Skateboardings Popularity Is Declining
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Yup, we are in another downturn after a major upturn in 2018-2020. Fashionable trends are fickle but true skaters will skate and progress daily no matter how popular it is. They didn't get into it because it was cool in the first place. They just found their passion.
I always used to like skateboarding because I thought it looked cool. Now that I actaully started skating, I just love the feeling of it. I don't do any tricks and I'm not sure I'll ever learn any. I just enjoy the feeling of going around parks changing angles and speed and being able to keep my balance. There's something about feeling the board under my feet
It's my passion for sure and I don't even kickflip lol
@@danagibbs3265 here's the secret: It's not whoever does the most tricks, but whoever has the most fun that wins at Skateboarding.
@@android2859 passion requires no kickflips.
I agree and also think that the YT skateboarding is a bit more insulated then the 'actual' industry as they will feel the fad fading. Here, imo, the majority of followers wont stop watching just cuz they dont skate anymore... and this might lead to ppl calling YT skating as 'fake' skateboarding community. Businesses are supported by our dollars, content creators are supported by views, so like John said, here its about the entertainment.
As a fairly new skater I can’t rlly say much about skateboarding how it was back then but it doesn’t seem like there are many other new skaters who rlly stick to it and have that drive to improve it’s mostly either people who have been skating for years or inexperienced skaters who quit early
yo promise eachother that we never quit🤝
I can’t do tricks or ramps but I love it.
just a few years ago there were people skating
I don’t like hearing about people quitting skating cuz I just started and I don’t really wanna lose the motivation to get better
@@nxbulae_ you will either love the pain of failing constantly for that one land that feels so good, or you won't. And you'll quit
Wasnt too long ago I walked into a skate shop in the city with baggy trackies and a board under arm and had a group of teens mock me under their breaths, they were shopping for shoes and didn't have boards with them.
Not calling them posers, but there's definitely a lot of people who got into skating for the culture and not the skating. sounds harmless until you understand that skating _is_ the culture. The baggy jeans are agile and durable, the flowy clothes are breathable and easier to move in. The chill vibes come from the meditative nature of cruising, and the focus and discipline required for tricks and other parts of skating. Skating forces you to clear your mind but stay present and grounded, a great exercise in mindfulness. There's so much to say you could write a book on it (kinda like "zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance", great read).
Might not be a bad thing that skateboarding is falling back out of the mainstream, keeps the culture from outgrowing it's shoes, if you will. Kinda like with anime, all you see nowadays is shonen superhero shows that take inspiration from western pop culture.
The surge of popularity may have gotten a lot of people into it, for better or worse. But, as others have said, the true skaters will still be out there skating.
As someone who started skating in the 70s and saw skateboarding more or less die ... chill, not a problem. Yes it's not the huge wave it was a few years back - because it's now an established sport. There will always be downturns in popularity but the core skaters will stay with it and encourage more people with a little balance to do the same.... it's just too much fun not to. And yes - people still exist at my age who skated in the 70s - I'm 59 and can still skate.
Skateboarding for me was at its peak from the mid 2000's to the early 2010's. Back then I would always see kids in the street on their skateboards but for the past 8 or 9 years so the streets have been empty, but every time I see someone on their skateboard driving around it brings a smile to my face!
Agreed
All my friends quit skating. Im now better than I was in my teens and I got my 5 year old skating with me.
True skaters will never let it die.
that's awesome that you skate along with your little one! same here im getting my little boy into skateboarding, while I long board * I know it's not the same as skateboarding but it's still fun lol! 😶🌫
@@eliadavis3881 love it! 🧡🙌
Might be on a decline but I got both my kids skating, uploaded our first skate vlog today! It turned out sick!
Skateboarding was my life when I was younger. I grew out of it and tried again a couple years ago. Got injured pretty badly so I don't want to risk anything, but the passion for the sport in general has never left me. I'm following all the pro skaters, love watching it, love learning about the history, ect. It'll always be a big part of my life somehow.
