The Hometown Hero Syndrome

[@clear98]

this comment section has no idea what these dudes are talking about🤣🤣

[@xdanileex]

If everyone misinterpreted what you said then you are the one who has failed to communciate, not everyone else

[@clear98]

@@xdanileex that’s why my comments pinned i guess

[@AndyBestHP]

Comment section is being hometown hero-ed lol

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

@Aaron Kroll you don't need to. Like for example when I listen to a podcast where is someone from whatever professional field, let's say he is a spy or certain field scientist. There will be lingo and things that can flow by, but good interviewer stops them to explain certain things even if they know it themselves so audience who doesn't catches up. It's not a secret society but a podcast for larger audience. Also just cultural differences is something to consider why explain some more so fringe lingo to an audience. I still get it might be hard to know what to explain and what not when there is in the podcast is just people to whome it doesn't really even come to mind it might be more so a fringe thing. Because they are around same ages, lived in same places and hanged out in same sub-culture for so long.

[@clear98]

@Aaron Kroll i’m a little baseball

[@chalupacabra69_420]

I remember going to a demo and we were told we weren’t allowed to skate, touring team only. I was standing on top on one of the quarter pipes and I remember very clearly Szafranski came up and was like, “you look bummed man, what’s up?” Told him the situation and he was like “nah fuck that man, come skate this quarter with me”. One moment I’ll never forget.

[@spitsomefire]

Braydon is the shit

[@mostfiredup]

Braydon the GOAT

[@davidtsai6375]

Currently in Japan, I live in New Zealand, went to a skatepark in Tokyo yesterday for a chilled sesh. There was a guy there challenging everyone at his own accord, upping everyone (everyone including me are begginer/intermediate level), killing the vibes, he was landing things first try(nothing too extreme) but he kept doing the same line after collecting everyone else's tricks he could land. Then Kyonosuke Yamashita showed up with a crew, that guy challenging everyone left because he couldn't up him. Mad Loser vibes

[@Mardinovic]

Thats insane. I hope i’ll never encounter someone like this at my local

[@davidtsai6375]

@Jose Lino the competitive guy left, Kyonosuke was very humble, he didn't need to try, he just blazed up the spot and came to skate not to compete. He smiled at me when I was smiling at him, I think the whole Primitive team is selected very well and genuineness and humbleness are required traits to qualify. You could see eveyone starstruck once realising they were upon a star. I over heard dudes saying in Japanese "is that Kyonosuke?"

[@davidtsai6375]

@@Mardinovic yeah man, it was pretty awkward. TBH Japanese skaters are pretty competitive in general, but this guy was next level. He should enter comps and really know his place.

[@ThomasWSmith-wm5xn]

This is how I learned to skate. 20 years later I still don't know the names of most of the tricks - just saw cool shit at the skatepark and wanted to do it myself.

[@davidtsai6375]

@@ThomasWSmith-wm5xn not the same thing.........

[@hellyeah3871]

Pros gotta understand and I'm sure they do, when you get to skate and strut your stuff along side them its an honor to be skating with them. I remember going to see the Birdhouse Lexus tour in like 92 or 93 and skating vert with Tony Hawk and Steve Berra it was amazing to me. Never was trying to get sponsored or anything like that. I just wanted to show out and get a "yeah" or something.

[@telefunkenyou47]

Don’t apologize for skateboarding. The pros should be out there sincerely thanking each and every one of you, personally, giving YOU their time, knowledge, advice, swag from their sponsors, and most of all their gratitude. Because without you, they are just guy’s who are way too old to be playing with toys.

[@coyote_2146]

It is odd to see them say it’s “off putting”, I feel like the only pros who wouldn’t want to skate with any really good ams, are actually really entitled, sure they’ve done the work to get where they are, but they completely don’t care about the culture that built skateboarding, by acting like this they push people away from the sport. This is kinda just a video of them seemingly getting upset about them having their spotlight stolen.

