on a scale of one to a zillion how corny is barrier kult

[4LOM]

Metal heads and skaters are fucking dorks.

brain surgeons and social workers too

[SirPizzaSlayer]

Do people actually think DGK is ghetto? All the white rich kids used to rock it back in middle school and used to use the n word like crazy.

[50mm]

Anybody ever heard of a guy named Venom? He used to dress up like an 80's rocker in the early 2000's and skate. He was at the Kids In Emerica premiere with some hoe's trying to jump the Pharmacy stairs hubba on a beach cruiser. Me and my friends will never forget that guy. He had flyers that said like "Let Me Loose" and I think "I want action". Been looking for stuff of him lately but can't find them.

[mynameisnotjeff]

After finding out Haslam was in BAKU I thought they were serious. I dig the whole horror vibe and intercut movie clips. I do get bored after a while and have to take a break; there is definitely some gnar stuff going on.

[cilantro]

I forgot what video it is but there's a vid on youtube of them and they go out into the woods to ritual "sacrifice" a board. I'm fairly certain they're aware how silly it is. And even if they are being serious, black metal is a really melodramatic genre so it's par for the course.

A christian skate park buddy of mine posted about them for a few days because he seriously thought the YouTube board sacrifice video involved actual satanic sacrifice.

[Lenny the Fatface]

There was a parking block spoof of BAKU that I was all about a few years ago.

[cucktard]

If you scroll down the first 10 comments or so, someone tags BAKU and they respond with ‘Stay off our barriers, Andy’

I’m not sure whether that’s funny that they don’t like him (since image-wise he is the complete opposite) or sad that claiming some public barriers as their own property.

Either way that wallride around the corner gap was wizard level

[Síota]

Didn't they go to Japan on a skate trip only to find out there is no jersey barriers their?

[LiterallyRyan]

I’m not sure whether that’s funny that they don’t like him (since image-wise he is the complete opposite) or sad that claiming some public barriers as their own property.

Or neither since it's probably just innocent banter.

[cucktard]

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I’m not sure whether that’s funny that they don’t like him (since image-wise he is the complete opposite) or sad that claiming some public barriers as their own property.

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Or neither since it's probably just innocent banter.

Because if BAKU is known for anything, it’s light-hearted ‘banter’

[thisisnotepic]

You should be able to tell the McCrank segment is pretty much a skit.

[Halfcab180]

I wonder what this kult does for Midsommar.

[heavy metal harvey]

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i give them a solid 6 trill on the cornometer


yours in dumb illegible band logos,

Anguished Stepdad at Applebees (Ba.Ku)

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I can’t tell if you wrote this while drunk, after a stroke or if English isn’t your first language.

ee cummings is my favorite writer if that gives you any insight

[heavy metal harvey]

fellas, you're either gonna be scary or canadian. you gotta pick one. you cant do both

[Funky Boy]

I love their skating.

[GAY]

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i give them a solid 6 trill on the cornometer


yours in dumb illegible band logos,

Anguished Stepdad at Applebees (Ba.Ku)

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I can’t tell if you wrote this while drunk, after a stroke or if English isn’t your first language.

[close]

ee cummings is my favorite writer if that gives you any insight

[powerhazard]

Anybody ever heard of a guy named Venom? He used to dress up like an 80's rocker in the early 2000's and skate. He was at the Kids In Emerica premiere with some hoe's trying to jump the Pharmacy stairs hubba on a beach cruiser. Me and my friends will never forget that guy. He had flyers that said like "Let Me Loose" and I think "I want action". Been looking for stuff of him lately but can't find them.

Yes, he’s still around but not as Venom. Are you from Nebraska?

[Mickey Knox]

I've always assumed....that it was supposed to be silly. Isn't it supposed to be silly?

Nope, they are dead serious. In the new Canadian love letters they interview the head dude and he talks about how they have very strict rules and ranks. He uses an example saying that certain patches have to be approved before you can wear them. Kinda funny. I back it though, seems like they don’t really give a fuck about the industry and are doing their own thing.