Do you still cruise? Another way to enjoy skating when you're scared of getting Injured.
@@koolsergio thats a good idea in theory, but its hard to not try to progress & push yourself when you're on a board. Old habits die hard.
I have 6 kids under 10 getting into skating and I have bought 3 Christmas completes this year and several used boards. We will still be here.
I got 3 kids under 5 and we all skating! you should make content with them! I just started teaching mine and I figured the content I make will be great memories for me and them, especially when I pass they’ll have videos of us. ☺️
I started skating this year and love it, I finally found a hobby that I love, that makes me go out and exercise and is lots of fun. Winter has hit me hard though, I live in an area with no skate parks, no parking garages and crusty roads in general. Now the weather sucks and I don't know how or where I can skate until spring comes back...
Yea winter can suck sometimes but SAME dude its a hobby I actually enjoy. I hate going to gym and its hard for me to put on muscle anwyays (I dont eat much and im skinny) so I just skate and have fun exercising doing that. I have no motivation to go the gym but i love to shred🤙🏻
Try snowboarding?
@@bozo5982 good idea, but there's also no mountains (or snow)😂
Time to build a ramp
@@xxraptorsc0pezxx I didnt like going to the gym for a long time. I do Hand balancing, handstands and trainging for like 1 arm handstands or handstand push-ups. Its a great option for skinny gus, its not hard to get into, but its another skill based excersise, like skateboarding. You'd be suprised how much muscle it can build. I actually only started skateboarding recently because I jsut wanted a form of cardio that was fun. I mainly do hand balancing.
I recently picked up skating again after a few years break. It’s definitely my passion and it has helped me lose a lot of weight and start a routine every day. It’s great and I’m glad I can skate every day and progress slowly but surely.
I think there's a huge decline because it takes such a huge toll on the body! I know not everyone is as easy to break, but me for sure, I break really easy. Everytime I finally find myself progressing I end up hurting myself to a point where it blocks me from progressing any faster. Just ends up making me feel like I should hang up the board at this point.
Yep, the decline of skating aligns with the rise of pussies.
@Tomski McDougle Gaming or growing up and prioritizing
Sleepy Joe, you can't even ride a bike. You need to hang up the skateboard.
I can relate to this. I'm hoping I'll get more resilient.
This.
I loved using my longboard but I kept getting hurt while riding it. Cracks, pavement type, small rocks even.
I kept hitting them and falling off.
I've hurt myself so much just trying to travel.
I had to put the longboard away because I just can't afford to keep falling like I have while riding it.
Scars, sprains, sores, sometimes even broken bones.
I'm too old for all that.
actually pretty happy i got into it on the decline cause the next time it blows up again im gonna be pretty good at it
Good plan
frfr 😹
Some of us just grew up dawg. Alot of my homies got kids don't have time to skate the rest sell drugs others like me we got hooked on it, I love skateboarding the moment I stopped I didn't feel hole again I sobered up an started to skate again skateboarding really saved my life for real.
thought you meant hooked on the drugs their selling 😂😂
I skate to work in an office. Never too old to shred brah
It’s natural a lot grew up but there’s supposed to be a new generation to take our place
I don’t think it ever got popular as the mid 2000s. With the TH pro skater games, every kid was getting into it in middle school.
I have the experience of being able to bring a skatepark to my township, (started as a senior project, and became bigger than me, I’m now a sophomore in college, and the park was added to the 2023 budget) and if I had tried to do so 7 years ago it would have been much harder to get authority support. The olympics legitimizes sports and while skateboarding used to be niche and legitimacy hurts that “niche” quality, I’ll take the posers, the baggy pant, sb dunk, tiktok kids, if it means more skateparks for the collective.
almost in the same boat as you, minus the age - but whatever boosts morale to my local scene, i am down for. the olympics just opened a door for people who have towns who want to be the first to start something in their community, people should try and utilize that as much as they can!
