Why do non skaters dress like skaters and/or wear skate brands?
>>11480557
because posers
>>11480557
skating is cool now. rappers and pop artist drenched in supreme and palace and general skate attire.
eventually its going to hit critical mass and skaters/skate brands wont be as cool anymore and posers will hop off the bandwagon.
It's easy to spot a poser, just look at their shoes.
Canvas = poser
Suede = skater
Crisp new old skool vans = poser
Worn out shoes, possibly with a few holes and ripped laces = skater
why do regular people dress like the navy with t shirts?
why do regular people dress like pilots with bomber jackets?
why do regular people dress like mine workers with jeans?
this is a fucking stupid question mate
because why not?
>>11480600
if you have no interest in basketball and have never played it before, would it be acceptable to walk around in basketball shoes and jerseys all the time?
>>11480578
>skating is cool now
are you twelve? skateboarding has been 'cool' for decades
>>11480595
POSER DETECTED
>>11480590
people actually believe this wowowow
>>11480602
yes, but I mean mainstream cool. its way more publicized.
>>11480611
how isn't it true?
>>11480611
Have you ever felt grip tape before? It would rip your fake Yeezy's straight off your feet after one rocket ollie. Canvas shoes are NO GOOD for skating and skaters know this.
>>11480611
lol canvas vans last 2 secs while skating
>>11480595
theres a difference between an article pf clothing and a whole aesthetic
>>11480557
back in the day, we used to skate with what we have to wear, the skater clothes were not cheap, the only thing that was necesary were the shoes.
Nowdays "skaters" are fucking pathetic, is repulsive.
>>11480590
wrong, if the shoe is destroyed to shit, is a real skater.
>>11480557
so im only allowed to wear Vans and cropped pants, if i skate? sounds dumb to me, i mean if you think it Looks great you should wear it..
Skaters are always changing their style to get away from the people trying to take it
These days we've gone back to baggy pants and shoes that aren't really even skate shoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMuJSLHglwg
>>11480711
you can wear your vans and cropped pants, that's fine, it becomes a problem when you throw a thrasher shirt on top of it or try to base the rest of your outfit around skate style, vans and cuffed pants aren't 'skater only' clothes
>>11480718
This is exactly what a posser is.
you dont wear cool and unique, you wear what you can and enjoy the sport.
>>11480557
can u give me link to These pants?
no skater, but plz :^(
>>11480718
Everyone's going back to baggy/loose fitting pants pull your head out of your ass
>>11480731
http://www.asos.com/Dickies/Dickies-872-Work-Pant-Chino-In-Slim-Fit/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=6094241&CTARef=Recently%20Viewed
i bought them the other day kek
I havent skated for 5years but i still wear all skate brands. I guess the streetwear shit is taking over and im tired of all the hype
>>11480735
i think he means they've gone back to the 90's skate style, just a few years ago it was all slim jeans and janoskis
>>11480752
This look took tumblr by storm, I don't blame them for moving away from it
Who cares it's all trash for people who can't find their own style anyway
>>11480758
where is the concave haha, is that a home made deck?
>>11480764
Prob some cheap deck. Looks shitty
>>11480773
this is how it should look, even wal-mart boards have SOME concave
>>11480764
looks like a $10 skate, the fake ones
I wear skate shoes bc I used to skate and just don't know what other shoes to buy.
i only wear vans because its simple and goes with almost everything. used to skate/ride bike for years. its such a popular shoe ive never heard someone being called a poser because of it. stop living on this memebase mate, it fucks with your brain
>>11480889
who mentioned vans?
>>11480898
well on the pic you see Vans combined with cropped pants.
>>11480916
pls refer to >>11480724
vans aren't the focal point of this thread
>>11480924
vans is just an example. isnt that the most popular skater shoe?
>>11480929
back in the day yeah, these days when you say vans, these are what come to mind for most people. their canvas fashionable shoes are way more popular than their skate shoes now
>>11480601
umm yes?
>>11480628
i have been skating for over 12 years or so and i've always skated canvas vans.
>>11480557
white shirt, and rolled black jeans isn't skater you fucking inbred. As if old schools are even good skate shoes.
>>11480945
how? when i first started skating i wore canvas and within three days of trying to learn to ollie i'd ripped through my shoes, socks, a ton of plasters and my flesh
>>11480948
read the rest of the thread before posting. TNT 5's are the skate version of old skools but the non skaters wear the cheap canvas ones
>>11480557
skaters are posers for wearing dickies when they haven't even worked in a steel mill lmao
>>11480960
what's the difference?
