Comments on: Steve Berra Interview 2007 - Speaking Out http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/ Skateboard and Snowboard News from Active Ride Shop with events, photos, videos, and blogs. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: steven roberts http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-7249 steven roberts Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:54:35 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-7249 STEVE BERRA YOU RULE!!!!!! I'm kinda in the position you were in when you were a kid. but if I can get a 5 blanks for less than the price of one then I skate what I get.I'll skate your shoes though. I'll also try one of your alien workshop board since I've heard good things and since you are AWESOME!!! keep shredding!! Steve Berra YOU RULE!!!!!! I’m kinda in the position you were in when you were a kid. but if I can get a 5 blanks for less than the price of one then I skate what I get.I’ll skate your shoes though. I’ll also try one of your Alien Workshop board since I’ve heard good things and since you are AWESOME!!! keep shredding!!

]]> By: steven roberts http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-7248 steven roberts Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:53:23 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-7248 STEVE BERRA YOU RULE!!!!!! I'm kinda in the position you were in when you were a kid. but if I can get a 5 blanks for less than the price of one then I skate what I get.I'll skate your shoes though. I'll also try one of your alien workshop board since I've heard good thins and since you are AWESOME!!! keep shredding!! Steve Berra YOU RULE!!!!!! I’m kinda in the position you were in when you were a kid. but if I can get a 5 blanks for less than the price of one then I skate what I get.I’ll skate your shoes though. I’ll also try one of your Alien Workshop board since I’ve heard good thins and since you are AWESOME!!! keep shredding!!

]]> By: sam http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-5170 sam Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:01:12 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-5170 man you guys are complaining about spending 60bucks on a pro board? i live in new zealand,try paying 160 for a pro board. no joke. how fucked is that? i dont know whos making money off that but im sure someone must be making a butt load. doesnt stop me from buying 'em though. i feel so much better about myself watching the pretty colours of a pro board as it flips through the air and knowing that at least some of that money i spent isnt going to some fat business man with dollar signs in his eyes selling shitty chinese wood. we need to keep supporting skaters and skater owned companies. man you guys are complaining about spending 60bucks on a pro board? i live in new zealand,try paying 160 for a pro board. no joke. how fucked is that? i dont know whos making money off that but im sure someone must be making a butt load. doesnt stop me from buying ‘em though. i feel so much better about myself watching the pretty colours of a pro board as it flips through the air and knowing that at least some of that money i spent isnt going to some fat business man with dollar signs in his eyes selling ****** chinese wood. we need to keep supporting skaters and skater owned companies.

]]> By: mosse http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-3962 mosse Sat, 05 May 2007 13:56:42 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-3962 hey steve, your skating is really incredible. do you care about being skater of the year someday? you always seemed to me to be that category of skater. hey steve, your skating is really incredible. do you care about being skater of the year someday? you always seemed to me to be that category of skater.

]]> By: steve berra http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-842 steve berra Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:01:33 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-842 I knew this blank board topic was going to be touchy so let me clarify something. I understand the issue. I didn't know anyone more poor than I growing up skating. I understand it and I think it's the board companies and the skate shops responsibility to figure out a solution. You've got to understand, professionals aren't the only people pro board sales supports. There are people that make them, screen them, stock them, ship them, sell them etc... that all depend on them being sold. That's part of what I left out of the interview because I actually did the interview quite fast. I understand all of you have to make money and eat and do something you love to do with no hopes of being in the position to get free boards which means you have to pay for it. I really understand that, so I definitely don't hate anyone if they have to or want to ride blank boards because it's the only thing they can afford. It's not you I'm disagreeing with because I get it. 100%. In these days and these times, people need to look forward to doing something they love and if that something is skateboarding and they can't do it because the skateboards out there are too expensive, then it's cheating them of something that seems right to them in a world where almost everything appears wrong. I don't want to take that away from anyone. Skaters are what keep skateboarding alive. I love the companies I ride for. In particular, I love the Alien Workshop and I'd love to see it continue to thrive and employ the people they employ and make the boards they make. I love Girl and Baker and Zero as well because they give to skateboarding and I'd like to see them stick around as they make things exciting, they give an awful lot to skateboarding and to the people who skate, they give a lot of a people a lot to look forward to and I'd like for them to still be able to do that. That's all I'm saying. Collectively, we need to find a solution because there is one I'm certain we can all be happy with. I knew this blank board topic was going to be touchy so let me clarify something. I understand the issue. I didn’t know anyone more poor than I growing up skating. I understand it and I think it’s the board companies and the skate shops responsibility to figure out a solution. You’ve got to understand, professionals aren’t the only people pro board sales supports. There are people that make them, screen them, stock them, ship them, sell them etc… that all depend on them being sold. That’s part of what I left out of the interview because I actually did the interview quite fast. I understand all of you have to make money and eat and do something you love to do with no hopes of being in the position to get free boards which means you have to pay for it. I really understand that, so I definitely don’t hate anyone if they have to or want to ride blank boards because it’s the only thing they can afford. It’s not you I’m disagreeing with because I get it. 100%. In these days and these times, people need to look forward to doing something they love and if that something is skateboarding and they can’t do it because the skateboards out there are too expensive, then it’s cheating them of something that seems right to them in a world where almost everything appears wrong. I don’t want to take that away from anyone. Skaters are what keep skateboarding alive.
I love the companies I ride for. In particular, I love the Alien Workshop and I’d love to see it continue to thrive and employ the people they employ and make the boards they make. I love Girl and Baker and Zero as well because they give to skateboarding and I’d like to see them stick around as they make things exciting, they give an awful lot to skateboarding and to the people who skate, they give a lot of a people a lot to look forward to and I’d like for them to still be able to do that. That’s all I’m saying. Collectively, we need to find a solution because there is one I’m certain we can all be happy with.