What’s wrong with baggy pants
Brother nothing wrong with baggy pants or sb dunks that’s been a thing in skating for a long time and some trends just pick up on it in the last couple of years but that doesn’t mean there bad because of it
It's declining because there's a lot of people that rode the TikTok/Instagram skate trend wave or started during COVID because it was something to do and they are quittting because it was just a fad to them. Those that started and gained a passion for it will continue on, the core is always gonna stay core. Just enjoy and ride the wave the real ones are always gonna stay skating and have a passion for it. Keep shredding🤙🏻
Nothing will compare to the early 2000s
Couldn’t agree more. I got a few videos from 12 years ago. Good times. Just started making new content with my 3 and 5 year old kids 😊 got a newborn as well but I’m still going strong 💪
Freaking Viva LA Bam got everyone hooked
I think skateboarding being more popular is brilliant for skateboarding.
People want to keep it underground but really does it matter?
The people who love it will keep skating, those who do it for a trend will give up quickly but in the mean time, the facilities and the products will just get better and better.
In the last few years I have seen a massive increase in improved facilities l, old run down skateparks being revamped, my home town it’s skatepark was rusted and broken and then spent the last 10 years as a empty space as they removed the ramps, now recently they have built a new park there which never would have happened without the increase in popularity. And why shouldn’t skaters get paid well like other athletes and get the support they need to keep there bodies in tip top shape, they trash there bodies for skating they should get paid well in the process and have after care support.
I’m 48 and just started cruising boarding and will introduce it to my 3 kids
Honestly I think there is just a lot less popularity for skateboarding itself and it’s kinda looked at as an aesthetic or a scene, and there are more and more “skaters” that just think it’s a cool scene and want to get girls
Great video! I've been skateboarding since 97 and somewhere around 2008 ... (guy on a handrail era) Skateboarding felt super lame and then it bounced back, the original berrics and focusing on progression again started to make it feel cool once more but in my opinion the crazy over saturation of very talented skaters is what is starting make the extraordinary seem ordinary and the industry doesn't have time to focus on a person and make them a lasting name in the industry. Rollerblading is a great example of something that feels more core and real because they have had to grind it out in the trenches getting shit on by everybody .. (like skateboarders in the 70's-80's early 90's) and as a result they have a very tight industry where everybody knows everybody, there is an incredible amount of respect for the former and current pros. I've been to a Blade Cup and I've been to a Street League .. the vibe is night and day different.
I personally started skating when the burst happened, Competition's became almost unfair with all the new skaters learning so much in a short period of time and as skate equipment technology grew, so did the skill level of skateboarding. It went from the outcasts sport to Everyone picking up a board. Me personally, I was bullied out of school, and it was therapy. The pain took everything off my mind and it taught me how to deal with frustration and if anything, It gave me courage when I needed it most. Skateboarding is just losing the unintended attenders that was provided. All the clout chasers or trend teasers is finally leaving a good sport alone and to my generation, We've grown up. All your viewers was us when we caused the burst in 2014-2017, Now we're all working and can no longer skate, Jobs isn't as time gifting as youtubers make it seem, you guys can live a free life and just record it and it can sustain your career while you still have much free time. Most school graduates just are pushed into factory work, believe it or not but 12-16 hour shifts kill you over time, so a passion like skateboarding dies off like a dream. Maybe in death I'll have enough freetime to skate again like I use too. Until then I'll still be encouraging people I know to pick up a board. Learn what they can while they have time left.
hi John, how do you warm up before skating?
Do you use dynamic or static stretches or just skate easy skate tricks to start with?
Its not declining because its too big. Its declining because its too difficult. The generations now want easy and quick.
Eh I'd second that lol the new skaters like generation is jacked insane talent.... It's declining cause it's an extreme sport it's dangerous it's not for everyone lol.
