Bam Storied

[Canuck]

He's got my favourite switch back tails (SSBSTS) to this day. I like how you can tell they are switch.

[Sandwich Marty]

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I'll always have a soft spot for Bam. I was 15 when Jump off a Building came out and his skating was so good.  The first two CKY videos (pre-Jackass) were so rad. I would bring CKY2k on VHS with me and show it to whoever would watch. At 17, it was right in my comedic/skate wheelhouse.  I saw him during the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. I was wearing a CKY (the band) shirt and he came out of the bus, walked right up to me through the crowd and asked where i got it from because he didn't even have one. He let me come on the bus and got to chill with him and Bucky Lasek for a bit. But I was so in awe that i barely said shit.  It was still such an awesome time!

I'm glad to see him getting healthy and rekindling his love for skating again.  For those who only know him for the Jackass/Heartagram era and beyond, it's hard to appreciate how badass he was before he kooked out.

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you went and lined up outside Bam’s tour bus with a cky shirt on?

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He was 17 and it was 2001, it's really not that crazy.

I was 16 but I knew better. Guess there’s more pals that were into that shit than I imagined. Kinda makes sense though.

[Atiba Applebum]

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2:30 min of cky style footage at least, 45 seconds of booger slide variations. ender ender isnt even a skateboarding trick. somehow worse than I remember.

wish him the best in his recovery and continued sobriety but don't care to hear a single thing he has to say at this point.

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I'd be lying if I said I hadn't enjoyed this in the past, especially at the time. But even back then it felt a little phoned in.
Yeah that 4min30 part is obviously not a 4min+ skate part.

And there are as many lines as there are clips of an obese guy spewing vomit, which is kind of impressive in itself.

That obese guy is his registered sex offender uncle Don Vito who

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You can kinda tell who was either a major kook or like 9 years old back in the mid 2000’s if they’re hyped on Bam having a comeback.

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If someone getting healthy and back into skating vs ending up in a ditch than count me in im king of the kooks

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Glad he’s not dead I guess but idgaf about him or if he skates or not. Him getting this spotlight is only taking it off of someone current who’s more deserving. fuck all these industry vampires cashing in too.

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2nd most famous skater of all time getting a truck cw isn’t necessarily at the expense of whoever else is on Slappy getting a colorway.  It’s helping Slappy more than doing anything for Bam

https://www.instagram.com/slimeballsog/p/DZIVCfPlLlf/

[Atiba Applebum]

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You can kinda tell who was either a major kook or like 9 years old back in the mid 2000’s if they’re hyped on Bam having a comeback.

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Ill bite.

Bams one of the few skateboarders I feel like actually does owe skateboarding a legitimate full part. In b4 "he dont owe you shit" and thats 100. But for me I think its kinda lame the only real part he really had is the toy machine one. By the time elementality dropped he was already a made man, most of it was footy he very obviously filmed as b roll for the shows. Some of it is beleive was cutting room floor cky shit. I don't give a fuck much for the heartgram shit. It was a fun era of television same with cky. But i think of all the people synonymous with pro skateboarding, especially in the mainstream, he has the weakest portfolio and least deserving when it comes to the video resume. Hate him or love him even fat bam has a style thats unique to skateboarding. I dont wanna be a fan of bam. But as a fan of skateboarding when he does a frontside flip or when he does some fucked air off those bumps at fdr.

Itd be cool to see the dude actually put passion into a part. If that makes me a kook so be it.

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Adio - One Step Beyond

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Would you like to rewatch it and re-consider your stance that this is a normal skate part? You may even skip the 90 second intro.

Yeah I guess that’s fair but it’s what you expect from a Bam part.  Jump off the building isn’t straight skating either.  Granted a lot more/better skating in those 2ish minutes, but he wasn’t a huge star with a bunch of extra-curriculars at the time.   

[Benicio El Toro]

Yikes that one step beyond edit went on for infinity. At least his use of a golf clips are enjoyable. Better than seeing kader or koston at tshots in the middle of an edit

[PalaceButtPlug]

saw a mom last year at the skatepark wearing a crop top and she had a heartagram tramp stamp

[ThatIsNotCricket]

He ís a pretty weird dude, isn't he.

[Sandwich Marty]

lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

[Atiba Applebum]

lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

That is nothing new in the skate industry.   Jake Duncombe talked about how pissed he was Globe photoshopped his shoes after ollieing a 20 in slip ons

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

[Sandwich Marty]

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

[Atiba Applebum]

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

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This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

The industry?   These are not blue chip sponsors.   The Bam runoff, particularly with a new Jackass in a few weeks he’s supposedly part of, will only help these smaller brands

[Tiltmode Army Reservist]

That obese guy is his registered sex offender uncle Don Vito who

I can only imagine the number of places this quote could've gone after that "who", but I did want to jump in and say that Don Vito died over ten years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Margera

Also, one of my friends described Bam brilliantly when he said, "Toy Machine Bam was him. HIM Bam, was not him."

