It must suck to have a trianglutory judgment on you,your company etc. I like his videos, especially the breaking the unbreakable deck videos! Give him a break, his videos are entertaining!
@drakehooksАй бұрын
😅
@Mr.E026Ай бұрын
No not at all
@2m7b59 ай бұрын
I've always gotten that creepy youth group religious vibe from Braille's videos, but kind of assumed it was because they were more kid-friendly. Finding out that he's a scientologist explains _a lot._
@bobbroseph9 ай бұрын
Glad im not the only one who saw that. Very Sus
@Haedesthings68 ай бұрын
Right?? My thoughts exactly. This dude gave me an awful vibe the moment I saw him. Just a gross feeling.
@cwatson427858 ай бұрын
Yeah I hope nothing comes out down the road from kids who have grown up. 😔
@Autotrope8 ай бұрын
I know exactly what you mean and I get the same vibe from DK Oldies channel and I've always wondered if that guy was a scientologist or I'm just imagining it
@rickybateni65178 ай бұрын
I think a couple kids came out saying some of the employees did sus shit to them
@princequestly22189 ай бұрын
Being a Scientologist is a huge red flag. He’s never gonna do anything for the right reasons it’ll always be to make money for Scientology
@sandwich50679 ай бұрын
Yea the whole shits a cult, really weird shit completely changes my look on him.
@TheBlakus4209 ай бұрын
Absolutely 100% agree with both of you. Scientology is so sketchy creepy... They'll ruin lives without hesitation to keep their status quoe. Had a homie that went to Narcanon. And if you don't know what that is, look it up. He told me the full detailed experience there. More info than you'll ever find online about those places. They prey on the vulnerable in very mind warping ways just to gain followers. If you oppose them when you're there, they'll make your own family think you're a liar, push you to a mental breakdown and then convince the world your crazy by sending you off to a psych ward. That way anything you say about them after that can forever be discredited because now you're crazy and it's on paper. After hearing his story, I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if Scientology is involved with human trafficking. The worst part is they have hella power, resources and can actually be smart af about the way they run things. It's for sure 100% a twisted cult and not at all an actual religion. If there is a hell, there's a special place in it just for the POSs that are at the top of it all
@nf48669 ай бұрын
True. It sucks to know I supported the church of scientology in any way.
@stellviahohenheim9 ай бұрын
thank you for saving me 25 minutes of my time
@lankey69699 ай бұрын
No way. I'm unsubbing right now.
@claysoggyfries9 ай бұрын
Love him or hate him, but Aaron Kyro, the professional skateboarder from the San Francisco Bay area, has taught lots of people how to skate.
@itisjustacomment9 ай бұрын
True
@gunpla_sk89 ай бұрын
Ok
@Yungweedle9 ай бұрын
Who
@itisjustacomment9 ай бұрын
@Yungweedle Who you ask ? He has 28 million views on how to kick flip video. So I assume a great deal of people who watched that . Let's say only 0.1 per cent of people watching that video , followed it, and learnt from it . That's 28 thousand people . Remember, back then, you didn't have video walk throughs .
@tvsavery6669 ай бұрын
@@itisjustacommentit's not a good kickflip tho. So if you have shitty kickflips, and you teach people how to kickflip, what are you actually achieving?
@bryanm62459 ай бұрын
Besides Lance, there were other skaters who left as well, like Chris and Mogely. I believe Aaron didnt want to pay enough to keep them, as both their contracts were ending and up for renegotiation when they left. Its hard to watch Aaron give away $750k to Scientology, but not want to pay his employees squat.
@IchDuForeverExplorering9 ай бұрын
Chris likes to comment shat on pizzeria live streams now
@neonblack2119 ай бұрын
@@IchDuForeverExplorering hey what now? what do you mean? Ive been waiting to hear from him
@BearShare699 ай бұрын
@@IchDuForeverExplorering wat
@jeffdahmer41279 ай бұрын
It's disgusting.. anyone mentally ill enough to support that weird cult, has no business interacting with children. that little boy JD has no business around aaron. And the rest of the team needs to get some self respect and leave.
@dungoofed89839 ай бұрын
Yes scientology is crazy. But ask DumbData why he flagged Ricky Glasers response to this video and got it taken down? He wont let anyone question this vid. Which is very scientology of him
@dirtbagzrus9 ай бұрын
“Fast food type videos” nailed it when it comes to braille videos
@Mika-Fresh9 ай бұрын
Yeah, Scientology will often lead to the downfall of everyone.
@imaverageatgamesbutimostly34319 ай бұрын
Besides Tom Cruise, he's like to Xenu
@TourDead9 ай бұрын
Hey don't say Xenu!@@imaverageatgamesbutimostly3431
@TourDead9 ай бұрын
@@imaverageatgamesbutimostly3431lol
@walmorcarvalho25129 ай бұрын
Still, I have a lingering feeling that the church might've put a small finger on the scales for him, at least for a while.
@NecronomThe4th9 ай бұрын
He actually could be Xenu himself.
@NaClO9 ай бұрын
as someone who watched braille back in 2015-2018 i can say fully that one of the biggest reasons people stopped watching the braille channel was due to the departure of Lance. Lance was easily one of the biggest reasons the common person who wasnt good at skate boarding or someone who didnt even know how to skateboard could connect to the channel as Lance was someone who was learning along with the rest of us. Lance's dynamic with Aaron was easily the highlight of the braille channel along with the wacky ideas they came up with. Lances departure made the channel feel like it was missing something. Gabe who then filled in the position of camera man never really filled the shoes left behind by lance and for that reason, I personally stopped watching the braille skateboarding channel all together. Of course there were others who left aswell such as Chris and Mogely and Nigel which did ultimately kill the original fanbase on braille
@theoutsiderjess18699 ай бұрын
Lance was my Guy while I did still check in with the channel over time I stopped regularly watching because it became obnoxious
@burgersbeansandchips9 ай бұрын
He was also the most stoned KZbinr around that time! legend
@dubzack3449 ай бұрын
Gabe tried and that's cool but he's no Lance. I stopped watching after Lance didn't realize at the time he had an effect on me watching. He was like the average guy learning to skate. Plus he was the only one I was personally better then not that it matters. It showed me that skill doesn't matter because you find the right group of skaters/friends skateboarding is a great time for everybody.
@NaClO9 ай бұрын
@@dubzack344 fr. Lance was like the anchor for the channel. While people did crazy ass tricks and stunts, there would always be short sections where lance would do a trick that seemed so normalized like an Ollie or a kick flip and everyone would freak out. It felt good watching him progress. The channel lost a bit part of itself when he left.
@Themightyegghead9 ай бұрын
Then Fetty turned out to be a pedo
@donkyuhbuhts5409 ай бұрын
"Historians will argue..." 😂 bro there's no Historians arguing over braille 😂😂😂
@walmorcarvalho25129 ай бұрын
I wanna agree with you, but there will ALWAYS be that guy in +20 years that will dedicate their life to document EVERYTHING some shitty brand made bc they were the first something in they life or something
@Whocares19879 ай бұрын
Yah what a cringe statement
@Kihidokid9 ай бұрын
That's arguable at best, he's technically an internet historian by uploading this, and it's literally just a loose joke. It's a common joke phrase when documenting things that only matter superficially.
