![]() ![]() ![]() I'm personally for inclusion, but I also think that if there wasn't some degree of "gatekeeping" then the cultural side of skating would have been diluted long ago. The people that skated during the time where it was uncool are obviously going to be defensive when all of a sudden it's cool again and there's a large influx of people who have no regard for the culture. It's cool, then it's not, then it is again. The difference is this time they ingrained the cultural aspects into the brand.Īs for posers, skateboarding historically has gone through waves of popularity. They tried to break into skateboarding many times in the past and always failed, until recently. Skateboarding has a strong culture, and various brands throughout the decades have tried to use skateboarding in their marketing without bothering to research that culture. It's not a fascination, it's a defense mechanism that's been built up over time.
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