i found this funny. Greco channeling Berra once again with the creating spots?
That is a god damned sin to the gods of street skateboarding. It's called "street skateboarding" because a huge aspect of the art is finding architecture that average pedestrians use only for the architects intended purpose, and instead use and vandalize the architects constructs as a medium to create art; with nothing but your body and a magic wooden rolling board. That is what makes skateboarding so fucking beautiful and enjoyable. It's not only about tricks and progression, it's also an act of defiance against our mundane, oppressive lives.
A big part of the fun is exploring a city for tasty spots. Everyone that is a street skateboarding purist knows the joy one feels when you find a new spot. A big part of the fun is the hunt of course. It satisfies our primal hunting instincts and is a celebration of man's insatiable appetite for exploration.
A big reason skateboarding has become so watered down is because the industry has misrepresented what skateboarding is about. It has turned into a lame competition between stunt men to see who can do the most dangerous stunts. Most of the pros that do this don't even enjoy it. It's a better job than working at McDonalds I suppose.
Jim Greco is responsible for a lot of what's lame about skateboarding now. He's the kook that coined the term "hammer". He used to have a "hammer program" he boasted about. He would stop using drugs and alcohol so he could film the minimal amount of stunts to keep him relevant in the eyes of the chrildren that bought his products. After his filming was complete he'd go back to not skateboarding as long as possible. He glorified drug addiction and alcoholism to teenage boys for years to sell product. I witnessed countless kids destroy their lives because they worshipped this kook. He copies legendary rock stars to the t because he doesn't have an identity of his own.
Greco played up his alcoholism and the dude was never a true heroin addict. I know he was into speed pretty heavily but that dude wasn't strung out on heroin ever. He wanted to be like his heroes Johnny Thunders and Lou Reed. He wants to be associated with the dark side of genius because he's a dumb ass that glorifies the mental illness that often accompanies a genius. Dude's a walking gimmick. He constantly quotes things other people have said in the past and passes it off like they're his ideas and words. His constant changing style of fashion are all 100% rip offs from rock stars. Even the shitty art he makes is pure rip off. He is a poser in every sense of the word. The photo posted above is Jim Greco doing what he does best; being a phony kook. The dude even has poser spots. Fuck Jim Greco.
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