Aaron Kyro is Cooked

[@Danwebz]

Just watched and seen that Ricky posted a video about it all as well. My bad for not including that in the video I wasn’t even aware it existed until you guys commented 🤝🏻

[@Danwebz]

Also completely fucked up how the treated him. Can’t agree with how Aaron handled this in the slightest. Feel bad for Ricky, Nigel and the other boys for real

[@guyvaderproductions8882]

I'm not up on all the news but has Revive dropped him. I don't think Schrock has publicly said anything about braille at least in the last month.

[@Ixitheimp]

@DanWebz keep up the good work, would really appreciate continued coverage of this whole shit show. The skaters deserve to have their story's heard, and people need to know Kyro is a creep.

[@eMemoryCard]

This 1:23 is a disgrace to skateboarding. Thanks DERN Brothers for keeping it real!

[@eMemoryCard]

I have now subscribed to this channel and unsubscribed Braille. Thanks

[@sundanikarma8276]

Those boards ending up in the trash is better than Aaron donating that money to scientology aswell.

[@couchslouch3540]

Nigel or rick could have done it on their own.

[@sundanikarma8276]

@@couchslouch3540 they probably could have, but braille owned the boards. And if Aaron was willing to cut them off so suddenly he would probably accuse them of theft.

[@sundanikarma8276]

@@couchslouch3540 I'm sure they wanted to give back to the community. But there are probably risks involved.

[@azumkyo]

This is more messed up than the Supreme founder stuff

[@sundanikarma8276]

@@azumkyo wait what happened with supreme. Can't find much about him

[@dappperdan]

“I’m Aaron Kyro sponsored cult leader from the Bay Area” 😂☠️

[@pablogonzalez3712]

You forgot to put the San Francisco in front of the Bay Area lol

[@ThatDudeDeven]

@@pablogonzalez3712 Man, from what I can tell, it's the whooolllleeeee bay area 🤣You by the beach? You're in a cult, son!

[@DragonKriz]

he's not even sponsored, i think it goes the other way around! Kyto is sponsoring the cult with how much money he just farted out

[@derekofalltrades5494]

Bro just destroyed his own KZbin empire for a cult

[@musclecars6428]

But hey he unlocked the “Gold meritorious” level of Scientology knowledge for a million plus dollars in donations …. Wonder how much the platinum level of knowledge costs? 😂 It’s crazy to me that a guy who could be that brainwashed made that much money, only to give it away to a cult … ughhhh

[@game-OJACK]

he basically paid to move up in the cult. (you don't advance without paying)

[@laivasimo8427]

This is beyond messed up. What the hell.

[@karelenhenkie666]

I know its fucked but lets be real. A high up position in scientology comes with a hell of a lot more benefits then a youtube channel. That cult is really influencial and they hold a ridiculous amount of real estate ( to stay taxexempt) and therfore power.

[@bryanburns9702]

​@@karelenhenkie666 but how long does that last for Aaron if he can no longer kick up fundage? It might be an influential cult, but it's also pay-to-play. Looks to me like Aaron killed the goose that laid the golden egg.

[@daedae999]

Walmart MGK is right

[@Fortuna_716]

Scientologist member?

[@schloon]

MGK is from Walmart himself

[@daedae999]

@@Fortuna_716 it’s called comedy

[@Fortuna_716]

@@daedae999 scientologymart?

[@bcarl7953]

🤣🤣

[@Fatal_Jinx]

Damn imagine your boss being gone for 3 years while you kept his business running only for him to come back and kick you to the curb. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

[@Krando_]

Wtf, i unsubbed to braille in like 2019, but had no idea that Aaron fucked off for 3 years lmao.

[@coreystack5655]

Sounds like life. We all let Arron do this by viewing these vids

[@MrZombieTurds]

@@Krando_ He didn't though... I've been following Braille since like 2017 and Aaron has been there since like recently, early this year! IDK where this "fucking off for 3 years" comes from tbh.

[@socks2441]

@@MrZombieTurds people that worked at brailee have said he was gone for 3 years. he did come back occasionally though, and when he was back they filmed videos to release sporadically. so while there would be less videos on the channel with aaron, he was still in some videos. it wasnt just 3 years with no aaron videos. but it was very apparent he was barely ever there. he initially told his employees it was for a business course. he left out that the business course was through scientology.

[@digital_nobody]

not just that, he was sent over 750k to that cult instead of paying the team. mad shithead

[@shadyfazbear]

We gotta get coffeezilla to investigate how all this transpired.