>>11480981
still don't get it
>>11480997
that part of your foot is what slides up the grip tape and lifts the board into the air when you ollie, grip tape is stupidly abrasive so you want that part to be made out of something tough
>>11480960
Can't buy black TNT 5's in the UK anywhere and I accidentally ended up with canvas, this is how they ended up ten ollies later :(
>>11480590
guy with a skateboard = skater
guy with no skateboard = no skater (or his skate is at his house)
>>11480557
literally why do you even care mate
how does this upset you
The skating community is elitist as fuck which is one of the reasons the skating community is cancer.
UR A POSER IF U WEAR THESE SHOES!!!1
UR A POSER IF U WEAR THIS SHIRT!!
>>11480616
It's been mainstream cool since THPS 1 and that one Thrasher game for PS1 came out you fuckwit.
>>11480557
last time I checked literally nobody cared about this since the 90s
>>11481118
12 year old kids, who think they are so unique skating, and feel superior to everybody else
>>11481018
go watch a few youtube videos not taking the piss you'll see how they're dragging their foot, it's left of the hole where the black line is partly missing. As it'll be on the sole instead from now on you shouldn't have this trouble.
p.s. nike janoski are the most durable skate shoe for ur buck
tfw my brother is a skater and he called me a poser for buying a Palace shirt
actually im kinda happy about it cause fuck posers, wish I didn't quit skating 5 years ago tho /blog out
>>11480557
wear what you want nothing matters
>>11481196
>i move a piece of wood with wheels
>by golly im cool
>>11480628
You're thinking of mesh material, idiot.
I've skated for 9 years, have to buy new shoes every 4 months and it's a 50/50 whether I get canvas or suede sk8s.
>>11480601
absolutely? what a dumb fcking question
>>11481061
This thread just proves how toxic /fa/ is.
>muh posers
>muh skating is mainstream its not cool
>they got no style
Pathetic.
simple, cause its trendy right now
>>11481106
No really, it died out for 5-8 years and now it back.
>>11480623
andy is a beast
>>11480725
this
This thread is just full of insecure "muh culture" skaters and people who bash on trends.
It's not like you can do anything about it so why even complain fampai?
Just wear what you want and let everyone be, being tolerant and kind is pretty effay :)
>>11480718
ahaha andy fuckin roy. i was just watching some videos about him. the dude is a hilarious mix because crackhead, hypeman, and nice guy
>>11480687
>White shirt
>Black skinny jeans
>Vans
>Whole aesthetic
>>11480601
>Why do people wear their team's jerseys, I hate it so mucho, they don't even play.
>>11480557
O gee, I don't know, why do people outside the construction industry wear CAT boots?
Why do people who aren't in the military wear fishtail parkas?
Why do non basketball players wear converse?
why do people who don't own horses own riding boots?
Why do you wear denim if youre not a cowboy
why do you wear a canadain goose if youre not in Canada?
why do people wear polo sport but don't play sports or polo?
why do people wear his jersey if youre not Kobe?
WHY DO KIDS WHO ARENT FUCKING ASTRONAUTS EAT ASTRONAUTS ICE CREAM YOUVE NEVER BEEN TO OUTER SPACE U POSER FUCKS I BET YOU FOUND NASA FROM TYLER U FUCKING PLEB I HAVE NO SELF IMAGINE EXCEPT FOR SKATE BOARDING WHICH GETS LAME WHEN I TURN 22/
I think this basic style is pretty integrated in several cultures which include skating, hardcore punk, and Street art. I don't think the style makes you a part of that culture, or vice versa. I know if I'm at the thrift store and I'm choosing between a well fitting t shirt that has a little volcom logo on it or an I'll fitting super bowl 1997 t shirt, I'm gonna pick the skate shirt every time.
>>11483193
i would pick the xxl super bowl 1997 shirt in a heart beat if it was a cool design
>>11480718
Baggy jeans are easier to skate in
>>11482623
I get that this board is relatively young overall compared to others but things like this just smack of some kid that's barely midway through high school.
>>11480724
vans are literally skate shoes and cuffed/cropped pants are cool now because skaters started doing it like 2 years ago.
>>11480960
I'm skating full suede old skools pro, they are really durable and comfortable
vans are cheap
i was always a skater style kinda dude but vans are uncomfortable as fuck and my feet are hurting
>>11480557
Because skating is "cool"
Everyone wants to be cool
Dressing like a group of cool people is a quick and easy way to look cool.