[AllBranFlakes69]

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I've always assumed....that it was supposed to be silly. Isn't it supposed to be silly?

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Nope, they are dead serious. In the new Canadian love letters they interview the head dude and he talks about how they have very strict rules and ranks. He uses an example saying that certain patches have to be approved before you can wear them. Kinda funny. I back it though, seems like they don’t really give a fuck about the industry and are doing their own thing.

But also, please buy our overpriced merchandise.

[behavioralguide]

i think yr ranking systems flawed,

I mean, whats 6 trill against a zill, man

[Allen.]

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Anybody ever heard of a guy named Venom? He used to dress up like an 80's rocker in the early 2000's and skate. He was at the Kids In Emerica premiere with some hoe's trying to jump the Pharmacy stairs hubba on a beach cruiser. Me and my friends will never forget that guy. He had flyers that said like "Let Me Loose" and I think "I want action". Been looking for stuff of him lately but can't find them.

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Yes, he’s still around but not as Venom. Are you from Nebraska?

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Wow no way! What's his name? What's the story with him? I'm from So Cal and we just saw him at the Kids In Emerica premiere in Victorville. I want to say he had a site and Nebraska sounds familiar for some reason. I think he was at some active demos too or something. I've thought about this dude for 15 years. Me and my friends still talk about him.

Homie had a part in the extras of like 411 52 or 53

[heavy metal harvey]

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i give them a solid 6 trill on the cornometer


yours in dumb illegible band logos,

Anguished Stepdad at Applebees (Ba.Ku)

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I can’t tell if you wrote this while drunk, after a stroke or if English isn’t your first language.

[close]

ee cummings is my favorite writer if that gives you any insight

[close]

drunk on cum postin' on the ol' slap-a-rooni

[Switch FS K-Swiss Grind]

There's no way they take themselves seriously. They're grown adults, playing dress ups, pushing USELESS WOODEN TOYS up barriers. They are not Charles Manson.
My friends and I have this secret carpark we go to, not many other locals know about it, or just don't care, but we love it, and it's not such a stretch of the imagination to picture us getting dressed up in costumes to skate there, coming up with a silly name, filming some stuff, and trying to sell some merch. It would add an element of fun to something we already love.
I think that's literally all this is.

[whorific]

If they take themselves seriously and are all fuck the industry then this shoe commercial is seriously stupid but you cant fuck with the skating and the aesthetic it's fucking Gnar all the way.

[LiterallyRyan]

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I’m not sure whether that’s funny that they don’t like him (since image-wise he is the complete opposite) or sad that claiming some public barriers as their own property.

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Or neither since it's probably just innocent banter.

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Because if BAKU is known for anything, it’s light-hearted ‘banter’

Andy Anderson and them interact on their own Instagram and Andy rides for PD's Hot Shop, PD is the owner of Skull Skates and a member of BA.KU himself. But you're right, they must be meanies I mean they wear balaclavas after all.

[Surf-goth]

Never heard of them but I do like black metal so I don't know.

[Switch FS K-Swiss Grind]

Welcome are pretty edgy with their occult imagery and the slogan "Summon Something" but what if I told you that "Seance" wasn't an actual Seance, and all they were trying to summon were some sales

Maybe i should have posted this in the conspiracies thread, i dunno

[CRAILFISH TO REVERT]

[Serious Tea Drinker]

I know one of the BAKU guys. He's a fucking cool person, loves skateboarding more than most.

Of course is OTT but I love it.

[Diocletian]

Skateboarding is filled with corniness, nearly every team and company image has humor within it at their expense. But to deny the skill it takes to skate Jersey barriers and just extremely steep/tight transition like that in general is ridiculous. Deer man is Mike Mckinlay and he destroys. Vertical Cliffs is Adam Hopkins, watch any footage of him...amazing. It’s just a side project for these guys, not to be taken too seriously. Outside of that, I’d say pretty much every BAKU member is extremely skilled at transition/street. And as others have mentioned, PD’s/skull skates is about as “core” as it gets and is a highly respected scene in Canada.