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I'd like to put Pops fully flared part. Since everyone watched fully flared since it was released, i think that part
acted in the skaters' subconscious, and helped shape the current form of east coast skateboarding.
Really divisive part at the time but I can see how it eventually birthed the East Coast revival starting in Mindfield (JJ, Dill, Dylan).
It did not.
Fully Flared and
Mind Field were barely released a year apart, so any sort of East Coast revival kicked off in
Mind Field was mostly in full swing before Popps' part had a major impact. In fact, Popps' skating at the time (basic-ish tricks on cutty quick foot spots) is the exact opposite of what Jake Johnson was doing in his
Loose Ends part before
Fully Flared was released (bringing tech tricks to rough and gnarly east coast spots). Dill had lived in NYC for years before
Fully Flared drop, so if anything, he inspired Popps' style of skating. Not really sure how Dylan factors into the equation here, other than he had a few NYC tricks in his
Mind Field part.
The biggest impact of Popps' part was that it brought the "spot hunter" style of skateboarding to a larger audience via Fully Flared, which definitely influenced kids to look at spots like the Verizon Banks from a different perspective. It also served as a benchmark for the next stage of Strobeck (B&W mini-clip Strobeck), eventually leading to the
cherry kids, and possibly served as an inspiration to them. If anything, I'd say the Charles Manson clip is just as significant as Popps'
Fully Flared part, if not more so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiCSy5FYbrY