[@JMSK8ER]

Even if they did a bidding on all of the "u make it, we skate it" boards and donated the money, i wouldnt be surprised if that money went to god damn scientology

[@Codisrocks]

Yeah, auctioning would have been worse than throwing them in the trash.

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

I would at that point being recording every call with Kyro if any sense and if he says you can take what you want. Take it all on the floor and sell. There is no take backsies IF you have a record of it.

[@MelTheFunkyHomosapien]

"donating" to the church probably :/

[@kay.js.skatefb]

facts💯💯

[@couchslouch3540]

The other guys who obviously felt a cirtain way about it could have.

[@k6nga]

aaron has that scientology stare in his eyes they rlly got to him

[@xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx]

Has been the whole time…

[@k6nga]

@@xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx it’s more clear than ever now

[@lebowskiunderachiever3591]

He is a lizard

[@BazookaTooth707]

He's been got. Almost a decade and a half ago the Scientology YT channel posted his skate video.

[@k6nga]

@@BazookaTooth707 ik i’ve known this for years he just moved up ranks and got even deeper in which costed him his brand. they fully own him now

[@cwesley2005]

I joined Scientology, but i still cant ollie. Wtf Xenu?

[@kboww88]

You gotta drop a few 1000$ before you unlock that skill

[@iSikk420]

Aaron gonna put his skateboarding courses in his scientology "'courses". Or were they scientology courses all along? if you look at scientology videos and his first skateboarding made simple videos they look alike.

[@lostworldofjj]

xenu is the enemy of scientologists LOL and aaron probably is at a level where he doesnt know about it and brushes it off as mainstream media lies

[@quackywhackityphillyb.3005]

you have to memorize their 350 page ollie-ing book first

[@qwertpoiuy430]

@@iSikk420the whole point of Scientology is buying courses to improve. It is obvious Aaron will use his “learned skills”

[@MAYERMAKES]

There is stuff i built in that pile😢

[@kyleharrison2286]

Thats fked up man, sorry. I'd be heated.

[@Sk8terreaper]

Sorry to hear that man, you deserve better.

[@TemisanAdoki]

It looks like Braille is dying. If not dead. Boards ain't selling no more. The whole team left. Braille House gone. And it's all because Aaron chose Scientology over Skateboarding. What a shame. I feel bad for all the talented skaters he screwed over. I have lost all respect for the guy. Straight up. Braille is going out bad.

[@l.j.i]

​@manashieldworld yooo you in Vancouver BC? People are just giving them away here 😂😂

[@kiltysalter2966]

He’ll soon find out too that once the money dries up, the Scientologists will leave him behind too.

[@rosiecatbandit]

Which reminds me, I wonder if the website has sales. But I wouldn't want to wear merch anymore 😢

[@humanbean3]

which is ironic because he was probably brainwashed into believing scientology was the reason for his success in the first place, and now its the reason for his failure.

[@Alfred-Neuman]

Fortunately Aaron didn't lose everything! He still have a little trophy for donating his millions to this cult! 7:05 😃👍 (He could've kept the boards that fans sent him over the years but apparently these are worthless for him)

[@Madjiul]

You make it we bin it😂

[@Rhythm162.]

NOOOOOOO 💀💀💀

[@sirius4k]

@@Rhythm162. KZbin offers me to translate this reply to English, but it doesn't change. I wonder what you said 🤔

[@thomaspreszcator]

Braille was a money laundering scheme to give all to Scientology Aaron always gave me sheister vibes

[@ambedo_bass]

Blows my mind that anyone finds this surprising. As soon as I learned he was a scientologist it was clear they were using braille as a way to funnel money, there is literally no other alternative storyline that would make sense.

[@MaxxRemKing1]

I just found out 😮

[@NinjaKhaos74]

i stopped watching a good while ago so this shit is a shock to me lol, scientologists are scum

[@iiGraphix]

@@MaxxRemKing1 the info has been out there for a decade. Loads of videos on it. Only sad thing is scientology and all related keywords are blacklisted on braille channel so they get auto deleted

[@xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx]

@@iiGraphix i didn't learn about it until the fetty situation cuz i wanted to look into that and found on reddit that people didn't like aaron cuz of the cult and i never saw anything about that on the actual channel

[@Nathan-dt2tu]

Nah, he's just in full-blown "i don't know what the fuck I'm doing" Destroying your company is not good for scientology. Where's he going to get more funds to maintain his current level? He's done once the "church" realizes he's broke and this PR disaster for the channel is irredeemable.