[@hellyeah3871]

@@coyote_2146 I will agree with that, but how about the kids who aren't as good that just want to make the memory of skating with a pro? These pros got to realize that and how stoked kids get just being in the mix. Effectively they are the ones paying their salaries through board sales, shoe sales and so on. If they destroy the fan base it in turn hurts the pro and the sport

[@hoagietime1]

A kid from our shop team kept snaking Mike Carroll at a mini ramp demo we threw. We all wanted to watch Mike on the mini and he got frustrated and left. The shop never forgave that kid

[@TheTjoconnor]

Understandable

[@brantgomez4890]

A pros ego is hilarious sometimes

[@Blakecasella420]

That’s all I picked up from this video. Pros seeing a dude who shreds and getting their ego bruised. Talking about a “hometown hero” who rips. That’s just a dude tryna skate

[@rebusd]

no kidding; at a real session, there should be pressure and it can be positive no matter what.

[@pewpewbang9009]

Yeah its all I'm hearing.

[@deomeslives]

@@Blakecasella420 bot

[@JimiBerkeley]

Glad I'm not the only one with this feeling haha wtf close the park so we can all watch the dudes who get paid to skate

[@mikelindner7940]

Chris Cole destroyed a Blind (and I think ATeam) demo in the parking lot next to G-Spot (old skateshop that sponsored him in Langhorne) before he was super well known. He 270 fs noseblunted (edit: might have been fs nb 270 - sorry we're talking 20+ years ago) the top of a picnic table from flat, and was just crushing the whole demo. Stomping crazy tricks the whole time. There was a pro trying a varial heel off the side of a kicker for like the whole demo while teenage Cole just stacked tricks. I would love to find my 8mm footage from that demo.

[@TricTrac3]

please post it, if u find it

[@morganconklin8849]

Bro I remember that shop lol

[@RevanMartinez]

Please find it!!! 🙏

[@ponyboy7825]

Dude you gotta find that and post it

[@harveyweinstein1596]

That wasn't Cole lol, back in those days everyone thought we looked mad alike, I guess we did haha. Glad you remember that day fondly

[@mikeuptegrove]

I grew up between two homes, one in Ptown, one in Santa Rosa. Each town had hometown heroes, from multiple generations. The one from Ptown got on some labels, but fizzled out to booze, girls, injuries. The one from Rosa was Tony Trujillo. I remember when pros would show up to demo, by 13 Tony was already making them look amateur. No joke. He was that badass. And, he didn’t give two shits about the pros in the park, it was his park all the time and he, and everyone else, knew it. When you make Chris Senn work to show you up after he was skater of the year, and you’re only 13, you know there’s something special happening. The only pro who outdid Tony at that time was Phil Shao possibly. Tony went from being shop sponsored like the rest of us, to fully sponsored in just one summer of laying it down in front of the right people’s faces. And back then it was a click more than a meritocracy…mostly because you could only know who you knew. I’m sure many guys who were just so so talented were never ever seen just because there wasn’t Instagram. They probably ended up with 9-5’s because of wrong place wrong time. Kinda sad. I also think the guys one generation above me, sold out the sport and shat on all the rights of passage that we all had to pass through to capitalize from global kookdom. There’s an entire lost generation of hometown heroes that deserved more but that got f’d.

[@MrNight-iw9md]

If you think the hometown hero is trying to “show you up” like you are in their territory, you are delusional. They probably look up to you guys so much and just want to hang and skate on your level. They are probably so hyped to be skating with the dudes he watches on video and just pushing themselves. Remember, you’ve been touring on a bus and skating all these places, and you could probably care less about the demo. To them, it was one of the most hype sessions they’ve had. The only vibe being put off is Chris Robert’s being a douche bag. Props to Kelly for getting it.

[@MrNight-iw9md]

@Daniel Hollingsworth I watched the video.

[@bakersfieldwhat3068]

found the guy who thinks he’s the hometown hero

[@Turtleboykid]

you missed the part where it has to fit the vibe. think about it in terms of trying to get on those teams visiting. they don't want anyone in the van they don't vibe with regardless of talent. if you're some cocky skater just rifling off tricks and not vibing with the team then that's not only going to ruin your networking changes there but make you look like a prick at the demo. Yeah, some might be wanting to give it all but its not just about the skating in that scenario. first impressions can be everything..

[@TaylorPhase]

there were some hometown heroes in alabama whod skate with the pros during the demos. they werent trying to show the pros up. theyd just use it as an excuse to trash talk other locals after the demo like '' im royalty. i go to skate and land tricks with the pros. bow to me other locals!''

