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No source, but im inclined to believe it (hexbear.net)

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[-] poppy_apocalypse@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of Tony Hawk. The old school skaters like alba, Duane Peter's, hasoi, were rebels who were all about style, hawk was a trick machine with a skateboard coach. Also his dad was like the head judge at all his contests. Super successful, but kind of a weasel how he made it to the top.

[-] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

I mean Tony was doing some genuinely novel and cool things. I'm not surprised he's a California fail son, but he was flipping and spinning in a way that was new to the sport. All these other dudes had long limbs and they'd reach down and grab their boards mid air. Tony was not a tall guy so he learned to tuck himself up in a ball. Genuinely impressed the old heads.

[-] ItsPequod@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Tony Hawk was not a tall guy

Tony Hawk is 6 ft 3, how tall is not tall??

[-] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

200 cm (6 ft 6.7 in)

To give a serious answer though, Hawk was a professional skateboarder already at 14, so maybe he was referring to before Hawk reached his full height?

[-] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago

I'm 6'6. Can confirm, am a short king.

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[-] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 14 points 11 months ago

Okay I admit I got that from a Tony Hawk documentary. And I think that when was when he was like 14 so that's probably before his growth spurt.

[-] SupFBI@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago

Someone very close to me used a credit card to buy a T Swift Eras ticket. $1200 to watch someone on a Megatron.

[-] Dalek@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

In 1996 I tried to buy 3 tickets to see Metallica and others at a festival here in the UK. £60 a ticket was too steep for me to afford it.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago

LMFAO should show us how easy it is to get a hit on radio with the right connections. They got some of the most generic EDM pop hits to the top of the charts purely though the power of their surnames back in the early 2010s.

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[-] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

The funniest Taylor Swift fact that i know is that she used to babysit Jeff Jarrett's kids.

[-] CarsAndComrades@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago

She went to high school with Nick Roman from Regular Car Reviews and iirc they were in a production of The Sound of Music together

[-] absolutefuckinidiot@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 11 months ago

Thanks for reminding me that channel exists, haven’t seen any of their videos in years

[-] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

It's a small world etc. etc.

Absolutely a great channel, though.

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[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

“She is failing upwards,” I say about the insanely talented billionaire who is massively admired around the world and strikes gold with every pressing

Like her or not you can’t in good conscience say she’s failing. Haters are just jealous imo. I am also a hater bc I am jealous btw but let’s be real with ourselves here

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[-] Spongebobsquarejuche@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Ah well never the less. She's just slop for the hogs. Mmmmmm slop.

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