[@SirHouseFly]

You know the word Scientology gets immediately blocked in the Braille comments? Super funny how that works.

[@game-OJACK]

wow

[@hupe5836]

Word Hetler with an i also blocked, because I commented that " even heetler made more friends not block and reject them"

[@Fanaz10]

@@hupe5836 dam das wack

[@Ixitheimp]

Rick hasn't been silent.

[@stonedwizard0420]

Neither has Nigel.

[@cody_code]

@@stonedwizard0420 Right -- but nobody said Nigel was silent. The reason for the comment was that Dan claimed Nigel was the ONLY one who had spoken out, which isn't true because Rick made a video too. lol did you even watch the video before writing this reply?

[@mxce420]

Was about to say the same. Ricky has been a really good source of genuine unbiased opinion, not to imply the Nigel’s reactions aren’t warranted.

[@crtroll776]

Agree. But Ricky doesn't count as a member of Braille anymore hence why Dan is saying this.

[@McStick7]

@@nichenetwork9817 um no

[@bizzzzzzle]

I said literal years ago this was going to happen… it’s just what happens with Scientology

[@renvill4989]

I’m curious what you said exactly?

[@Hydro-od2rt]

I remember in one of the braille videos form like 8 or 9 years ago he talked about being a Scientologist and copped a lot of flack in the comments. but isn’t hard to see how thos cults basically drain people dry when alls said and done

[@TheBod76]

I completely stopped watching Braille when I first heard of Aaaron's connection to Scientology years ago. F that cult!

[@GOOCHIElicker]

Scientology is a religion

[@superhans7989]

I iust found out and whar a fkn bummer man. Aaron seemed like a cool guy

[@wjk2674]

​@@superhans7989 Yeah, did you know the guy from mission impossible is in it too? Blows my mind bro!

[@iitstre_4550]

@@wjk2674”the guy from Mission Impossible” you mean TOM CRUISES?! 😂😂 But also yea, he’s literally the most famous Scientologist ever. People have known that for decades now

[@Gastly_Ghost]

I quit watching when Gabe became more involved he was trying too hard and was annoying asf.

[@lane2376]

Thank you for the abridged version. I watched most of Nigel's video and Ricky's most recent vid, but I couldn't stomach it through Aaron's video.

[@malicant123]

Nah he's just traumatised from fighting space aliens, and the ever present worry of Zemu.

[@Trash-Castle]

please tell me how I can protect myself.

[@malicant123]

​@@Trash-CastleI think they ask for 10% of your income...

[@TheLunarSurface]

it’s Xenu not Temu

[@cosmiceon]

@@Trash-Castle get an e-meter and check your thetans

[@koblefra]

😂😂😂

[@MewzikMaker]

Never trust a Scientologist

[@kurre7]

I didn't know Aaron was a scientologist until after I saw the video of the Braille House being dismantled. This whole thing is shocking and disappointing.

[@quinsey9211]

hes not just in it hes like a major spokesperson for them. he does their ads and stuff.

[@carlosacunacastillo6227]

nothing shocking about it , no one should support Kyro as he is a scientologist , scientologists always dissapoint my friend

[@jaciobe]

You need to wake up then. It was so clear he was sketchy

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

I was out of the loop for like two whole years - just looked up the channel today to find a game of skate or something and found out about this whole drama. This is some hella whiplash

[@thomasborasky3898]

british machine gun kelly 0:18

[@OnniLonka]

Bruh

[@JL-eu5ef]

He blocked Ricky 😢

[@Kopa_Malphas]

Its so far beyond fucked up that they scouted Ricky, Ricky packed up and moved to the fucking states to join up with Braille...and this is how it worked out. It's SO fucked up.

[@Alfred-Neuman]

What were you expecting?!

[@ScootyDonny]

lol "beyond fucked up". This seems like some pretty tame drama for planet earth my guy. There's kids in war zones rn.