[@benn255b3]

@@Turtleboykid I mean he has a point though, the team could probably careless about the 20th demo of the trip. These guys are trying to get their attention and not everyone skates the same, one guy might have a more seriously attitude, while the other has a more laid back. I doubt every pro skater gets along with each other, even team members don't get along. Yes first impressions are everything but he's saying the difference of Kelly and Chris view point is almost night and day.

[@GusBDamme]

One of my favorite lines is from Arian Foster who said something like "the craziest part of the NFL is that everyone there was probably the best player on their team, and now theyre just part of the team, and some guys cant handle that, they're not the star anymore theyre just a guy playing football" 100% not a direct quote at all but that idea stuck with me. Being the best at something on a small level doesn't mean you'll be "the guy" when you hit that next level, and alot of people that had that small time success struggle with not being the center of attention anymore

[@ReezyResells]

Dennis Busenitz use to show up to every demo in Kansas and destroy. This was pre iPhone and KZbin around 99 or so. I specifically remember this toy machine demo where Kerry Getz was trying kickflip late shuv for over an hour and Dennis cruises up at Mach 11 and does it first try. We called him the Germinator back then, but I don't blame him, because that was the only way to get noticed back then. A year or two later he was on the cover of Thrasher and the rest is history

[@GammaAirsoft_Gaming]

He skates my local often and his warm up lines are shit I can’t even think about doing lmao he’s insane

[@XSw1ftJam3sX]

I just did that at a recent Lakai demo in reading. Was in the middle of a hamstring and knee injuries and when the Lakai team came through I wanted to get a piece of the action for myself. Had a great day and a great experience interacting with the team. Walked away with a pair of shoes and an experience il never forget! So shout out to the Lakai team and Holistic skateshop for that!

[@swy334]

Chocolate came to Saskatoon in 2004ish. Met Marc Johnson at a bar the night before. He said I should skate with them. I was nervous, kinda hungover and late to the demo so I didn't skate. When I showed up my twin brother was already skating with the team. I wonder if they thought he was me

[@swy334]

Sorry it was probably Chris Roberts who asked me to skate. Just didn't know who he was at the time 😬😂

[@jasonboenig]

Honestly back in the 90s most pros weren’t that consistent and not much better then locals in NYC. What I noticed is they had huge egos and would never give you props for landing good shit. But if you saw them enough they would relax. You got to understand that they are basically kids.

[@satchelyork]

Yep in the 90s pros came to Love Park and almost never skated better than the locs, and they didn't try to cuz the vibe there was that the locs were the ones you wanted to be down with not the pros. Jamie Thomas would come early in the morning so he could avoid any BS. The funniest shit was actually between the locals the Stevie crew hated the Oyola type guys called them the Daggers

[@jasonboenig]

@@satchelyork You from Philly? My old friend owned Philadelphia experiment (Brian Nugent). We use to skate Love, city hall and FDR. I’ve got so many crazy stories. 🤙

[@grimworldgaming928]

C'mon y'all sound sad wtf are y'all saying! Shout out to Kelly, proving to be the only sensible one

[@John-Doe-Yo]

Yea idk kinda sounded weird. If it’s a demo where anyone’s allowed to skate with the pros who cares. Anyone who wants to go pro is gonna try and show off their skills and maybe get their foot in the doors.

[@Kyoto_at_night]

Yoooooo

[@From96TilDeath]

Mike Mo was a bit right tho, if you're cool then he's cool 🤷‍♂️ some people have the skills but can be assholes sometimes

[@letsplayclassicgames5024]

@@From96TilDeath this, and I'm suprised so many people are struggling to grasp this. If you aren't cocky, and are skating with them instead of against them, you're chill.

[@AlexNiedt]

@@letsplayclassicgames5024 Yeah, it's never fun to get vibed out at a spot by some dickhead who exists to prove they're better than you, demo or otherwise. But at a demo, it's even more disrespectful and unnecessary.

[@hi...itsthe329guy9]

😂 “You gotta chill out”’says the pro worried he isn’t good enough.

[@alfredo_the_13th]

once in 2006 my best friend was a really good skater did huge gaps/stairs usually first try, he was skating local park in el monte ca then team element showed up minus sober bam margera they ended up giving my friend a huge box of merch for killing it at the park, that same year he fell of a canyon rolled 200 feet forgot how to skate even lost his sense of smell .. he still wears the merchandise but i have to remind him that team Element gave it to him for being such a badass🥲

[@Emery101]

Damn! Sending well wishes to your bro!

