2026 Unpopular Opinion Thread

[Dj Paul]

Skate life for dudes that smoke weed is easer because its a social drug in skating. 90% of my friends that used to skate and smoked marijuana was more popular and chill dudes. Maybe it was only drug efect. But in other hand I never had that patient to only talk bullshit about nothing.

Today Im glad because a lot of these dudes are old now and  conservative dickheads, woman beaters, rapists and canceled ones.Yep, that cool guys were only  masks in the past for a lot.

[jorge]

Why does no one ever understand this thread its just one super commonly held view after another.  And then when an unpopular opinion is posted it gets kooked.  This thread has so much potential.

Anyway Kris Markovich is one of the most important street skaters of all time.

[vinithebr]

And then when an unpopular opinion is posted it gets kooked.

if no one explicitly disagrees, was it ever unpopular?

if a tree falls in a forest etc etc

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

I really don't like front 50s on ledges. most other features are fine

[Pastasash]

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Bobby Worrests awful fits and shoes take a lot away from his skating

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his fits suck sometimes, but you can’t deny the skating, dude could be wearing a thong and I’d still be hyped on a flatground switch tre

90% of his fits are dickes pants and a tshirt with blazers, every now and then he'll skate in some whacky shorts but that DMV humidity is no joke. I liked his clip in the Redskins shorts tho

[bokchoy]

Why does no one ever understand this thread its just one super commonly held view after another.  And then when an unpopular opinion is posted it gets kooked.  This thread has so much potential.

Anyway Kris Markovich is one of the most important street skaters of all time.

Agreed

Kris is a pioneer of hucking down big shit when no one else was and skating at maximum speed when everyone else was inching along in the early 90s... he also made baggy pants fashionable in skateboarding... he doesn't really get his due because of the sponsorship hopping and because he is a dickhead.

[Rick Trapasso]

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Bobby Worrests awful fits and shoes take a lot away from his skating

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his fits suck sometimes, but you can’t deny the skating, dude could be wearing a thong and I’d still be hyped on a flatground switch tre

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90% of his fits are dickes pants and a tshirt with blazers, every now and then he'll skate in some whacky shorts but that DMV humidity is no joke. I liked his clip in the Redskins shorts tho

Facts.

I much prefer skating in pants, but eventually it's just so hot and humid here that they become wet prisons on my long ass legs.

Shorts become 100% necessary at that point.

[Garfiled L. Asagna LLC]

by the end of 2026 someone will be caught using generative ai in a video part. Itll either be something subtle like toe drag or straight up crazy like manufacturing a make. Shits probably already happening on a small scale with photos and deck art of course.

[Sk8 Prick]

I will never understand the appeal of Leo Romero. His entire career is basically acoustic guitar bump to bar nosegrind in sweaty skinny jeans and smelly dad hat. I like the nollie front feeble on the Beverly rail though.

[Gnarfunkell]

There aren't nearly enough skate videos coming out in 2026.

[Pbn_jake]

inward heels are ugly 99% of the time

A trick that should be done off the nose only

[No Wave Comply]

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Why does no one ever understand this thread its just one super commonly held view after another.  And then when an unpopular opinion is posted it gets kooked.  This thread has so much potential.

Anyway Kris Markovich is one of the most important street skaters of all time.

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Agreed

Kris is a pioneer of hucking down big shit when no one else was and skating at maximum speed when everyone else was inching along in the early 90s... he also made baggy pants fashionable in skateboarding... he doesn't really get his due because of the sponsorship hopping and because he is a dickhead.

Speaking of Marky Markovich making things fashionable, anyone remember his Prime era with the proto-Eminem bleached Caesar-cut, jorts, and tribal ankle tattoo makin' those Etnies Sal 23s pop?

[bokchoy]

Haha funny u mention that. Kris did a commentary on his old parts for SLAP and he said he did the blonde thing cause of Pepe Martinez.

[alien porkchop]

by the end of 2026 someone will be caught using generative ai in a video part. Itll either be something subtle like toe drag or straight up crazy like manufacturing a make. Shits probably already happening on a small scale with photos and deck art of course.

[Sila]

Gear madness is just an excuse to buy more stuff

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

I actually don’t think they are really buying that much more stuff…..does anyone who work a shop have situations where a guy buys two boards in a week because of wheelbase?  He comes in and talks about it buys nothing anyhow… shocker it’s just older dudes making a big deal about nothing and telling everyone that’ll listen…

Takes one to know one….