[@asthecitysleepsofficial]

@@ScootyDonnywar existing doesn’t mean other stuff isn’t fucked up lol

[@ScootyDonny]

@@asthecitysleepsofficial “beyond fucked up” for something this trivial was funny to me, lol

[@vermili0n]

I haven’t watched braille in a couple years and just randomly came across this on Reddit yesterday. Had no idea about this but I’m grabbing my 🍿 for the drama

[@nmdyt]

i just found out about all this drama an hour ago what fkn rock have i been under lmao

[@road2moto]

i used to be such a braille fan. i’ve been skating 10 years. literally when they were in their prime. it’s crazy how far gone they are now. smh

[@jetgraham7031]

same dude it suckss i just found out a few hours ago

[@swere1240]

@@road2moto atleast mogley and ricky are making content still. mogley is probly my favorite out of all of them. i watched a live stream he did the other day and it was pretty rad

[@kdxtreme7479]

​@@jetgraham7031 Same here

[@LH44EVER]

same lol i just found out about this a few days ago

[@justforfunvideohobby]

Aaron Kyro spent millions on the church of Scientology to find out where Xenu came from 😂

[@nodeal134]

donate that shit if you really care about skateboarding, kid could have used those ffs

[@stoptominate]

yea seriously, he has no excuse to not have done that since they appear to have just been sitting there for a while giving them enough time to take care of it.

[@dinklebum]

For a channel that’s literally dedicated to helping newcomers to skateboarding, it’s incredibly hypocritical to just throw away thousands of boards when you could easily give them away to perhaps kids that can’t afford a board

[@stoptominate]

@@dinklebum right? He could have done a series of videos going to skate parks handing them out.

[@MIKEK3NT]

Some of the you make it we skate it boards are downright dangerous haha

[@stoptominate]

@@MIKEK3NT lol ya that is def true

[@sion7651]

gonna rewatch that south park episodes about scientology again. that one was legendary!

[@schpeidermann]

It was glorious!

[@sion7651]

@@schpeidermann awesome user name😂 you are from germany or austria?

[@joelvinson]

I fell down this rabbit hole yesterday, as I stopped watching Braille awhile ago. I'm a big ol' fan of Nigel, and I wondered why Lance seemed to mysteriously ' move on with life'. After finding out about all of this, I was horrified.

[@xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx]

I still wonder if Lance was a Scientologist and had to move for the cult or if he wasn’t and was pissed their money was going to the cult

[@Litepaw]

"WHERE'S THE MONEY SKYLER?' Aaron: I gave it to Xenu

[@YinzerAnson]

This hole thing has been insane. First channel I ever felt like I was a part of. I never bought a skateboard or learned how to do any tricks, but the community was always awesome on the Braille channel. I hope things work out for everyone.

[@MaxxRemKing1]

I have seen a few KZbinrs and the communities fall. Some from bad business decisions, some from drugs and even affairs but it is always sad.

[@neurosis1146]

the team i watched on braille🤮 all have yt pages ......jd, uzi, nigel, ricky, glo.......... that'll do pig, that'll do

[@W1rt_]

aaron did always rub me the wrong way this was before i knew about anything

[@AlexMcNZ]

He's fuckin creepy right?!?

[@Fanaz10]

rubbed? how close u 2?

[@elemental3066]

I mean there was a whole lot there, the weaseliness aside Braille was a skate philanthropy channel geared towards kids..and Aaron was like the groomy salesman/marketter..a whole lot to be weirded out at

[@Madjiul]

I pray they didn’t just throw out all those perfectly good skateboards. Hopefully they donated them to some kids who can’t afford a deck but I doubt it

[@hotstankygarbage788]

You just know...

[@JayFamilyGaming]

It's been in a video already, some were saved and rest were in a pile and trashed it's sad

[@lucien4980]

Dudes a POS man he scrapped everything and screwed his guys.

[@LeSkateWA]

I think most of them were kept or given away, the guys were told to take whatever. Im guessing the valuable ones were all kept by someone and the random builds or cheap boards were just thrown out. But yeah I was pissed seeing all those boards just sitting there ready to be thrown out lol

[@Tixbomber]

Unfortunately. They are more likely to trash the majority that had "worth". You can't write them off, if you give them away.

[@thomasfranklin7999]

Scientology is gonna miss all arron’s money donations 😂😂😂

[@zublacus]

Scientology lies. Kyro lies. Xenu isn’t real. In order for him to become the Executive Director of Scientology, he had to hard core study in Clearwater, FL over two years.

[@zackarychristian9489]

All religion lies.