[@Dankelheit]

Sorry your friend fell down a canyon and went nose blind

[@satchelyork]

Damn he really fell off literally

[@5T3LTH]

“...waaah waaah I’m supposed to be the pro skater! It’s my demo! Stooop making meeee loooook bad! You’re nobody and I’m important!”

[@derekbaskowski8575]

Remember Your guests at their house holmies. Right about the vibing.

[@d-boy-hm4lx]

Cody McEntire absolutely destroyed a Volcom demo in Austin TX at S.P.A. around 2006. There is footage of it on the net before Tampa Am

[@rj3817]

Cody be pullin up to my local and it is incredible to witness

[@nicolasbaker9601]

I was about to say... lmao Cody mac at a popwar demo in Austin was just making the whole team not want to skate 😂 🤣 😅

[@rmhfpv9225]

Home town hero says, "If you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Yo His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out He's choking how, everybody's joking now The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow! Snap back to reality Oh, there goes gravity Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy, no He won't have it, he knows his whole back's to these ropes It don't matter, he's dope."

[@fernandoacosta7423]

Lmfaoooooo

[@raymondpatrick430]

Zoo York put on a demo near my town. None of them could be bothered to do anything more than skate a curb for 10 minutes cuz they just wanted to go smoke weed in the skate shop. So when the team locked themselves in the shop we stole their boards.

[@luisreynoso9445]

😂😂😂😂

[@abertv1333]

Some guys don't have social skills and want to be noticed and out skating a "pro" is just getting the validation.

[@jeremiahpatterson6232]

It’s all about the vibe of the hometown hero. I would always let the pros do there thing for a bit then join in once they’ve put on there show and it’s ok to skate. They always seemed to respect that and I got to meet a lot I’ve pros I respected that way.

[@markwarne5049]

Did you get sponsored become am,pro?

[@jeremiahpatterson6232]

@@markwarne5049 I was sponsored in my early 20’s for about 5 years but as life goes I fell off. I’m now skating a lot again in my early 40s and loving it. I never really thought about myself as a home town hero tho. I just skated because I loved it.

[@markwarne5049]

@@jeremiahpatterson6232 you must of had some skills

[@adamg6328]

U unique.

[@jadedwitness9840]

You sir, are categorically wrong. No one wants to see a Douchebag trying a roast beef early grab back flip on the jump ramp while simultaneously ruining the park for the pros that are supposed to be skating. If you wanna impress people then just let your footy and skating talk for you; but never when your metaphorically shouting over the top of pros that have arranged to be there!

[@a.f.m.4134]

I love Roberts said like the same point threee times while Everyone else gave counter examples

[@traderparkboy4274]

I got to play Jerry Hsu in a game of skate once … he won lol

[@madjc13]

Foundation team came to my country and DANIEL SHIMIZU tried a 270 nollie bs flip for more than 1 hour, our local HERO did it 2nd try and left the pyramid after a huge standing ovation. Daniel did it but no one cared

[@djconantroutman]

Yeah but Daniel Shimizu is way more badass..... He was skating nike dunks before it was cool. He was skating nike sb dunks in like 2004. And he ended up being on nike for like 10 years..... No one gives a shit about your hometown hero except you... SHIMIZU however, LIVING LEGEND WITH A LEGACY IN SKATEBOARDING that continues to be recognized

[@djconantroutman]

man shut up lol

[@Superdupersupersuped]

@@djconantroutman skating dunks is what makes a legend, and being on nike? Shows how gay skateboarding has become and many tools like you invaded.

[@StuffedBearSus]

Such a douche move to do that .. your hometown hero is a phhhag

[@urbanumbra6170]

@@djconantroutman 🥩🚲 is crazy lmao

[@jamieharnett301]

I don’t think you realise that the hometown hero’s who may have showed you up .that is probably the highlight of most of there skating careers while to you it’s just another demo

[@marcusthompson666]

Skating with good skaters is sooo much more fun and helps you progress. Demos’s are a good opportunity to level up your game on a personal stoke level

[@hylanderOP]

I find the social elements of the skating scene/business to be hilarious. I've met so many skaters who are REALLY GOOD but nobody gives a shit because they aren't a nice person.