I'm a lot like you in I skate alone. However, I'd love to see a video on how you find such dope solo spots so easily...like you have no shortage of chill solo spots...and they are all perfect too, like not too many people or cars around...sortof secluded, and great ground. Idk maybe it's the city I'm living in right now...I can't find spots like this.
My 3 creative hobbies:
• (Money) day trading futures and options.
• skating.
• literal exercise calisthenics and running.
I want to pick up saxophone some day when I get around to buying one. I've always wanted to learn to play the sax as I love saxophone jazz.
Bro I recently seen a guy that skate and play saxophone in the street, a vibe
well, there’s been an incline where me and my friends hang…ofc that’s bc everytime we see someone with a board or someone who looks interested we invite them to skate, i always have a backup deck/street vs park decks that i let ppl use. then they get hooked and it’s over
i actually just this past week started going to my local shop and they helped me put together a fully custom board after a few days of picking parts, i haven't skated since i was like 13 or something and i'm excited to get back into it, no matter if it's unpopular.
Most hobbies or sports change over the years. I've been off and on skating since the mid 80's much more when I was younger. But my son is getting into it and has got me back on a board. But I rode through several downturns in areas where skating wasn't popular or "cool" and the core of skating is always there it's the hype that comes and goes.
Now that said I'll never do some stuff I used to be able to do and I'm alright with that. I don't push it I don't need injuries and if I'm honest I just love skating even if that means limiting what I can do. I'm just happy to be on a board even if I'm never gonna be the "best" at a spot. It's not going to change my love for skating.
I had to stop skating because my board got too worn out, I didn’t have the money for new skate shoes and setups, and to top it all off it’s cold outside. I’m going to get a new board for Christmas and see if I can find that passion again
i just got tired of being injured so spent last month at the gym im hoping to get stronger so next year i can skate more i hope its not popular then maybe i can actually get some lines at my local park lol
Just learn how to fall. There's actually a way to not get hurt. Keep going
I have never seen that many Skateboarders tbh. If i look back a few years then Skateboarding really grew here in northern germany.
Cannot believe you have a million subscribers. Very proud of you, for whatever that's worth. I always say this, but been watching since carpet boarding, whenever that was. Bought your first shirt, etc. There's clearly something about your spirit that matters and clicks with people. You look tired in this, John, so just make sure you're taking care. LOVE.
Skating come and goes for people I'm on a year break right now, but winter halts it so hard when you can't skate in snow.
John, I’m glad I caught your video come up in my video list! I sadly have too many subscribers, and only watch 1 or 2 a week.
Thanks for staying committed to the sport!
I still remember the first time i tried skating, i was in 5th grade 2010 and my cool friend he had a black birdhouse tony hawk board with sparker on the tail, i learned how to ride it in about 1 hour then i got my own board and the rest is history.
I used to skate almost everyday with friends they all moved and got into other things. And even then I still skated alone because i loved it. But these days I don’t skate anymore into other things like fitness and working out but I want to get back on the board I do miss it.
And yeah skating definitely is not as popular as it used to be
I’m in the same boat as you I do wanna get back but working out kinda replaced it
Honestly too it’s winter and speaking for myself I jus can’t get out on my board in the snow and I’m pree sure there’s lots of other country’s/states/provinces like Ontario with the same problem
Tbh really wanna try a snow skate
Okay but I have a theory about this. I’m optimistic. I noticed the massive increase in interest in skateboarding, at least in the UK came with the release of EA’s Skate 3. It made household names of pro skaters and I think loads of people got into it off the back off a video game and that wave continued for about 10 years. Some of the best skaters I know got into it because of that game. We haven’t had a big skateboarding video game (aside from the Tony Hawk remaster) in years. It’s not completely far fetched to say that with the release of Skate 4 or ‘Skate.’ as they’ve named it, there could be another resurgence? Just a thought.
