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but berra is a kook and thats why i never go on the site
Also the berrics mainly attracts kids so whatever.
look what its doing to the kids though. I saw this comment on MJ's man down part, and i had to reply.
you cant blame berrics for that shit... i had a kid come up to me at a park asking me what my top 2 ams that should be pro were, and when i asked him he said micky papa and felipe gustavo. Neither of which have even had any real coverage on the berrics.
Kids know how to use the fucking internet. Sponsors are constantly throwing out web clips of up and comming skaters. When i told the kid I thought wes kremer should def be pro, he didnt even know who he was. Theres tons of amazing skaters like MJ who have been crushing it for so long, but kids who just started skating have never heard of legends like MJ, all they hear about is the skaters that sponsors are pushing out. Shane oniell gets a fuck ton of coverage, hes been on the berrics alot, beibles world, his own youtube page, etc etc etc... theres tons of clips of him all the time on the internet, so kids get a heavy dose of shane oniell while never hearing about MJ, so what do you expect?
While i do think berra is a kook for trying to make it sound like hes the angel thats saving skateboarding, the site is objectively beneficial for skaters. Every recruit/battlecommander gets millions of views, and theres no fucking way you can spin that to the negative. And its not just skaters like shane oniell or cory kennedy that get all the attention on the berrics, unknown guys, or people who dont get alot of attention are also up there (lois tolentino, nick mclouth, kelly hart, etc etc etc). I dont see how people can make appreciation threads and threads to put people on company x, then hate when that same person gets coverage on the berrics. I cant hate on that. That factor alone makes up for all berras kookery and lame shit he posts on the berrics. Ohh and batbs have been fucking amazing