Believe it or not! The guy that says run ashley run, lives in our town and sometimes is a substitute teacher in our school, he is like the coolest guy ever
yeah but the whole point is that the court, like the curved bits of concrete for skaters, is PERFECT for tennis - but then they aren't allowed to use it. I think the ad is really clever.
Nike has done more for skateboarding than people give it credit for. They've put up money for skateparks (the one I skate everyday included) and supported skateboarding 100%. Thats more than a company like World Industries can say, after having let there entire pro team go.
nike air was one of the first skate shoes btw so dont even say they werent arround long if you dont belive me i have an add for nike air form a transworld from 1992
@Skatemore1243 Well that's right and I believe it's an art as well, but the physical aspect of it and the competitive nature of it's history are what make it a sport. That doesn't mean that it isn't an art form as well.
Skating is pretty destructive, at least on a cosmetic level. Wax leaves a dark residue on concrete, painted rails get scuffed all to hell, grinding takes chunks out of corners if you're not careful, and other things along those lines. That's not to say it should be banned. It's just that if you make the area in front of or on someone's property look worse, they have every right to ask you to leave. People that are rude about it are lame, but skaters who are rude about leaving are, too.
@ndrach1 ive been to some amazing parks that make replicas of local spots.. it's like skating the same thing. so i think they are meant to be done anywhere.
i agree 100%. however this message could still penetrate the minds of some of the gen pop... but the message is appropriated in the name of commodity. people arent gonna stop buyin nikes (although for a little while everyone was makin em look bad) and people arent gonna stop hatin on skateboarders.
in my town you cant skate at the skatepark cause they were guna tear it down to build something else but never did if you do the first ticket is $50 second is $250 and 3rd is $500
@Skatemore1243 Regardless of the expressionalist diversity in skating, it is still a sport, in the same way that surfing and wake boarding are still sports even though you can perform tricks and develop an individual style.
the commercial isnt saying that skateboarders shouldnt be prosecuted for skating in places that are illegal to skate in, its saying that there shouldnt be so many steriotypes. there shouldnt be any "no skating" signs. but all that insurance stuff, that stuff is alright. and the damaging property stuff, thats alright too. tennis is meant for tennis courts, theyre not huting the court. skating is (kinda) meant for streets, were not hurting anything. its bad when people get pissed at uson sidewalks
Everyone watching this should read Thomas Frank's "One Market Under God"-in it, he talks about how Nike marketers in the late 90s had trouble selling products to skateboarders, because they thought of Nike as the "man." So they made these commercials aligning themselves with the skateboarders AGAINST the man (the police,society), and the shoes were a hit. Just another example of how subcultures can be swallowed up by dominant society.
Ok, lets start, to the guy that said this doesnt make sense because its a tennis court and they get kicked out for playing tennis, go to my local skatepark everynight and there will be a cop ready to kick us out as soon as it turns 10(although the lights dont go out till 10 40) now these commercials are clever and all, but skateboarding is not a sport, its an art. to anyone that disagrees you either dont skate or are blind. i can see where they are coming from but were artists, not athletes...
@seel5 It's because skating is prohibited at the best places for it. If you have no skatepark in your town, and theres a nice ass stairset with a buttery handrail nearby, you're gonna skate the best suited place for skateboarding, chances are though, you're getting kicked out.
its because people are afraid that we are going to get hurt at spots and sue them or that we are going to wreak their property. Its bullshit if i get hurt at a spot the last thing i think of is suing someone.
I don't think you skate..Skaters aren't violent.Skaters are people from all walks of life, so just like any large group of people, there's gonna be jerks, losers, violent people, etc.But the majority of skaters are actually very openminded, nice people. When I go skate, the connection I feel with my friends around me is incredible!Like I said, people of all walks of life skate.But when we're skating, we're all the same. We treat eachother equal, I'd say we're doing better than most of the world.
why does everyone hate skaters? i cant even skate at my favorite spots anymore because people throw stuff at me and call the cops when i havent done anything wrong! skaters are just like everybody else, but when they get on a board there criminals. why?
man i know nike is like a big company but......they got sick shoes! its a love hate thing. but im still skating away from the popo in my dunks so im stickin it to the man
skaters have been on the peripheral of society, seen as a funny sub-culture, a lot of prejudice surrounds what they do, big sums of money are made by this activity, to stifle its progression by treating skaters like wayward juveniles is incomprehensible. I'm sure if you're polite and agreeable towards them, they will show you the same respect.