[@lostworldofjj]

theres a video of aaron on the scientology channel if i remember correctly! he has been doing this either before braille existed OR he started it when braille was growing

[@zublacus]

@@lostworldofjj Yes. So it changed. Originally, Aaron was considered "Public". This is like Tom Cruise, Nancy Cartwright, etc. Public Scientologists pay money to move up the "bridge to total freedom". It costs around $500,000-$750,000 in COURSE COSTS ALONE to become OTVIII (OT8), which is the highest level a Scientologist can get. OTIII is the secret level they learn about Xenu, Aliens, Volcanos, Hydrogen bombs, Alien souls, etc. Go watch the South Park episde Trapped In A Closet, it's DEAD ON ACCURATE, though a Scientologist below OTIII won't know anything about it. Anyway, I say $500K + in course work because it would be IMPOSSIBLE for someone of Aaron's wealth to not donate as well. Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) has donated $21,000,000. Aaron most assured has dropped more than million...easily. Ok, so what changed? 2 years+ years ago, Aaron committed himself to Scientology SeaOrg. This is where you sign a Billion Year contract (no joke) and most SeaOrg members make $47 a week after taxes and work 100+ hours a week, they take their passports away, some locations have guards and razor wire fences. Depending on where you work, you literally have to escape to leave (Valerie Haney hid in a trunk of an Actor's car to escape). So over 2 years ago, David Miscavige created a new course for Sr. Management and for the last 2 years, Aaron has been studying 10s of hours per day everyday to pass this course. This is why he hasn't been around or seen much. Recently, Aaron passed this program and David Miscavige appointed Aaron the Executive Director of the San Francisco Ideal Org. Repeat after me....There is 0 chance Aaron can be the Executive Director AND run Braille. ZERO. He is working mega hours and his job is get the stats up for the org and recruit new members. You can NOT do this, and remain public. It's simply not possible. Scientology is a cult and Aaron is now Sr. Management in the cult. His literal job will be directing all the SeaOrg members that have been human trafficked and use them to run the SF Org. Hope that helps explain it more clearly. The bottom line....Nigel and the rest should just start their own "BRAILLE".

[@Cypress_Stoned]

Sad part is, he prob hasn't even reached the level where they reveal the crazy xenu stuff. That's only for OT8 fools.

[@zublacus]

@@Cypress_Stoned No. Xenu story is OTIII. Aaron is OTVI and he completed that in 2017.

[@fye_design]

nigel has been keeping it real since day one ! day one followers know ! he stood up for employess in the early days for the unfair pay, i dont think people give nigel his credit ! real humble dude ! he is definitly invited to the carne asada

[@Snacks6o4]

In their new channel "DaBoyz" they talked about how they had private meetings and dinners with Kyro and his 'associate's; Nigel said he was never invited to them and he thinks Kyro was scared of him! Shits so weird man...

[@aurteekay6339]

The fact that Aaron couldn’t just go get a storage unit for cheap or two at the same place next to eachother is wild… he could’ve stored all those memories. I honestly get the idea Aaron is just cancelling braille out of his brain and life completely. Seems like he doesn’t want any reminders around. Maybe he knows he’s messing up deep down and he’s just depressed and trying to channel it into Scientology which is probably making it worse… I mean who knows.

[@kwaddamage8286]

scientologists essentially "disconnect" from people who are critical. with all of his friends turning against him publicly, he is disconnecting from all of them, which includes those memories. fuck that guy

[@babyiamhome]

This is definitely the case I feel sorry for him 💔

[@Ribb001.1]

3:20 was all i needed to hear, i didn’t even know they did that to all the subscriber submissions. The auction idea was also genius and also would be an incredible way to say goodbye to an era. Maybe end it with one last game of S.K.A.T.E, anyway love i found this channel.

[@mobileradiofitter]

1.2 million a year ? But he claims he can't cover the rent and staff ? Wow how much is the rent !

[@mentholdeathray]

AK said it was like 400k and some change in his video

[@visualdosage234]

It's def more, I work with a lot of big channels and if u include product sales it'll be even more.

[@pauliewalnuts5241]

Much respect to you Dan for making these videos exposing all of this. 💯

[@SPRAKATTACK]

death, taxes, and Dan Webz creating content about Braille

[@tub_11]

lmao 😂

[@Sealdog8321]

Thank you ,I was out the loop n you brought me up to date in mins thanks

[@ferryv6740]

For a million dollars im sure you could've built your own braillehouse and not worry about extreme rent prices or changes.

[@randallflat2010]

not in san franciso, for a million there you can barely break 800 sq dt

[@alcesspectre]

I just assumed the videos ive been seeing were clickbait and ignored all this drama. Thanks for the recap!