[@kyerex]

One thing that wasn’t mentioned is that often the hometown hero skates at that park pretty much every day, and rips it… even gets to warm up there the day of the demo. the pros come in hung over, getting out of a van after several hours of driving, and have to skate a park they’ve never been to before… with zero warm up and sky high expectations. This is why some of the locals can come out looking better than some of the pros.

[@personreanimation]

There is a difference between someone ruining a demo and a pro trying to pull the ladder up behind them. It's about the vibe somewhat, don't let your ego blow up the spot for everyone.

[@shainedupuis2649]

I don't understand the thought process behind hating on someone trying make it and skate as best they can at a time when they can actually get noticed🤔describing somebody else skating as "weirdness going on" wtf seriously🤣

[@AMMAZZARE]

Worst case of home-town-hero I’ve ever seen was the one time I went to San Fran and there were these dorks that kept calling themselves “Embarco’s Most Blunted”. They really thought they were something special. The one guy, James, was pretty rad though. I think he was their dad r something.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Kelch's Kids is my favourite untrustworthy charity.

[@ZakFerris]

you mean San Francisco?

[@John-Doe-Yo]

@@ZakFerris yea

[@gorgejung307]

@@ZakFerris San Fran is what real locals say

[@josephhertzberg2734]

@@gorgejung307 I think they say 'Frisco

[@Ogchampayne]

I see both sides for sure , but if it’s only 1 dude and he’s slaying fuck it man , it’s his only chance to shine y’all are doing tons of demos in a row

[@bovedli]

Fuck man. It’s impossible to be chill, when Nyjah Huston and Chris Cole were standing next to me ready to take our turns in my old hometown skatepark in Budapest, Hungary before their demo. Warming up. I was going for my hardest tricks ever. And I acted like that was all natural for me to try and land a switch tre over this skatepark bank to bank. I wasn’t even close to getting it but I felt like a superhero every try. Lol

[@von...]

love this shit & that energy haha thx for sharing frfr my dude

[@bovedli]

@@von... no cap dude. Fucking sick memories

[@SantiagoItzcoatl]

Wholesome Kelly, as always.

[@jeffbarnes19fg76]

Did Chris Roberts ever speak on Koston yelling at him to do a kickflip and Chris flipped him off? that was hilarious 😂

[@Mr_Twiglesworth]

What video was that?

[@jeffbarnes19fg76]

@@Mr_Twiglesworth kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4Gre6aOnMZ9bbc 2:25 mark

[@ipo7596]

@@Mr_Twiglesworth its a do a kickflip video with koston

[@brennandickson]

I was at a Fun demo in 93' at Ohio Surf and Skate in Eastlake, OH. Everybody was skating with Pupecki, Huf, and Keenan oh and Ron Allen was there too (not just the shop sponsored kids but everybody). There was no stopping it, it was a free for all. Brad Staba (not a shop kid) was there; he was a little kid at that point, and I watched Keenan give him a free board because he was killing it. That was the beginning of Brad's skateboard career. Right after that he moved to SF. We called him Mack Daddy Brad btw. LOL

[@bramabull111]

The only demo ive ever been to was shortys aftermath of the storm tour. There were many hometown shop sponsored kids killing it trying to get noticed. Was a good vibe, it was like a big party in the park where pros just happened to show up and destroy and hang with the locals. Wouldnt have been the same if it were all sectioned off like celebrities.

[@habga6375]

The only time we had real pros in mcallen, Texas Rio Grande Valley Daewon song and Chris Haslam showed up to do a demo in a parking lot... a flat bar... a kicker and a box...... no one dared to challenge such individuals....it was random af.. we skipped school since it was in the middle of the day....

[@dynamight9492]

956!!!

[@214Ro]

Legendary

[@habga6375]

I lost all those pics unfortunately.... definitely the most humble legends the world can see.... daewons trucks looked like he out em together with a fkn paper clip alv

[@kirbstomp4484]

Damn that's way south!

[@drsbaitso0]

Haha ain’t no way a hometown hero is gonna show up daewon and haslam with a flat bar and a kicker.