@Kihidokid9 ай бұрын
Also can we please acknowledge that the title of 5his channel is Dumb Data? Like you get that's the point right? It's a documentary channel of things that don't "matter". That's the ENTIRE joke.
@sepg50848 ай бұрын
@@Kihidokid k
@Skateboarding1013 ай бұрын
This aged well
@jan_nash3 ай бұрын
Even more so in the last few days O.O
@JJJJspam2 ай бұрын
He saw this video and decided to rug it.
@PlayStopRewindFilmsАй бұрын
I’m just now learning about him what else did he do
@WatermelonJikiАй бұрын
@@PlayStopRewindFilmshe farted in a planted aquarium and the Co2 from his butt-air gave a big boost to it's plant growth 😅
@TVindustries50009 ай бұрын
Lance was hugely influential to the channel. he was the average man among all the skaters. for non or new skating viewers, he was like the same level friend people could relate to. i remember his personal skate progress videos were pretty great. but yeah just became a content mill and weird controversies with some of the guys that put me off and i stopped watching several years ago
@lmclrain9 ай бұрын
they forgot Lance's videos for sure this video is cool anyway I think Braille will do just fine in the future and KZbin has changed lots since 2016 so I think they are not promoted that much as before
@TVindustries50009 ай бұрын
@@lmclrainits just part of youtube. theres highs and lows. i think alot of people maybe not just braille but alot of youtubers thought things would stay level after Covid times but people dont have as much free time as they did back then when people were exploring things to do
@rayshowtv23509 ай бұрын
Lance was from N*Sync right?
@BrunodeSouzaLino9 ай бұрын
Lance was also their video editor at first, then he started appearing on camera. Video quality sort of decreased after he left.
@philgoodinc29 ай бұрын
Yeah, Lance leaving was a big one for me, and I wasn't really a skateboarding fan anyway, I just enjoyed the shenanigans content, which started getting a bit stale. I feel like a lot of the good ideas were already done at that point. I also think some other things also just FELT wrong, e.g. They were originally filming the YMIWSI vids at public skateparks, and they got so popular at one point the young kids kept ruining the videos, they got a warehouse and built their own indoor park to continue making content without interruptions. At first I liked it because those kids were annoying AF, but soon after, It was almost like a big F U to the fans like, "were too good for public skateparks now." at least that's how it felt for me.
@Shroomskyoffical9 ай бұрын
I Miss the days when they would find the kid with the most fucked shit in the skatepark and hooked them up with a new set of wheels, a deck, or a pair of shoes for doing a trick.
@jean-francoisgoffioul6587Ай бұрын
That 2016-17 era
@ProdAGee9 ай бұрын
Lance left for the scientology reasons apparently. Aaron wasn't paying the braille members adequately because of his huge donations to scientology. This is also why members keep leaving including Mogley. He hinted that he wasn't getting paid enough in his goodbye video. and its because of Aarons mishandling of the channels money, a large portion of which goes to scientology. which isn't fair to all the members of the team. This is just the rumors in the LA area with some influencers close to the situations. this among MANY other rumors and drama involving Aaron. which is why he has now stepped back from the videos. at least that's part of the word going around among the creator community in LA that is closely related to braille including people who have been featured on the channel.
@nickrizzi81099 ай бұрын
I was going to say like love them or hate them they’ve made more money skating than most of the real board companies and pros. I’ll tell you if I was offered a like real solid paycheck to skate that park daily and film dumb videos I would take it. Same with most core dudes. Skating all day for money beats a regular job anyway. That said if they aren’t getting paid dick and most the moneys headed to Scientology that’s fucked.
@ProdAGee9 ай бұрын
@@nickrizzi8109 Yeah im not claiming to know the facts 100% BUT there is a consistent pattern of the members leaving all for the same reasons (money) maybe they aren't making enough to pay well now, but that's clearly because Aaron has donated so much to scientology. after this many years they should have Millions in savings by now. and im pretty connected with the Skatin scene in cali and know quite a few ppl who have filmed with braille and have been close to the interworking of the company and they all say that same thing. money seems to be the issue. then again, these are just rumors and nobody can truly know.
@ashleybrown47549 ай бұрын
Sadly not one part of that was shocking. After they couldn’t even get new wood for their ramps I figured Xenu was getting paid.
@drywater35599 ай бұрын
Ill say this about Braille... Ive been skating since 1995. just for fun but always kept tabs on who is who and what companies stuck around. Until last year, I had NEVER heard of Braille or Aaron Kyro. and Ive been on YT since they started and Ive posted some vids when I was in high school circa 2006. I will say though, he had some skillssss when he was younger.
@fatfurie9 ай бұрын
this is some of the most disappointing shit ive ever read. giving money to a church over skating..no matter the church is the most non skater thing ive ever heard
@JimmyNuisance9 ай бұрын
I stopped watching Braille the second I found out he was a scientologist. I'm not going to help fund that violent cult. Miscavige is an absolute monster, and the same goes for Tom Cruise. Plenty of other skate channels out there worth watching.
@Iwas20in20009 ай бұрын
it's the same for a lot of channels. it starts with a bunch of friends having fun doing silly things but then it becomes a business and they just do it like a work without passion.
@richdixon9 ай бұрын
This is exactly right, and it happens with full budget TV shows too. Something random, usually quirky, clicks with people and they get fans. Then the analytics take over and they try to hone in on what people like. Then all their content becomes homogenized, repetitive, and stagnant. It seems logical and democratic to creators to find what people like and deliver it, but what people really want is creativity, variety, and fresh ideas. This is especially true if you're relying on gimmicks like skating novel skateboards and goofy games. I watched Braille very briefly and somehow never saw the progression of a skater content. The skating weird skateboards content was entertaining for about a week, then I went back to watching pros do amazing stuff which never gets repetitive or stagnant because it's the high end of content quality. Honestly I'm shocked they ever had mainstream level success. It's pretty easy to say they could have pushed for much higher quality, per Dumb Data's triangle, with that approximately $1,000,000 that went to the cult.
@thebayharborbutcher91158 ай бұрын
Yeah just look at true detective
@skahler3 ай бұрын
dude, this. it's sad how the internet kills friendships :( I wish we could help kids better understand that money can never substitute for true friendships. like it's better to keep those and never pay attention to the money, even if it comes in big.
@frozennorth34269 ай бұрын
“My space is so big and so clean, and my flows are wide open. I got rid of messes that had been in my space for trillions of years. I truly uncovered my basic goodness and rightness as a being” - Aaron Kyro, upon diverting enough 10-year-olds’ parents’ money to his cult that he earned a cult social ranking of “L-10”
@IchDuForeverExplorering9 ай бұрын
Thanks to southpark we can truely understand how fugged up Aaron is for paying his youtube money to his L ron cult
@TheSquareOnes9 ай бұрын
Not going defend him wasting money on that cult, but if it makes it any better I assume the vast majority of their income is from ad revenue on the channel. It's not that kids are paying per video, the massive faceless business is paying him because of how many kids are showing up (and then he is dumping that money into the flaming dumpster than scientology).
