mike vallely appreciation thread

[Commercial D]

Yeah...I agree. I am not one to put caps on what or what not to do in skating but there is some stuff that is odd just for what it is.



Like this hollorado video.....all his shit is dope cause I have never seen it done but at the same time, it is a little silly looking.

I hate to say this but that ender is one of the fuckedest things I've seen in skateboarding.

[fang]

Upon his again return to Powell.. I am puzzled by this guy yet again. I've been a fan of his skating since way back (his thrasher cover  in 86 was the first mag i ever owned). His skating slayed back then. Public Domain, Speed Freaks, Rubbish Heap, 1281, Suburban Diners, the vallely powell promo, etc etc. Although I admit i had hoped for more in Label Kills (was he injured during that one or something? I forget). Anyway... to my point...
... at what point did he fall off the mental wagon? I mean.. I'm a huge Black Flag/Rollins fan as well and I don't try to be him. Vallely's unhealthy obsession with Rollins freaks me out quite a bit. Poetry/ "Spoken word" tours/videos ...seriously? (Was he "Mike V" yet or still Vallely?). Naming his skate company after himself a la rollins band... no!

Was it when he became "Mike V"... which I believe was when he beat up 4 random "ocks" and made the Bam-fan-generation think he was so tough? Was it his "greatest hits"...(where, let's be real... he sort-of-fought a security guard, then ran away for muska, sort-of fought a security guard..i mean really Carroll did, got beat up by a real hockey player etc etc..i  wouldn't have put this dvd out if these were my "best" fights... haha)....... was it Mike V & the Rats (now i see him and i piss myself... laughing), his black label society jacketesque Revolution Mother? his Trans Am?

anyways, nostalgia-wise I am happy to see him back on Powell, although I'm sure we all know the man just needs to feed his family. I still kind of wish Transit would have gotten a bit further than it did out of curiousity but thats some old news. I still like to watch him skate honestly but.... his personality (that we see at least) is weirding me out more than ever.

oh but p.s. i did enjoy him punching that guy at the Ducks game, i think he deserved that shit

[blatablatblau]

never gettin my appreciation, this guys beat

[Upgrayedd]

Vallely is awesome and deserves more respect than he gets but not as much as he demands.

took the words out of my mouth. I love giving props to the "council elders" for what they've done for skateboarding, but it seems like hes doing the "hey guys, im still here....LOOK AT ME GODDAMNIT!!!!" thing. I loved label kills, and ive watched the old powell videos and new deal, shits good. But what i dont like is everytime he jumps companies its "[brand name here] really stands behind what i believe in, and what im trying to do." Til you get kicked off/ quit and cover up that tattoo.



but what the hell do i know?

[evil swine]

Maybe this should be titled the Mike Vallely depreciation thread.  Wa Ca Wa Ca.

[connor maxwell]

yeah bro. by making this you blew it so hard like ebony porn....hmmmmmm

[Austin]

Fuck him, never should of left Powell in the first place.

[Tear Up a Trick]

Is there footage of anybody else ever skating that one spot he skates in Public Domain, the one with the bricks and the banks and the benches?

[KappockStreetRangers]

I still appreciate Mike V-- he managed to get himself to cosplay as his fav singer, get paid for it, then get kicked out for throwing fans off stage.  That is Mike V guys.  He's not yelling, he's just from Jersey, this is how we talk!

[StormonMormon]

Mike , thank you for not strangling Tim Breene hahaha

[layzieyez]

Is there footage of anybody else ever skating that one spot he skates in Public Domain, the one with the bricks and the banks and the benches?

Doesn’t Billy Waldman skate that spot in Rubbish Heap? I’ll have to rewatch it, but I have faint flashes of him doing a slow mo bank trick that goes on forever.

[GardenSkater77]

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Is there footage of anybody else ever skating that one spot he skates in Public Domain, the one with the bricks and the banks and the benches?

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Doesn’t Billy Waldman (RIP) skate that spot in Rubbish Heap? I’ll have to rewatch it, but I have faint flashes of him doing a slow mo bank trick that goes on forever.

I used to skate it all the time. It’s behind the river dorms at Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ. This? https://findskatespots.com/spots/new-brunswick-nj/george-street-deiner-park

RU sure Billy Waldman has passed? There is no mention of his passing on the web and he was active in 2024… https://artbreakout.com/visionary-art/speaking-with-the-distinctly-versatile-self-taught-artist-billy-waldman-aka-billy-crystals/

[layzieyez]

I’ll modify my post because I got him confused with the other World Industries wunderkid Chris Branagh.

https://skateboardinghalloffame.org/memorial/chris-branagh-rip/

[KappockStreetRangers]

Street plant skateboards is

No longer planted in soil

But I still buy them