As skateboarding’s popularity grows, mainstream news outlets will continue to try and grab a piece of the action. And in skateboarding, it’s never more apparent and embarrassing when an outsider tries to dive into the culture and really understand “us”. The result is usually a bunch of awkwardly described tricks and some mention of skaters being outlaws or rebels. And then once in a while you get the kooky ones that really just totally miss the mark. These are some of those ones:

1. Mike Mo Capaldi’s Sponsor Me Video Leaves the Vault

So Mike Mo and Spitfire made a pretty hilarious fake sponsor me tape which any skateboarder would know is obviously a total joke. Unfortunately, poor Ms. Gonzalez – an “expert” on skateboarding doesn’t quite catch on, as she dissects it, explaining the reason it is such a “killer sponsor me tape”. Whoops!

2. How to Not Look Too Silly on a Skateboard

This one should really just be entitled “How To Look Like A Longboarder Kook In 5 Easy Steps”. The best part is when the author suggests buying “new skateboard technology” like Crash Pads , which is padded underwear. You mind as well wear a diaper and stuff yourself with some tampons at that point.

3. How to Attract a Skater

The fact that there are articles out there aimed at the “tween” demographic about how to attract sk8rs just shows how far we have come.

4. If You Like To Skateboard I Hope You Never Have Children

This college grad tried to write a snarky little article making fun of skateboarders, attempting to bring some traffic to this shitty Long Island news blog. Instead he ended up getting a bunch of death threats and ended up having to apologize to the entire skate community. Sorry buddy!