@haroldcampos96619 ай бұрын
I noticed this, too. But that's part of why this joke worked lol.@@TheSquareOnes
@ChildrenOfDesire9 ай бұрын
He's certainly taking an L alright
@frozennorth34269 ай бұрын
@@ChildrenOfDesire lol he’s reached L level 10 :)
@TheKcXiV9 ай бұрын
As someone who watched alot of Skateboarding youtube, the reason why 23 has sucked for them is they havent had anyone go to their skatepark like in years past. They lost 2 employee's this year that people liked. Plus all the Skaters now are getting a bit older outside of JD so they dont push the limits on doing jackass'ish things.
@cannibalisticzombie66639 ай бұрын
who did they loose?
@TheKcXiV9 ай бұрын
Mowgli and Chris@@cannibalisticzombie6663
@CleverTricksGames9 ай бұрын
@@cannibalisticzombie6663 McNugget and Mowgli. And that's also after losing Carlos the year before.
@MrJSheppy169 ай бұрын
@CleverTricksGames this was the death null.
@TheKcXiV9 ай бұрын
naw, they had good content after Carlos left, though he was awesoe. This last year though has been a huge bummer no doubt. They need to bring others in to skate, not just skate cheap boards and crazy made ones. The one that recently did with that women was the content they need. Not just because she's female, but bringing on others to stake their park.@@MrJSheppy16
@saleenf59 ай бұрын
Honestly I feel it all went downhill the moment they left the outdoor parks and went to the braille house indoor park. Like there is literally never anyone really there, it's the same few staff members and an empty park when it used to be lively videos at a park with tons of people just in the background having fun.
@ddevil49809 ай бұрын
When whats his name left. I honestly can't remember his name. But, once he left, it all went down hill.
@ddevil49809 ай бұрын
Lance, he just said it in the video. 😂
@younghedstrom96119 ай бұрын
I dont agree obviously them going to the park and skating on an ordinary board was more interesting to watch but the Braille house was a natural good progression with many good videos like remember when they shot a tree through the roof that was lit
@mikea99299 ай бұрын
I agree I used to watch the channel when they had Doug the crazy white guy, lance, and the short Hispanic kid. After a while they moved to the braille house it felt dead, people left and Aaron seemed uninterested in the content most videos.
@ddevil49809 ай бұрын
@mikea9929 them and Garrett Ginner and John Hill. Thats how I started watching Garrett and John. Except I still watch both of them but not Braille.
@FragrantVagrant699 ай бұрын
It all went downhill after Lance left and Gabe started getting camera time
@Khelldon9 ай бұрын
100% this.
@facksmasheen9 ай бұрын
The whole Fetty situation surely didn't help either.
@KHADDY1219 ай бұрын
Gabe is laterally the only reason why i don't watch them anymore lol
@ethikzmedia9 ай бұрын
Lance was the star!
@josiahamaze9 ай бұрын
EXACTLY Gabe is the reason for the downfall
@mikeythezero9 ай бұрын
I started watching Braille videos about 2 years ago and wasn't a fan of Aron, but all the skaters on the team seemed fun. Then I saw JD and that little dude is awesome and I can't wait to see him in the Olympics this summer
@_JellyDonut_9 ай бұрын
I first subbed around 2015 and Aaron didn't both me at first but eventually he started to get on my nerves. Over the years I've found myself less likely to click if he was in the thumbnail. There's just something annoying about him. The rest of the crew has always been pretty likeable though
@travisb59224 ай бұрын
Hi im aron kyro, a cult leader from the san Francisco bay area!
@HeyItsEmilyLove9 ай бұрын
When I realized he was a Scientologist is when I stopped watching Braille. I’ll never forget his video on their channel. Absolutely wild
@thatguy52339 ай бұрын
i think braille was bound to this downfall sooner or later. every cool idea with a skateboard was already done by them and all they can do now is add a little variance to it or do the same video that once went viral and hope for the best. literally what else can you do at this point. i think what they're doing now is correct: accept the downfall and make sure the community that's still there is not gonna go away as well. i feel like they now care about their audience - they're reading and responding to all the comments and actually listen to them, like gabe finally stopped yelling, Aaron started to show up more often etc
@CarsCatAliens9 ай бұрын
Yeah circus boards, and guests only last for so long
@xaphan85819 ай бұрын
That and braille peaked towards Covid. Once people were able to go outside again they had another huge drop
@IchDuForeverExplorering9 ай бұрын
Brail peaked in 2016, either millions of bots or millions of kids and maybe their parents watched their videos, and a few years later they just stoped @@xaphan8581
@drivenbyfate9 ай бұрын
@@xaphan8581based on this video, they peaked in 2016 really. They were already in the downfall during covid19.
@ScuderiaSkoot9 ай бұрын
u realize the past two years they have had they biggest impact on skateboarding maybe since the channel started. with JDs comp stuff, the Tetris collaboration, Doin Red Bulls Flutag. Hosting a Dew Tour Comp on the channel. Braille doing Multi State Tour with the All Terrain Tour. of course the videos gonna take a hit they was putting in real work in the streets
@brenreidy87639 ай бұрын
When you allocate a gigantic percentage of Braille's content income to your own personal belief in Scientology, it's bound to go bad. Lance, McNug, Mogley, and a couple aren't very far behind partially because they weren't getting paid enough, and I'm sure they became privy to Aaron's "donations" to the Church of Scientology. I've always been weary of Braille, but more so Aaron. It just seems like the perfect scenario to groom young people with a hidden agenda. Once the younger guys grew up, they realized what was going on and jumped ship.
@kennynewell859 ай бұрын
I agree. Once I saw all the Scientology stuff I never viewed the channel the same.
@spankyjeffro53209 ай бұрын
Both aaron and lance were stologists. Most of them were, in fact.
@brenreidy87639 ай бұрын
Proof?@@spankyjeffro5320
@brenreidy87639 ай бұрын
Oh dang, I just looked it up. He is. Wow.@@spankyjeffro5320
@ElDiggityDog9 ай бұрын
Who else other than Aaron and Lance can you confirm have taken scientology courses?
@lopli129 ай бұрын
For me, the biggest problem that Braile currently has is the quality of the video editing. The episodes are too long and boring. This may sound a little strange, but that's not why I watched Braille to watch someone ride a board for 90% of a 30-minute episode. I watched them for the people who participated in it. That's why the Skate Everything Wars series was my favorite. You could spend time with these guys and the riding itself was limited to a few minutes at the end of the episode, or series where they tried completely new things like the drift bike episodes where it was all about having fun. Currently, the editing of episodes is a disaster. Times have changed and no one wants to watch 30-minute episodes on YT, where most of the time it's "boring" and the people appearing in the episode behave as if they were recording to complete the task, not to have fun. Besides, these are also no longer the same people as before, the lineup has changed a lot in a short period and the current Braille has little in common with the one from 2016, although I think that even with a changed team with better scripting and editing it would still be possible to make this channel something better.
