COTG is making a complete fool out of most people in this thread.
I'm not going to talk shit on Ricky, I grew up watching his videos. And, as far as I'm concerned, he is getting the respect from the people he thinks he deserves it from. I imagine he's more upset his business is not succeeding the way he wants.
But...COTG is 100% right and you guys would be destroying half the skate population if they said what Ricky said...after all, you did it to Puelo.
RE: speaking your mind. Guarantee Kalis doesn't always do it, because he didn't shit-talk on Ricky, and that's why he has a skate career.
I wonder about the average age here sometimes.
Edit: This doesn't make me dislike Ricky's skating. I don't idolize pro skaters. Loved the episode and Traffic has a few people I like so I'd buy a board if I could get one.