[@RobbSkates]

I’ve already done it but how do we get 5 million people to unsubscribe from Braille 🤔

[@retromic321]

ive unsubscribed alsowish more would

[@ejtaylor73]

Give it time, a skateboarding channel with no skaters, and all the people that made the channel are gone, people will start losing interest fast. Social Blade shows they're DOWN 20K subs in last 30 days.

[@visualdosage234]

Subscribers don't get u money, its the views that count. And his recent vids barrely have vids so he won't make much money anymore.

[@lifeisraph]

Great and very informative video :) Thank you very much for discussing the drama :)

[@danielandrassy407]

Thanks for the video brother dan

[@AveragePicker]

Aaron was just trying to save himself from Xenu throwing him into a Thetan volcano.

[@angelmares8601]

You also forgot the braille army channel and Braille Gaming

[@lostworldofjj]

and all the braille channels for other languages

[@sandhanitizer15]

From the first time I saw aaron in a video I knew he was as fake as could be. Like you said, I too got called a hater, or jealous,, but it turned out to be true. I have a pretty good judge of character and can usually tell who's a fake rat and who's genuinely a good person and I got complete fake vibes from Aaron.

[@ramshaka]

10 mil just off views. But my dude, Braille was the biggest thing in skateboarding for a hard minute. Branding, and toy deals with Amazon, and Wal-Mart, pushing numbers that would make Powell envious. Can't maintain rent on a warehouse? Dude, WAY smaller channels have warehouses that big. Just looking at it surface level, the problem is obviously money mismanagement. You don't even have to get into any details, or theorize about it in any way. And Braille/Aaron didn't even try to fund raise to save anything. When, I have no doubt, they could probably raise enough to cover the warehouse for a year in ONE live stream event. That said, I'm not as mad at Aaron as some people (justly) are. I pity the dude, because I have some idea that he's probably not actually completely lying about basically being broke, he's just lying about why, and in that, even though he's basically victimized a lot of people, he himself is also probably a victim of the cult he's gotten himself involved with.

[@Lono69]

@@offtheline-x8w If he doesn't do what they say, disconnect from who they tell him to his entire support community and social connections and maybe even family members will disconnect from him.

[@blakevslennox]

Doing deals with Amazon and Walmart is not skateboarding. It's selling out and abusing a platform and brainwashing young kids who knows no better. Dude did a TED talk FFS. Gtfo my face no one needs your advice

[@penguinjay]

maybe the skateboarding community sussed him out on the larger scale of things, to the point it was all falling apart, so his masters forced him to sacrifice the place. Naamsayin?

[@itsmeyahboi9225]

If Aaron did a charity auction it would have all gone to his cult

[@poerava]

Aaron sounds and looks like one of the creepiest guys on the net. He also has young boys stay the night at his skate park. Creepy vibe alert going off like crazy.

[@koblefra]

What?

[@poerava]

@@koblefra Watch Ricky and his other skate team members videos. They stay the night at the skate park.

[@koblefra]

@@poerava i do bro i don't watch braille

[@McStick7]

@@poerava they are old

[@ErikWithBrain]

Yeah, that's a big reach. Big claims require big evidence beyond "vibes".

[@holden4764]

I just found out Berra is a Scientologist too. That one surprised me.

[@butwhytharum]

ok im not just spreading random rumors.

[@game-OJACK]

Allegedly Jim Greco is or was too.

[@ianm1481]

Berra is a total kook. SLS is evidence enough but Scientology is the icing on the cake

[@kyleharrison2286]

=(

[@jespergdahl]

Jason Lee was also in it for a long time

[@JohnnyCastro]

2:45 Aaron wouldve donated the money to Scientology

[@burgundyknight6826]

Used to watch Braille back in the day. What a trip! Thanks for the update

[@chrismeeks7707]

Is it just me or when you see him bringing in someone like Gabe Cruz, (who wasn’t really immersed in skateboarding, he was just a kid learning how to skateboard.), is that because he wants more control and the way he was treating his employees wouldn’t really go down with people already sponsored by other companies? just a thought. It just seems like his manipulation level was super high so I see a hidden agenda behind a lot of decisions that were made looking back on it now.

[@game-OJACK]

yeah, you csn get hungry kids will do anything for nothing.