[Atiba Applebum]

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That obese guy is his registered sex offender uncle Don Vito who

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I can only imagine the number of places this quote could've gone after that "who", but I did want to jump in and say that Don Vito died almost ten years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Margera

Also, one of my friends described Bam brilliantly when he said, "Toy Machine Bam was him. HIM Bam, was not him."

Hah don’t know where that who came from.   

I just feel for Danger Ehren who had to get his tooth ripped out by Bams lambo in the movie because they couldn’t use the footage of doing it to Don Vito after his “legal trouble”.  I remember it being in an old trailer

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

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This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

these brands are hardly reflective of the industry

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I'll always have a soft spot for Bam. I was 15 when Jump off a Building came out and his skating was so good.  The first two CKY videos (pre-Jackass) were so rad. I would bring CKY2k on VHS with me and show it to whoever would watch. At 17, it was right in my comedic/skate wheelhouse.  I saw him during the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. I was wearing a CKY (the band) shirt and he came out of the bus, walked right up to me through the crowd and asked where i got it from because he didn't even have one. He let me come on the bus and got to chill with him and Bucky Lasek for a bit. But I was so in awe that i barely said shit.  It was still such an awesome time!

I'm glad to see him getting healthy and rekindling his love for skating again.  For those who only know him for the Jackass/Heartagram era and beyond, it's hard to appreciate how badass he was before he kooked out.

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you went and lined up outside Bam’s tour bus with a cky shirt on?

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He was 17 and it was 2001, it's really not that crazy.

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being a bam groupie at any age and in any era is embarrassing

even when i was a kid i thought he sucked, at prime age of susceptibility to thinking bam was cool i thought he was the most annoying and least funny out of anyone in cky/jackass. his stuff in jump off a building and feedback is fine at best, that’s the most i will give him.

[matty_c]

Idk man I just said I was hyped he was skating again
I guess I didn’t look that hard haha but I thought he wasn’t doing the heartagram stuff anymore

To see that and the shitty colourways back again brings back all the bad memories haha

[Mr. Jax Taylor]

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

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This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

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The industry?   These are not blue chip sponsors.   The Bam runoff, particularly with a new Jackass in a few weeks he’s supposedly part of, will only help these smaller brands

There Is Literally No Evidence To Support This Claim

[Atiba Applebum]

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

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This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

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The industry?   These are not blue chip sponsors.   The Bam runoff, particularly with a new Jackass in a few weeks he’s supposedly part of, will only help these smaller brands

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There Is Literally No Evidence To Support This Claim

What evidence do you have to the contrary?

[TheLurper]

Bam bums me out for a lot of reasons, but I much prefer a version of Bam that is skating rather than one that is causing mud. I can handle the stupid heart-a-gram, some Dern bro collab, and photoshopped wheels, but I can't do another round of throwing dildos in his wife's face, rapping about bending his dick into his ass, or muddying up every place he goes.

I don't think he'll ever gain any sort of maturity and I struggle to imagine him doing good for others, but I'm impressed that after the abuse he put his body through, he can still toss down tricks I couldn't have done at 22. I don't understand how that works.

And, to his credit, he is currently sober and not telling everyone about Jesus. If he found Jesus, he would probably be the most insufferable born-again former addict ever.

[Mr. Jax Taylor]

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

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This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

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The industry?   These are not blue chip sponsors.   The Bam runoff, particularly with a new Jackass in a few weeks he’s supposedly part of, will only help these smaller brands

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There Is Literally No Evidence To Support This Claim

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What evidence do you have to the contrary?

Lmfao Are You Fucking Kidding Me? Someone Calls You For Talking Out Your Ass And Your Only Response Is “No U” And Deflection? Shut Up

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lol they really photoshopped his wheels. I hate where skateboarding is headed right now. We lost Marc and now have to sit here in this decaying country with bam’s fat ass having a second wind of wack ass purple heartagram merch while every mouth breather that bought a mall complete 14 20 years ago rallies around him.

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Photoshopped wheels are your issue? Seems pretty minor compared to the fact that half the shit you've seen in magazines over the years is a bail, not a make.

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This photo is almost certainly a bail as well. My real issue is that the industry is going all in on this bloated man-child’s comeback because he stopped smoking crack for 5 minutes and somehow still has a following. It’s fuckin embarrassing to watch unfold. I hope skateboarding dies so I don’t have to see these chucklefucks who still worship this washed up turd getting in the way at my local.

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The industry?   These are not blue chip sponsors.   The Bam runoff, particularly with a new Jackass in a few weeks he’s supposedly part of, will only help these smaller brands

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There Is Literally No Evidence To Support This Claim

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What evidence do you have to the contrary?