Yknow what yeah, you definitely have a point
Lol thanks for the cameo John @0:34 seconds 😂 skateboarding will make it’s comeback no doubt though, it always does :)
I just started skating this year and its all new to me so I don't feel a decline at all. I hope you keep up the videos and skating though because I love watching it and I love the shoes too!
I just started, I’m not sure what made me interested in skateboarding now. But I suck and I love it. I did an Ollie, couldn’t land on the board, but I did it my second day because of UA-cam
Hey John. It’s been crazy to see your transition since living in Cincinnati! Skateboarding won’t ever die because of the counter culture it’s produced since the 90s won’t ever fade away especially today and the climate were at politically. As long as teens are angsty skateboarding will thrive. Keep it up bro. Make some whole day skate vlogs like back in the day! Happy to see you’re doing well brother!
I feel like it's everything tbh, when I was in middle school to high school the skateparks and the desert where packed making it hard to ride, now my local parks are usually dead, all three of them. And the desert I once ripped my dirtbike around at has legit no one, every so often many a couple but back then it was so packed you had to be careful when riding, so I feel like most people would rather be on a computer, game or phone then go get the dopamine from actual fun outside.. it's sad times
Funny earlier today it thought about starting to rollerblade because I feel like I reached a plateau in my skateboarding journey lol
what shoes are you wearing?
Off and on since June of 05. I’m 30 so I guess I’m “og” skater but from weed, mental health, etc… I could never stay consistent for no more than two maybe three years at a time. Love the sport, miss when I’m not active, only exercise that can turn me into a rail in months… mental health just love to get me out of it. I pray next time I catch the wave it stays. I got nothing else going but work anyway😂
Currently having spine issues. Havnt skated or played soccer in about 5 months. Being back doing what I love is a dream but the way it looks I’ll never do it again. Love you guys
i definitely hope skateboarding does not die
It’ll never die as long as there are people who stick with it, and there’s undeniable proof that there are people who are like that
I mean, true skaters never stop skating.
I just had a knee surgery 6 months ago and it is still fucked up.
I hope there will be a crew left next summer. Every 10 - 15 years we get a three year hype.
Same here! I've had ACL reconstuction + meniscectomy, 10 weeks POST OP.
It'll be a very long time and lots of hard work in the gym before I'm back on the board.
I hope your recovery goes well sir!
i just learned fakie manuals (switch nose manual? ) this year. Mind blown watching this, it all seems so easy for john. Dude just casually rips everything with ease.
Also, if you were a kid in the 90's and early 00's all the kids shows and movies had a skateboarding scene. So I feel like it was way more popular back then, I think rollerblading was way more popular back then as well, now it's just a niche, but I think unless you actually skateboard or subscribe to channels like this on youtube or other social media you won't know if it's popular. I was just curious if people cared about skateboard randomly.
Noticed the 13-15yo are getting bored of Skateboarding, the 35-40yo are just now picking it back up. Give it time, things will only get better. One thing I have noticed is the HUGE fall off of aggressive inline. Not 100% sure what happened there other than them not being in X Games and other competitions anymore. I found my old Roces and K2s and am amazed at how hard parts are for them and im afraid to wear them down and so the skates get put away as a treasure and the skateboard comes out as a 'relic'.
Skateboarding has gone through many upward and downward trends. It's the same with anything cool.
Dance music, Rock (Indie, Punk, Classic), Hip-Hop, Metal etc.. also go through their cycles.
Don't fret. Keep doing what you think is cool. Eventually, it will come around. Stay true!
Trends will come back around. You'll be in a unique position when it does.
Cola, SC......I spent the better part of my youth up there (from MB).
I'd say you've done well, John. Enjoy the life you've created for yourself.
