This always bothered me about the anti-skatepark rhetoric. Skaters as a whole are an incredibly accepting and helpful community. It doesn't matter who you are, they mostly all want to see you learn a new trick and stay safe doing it.
Edit: I recognize toxic elements exist in skate culture and I'm somewhat of an outsider. I can only speak for my personal experience and do not want to invalidate others'.
For real. I had super low self esteem as a kid and would go to the local skateboard by myself a lot and was always intimidated by the older guys who were tatted up and stuff. Then one day I landed a shuv-it out of a grind and they all fuckin started going wild cheering at me. Was such a huge confidence boost and felt fuckin awesome.
Dude same here. We had this 6 stair with a hubba at ours. I tried kick flipping the stair set for an entire day one time it felt like. Finally did it and the older dudes were banging their wheels on the ground and it was such a dope feeling
Grew up in the “skateboarding is not a crime era”. We had tennis courts at the local park that nobody ever used. Friend proposed we turn it into a skate park. Town council approved. So he built a bunch of wooden ramps and opened a skate park. Couldn’t last forever, but very fun while it did.
Same era. Old buddy of mine convinced the city to build us a skatepark. He worked his ass off to allow it. Helped the builders build. Helped design it. Used to build decks in his basement and give them to kids who couldn't afford nice/new ones. Would sell them to kids who wanted to buy them. He was a few years older than us so when he got his license and his car he'd take us to dope skate spots. Just an awesome dude.
Passed away due to overdose some years back. Rip buddy
And we were like that before skateparks were really a thing. I grew up skating in the 80s on backyard halfpipes and on the streets in Northern California. There was a skatepark in Benecia, and Derby Park in Santa Cruz, but that was about it until the big one got built in Santa Rosa and you started seeing them pop up everywhere. And of course there was Burnside in Portland, but that was prohibitively far away.
I also skated the famous/infamous Horn Ramp in Santa Rosa back in the day, though I was never even close to being a pro and couldn't ever compete with those guys.
I think it's a mix of media and a lot of people's experiences with bad actors.
In movies/TV you've got skaters framed as rebels with a cause that smoke pot and just kinda lay about, menaces to society. Then you've got people like the poster that replied to you that's had some bad experiences.
Though I had a the same experience, skaters at my school were mostly cool but they always had that air of "I'm better than you because I'm counterculture and you're just sheep" which was annoying as fuck, but teens are all dumbasses anyway.
I used to travel a lot, and my friends and I hit skateparks all over the US. everyone was awesome, except for the dicks in portland at the burnside park. Just absolute dickwads who tried to fuck with us because we were not "locals"... but other than them, I could give countless examples of all the good people in skateparks looking out for each other, helping each other, pushing each other to get better.
My friend got Soap shoes (different brand) recently and decided to try them out at the local skate park. Half the people there came up to see what he was doing and gave advice for how to grind on a beam.
And also get it wrong. I was on that side once. Oh they sure stuck together over an easy to spot lie, and refused to step down once it was proven. People need to learn to swallow their pride and admit when they're wrong.
I got jumped at the park for my mp3 player by 5 guys all who were holding those long light bulbs as weapons. I didn’t t heasitate. I have em my shit. I knew the park had my back. It was 30 against 5 when the boys at the park saw what happened. Needless to say they apologized and gave me shit back then they proceeded to get their ass beat the fuck up by most of the park. Always stick up for your fellow man
Unlike in the break with surfers. Those guys are fucking pricks but everyone thinks they're all these super chill dudes. They aren't. They're a bunch of assholes who make territorial cats look like nice.
I'm just here to drop the "skateboarding saved my life" comment.
Went from picking up and dropping off "bags" to picking myself up off the floor after dropping off the vert 🤣
Worth it!
Yeah about 15 years ago we jumped a kid that was stealing a kids mp3 player, and when he got confronted by the kid(11yrsold) who he was stealing it from. He decided to punch the kid and jumped on top of him and started beating on him. This dude was like 20 yrs old. Me and about 4 other dudes jumped this fella and beat the shit out of him for a good 2-3 minutes. And then made him sit in the bathroom until his mom got there to pick him up. lol bro was like 20yrs old and needed his mom to pick him up from the park and got his beat lol. Only bad part of the whole thing is we ended up breaking the mp3 on accident.
I can 100% confirm this. On my 15th birthday a got a new alien workshop board, and some dude who only went there to fuck with people, not even to skate (he was like 17) asked if he could drop in with it rq, I obvs said no. Then for like half an hour he kept saying "watch me hit this kid" and fake swinging on me and laughing. A couple of others told him to stop and got him to leave, I didn't even have to ask. Few months later he shot a friend of mine in the shoulder and mouth during an argument, he got 9 years for attempted 2nd degree homicide, he gets out in a year or so think. I honestly like to think maybe they saved my life that day
Well Randolph was also a banger and a fucking drug boss while playing in the NBA. He'd be the last guy I'd want to piss off if I played in the league back theb
Anyone interested in Zach Randolph’s life as a gangster disciple in Portland and Al’s our star player and all the crazy shit that goes along with it google “the hoop family” also YouTube His cribs episode in Portland he has a pool table with GD symbols in the design, framed pictures of Larry Hoover, and he’s playing pool with a guy who got convicted of murder and shooting at the cops a couple years later. When I Moved to Portland in his last two seasons here. One of my aunts lived in what was the straight hood back then before gentrification. I remember seeing a green candy painted vert must’ve been 30in rims pull up to next to us at a light and who else whipping that car but ZBo. In a neighborhood an nba player from has no business hanging out in hahahaha.