[Plan9Customs]

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Older skaters are too quick to retire to the slappy curb. Unless you have a chronic injury that won’t allow you to ollie you’re selling yourself short and are probably just lazy and/or out of shape.

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or, it's just fun to try dumb grinds on a curb

Yes. It’s fun not a ‘retired to’. I still ollie crap and toss a flip or 2 in every session, but curbs are what I first started skating and it reminds me of the child like enjoyment I had, so it’s not like I ever didn’t skate them(even in the 90s and aughts). If you limit yourself to a certain thing, be it transition, curbs, manny pads, ledges, rails, stairs, whatever you’re only screwing yourself. Skate whatever and enjoy the fact you can.

Fuck. Forgot what thread I was in!

[lamfordie]

I hope Primitive comes back next year with new board graphics and a video. They have too good of a team not to release a video yearly. Shit I'd be stoked if they did another attack on titan collab.

[ferguu]

I actually don’t think they are really buying that much more stuff…..does anyone who work a shop have situations where a guy buys two boards in a week because of wheelbase?  He comes in and talks about it buys nothing anyhow… shocker it’s just older dudes making a big deal about nothing and telling everyone that’ll listen…

Takes one to know one….

They're definitely definitely buying more stuff. Regular dudes buy a pair of trucks and skate them until they dont work, and skate a deck until it snaps then get another. Old dudes post up here / gear madness support thread dudes have a quiver of boards with assorted trucks for some certain trick, and a stack of boards waiting for their day.

I don't really see either as bad thing tho, madness dudes probably keepin the industry alive.

[Rick Trapasso]

I don't wanna see you flip out of any grind/slide trick.

I'm honestly just over it.

Unless you are clearly flipping and catching the trick above whatever you were grinding/sliding on, I do not care that you did that.

Please just do a faster and better executed grind instead of all this Flippy doo tom foolery. I get it, you are great at skateboarding and can flip your board at a moments notice MID GRIND. I'm proud of you for that, but I'm tired of seeing it and 99% of the time it just looks like a fart at the end of a trick.

It ends now.

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

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I actually don’t think they are really buying that much more stuff…..does anyone who work a shop have situations where a guy buys two boards in a week because of wheelbase?  He comes in and talks about it buys nothing anyhow… shocker it’s just older dudes making a big deal about nothing and telling everyone that’ll listen…

Takes one to know one….

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They're definitely definitely buying more stuff. Regular dudes buy a pair of trucks and skate them until they dont work, and skate a deck until it snaps then get another. Old dudes post up here / gear madness support thread dudes have a quiver of boards with assorted trucks for some certain trick, and a stack of boards waiting for their day.

I don't really see either as bad thing tho, madness dudes probably keepin the industry alive.

Small vocal minority….

[Allen.]

We need fi bring back ah brown cords dem
Always keep a few pairs when deh waan I in jean
Keep da vybz an mi wear dem wale
Dey will nah tek mi cords brown

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[Hqjdncm]

 I'm proud of you

I love u dad

[Rick Trapasso]

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 I'm proud of you

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I love u dad

I love you too son, I'm sorry I don't say it enough.

[SatanicPanic]

There’s only a handful of shuv it out tricks that actually look good and unfortunately the Beatrice is one of them

[Rick Trapasso]

There’s only a handful of shuv it out tricks that actually look good and unfortunately the Beatrice is one of them

You are in the right place sir.

[Hqjdncm]

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 I'm proud of you

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I love u dad

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I love you too son, I'm sorry I don't say it enough.

It’s okay dad, u might not say it, but I feel it

[WashingtonNECKTIE]

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 I'm proud of you

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I love u dad

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I love you too son, I'm sorry I don't say it enough.

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It’s okay dad, u might not say it, but I feel it

Sorry to interject, but it's important to verbalize these things.

If only Nick was here to witness this touching moment...

[Rick Trapasso]

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 I'm proud of you

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I love u dad

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I love you too son, I'm sorry I don't say it enough.

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It’s okay dad, u might not say it, but I feel it

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Sorry to interject, but it's important to verbalize these things.

If only Nick was here to witness this touching moment...

I think he's out in the garage smoking spliffs again, I'll go let him know we're having a meaningful moment in the 2026 unpopular opinion thread on slap.

[swongolianbbq]

Gear madness is just an excuse to buy more stuff

Definitely could be a justification for the dopamine of buying shit

I try to keep the same shit as long as possible, and if I get new shit I get rid of the old shit

I already like smoking and gambling and stuff, I definitely don't need to have multiple sets of trucks or some shit