@imaverageatgamesbutimostly34319 ай бұрын
The last video I watched was titled something like kickflip on a board with 50 risers, and it was like 15 minutes into the video before the actual kickflip, and I just had no desire to watch 15 minutes of filler just to watch the one interesting thing I wanted to see.
@illrobbzilla9 ай бұрын
Floor is lava, skatepark tours, worst board, those are my favorite kind of videos. Trying to kickflip something for 10 minutes, having a kickflip off, these are the boring ones I skip
@jerrythealien91069 ай бұрын
Check out Edi Edison's skate KZbin channel!!! He's based on Denver you may like his stuff
@captainshiner429 ай бұрын
I just got into skating at age 42 last year, and Braille was my go-to YT channel for learning how to skateboard. After learning about Aaron's ties to Scientology, I've started to become very leery of Aaron and Braille, in general. I've also noticed that he's in like ZERO of the main channel's videos, and has been MIA for quite a minute now.
@timotialban26889 ай бұрын
Hoe is it to skate at 42. I am 40 and I was a skater from 13 to 27. I always wanted to come back someday when I felt ready. Is it safe how is it. I am scared that is old.
@blonczonk9 ай бұрын
@@Ajunkdrawerchannelnah i don’t fw this comment, uplift your fellow humans, don’t punch down
@fyjypko42079 ай бұрын
@@Ajunkdrawerchanneli dont think a 40 year old man cares about his style, they care about having fun and feeling young again. Its like starting cycling again yeah as a retired bike racer i can tell how long have you been sitting on a bike but why care if people are enjoying themselves, it doesnt affect me that a 50 year old has a 10 grand race ready bike so why care about whats he doing with his free time
@fyjypko42079 ай бұрын
@@Ajunkdrawerchannel its fine man just think a second before posting a hatefull/mean coment if it really needs to be said out loud or if its something to just think about and keep in your head. Like even if you think something is stupid but someone really enjoys it, just let them do then if it doesnt affect you personally
@matthewbrandon2679 ай бұрын
I've noticed once again that AK has disappeared once again out of know where. When nugget left I knew more people would leave. I havnt seen Ricky really at all either
@00ffdc9 ай бұрын
I started skateboarding kind of late in life, when I was 22. This was in 2016. I subscribed mostly for the videos with Lance. They were superb. Lance was a person I could relate too, i.e. an older dude, who's just learning how to skate. When he quit the channel quickly degraded into dumb monotonous videos for 12 y.o. kids. Certainly it wasn't appealing to an adult person. So I unsubscribed in circa 2018. And the whole scientology situation was part of the reason, too. So no wonder the channel went downhill at some point.
@gilgosseyn66023 ай бұрын
I wonder if Kyro hadn't donated so much money to Scientology, and instead put it into the business & it's employees, if it could have been huge - in the same fashion as something like Barstool which was started from nothing, by a few friends. Now Braille is all but done, and the real winner was the "Church" of Scientology...
@Cthooligan9 ай бұрын
Companies pay thousands for audits like this. Braille would be wise to use this "free" analysis to their advantage.
@LovelyBassGuitar-uw2yc9 ай бұрын
I don't think they're worried. 😅
@Cthooligan9 ай бұрын
@LovelyBassGuitar-uw2yc Based on those numbers and YoY decline, they probably should be
@wybuchowyukomendant9 ай бұрын
And do what, quit scientology? They can`t improve their situation, period.
@Cthooligan9 ай бұрын
@@wybuchowyukomendant I was speaking more about their content release schedule and format style. If you have an issue with the connection to Scientology, then yes you are right, there is nothing to be done. Highly doubtful Aaron will drop his beliefs just to appease KZbin subscribers.
@LovelyBassGuitar-uw2yc9 ай бұрын
@@Cthooligan There's a fatal flaw in the numbers. They constantly increase as people discover older episodes.
@OneMoreForZero9 ай бұрын
Braille went downhill when they started their own skatepark. Their og videos were way more entertaining at the parks riding crazy boards and playing silly games of skate and add on. Funny thing is in their prime Kyro used to be on a billboard for Scientology out here in Clearwater FL.
@thebayharborbutcher91158 ай бұрын
Who cares if he’s into Scientology it’s America your allowed to practice what ever religion you want . It’s blown way out of proportion
@angel_of_rust7 ай бұрын
ok tom cruise@@thebayharborbutcher9115
@James-nl5kn7 ай бұрын
It's not a religion it's a cult you kook@@thebayharborbutcher9115
@DissTrackTed6 ай бұрын
@@thebayharborbutcher9115 Tell that to the victims
@rationxlity3 ай бұрын
@@thebayharborbutcher9115 so how much did u donate to them
@BoardshotSkateboarding9 ай бұрын
Missed opportunity to introduce Aaron Kyro as a sponsored skateboarder from the San Francisco Bay Area.
@TheHitchboy9 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure that was the joke.
@tylerseabook94233 ай бұрын
He’s a religious nut that screwed his crew. End of story
@dirkcreates9 ай бұрын
No mention of Fetty getting busted for being a pedo.. Might be reaching here, but Scientology doesn’t exactly have a good track record with that type of thing either.
@notgnar85069 ай бұрын
Numerous scandals is why they lost their core fandom.
@_t_f_9 ай бұрын
“Fetty Potter” AKA Jason Semmel CREEPER MAN.
@chaddsinclairofficial9 ай бұрын
facts lol
@theegalitariancontrarian23449 ай бұрын
Neither do Juice in their tunnels under new york lol
@Monkchelle_Kongbama8 ай бұрын
the people who so easily call others pedos, usually be the one jacking it to the snl hoggwarts skit
@jessnacki9 ай бұрын
I got the opportunity to skate on the Braille channel at the end of September in 2022. I basically played the “girl” card bc they claimed they were looking for a female to add to the channel. Which ultimately seemed to be more of a lie than a truth. I cannot speak into Aaron bc wasn’t there although I was under the impression he would be, (in fact when I emailed him after the fact he had no idea that I was coming organization there seems to be quite poor) I can say that all the other guys were extremely nice and kind. When I asked questions or brought up ideas of improvement I could see in their eyes and timid answers that they didn’t have much choice in most matters. That being said I wish the best for Braille, would definitely visit again if asked, and still hope one day they add a woman to their squad.
@FunSk8chick9 ай бұрын
They definitely need a woman on there squad, had a female in a recent video maybe she’ll get added to the squad
@IchDuForeverExplorering9 ай бұрын
There was cloey i think was her name, the girl with the wig, then rickys snowboard girfriend, than there was dan corgins girlfiend hayley isaac, and there is uzi
@neonblack2119 ай бұрын
@@IchDuForeverExplorering none of those people were actually part of the team. Not that I think it really matters, this is Aarons baby, with Gabe as the Nanny..... noone else in Braile has any say you can see that from the way they act, they are litterally just "at work" more and more recently noone looks like they are enjoying anything at all
@FunSk8chick9 ай бұрын
@@IchDuForeverExploreringlol can’t forget uzi
@ashleybrown47549 ай бұрын
@@IchDuForeverExplorering Gabe is much more of a female than Uzi is
@byswartz9 ай бұрын
Losing Fetty and Carlos were big hits to the channel as they were heavily featured in "learning to skate" videos and were the most relatable personalities on the channel. Lance was the main filmer and producer, so there was a big style shift in the videos after he left.
