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Is skateboarding still cool?

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backyardbooter
Posts: 188 - Karma: 108
Maybe I'm just a bit too old to still have my finger on whats popular amongst the youth but am I right in my perception that skateboarding isn't as popular as it was in the early 2000s? I remember in grades 6-10 ish skating was hugeee. Everyone skated and there were skateparks everywhere (legit or not). Now it seems that I don't see as many skaters out and about. Could this be just because my age group doesn't skate as much or is it that when my demographic stopped skating skating took a huge loss? Youngsters tell me is skating still huge?
Apr 1 2010 5:03PM
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An10a_Eng
Posts: 2505 - Karma: 26
skating/skaters never were cool
Apr 1 2010 5:04PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
Majority of the skaters in my town in my own view are fuck ups whom I don't want to associate with. (Ben don't you dare get offended or argue with me.)
Apr 1 2010 5:06PM
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@koby
Posts: 223 - Karma: 11
longboarding is cool
Apr 1 2010 5:07PM
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Style+eeze
Posts: 6901 - Karma: 551
I used to skate. I was never that good, i could kickflip consistently and do a few grinds... but i wasn't dope by any means. After middle school, i didn't really skate a whole lot more, i don't know why. haha. A lot of kids at my school still skate but they're like the above poster said, the "smoke weed, fuck up kids who skate kinda" i'm chill with all of them and will do a couple tricks every once in a while, but i haven't taken my board out for a solid year, and don't really associate with them. weird, huh?
Apr 1 2010 5:08PM
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Funnel
Posts: 7812 - Karma: 1,489
Well, you mentioned it was popular within grades 6-10. I am sure it is still popular, you just don't see people you know/friends skating or talking about it anymore and you wouldn't hear about it at school. Most kids receive their license towards the end of tenth grade or the beginning of eleventh grade. Kids then drop their boards for cars. Most parents also let their child ride their bike or start skateboarding with their friends on their own in sixth grade. That is most likely why you see/hear less about skateboarding. That and also because people are realizing that skateboarding is not the only action sport, or the only 'cool' action sport, out there.
Apr 1 2010 5:14PM
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Ryan*
Posts: 1827 - Karma: 1,195
I still love skating, even though I longboard (not tech short board/whatever skate), and as far as the sport itself, it's bigger than ever. Or at least, it's still really big.
Apr 1 2010 5:15PM
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Phormat
Posts: 774 - Karma: 20
i don't think he mentioned weed at all, just because you smoke doesn't make you a fuck up. being dumb to begin with usually leads to you being a fuck up
Apr 1 2010 5:16PM
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BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
No. It is for fags.
Apr 1 2010 5:18PM
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eastside
Posts: 1744 - Karma: 167
its still just as popular if not more, but i dont think its necessarily cooler than football or lacrosse or other non-lame team sports.
Apr 1 2010 5:20PM
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CrunkNugget
Posts: 1279 - Karma: 16
exactly.

finger skateboarding is the way to go
Apr 1 2010 5:22PM
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AngryFromBend
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only if you suck at skateboarding.
Apr 1 2010 6:06PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
all the fresh nigguhz in tha hood push wood yadadamean? bro?
Apr 1 2010 6:08PM
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Shadows
Posts: 8068 - Karma: 43
guaranteed a short boarder will get rocked on a skate with anyone who has decent talent in longboarding. they are completely different types of skating.
Apr 1 2010 6:09PM
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AngryFromBend
Posts: 779 - Karma: 9

freestyle skiing owes everything to skateboarding. you people are really pissing me off talking sahit about one of my two favorite things. flowing a good skatepark is just as good as shredding deep powder. skateboarding, however, is about 50 times more technical, and you will definitely get hurt because even something as little as a pebble will fuck you up. skating rails helped me learn to ski rails, as strange as that sounds. and the same goes for spinning. fuck haters. i couldn't choose between these sports if my life depended on it.

and fuck you, this is not the 80's, and skateboarding is the second most popular "sport" in the world. not just us privellaged kids can enjoy it.

Apr 1 2010 6:10PM
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SteezePatrol
Posts: 10281 - Karma: 36
definetely used to be way cooler back in the day, then you know what happened...xbox live happened. kids play video games now
Apr 1 2010 6:11PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
youre one of the stupidest posters on this site by a long shot


ANYWAY skating is still "cool" and popular, you probably just dont notice it as much anymore because youre older and past the stage of middle school where everybody wanted to be that one certain cool thing. and lots of people slow way down on skating or stop completely as they get older, thats the case with a lot of my friends
Apr 1 2010 6:15PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
calm down.

and on the more tech than skiing thing... when it comes to real skiing, (not park) theres a lot of talent going into high level competitors, same as in skating.

sure you could out kickflip me any day, but dont say youre sport is 50 times more technical than my sport, which is the sport that you're on this forum for.
Apr 1 2010 6:16PM
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5teve.
Posts: 610 - Karma: 12
yea skateboarding dosnt have as many fans, except all the kids that smoke large amounts of weed.
Apr 1 2010 6:17PM
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Kajex
Posts: 1069 - Karma: 178
straight up bullshit.
Apr 1 2010 6:22PM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 171
>implying he doesn't work at NASA.
Apr 1 2010 6:24PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91

Once upon a time I heard that the searchbar was cool..

Apr 1 2010 6:25PM
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Tjacks19
Posts: 342 - Karma: 42

Longboarding is the shit. Just like rollerblading was tight, skateboarding was tight. Now its all about longboarding.

