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Just gained a lot more respect for Sal Masekela

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skituner
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First of all I already like Sal and think he gets a bad rap, for really know reason, the guy is a legitimate surfer, skater and snowboarder. If you check out the surf movie "fly in the champagne" you can see him shredding waves indo at the end. Anyways today i listened this podcast that he was and learned a ton about his life and career. I highly recommend everybody checking this out, he tells some really cool and funny stories


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theabortionator
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Why'd you have a problem with him? He's been one of the few things that don't suck about the xgames.


no homo
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skituner
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ive never really had a problem with him, i guess i just though he was kinda lame cause everyone always makes fun of him and i didnt know anything about him
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SkiThe603
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Yeah man
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californiagrown
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the dudes life is to stoke out other people. His stoke is contagious.
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icon1234
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How can you hate on Sal? The only thing I hate about him is that I will never has his job =(.
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Aidan-G
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Sal is dope. For anyone who hates be thankful Joe Buck isn't doing that job instead
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hoodratz47
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fucking stoked

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jimmer
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lol i saw that pic and instantly smiled and threw a fist pump. the man is all about the mellow vibes.
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Big_Willy
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No one thinks he is fake as s#!t?
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Hard
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I did the exact same thing. Gotta love Sal.
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theabortionator
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Just finished the whole thing. Fucking awesome. Loved it. Learned a lot more about him.

I've been watching xgames since I was 7 I think. Dude has been the man. Unfortunately I hate a lot of shit about xgames these days. In that interview it sort talked about having random people announcing that don't know shit about it. And also they have to announce it for the noob, that's their target audience. some of the announcing pisses me off.



Sal is the dope shit. Thanks for posting. One of the first long things I've gone through on this site that's been 100% worth it.


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KZA
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His dad is an awesome musician. I was listening to him the other day and realized he might be Sal's dad, guess he is. Check this song out: http://youtu.be/0Q9KcWcfE04
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DERS.
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hugh is a fucking awesome dude. his music played a big role in
the struggle against the apartheid government in south africa.

and his son just so happens to be that one black dude at x games....
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AngryFromBend
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he might surf ok, but im not so sure about anything else. anyone seen the video of him learning to drop in? it's not that old.

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RubberSoul
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dude sal's the man he gets hated on way too much!
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FunkyButtLoving
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threads for when i am done with this god damn paper
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Funnel
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Wait. Isn't this the same website that rags on Sal for a week in mid-January?
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Ben.
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Watch the old Tony Hawk Gigantic Skatepark Tour vids. He was on all the tours announcing, and is quite funny. Dude legitimately loves skateboarding, and is actually homies with a lot of the dudes in the sport. Sal is the man.
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Mr.Turtle
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we like him until he starts commentating
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Milksteak
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hahahaha this.
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theabortionator
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He's way better than most of the people they have at xgames.
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timmi
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His job is to commentate on sports in a way that people who aren't involved in the sport will find interesting. Because of this, he often sounds kinda dumb to us. Mike Douglas has to do the same thing (however, hate on him and I'll hunt you for sport)
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DLAM
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The biggest reason people bitch about the commentating is because they explain it in detail and try to get new fans. People complain about how they show it slow mo and talk about technicallity. They do it so the people who have no idea whats going on can understand why a cork 12 would be harder than a backflip.

I like sal even during x
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RubberSoul
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yeah well believe it or not, not every person on this site shares the same opinion on everything
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theabortionator
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BULLSHIT
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