]]> By: jake http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-318 jake Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:22:19 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-318 ABOUT BLANKS. Hey... for me... when i was a kid... me and my friends didnt have any money, we saved and saved and then we bought a blank. We skate cause we love it, nothing wrong with selling blanks to children who barely can afford even a blank. Yeah you want more money... ok... how about people who just wanna skate? you want to skate and get money... not all people are as fortunate, some people just skate you know, and some people dont have much money, BUT THEY ARE REAL,, they skate REAL... they are just skating cause its fun and GREAT, skateboardings great and its for everyone to enjoy. A cheaper board is often godsend for poor familys. I dont even want to support companys, why would i? they are making money of something thats holy ffs... that shouldnt even be allowed. ABOUT BLANKS. Hey… for me… when i was a kid… me and my friends didnt have any money, we saved and saved and then we bought a blank. We skate cause we love it, nothing wrong with selling blanks to children who barely can afford even a blank. Yeah you want more money… ok… how about people who just wanna skate? you want to skate and get money… not all people are as fortunate, some people just skate you know, and some people dont have much money, BUT THEY ARE REAL,, they skate REAL… they are just skating cause its fun and GREAT, skateboardings great and its for everyone to enjoy. A cheaper board is often godsend for poor familys.
I dont even want to support companys, why would i? they are making money of something thats holy ffs… that shouldnt even be allowed.

]]> By: Erica Yary http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-101 Erica Yary Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:19:14 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-101 I see dead people. I see dead people.

]]> By: Mark Spider http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-100 Mark Spider Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:03:56 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-100 Hugo, use your telepathy and tell me what I'm thinking right now. Hugo, use your telepathy and tell me what I’m thinking right now.

]]> By: Hugo http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-99 Hugo Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:53:05 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-99 Blank is good. I'm better. Want to know why? Yes. I don't have a slight clue. It bothers me that i know the ways of telepathy. Why? Well simply because nobody else I know knows telepathy so it is typically useless to use the ability of telepathy if i cannot communicate with someone else through it. We need to feed Bush to the sea otters. World War, Spiteful arguments, then sea otters should cure it. Ruptured splene. Im outie. Sincerely, Hugo Aguirre Blank is good. I’m better. Want to know why? Yes. I don’t have a slight clue. It bothers me that i know the ways of telepathy. Why? Well simply because nobody else I know knows telepathy so it is typically useless to use the ability of telepathy if i cannot communicate with someone else through it. We need to feed Bush to the sea otters. World War, Spiteful arguments, then sea otters should cure it. Ruptured splene. Im outie.

Sincerely, Hugo Aguirre

]]> By: Adam http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-95 Adam Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:10:09 +0000 http://news.activerideshop.com/speaking-out-the-steve-berra-interview-2007/#comment-95 i buy blank boards because theyre only $10 for me and it's hard to find pro decks in 8s or bigger and blanks come in all sizes i buy blank boards because theyre only $10 for me and it’s hard to find pro decks in 8s or bigger and blanks come in all sizes

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