@munkendunkey They're trying to make a point, that a lot of skaters are discriminated against for no good reason, by police, security guards, and quite often just by members of the general public. Sure, some skaters are out to cause trouble, but most are just their to have a good time skating, and yet a lot of people treat them like thugs. They're trying to educate people of the fact that skateboarding is not reckless or excessively dangerous, it is just another sport.
Yea but skateboarders need something more than just a little place to skate every day.skateboarders do go to skate parks,but we need more of a different environment.Skateboarders need a place more wide spread to skate on.Which is the streets.
Hey warelephent....Thomas Frank acknowledged that Nike failed with making huge profits, but it's just that Nike tried to incorporate subcultures that is kind of creepy, you know? And this commercial was shown during the X-games too. I think it failed cause there just aren't that many skateboarders out there, so profits won't be huge. I love this commercial too but I think it's ridic for Nike to positioning themselves as against the "man" when they are a huge corporation.
well when there is a perfect stair set, or obstacle ment for skating, that almost looked as if it was designed for skateboarding, then skaters skate it. understand now?
Skateboarding has more participants than ANY other "sport" in the world. One uses nearly ALL your muscles to maneuver. Pick up a skateboard and try riding it.
Honestly this commercial doesn't make sense.... Tennis courts are made to play tennis, the same with skate parks made to go skate! I'm a skater myself and have no problem being kicked out.... if there is a no skateboarding sign then obviously no skateboarding! It only sucks when people call the police when your just skating at a normal park or something like that, some places just don't have local skate parks!
Seriously! What is with people hating on skateboarders? A rent-a-cop loser was a total bitch to me when I was just minding my own business. That pissed me off so bad that I almost went to rent-a-cop jail.
what is really stupid is comparing other sports with stadiums too skateboarding.. because skating is all about individuality finding new spots to skate not being contained to a specific area... such as skateparks... bcz usually thes parks r just practice areas so you can take it to da streets but den again their is vert skateing so whatevs
this is egxactly the shit i go through with bmxing they will make the perfect handrail and no one will be any were nere it and theyle kick us out for "vandilising there stair set"
@aghostisborn I haven't torn up anybody's property and I haven't fucked up anyone's shit. The most damage any skater would do to property is scratching paint off poles or ledges. Anything beyond this is not skating it is stupidity and vandalism.
@DigitalL3gend Every company is in it for the money. I hate to break it to you. As far as i'm concerned Vans is just as corporate as Nike SB. Well maybe not quite as corporate.. but you get what I'm saying
It depends on the surface. There are a few spots near where I live that have been chewed up to the point that the skaterboarders can't even use them any more.
Damn right man, let the skaters do their thing just as the other athlets do. Just as steezbucket said, skaters are equal to each other. If i get out my bed, grab my board and join the other skaters in park everyone greets and everyone talks to each other, there are no outsiders. No matter if they are 10 years old or if they are black, white, yellow whatever.Some skaterhater please tell me that this fact is also right for golf or tennis clubs?There are many outsiders,like black people. Ridiculous
ahahaha actually funny story, some friends and I were skating our local park at night, and its happened more times than once, and the stupid ass local security guards from the Y were next to, come over and are like no skating after 11, blah blah, and once i was like fuck im gunna keep skating the bowl, and the guy stood right in the bowl in the way, he was a prick!
been skating for 8 years, and i can skate just as good as any shoe i put on, its the skater, not the shoe, the shoes are just an excuse for the shitty riders.
i hate it if i get another warning from the cops, for streeting in some place, and i walk around the corner.. and some 18 y/o dude is kicking his soccerball against the wall of a random company, ( so realy bothering the people inside the building ) .. and nobody cares.. i hate it.. i dont bother people.. i'm just doing some tricks ..
