I've been slackin,' being a bum and neglecting this shit when i need to get it off the ground... here we go...
Like the title states, where are skating's new legacies at? Go ahead, think about it and then respond with paul rodriguez, shaun white, ryan sheckler, jereme rogers... yadda yadda yadda...
no, i'm not talking about the good skaters, but who's gonna go down in history for doing the damn thing?
Think about it... look at some current legacies of skating, reynolds, koston, thomas, a bunch of dudes who can kill it, are still killing it, will kill it for years to come, and will hopefully always be remembered in the history of skating... but who's gonna fill their shoes? Honestly, where's the originality and determination of true skateboarding these days? It's like every new hot shit skater has to want to 'win' in skating... really, win this shit! I was watching schecklers despicable excuse of a tv show. And while it just fueled my dislike for him as a skater, what really did it in was his 'i have to win this contest' attitude... and it was the fucking mountain dew tour... really? is this what skating is coming to? Our new generation of young rippers have to go out, 'practice' skating, and win it? I know, everyone practices tricks, EVERYONE, but it's not with a jock ass pro sports attitude, get that shit out of here?
and where has originality and progression gone to? take p-rod, probably one of the best skaters to ever do it, honestly, that guy can do every trick i can do switch and with much better style in one try, but is anyone else tired of his stock shit? haven't we seen all of his tricks done by other skaters before? but the kiddies love the p-rod, so he'll go down in history, but not in the same respect as the aforementioned real current legends of skateboarding...
take reynolds, for instance, dude has frontside flipped everything in the world, better than anyone else ever could, so does he keep doing his stock shit everyday? no, he went ahead to the most insane spots he's already murdered and has continued to murder them with different and more insane tricks... a backside flip down wallenberg? that back heel in Barcelona? two covers on the two top mags in six months? now go ahead and tell me who's gonna fill those shoes...
not that there aren't some dudes puttin it down who could step up, i've been recently hyped on jake duncomb, that dude killed kotr and could continue to put it down in skating... and ironically i'm writing this on premiere night of fully flared, but alex olsen could have a bright future in front of him, too, and popollardo kills it? but those last two are constantly hated on... but wait, those dudes will be going down sooner than later...
i'm tired and writing nonsense now... i'll keep it up and please read this shit, until later, the hater's out...
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ben bro..im gonna link off the convoy site to your blog..good stuff
eamonn
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