@_t_f_9 ай бұрын
Fetty AKA Jason Semmel is a creeper.
@neonblack2119 ай бұрын
yeah and then lets not forget Mogely and Chris
@mgibuk9 ай бұрын
Yeah I was thinking this, earlier I watched the full length penny board video and Gabe could barely even get anyone to ride it, whereas you know in the past Carlos would have been taking it down the 5 stair and Lance would have made everyone have a game of skate on it while making goofy jokes throughout.
@neonblack2119 ай бұрын
@@mgibuk Bro........ the Carlos Era was PEAK I cannot lie, I love all the skaters on this channel but brahh..... there was a really obvious time when things were constantly fire and high energy not just for the sake of high energy but becayse people were actually fired up!
@MoofyYT9 ай бұрын
tbf fetty kind of had to go because of stuff outside of work. This video missed a hell of a lot of controversial stuff. I do miss the old braille though. The turnover in members kind of lost my interest in sticking with the channel. Now I may watch the odd video but it really doesn't have the same substance and value they used to.
@trentenmerrill52399 ай бұрын
Skateboarding used to be so punk rock... You don't have to be partying, doing drugs, and drinking... But you don't also have to be the "Disney channel" of skateboarding. Pew pew shots fired!
@ChickenJoe-tq6xd8 ай бұрын
Same thing happened to surfing too, actually the same thing happened to punk too, the current punk scene represents the complete opposite of what it used to and most of them mirror the same views as every corporation, institution, celebrity, media, and political party in power
@loochnikon-oc5djАй бұрын
It was never "punk"
@trentenmerrill5239Ай бұрын
@@loochnikon-oc5dj I think a lot of people would thoroughly disagree... Before skateboarding became the "hipster scene" with rap music... it was the "punk rock scene". You're probably too young to remember. Being a skateboarder was like being an outlaw... Skateparks were always watched by the police... Some skateparks got shut down even because of all the "tom foolery". Bunch of no good punks with their punk rock music...
@marcotixxx9 ай бұрын
people stopped watching and unsubscribed to braille when they found out aaron is a scientologist
@DontSlamCoke8 ай бұрын
And two of his former employees are alleged creeps, never to be mentioned to his fanbase of mostly children 🤮
@hansolodolo926 ай бұрын
That’s why I stopped for damn sure
@keysersoze79196 ай бұрын
@@DontSlamCoke who are those employees?
@markotomac45636 ай бұрын
@@keysersoze7919fetty potter(found inocent by police) and carlos lastra(investigation pending)
@fuckspace9896 ай бұрын
Why don’t yall have that same energy towards ✡️? Lol
@LeSkateWA9 ай бұрын
Was bound to happen eventually. With the scientology thing and also imagine coming up with 7 ideas a day like Gabe does and the other guys dont really help. Lost a lot of good characters along the way, not just Lance, also Doug, Fetty, Carlos, McNug, Mo etc. The energy used to be higher and they would just have fun with videos. They have an entire skatepark which they hardly ever use to its potential. Not as much actual skating, no custom ramp builds anymore, no floor is lava. The guys left are still cool but does seem like sometimes they dont try in videos or dont want to do them. Probably because the ideas are worse than ever. Maybe they should upload less but come up with better ideas. Weird boards and flat ground games of skate get boring af. Just my thoughts.
@shanebreezy44539 ай бұрын
It went downhill when they let fetty go.
@_t_f_9 ай бұрын
@@shanebreezy4453 but Fetty AKA Jason Semmel is a creeper.
@lucasferrell77939 ай бұрын
I finally stopped watching because of the effort dynamic. You're totally right that Gabe is trying super hard, and then you have dudes who can't pry their eyes away from the phone long enough to be in the video. I like all of the guys who skate for them, but it's just uncomfortable to watch sometimes when you can tell that some of them really don't want to be there.
@shanebreezy44539 ай бұрын
@@_t_f_ nah that's what they want you to think
@_t_f_9 ай бұрын
@@shanebreezy4453 I mean that’s a pretty 🤡 thing to say but sure, buddy.
@williamdixon-gk2sk9 ай бұрын
All that may be, but in like '18-ish i was a homeless heroin addict. Aron, chris, and all the braille dudes were at the fremont park. They let me borrow a board, skate for like ten minutes, and didnt look down on me or treat me as anything but a fellow skater. It meant a lot then and now.
@lasagnahog76959 ай бұрын
"He was nice one time" is a hell of an endorsement...
@williamdixon-gk2sk9 ай бұрын
@lasagnahog7695 No, I'm giving my account. How I was treated, if only once, by this man and his company. All religions are wack, and money changes everything. It IS what you do when nobody's looking. Rephrase that, he was cool %100 of the time we interacted.
@isaacfenelon67559 ай бұрын
@@lasagnahog7695 Wow. He helped someone. He was kind and caring when no one was looking. What an asshole, right?!
@DoorsInTheLabyrinth9 ай бұрын
This is interesting to me, since I only found the channel (or really started watching much of youtube, really) in 2020...for obvious reasons. Some of the team and guests I like, and some I don't. Sad to see some skaters go, I don't dislike Gabe the way most of the commenters here do, but I still watch the videos and usually enjoy them...literally clicked on this after watching the latest! Watching them inspired me to start learning last year (at the age of 45). I had considered buying my next board from them instead of my local, as a thank you/support of folks that got me into it. Though I have to say the Scientology thing definitely gives me pause. Anyway, rambling, good data dive here!
@McStick79 ай бұрын
yea gabe is one of my 3 fav
@GotWub9 ай бұрын
It's funny how you say his controversy was "unavoidable" but as someone who only really watched the big videos that got recommended, I never knew about any of the controversy. Learning about his scientology connection is a major turn off.
@PumperKrickel9 ай бұрын
I think he meant unavoidable as in like he can't avoid talking about it.
@GotWub9 ай бұрын
@@PumperKrickelfair point
@dovesr04788 ай бұрын
I think you nailed the 3 major reasons why the channel is floundering: - Too much of the OG crew left. Lance was the biggest loss but also people like Nigel, Mowgli, Carlos, etc were very skilled skaters and had great personalities too. - No real direction in the videos mixed with low energy personalities. No hate against the new crew, they're good skaters but not good on camera. Again, totally nailed it by saying most of their modern videos are improvisational in nature, or at least come off that way. - Focus on quantity over quality. At this point Braille has completely exhausted all of their classic formulas. Right now their videos feel like content for the sake of content. Viewers aren't interested in the same old thing every day, especially as the KZbin landscape has shifted towards very bombastic videos in the last few years. Of course the scientology thing will always be a shadow lurking over Aaron and his company. While I don't think it's a major cause for decline, it definitely rubs people the wrong way and has led to many viewers abandoning the channel.
