I was thinking about all the pitfalls that Crailtap has gone through, because there's been so many in the last six years.
Maybe I'm missing some, but:
- Pretty Sweet's lack of OG riders, and overall uncomfortable direction
- Pappalardo and Devine getting kicked of
- Alex and BA leaving
- Mike Mo's injury
- Lakai, Royal, Fourstar, Girl/Choc wood all becoming infamous for their lack of quality
- Becoming infamous for leaving too many talented skaters on flow and not jumping on guys like Carlos Ribeiro
- Altamont buying out the company (still unsure what exactly happened)
- Eric and Guy leaving, and Crailtap only noting their departure with a terse insta post
- Gino leaving
- Marc's whole rough getting kicked of
- Andy Jenkins leaving
- Johnny Jones' mom passing away
- The Flare being taken of iTunes for music infringement
- Lakai doing some corny collabs
- Fourstar taking a hiatus
- Malto's ankle or something destroyed, taking him out for awhile
- Jerry getting on then getting off not too long after, Crailtap again only noting his departure with a brief insta story post I believe
- Berle leaving, don't know if that was acknowledged by Crailtap
- Cory Kennedy and P-Stone's accident
- A noticeable following of trends such as graphics mimicking other companies' graphics
- And then lots of little things, Carroll having to reassure people that Crailtap isn't dying, Aiden Mackey talking shit about Lakai, etc.
It reminds me of Saturday Night Live back when it was lame for a few seasons in the late 90's/early 00's. But if SNL could come back, so can Crailtap. I mean from what I can recall about SNL anyway. When Jason Lee hosted SNL it was probably the worst episode I ever saw. He talked about Video Days and used skateboarding in his intro as well. Lorne Michaels ripped. Anyway...