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