[@zacharydewitte384]

Never seen you but I like how you speak up about things for the better. Good to see and hear

[@joeheat4136]

anyone forget about the tech deck sponsorship with Wal-Mart that must have been crazy money.

[@0nlyRemaining]

Love how I havent watched Braille in like 6 years, since I started skating, then I randomly get recommended this gem to let me know how they fall. Sometimes the algorithm actually works correctly. Thanks for the quick and concise breakdown my man.

[@CheeseDimes]

Braille started going down when the Fetty incident happened

[@thea.m.p.co.467]

Funny how Aaron talks about wanting to help kids learn to skate and keep the industry alive, but instead of donating all of those boards to local kids and giving them out at skate parks (which would make _excellent_ YT content) he is literally just throwing it away. _WHAT A GUY!_

[@Mudskippered]

dude is in a cult - - that is the only thing that matters. obviously.

[@Fortuna_716]

I was one of those kids that hardly got new boards and had to wait 2 years to even get a fresh complete. This dude had a whole bunch of boards waiting to go in the trash

[@Cacophonisto]

I'm going back ,back to the forest.... dark mother of death and time..

[@kdiddy4714]

I love skating but as a 30yr old man, aaron creeps me out big time

[@erinbeaud4556]

He’s actually 40!

[@SunshineTheLover]

@@erinbeaud4556please reread ffs

[@jdmhbeats]

Tony hawks is still awesome.. it’s not the age

[@joonashannila8751]

I do not wish anything good for Aaron anymore. What he did, is beyond unforgettable. I have unsubscribed from Braille, and subbed to lal the guys' channels he ghost and left behind. He does not deserve any kind of love from us for what he did. I do not blame scientology, not anything else. This is on Aaron.

[@Shou_Han]

honestly when i watched Nigels video i was saying why tf didn't they donate those boards i'm 10000% positive if Aaron went to a skate park he could have off loaded all of those boards in an afternoon. That is so sad.

[@NoOne-ye5jf]

I am just finding out today about Braille and the whole drama, but I am glad I've seen your progression into getting a mic stand!

[@alfiedarton7285]

ye dan aron blocked ricky

[@callmed.7171]

And glo I heard.

[@UppInnSmokee]

and nigel too, absolutely disgussing

[@alfiedarton7285]

@@UppInnSmokee that's crazy

[@alfiedarton7285]

@@callmed.7171 what

[@m1xxx3r]

who Aaron havent block by now

[@Cam_Bankerr]

Thank you for making this video, I feel like not many people are talking about the details of this.

[@dubnicko5747]

first time I heard anything about this situation was when Ricky Glaser posted a video about how Aaron blocked every crew member.

[@WahffleHouse]

This has really shattered me to bits, not too long ago I had commented on one of Braille's videos about how I was starting to learn again and how they had been a huge inspiration to me and Braille actually responded positively, they encouraged me and it really lifted my spirits so I naively dreamed of visiting the Braille House after skating for a year or two. Now seeing how it's all come crashing down and how Aaron is treating everyone and where all the money has actually gone.. Idk I feel a bit crushed from it and I'm not even a part of the Braille team, I can't even imagine how the guy's and crew that were really holding up the channel are feeling.

[@Stanton_High]

October 2026? Dude is in the future

[@apgwoz]

That was the end date of the lease if they didn’t leave the warehouse. That’s his justification for why there wasn’t a last session, etc. didn’t want to have the obligation of paying until 2026.

[@DylanTW420]

Braille wasn't dying, Arron just chose scientology over his friend's... This is what they do when you join their cult.. They make you give up everything

[@couchslouch3540]

I feel like Nigel and rucky could have done a give away/ auction or just ,"send you address if you want your stuff back."

[@shaynewarrenAZ]

as someone who has a visually impaired brother & a skate rat myself when i was younger, i enjoyed the channel back in the early days & too only watched periodically after Lance left but resurged when Nigel literally was my favorite person to watch, sickens me to the core that this dumbbell of a person would destroy such a friendship community-driven industry just for a chance to sit in a space craft. I always knew i could have a beer with Nigel & Ricky but never with AK because he would be the ultimate buzzkill & worst blunt rotation. big props to Nigel & Ricky for being so vocal about it. huge thanks you, Dan for helping us down the rabbit hole that i'm sure most of us had no idea the ramifications of this whole ordeal.

[@SketchyUncleSal]

There's no way with 5 mil subs he was only making 14k a video

[@123risekenny]

Only 14,000 people watch. They couldn’t even keep up with the 10% rule. 5 million subs should yield 500,000 views and 50,000 likes, 5,000 comments. He bought subs.

