I'm concerned Phelps may be a hypocrite

[GAY]

Thrasher blows, and I don't mean that as a compliment.

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It's been many moons, but I remember a story floating around that D.Gonz told Thee Gonz that he was 'the new Gonzales in skateboarding'. Joking or not it's ridiculous that something like that could escape someones lips.

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I heard that too actually.
I could be wrong but I'm almost 99% sure I saw Danny Gonzalez in a commercial a few years ago.  Did anyone else here catch that?   I can't remember what the commercial was for though, but I know it wasn't a skateboarding advertisement.


EDIT:  Sorry I didn't see that one post before about the Jenkem interview

That's soooo Gonzalez.

[posguy]

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You shouldn't be concerned about phelps in the first place.

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What should I be concerned with?

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I don't know, maybe you know him? you should always be concerned about your friends, or something that could improve your life?

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You're posting on a skateboard message board just like me bud.  Get off your high horse

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Missed the point. Worry about what Phelps does isn't gonna do anything for you or him. Concern yourself with things that you can change for yourself.

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I'm concerned that Phelps has been on a Quaalude bender for about two decades straight now, melon grabs be damned.

Dude is like a wet noodle with glasses.
(Still like him though)

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You might actually be onto something with that.

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And here you are worrying about me

I'm bored at work. What's your excuse?

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You shouldn't be concerned about phelps in the first place.

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What should I be concerned with?

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I don't know, maybe you know him? you should always be concerned about your friends, or something that could improve your life?

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You're posting on a skateboard message board just like me bud.  Get off your high horse

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Missed the point. Worry about what Phelps does isn't gonna do anything for you or him. Concern yourself with things that you can change for yourself.

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I'm concerned that Phelps has been on a Quaalude bender for about two decades straight now, melon grabs be damned.

Dude is like a wet noodle with glasses.
(Still like him though)

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You might actually be onto something with that.

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And here you are worrying about me

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I'm bored at work. What's your excuse?

Same.  So looks like we both worry about things that in no way improve our lives while at work.... Seems like we should be buds

[posguy]

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You shouldn't be concerned about phelps in the first place.

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What should I be concerned with?

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I don't know, maybe you know him? you should always be concerned about your friends, or something that could improve your life?

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You're posting on a skateboard message board just like me bud.  Get off your high horse

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Missed the point. Worry about what Phelps does isn't gonna do anything for you or him. Concern yourself with things that you can change for yourself.

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I'm concerned that Phelps has been on a Quaalude bender for about two decades straight now, melon grabs be damned.

Dude is like a wet noodle with glasses.
(Still like him though)

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You might actually be onto something with that.

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And here you are worrying about me

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I'm bored at work. What's your excuse?

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Same.  So looks like we both worry about things that in no way improve our lives while at work.... Seems like we should be buds

I thought we were all buds on here but let's do it!

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

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Didn't he say Danny Gonzalez kick flip down Wallenberg didn't count because of the grab yet Jaws grab down the Lyons set makes the cover of Thrasher??? Doesn't add up... If you can't do the math on that one I don't know what to tell you.

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And he clowned Kasper for wearing invisible pads at a Wallenberg jam too.

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what about the Neil Smith incident at wallenberg where Phelps did not let Neil skate the comp because he was on blueprint or something and back then phelps had never heard of them yet.
Neil Smith is this kid here 
props

I was there, your story is bullshit, and this is why Phelps is actually cooler than people want to admit.
Lets start here: HE HAD NO FUCKING CHANCE OF LANDING THAT NOLLIE HEEL. That's why he got cut. Its because people who actually had a chance at landing it had to wait for that clown to throw his body down a gap and make some vague nollie heel motion with his feet instead of them actually being able to go during a time limited session.
After he got cut (something I was hoping would happen) he walked off to the side and started having some 2 year old baby tantrum about how Phelps wouldn't let him do it. You want your chance to do it? Prove you have a chance to land it. Sure, Phelps wasn't particularly delicate when he broke it to him, but the fact is, nice or mean, reality is what it is.

Now, this is what makes Phelps kinda cool for being a dickhead. Do you really want everybody to have that fake "we are the world" perspective? Do you really think anybody thinks everything and everybody is good? That ain't real, and Phelps ain't fake. If you are blowing it, he isn't some ESPN guy telling the audience just how talented the skater is and how hard the trick he is doing is, he's the guy who's gonna say "Your blowing it, get the fuck out of my contest."
He has opinions.
He doesn't pretend to be impartial.
He isn't everybody's cheerleader.
You are SUPPOSED to think he's an asshole sometimes.
I'm not saying he's the coolest guy ever, but at least he's interesting, and at least he has opinions to agree/disagree with.

