FG = The New Skateboarding (this time it's true)

Posted on Wed 11th, June 2008

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• #101

eeehhhh

Fsck me. That double amputee is amazing :o I can't even ride a skateboard and I have my legs!
• #102

Hars

Basically, it all comes down to this: Nothing is the new skateboarding. Not FGF, not snowboarding, certainly not snakeboarding or snakebladeboarding (gheeeey! htfu!). These days -thanks to youtube- everything and anything becomes a hype... thousands of kids film themselves dancing the new hip dances (search: jumsptyle, jumpen, melbourne shuffle, tecktonic) and marketeers market the hell out of it but it's still just dancing. Same for all new 'extreme' sports.
Skateboarding is what it is and no other extreme sport comes close. The 'aggressive inliners' tried to steal the whole look and attitude but it's still nowhere near what skateboarding is. Snowboarding and BMX are equally established and deserve equal respect if only for not pretending to be the new whatever.

That being said, it's time to sell your fixed gear bike because THIS really IS the new shit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWJhF7yfnI4

But really, this is even crazier... I've seen Og skate in real life and all I can say is: respect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQbB8ayMlAs

+∞

I watched the first one and immediately thought of Og. That dude is such an inspiration.

EDIT: Where did you see him skate?

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