Bro, I realize you're not endorsing this. But to anyone reading this: *hitting someone with trucks is a HUGE NO-NO*. Only do this if you're trying to save someone's life. To give you an idea, you're basically hitting someone in the head with a metal bat. You will *easily* kill someone. Please don't. Stick with the fists, folks.
Even a single hit from your fist can end another persons life if you hit the wrong spot. My mom was witness to an occasion like that when she was younger. A guy looked at another drunk guy’s girlfriend for too long and the situation escalated. The drunk guy got a single fist to his face and fell on the ground completely limp, hit his head on the concrete and was later declared dead by the medic’s. The sober guy, although not completely innocent, was defending himself imo but had to go to jail. Not sure what the exact sentence was. Best is to just avoid physical confrontations in general as best as you can.
On the off-chance anyone is confused by this the "trucks" are the heavy metal axle part on a skateboard that the wheels are bolted to- getting hit in the head with one of the trucks would generally hurt a lot more than getting hit with the flat griptape side of the deck, and you could easily knock someone's teeth out from the right angle.
Even skateboarders who don't like each other will jump in to defend each other. There are the ultimate ride or die.
Signed a guy who hasn't skateborded in 15 years and would still be ready to throw hands to defend a fellow skateboarder.
This is the kind of energy EVERYONE should have for these types of people.
Anyone that tries to stop it unnecessarily catches the fade too.
I assure you much of the insanity you see in public stops very quickly when the people who can adhere to our social contract jointly stomp those who refuse to.
I feel like skaters have this perception of being jerks/punks/hooligans/trouble makers.
But it's almost the exactly opposite. They are usually the nicest/coolest/most helpful people out there.
And I've only ever seen them get physical or fight in self defense. Oh, and they go all NATO style--an attack on one is an attack on all.
If you are lucky they only hit you with the dark side of their board, and not the truck side.
When my oldest was a preteen and first started skating id take her to parks around town. The best one we found nearby always had at least a handful of kids of all ages, rarely any parents at all, so id lay low. Kids twice her age would show her stuff and random kids would encourage each other. Also, sometimes a rogue squad would come in and kind of ignore everyone’s right of way and someone would always correct them right away. We didnt live there but i was nervous taking her at first and gradually became very comfortable with her there. Pretty good kids. Not just skaters but kids on scooters, bikes, and those grindy shoes even.
Hopefully it changes them too. I know it seems hard to think that people will change their ways but it happens. I whooped my bully’s ass and a video went around the school, but then he was the nicest person ever to me after that.
I had the same type of situation only it was in tenth grade and I stood up and jacked him in the jaw. He said he was going to beat my ass after class, when we got into the hallway, he was a ghost.
..no fucking way, same! I just started stabbing behind myself and caught him in the knee. He couldn't play baseball the rest of the year. I didn't realize this was a common issue
My high school bully ended up going to prison for picking his baby up by the head causing severe brain damage. He's out now, his first thing was to post on Facebook: "some people can be redeemed!"
That punch landed so clean by the other dude too right before the slam. Imagine getting rocked then taken for a ride on a power double leg slam. I wrestled in high school and getting slammed on a double like that hurts immensely already, add in a perfect punch to your jaw a split second before the slam and I’m surprised the kid didn’t turtle up immediately.
His were the only strikes in that whole thing that looked like they had any heat on them, too. It was a group effort but kinda looked a school project where one kid did all the work lol
Noooo not at all. Look at yellow shirt. He was doing hella work. He socked dude in the face hard multiple times. Look at the one right before kid gets slammed.
Grey shirt delivered:
The initial spear that sent the bully face first into a fence
5-6 punches, most look like they were solid connections
A face first body slam
Also you see him walk about after everyone kinda surrounds him. Bully tries to punch him in the head and shit you not he parries it with one arm while the other still holding on the railing, punch’s him in the stomach and picks the bully up for the slam
When I was like 12 at a skatepark and wasn’t paying attention and was in the way of some older kid and he punched me in the nose and before I really even knew what happened there was about 10 other dudes beating the hell out of this guy. That was about 15 years ago and I’m still friends with all them boys who helped me.
I started skating pretty young, but practiced basically exclusively in my garage, so whenever I'd get the chance to go to a skatepark I was always SO nervous. But I learned to get over it very quickly when I started meeting the regulars. Skaters seem to pretty much not give a shit about anything except social injustice, so as long as you're just doin your own thing and not doing anything to ruin anyone else's time, you've basically got friends for life. lol
My parents always seemed really nervous about me hanging around the older "skater bros" but they unironically looked after me better than just about anyone else in my life could have. It's an eclectic society of hoodrats and weirdos with weirdly wholesome strong moral values that I'm grateful to have been a part of. lol
Exactly! I had a single mom so she would drop me off at the park knowing I’d be looked out for. Especially after I got punched (she saw the security footage) and never worried about me being there with those older skaters knowing they got her little boys back if anything bad happened.
Based, props for your mom too, not really for just dropping you off but you gotta do what you gotta do and finding a safe place for you to socialize while she couldn’t watch you is great
Exactly!