[stevedave]

a lot of people may hate Gipper (much like many people hate Phelps), BUT everything in the above statement is spot on.  I was at Wallenburg too, and that kid really had no chance of landing that.  And there was A LOT of people that were there that COULD do shit down that set, so I understood why the herd was thinned.  Love 'em or hate him, he's not gonna BS you and in this day and age in skateboarding, that's a rare quality. 

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Didn't he say Danny Gonzalez kick flip down Wallenberg didn't count because of the grab yet Jaws grab down the Lyons set makes the cover of Thrasher??? Doesn't add up... If you can't do the math on that one I don't know what to tell you.

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And he clowned Kasper for wearing invisible pads at a Wallenberg jam too.

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what about the Neil Smith incident at wallenberg where Phelps did not let Neil skate the comp because he was on blueprint or something and back then phelps had never heard of them yet.
Neil Smith is this kid here 
props

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I was there, your story is bullshit, and this is why Phelps is actually cooler than people want to admit.
Lets start here: HE HAD NO FUCKING CHANCE OF LANDING THAT NOLLIE HEEL. That's why he got cut. Its because people who actually had a chance at landing it had to wait for that clown to throw his body down a gap and make some vague nollie heel motion with his feet instead of them actually being able to go during a time limited session.
After he got cut (something I was hoping would happen) he walked off to the side and started having some 2 year old baby tantrum about how Phelps wouldn't let him do it. You want your chance to do it? Prove you have a chance to land it. Sure, Phelps wasn't particularly delicate when he broke it to him, but the fact is, nice or mean, reality is what it is.

Now, this is what makes Phelps kinda cool for being a dickhead. Do you really want everybody to have that fake "we are the world" perspective? Do you really think anybody thinks everything and everybody is good? That ain't real, and Phelps ain't fake. If you are blowing it, he isn't some ESPN guy telling the audience just how talented the skater is and how hard the trick he is doing is, he's the guy who's gonna say "Your blowing it, get the fuck out of my contest."
He has opinions.
He doesn't pretend to be impartial.
He isn't everybody's cheerleader.
You are SUPPOSED to think he's an asshole sometimes.
I'm not saying he's the coolest guy ever, but at least he's interesting, and at least he has opinions to agree/disagree with.

I guess he really is the skater's skater huh..

[GAY]

I have the feeling that Phelps would make me break into tears.

[givecigstosurfgroms]

   So we need Phelps to have good contests?   Well thats fine cause fuck contests.  Any skate event with a some guy on a mic is total shit.  Just skate.

[posguy]

I have the feeling that Phelps would make me break into tears.

but I think he'd make you feel welcome at the same time?

[Fecal Fury]

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I have the feeling that Phelps would make me break into tears.

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but I think he'd make you feel welcome at the same time?

"Drop in or GTFO"

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I have the feeling that Phelps would make me break into tears.

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but I think he'd make you feel welcome at the same time?

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"Drop in or GTFO"

I love that that eventually caught up to him in the worst way.

[pabloalvarado]

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Didn't he say Danny Gonzalez kick flip down Wallenberg didn't count because of the grab yet Jaws grab down the Lyons set makes the cover of Thrasher??? Doesn't add up... If you can't do the math on that one I don't know what to tell you.

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And he clowned Kasper for wearing invisible pads at a Wallenberg jam too.

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what about the Neil Smith incident at wallenberg where Phelps did not let Neil skate the comp because he was on blueprint or something and back then phelps had never heard of them yet.
Neil Smith is this kid here  
props

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I was there, your story is bullshit, and this is why Phelps is actually cooler than people want to admit.
Lets start here: HE HAD NO FUCKING CHANCE OF LANDING THAT NOLLIE HEEL. That's why he got cut. Its because people who actually had a chance at landing it had to wait for that clown to throw his body down a gap and make some vague nollie heel motion with his feet instead of them actually being able to go during a time limited session.
After he got cut (something I was hoping would happen) he walked off to the side and started having some 2 year old baby tantrum about how Phelps wouldn't let him do it. You want your chance to do it? Prove you have a chance to land it. Sure, Phelps wasn't particularly delicate when he broke it to him, but the fact is, nice or mean, reality is what it is.

Now, this is what makes Phelps kinda cool for being a dickhead. Do you really want everybody to have that fake "we are the world" perspective? Do you really think anybody thinks everything and everybody is good? That ain't real, and Phelps ain't fake. If you are blowing it, he isn't some ESPN guy telling the audience just how talented the skater is and how hard the trick he is doing is, he's the guy who's gonna say "Your blowing it, get the fuck out of my contest."
He has opinions.
He doesn't pretend to be impartial.
He isn't everybody's cheerleader.
You are SUPPOSED to think he's an asshole sometimes.
I'm not saying he's the coolest guy ever, but at least he's interesting, and at least he has opinions to agree/disagree with.

