We get some pretty hilarious and amazing mail from our readers every week and figured instead of just hi-fiving or snickering about it behind a computer screen, we would share it with the rest of you to enjoy. This time we get some from the legendary Shaggy, sending in an actual hand written letter. Feel free to hit us up with your inquirys, complaints, questions, farts – we respond to all our loyal reader’s mail. Who knows, maybe we will feature it here, and the fame and glory will be all yours… kind of.
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July 11, 2013 4:17 pm
This kid is stupid. Although skating is becoming mainstream it doesn’t mean the true nature of skating has died. There is just more coverage. Saying that some skaters are better than others is not what skating is about. While I agree about the local skate shops, why is it bad for skating to be a means of making money? If the pros didn’t commit to skating like it was there job, they wouldn’t be where they are today. Skating takes dedication and anyone who is willing to give the dedication, is alright in my book. You need to stop caring what other people think and just enjoy the fact that this amazing sport is finally getting the coverage it deserves.
July 11, 2013 6:04 pm
To this dude I say, try living in a place where there are no skate parks, you fucking child. I could turn all this noise about so many skaters being “yuppies” right around and point out that apparently some skaters are more interested in being a dick to everybody else on the planet than in allowing skateboarding to exist in all of the many forms it has taken.
I’m reminded of the days back in the ’80s when people were calling Tony Hawk a sellout; what the fuck is wrong with a pro skater calling making a career out of doing what they love? Pro skaters are really, really good at it and were probably lucky as well. That’s it. More power to them that they don’t have to take some shit job that they hate just in order to pay the rent.
Maybe I’m lucky, but where I live there are only indy skate shops and a close-knit community of mutually supportive skaters. Skate parks are few and far between, and everybody wants to see more of them. There’s also a ton of guerrilla skating going on in old factory buildings and on the streets.
I’ve been hearing this kind of petulant whining out of skaters for 25 years now, and it’s just as lame now as it ever was. Why bust other skaters’ balls because they’re not skating the way you want them to? What’s with hating on people who are attracted to skateboarding? Not everybody is going to be an innovator, not everybody is going to bring creativity to it, but what’s with shitting on other people for trying and having fun at whatever level they’re able to enjoy it at? This letter is just nihilistic rambling from some non-contributing zero. It’s the kind of lazy arrogance that gives all skaters a bad name.
July 13, 2013 3:46 pm
“This letter is just nihilistic rambling from some non-contributing zero.” – Benjamin Miner, apparently thinks he’s better than others.
July 15, 2013 4:43 pm
I agree. Part of me thinks this is mostly for laughs, but your points are valid. No one is better than anyone else, and we all have a different opinion on what “kind” of skateboarding is awesome. This letter is just childish.
July 11, 2013 6:46 pm
this shit is getting a bit old, if you want the roots of skateboarding get out of the skatepark, stop reading the magazine’s and go do it yourself. no one is demanding you absorb the culture, you just want something to complain about.
July 12, 2013 12:53 am
this guys one of the head builders for grindline danny boy