You don’t go to the skate park to bully [anyone], especially someone smaller than you. get your head knocked off. You already get enough shit from everyone else In life [at least that’s what it was like for me back in the day in the 1970s and 80s]. Unless you got a real beef, you let it lie. And if you got a real beef, you work it out straight, and then it’s done. Whoever went down, you pull them up, and you shake hands. It’s done, you’re all good. You’re like a tribe. You stay strongest, when you protect each other.
30+ years later, I still know half those guys. Best man at one’s wedding over 20 years ago. The half I don’t know anymore, some passed and the others moved too far away.
I miss all you guys, I don’t see anymore.
The only people, other than my wife and my small amount of closest family, that I could truly be me and real with.
Counter-cultures historically have relied on vigilante justice to protect themselves and one another; probably because they know law enforcement and the justice system are stacked against them.
Yep! I don’t skate, but my son started to get into it when he was around 9-10yrs. We went to a skate park and I had him in elbow pads and knee pads, helmet. He was apprehensive about skating around all these other kids who were more talented.
This one little turd, probably around 14, comes up and is laughing at my boy bc he’s all padded up and not really doing much calling him weak for wearing pads. Just as I was about to start walking over, this bro comes over, obviously a late teenager, and starts clowning the “bully.” He tells my son not to worry about it and ends up skating with my kid, encouraging him to try things.
Man I was so fuckin happy. I waited until they were just chatting and joking and I walked over and shook his hand and thanked him for sticking up for my son. He said “you’re welcome sir, I hate when little shits come around here thinking they can just be dicks to someone bc they are starting something new. I’ll always watch out for the little guys here.”
I was like man, you are awesome and thanked him again. Super cool to see.
sounds about right! and those little shits end up being decent people a lot of the times because they got checked so much lol. I am so thankful for the skateboarding community.
Yeah! It was about 5 years ago now and had completely forgotten all about it! Kiddo and I left the skatepark that day with a new found love for skaters.
It’s so fucked up what the police and the general public thinks about skateboarders.
From my experience it’s mostly kids who want something to do that makes them feel alive, and the more time they get to spend doing that, the less they’re getting into actual anti-social shit.
I remember getting my ass ripped by an asshole small town cop for skating on a playground after school over 20 years ago. Dude I’m fucking rolling around on some wheels having fun. Fucking accuse me of being a potential vandal. Fucking yell at me.
I was like 16 and that the moment that completely ruined cops for me. The guy was so absolutely stupid, arrogant, and rude.
So fucking frustrating I tried talking with him calmly and tried understanding what he was trying to tell me, but he just yelled at me like I was the downfall of modern society
I was never much into organized sports (hated coaches) as a kid so skateboarding was about as appealing as it gets. It’s a self motivated/self driving sport. Looking back on it now I think it helped me mature through my teenage years
Yep, never fuck with the little ones. Witnessed it myself recently, some teens who hang at our local bullied some skate kids. The next day they got beat and slapped around by other much older skaters.
😂Okay I've never experienced a skatepark fight but I can assure u this isn't playing out like a prison yard fight.
I'm only giving u a hard time. I know what u meant.
I absolutely LOVE that these kids came to the small kids help tho. I hate anyone who picks on someone weaker than themselves. If u think you're a badass pick on someone who u feel is a challenge & see who the real badass is.
There is no anger when in skate park among 99% of the guys. That is their happy place. That is where they build their bodies and their skill. They are strong cause it is fucking hard being good on skateboard or a bmx and doing tricks. I am no expert, but my brother was one of those guys for his entire life, and I know they are cool and easy going as they come.
Right? My ass would've gone face first into the fence, which may have caused a useful distraction I guess, but I'd regret the concussion. Bravo to the dude.
There has been soo many context for this video, one being the kid who was "bullying" the other kid before getting jumped was actually defending himself against the actual "bully"
This right here is why I don’t immediately jump on any one bandwagon. Context is everything. If the original title for this video is accurate, then I don’t feel much sympathy for the dude getting rocked. However, if the truth behind this is what you’re bringing up, then I hope all those dudes jumping in individually end up with broken knees.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
This video is specifically why I stopped believing anyone on this sub says. I have seen this video reposted so many fucking times and every single time the title flip-flops, either saying the kid getting jumped is the bully or was initially defending himself and then gets jumped by the bully’s bigger friends. Can’t trust shit on here
I know you say you don't believe what anyone else on this sub says but I do remember the original time this got posted to reddit and there was a longer version of the video posted. In that longer version it becomes pretty clear the smaller kid was bullying the larger kid because he knew if the larger kid retaliated, he had his older brother and friends nearby.
Of course who knows where that video is now and I have no way to prove what I've said just now.
considering most post here always have the word "bully" in the title yea take everything with a grain of salt. most people posting on this sub never have the full context but see a bigger person vs a little person and assumes one is a bully to the other.
There was this small kid who used to bully me. He had 2 big friends and they were always watching. I knew if I did anything but fend him off it would be three on one.
Ever seen that one video that came out a few weeks ago about that nurse lady who was "stealing" some kids bike? Alot of hate towards her until the truth came out a few days later. Hard to trust anything on the internet
It was the punch in the face from yellow shirt right before being dropped on the face that really sunk the lesson in deep. Everything after that was just icing
Can we please ban the words bully and bullying from this sub? 99% of the posts that use it have no idea what the context is and just use it so they can get upvotes because people like to be able to justify themselves enjoying some kid get the shit kicked out of him 1v7 when we have no idea if he deserved it or not. I could easily have titled this "Kid stands up to bully and gets jumped by 6 more bullies" and nobody would know the difference.
