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17 Photos Of Skateboards Being Used Inappropriately…

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What is it about the mainstream and jumping on the skateboarding bandwagon?

From high fashion brands to Hollywood scriptwriters, every time people need a shorthand for “rebellious yoof” they stick a skateboard in shot.

Most annoyingly of all, they never seem to get actual skaters – or anyone who even has the first clue about skating – to show them how it’s done.

Thankfully, the Instagram account You Did Not Skate That exists to lampoon these pitiful efforts at appropriating our sport. I mean look at some of these…

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…because who needs wheels or trucks anyway?

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Heel-flipping in stilettos proves just as hard as it sounds

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That’s your arse, that’s your elbow. And yes, there is a difference…

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Who doesn’t love the feeling of griptape on nipple?

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It’s not fucking skateboarding either.

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The latest indie darlings shot for NME? Or just a pair of clueless tossers?

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Come and help me hold my plank.

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Sanitary pads. For when normal kneepads just aren’t good enough…

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Well at least she appears to be enjoying herself

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The artfully scuffed nose and tail give the illusion… but the stick on tattoos shatter it.

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Obviously cold out.

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“If you could tick every hipster cliché in the book, and you could look like a 1995 Loaded cover girl…? Yes, that’s it, perfect.”

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Ryan Sheckler’s Grindr profile leaves little to the imagination.

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If I was that horse I’d be running away too.

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Crude, but an effective way to reach that irritating itch…

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“Bollocks to having an actual skateboarder, let’s just get a breakdancing goon down the skatepark and get him to prance about in front of the model.”

Seems legit.

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Finally, someone’s found a use for her!

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