@shandelear 'all people that skate certainly do not consider... [themselves] as "athletes"' has got to be one of the thinnest claims I've ever seen. Have you even met a skater in your life? They may not call themselves "athletes" in the strictest sense of the word, but that's more of a non-conformity thing, I think. They see what they do as a sport, without a doubt, and making completely fabricated claims against it is sad. I hope you're just trolling. This kind of stupid hurts us all.
Believe it or not! The guy that says run ashley run, lives in our town and sometimes is a substitute teacher in our school, he is like the coolest guy ever
yeah but the whole point is that the court, like the curved bits of concrete for skaters, is PERFECT for tennis - but then they aren't allowed to use it. I think the ad is really clever.
Nike has done more for skateboarding than people give it credit for. They've put up money for skateparks (the one I skate everyday included) and supported skateboarding 100%. Thats more than a company like World Industries can say, after having let there entire pro team go.
@corpJJ the problem is that skateboarding isnt meant to be done in a park, its meant to be done wherever the skater wants to preform their trick.
Somebody think about the handrails!
these commercials were awesome!, whoever came up with them is a genius
Jeff Goodby & Rich Silverstein
skateboarding is a way of life
Hold yer horses there MacEnroe!
lol the way he throws down his racket at the beginning, AH NUTS!
nike air was one of the first skate shoes btw so dont even say they werent arround long if you dont belive me i have an add for nike air form a transworld from 1992
good commercial, ginvin good message and information of skateboarding
@Skatemore1243 Well that's right and I believe it's an art as well, but the physical aspect of it and the competitive nature of it's history are what make it a sport. That doesn't mean that it isn't an art form as well.
Skating is pretty destructive, at least on a cosmetic level. Wax leaves a dark residue on concrete, painted rails get scuffed all to hell, grinding takes chunks out of corners if you're not careful, and other things along those lines. That's not to say it should be banned. It's just that if you make the area in front of or on someone's property look worse, they have every right to ask you to leave. People that are rude about it are lame, but skaters who are rude about leaving are, too.
@ndrach1 ive been to some amazing parks that make replicas of local spots.. it's like skating the same thing. so i think they are meant to be done anywhere.
i agree 100%. however this message could still penetrate the minds of some of the gen pop... but the message is appropriated in the name of commodity. people arent gonna stop buyin nikes (although for a little while everyone was makin em look bad) and people arent gonna stop hatin on skateboarders.
in my town you cant skate at the skatepark cause they were guna tear it down to build something else but never did
if you do the first ticket is $50 second is $250 and 3rd is $500
sometimes I just hate skateboarding because of so many people that flip out for no reason
@Skatemore1243 Regardless of the expressionalist diversity in skating, it is still a sport, in the same way that surfing and wake boarding are still sports even though you can perform tricks and develop an individual style.
In THAT situation, whatever the skatepark says goes. If its the rules of the skatepark, they have every right to kick you out.
the commercial isnt saying that skateboarders shouldnt be prosecuted for skating in places that are illegal to skate in, its saying that there shouldnt be so many steriotypes. there shouldnt be any "no skating" signs. but all that insurance stuff, that stuff is alright. and the damaging property stuff, thats alright too. tennis is meant for tennis courts, theyre not huting the court. skating is (kinda) meant for streets, were not hurting anything. its bad when people get pissed at uson sidewalks
nike sb's are comftorble but it takes them a while to break in and be good for skating
wow. actually somthign thats halarious and so true
@BosToNsiKEsT Bahaha! Too kind, too kind(:
this is so good
Everyone watching this should read Thomas Frank's "One Market Under God"-in it, he talks about how Nike marketers in the late 90s had trouble selling products to skateboarders, because they thought of Nike as the "man." So they made these commercials aligning themselves with the skateboarders AGAINST the man (the police,society), and the shoes were a hit. Just another example of how subcultures can be swallowed up by dominant society.
