Imo what makes skateboarding gay is the fact, that it lost its purpose to be fun for most of the people, if i go to my local skatehall, i don't see kids that do something for fun. they just go there to prove something and score eachother out the whole time. c'mon i mean when i started skating back in 91 it was so total different to what it is now. surely i went through a lot of trends, too (hence the small wheels big pants era) but the focus in skating has always been fun and having a good time with your friends. when we went to contests it was more about getting wasted then actually skating, there were enough dates were i got in the finals and then fucked up because i was already to stoned, drunk or whatever. but if you go to a contest nowadays its DEADSERIOUS BUSINESS... and i gotta agree with demz on 99-01 being the years to ruin skateboarding to what it is now...
cole's change from normal (chill style) to zero's glamrockqueen was just ridiculous