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Lmfao Are You Fucking Kidding Me? Someone Calls You For Talking Out Your Ass And Your Only Response Is “No U” And Deflection? Shut Up

I said something and you said “nuh uh” and then whined when asked to back it up

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It boggles my mind how so many people are still enamored with Bam. I’ve thought he was whack since I was a teen and Bam was at his peak influence. His skating was always mid and gimmicky. Not sure why anyone would still give a fuck about him. Like cool bro, you got sober for like the seventh time and are less of an asshole now, congrats for doing the bare minimum. The fuck you want, a boutonnière? Wish he’d just go away forever. I’ve said my piece

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It boggles my mind how so many people are still enamored with Bam. I’ve thought he was whack since I was a teen and Bam was at his peak influence. His skating was always mid and gimmicky. Not sure why anyone would still give a fuck about him. Like cool bro, you got sober for like the seventh time and are less of an asshole now, congrats for doing the bare minimum. The fuck you want, a boutonnière? Wish he’d just go away forever. I’ve said my piece

I think most people who would be stoked on him probably aren’t that familiar with all the twists and turns of his fall from grace.   He’s a guy they remember from high school.   We’re in the era of Millenial Nostalgia and Bam has cleaned up his shit to benefit from that

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It boggles my mind how so many people are still enamored with Bam. I’ve thought he was whack since I was a teen and Bam was at his peak influence. His skating was always mid and gimmicky. Not sure why anyone would still give a fuck about him. Like cool bro, you got sober for like the seventh time and are less of an asshole now, congrats for doing the bare minimum. The fuck you want, a boutonnière? Wish he’d just go away forever. I’ve said my piece

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I think most people who would be stoked on him probably aren’t that familiar with all the twists and turns of his fall from grace.   He’s a guy they remember from high school.   We’re in the era of Millenial Nostalgia and Bam has cleaned up his shit to benefit from that

Oh totally. I’m sure he’s still a big deal to the “I used to skate”/“high school was the best time of my life” crowd.

[GnarAlarm]

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It boggles my mind how so many people are still enamored with Bam. I’ve thought he was whack since I was a teen and Bam was at his peak influence. His skating was always mid and gimmicky. Not sure why anyone would still give a fuck about him. Like cool bro, you got sober for like the seventh time and are less of an asshole now, congrats for doing the bare minimum. The fuck you want, a boutonnière? Wish he’d just go away forever. I’ve said my piece

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I think most people who would be stoked on him probably aren’t that familiar with all the twists and turns of his fall from grace.   He’s a guy they remember from high school.   We’re in the era of Millenial Nostalgia and Bam has cleaned up his shit to benefit from that

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Oh totally. I’m sure he’s still a big deal to the “I used to skate”/“high school was the best time of my life” crowd.

Definitely. I'm not sure why some people in this thread are reacting like there's some huge resurgence in Bam's popularity among skaters. Out in the real world I'm not hearing any actual skaters talk about him or buy heartagram shit.
Seems like he's in the Dern Bros atmosphere, and I hardly ever hear actual, active skaters talk about them either.

I was at my most disconnected from skating and didn't have cable TV for that entire Bam/Him/heartagram era, so I pretty much missed the whole thing. I must have been at least vaguely aware of it but didn't really give it any thought. Either way I'm not gonna get all high and mighty on people who liked it when they were literally children, "I was a way cooler 15 year old than you were!", that's fuckin' crazy shit.
Now, if you're a grown ass adult pre-ordering a heartagram deck today, that's a different story...

[SquintinTarantino]

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I'll always have a soft spot for Bam. I was 15 when Jump off a Building came out and his skating was so good.  The first two CKY videos (pre-Jackass) were so rad. I would bring CKY2k on VHS with me and show it to whoever would watch. At 17, it was right in my comedic/skate wheelhouse.  I saw him during the Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour. I was wearing a CKY (the band) shirt and he came out of the bus, walked right up to me through the crowd and asked where i got it from because he didn't even have one. He let me come on the bus and got to chill with him and Bucky Lasek for a bit. But I was so in awe that i barely said shit.  It was still such an awesome time!

I'm glad to see him getting healthy and rekindling his love for skating again.  For those who only know him for the Jackass/Heartagram era and beyond, it's hard to appreciate how badass he was before he kooked out.

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you went and lined up outside Bam’s tour bus with a cky shirt on?

1.It was Tony Hawks' tour bus
2. Got me on the bus and hung out w/ some pros, so it worked.

[pizzafliptofakie]

saw a mom last year at the skatepark wearing a crop top and she had a heartagram tramp stamp

I knew a guy in high school who had the exact same lower stomach Heartagram tattoo that Bam has and every day he would try to come into class without a shirt on only to get kicked out immediately.

[mrosk8]

Bam had a great kickflip 30years ago
Today is just pathetic