@rickyglaser9 ай бұрын
Good vid my dawg
@dumbdata349 ай бұрын
🫡
@edvolley8259 ай бұрын
Your presentation aligns with the presumptive illusion of competency; however your core data does not reflect the merger of the two industries, one being skateboarding and the other, social media, or rather self publication. The addition of Ricky Glaser and JD Sanchez has been outstanding to the quality of skateboarding purity. Consensus would be that Aaron Kyro maybe metaphorically burnt out, and has neglected to reinvest both financially and strategically in his staff and outstanding initial achievements; perhaps Scientology may stimulate a new extension of his initial vision.
@iblastyou48199 ай бұрын
2016 was such a gold mine for Skate KZbinrs (which was the year I was skating the most myself). It’s weird to see where all that went.
@infinidominion9 ай бұрын
Imagine someone getting "into" scientology after the South Park episode aired? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@eadweard.9 ай бұрын
Cannot tell if serious.
@James-nl5kn9 ай бұрын
I don't think filming almost everything in a private skatepark helps them bring in new viewers either. Some of the earlier videos were so successful because beginners wanting to get into skating could see how much fun you can have with your friends and meeting other people at your local skate park, or even just filming learning new tricks together in an empty parking lot. 99.9% of people, especially beginners, don't have access to a private park and it isn't an experience they can can relate to. Sure, it works for brands like Primitive, because their target audience is more experienced, core skaters who want to see super tech tricks on a.perfect indoor park ledge or whatever. I just don't think it works for the audience Braille is trying to appeal to.
@bakadavi39179 ай бұрын
i totally agree. I started skating in 2020 and I really liked those videos. The braille house is cool but I can't relate to those videos. Having poor access to good skateparks made me lean towards freestyle and Andy anderson's videos as I can relate more and try tricks myself
@IamTBUCK3 ай бұрын
I feel we need a 5-10 minute update based on the bast 7 months since this video uploaded
@dumbdata343 ай бұрын
Done
@box3y9 ай бұрын
Some of these trends are unique to Braille, some are indicative of falling views for skateboarding and other content in general. A good deep dive! Love them or hate them, Braille was an introduction to skating for thousands of people of all ages. At the end of the day, more skateboarding is a good thing for all of us.
@alltalk9974 ай бұрын
$750k+ to Scientology but skaters making less than minimum wage.
@DynamicVlogs693 ай бұрын
And today braille is over done and he alienated his best partners.
@MonkDave6669 ай бұрын
As a hardcore Scientologist who absolutely knows all the ins and outs of the cult, from the Xenu story at OT3 level, to the truly horrific death of Lisa McPherson, to brutal policies such as disconnection, Aaron Kyro is an incredibly dangerous individual. If you reach OT3 and STILL believe everything you're being told, you're either completely brainwashed or know it's all bullshit but you've put so much money and time in to it, you have no choice but to carry on. This man should NOT be around children. Aaron considers anyone not a Scientologist to be a "Suppressive Person" and does not view the world like normal human beings. He got lucky with skateboarding but his is ABSOLUTELY using it to fund a dangerous cult.
@cfronin9 ай бұрын
I don't know anything about Scientology, but I don't view the world like normal human beings either.
@TheDantheman121219 ай бұрын
Are you saying you are a scientologist
@MonkDave6669 ай бұрын
@@TheDantheman12121 No sir, learn to read.
@Elk_____9 ай бұрын
@@MonkDave666you did say 'as a hardcore scientologist'... Sure reads like you're saying you're a Scientologist
@MonkDave6669 ай бұрын
@@Elk_____ Learn to read sentences ser. I understand that grammar is no longer a thing for the younger generation, so that might be a problem for you.
@dustyyshellz13209 ай бұрын
Also all the best skaters are gone from the channel, Chris Mcnug, Mogely etc.
@coreystack56559 ай бұрын
Carlos!!!
@coreystack56559 ай бұрын
Why is uzi still around lol, I think he's to lazy to care what's up
@donnytucker9 ай бұрын
What happened to mcnug? No one ever mentioned why he left.
@shanebreezy44539 ай бұрын
Fetty
@TheSquareOnes9 ай бұрын
@@coreystack5655 I think their filming schedule gives a bad impression, recording so much in one day means that half the videos will be done while already exhausted. Everyone has to take a break to go sit for a bit sometimes, it's just that in his case most of those moments end up getting filmed to pad out uploads where other people are taking the focus. When it's his turn to actually put in effort he does some really great work too though.
@slickmullet38919 ай бұрын
Giving $1 to Scientology is crazy. But giving $1,000,000? Holy fuck that is mind blowing.
@DaedStarr3 ай бұрын
This video hits even harder now....
@OrcinusLaryngologist3 ай бұрын
I appreciate that this didn’t have any sponsored ad crap in it.
@coryv56793 ай бұрын
Kids, never follow a cult.
@SavageGTI9 ай бұрын
Very detailed, I loved their skate everything series when it started. You should analyze AndrewSchrock from Revive skateboarding because the skating industry is following a downward trend.
@richievaldez9 ай бұрын
My childhood best friend Julio Prieto was also in the video Mijos. Him and my other homies Evan Kuhn, Drew Tibbitts, and Matt Escamilla all died in a car crash together in 2005. Crazy to hear that video being brought up so many years later.
@tommydeets3 ай бұрын
This was prophetic
@GooberGunkThe3rd-ik2tl3 ай бұрын
He looks like a scientologist lmao. I used to watch him and always thought this.
@jamsquan9415Ай бұрын
it’s the eyes right?
@StuffnThings429 ай бұрын
I’m surprised you didn’t look into other YT skate channels to see if they are experiencing the same decline over the last few years. The decline might be more related to skateboarding’s loss in popularity overall and a saturation of skate YT content and less about Braille itself. I do agree about the lack of energy and personality in their videos as of late. They’ve lost the fire that they once had.
@imaverageatgamesbutimostly34319 ай бұрын
Honestly, me and a lot of my friends have gotten bored with skateboarding content in general. I can see the overall trend dropping.
@methrecovery69229 ай бұрын
Skateboarding is at an all time high rn there just isn't any good skateboard content anymore
@StaticVapour5908 ай бұрын
Ever since Lance went off the channel, it died
@iamreptar45349 ай бұрын
I started watching braille around it’s prime and they got me back into skating after a 10 ish year hiatus from it. I will always appreciate that part of braille. Lance was awesome too.
@smoked-old-fashioned-hh7lo3 ай бұрын
in hindsight this video put the nail in the coffin
@worlordvАй бұрын
As a skater from 1977. Content went shit. Skateboarding will never die, it will grow and shrink but never die. Because it has integrity of your expression at it's very heart. Braille clearly does not have it, skaters (even new one's) see that. I watched those vids and thought, this is not my culture, this is not skateboarding culture, I don't recognise this... it feels off. So I stopped watching... I was completely unaware until recently Scientology was in the mix. I guess that makes sense now.