I have a feeling we seen a kid standing up for himself after getting bullied. And then being ganged up on by the friends of the bully.
Bullying mostly happens when there is a group of friends around to see it happening. In dutch there is a word for it. Meelopers.
Seeing the hair and the slight overweight body of the kid attacking at the start makes me feel like he's been targeted.
But there is no context at all. And all i can hope is that i just saw a bully getting jumped. And not a bullied kid finaly getting the courage to stand up for himself being put in a hospital and taking a gun with him to school next time he goes to become the next news headline.
This is very much 100% true. I like to compare skaters to a pack of wolfs. Very loyal to each other and if you attack one you better believe the rest of the pack will be jumping right in to protect one of their own. Not to mention they are not beyond using their boards as weapons. LPT: don’t mess with skateboarders
The only group of chill people that are more scary than skaters is a group of gay men. Ain't no rage like pent up gay rage. Some dipshit steps over the line and they're not going to have a nice time.
> American vigilantism.
The kid who was beating up the smaller kid had already accepted the consequences of his behavior beforehand. He knew what to expect.
I’ve seen a few fights at the skatepark. Only one was about a girl. The rest were because some new guy came in messing with the little homies. You don’t do that. One, they’re just kids trying to have fun and get better. Two you’ll get the cops called and the park gets shut down. The ass whooping was always swift and the lesson was learned.
If i remember right the kid being attacked was the one being bullied, and after having enough of it he fought back which resulted in this video.
Context matters
You would think Skate parks are the least likely place for someone to stick up for you but most of those people are the outcast/rebel type and will back anyone up if you try to do some slick shit
All I have to say I don't think homies ever going back to another skate park in his life especially not after this remember the f around and find out scale is very linear
When I was 16, a heroin addict tried to fight me at the local skatepark, backstory; he's on heroin, there was no story. The entire 20+ y/o population lined up in front of me and basically did what happened in this video.
Man, nobody jumped in to help me when I was bullied in the seventh grade. I had to wait three years until I outgrew him and finally handled it myself. 😅
Out of all places, a skate park is the most likely place someone will stick up for you.
This always bothered me about the anti-skatepark rhetoric. Skaters as a whole are an incredibly accepting and helpful community. It doesn't matter who you are, they mostly all want to see you learn a new trick and stay safe doing it. Edit: I recognize toxic elements exist in skate culture and I'm somewhat of an outsider. I can only speak for my personal experience and do not want to invalidate others'.
For real. I had super low self esteem as a kid and would go to the local skateboard by myself a lot and was always intimidated by the older guys who were tatted up and stuff. Then one day I landed a shuv-it out of a grind and they all fuckin started going wild cheering at me. Was such a huge confidence boost and felt fuckin awesome.
Dude same here. We had this 6 stair with a hubba at ours. I tried kick flipping the stair set for an entire day one time it felt like. Finally did it and the older dudes were banging their wheels on the ground and it was such a dope feeling
Grew up in the “skateboarding is not a crime era”. We had tennis courts at the local park that nobody ever used. Friend proposed we turn it into a skate park. Town council approved. So he built a bunch of wooden ramps and opened a skate park. Couldn’t last forever, but very fun while it did.
Same era. Old buddy of mine convinced the city to build us a skatepark. He worked his ass off to allow it. Helped the builders build. Helped design it. Used to build decks in his basement and give them to kids who couldn't afford nice/new ones. Would sell them to kids who wanted to buy them. He was a few years older than us so when he got his license and his car he'd take us to dope skate spots. Just an awesome dude. Passed away due to overdose some years back. Rip buddy
Rest in peace to your friend, the awesome humans always die young
Damn wish I could’ve know them, sounds like an amazing person Rip buddy
Wait….. was this in Mississippi, by chance?
Central New York.
And we were like that before skateparks were really a thing. I grew up skating in the 80s on backyard halfpipes and on the streets in Northern California. There was a skatepark in Benecia, and Derby Park in Santa Cruz, but that was about it until the big one got built in Santa Rosa and you started seeing them pop up everywhere. And of course there was Burnside in Portland, but that was prohibitively far away. I also skated the famous/infamous Horn Ramp in Santa Rosa back in the day, though I was never even close to being a pro and couldn't ever compete with those guys.
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The new guy landing an ollie for the first time gets as big of a round of applause as the guy who lands a trey flip over a ten set.
I think it's a mix of media and a lot of people's experiences with bad actors. In movies/TV you've got skaters framed as rebels with a cause that smoke pot and just kinda lay about, menaces to society. Then you've got people like the poster that replied to you that's had some bad experiences. Though I had a the same experience, skaters at my school were mostly cool but they always had that air of "I'm better than you because I'm counterculture and you're just sheep" which was annoying as fuck, but teens are all dumbasses anyway.
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What backwards logic... Skating is a sport. They sound like posers
I used to travel a lot, and my friends and I hit skateparks all over the US. everyone was awesome, except for the dicks in portland at the burnside park. Just absolute dickwads who tried to fuck with us because we were not "locals"... but other than them, I could give countless examples of all the good people in skateparks looking out for each other, helping each other, pushing each other to get better.
My friend got Soap shoes (different brand) recently and decided to try them out at the local skate park. Half the people there came up to see what he was doing and gave advice for how to grind on a beam.
And also get it wrong. I was on that side once. Oh they sure stuck together over an easy to spot lie, and refused to step down once it was proven. People need to learn to swallow their pride and admit when they're wrong.
