This is NOT a 'I quit and need attention thread'. mmk. I just want to say my piece and pass on information and that's it. There is no point to this thread, maybe you'll find it interesting, but probably not. I know as soon as I post this there are going to be people that sit here and point holes in my arguments, laugh at me or just somehow turn it into an argument but whatever. Just hear me out.
This is shiit I have learnt over the course of riding scooters for years, so meh.
Well, pretty much I don't ride scooters and shiit anymore - I never 'quit' I've just stopped riding. It's just not the same and it just feels like I'm not getting anything out of it. Who knows maybe I'll pick it up again and have fun again? But that just doesn't look likely right now. I'll probs be selling some stuff in the "Sell your stuff" section (theres some good shiit too so I'd check it out soon).
I remeber a while back I think Sean Kane made a thread about riding and loosing friends due to it, and at the time I was pretty much like "nah that won't happen to me". It's taken me probably 3 years to realize it had. It sounds so stupid but my social life has suffered due to riding. I'd constantly be asked by people at school "Hey wana come with us on the weekend?" and I'd just say "no thanks I'm riding". I have now pretty much lost friendships due to that. You could say "well just hang with the people you have met from riding" well thats all well and good but they are all a year younger then me - and I'm not saying they are immature or not cool people because they are - I'm just saying I can't imagine them wanting me to hang with them on the weekend outside of riding haha.
What I'm trying to say is riding isn't your life. Keep your social life intact as well. I am NOT a social person, I fuckking hate having to sit at someones house, drink beer, watch TV and talk. It sucks alright. But I wish I had, I've missed so many opportunities because of it. This applys even if your 12 years old guys. It's honest adive and it will happen to you.
This is a little thing I typed up from a myspace comment after a dude commented me asking my oppinion on scooters getting big. Remember this is all IN MY OPINION, so odviously things will need correcting:
"I don't think it will get big to be honest. Skateboarding got big because back then people got into it because it was fun and it was more of a 'true' sport. It went hand in hand with the culture of surf/hippy/punk. If you wanted to be one of those you had to be a skateboarder. The surfer/hippy/punk stereotype fell onto %75 (or so) of youth, so everyone wanted to do it. Corporate company realized they could cash in on it so thats how it got big.
Times have changed. We don't have the numbers. No corporate company is going to sponsor/advertise us (unless they are wanting to take a risk which does not happen in big business).
It's a diffrent time. Scooters HAD an opportunity to be big. But in my honest opinion Razor butt fucked it for a quick buck. They could have gone for the long term and taken a risk and marketed (corretly marketed that is) at a 14-20 age group rather then 8-12. Ever wondered why someone says "haha aren't scooters for kids? why don't you ride a MANLY bike or a MANLY skateboard?" Well that because razor decided to market it at little kids.
So, as much as I love this sport if you want to go somewhere I just don't think its going to happen. Choose a diff sport if you want to be doing this for a living.
There's my little rant. lol."
This little paragraph is about something that ticked me off for a long time.
Trends. Yes. The thread has been made before but I just want to say something 'bout it - it anoys me for some reason and it's unresonable for me to say this but fukit.
Stop riding wide bars, stop trying to copy the BMX style, stop doing the same tricks.
Ok, cool. You like the feel of wide bars. The BMX style is your style, the same tricks are the only tricks you know?
Well fuck, do something different, that's all I'm saying. Want to know why some videos look 10 steps above yours? Because it's not the same crap over and over.
Just one more thing. Ride for fun. Something that I think eludes so many of you and you don't focus on. Who cares if you can't land a trick, just do something new or weird. Think up something odd and have a laugh while your doing it. I see videos of kids throwing their scooter and having a whine because they can't land a fingerwhip - ride for fun.
I pretty much only plan on making one more video, maybe you will like it. Maybe not. It's not going to be a normal video I guess. I'm not saying this like "OH MI GOSH EVEYRONE WANTS TO WATCH MY VIDEOS" im just saying it beacsue I am.
If anyone wants to request a tutorial do it now.
If you still want to chat to me - I'm on Myspace or Youtube. I don't really like people talking to me on MSN - I've blocked almost everyone in the "scooter" group of it. So.
To people on YT: If you don't like Bass Guitar unsubscribe now. Cause thats probably the only videos I'm going to be making.
To Jordan Jasa: You the fuckinng man kid. You probably don't even know but I look up to you man. You just seem like a gnar person
To Alex Steadman: cheers for the inspiration in your videos bro.
To Andrew B.; your the man for setting up this site. Yeah, I often baged it but that was for laughs man - there were aspects of this that pissed me off but because of this I've met tons of great people and had a few good laughs. It inspired me to progress further and for that I thank you.
