a suprise SOTY... but deserved...

god damn are fools hating on this year's SOTY! already almost 100 lil message board hate ridden posts on the thrasher site and you know that shit ain't dying down soon! but let's dig into a few things, like why Marc Johnson deserves this above anyone else all the skaterats voted for, why nobody else really deserves it this year, and why is everyone so mad?

so first off, i don't vote for this stuff, really, the votes don't count that much, let's get honest, if the voter's have their way, every Internet posting lil skaterat would've picked for duffel, who by no means should be SOTY in the near future, yeah, i said it.. wanna know why? there's a few reasons, first and foremost, by any means, the SOTY should never say it is there goal to be skater of the year, Corey stated that in his interview, and that's probably a main reason he didn't get it, that statement lacks the ultimate humility that all past SOTY's have had, how on earth can you state something like that, i'm sure it's many pros dreams to be SOTY, but who's gonna have the audacity to say something like that? don't get me wrong, duffel's sick, his interview was bananas, his foundation part was legit, haven't seen the osiris part (don't really care), but the dude's gotta pay some more dues, he holds it down, but not the extent that past SOTYs have...

see, every SOTY has had a history of holding it down for many many years, while the award encompasses one's great year in skateboarding, it also goes for an entire pros career, look at rowley, reynolds, daewon, anderson, caroll, all those dudes had great years when they won, but they could've easily won in any other year, they put in dues and work in skating, duffel just needs to keep grinding and maybe he'll get it, and don't think people have forgotten his little infamous interview... he won't live that down anytime soon... and yeah, he might have put out two parts this year, but who was really hyped for 'feed the need?' i garuntee that 'fully flaired' will outsell all the copies of 'feed the need' in fully flaired's first day... nuff said...

furthermore, who really laid it down this year? honestly, lots of ads were shot, there were some good interveiws here and there, a few amazing bangers, but who really held it down of being SOTY worthy? yeah, janoski killed it and probably will be dropping to insane parts, but he's got a few more years to put in, too...

but honestly, i really couldn't call who would be this year's SOTY, and yeah, i was surprised by the pick, but i know it's deserved, and i haven't even seen fully flaired, but any guy who closes out the most anticipated video since yeah right, and any dude who closes out a video with three songs!!! come on now, how can you even doubt thrasher made the wrong decision...

so did the voters win for this years SOTY? most likely not, but fuck it, good for phelps for making the right choice, who said this skate shit was a democracy anyway? thank god it's not, or else SOTY would just flip flop between prod, sheckler, and duffel every year, stop ya' hating for a few days, give MJ the props he deserves...