Conversations With Skateboarders [From 2005]
Conversations With Skateboarders [2005: Reprinted from MaxM a subsidiary of Sleestak.net] Image is everything, at least thats what you see on tv, read in magazines, and hear on the radio. A cool image is something that has always been important, and always will be, but it bothers me when only one stereotypical image is portrayed as 'cool.' One image that bugs the shit out of me is the dressed in black, rock & roll Glam belt, drunk, dirty, ignorant idiot that is oftentimes used to characterize skateboarders. What is really sad is that our magazines support this type of image, offer no alternatives to impressionable kids, and encourage these stereotypes. Transworld does promote the image of skaters as wholesome jocks--which is just as bad, but I'm focusing on the aforementioned image in this writing. Here is an example of Thrasher's idea of a good way to gain skate time: Thrasher's Study Less page [This page no longer exists--it was a coll...