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?