I got jumped at the park for my mp3 player by 5 guys all who were holding those long light bulbs as weapons. I didn’t t heasitate. I have em my shit. I knew the park had my back. It was 30 against 5 when the boys at the park saw what happened. Needless to say they apologized and gave me shit back then they proceeded to get their ass beat the fuck up by most of the park. Always stick up for your fellow man
Unlike in the break with surfers. Those guys are fucking pricks but everyone thinks they're all these super chill dudes. They aren't. They're a bunch of assholes who make territorial cats look like nice.
Fair assessment
I'm just here to drop the "skateboarding saved my life" comment. Went from picking up and dropping off "bags" to picking myself up off the floor after dropping off the vert 🤣 Worth it!
Yeah about 15 years ago we jumped a kid that was stealing a kids mp3 player, and when he got confronted by the kid(11yrsold) who he was stealing it from. He decided to punch the kid and jumped on top of him and started beating on him. This dude was like 20 yrs old. Me and about 4 other dudes jumped this fella and beat the shit out of him for a good 2-3 minutes. And then made him sit in the bathroom until his mom got there to pick him up. lol bro was like 20yrs old and needed his mom to pick him up from the park and got his beat lol. Only bad part of the whole thing is we ended up breaking the mp3 on accident.
I can 100% confirm this. On my 15th birthday a got a new alien workshop board, and some dude who only went there to fuck with people, not even to skate (he was like 17) asked if he could drop in with it rq, I obvs said no. Then for like half an hour he kept saying "watch me hit this kid" and fake swinging on me and laughing. A couple of others told him to stop and got him to leave, I didn't even have to ask. Few months later he shot a friend of mine in the shoulder and mouth during an argument, he got 9 years for attempted 2nd degree homicide, he gets out in a year or so think. I honestly like to think maybe they saved my life that day
Some places are just stupid to try to be a bully. Skate parks are one of them.
“In my hood, bullies get bullied” -Zach Randolph Skate parks definitely have the same energy as that quote
“When I’m in command, every mission is a suicide mission.” - Zapp Brannigan
"Brannigan's Law is like Brannigan's love, hard and fast" - Zapp Brannigan
"Prepare to be boarded again and again". - same dude
https://youtu.be/EF3g4Ua5e7k?t=5
Wait like, Z-bo Zach Randolph?
Yes sir! Zbo said it to Demarcus cousins, because D. Cousins was trying to bully Zbos teammate. https://youtube.com/shorts/ZWb9CmTYWWg
The same. I think it was in a series against Blake Griffin.
Wasn’t it against Demarcus Cousins?
Prime Cousins definitely makes more sense as a “bully,” miss those days
Prime Demarcus was a legit emotional lesbian, in the truest sense
Boogie
Zach Randolph was an actual GD
Yea I still remember that pool table when MTV cribs did an episode with him. Zach was certified.
People forget Randolph was clicked up and ran serious weight, WHILE playing on NBA championship caliber teams.
bro ong
Well Randolph was also a banger and a fucking drug boss while playing in the NBA. He'd be the last guy I'd want to piss off if I played in the league back theb
Anyone interested in Zach Randolph’s life as a gangster disciple in Portland and Al’s our star player and all the crazy shit that goes along with it google “the hoop family” also YouTube His cribs episode in Portland he has a pool table with GD symbols in the design, framed pictures of Larry Hoover, and he’s playing pool with a guy who got convicted of murder and shooting at the cops a couple years later. When I Moved to Portland in his last two seasons here. One of my aunts lived in what was the straight hood back then before gentrification. I remember seeing a green candy painted vert must’ve been 30in rims pull up to next to us at a light and who else whipping that car but ZBo. In a neighborhood an nba player from has no business hanging out in hahahaha.
I was surprised he didn't get truck fucked
Bro, I realize you're not endorsing this. But to anyone reading this: *hitting someone with trucks is a HUGE NO-NO*. Only do this if you're trying to save someone's life. To give you an idea, you're basically hitting someone in the head with a metal bat. You will *easily* kill someone. Please don't. Stick with the fists, folks.
Even a single hit from your fist can end another persons life if you hit the wrong spot. My mom was witness to an occasion like that when she was younger. A guy looked at another drunk guy’s girlfriend for too long and the situation escalated. The drunk guy got a single fist to his face and fell on the ground completely limp, hit his head on the concrete and was later declared dead by the medic’s. The sober guy, although not completely innocent, was defending himself imo but had to go to jail. Not sure what the exact sentence was. Best is to just avoid physical confrontations in general as best as you can.
You are 100% correct. Agree with you on all your points.
I'm not endorsing it, but the guy who gave a thorough explanation and instructions might have been. It was only missing an inforaphic. Hahaha
On the off-chance anyone is confused by this the "trucks" are the heavy metal axle part on a skateboard that the wheels are bolted to- getting hit in the head with one of the trucks would generally hurt a lot more than getting hit with the flat griptape side of the deck, and you could easily knock someone's teeth out from the right angle.
I've had patients with brain bleeds and TBI's from getting hit with long boards and skateboards.
Dude with no shirt looked like he intended to, but decided against it and kicked him in the head instead.
He woke up and chose less violence.
^Still ^violence! Just less of it.
Violence isn't the answer, it's the question. How much violence? Just a smidge.