People have been doing this for decades, nothing new here.
>>11480601
that's an awful comparison
ITT: a lot of people who don't skate but are trying really hard to show that they do.
also posers who wear thrasher and can't even stand on a board
I used to skate a bunch during my early to late teens and I had always gravitated towards the skater aesthetic even after quitting skateboarding. Something I really despise is people carrying around skateboards and barely being able to stand on them. Their image crumbles like a cookie when they spaghetti all over their board pushing forward improperly and walking most of the time.
Sure without proper practice even the guys who quit skating will wobble on the board when trying to do a trick etc. but the muscle memory and coordination while standing on board is still there. It's like learning to ride a bike. So it's quite obvious when a guy is an ex skater or just a poser (or whatever you call it).
I agree that skate brands are getting overplayed right now but this trend will pass until the majority jumps on to the new trend wagon. At least it appears so in Europe.
>>11480718
you guys see newest lurknyc was posted on the skateboard mag channel? interesting that they got picked up
>>11481098
maybe on the internet...
skaters in real life are very chill
>>11483994
underrated comment
This issue is funny to me because the friends i skate with wear more random thrift and no-name stuff than skate brands.
If you really want to find an answer to OP's question, you have to ask yourself, as a skater, why you want that skate-branded tee over a plain or thrifted one that is much cheaper? I would think the issue is, at its core, the same as why non-skaters wear these brands.
I'll venture a guess at my previous question: Fashion, like most of life, is a way to be accepted by others. Dressing in certain clothes let's you communicate things about yourself instantly. When you see someone with a sense of fashion that you like, you think that they might prescribe to your other tastes as well.
For example, in buying a palace shirt you can imply that you:
-skate
-like certain skaters (jamal smith)
-like a certain type of skating (london style)
-like ironic shit (a lot of palace marketing is sarcastic)
-like hype brands
-like british culture
-like industrail techno
Now, you may disagree with what I associated with Palace, but that is what makes the 'projecting your personality through fashion' not work most of the time. Everybody likes different aspects of brands/pieces/styles so ultimately all this fashion stuff is nonsense, but it sure is fun.
>>11484431
i wrote this very quickly and forgot to make my point...
People wear skate brands because they prescribe to the skate-lifestyle: Being a degenerate, smoking weed, getting shit-faced, not liking society, bumming around all day.
So in buying a thrasher shirt (for example), youre communicating to guys and girls alike that you are into the aforementioned things. Then, maybe this will encourage someone to approach you and befriend/fuck you because they're into people that do the above things.
>>11480557
are those chino pants? what kind of pants are those
>tfw you push mongo
I'm an embarrassment to my skater friends
>>11482690
A good amount of skaters are elitist SHitheads
>>11485100
black jeans I'd imagine
Snowboarder here
These brands realize that 'core' people are 1: poor and 2: not a very big market. so they advertise to attract non-riders.
Just look at Burton... They were a good brand, but eventually they started venturing away from a snowboard brand towards more of a lifestyle brand and people ate that shit up. Whatever the reason it worked so other companies realize that being a "cool" brand that only caters to a niche audience of riders isn't a very good business model.
But in the end, who gives a shit, at least non-riders are giving money to companies that sponsor events and riders
>>11480718
4channer understands cultural appropriation and coding when it happens to a group that's predominately white
>>11480590
non-skater =/= poser
Get off your high horse m8
>>11480955
If you have a cleaner style you can get away with canvases. It's a preference thing, canvas shoes are much lighter, but I agree yes that most skaters use suede because it holds up better.
>>11485532
Doing that hooks you guys up though because it allows them to keep their gear cheap.
>>11480601
Gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/8
At least there is an actual culture/philosophy/life style behind the genres of music played by the band on the shirt. But skateboarding is only a commercialized sport.
You guys a more of a materialistic whore than music cultures, at least they try to fight some establishment (even if they're following intellectual masters). The skateboarding community doesn't existence, in the same was extreme rock climbing doesn't exist philosophically beyond it's sport.
Don't pretend like you faggots have any kind of culture worth protecting that isn't corporate whoredom and edgy sport elitism.
why do you wear jeans if you ain't a late 19th century miner bruh
>>11486522
Beyond the televised street league shit there is still a lot of underground street culture that rejects the norm
>>11486625
Sorry for my angry post.
