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March 8, 2008
What Is A Poser?
Webster’s dictionary defines poser as a person who habitually pretends to be something he or she is not. I know this word gets thrown around a lot in skateboarding. Things have changed a great deal since I started skating. Ten years ago the only people wearing skate shoes where skaters and you could’ve told this by the ollie holes in their shoes. Because skating has gotten as big as it has everyone seems to be wearing skateboard clothing and shoes. Not saying this is a bad thing because it’s helped our industry get recognized and pay professionals what there worth.The thing I am saying is that the word “poser” has changed.
So who are the posers now? They are the people who look like us but have never ridden a board, or the ones who just carry their skateboards around? What about the kids who have only been skating a week? You may call them poser because they just started, but who knows in 5 years they could be the next Ryan Sheckler.
That’s what makes this word so vague and tough to answer. I think in many ways we’ve all been posers at one time in our lives. Weather it’s to fit into some group we wanted to be part of or still trying to find ourselves in this vast world of change.
If you’re a true skateboarder at heart you will not let the word poser hold you back. The people yelling it at you are just jealous because they’ll never know the feeling you get from a kick flip. If you are the one yelling poser remember that all of us had to start somewhere so in one form or another we are all posers.
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