[@jameson6537]

The Ace Ventura reference is the reason a lot of people remember Guano so yes, don’t worry we feel yea!

[@cxx23]

I learned the word guano from the old Thumb movies. Specifically Bat Thumb. It's Batman except everyone is a thumb. Good shit

[@redlegs2072]

You guys are delusional their not trying to one up you they actually look up to you you guys are the pros

[@GlassGenius]

I think the world is diverse and there’s enough room for every type of home town hero. Each of the kinds of characters have their cool aspects ❤️

[@buzzy-ears]

Man, you guys should be encouraging kids to tear shit up when they get a chance to. This conversation was not very Wu Tang at all. 😠

[@mattrussell3596]

As we all know, watching great skating makes one want to SKATE! Don't be surprised that local skaters start joining in.

[@basedanarchist422]

I used to hate it when demos would show up. You got a bunch of sponsored skaters that sometimes aren't very good coming to your park when all you want to do is skate after work and get high but you got these guys that will sneak you because they feel entitled due to a logo attached to them. I would skate like they weren't there, not snaking people or being mean with a bad attitude but like whatever style. And that got me invited to skate with those teams, never took them up on it but if your chill then others are chill too.

[@vxyz5219]

You say that as if demos aren't scheduled months in advance. Go hit the streets if the park isn't an option

[@chrisb4089]

sometimes when you just show up at your local park not knowing it’s a demo until you get there and are planning to skate cant just stop and watch, not like the park is rented out for it. As long as your killin it

[@saxenas]

I'm pretty sure every pro was their town's hometown hero.

[@dogmickey]

JB Gillet had the closer to the first video I’ve ever seen. 411 issue #44. Best song

[@imALTAMONTING567]

I think chris is just too chill for the hometown heros energy lol

[@theangelspenthouse9415]

"Yeah, space it out a little bit." LOL 😆 getting the crowd invested on purpous

[@shanewhitehorse2186]

That's hella parks in the PNW...those dudes like to make sure you know they sesh those parks...

[@terapan1742]

We had a guy like this.. he stood up the whole Eleement team early to mid 2000s New Jersey...Dudes name was Beato... Always remember him launching off the quarter doing a 540 stalefish getting like 15ft of air and then landing flat.. there was a gap behind the quarter he cleared too, it was one of those tall fences.

[@cdock]

HAHA BITTO! I actually saw that dude at Long Branch park last winter. Had to have been 10+ years since my last sighting of that maniac

[@terapan1742]

@@cdock OMG dude we skated the same parks growing up!! YOU KNOW FUCKING BITTTO!!!

[@markjohnston9321]

If you show up to someone else's spot and are paid to be there, then leave some room for the locals . Vibe is everything and it goes both ways.

[@deepblueseeds5563]

Kid with long hair and a helmet on doing boneless 360s over the rail with a fillmer at the girl demo.

[@saxenas]

Imagine a crazy hometown hero gatekeeping the pros at the demo like "U can't skate here this is my spot" lol. "These are my chicks get out". "These are my tricks stop it". "These are my fans leave"

[@rebusd]

haha "locals only f-ers" lol 🙃

[@TenThumbsProductions]

For us in Kalamazoo around cerca 2000 it was Brian Rensberry, legend.

[@rattlesnakejake6915]

Every demo I’ve ever been to there’s been plenty of time before or after to skate/hang with the pros. I’ve never been beyond an intermediate level of skateboarding so I’d usually stick to those times to skate. But at every demo there’s always locals skating during, and most of the time it’s chill especially when they’re hyping up the pros. But there’s always the one or two dudes trying that same trick you see them try all the time at the skate park, getting in the way, and it can kill the vibe.

[@noah122804]

To be honest, we use to barge demos all the time. If you can hang no one ever kicks you out. Its fun skating with pros. P.S. Sorry I showed you up that one time in Indiana Rob Roskopp, love you bro, ha.

[@Circlework000]

Chris needs to watch a movie called “the castle” then he’ll get a new feel for the vibe lol

[@DanArnets1492]

If this video is the 9 Club's most downvoted video by ratio and/or total numbers, it's 100% deserved Hometown heroes LOVE skating with pros because they're their idols PLUS it's a chance to be known and maybe even become a pro in the near future. Quite a few legends first gained notoriety by showing up to some pro demo and showing skill and consistency. These talking heads are absolutely clueless and think everyone's salty, which is some MAJOR projection.