My opinion, dont hate

Apr 1 2010 6:27PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
>implying there is only one type of intelligence

im sure he rocks at numbers but when it comes to anything resembling qualitative thought i'd rather consult the retarded kid who sits next to me in my gen ed econ class
Apr 1 2010 6:29PM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
I love watching AM and PRO skating, but back in my high school days when I was a budding skate photographer, I wanted to shoot my fkng eyes out. sitting at a spot, for hours on end before someone landed something was miserable
Apr 1 2010 6:32PM
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2814
Posts: 292 - Karma: 10
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Apr 1 2010 6:32PM
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ski_ENDUB
Posts: 2535 - Karma: 86
false, what happened is they took rocket power off the air
Apr 1 2010 6:49PM
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Half-Blood
Posts: 1770 - Karma: 385
Skating is still huge on the west coast and in South America. If you come to Cali you will see a bunch of skaters of all types and ages.
Apr 1 2010 6:58PM
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Tjacks19
Posts: 342 - Karma: 42
Skating will always be a huge part of Cali. Mostly because that's were it originated.
Apr 1 2010 7:01PM
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Joonas
Posts: 568 - Karma: 230
yes
Apr 1 2010 7:04PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
everyone in my town bikes, and if you cant afford that, then you skate
Apr 1 2010 7:05PM
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RockyMountnHigh
Posts: 990 - Karma: 14
I'm sorry but I have to ask....are you talking about the same thing everyone else is? Because skate boarding is not a team sport and it isn't anything like football or lacrosse. You sir, are retarded :)
Apr 1 2010 7:10PM
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Half-Blood
Posts: 1770 - Karma: 385
For real? He was saying that he doesn't think that skating is more popular than those "cool" team sports, not that skating is a team sport.
Apr 1 2010 7:19PM
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fountain.
Posts: 1399 - Karma: 80

you are definately right, it seems like it used to be so much more popular and was something everyone did. even when everyone else stopped, i continued. i think its funny because all the kids who did it when it was "the cool thing" come up to me now and are like why didnt you quit when everyone else did? and i have to explain that i do it because i enjoy it.

Apr 1 2010 7:22PM
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A.Eberhard
Posts: 4426 - Karma: 415
Well I'm still in high school and still skateboard and I would say it is somewhat popular probably about 6-7 guys I know in grade 10 do it. I think it dies off once there friends stop doing it or once skaters leave high school. I only really started cause my friends started then I liked it, but hate falling so I just ended up filming and then I got a passion for filming skating and skiing so I got another interest out of it. I would say though skateboarding is still popular.
Apr 1 2010 7:30PM
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eastside
Posts: 1744 - Karma: 167
you are correct, but bluejeanz, on the other hand, needs to work on his reading comprehension.
Apr 2 2010 9:49AM
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Clownz
Posts: 116 - Karma: 68
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Apr 2 2010 10:55AM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52

Wow, so much ignorance in one thread

Apr 2 2010 10:55AM
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ChadThundercock
Posts: 3071 - Karma: 830
nahhh all the cool kids are rollerblading now
Apr 2 2010 11:13AM
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king.tubby
Posts: 2865 - Karma: 122
its all cyclical.  like anything really, skateboarding's popularity waxes and wanes over the years. 
Apr 2 2010 12:20PM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
In whistler most of the skaters are all over 20. All the kids dirt jump/downhill/bmx. Which is fine, keeps the vibe sick at the park
Apr 2 2010 3:40PM
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THATS_STREET
Posts: 2250 - Karma: 33
all the kids i skated with in junior high/high school probably havent touched a skateboard in 5 year. i skate ocassionally, not as much as  id like but the spots around here suck. when i was living in salt lake i skated jordan park, cottonwood and sandy a lot. the east coast needs more concrete parks.
Apr 2 2010 3:44PM
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Proze
Posts: 1094 - Karma: 7
HAHAHAHAHhah haha hahaha hahahaha haha wow its funny that you think any kind of skiing is more technical than skateboarding. I love both sports but skating involves way way way more technical skills
Apr 2 2010 4:26PM
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TheHamburglar
Posts: 3895 - Karma: 3,314
SKATEBOARDING IS STILL COOL

just look at lizard king and ritchie jackson. they're cool.

seriously, the street skating scene in socal is definitely dying. WAY more longboarders everywhere, not as many street skaters. check out the skate scene in portland, kids shred so hard up there.
Apr 2 2010 4:32PM
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Ryan*
Posts: 1827 - Karma: 1,195
TRUE.
Apr 2 2010 7:34PM
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killa_cam
Posts: 13143 - Karma: 15
dude shut up. every longboarder i've ever seen is a total pussy like zigzagging down some hill. bomb that shit.
Apr 2 2010 7:43PM
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Ryan*
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If I go over 25 mph my board gets super squirrelly. Over 30 and I'm a goner. So no thanks. I prefer drifting; it's more difficult anyway. Bombing just takes balls and like $500 to get a bombproof (no pun intended) board.
Apr 2 2010 7:50PM
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Half-Blood
Posts: 1770 - Karma: 385
Are you crazy? The street skating scene in SoCal is not dying.. there are a bunch of kids still slaying the streets out here.

For instance my homie Oscar Meza:

OSCAR MEZA from sergetheverg on Vimeo.



Apr 2 2010 8:36PM
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LiamMcKinley
Posts: 865 - Karma: 2,771
I love skateboarding. im no good but its almost as good as skiing for me. the best thing to do in the summer for sure.
Jun 9 2010 11:30PM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
because longboarding is easy as fuck and everybody can do it.
Jun 9 2010 11:35PM
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apcaipse
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The same can be said for just about all sports and activities. Anyone can pizza down a bunny hill on skis. Same can be said for longboarding, anyone can just roll down a street. To actually learn how to dance and slide and actually carve is much much much more difficult.
Jun 9 2010 11:46PM
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