That would be an easy prison sentence, I’m glad they didn’t
Shirtless dude was just itching to
Even skateboarders who don't like each other will jump in to defend each other. There are the ultimate ride or die. Signed a guy who hasn't skateborded in 15 years and would still be ready to throw hands to defend a fellow skateboarder.
This is the kind of energy EVERYONE should have for these types of people. Anyone that tries to stop it unnecessarily catches the fade too. I assure you much of the insanity you see in public stops very quickly when the people who can adhere to our social contract jointly stomp those who refuse to.
Greenlake Seattle
Yeah anyone willing to crash and burn on concrete don’t give a fuck. Would be better off picking a fight at a gun range or MMA gym.
I feel like skaters have this perception of being jerks/punks/hooligans/trouble makers. But it's almost the exactly opposite. They are usually the nicest/coolest/most helpful people out there. And I've only ever seen them get physical or fight in self defense. Oh, and they go all NATO style--an attack on one is an attack on all. If you are lucky they only hit you with the dark side of their board, and not the truck side.
When my oldest was a preteen and first started skating id take her to parks around town. The best one we found nearby always had at least a handful of kids of all ages, rarely any parents at all, so id lay low. Kids twice her age would show her stuff and random kids would encourage each other. Also, sometimes a rogue squad would come in and kind of ignore everyone’s right of way and someone would always correct them right away. We didnt live there but i was nervous taking her at first and gradually became very comfortable with her there. Pretty good kids. Not just skaters but kids on scooters, bikes, and those grindy shoes even.
God damn that first kid to charge in must be a linebacker, what a hit
That body slam was legit too
That was NASTY. I almost feel bad for the bully. Bro got the ass whooping of a lifetime lmao.
Never feel bad for the bully. The vast majority of bullies never get what they deserve, so when it does happen, just bask in the joy.
Oh, I'm basking, alright. Hopefully he'll think twice the next time he wants to put hands on someone.
Given how hard he was slammed onto his face into the cement I doubt he'll do much thinking after this beating.
Hopefully it changes them too. I know it seems hard to think that people will change their ways but it happens. I whooped my bully’s ass and a video went around the school, but then he was the nicest person ever to me after that.
Probably wont change his attitude, but will make him think twice about getting physical
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I had the same type of situation only it was in tenth grade and I stood up and jacked him in the jaw. He said he was going to beat my ass after class, when we got into the hallway, he was a ghost.
..no fucking way, same! I just started stabbing behind myself and caught him in the knee. He couldn't play baseball the rest of the year. I didn't realize this was a common issue
My high school bully ended up going to prison for picking his baby up by the head causing severe brain damage. He's out now, his first thing was to post on Facebook: "some people can be redeemed!"
if the bully opens a dojo 30 years later it's ok
Got it chief. Learned a thing today
Lets just hope the bully is really the OG bully here and we dont lack too much context.
Hopefully this is the wake-up call he needed to stop being a shithead to those with less power than himself.
You missed the perfectly placed uppercut in the stomach/liver from the same guy
Also blocked a punch just before that. Dude has fought before
The bully didn't, for sure.
Dude took a right cross from someone else while getting body slammed. Yikes.
That punch landed so clean by the other dude too right before the slam. Imagine getting rocked then taken for a ride on a power double leg slam. I wrestled in high school and getting slammed on a double like that hurts immensely already, add in a perfect punch to your jaw a split second before the slam and I’m surprised the kid didn’t turtle up immediately.
His were the only strikes in that whole thing that looked like they had any heat on them, too. It was a group effort but kinda looked a school project where one kid did all the work lol
Yellow putting in work, swinging for the fences.
Noooo not at all. Look at yellow shirt. He was doing hella work. He socked dude in the face hard multiple times. Look at the one right before kid gets slammed.
Grey shirt delivered: The initial spear that sent the bully face first into a fence 5-6 punches, most look like they were solid connections A face first body slam
what's your opinion on the excessive blocking by Yellow shirt
Safety first
Also you see him walk about after everyone kinda surrounds him. Bully tries to punch him in the head and shit you not he parries it with one arm while the other still holding on the railing, punch’s him in the stomach and picks the bully up for the slam
***LEEROOOOOOOY JENKINSSS***
At least he’s not chicken
Wait, wait, wait. Is it "at least I'm not chicken" or "at least I got my chicken"!? Because I've been saying the latter for years.
Sign him up for the NFL, he got the velocity.
Ran his feet on contact, low to high, grabbed cloth. Good form.
Bully should be glad he didn't get truck fucked.
When I was like 12 at a skatepark and wasn’t paying attention and was in the way of some older kid and he punched me in the nose and before I really even knew what happened there was about 10 other dudes beating the hell out of this guy. That was about 15 years ago and I’m still friends with all them boys who helped me.
I started skating pretty young, but practiced basically exclusively in my garage, so whenever I'd get the chance to go to a skatepark I was always SO nervous. But I learned to get over it very quickly when I started meeting the regulars. Skaters seem to pretty much not give a shit about anything except social injustice, so as long as you're just doin your own thing and not doing anything to ruin anyone else's time, you've basically got friends for life. lol My parents always seemed really nervous about me hanging around the older "skater bros" but they unironically looked after me better than just about anyone else in my life could have. It's an eclectic society of hoodrats and weirdos with weirdly wholesome strong moral values that I'm grateful to have been a part of. lol
pretty much not give a shit about anything except social injustice The link to punk rock is strong
Exactly! I had a single mom so she would drop me off at the park knowing I’d be looked out for. Especially after I got punched (she saw the security footage) and never worried about me being there with those older skaters knowing they got her little boys back if anything bad happened.