@leonapiette13423 ай бұрын
you should do another video plz!!!!! we would all like to know what actually happened in recent events
@RoyChewbacca9 ай бұрын
As much as I hate scientology ( I didn't know about the association until ~2021), the videos where he taught the camera guy to skate were very inspirational. He clearly didn't skate much outside these clips, but he'd learn the tricks through persistence and tuition, which made me try harder myself. Kyro's personality was also positive - he didn't take himself too seriously and laughed a lot, which was quite endearing. There were also great interactions with kids at the local park, teaching tricks and giving away boards etc. I mostly switched off when they got their own skatepark. The guy behind the camera shouting "Oh" all the time is the worst.
@ethandimble53609 ай бұрын
Or when they land a trick and he turns the camera around to film his reaction. Drives me insane
@abyzdoof88219 ай бұрын
amazing informative. i would’ve never got all this info in one sitting if it wasn’t for ur work. i’m new to skating, so it’s good to be informed, thank you!
@420RittzBish9 ай бұрын
You killed me with that whole "historians" thing. Too funny lmao.
@MicrowavedFurby8 ай бұрын
Some of you guys don't realize how insane Scientology is.
@fuckspace9896 ай бұрын
✡️ is way worse
@mrburns8059 ай бұрын
I remember watching Aaron’s first KZbin video in my English class back in the day. Crazy that it’s already been 18 years. He had a unique and interesting style. I showed that video to several of my friends too.
@blee109883 ай бұрын
Funding Scientology is objectively bad.
@senmage6 ай бұрын
21:30 Ngl I did get less interested in Braille when Lance left. Lance felt the most relatable at the time when I was trying to skate and he was genuinely funny.
@non_brewed_condiment9 ай бұрын
Thumbnails like that should carry a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison
@thepandaman4203 ай бұрын
Unbelievably well put together video. Well done
@ThePrintZone1233 ай бұрын
might want to remake that one again downfall is even bigger
@chaddsinclairofficial9 ай бұрын
bro forgot to mention the fetty potter situation!!!
@dariadayle9 ай бұрын
The fact that Aaron Kyro is a scientologist was a massive deal breaker. i already got weird vibes from the dude once his channel stared getting bigger past the original tutorial videos, but i had a bad feeling that it went deeper than that on a more insidious level. when i learned he was a scientologist a few years back i was like "i knew it! i knew something was wrong with that guy!". It makes me sad knowing how much money he gets from kids who buy stuff from his site and that a large portion of that goes to scientology. dude has brainwashed these kids and their parents into funding a super abusive and creepy cult.
@skhateanddestroy12529 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure that Steve Berra is too. As well as Jason Lee. I'm pretty sure a large portion of the skateboard industry is run by occultists. Just look at the symbology in logos and graphics. It's super obvious with Thrasher. Rob Dyrdek definitley gives off freemasonic vibes. It sucks that these weirdos have to ruin everything in our culture. It's all about contolling and influencing the masses to these freaks.
@erikreber36959 ай бұрын
There are so many things wrong with your statement. I hope it helps you sleep.
@graalcloud9 ай бұрын
He's also jewish btw
@skhateanddestroy12529 ай бұрын
@@erikreber3695 Like what? Tell me how I am wrong. Thrasher is filled with satanic/occult imagery every month. They push drug and alcohol use constantly. Learn about the occult and the symbols they use, you will see it everwhere around you, especially in huge corporations. Look at the symbolism they use for the Berrics. It's right in your face if you have the eyes to see. There is a reason people like Dyrdek and Bam blow up and achieve fame and fortune. They chose the dark side, magick is real. Look at what has happened to Bam since he sold his soul. Look at what happens with anyone that gets involved with the occult, like Aleister Crowley. Eventually their lives take very dark turns. Look at most celebrities and famous musicians. Many openly admit they took the faustian bargain.
@Jaydaboy7099 ай бұрын
I think everybody in the skate community thinks of Aaron as a KZbinr and not skater. In Skateboarding there are so many factors to make a successful skate company, Aaron has a huge following on KZbin but branding and what you focus on for content is the most important. And what he did worked to build a business but skateboarding is very competitive and having a cool factor, good skating as the main focus and the name is really what people wanna get behind.
@resevoirdog9 ай бұрын
And countless more leave their family for scientology and destroy families. Yay Aaron...
@MAYERMAKES9 ай бұрын
Fun Fact, I made the things for two You make it we skate it episodes , the transparent Trucks and World hardest homemade wheels .
@evansuarez54329 ай бұрын
The guy is overworking his employees. Those guys need some rest
@gang60099 ай бұрын
people can say what they want but man, aaron taught me how to skate no other way about it and ill always be grateful for that
@FelonHardtimes3 ай бұрын
He was never sponsored, he was flowed gear. That is not a sponsorship.
@slowb15Ай бұрын
He has or had decks under revive. By all measure he was sponsored at least for a time.
@FelonHardtimesАй бұрын
@@slowb15 That was after his channel blew up. He claimed to be on multiple teams before that. Find me one piece of media or otherwise where any of those companies even acknowledged his existence.
@josiahamaze9 ай бұрын
The end haha "never go full youtube"
@adoredpariah9 ай бұрын
I subscribed to Braille for a short period there because it was nice to see him giving random kids some time on camera and it looked like he was using that indoor park for in person teaching, but I just got tired of seeing the style of videos they were uploading. That snippet at the end "don't go full youtube" really nails it I think, Braille's style always seems like it's one video away from a "I bought a million orbees" video. I didn't even know about the glass skateboard video, and honestly that makes me like the channel even less. Just a personal thing I suppose but I don't at all like that side of skateboarding (the death defying putting your body on the line for a 12 second video that will be forgotten about in a month kind of stuff).
@TknoVisuals9 ай бұрын
As a Braille viewer I think they lost a lot of their shine woth loosing a lot of their cast along the years and with Aaron being less on camera as well. I think Braille really needs to evolve their editing structure, and find a young enthusiastic cast that is more relatable to new viewers. I love all the guys that are still there but unfortunately I think they have lost their energy with age and I think Braille needs to rebrand to adapt to the new generation.
@KyleJett9 ай бұрын
I still wonder what Lance is up to. I was never a subscriber of Braille, but loved the videos featuring Lance. Huge loss!
@bez_9 ай бұрын
Being a Scientologist also
@Alex-eg6lx9 ай бұрын
So you really had Ricky take down a video for "stealing your content" when 100% of your content is made up of stolen videos that you don't get permission to use?
@tomf.cruise74649 ай бұрын
A few things: 1. Ricky seems like a chill guy 2. Unfortunately I recall Ricky's video being a big nothingburger - he pulled an XQC and made very little commentary about anything, I honestly felt that I just rewatched Dumb Data's video again. Like 90% of the video was Ricky's blank face in the corner. 3. Re: stealing videos - it's disingenuous to compare Ricky's "React Andy" to Dumb Data, and Dumb Data's audits and statistics he creates. One is "press record and sit down for 30 minutes" the other takes tons of work to accomplish. I don't agree/disagree with takedowns, but let's be real one is significantly more tasteful than the other.