I see it as how nike shoes are made for jogging but everyone wears the or how camping backpacks are worn by non-campers, there are obscure early morning jogging and obscure tramp/camping cultures that don't clain authenticity over their sports brands.
Clearly if someone wore a shirt that said " i just skateboard" and they didn't then that would be dumb. However skateboard brands like vans or volcom, aren't- >>11480724
>it becomes a problem when you throw a thrasher shirt on top of it or try to base the rest of your outfit around skate style, vans and cuffed pants aren't 'skater only' clothes
If this this consensus then i agree, but vans are skateboarding shoes?
>>11482183
>wear what you want nothing matters
This would be the opposite extreme, no, you can't just wear what you want, if i dress like a skin head people will think i'm dangerous, but at the same time the common wrong opinion should control the connotation.
>>11482633
>simple, cause its trendy right now
This is the true problem, people who wear shit just because it becomes mainstream.
>>11483193
>I think this basic style is pretty integrated in several cultures which include skating, hardcore punk, and Street art. I don't think the style makes you a part of that culture, or vice versa
Thiss.
VansXNintendo cop or not?
>>11486840
cop pic related
>>11486522
Fuck skateboarding culture. Fuck skateboarding elitism.
>>11480623
Is this Skatelab? Wooden Bowl looks awfully familiar
why are people who don't mine for gold in the american west in the mid 1800's wearing denim?
>>11481106
thats not true at all you fucking idiot. skating's never been so big in mainstream fashion culture. skaters and their styles are imitated by the most mainstream celebrities and talked about in vogue and shit, this has never happened. thats what the first anon meant when he called it cool
>>11483841
That's just blatantly wrong, people have been cuffing their pants since at least the 80s
>>11485574
wew lad thats some fresh bait right there
>>11488377
but the reason they're doing it now is that skaters brought it back.
>>11487657
skater fashion was bigger three years ago than now, at least anywhere that matters
>>11484195
If you would compare riding a bike to skating you've never touched a board in your life. Why does everyone think their opinion means anything? People will wear what they wear, so worry about what you're wearing as I've seen the WAYWT threads and its fucking abysmal you all need to leave the PC alone, go outside and enjoy the sun.
>>11488414
in most instances, no not really
>>11488414
is it really
or are you just so invested in the idea that "skater culture" is being appropriated that you would prefer to think that way
>>11488424
>If you would compare riding a bike to skating you've never touched a board in your life
he's just talking about muscle memory dude
not saying riding a bike is similar to skating
chill
>>11481057
mate the amount of posers i see on a daily basis carrying around a board just so they look like skaters is crazy.
But check the wheels, griptape and underside of the board and you can instantly tell.
>>11487501
Why do non-tennis players wear Stan Smith's?
>>11480601
Yes
>>11480557
This has to be bait, what a dumb fucking post
this thread is autism and skaters glorifying and circlejerking about how vans are popular lmao
In the UK (or atleast where I live), Dickies and shoes are no longer seen as "poser-core" clothing. Yeah, if you put a Thrasher tee on top it may seem over the top, but anybody who is deemed fashionable will wear Dickies if they skate or not
>>11488504
>>11488504
but muscle memory doesn't apply to riding a bike as it requires balance with the handlebars and body, nothing more. skating requires you to pivot/flex your legs in various ways, which over time will develop muscle memory.
don't tell me to fukkin chill when someone incorrectly uses a similie. he's a prick anyway so what if someone can't skate a deck, everyone has to start somewhere, and it's these kind of people that stop others from picking up a deck and skating, for fear of being scrutinised cos they're ""tryna fit in"".
all u elitist cunts on this board are probably butt ugly anyway lol
>>11488810
guy was talking about people who carry a skateboard around everywhere as if they skate but have trouble balancing on a board standing still.
im convinced this is bait so this is your last (You), hope it makes you feel better
>>11488826
nah nothing can fill the void really but I'll keep at it
I don't see the big deal with Dickies. Skaters might wear them a lot but that does not make Dickies a skate brand.
And it is not like there is much visible branding. So it is not even obvious that I am wearing Dickies. They are just plain pants that are a bit on the hardy side.
so whats the consensus?
>>11480557
speaking for vans:
some of us grew up in southern california, where they've been in style for 50 years regardless of how devoted you are to skating.
cringe thread
>>11482903
>Converse
>Basketball
>2016
>tfw still dress like this when skating
Why do people wear jeans when they aren't working in a mine?
