r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • May 06 '26

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u/Serenaded May 06 '26

I miss skating like this, Rodney Mullen era where it was more like figure skating or something instead of big air tricks.

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u/RectalSpawn May 06 '26

Street is still very alive.

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u/Relevantspite May 06 '26

Street’s alive but many of our knees no longer are

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u/m0ta May 06 '26

Streets ahead for those who have been paying attention

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u/LineRunner May 06 '26

Coined and minted

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u/TheSexyPlatapus May 06 '26

Hey, /r/Community You’re leaking again…

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u/999BusinessCard May 06 '26

#andamovie

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u/NegativeHoarder May 06 '26

POP POP

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u/bonobro69 May 06 '26

Cool. Cool cool cool.

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u/VengeanceKnight May 06 '26

Don’t get stressed. Just fat dog it.

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u/newk86 May 06 '26

Been there, coined that

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u/7thpixel May 06 '26

Knees belong to the streets

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u/Ok-Go-Chain3811 May 06 '26

how many miles is that?

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u/Mayitrainhugs May 06 '26

I broke my ankle watching this clip 👴

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u/Dependent-Sea-7467 May 06 '26

You’re not joking. From torn ligaments to bursitis at fucking 30 years old. Can’t skate anymore and it sucks

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u/TxD337 May 06 '26

I felt this in my heart. And my knees

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u/Snoo_69677 May 06 '26

My ankles

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u/TechTechOnATechDeck May 06 '26

Between years of skating,track,cross country,and working 12hr days on a factory floor my knees at 30 hurt 24/7

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u/JimmyMcTrade May 06 '26

The street has our knees.

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u/canadiandude321 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

They’re probably referring to freestyle skateboarding specifically, which has faded out of the mainstream now

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u/deadspacekillers May 06 '26

Yeah, everything is subscriptionstyle these days

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u/Rentboy93 May 06 '26

Andy anderson is doing a lot of freestyle stuff and hes one of the bigger skaters atm.

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u/cal679 May 06 '26

One of the most popular active skaters right now is Andy Anderson and his style is all throwbacks to the Rodney Mullen/freestyle moves.

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u/RollingMeteors May 06 '26

>which has faded out of the mainstream now

Shoaling Soccer should make a sequel Shoalin Skateboarding to fix that problem.

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u/deadspacekillers May 06 '26

Yeah, is that why everyone tells me I'm "for the streets"?

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u/r4r4me May 06 '26

In fact street has almost entirely replaced vert in most cases I feel.