickers. What’s your address?

I'll take 50.

I need a friendly eagle in these trying times.

[Too Frank To Fred]

Skateboards and skateboarding look sexier with small wheels.

[back smith]

Skateboards and skateboarding look sexier with small wheels.

Small wheels only look sexy if they are worn old wheels and the small size has been "earned".

[JM]

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If you motherfuckers touch the AH logo with some shitty AI generator again I’m sending pre sobriety Andy Roy to your  house with a roll of mob griptape and a copy of “it’s dark and hell is hot”

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AHHAHAHAHAHA

I’ll send you some stickers. What’s your address?

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I'll take 50.

I need a friendly eagle in these trying times.

let’s gooooooooooo

https://www.moo.com/us/stickers/round

[Rick Trapasso]

Re AH, I’ve mentioned it before but I think on a podcast I heard Todd Francis say the eagle came about one long weekend when Julien was camping, Jeff Klindt demanded he come up with a new graphic that was American and tough.  There was a book of biker tats in the room and the logo was born…..

Graphics, less important than wood shop, more important than wheelbase…

.....nah

You can't change a bad wheelbase by doing nose/tail/board slides.

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

I'm capable of convincing myself that it's just an 1/8th of an inch.....a good graphic can do wonders....

[Too Frank To Fred]

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Skateboards and skateboarding look sexier with small wheels.

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Small wheels only look sexy if they are worn old wheels and the small size has been "earned".

VA.

[Xen]

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Ace is the lamest brand. The corny slogans, the fact that people sweep the QC issues under the rug, and honestly never seen a single person that really needed the extra turn. They get a pass cuz of the owners, but IMO Slappy and Royal even are better brands.

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under whose rug?

*SNAP*

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

Mob won.....

[Rick Trapasso]

Mob won.....

These last two takes are against my very being lol.

[JakeBeskatin]

Pig wheels are actually really good.
I was of the sense growing up that spitfire was number one and then Bones, everything else was garbaggio.
Picked up a set of Pro-Line pig wheels on the discount rack and they are lasting longer than my last spit classics. And they dont chip or get nasty gouging like others do.

[BeachChicken]

Other than the Pig post above me very few of these takes are actually unpopular. Most are just one side of a pretty standard argument. I wanna hear some true weirdo shit.

[BeachChicken]

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Ace is the lamest brand. The corny slogans, the fact that people sweep the QC issues under the rug, and honestly never seen a single person that really needed the extra turn. They get a pass cuz of the owners, but IMO Slappy and Royal even are better brands.

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under whose rug?

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lol who gives a fuck that I had a user name, got bored of Slap, focused it, then decided hey I'll make another. Do you think I give a shit if people know? Absolutely not. It's a skateboard message board not some ultra secret shit I'm worried about people knowing about.

[JM]

Other than the Pig post above me very few of these takes are actually unpopular. Most are just one side of a pretty standard argument. I wanna hear some true weirdo shit.

Bolts flush is just asking for your trucks to fall off.

[BeachChicken]

Thunders are for YouTubers.


Lots of companies have better wood than BBS but their shapes just suck. I really liked the DSM wood that I skated recently but for 8.38 with a 14.25 wheelbase a 32.2 deck with tons of flat after the bolts felt like an absolute pig. One of the most hefty feeling decks I have skated. Crail What is great too, but they have too many shapes that have either a 14 wheelbase or also feel really long for the size nothing in between.

[Rick Trapasso]

Thunders are for YouTubers.

Lol

[Made In China]

Mob is the best grip by far and the only kind I'll skate

[Pbn_jake]

Mob is the best grip by far and the only kind I'll skate

I’ve had too many sheets not actually fucking stick so I said fuck em

[roba]

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Mob is the best grip by far and the only kind I'll skate

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I’ve had too many sheets not actually fucking stick so I said fuck em

same, plus it's way too rough for my taste

jessup don't mess up

[Made In China]

Interesting to hear some more experiences with Mob. I stick with it because it's always stayed grippy for me, even when I used to skate boards for a year at a time. I've also been doing more elaborate grip jobs for years now and that's a big reason why I like Mob. I never get air bubbles or have issues with the grip sticking, even when I cut it up into tiny pieces.

[back smith]

Mob's less sticky adhesive makes it easier to put on because you get multiple attempts. Then you gotta sand down the edges well so that it creates a chemical bond to lock it in, using a file is good. Fresh it really eats up shoes though.

[Rick Trapasso]

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Thunders are for YouTubers.

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GK are for YouTubers

Not unpopular.

To the dungeon with you!

[Barack Hussein]

Thin shock pad risers are a secret weapon that nobody seems to use. Powerful ancient technology.