Ok, lets start, to the guy that said this doesnt make sense because its a tennis court and they get kicked out for playing tennis, go to my local skatepark everynight and there will be a cop ready to kick us out as soon as it turns 10(although the lights dont go out till 10 40) now these commercials are clever and all, but skateboarding is not a sport, its an art. to anyone that disagrees you either dont skate or are blind. i can see where they are coming from but were artists, not athletes...
same here! if i brake a bone skating the first thing i think is get me to the hospital, not sue these people and ruin there buisness or whatever.
such a great video props
this video shows how we feel i give you props
Skating is the best sport ever
RUN ASHLEY RUN!!!
SB has been doing their thing since a very, very long time ago.
My head has failed to explode, Please try again.
Treat me with respect.
@seel5 It's because skating is prohibited at the best places for it. If you have no skatepark in your town, and theres a nice ass stairset with a buttery handrail nearby, you're gonna skate the best suited place for skateboarding, chances are though, you're getting kicked out.
Holy marketing...
That doesn t happen because tennis does not damage handrails, sidewalks and others/
i play tennis, and used to skate
it's rough
this was hilarious the first time i saw it
it would be kind of tight if skateboarding went underground, but only if there was still enough money in it to pay an ok wage.
its because people are afraid that we are going to get hurt at spots and sue them or that we are going to wreak their property. Its bullshit if i get hurt at a spot the last thing i think of is suing someone.
hey dont ever take these videos down your like the only person that has these
@colt777rulz The true beauty of skateboarding, it can be whatever you want it to be, for me it's an art, for you it's whatever, peace man
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I don't think you skate..Skaters aren't violent.Skaters are people from all walks of life, so just like any large group of people, there's gonna be jerks, losers, violent people, etc.But the majority of skaters are actually very openminded, nice people. When I go skate, the connection I feel with my friends around me is incredible!Like I said, people of all walks of life skate.But when we're skating, we're all the same. We treat eachother equal, I'd say we're doing better than most of the world.
why does everyone hate skaters? i cant even skate at my favorite spots anymore because people throw stuff at me and call the cops when i havent done anything wrong! skaters are just like everybody else, but when they get on a board there criminals. why?
man i know nike is like a big company but......they got sick shoes! its a love hate thing. but im still skating away from the popo in my dunks so im stickin it to the man
skaters have been on the peripheral of society, seen as a funny sub-culture, a lot of prejudice surrounds what they do, big sums of money are made by this activity, to stifle its progression by treating skaters like wayward juveniles is incomprehensible. I'm sure if you're polite and agreeable towards them, they will show you the same respect.
@munkendunkey They're trying to make a point, that a lot of skaters are discriminated against for no good reason, by police, security guards, and quite often just by members of the general public. Sure, some skaters are out to cause trouble, but most are just their to have a good time skating, and yet a lot of people treat them like thugs. They're trying to educate people of the fact that skateboarding is not reckless or excessively dangerous, it is just another sport.
Yea but skateboarders need something more than just a little place to skate every day.skateboarders do go to skate parks,but we need more of a different environment.Skateboarders need a place more wide spread to skate on.Which is the streets.
We do, alot.
So True
Hey warelephent....Thomas Frank acknowledged that Nike failed with making huge profits, but it's just that Nike tried to incorporate subcultures that is kind of creepy, you know? And this commercial was shown during the X-games too. I think it failed cause there just aren't that many skateboarders out there, so profits won't be huge. I love this commercial too but I think it's ridic for Nike to positioning themselves as against the "man" when they are a huge corporation.
exactly what skateboarders go through
lol HOLD YOUR HORSES, MCENROE!
yeah!