[@DD-fs7uz]

shit like this is why I dont like "skaters" yet still love skateboarding. Everyone is lowkey judgemental af. Like why even put second thought into other people skating the park doing their thing?

[@godisjudge3]

We had this kid on the gulf coast that would show up to every demo and do early grab back flip and probably do it 100 times in a row. He wasn't the hero but in his mind he was.

[@RickySpanish168]

thats such a gross trick too hahaha

[@The_Shining_wizard]

Dude I might know who you’re talking about .😂😂😂😂😂 I stay in Fl and that fool would backflip the spine and expect me and the homies to cheer for him and he stared through our souls because of it lol. Dude is a kook. Just checked your channel and you are literally in my area😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. A small world it is 😂😂😂

[@godisjudge3]

@FriedEra yeah it was really annoying to me. Dude had a couple clips blow up and go viral on social media though. I saw him skate the mini ramp once and he was pretty decent from what I remember... definitely had the kook mentality though. Yikes

[@The_Shining_wizard]

@@godisjudge3 He can definitely do his thing in a board but yeah he had that “look at me dad” vibes. It’s sad tbh

[@jonathancamillucci-1603]

You guys are blowing it

[@Bigwheel414]

How many times did crob say vibe in this clip?

[@BMXFU]

not everyone was lucky enough to be born wealthy in Malibu y'all smh

[@artomarto679]

When the yanks came to radlands comp and the young floppy Tom Penny made them just sit there dumbstruck is the all time classic

[@NineteenEighty8]

Andrew Reynolds was like this when he was a kid. Daewon could literally filming a part and Lil Drew would skate right in front of him. He's in quite a few old state kids in the background even though he has nothing to do with the vid. Like the original Plan B vid. He's grown up now lol.

[@sandhanitizer15]

I was just talking about JB Gillet in the comments of one of the last videos lol... He was kinda slept on.

[@talkedTOtim]

Damn everytime I watch Nine Club i’m like Jeron Wilson is a chill ass dude and I can’t stand Chris Roberts talking

[@H01YD1V3R]

I listen to these sporadically as they pop up in my youtube feed. The dude with the LA hat sounds like Bert Kreischer and it's killing me XD.

[@tylerreid2700]

Street dreams type shit lmao

[@thestrangeceleb]

This was an interesting perspective to hear. What a good question. Growing up in San Antonio, we didn't get a lot of demo tours that rolled through. When the Zumiez Couch tour came they had a spot duringfor the locals to have their own contest and best trick in the beginning and then the pro demo after that. That was dope. SA didn't really have the parks to support a good demo back then. Nowadays they have some good parks finally. Also, shout out to the LIBtech crew for hanging out when they came through.

[@NateB1976]

“Guano bowls….collect the whole set.”

[@Not_stoked]

Kelly is the home town hero of the show.

[@delmanglar]

If you skate like a pro, you shouldn’t be outshined by the hometown hero

[@ericpohlman5131]

Mike Carrol: The worst home town hero. It didn't even have to be a demo....If you landed a better trick than him, he'd focus your board and send you back to Indiana. Dreams crushed.

[@robb1865]

Hahaha.... I was that guy. This is like 2003. CIty Stars came to my town. P-Rod was annoyed as hell with me. Could see it on hisface but I didn't care. Then Kareem is all "what's up big man?" to me. Was telling my son about this just the other day.

[@jcsk8]

Why did you quit?

[@robb1865]

@@jcsk8 so I skated from the age of 10 till 41. And then by 41 I was only skating vert because I was having so many back and hip issues. I took 3 years off and my son has gotten me back into skating recently since he started up. So I am back skating but not nearly as good as I was before but decent for a guy going on 45. Wish I could skate like I did and say 2005 but I don't think it's going to happen. But I'm having fun.

[@jcsk8]

@@robb1865 Thanks. Very similar. From 10 to 33 I´ve regularly skate. Than Quit and went back a year ago. 44 now. Having some back problems too. Most light flat skate but still having fun. Keep rockin.

[@veryfrozen3271]

Do your thing and talk your shyt. I love prod personally but i would love to be able to out do him even more

[@robb1865]

@@veryfrozen3271 no I was just in P Rod's way.