I agree with the Gipper and in fact Phelps is super cool. I love the Reynolds Vice clip...this one:

]Skateboarding with Andrew Reynolds

At the end at 7:19 the Phelps moment is a favorite of mine.

Phelps: Who is the Boss ? The Boss.
ODell: What about Terry Kennedy ?
Phelps: Who ? I dont know.
ODell: How do you describe Jason Dill ?
Phelps (excited): Jasson Jesse is a great skateboarder.

Phelps is fucking awesome; he really is...

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Phelps is fucking awesome; he really is

[Willie]

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Didn't he say Danny Gonzalez kick flip down Wallenberg didn't count because of the grab yet Jaws grab down the Lyons set makes the cover of Thrasher??? Doesn't add up... If you can't do the math on that one I don't know what to tell you.

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And he clowned Kasper for wearing invisible pads at a Wallenberg jam too.

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what about the Neil Smith incident at wallenberg where Phelps did not let Neil skate the comp because he was on blueprint or something and back then phelps had never heard of them yet.
Neil Smith is this kid here 
props

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I was there, your story is bullshit, and this is why Phelps is actually cooler than people want to admit.
Lets start here: HE HAD NO FUCKING CHANCE OF LANDING THAT NOLLIE HEEL. That's why he got cut. Its because people who actually had a chance at landing it had to wait for that clown to throw his body down a gap and make some vague nollie heel motion with his feet instead of them actually being able to go during a time limited session.
After he got cut (something I was hoping would happen) he walked off to the side and started having some 2 year old baby tantrum about how Phelps wouldn't let him do it. You want your chance to do it? Prove you have a chance to land it. Sure, Phelps wasn't particularly delicate when he broke it to him, but the fact is, nice or mean, reality is what it is.

Now, this is what makes Phelps kinda cool for being a dickhead. Do you really want everybody to have that fake "we are the world" perspective? Do you really think anybody thinks everything and everybody is good? That ain't real, and Phelps ain't fake. If you are blowing it, he isn't some ESPN guy telling the audience just how talented the skater is and how hard the trick he is doing is, he's the guy who's gonna say "Your blowing it, get the fuck out of my contest."
He has opinions.
He doesn't pretend to be impartial.
He isn't everybody's cheerleader.
You are SUPPOSED to think he's an asshole sometimes.
I'm not saying he's the coolest guy ever, but at least he's interesting, and at least he has opinions to agree/disagree with.

I wasn't there but IIRC the footage made it look like Dyet wasn't landing shit and going over and over. Difference was Dyet has just appeared in a Thrasher video.

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Didn't he say Danny Gonzalez kick flip down Wallenberg didn't count because of the grab yet Jaws grab down the Lyons set makes the cover of Thrasher??? Doesn't add up... If you can't do the math on that one I don't know what to tell you.

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And he clowned Kasper for wearing invisible pads at a Wallenberg jam too.

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what about the Neil Smith incident at wallenberg where Phelps did not let Neil skate the comp because he was on blueprint or something and back then phelps had never heard of them yet.
Neil Smith is this kid here 
props

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I was there, your story is bullshit, and this is why Phelps is actually cooler than people want to admit.
Lets start here: HE HAD NO FUCKING CHANCE OF LANDING THAT NOLLIE HEEL. That's why he got cut. Its because people who actually had a chance at landing it had to wait for that clown to throw his body down a gap and make some vague nollie heel motion with his feet instead of them actually being able to go during a time limited session.
After he got cut (something I was hoping would happen) he walked off to the side and started having some 2 year old baby tantrum about how Phelps wouldn't let him do it. You want your chance to do it? Prove you have a chance to land it. Sure, Phelps wasn't particularly delicate when he broke it to him, but the fact is, nice or mean, reality is what it is.

Now, this is what makes Phelps kinda cool for being a dickhead. Do you really want everybody to have that fake "we are the world" perspective? Do you really think anybody thinks everything and everybody is good? That ain't real, and Phelps ain't fake. If you are blowing it, he isn't some ESPN guy telling the audience just how talented the skater is and how hard the trick he is doing is, he's the guy who's gonna say "Your blowing it, get the fuck out of my contest."
He has opinions.
He doesn't pretend to be impartial.
He isn't everybody's cheerleader.
You are SUPPOSED to think he's an asshole sometimes.
I'm not saying he's the coolest guy ever, but at least he's interesting, and at least he has opinions to agree/disagree with.

yeah dude, i wasn't there and all i know about the incident comes from the internet and general discussions between heads in the uk. i just remember that all my mates were quite pissed by the incident and considering that Neil Smith was at the time one of the biggest skaters in the uk (and was actually really good) it seemed obvious that Phelps was just being a dick. Now i got a second opinion by someone who was actualy there so i can ease my hate a bit. thanks

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a lot of people may hate Gipper (much like many people hate Phelps), BUT everything in the above statement is spot on.  I was at Wallenburg too, and that kid really had no chance of landing that.  And there was A LOT of people that were there that COULD do shit down that set, so I understood why the herd was thinned.  Love 'em or hate him, he's not gonna BS you and in this day and age in skateboarding, that's a rare quality. 