[@prodluk2]

i respect your coverage on this, i have a feeling that this subject will blow up

[@Treezy-07]

I'm not surprised I quite watching years ago as soon as I found out he was a scientologist, they are all scumbags. I'm more surprised it took this long to fall apart.

[@Crazy_Alex_7667]

I think Ricky and nigel since they are the most real should come together and make like a 2 hour vid, no filter and just spill every thing cause at this point what’s to lose. I think you should try to interview Nigel or Ricky i think they would be down for it

[@Thesgtmonkeyz]

I will say Aaron hasn’t mentioned Scientology ever in a Braille video that I know of. He does deserve some credit for keeping it separate from Braille but then again it’s probably because he knows people view it negatively and the Braille channel would’ve been dead years ago if he tried to bring Scientology into the channel in any way.

[@vagnmoore]

He doesn't need to mention it in the videos, he still pumped Braille's money into his predatory psycho-cult

[@Kinda-crazyeditz]

Bro he went from a skate god to a skate devil

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

😂 he said oct 20th 2026, maybe they do fight aliens and time travel

[@blackbeltbap]

That was aaron talking about being forced to pay the rent on the warehouse until Oct. 2026 if it wasn't cleared out by July 5th. This always seemed odd to me everytime he mentioned needing to be out by July 5th, I am not a lawyer nor live in Cali, but I don't think you can be forced into a multi year lease just by not being out by a certain date, to my knowledge there is always an option to not pay or leave and then an eviction/removal legal process that would give some longer period of time for them to leave. Point being, in all situations there should have been an opportunity to notify crew and for crew and fans to have a "last session" at the braillehouse.

[@hectorjuarez6723]

Why does ricky refer to himself in the 3rd person, it's getting a little creepy.

[@hamishsummers8585]

Totally

[@78646666668]

Not sure, but Ricky seems like the nicest dude in the world.

[@maistrobiggies]

It's so crazy to see all this. I grew up watching Braille, Andy Shrock etc. Haven't been skating for the past 10 years and now all of this pops up on my feed. Insane

[@codye541]

Those scientology courses aint cheap

[@swordandsorcerer]

IRS should audit Braille. And no scientologists working in the IRS should be allowed ot do the audit either.

[@pixlord9773]

The legendary professional skater from the Francisco bay area, that can barely teach an ollie, does not care about skateboarding?! Well dingedy damn.

[@jaysonwashington8787]

Andy Scrock and Revive have been silent. All that money supporting Kyro as a professional skateboarder going straight to Scientology

[@Mythix2]

tbh, 100k a month is not that much if you got like 20 people on payroll.

[@OleVinny]

This whole video doesn't hold up if you actually challenge what he says

[@tiffaraffi7749]

you forget that the skaters received BARE MINIMUM. minimal wage at it's finest. and he got 100k a month.

[@MABMGuitar]

Great coverage of a fascinating story. People are more aware of Scientology’s tricks these days but they are still ensnaring and exploiting people. I agree totally with this take on Kyro. The constant, empty “positivity” talk is a sign of an unsound mind.

[@hmilch5243]

If you like Nigel, then hit his subscribe button!! You're logged in and you're not subscribed to him :(

[@Danwebz]

Trueee! I realised that while editing and went straight to subscribe dw

[@hmilch5243]

@@Danwebz Much love! I discovered you few days ago because of the Braille drama. I like how fast you upload with good quality!

[@jolovett_]

Loved the intro man

[@anthonydinatale9904]

He said his warehouse cost 12k/month to Lamont Holt. Not sure what the total overhead was with employees and benefits, but i cant imagine making over 1 million a year and not affording Braille.

[@hhaste]

You have to remember how much he's handing away to the cult.

[@jdmhbeats]

@@hhastebut if it was the church it’d be okay 😂 same shit pal

[@Philip_J_Hill]

2:50 Yeah right Kyro would give all the money to scientology before he ever donated it to charity LMAO

[@slomotion4me420]

I felt.bad for these guys but they must have been payed well considering Dan posted a screenshot from 2001 of Kyro getting a millionaire badge from scientology. Why was that not a wake up call?

[@steelokey]

You vs your shorts is crazy 😂 you’re so much more chill in your videos lol

[@johngammon963]

New viewer, I really like this dude, thanks Dan and God bless you mate.