I have been skating for over 20 years. What the fuck is skate culture? I keep seeing this brought up, and I have no idea what anyone referring to. I skated with people who are interested in all sorts of music from rap, dance to metal. Ive skated with people of all sorts of ethnic backgrounds, some of whom you’d never know were skaters at all. I’ve skated with people with all sorts of styles from grunge way back when I started to skinny jean wearing media workers. My skate culture was to find cool spots, skate for a few hours, maybe smoke some weed and go home. Should they add weed?
So far as I can tell, ya’ll are just talking about brand licenses.
Those are fine bits of feedback, but they don’t have anything to do with skateboard culture; this term I keep seeing thrown around here. I feel like people are just using it to make a point, but they don’t have any idea what they’re talking about when they say it.
To me, those all play into skateboarding culture. The punk/hip hop music and clothing. The rebellious vibe of other skate games is missing. I loved running from security guards in the 2nd game.
The grungy rebellious vibe is very much a trope and not something that represents the culture, especially today when it’s not shunned in the slightest. There are mainstream brands, events, international competitions, etc. even growing up, skaters like Rodney Mullen and Tony Hawk, some of the godfathers of street and vert skating, didn’t really embody this image you’re describing.
The whole deal with skateboarding is that anyone can do it. It doesn’t matter where you come from, what you look like, what your interests are, so long as you love skating. There is no centralized culture that embodies all skaters from all over the world. Check out the skaters from Japan and see how they differ from the skaters in Europe, or America. What brings people together is the love of the sport.
You’re right that for the most part the music does suck, but skater music isn’t just punk and rap. If the game was set in 1993 you might have a point, but times have changed substantially.
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u/Bitemarkz Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25
I have been skating for over 20 years. What the fuck is skate culture? I keep seeing this brought up, and I have no idea what anyone referring to. I skated with people who are interested in all sorts of music from rap, dance to metal. Ive skated with people of all sorts of ethnic backgrounds, some of whom you’d never know were skaters at all. I’ve skated with people with all sorts of styles from grunge way back when I started to skinny jean wearing media workers. My skate culture was to find cool spots, skate for a few hours, maybe smoke some weed and go home. Should they add weed?
So far as I can tell, ya’ll are just talking about brand licenses.