Prod’s nikes are ugly, they look too tall making the toebox look baggy, the leather always looked plasticy and I would guess was the main influence Prod had was to put the LV style fashion pattern on there which is as bad as adding any oversized mosher graphic to a pair of etnies.
Muska was up there with crazy rail stuff with Jamie Thomas and Muska had the fashion personality to appeal to kids. Jamie was less of a personality at the time but his influence on Welcome to Hell was HUGE. Jamie made another big mark with the Zero era too.
What he’s wearing in the In Bloom Part are a lot better than his latest part with the wild colouring with a nod to his previous parts. You still got those Neddy lol.
Circa demo, Bolton Bones late 90s, huge crowds of kids thronging both sides of the driveway watching Muska try a fs flippy to flatty, he never lands it. Meanwhile Jamie Thomas sits and scowls, and Appleyard skates on his own at the left side of the park, quietly destroying the place for the eyes of no-one.
We have to differentiate between stylers we love to watch and influential skaters.
If there is multiple evidence of people copying style then possibly some stylers could be influential.
Couldn’t find the photo online so just took this photo - Transworld January 2002. There can’t be many skaters who could draw crowds like this. Especially not anymore
The use of the term room mate always sounds a bit like “My aunt never married, she just lives with her good friend Maureen who comes to every family event”
Alan gelfand?
Can’t recall even seeing a photo of video of him doing an Ollie but have had it drilled into me since I was 14.
Couldn’t even pick him out of a line up. No idea what he looks like