[@ACEDIAMOND666]

As a musician of 3 decades, I have never played a show in my hometown. It's still on my bucket list......I doubt there's still anyone there that I knew anyways.....

[@cappy_skateboarding7920]

At 15 years old in 1992 I had the honor of skateboarding a demo with the big pros. No name drops but they are legends nowadays. I was having a good day they were hyped we chilled it was AWSOME

[@eddiexpharo]

It's very basic common sense. They're putting themselves out there. Trying to make it.

[@Blakecasella420]

This clip is just a bunch of pros with bruised egos. Talking about dudes need to chill who rip. Let dudes skate and don’t get butt hurt when they shred.

[@kennyconnors9513]

Growing up in KC, escapist was always the team that showed up to skate the demos with the pros. Most of the time, the escapist dudes skated better than the pros

[@mistiqueskates]

still true

[@AlexNiedt]

Yep, and before that, the Let It Ride dudes would join demos and kill it. I remember being invited to join in on a demo in Lawrence back in the day, and I felt utterly unworthy the whole time (because I was 😂)

[@Atrainswrld]

This one shack shack demo in Naperville IL this shop sponsored dude did a b/s kickflip tailslide after Rodney didn't do it first try and that was the talk of the town.

[@jacobcarrico1999]

Being good is one thing but being polite, nice, and respectful is what I think matters It’s like the people who dress cool but still have a really hasty ego. Like bruh the clothes don’t matter A.k.a your tricks don’t matter if you can’t be a nice person

[@ChickenCharms]

1994 Hamburg Germany demo was insane.

[@mostfiredup]

I skated with Steve Nesser during a Glue Factory Demo. Funny thing is nobody came but us lol

[@jamiebizness1]

I remember at the Calgary millenium skatepark back in the day there was a guy named Mark with this giant burning cross tattooed on his chest . He would come to all the demos and basically Ollie over people no shirt and you could see this giant tattoo. If I can remember it may have had jesus on the cross burning . Acting like a total silent sniper 🤫 herk . He was a great skater but I remember being extremely intimidated by him even as a local . He seemed to come during demos to skate out of protest for the visiting skaters. It was kinda funny though.legend

[@markwarne5049]

Crack up he sounds like Mike Valley

[@jamiebizness1]

@@markwarne5049 he was a beast . Wouldn't speak to anyone.

[@gavin7772]

Hell yeah that dude sounds sick

[@Itskylewalker]

I grew up in Santa Maria California. We had a lot of hometown hero’s. But one in particular was so good dude. Every single trick was perfect. Homie could ollie over a picnic bench on flat, and do every trick. Ended up burnt out and having a couple kids. I think one of his kids skates and is now up and coming locally. But probably gonna end up the same way unfortunately

[@WD-um1ch]

I think the hero’s just get hyped …

[@toxicgriefingtrolltoxicgri7407]

This was me once, but i didn't give a shit about the demo.. I hadn't been able to skate for a couple days due to injury and was pissed when i showed up to the park and saw 100 people there when i was hoping it would be dead.

[@wacksilson64]

I like Kelly

[@GigachadAKM]

Why does the "hometown hero" owe you guys anything? They can ride their ride and you can ride yours. You made it, they didn't. If you can't keep up the intensity then upcoming talent will grind to get what you have.

[@forevershampoo]

Crob got showed up by too many hometown heros 😂

[@ambassador8524]

There was always that one guy for sure…he was sponsored by a small skate shop in New Brunswick called Earth Core

[@threefirstnames123]

Guano bowllllllllllls. COLLECT THE WHOLE SET!

[@demosuche]

Muska told a story about dollin destroying an oz demo as a kid

[@sasproductions701]

hilarious i would love to be the home town hero at a demo meeting pros and showing them up lol

[@LetMeKnowBeforeItsTooLate]

Shredding a park that you grew up at, in an abrasive way, when you're not really good outside of that park, also doing corny shit like in the thumbnail, 🤮

[@pokeyourface23]

Enjoy all these perspectives and stories. It’s a vibe park to park and skater to skater but don’t take it personally. Some people like to talk and some people let their skating do the talking. Some dudes are trying to prove something and some are just trying to rip next to the pros they’ve grown up watching and maybe even looked up to.