@Alex-eg6lx9 ай бұрын
@@tomf.cruise7464 Dude Dumb Datas entire video was a nothing burger he just said "Brailles views have gone down along with other skateboarding youtubers and also Aaron is a scientologist" if ricky cut out sections it looks like he's ducking touchy subjects not cutting stuff out is what pretty much every response video on youtube does. Its not disengenous at all to compare the two dumb data literally stole brailles footage to badmouth them by cries when someone whos part of braille reacts. XQC walks away mid video and comes back halfway through if anyones being disengenous its you for acting like thats the same as a response video to someone calling out your friends and stealing your footage to do it then crying that you stole their stolen footage
@tomf.cruise74649 ай бұрын
@@Alex-eg6lx Bro come on. If you think this video can be reduced to a single sentence, then IDK what to tell you. Dumb Data obviously went through some real interesting statistics regarding Braille's top videos, lifetime performance, events that Braille had that lined up with interesting math, etc. Like, I get it, if you think math and statistics is boring, stupid and nerdy, then maybe this is not the video for you. There's just no way these 2 vids are comparable. > " if ricky cut out sections it looks like he's ducking touchy subjects not cutting stuff out is what pretty much every response video on youtube does", bro the WHOLE VIDEO is a touchy subject for ricky lmao, this is his employer, he will absolutely not talk real shit. If you're going to be staring at the video like 90% of the time, just don't make it, this applies to every other terrible youtube reaction video, no skin off my nose if those video are eligible to be taken down > "dumb data literally stole brailles footage" - ok first and foremost, yes this is legal if you are actually using footage to enhance commentary (not being a crutch). All I am saying is that Ricky's video just provided very little substance, it was boring. If he actually talked more, or cut down the video in sections and added commentary on those sections, I'd be on your side. > "Its not disengenous at all to compare the two" - there's absolutely no world in which this is the case dude. One is sitting on your ass *silently*, the other is goddamn data gathering 6k videos for like 18 years and drawing fairly likely conclusions? > "XQC walks away mid video and comes back halfway through" and sits silently doing nothing > "if anyones being disengenous its you for acting like thats the same as a response video to someone calling out your friends and stealing your footage" - ricky's was a response video of someone calling out his friends? If I'm not mistaken, he was completely silent on the xenu section, Braille scandals, etc. boring. if you remove the "stealing footage" from this video, it would be an alright video, it's not a crutch at all; if you remove the "stealing footage" from ricky's video, there would be absolutely no video whatsoever. Does that make sense? Like idk don't repost the whole entire video again.
@Alex-eg6lx9 ай бұрын
@@tomf.cruise7464 Lmao youre definitely dumb data on an alt account. You just proved my point the whole video is a touchy subject so cutting parts out looks sus also i saw the original and it wasn't 90% silent and seeing his face and his reaction is part of the video. Honestly what do you want him to do talk over whats being said in the video for reaction videos you're supposed to be quiet while it plays and then talk about the points that stand out which is what he did. Taking footage without permisson for b roll is 100% not legal. If that's the case why don't i just download the new Starwars movie add some data on top and sell my own copies? People assume its legal because fair use laws are vague but if it ever came down to proving it in court 99% of youtubers including you would lose the case. Fair use is meant for news orgs commenting on small sections of video not youtubers getting free b roll. Remember when you made that entire video dedicated to gifted hater? If he was actually money hungry like you said and uploaded the section of his VOD where he was talking about you, then your video would have completely ruined the point of viewers watching his video since you played the entire thing. Your whole braille video was drawing likely conclusions thats how i was able to sum it up into an entire sentence all you did was crunch some numbers to use as filler content to get a higher ad rate. The fact that youre still saying walking away mid video is the same as watching the video and waiting for the parts that stand out is 100% disengenuous Also he wasn't silent on the scientology thing he just didnt break down every micro point like you to milk ad revenue If you remove stealing footage from your video it doesnt exist at all because no one is going to watch an excel spreadsheet for 30 minutes. The amount of cope here is insane
@Alex-eg6lx9 ай бұрын
@@tomf.cruise7464 Lol keep deleting my comments because you know youre wrong
@HamAndCheeze3 ай бұрын
This aged like Merlot
@CleanCutAudio9 ай бұрын
Two important things to mention are the skateboarding boom in 2020 due to Covid and the inevitable leveling out shortly after when everyone realizes how difficult skateboarding really is. This no doubt plays into the channel's parallel boom and leveling out. Maybe equally as important is KZbin's introduction of and intense focus on Shorts, which have left many KZbin channels with sharp decreases in their long-form content views and watch time as the platform rewards shorter, bite size content.
@fjordan23459 ай бұрын
Dude people can react to your video as long as they are adding their own thoughts/opinions. Its not stealing your video, it's reacting to your thoughts. This is what happens when you talk about controversial topics - I can give you a thousand examples of this. Be happy people are reacting to and watching your content
@yikes69699 ай бұрын
no one cares
@t3r0839 ай бұрын
I really appreciate that you describe the skateboard tricks accurately.
@sheaskateboarding9 ай бұрын
I watched Braille for many years starting back in 2016. It was refreshing to watch skateboarding that was more about fun and progressing, instead of only gnarly parts. I think I started watching less as people started leaving, discontinuing of segments I enjoyed, and spending all their time at their warehouse instead of local parks.
@lee82879 ай бұрын
He lost me when I found out he was involved with Scientology
@jaybennett27409 ай бұрын
When Fetty and Carlos was on the channel those were the good days.
@c1dtl399 ай бұрын
Yup!
@ultrawow659 ай бұрын
Fetty potter 😪
@aksel15817 ай бұрын
both are pedos
@CiceroMonteiro9 ай бұрын
Aaron has made more for the industry than most ever will. Imagine peaking 4 years before COVID and bringing countless new fans into the sport. I really think Kyro deserves more love for his work as a whole.
@ElDiggityDog9 ай бұрын
This must be Aaron on a burner account
@CiceroMonteiro9 ай бұрын
@@ElDiggityDog omg I lold
@ElDiggityDog9 ай бұрын
hahah glad we can share a laugh! cheers man@@CiceroMonteiro
@stevenp12589 ай бұрын
He’s a Professional Scientologist from the San Francisco Bay Area
@neve9416 ай бұрын
Whenever you're in bed, do you ever feel like you have homework due in the next morning? Even though you're 27 and haven't been to school in years?....
@threwanade4 ай бұрын
Bro is crying on KZbin about leaving his wharehouse because he can’t afford it. BRO IS RICH he has one of the biggest KZbin channels and books and series he sells and clothes and boards the list goes on there’s no way he can’t afford rent I think he’s just stingey and that’s why everyone is leaving he’s to cheap to pay his employees good
@braidon49643 ай бұрын
Now Aaron is blocking the team on Instagram. He blocked Nigel and Ricky.
@jonnn4204 ай бұрын
Also there’s lots of evidence to support that Aaron was just a dick irl. Apparently in one of those mentioned “glass skateboard videos” after Kyro and his crew were done filming breaking multiple glass skateboards in a public skate park one of the locals who was also at the park had to confront Aaron because they wouldn’t clean up all the broken glass. And so to my knowledge a group of locals had to sit there and watch Aaron to make sure he cleaned up the broken glass😂