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The Old Dude Sitting On The Ledge Telling Kids Not To Push Mongo: Unified Theory... Of Bullshit
Skate and Annoy: Bad judgement or just plain capitalism?
Europeskate.com: Berrics Unified – Divided Opinions And Steve Berras Video
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Interesting take on Steve Berra's efforts to "support small skate shops" http://bit.ly/1cwTcR 11/25/2009 |
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RT @ExitSkateshop Read and ReTweet the REAL story behind the new "Berrics Unified" program, and don't believe the hype http://bit.ly/1cwTcR 11/20/2009 |
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wow - gotta admit - the Berrics Unified totally sold me: http://bit.ly/1cwTcR - I agree Berra & Co should be more up-front @ 'advertising' 11/19/2009 |
Unified Theory... Of Bullshit
The Old Dude Sitting On The Ledge Telling Kids Not To Push Mongo —
... I really don't see how he has the nerve to play himself off as the people's revolutionary. As Berra says in his divine speech to the skateboard nation: "The Berrics Unified could be considered a revolt of sorts." Well that statement is definitely revolting, but I'd like to give it up to the actual rebels here, Exit Skateshop who called Berra out on his bullshit to begin with. (To read more in depth about the Twitter exchange between Exit Skateshop and Berra himself, click here.) ...
Bad judgement or just plain capitalism?
Skate and Annoy —
... , as seen at the Gay Ocean. You can get a more detailed accounting over at Haveaboard.com. They’ve got all the pertinent links too. ...
Berrics Unified – Divided Opinions And Steve Berras Video
Europeskate.com —
... “the important skate shops” drops and that’s mostly what has started a landslide of so-called pro and con Berrrics supporters lashing out at each other. The most interesting comments for me are Steve Miller from the Exit Skate Shop in Philadephia and Steve Berra himself who have really given each other a virtual whopping over on Twitter – most of the posts have been deleted though, but you can read up on the story over on the Haveboard.com website – me being an outsider, this is hilarious. But ...
The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks
The Old Dude Sitting On The Ledge Telling Kids Not To Push Mongo —
... But as people have been stating all along, I don't think that anyone has a problem with Berra selling advertising space on the self-proclaimed "biggest and most visited site in skateboarding". People have a problem with how he is presenting the program. Even more so I think people have a problem with how he was reacting to the criticism, such as having Salman, who as I understand it is the brains behind the Unified program, posting the following comment on Haveboard's post about the program: ...
Berrics Unified, Clarified
haveboard.com —
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and I am definitely thankful for helping stir the pot a little with the Berrics Unified program along with many others, such as the Slap Boards and You Will Soon. I am also thankful to see that Berra has posted “More About the Berrics Unified“. (If you aren’t familiar with what this post is about, please watch the first video about the Berrics Unified here and also read the original post I made about it here.)
A few quotes made in the new video that I am also thankful ...