@steezbucket greatest.comment.ever.
what channel do these nike sb channels come on, i think mtv right? thats where i saw the prod commercial wit the funky stairs
I think they are referring to like street skating
well confortability isn't actually the cause of a great skate shoe. a shoe may be comfortable, but it could easily also skate shitty.
lol, yeah, I guess we've got to compromise sometimes, right?
well when there is a perfect stair set, or obstacle ment for skating, that almost looked as if it was designed for skateboarding, then skaters skate it. understand now?
the cops come to a skatepark by my house and kick us out
@steezbucket well said homie !!!
ur right
Skateboarding has more participants than ANY other "sport" in the world. One uses nearly ALL your muscles to maneuver. Pick up a skateboard and try riding it.
regardless of nike's motives it does put accross a positive message that shoud get people thinking
Honestly this commercial doesn't make sense.... Tennis courts are made to play tennis, the same with skate parks made to go skate! I'm a skater myself and have no problem being kicked out.... if there is a no skateboarding sign then obviously no skateboarding! It only sucks when people call the police when your just skating at a normal park or something like that, some places just don't have local skate parks!
so true man
soooooooo smart
Seriously! What is with people hating on skateboarders? A rent-a-cop loser was a total bitch to me when I was just minding my own business. That pissed me off so bad that I almost went to rent-a-cop jail.
what is really stupid is comparing other sports with stadiums too skateboarding.. because skating is all about individuality finding new spots to skate not being contained to a specific area... such as skateparks... bcz usually thes parks r just practice areas so you can take it to da streets but den again their is vert skateing so whatevs
@steezbucket 4REAAAAALLLL!!!
this is egxactly the shit i go through with bmxing they will make the perfect handrail and no one will be any were nere it and theyle kick us out for "vandilising there stair set"
@aghostisborn I haven't torn up anybody's property and I haven't fucked up anyone's shit. The most damage any skater would do to property is scratching paint off poles or ledges. Anything beyond this is not skating it is stupidity and vandalism.
damn!!! what a good comercial
its so fucking true
@DigitalL3gend Every company is in it for the money. I hate to break it to you. As far as i'm concerned Vans is just as corporate as Nike SB. Well maybe not quite as corporate.. but you get what I'm saying
It depends on the surface. There are a few spots near where I live that have been chewed up to the point that the skaterboarders can't even use them any more.
@munkendunkey BTW this was made by Nike, not a bunch of kids.. LMAO..
skateboarding is not a crime
Damn right man, let the skaters do their thing just as the other athlets do. Just as steezbucket said, skaters are equal to each other. If i get out my bed, grab my board and join the other skaters in park everyone greets and everyone talks to each other, there are no outsiders. No matter if they are 10 years old or if they are black, white, yellow whatever.Some skaterhater please tell me that this fact is also right for golf or tennis clubs?There are many outsiders,like black people. Ridiculous
its differen no cop is going to come to a skatepark and tell you that you cant skate there
aren't that many skateboarders? are you serious? theres sooo many skaters now!
this is fucking good men
ahahaha actually funny story, some friends and I were skating our local park at night, and its happened more times than once, and the stupid ass local security guards from the Y were next to, come over and are like no skating after 11, blah blah, and once i was like fuck im gunna keep skating the bowl, and the guy stood right in the bowl in the way, he was a prick!
LOL this is soo true.
love it.
if theres a sign that says, "no this and that" why the fuck are you doing it?
respects to smart skaters though!
its so true its funny
what sign
yea what if...
it happens. spend some time searching youtube.
haha nice
Using a dictionary to enhance your comment isn't making you any smarter.
I bid you farewell sir.
Thats cash
This.
No somethings wrog with the vid.
:0 that was a nice story until it failed to be worth ANYTHING
been skating for 8 years, and i can skate just as good as any shoe i put on, its the skater, not the shoe, the shoes are just an excuse for the shitty riders.
i hate it if i get another warning from the cops, for streeting in some place, and i walk around the corner.. and some 18 y/o dude is kicking his soccerball against the wall of a random company, ( so realy bothering the people inside the building ) .. and nobody cares.. i hate it.. i dont bother people.. i'm just doing some tricks ..
@munkendunkey
well no shit there in it for the money haha
if i was nike i would ditch skating when it dies out
@shandelear 'all people that skate certainly do not consider... [themselves] as "athletes"' has got to be one of the thinnest claims I've ever seen. Have you even met a skater in your life? They may not call themselves "athletes" in the strictest sense of the word, but that's more of a non-conformity thing, I think. They see what they do as a sport, without a doubt, and making completely fabricated claims against it is sad.
I hope you're just trolling. This kind of stupid hurts us all.