Was this rule told to everyone who entered? who's decision was it?

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a lot of people may hate Gipper (much like many people hate Phelps), BUT everything in the above statement is spot on.  I was at Wallenburg too, and that kid really had no chance of landing that.  And there was A LOT of people that were there that COULD do shit down that set, so I understood why the herd was thinned.  Love 'em or hate him, he's not gonna BS you and in this day and age in skateboarding, that's a rare quality. 

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Was this rule told to everyone who entered? who's decision was it?

it wasn't a "rule" per se.  whose decision?  Thrasher's decision.  They secured the permits, they paid for everything, it was THEIR contest, and they can pretty much do whatever they want, as far as saying who can and can't skate it.  It's not like people "entered" as you say, or paid a contest fee and then weren't able to skate it. if you're fuckin around trying something you can't do, you're taking time away from the people that actually CAN do shit down it.  It wasn't personal, otherwise a dude like Andrew Pott probably would've gotten the boot too, but he actually was coming close to what he was trying and therefore was allowed to keep trying. 

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All i know is lil wayne has more pop than phelps ever has and he cant ollie

[Righteous Victim]

All i know is lil wayne has more pop than phelps ever has and he cant ollie

Phelps skates tranny.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Phelps skates tranny.

inb4 this ^^^ gets requoted

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Didn't he say Danny Gonzalez kick flip down Wallenberg didn't count because of the grab yet Jaws grab down the Lyons set makes the cover of Thrasher??? Doesn't add up... If you can't do the math on that one I don't know what to tell you.

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And he clowned Kasper for wearing invisible pads at a Wallenberg jam too.

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what about the Neil Smith incident at wallenberg where Phelps did not let Neil skate the comp because he was on blueprint or something and back then phelps had never heard of them yet.
Neil Smith is this kid here 
props

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I was there, your story is bullshit, and this is why Phelps is actually cooler than people want to admit.
Lets start here: HE HAD NO FUCKING CHANCE OF LANDING THAT NOLLIE HEEL. That's why he got cut. Its because people who actually had a chance at landing it had to wait for that clown to throw his body down a gap and make some vague nollie heel motion with his feet instead of them actually being able to go during a time limited session.
After he got cut (something I was hoping would happen) he walked off to the side and started having some 2 year old baby tantrum about how Phelps wouldn't let him do it. You want your chance to do it? Prove you have a chance to land it. Sure, Phelps wasn't particularly delicate when he broke it to him, but the fact is, nice or mean, reality is what it is.

Now, this is what makes Phelps kinda cool for being a dickhead. Do you really want everybody to have that fake "we are the world" perspective? Do you really think anybody thinks everything and everybody is good? That ain't real, and Phelps ain't fake. If you are blowing it, he isn't some ESPN guy telling the audience just how talented the skater is and how hard the trick he is doing is, he's the guy who's gonna say "Your blowing it, get the fuck out of my contest."
He has opinions.
He doesn't pretend to be impartial.
He isn't everybody's cheerleader.
You are SUPPOSED to think he's an asshole sometimes.
I'm not saying he's the coolest guy ever, but at least he's interesting, and at least he has opinions to agree/disagree with.

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I wasn't there but IIRC the footage made it look like Dyet wasn't landing shit and going over and over. Difference was Dyet has just appeared in a Thrasher video.

I think he was at least coming close to something.

Really, if you want to get mad at Phelps for something he did that day, it was pretty dick to slap the board right out from under Kevin Romar's feet because he thought varial flips are lame. Of course, varial flips ARE lame.

[heckler]

Varial flips are cooler than Kevin Romar, though.

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All i know is lil wayne has more pop than phelps ever has and he cant ollie

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Phelps skates tranny.

yeah i know but how can u have such a strong opinion on street skating when u cant do it

[pabloalvarado]

Varial flips are cooler than Kevin Romar, though.

How is Kevin Romar a professional skateboarder?  Discuss

[mattchew]

I really enjoyed Phelps' article "Party's Over" in the latest issue of Thrasher.

[Bonefish]

did it read like a suicide note?