Idk if I either suck or getting old but I would love to just be like a manual pad skater and just have a whole video dedicated to just manuals in the street on anything cool I can find
When I started skating back in 1986 it started to get big again, by 87-88 it was pretty big, nd we had a contest in town for the locals. By the early 90's there was a recession and skateboarding started to decline. You need money to skate. X-Games helped bring it back. I was there at the beginning of extreme rollerblading as an adult, then watched it die off.
lol, i got injured and now im scared to come back unless i get surgery and the proper rehab- but I do think you're right, I dont see as many people at the skatepark whenever I drive by
John, you are one hard working fella and I look up to you and envy you -- your dedication to your passion and being able to make a living out of it. I wish you all the best in life.
Where I live I see about 7 to 8 people on skateboards which 4 of them have the electric skateboard so like houses location is key …bmx is on a down issue as well UA-cam being where people post about it or stay on it by not doing more for skateboarding meaning with bikes you talk parts I know skateboard is less parts but clothing and such is no skateboard comps are shown. To gather more people so you’ll find about 8 to 10 people group with boards. It is down spiraling
As far as they're being an upturn or should I say downturn after such a bursting popularity with skateboarding, I think could be debatable.
At this point I think that skateboarding as a whole is trying to sort itself out. At this point skateboarding has been divided into different genres I believe we'd have to say, we now have surf skating, longboarding (which can be divided into genres itself), cruiser boarding, core freestyle skateboarding (not to be mistaken with longboard freestyle), stand up paddle skateboarding, LDP or long distance pump/push Skateboarding. That's just off the top of my head, so we can suffice it to say at this point skateboarding is trying to figure out even the different genres, practically every genre has different genres within itself.
So as a whole skateboarding is more popular than ever, embracing practically every age bracket.
For instance myself I'm 62 going on 23 and I've had some type of skateboard under my feet for almost five decades.
You’ve been really inspirational for me, I’m now skating and progressing every day because of your videos. Thanks for making these I love them❤️
I don't know about the world, but in Brazil skateboarding is skyrocketing thanks to the likes of Rayssa, Luan, Kelvin and a lot others, and it looks like it won't go down any time soon
I get why weak people would quit. Skateboarding is the hardest sport for a reason, you have to learn every trick in 4 different stances, Regular, Switch, Fakie and Nollie. Which is like having to write a 1000 sentences with 4 different hands.
I can’t say that your wrong but it’s not a case of have to, or even need to. It’s a case of whether or not you want to because it will not come easy but it will appear easier to some...everyone has a unique niche they will figure out what they find more instinctive and comfortable... no two people will be the same
The weather in my area of the UK is so bad right now its just cold and wet every day and i was just starting to get fully into skating. The weather will be like this for months.
Rollerblading definitely isn't seen as being cooler than skateboard, niche factor or not. There's a reason skateboarding has stuck around for decades and has had multiple waves of "coolness" that rollerblades/scooters/parkour don't have. But you're right about riding the wave, not BEING the wave. And if skating is becoming uncool again then whatever, the people who stick through it are the ones that blow up when the cycle starts over just like the late 80s to early 90s.
I think you're right although I personally think parkour is the coolest, public opinion really just enjoyed it when it was gimmicky in the early 2010's even though the sport to more stylistic and impressive than it has ever been. But I think you're incorrect in assuming that parkour, or rather freerunning, doesn't itself have the factors that make skateboarding appealing. There are just as, If not more ways to implement your own style in parkour/freerunning and the sport is just more versatile. Although there will probably never be a fashion surrounding it to the scale of skate culture.
Like with skateboarding, people that do it don't care if its 'cool'. Rollerblading never went away and isn't cool, just people that enjoy it. Same with parkour, it gets more public eyes here and there as a trend. Likely will never die and people that do it will do it until they cant anymore.
@@thrillhause I scoot and don't care that I look gae. If anything, that's kind of a plus.
Rollerblading was endlessly attacked by skateboarding because it was popular.