To the people I pissed off on this site: Mission accomplished.
To the rest of SR: fucck you all, little bastards.
=)
This is shiit I have learnt over the course of riding scooters for years, so meh.
Well, pretty much I don't ride scooters and shiit anymore - I never 'quit' I've just stopped riding. It's just not the same and it just feels like I'm not getting anything out of it. Who knows maybe I'll pick it up again and have fun again? But that just doesn't look likely right now. I'll probs be selling some stuff in the "Sell your stuff" section (theres some good shiit too so I'd check it out soon).
I remeber a while back I think Sean Kane made a thread about riding and loosing friends due to it, and at the time I was pretty much like "nah that won't happen to me". It's taken me probably 3 years to realize it had. It sounds so stupid but my social life has suffered due to riding. I'd constantly be asked by people at school "Hey wana come with us on the weekend?" and I'd just say "no thanks I'm riding". I have now pretty much lost friendships due to that. You could say "well just hang with the people you have met from riding" well thats all well and good but they are all a year younger then me - and I'm not saying they are immature or not cool people because they are - I'm just saying I can't imagine them wanting me to hang with them on the weekend outside of riding haha.
What I'm trying to say is riding isn't your life. Keep your social life intact as well. I am NOT a social person, I fuckking hate having to sit at someones house, drink beer, watch TV and talk. It sucks alright. But I wish I had, I've missed so many opportunities because of it. This applys even if your 12 years old guys. It's honest adive and it will happen to you.
This is a little thing I typed up from a myspace comment after a dude commented me asking my oppinion on scooters getting big. Remember this is all IN MY OPINION, so odviously things will need correcting:
"I don't think it will get big to be honest. Skateboarding got big because back then people got into it because it was fun and it was more of a 'true' sport. It went hand in hand with the culture of surf/hippy/punk. If you wanted to be one of those you had to be a skateboarder. The surfer/hippy/punk stereotype fell onto %75 (or so) of youth, so everyone wanted to do it. Corporate company realized they could cash in on it so thats how it got big.
Times have changed. We don't have the numbers. No corporate company is going to sponsor/advertise us (unless they are wanting to take a risk which does not happen in big business).
It's a diffrent time. Scooters HAD an opportunity to be big. But in my honest opinion Razor butt fucked it for a quick buck. They could have gone for the long term and taken a risk and marketed (corretly marketed that is) at a 14-20 age group rather then 8-12. Ever wondered why someone says "haha aren't scooters for kids? why don't you ride a MANLY bike or a MANLY skateboard?" Well that because razor decided to market it at little kids.
So, as much as I love this sport if you want to go somewhere I just don't think its going to happen. Choose a diff sport if you want to be doing this for a living.
There's my little rant. lol."
This little paragraph is about something that ticked me off for a long time.
Trends. Yes. The thread has been made before but I just want to say something 'bout it - it anoys me for some reason and it's unresonable for me to say this but fukit.
Stop riding wide bars, stop trying to copy the BMX style, stop doing the same tricks.
Ok, cool. You like the feel of wide bars. The BMX style is your style, the same tricks are the only tricks you know?
Well fuck, do something different, that's all I'm saying. Want to know why some videos look 10 steps above yours? Because it's not the same crap over and over.
Just one more thing. Ride for fun. Something that I think eludes so many of you and you don't focus on. Who cares if you can't land a trick, just do something new or weird. Think up something odd and have a laugh while your doing it. I see videos of kids throwing their scooter and having a whine because they can't land a fingerwhip - ride for fun.
I pretty much only plan on making one more video, maybe you will like it. Maybe not. It's not going to be a normal video I guess. I'm not saying this like "OH MI GOSH EVEYRONE WANTS TO WATCH MY VIDEOS" im just saying it beacsue I am.
If anyone wants to request a tutorial do it now.
If you still want to chat to me - I'm on Myspace or Youtube. I don't really like people talking to me on MSN - I've blocked almost everyone in the "scooter" group of it. So.
To people on YT: If you don't like Bass Guitar unsubscribe now. Cause thats probably the only videos I'm going to be making.
To Jordan Jasa: You the fuckinng man kid. You probably don't even know but I look up to you man. You just seem like a gnar person
To Alex Steadman: cheers for the inspiration in your videos bro.
To Andrew B.; your the man for setting up this site. Yeah, I often baged it but that was for laughs man - there were aspects of this that pissed me off but because of this I've met tons of great people and had a few good laughs. It inspired me to progress further and for that I thank you.
To the people I pissed off on this site: Mission accomplished.
To the rest of SR: fucck you all, little bastards.
=)
