![]() ![]() To them, skateboarding is for the most part a style articulation and they care very little about really riding. These individuals are posers and we need to keep them behind wholesale iron doors. Not trying to tell you git good, but just focus on having fun skating.A lot of individuals say they are genuine skaters when they don’t really skateboard by any means. Honestly just do you, from what I see the better skater you are the less crap people wanna talk about you. The best skaters in the world are sponsored by nike and adidas mostly, so who is the real sellout?) Core vs Corporate argument is another norm you broke (everyone still hates zumies but the core skate brands are letting zumies sell their products. Poser just ride on trends, being trendy means you have no individuality, like your just a sheep following the herd. The thrasher shirt yeah I kinda think its a poser thing. Mall grabbing is a stupid thing but it’s ingrained in every skaters mind to not do that. Now do I agree with some of the crap your taking? Most of it no. However its herd instinct, If the majority thinks wearing thrasher shirts would make you look like a poser (like me) then the majority is gonna influence more people to think the same(or at least try to harass you about it.) This is why people keep telling you these things even though it’s all kinda dumb. (Basic sociology stuff, might’ve used some words wrong) To keep social control skaters (even non skaters) might try to reprimand and correct people for doing things skaters deem not normal/correct. Not sticking to the status quo (i.e wearing thrasher and pushing mongo, etc) is deviating from the norms and being a deviant. Skateboarding culture contains a special sect of society that has lots of these “norms” in place so that the normal person acts a certain way thats deemed “normal”. This whole thing is bs and i just want to hear everyone's opinions on itĪlso u made it this far if you agree with me might as well drop an upvote ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'm having fun and all of a sudden there are all of these rules I have to follow. I wear the clothes I want to, I'll buy them where I want to, and I'll skate how I want to. I shouldn't have to change myself to fit in to a crowd better. Why am I judged by the clothes I wear, the way I hold my skateboard, and the way I handle a fall? Why am I instantly labeled as a 'poser' in the world of skateboarding? I'm honestly getting so sick of it I just want to drop skateboarding altogether. I did get back up and start skating again a little while later, but my tailbone is actually bruised now, and I'm resting so it can heal. According to the people there, I'm a poser because I can't take a fall. After I took the fall, (my lower back slammed into a concrete slab on the ground) I had to sit out in the bleachers aside of the park for a few minutes. Yesterday, I was at the skatepark and I took a pretty hard fall onto my tailbone, so I'm not actually able to skate right now. I think it's ridiculous to be judged by the clothes I wear, and where I buy them. I don't know what makes clothes purchased at Zumiez different from clothes sold at other places, such as Thrasher, but if someone could let me know that would be great, because apparently my Thrasher shirt isn't real and I'm a poser. Over time though, people continued to point it out and call me a poser, so I changed the way I carry my board.Ībout a week ago, I bought a Thrasher t-shirt, because I thought it was a nice looking shirt, and I wanted to purchase a piece of clothing to wear. So, in defiance I continued to carry my skateboard by mall-grabbing. I thought this was absolutely ridiculous, that every skateboarder had to carry their board a certain way or else they wouldn't be taken seriously. The term is used to describe people who carry their board by their trucks, rather than the deck- and is often considered a sign of a skateboarding poser. I didn't know what it meant, so when I got home I searched up what the term meant. I'm posting this to r/NewSkaters because r/skateboarding seems to not allow text posts, and I feel that this topic is somewhat relevant to the topic of new skateboarders.Ībout a year ago, someone pointed out that I was 'mall-grabbing' when I was carrying my board on my way to class. Recently, however, I've begun to fall out of love with skateboarding, or at least most of the people who associate themselves with it. I'd like to preface this post by saying I'm not exactly new to skateboarding.
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