I really like the 3 hobbies thing, makes sense. Made me realize I'm only doing one of those things
Nah, today pro skaters had raised the bar really that high. Skaters be grinding on 20 stairs rail like and nollie bs flip big ass gap like nothing today. Those tech skaters on flat-ground ledge can't cope anymore. It's the age of 'skate or die'
Its very hard for most people to profit off skateboarding to make it a very successful living/career that can help change your life as well as your family so you can buy a car, a house, maybe buy your fiance a wedding ring, and so you can do it everyday like we would love too, without having to worry about doing a career you do not want to do and being able to do one on the field that you want that makes you happy in life. For the ones who can do that i am happy for you also praying for your success and i do the same as well for the majority of people who skateboard who have different circumstances which does not give them time to invest time into getting better at skateboarding. I understand that when i skateboard i appreciate the exercise part of it and having fun. But people who dont skate who try it for the one time or just watch skateboarding on there phones might not think the same because they enjoy the entertainment part of it by watching on social media or contribute to skateboarding by buying skate merch they do use and maybe skateboards they never use besides the one time probably. People who dont skate i cant blame them for not wanting to do the extreme sport because one it is dangerous and not for everybody they might prefer a different extreme sport or regular sport that they are used to that feels safer to them or might feel it will benefit them more than skateboarding in the long run like, baseball, soccer, basketball, and football where you can get a scholarship not like skateboarding but they might think skateboarding is is still cool, and my second reason is high risk low reward factor for people who skate and dont skatr because when you skateboard you dont get anything for progressing and getting better at landing tricks. Unless you have a job that pays you for skateboarding and you are one of the rare some in the world who get paid for it. But for majority of skaters who dont get paid for skateboarding just do it for the love and passion for it, i am going to make it clear that i am not saying the skaters who do get paid dont do it for the same reason but i am 100% sure you are more motivated also try different tricks in different spots that you probably would have never try because you are getting paid to do it to help you survive and live in life to continue doing what you love to take on different risk to get better to do so. Plus all you get from skateboarding from both getting paid vs not getting paid is it looks/feels really cool also rewarding when you do land a trick and other skaters hype you up on it when you land it which some skaters are content with just that and if your not because you want to make it a paid living we got gate keepers in are community who just purely hate on that and call successfulskaters sell outs. Which we all know does not make sense because how else is a successful skater going to pay the successful skater's bills/needs if he or she does not skate for the money, to end it off with my 3rd reason why is gatekeepers i understand why that would make you not want to be part of our skateboarding community because they make the rest of us skaters who try to make it a better place for everyone look bad and ruin the vibe for everyone. Granted though i am not going to lie i would think you are soft if you let someone stop you from doing what you want to do no matter what it is but i know better to be sensitive to new comers to skateboarding but that is not common sense to gatekeepers.
Great vid John
The tide needs to roll out to come back in again. Skateboarding is the same. I remember early 2000's boom, loitering in skateshops for hours playing tony hawk. Another boom is already in the works somewhere else
The music at 2:40 is really cool
Anyone know the song playing at 2:40? I dig it.
Space doves - the beach house
@@dubs1071 thank you
a skateshop just opened up down the street.. blew my mind. Didnt even know it was there.
I definitely don't think skateboarding is declining but it might be plateauing. Right now the skill level of skaters is the highest it has ever been, the way people skate is a bit different though - in the mid 2000s most skaters usually skated big rails and stair sets for their video parts, but now the creative side of skateboarding is trendy, which is especially evident by all the european skaters who do a lot of wallrides and slappys in manuals and things like that.
man i remember those good old days where ride channel was one of the top skate channels
Which 4 switch manual tricks did you miss?
Nice Manny pad dood. Sick DnB track btw
John i love your videos
The scenery in the skate portion of the video, as always, is real..”keep killing it”-“❣️
Comes and goes in waves
I live in the city, and I personally don't see the decline in popularity. Maybe less people outside cause it's getting colder? Idk skateboarding is still wayyy more hype than when I was a kid
Too expensive, nowhere to skate that won't get you arrested or turned into a souffle, more kids staying inside and glued to a screen, medical care costs too much
Truth
Can you please compare low trucks vs medium/ high trucks plz
in my town we only have like 6 or 7 of us skaters and it keeps going down. doesn't help that we lost our skatepark 8 or 9 years ago so all we have is our small downtown.
