New 5050 store edit is sick. Gonna pop in there on Saturday - they got flooded recently and the ceiling got fucked. Go buy a tee shirt if you are feeling generous and help them earn some decorating cash 
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Funny, I thought his style was odd
Nah you’re crazy. Everything was bolts, he has great arm control, just a good natural style. He’s short and wears baggy clothes, maybe it’s that?
Yeah maybe. Not trying to body shame short guys here, I just thought he skated a bit like an animated Lego character would
This trick below and the half cab crook up the hubba were so stylish and so hard. I rate him.
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Yeah rad skater, recommend his Bunt interview if you haven’t listened to it already.
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Was coming here to post about that trick! Lovely stuff
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He skates like Bobby P and J Sawyer mixed up.
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Really?
I’m not disputing it but surely in pure numbers something like Santa Cruz will outsell an ultimately niche brand like F.A. which only appeals to a certain age bracket of people who are deep into skate culture.
I’ll wager the vast majority of people who skateboard don’t give a toss about curated/embedded ‘skate culture’.
I’d be happy to be proved wrong mind…
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Only just saw this before my response.
I would bet my cock that NHS board brands outsell F.A./Polar/hockey put together.
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Yep. You’ll find my cock next to yours.
Again.
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May not be accurate, hehe…but…
NHS Inc - $31,000,000 revenue.
Fucking Awesome $31,000 revenue.
*EDIT - yeah it’s not right, there are newer entries for the current incarnation of FA which is ‘FA World Entertainment’. Still…no sign of $31,000,000 profits yet as you’d expect. And yeah I know that NHS whole business not Santa Cruz decks…just moderately interesting and available online.
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Now I understand why Tom Asta skates for Santa Cruz
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Good shit. Just a couple of thoughts after the first watch - Weird to think back to a time when I wondered if Louie would fit on FA. That Joe Campos kiddie rips.
Just watched bits of the new Palace video again. The Lucas Puig section is epic. “Vamos a la casa de Palace” haha
Rewatched the Kyle Wilson section too, would be my SOTY, closely tied with Suciu
Decent ride on grind section, 7/10…not up to Suciu levels. Louie is a really special skateboarder. Would have been better without Nakel and Pablo.
Got excited at one point because I thought I saw Alex Trainwreck Gall going for a noseslide on a flat bar…but it wasn’t. I don’t think.
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Probably the most original skateboarder on the planet. Gou Miyagi excepted 
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