Actually never mind!

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

http://www.yobeat.com/2009/04/13/chain-of-command/

They ripped the wakeskate community. Good thing Kyle is in there laying it down in the comments. Probably the only wakeskater/poster in that thread that has an edit up on there. Rolling Eyes

I hate when they get to the off season and they have to write some jargon to stir the pot.

All I know is when I get my speedo and tall socks on, out there bustin some mad 90deg ollies I know for a fact I look better than any rollerblader out there.

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

lollar pointed out this was from two years ago....im an idiot

just thought it was silly

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

snowboarding is stupid and so is yobeat

it must have gotten reposted? there's comments on there from 2013?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

yeah they re-posted it today

I guess I missed the first round.

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

I thought it was hilarious. Skateboarders wanting to be rock stars, and rock stars wanting to be God/Satan. All in good fun. Lipton probably put wakeskaters on there to make fun of Brooke

girlsafteryou · Pop Shuvit Joined: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 102 City: Seattle

I love it, if they switched us with wakeboards, his diagram is 100% accurate.

johnnyk · Posted: Jul 01, 2013 1:17 am Post subject:

I hate Yobeat, and have given up on their ideas of snowboarding trends. After certain riders self-proclaimed their riding as "art", the features, tricks, and pretty much anything else in the edits got really lame really fast.

Their tattoos are terrible as well.

bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

Screw that, whoever wrote that is just a douche who probably never leaves his basement

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

johnnyk, haha. Who do you have a problem with claiming their riding is art?

johnnyk · Posted: Jul 01, 2013 12:47 pm Post subject:

haha I don't want to call out certain people and say they suck, because obviously most of them snowboard for a living and I will never be someone who lives that life.... but I'll say this. There are two types of snowboarders: those who participate in contests, and those who don't. In recent years, those who are anti-contest have become so... anti-contest-ual that they view progression as lame and just try to imitate skateboarding to an extreme. The problem is that doing a 2 foot pole jam 180 on flat ground in the street on a snowboard isn't really worth being in a video part, nor is it "art" just because you put some whiny indie song in the part and slow it down Carlino style. I'm not referring to Jed, I would be ignorant as shiz to call him out.

So i'll say this. Scott Stevens is the most creative snowboarder in the world, in my eyes. And the features he hits are huge. He has the perfect balance of creativity and progression. If you're going to be so anti-establishment, be like him. hahaha.

But isn't this a wakeskating site? how bout that glassy water we're having? boy what a doozy.

bondmaxbondrock · Pop Shuvit Joined: 29 May 2013 Posts: 141

johnnyk, I completely agree, Scott Stevens is the man.

Jake S · Backside 180 Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 683 City: SLC

johnnyk, Really? You get mad at people doing street pole jams and turn around and say Scott Stevens is doing it all right? Whatever. You snowboard for your reasons, don't be mad at others for doing it how they want to.

Anyways. Yeah. Glassy water.

johnnyk · Posted: Jul 02, 2013 6:37 pm Post subject:

Jake S, I don't see why it is wrong criticize certain trends in any sport. Go to any skateboard forum. all I was saying was that some snowboarders spend way too much time trying to imitate skateboarding that they lose their own creativity. Scott Stevens is great because he pushes the limits on what can be done with a snowboard, not just stuff that's already been done on a skateboard. And above all he rides for fun, and even says in Defenders that its all crazy and stupid. He doesn't think he's pioneering some obscure form of art.

I think that criticism is necessary for anything. If everyone was content with everything there would be no point in any sort of forum.