Great video
it depends where you live. i live in glasgow, scotland and its having a meteoric rise here. all across the uk infact.
I sorta noticed this when I realized how bored I get watching skate films nowadays unless they got originality
I saw an inline skating video saying the same thing
I've always wanted to skate but was never able to because parents wouldn't buy one in fear of me getting hurt and the road being unsafe due to all the cracks. Now I have a Walmart skateboard and am trying to but the wheels, bearings, and trucks are all really bad. So even though I'm trying my best it is very difficult due to the disadvantages that I face. Nonetheless I'm still going to try my best to get better at skating. After all this is literally the only way I will get out of the house instead of staying inside all day.
Buy a darkstar complete
@@filmercode how much is that? Kinda hard to find a good skateboard as there are only two skate shops in my city and they are pretty far away.
@@Solrac8D Walmart should sell them, Darkstar was a huge brand back in the day and for a good bit now they've been selling beginner set ups with no plastic trucks or shit wheels
@@filmercode idk. I don't think I'll be trusting a skateboard from Walmart again so I think I'll just get one from one of the skate shops. There is a zumies may far from here and they have said it will be around 100 bucks to get a pre-built board. So most likely I'll be going with that for now until I can get better and then one day make a custom board.
During winter? What a surprise :D
I was curious, I was never a skateboarder but I knew plenty during middle school. Dated a few, but I thought it use to be way more popular, everyone knew who Tony Hawk was and other skatboarder's' because of the Tony Hawk Games on PS1, I don't think unless you look into it, know one knows the top skateboarders of today, back then we knew the popular ones even if you didn't care about it. That was probably 98-2005ish.
I race motocross and skate once in a while for fun, ive noticed skateboarding suffers from the same problem as motocross, there isnt enough casual fans, most of the people who watch hockey and football for example dont play it, wheras in skateboarding its almost souly skateboarders who spectate, you dont see random people scrolling passed a skateboarding event on tv and going "ya sure ill watch this"
Where I am, Adelaide SA its booming
Old heads remember skateboarding was pretty big in like 89 or 90 then just about everyone who skated at that time quit to go be a jock or whatever else. That period when it was extremely obscure was when street skateboarding merged with freestyle (and hip hop/rave culture) and what came out of it was a completely reborn thing that was new and fresh and had soul that’s what created 90s skate culture was the down time when it cocooned and hibernated
i love hearing this history
Yeah I mean 2019 I got really interested in skateboarding. Never actually skated but I loved watching videos on it. Now I’ve just sort of phased out of it.
that's when I started skating and now I know 3 pop tricks. I'm not stopping tho
Watch some of my stuff + a ton of johns and get inspired again! My kids are 3 and 5 and they’re rippin
9:53 "What's next dude?"
Brainstorming, stay at an ice hotel in Sweden. Would love to see board slides on ice ledges. May have to bring a board to ollie up from. Get sponsored by the hotel, have them make you a quarter pipe. Either that, or the skatepark in Wylie.
When you’re a kid all you wanna do is grow up, when you grow up all you wanna do is be a kid again. It’s a common theme..how money can ruin(change) things, not always for the better. Get back to why we started skating..kinda like writers block. But we all have to make a living. You guys who market yourselves are in a social experiment. “Popularity rules” so I guess..get good?? Otherwise just do this on the side and have a stable job that pays the bills. Thanks for bringing it
Yo John! If you for real decide to go to Japan please....PLEASE link up with Louis Mora. I would kill to watch a video with yall two in it lol
I didn't even checked my email before you said you sent special thank you to everyone😂😭