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It's skateboarders versus the neighborhood as Soho residents and city agencies are eyeing the Greene Street skate shop, Etnies, for its rooftop skate ramp in a historical district. The Landmarks Preservation Commission said, "We received an application from the company, but it was never completed. So the ramp was never approved." Ha - that's totally feeding into the stereotype of irresponsible skaters! Residents have also complained about the noise from the ramp; the Post says that the ramp was "built without protective fencing or construction permits", too! Wow, that is pretty underground. But best of all is Etnies' statement:
"As skateboarders, we are used to this kind of resistance - but it doesn't hold us back! The mini-ramp will continue to be a great investment for etnies in the event the city forces us to remove it. We will donate it directly to New York skateboarders and transport it over to our friends at KCDC [skateboard shop] in Brooklyn who will keep their neighbors awake."Touche! We suppose the downtown skaters will just head to Union Square, Washington Square Park, or Lafayette Street (which is like skater central at times).
And New York Magazine looks at the uncertain future of the skate park at the Greenpoint Terminal Market.
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skaters are the fucking worst!! goddamn they can't even skate. All day it's like they go up, try to flip the board and maybe just maybe one in a million they land it. WTF?
This seems like a good time to ask what people's favorite skateboard shops are: Etnie's, KCDC, Supreme, Blades, NYPD?
My opinion: Blades is pretty lame and mostly for 6 year olds, Supreme has its head way to far up its ass, NYPD is dope but more surf and too far away, and KCDC is pretty cool.
I like Autumn - KCDC is awesome for people who live in brooklyn kind of far though unless im getting something specific.
Yeah, Supreme sucks! I know it sucks because I am the coolest guy in Manhattan and they don't even acknowledge my limited edition Will Smith "I Robot" leather Chuck Taylors. They are such douches. Them and Bape. Bape is for retards. Even the owner of Bape says he sells to dumbass white kids who think people ignoring them and looking down on them makes his cheap knockoff air force ones awesome. I mean the plastic on the Bape's are the same as the vinyl on rain coats and the dude charges 200 bucks a pair. FUCK BAPE! BAPE is RAPE!
It's been a minute since I've stopped skating. NYPD is my local skate shop. Did ABC (on Ave A & 9th?) shut down or just relocate?
The only park I've ever skated was by Stuy/BMCC on the Hudson (around Washington Street).
As for Union Sq.- I had an incident where my board shot out into the 15 lane intersection. Needless to say, it snapped and my skating didn't last long for the night.
NYPD definitely is the place to go for surf gear, but it's good to know that skaters go there too. They're super-cool there - no attitude or posing - they just seem to want to help you get the best gear they can offer. It's just too bad they're all the way up in Yorkville, but I'm going there this weekend to get a rashguard.
It's so weird looking at how the street clothing market works. Look at Phat Farm. It's just a black man Co-Opting White culture. It's basically Russell Simmons just stealing all the ideas from Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren and making them baggy. Then we have Marc Ecko, a white man who is stealing the ideas from Phat Farm and incorporating skate and bike trends to it. Then we have Nigo of BAPE who is a Japanese guy who is copying a white guy who is copying a black guy who is copying a white guy. BAPE is basically a japanese interpretation of Wigger Clothes. and the weird thing is Rich Guidos buy all that shit.
I've never even heard of BAPE and doesn't sounds like I want to.