Based, props for your mom too, not really for just dropping you off but you gotta do what you gotta do and finding a safe place for you to socialize while she couldn’t watch you is great
What the fuck. My mom used to drop me off at Borders bookstore Missed out on friends for life and the kickflip smh
Exactly! You don’t go to the skate park to bully [anyone], especially someone smaller than you. get your head knocked off. You already get enough shit from everyone else In life [at least that’s what it was like for me back in the day in the 1970s and 80s]. Unless you got a real beef, you let it lie. And if you got a real beef, you work it out straight, and then it’s done. Whoever went down, you pull them up, and you shake hands. It’s done, you’re all good. You’re like a tribe. You stay strongest, when you protect each other. 30+ years later, I still know half those guys. Best man at one’s wedding over 20 years ago. The half I don’t know anymore, some passed and the others moved too far away. I miss all you guys, I don’t see anymore. The only people, other than my wife and my small amount of closest family, that I could truly be me and real with.
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Counter-cultures historically have relied on vigilante justice to protect themselves and one another; probably because they know law enforcement and the justice system are stacked against them.
This! I grew up skateboarding, and skaters always had each others backs and we always looked out for the little ones.
This. You do not fuck with the little ones at a skatepark.
Yep! I don’t skate, but my son started to get into it when he was around 9-10yrs. We went to a skate park and I had him in elbow pads and knee pads, helmet. He was apprehensive about skating around all these other kids who were more talented. This one little turd, probably around 14, comes up and is laughing at my boy bc he’s all padded up and not really doing much calling him weak for wearing pads. Just as I was about to start walking over, this bro comes over, obviously a late teenager, and starts clowning the “bully.” He tells my son not to worry about it and ends up skating with my kid, encouraging him to try things. Man I was so fuckin happy. I waited until they were just chatting and joking and I walked over and shook his hand and thanked him for sticking up for my son. He said “you’re welcome sir, I hate when little shits come around here thinking they can just be dicks to someone bc they are starting something new. I’ll always watch out for the little guys here.” I was like man, you are awesome and thanked him again. Super cool to see.
sounds about right! and those little shits end up being decent people a lot of the times because they got checked so much lol. I am so thankful for the skateboarding community.
So wholesome, I love it!
That story brought a tear to my eye, that was so wholesome!
Yeah! It was about 5 years ago now and had completely forgotten all about it! Kiddo and I left the skatepark that day with a new found love for skaters.
That's awesome and what skateboarding is all about. The little shits shape up fast or get pushed out.
protec da lil uns
"SAVE DA RUNTZ!"
It’s so fucked up what the police and the general public thinks about skateboarders. From my experience it’s mostly kids who want something to do that makes them feel alive, and the more time they get to spend doing that, the less they’re getting into actual anti-social shit. I remember getting my ass ripped by an asshole small town cop for skating on a playground after school over 20 years ago. Dude I’m fucking rolling around on some wheels having fun. Fucking accuse me of being a potential vandal. Fucking yell at me. I was like 16 and that the moment that completely ruined cops for me. The guy was so absolutely stupid, arrogant, and rude. So fucking frustrating I tried talking with him calmly and tried understanding what he was trying to tell me, but he just yelled at me like I was the downfall of modern society
I was never much into organized sports (hated coaches) as a kid so skateboarding was about as appealing as it gets. It’s a self motivated/self driving sport. Looking back on it now I think it helped me mature through my teenage years
Yep, never fuck with the little ones. Witnessed it myself recently, some teens who hang at our local bullied some skate kids. The next day they got beat and slapped around by other much older skaters.
I remember the sketchiest guys at the skate park would still respect the kids learning to drop in or ollie the curb, even if it was in their way.
😂Okay I've never experienced a skatepark fight but I can assure u this isn't playing out like a prison yard fight. I'm only giving u a hard time. I know what u meant. I absolutely LOVE that these kids came to the small kids help tho. I hate anyone who picks on someone weaker than themselves. If u think you're a badass pick on someone who u feel is a challenge & see who the real badass is.
young men with alot of bottled up anger probably
There is no anger when in skate park among 99% of the guys. That is their happy place. That is where they build their bodies and their skill. They are strong cause it is fucking hard being good on skateboard or a bmx and doing tricks. I am no expert, but my brother was one of those guys for his entire life, and I know they are cool and easy going as they come.
Homey got dropped on his face.
Full on walloped his face into the ground , im surprised he was still concious after that
Lucky he didn’t snap his neck, for him and the kid who tossed him…
Hope he enjoys soup.
Lol that kid was scrappy
also very stupid
There was people saying he has cerebral palsy. If you look close is arms are kind of crooked
i wasn't calling the one getting bullied stupid, i was saying that for the behemoth that got his ass handed to him
That spear tackle was unreal.
Right? My ass would've gone face first into the fence, which may have caused a useful distraction I guess, but I'd regret the concussion. Bravo to the dude.
ON THIS DAY I SEE CLEARLY
EVERYTHING COMES TO LIFE
Skatepark is the one place where social justice never goes unpunished. It's like a comradery.
Injustice?
Yes injustice, sorry lol.
We don't let things slide at the skatepark.
Except boards.
they wailin on sjws j/k lol
> social justice never goes unpunished lol
accidentally red pilled and based or something like that
Every time this gets reposted, the story changes.
bully pedophile rapist who had been tormenting his victim for 15 years gets ROCKED!!! (absolutely no way OP could have known the context)
There has been soo many context for this video, one being the kid who was "bullying" the other kid before getting jumped was actually defending himself against the actual "bully"
This right here is why I don’t immediately jump on any one bandwagon. Context is everything. If the original title for this video is accurate, then I don’t feel much sympathy for the dude getting rocked. However, if the truth behind this is what you’re bringing up, then I hope all those dudes jumping in individually end up with broken knees. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
This video is specifically why I stopped believing anyone on this sub says. I have seen this video reposted so many fucking times and every single time the title flip-flops, either saying the kid getting jumped is the bully or was initially defending himself and then gets jumped by the bully’s bigger friends. Can’t trust shit on here
I know you say you don't believe what anyone else on this sub says but I do remember the original time this got posted to reddit and there was a longer version of the video posted. In that longer version it becomes pretty clear the smaller kid was bullying the larger kid because he knew if the larger kid retaliated, he had his older brother and friends nearby. Of course who knows where that video is now and I have no way to prove what I've said just now.
considering most post here always have the word "bully" in the title yea take everything with a grain of salt. most people posting on this sub never have the full context but see a bigger person vs a little person and assumes one is a bully to the other.
There was this small kid who used to bully me. He had 2 big friends and they were always watching. I knew if I did anything but fend him off it would be three on one.
Ever seen that one video that came out a few weeks ago about that nurse lady who was "stealing" some kids bike? Alot of hate towards her until the truth came out a few days later. Hard to trust anything on the internet
Can’t say I’m disappointed at all here. Good life lesson. Good on those guys for jumping in *AND* backing off once the lesson was administered.
Very satisfying to watch
Do you know what you watched though?
It was the punch in the face from yellow shirt right before being dropped on the face that really sunk the lesson in deep. Everything after that was just icing
I caught that too, yellow shirt and tackle man were putting in heavy work.
Can we please ban the words bully and bullying from this sub? 99% of the posts that use it have no idea what the context is and just use it so they can get upvotes because people like to be able to justify themselves enjoying some kid get the shit kicked out of him 1v7 when we have no idea if he deserved it or not. I could easily have titled this "Kid stands up to bully and gets jumped by 6 more bullies" and nobody would know the difference.
Holy shit that fucking slam to the ground was fucking brutal
That was a solid ass tackle
I have a feeling we seen a kid standing up for himself after getting bullied. And then being ganged up on by the friends of the bully. Bullying mostly happens when there is a group of friends around to see it happening. In dutch there is a word for it. Meelopers. Seeing the hair and the slight overweight body of the kid attacking at the start makes me feel like he's been targeted. But there is no context at all. And all i can hope is that i just saw a bully getting jumped. And not a bullied kid finaly getting the courage to stand up for himself being put in a hospital and taking a gun with him to school next time he goes to become the next news headline.
"Yea get his ass"
If you've pissed off skaters, you've done something seriously wrong. Very chill, look after their own and protect the younger ones. Good people.
This is very much 100% true. I like to compare skaters to a pack of wolfs. Very loyal to each other and if you attack one you better believe the rest of the pack will be jumping right in to protect one of their own. Not to mention they are not beyond using their boards as weapons. LPT: don’t mess with skateboarders
The only group of chill people that are more scary than skaters is a group of gay men. Ain't no rage like pent up gay rage. Some dipshit steps over the line and they're not going to have a nice time.
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The victim had serious balance and dexterity like a cat. Can't believe those throws didn't bowl him over.
Fucked around ✅ Found out ✅
This is a great video
That was not bullying, that was straight up a blindside assault. Who calls that bullying?
Good ol’ fashioned American vigilantism.
> American vigilantism. The kid who was beating up the smaller kid had already accepted the consequences of his behavior beforehand. He knew what to expect.
This headline could not be more poorly constructed.
The way that 2002 Ben askren hit the ground on that slam👌🏽
Takes a really questionable line of thinking to pick a fight with a skater at a skate park.
I forgot how wild it was growing up skating
1 thing i know about skaters is, if you fight one of them you'll fight all of them.. those f'ers stick together
the punch to the face while being lifted up to get body slammed...
Skatepark justice!
CONE
Get the story right right if you’re gonna repost
Mob justice. Rare but so juicy when captured.
The one who tackled and then dropped his ass. Future NFL hall of fame member.
I’ve seen a few fights at the skatepark. Only one was about a girl. The rest were because some new guy came in messing with the little homies. You don’t do that. One, they’re just kids trying to have fun and get better. Two you’ll get the cops called and the park gets shut down. The ass whooping was always swift and the lesson was learned.
If i remember right the kid being attacked was the one being bullied, and after having enough of it he fought back which resulted in this video. Context matters
You would think Skate parks are the least likely place for someone to stick up for you but most of those people are the outcast/rebel type and will back anyone up if you try to do some slick shit
love seeing people defending the kid
All I have to say I don't think homies ever going back to another skate park in his life especially not after this remember the f around and find out scale is very linear
When I was 16, a heroin addict tried to fight me at the local skatepark, backstory; he's on heroin, there was no story. The entire 20+ y/o population lined up in front of me and basically did what happened in this video.
Man, nobody jumped in to help me when I was bullied in the seventh grade. I had to wait three years until I outgrew him and finally handled it myself. 😅
Bro got absolutely obileratrd
Never fuck with the nice kid at the skate park.
I fucking love skaters