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X-Games Branded iPod Skateboard Speakers Are Extreme to the Max Shelving
Posted by Jack Loftus at 3:00 AM on July 28, 2008
I ripped a sick backside fakie 360 ollie and shotgunned a Mountain Dew when I saw this US$179 X-Games skateboard shelf and iPod stereo today. Then I cranked some All American Rejects just for good measure and sighed heavily. The sounds of pure emo moods spewed forth from the player's two 5" speakers, and I quickly fired off an abbreviated text message to my friend sitting on the couch next to me about how much I hated my parents and materialism. My vial of midnight black hair dye vibrated with barely contained malice for our consumer society on the skateboard shelf above. It was just another Sunday. [PB Teen via 7 Gadgets]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
SHAWN
Posted July 28, 2008 2:34 PM
what the hell has a skateboard got to do with emos??? I just cant stand all this 'extreme to the max' style marketing to 'cool youth' it feels like a 50 year old struggling marketing executive has randomely cut and pasted certain key words he associates with young people into an advertisement thats probably gonna have the opposite effect. Seriously if you want to market a product to a cool kid, ask one to help you not fuck it up like this.. or you may as well be speaking japanese to them.
shawn
Posted July 28, 2008 2:42 PM
Looks like something your mum would buy for you... the kind of thing youd probably get bashed over. Extreme to the max!! man who the hell talks like that?? (*cut and past words from youth cool file 2008*) I hope the 50 year old they left in charge of the marketing for this one gets fired. cant stand that s#it!
Pope John Peeps II
Posted 7:52 AM 28/7/08
@dingus: Pfft. I quote the magnificent Clone High, and you quote the mediocretastic Penny Arcade?
+ Watch video
watch the very beginning, then watch at about 2:05 for the amazing XTREME commercial.
Pope John Peeps II
SimianJones
Posted 7:35 AM 28/7/08
Wow.. that's... wow. As a skater I can only say that nothing is more painful to experience than a non-skater trying to impersonate one. Even in sarcastic jest it still makes baby Jesus crap his toga.
That said any person that actually talks like that wouldn't be a skater, they'd be one of those little wanna-be's that you see carrying their skate instead of actually riding it.
SimianJones
mastermatt63
Posted 7:19 AM 28/7/08
something like this wud be hella sick
[www.activerideshop.com]
mastermatt63
mastermatt63
Posted 7:17 AM 28/7/08
im not that angsty and this is gay.
mastermatt63
dingus
Posted 6:04 AM 28/7/08
@Pope John Peeps II: I'm chugging and charging, bitch!
dingus
chorx
Posted 4:39 AM 28/7/08
angst teens are angsty
chorx
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 4:31 AM 28/7/08
And the thing is: It looks almost like the HoverBoard, and costs what? 20x less?
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
andrelix
Posted 4:28 AM 28/7/08
This article is totally fake, you can tell by the following facts:
1. He knows big words
2. He knows how to spell big words
3. He used big words properly
Nice try!
andrelix
Pope John Peeps II
Posted 4:14 AM 28/7/08
SPRAY IT IN YOUR FACE AND SLAM IT!
Pope John Peeps II
NagChampa
Posted 3:59 AM 28/7/08
LOL that one killed
NagChampa
SneakerFiend
Posted 3:55 AM 28/7/08
Nicely written.
It looks hott though. I'd consider buying it even though im not a skateboard geek w/e you call em now a days.
SneakerFiend
twoeightnine
Posted 3:36 AM 28/7/08
Despite the styling, I like the idea. A speaker system that I can use as a shelf instead of it just taking up my whole night table? Yes please.
twoeightnine
spock11384
Posted 3:34 AM 28/7/08
Spectacular piece. Oh how I love to make fun of spoiled rich kids with attituteds.
spock11384
Shub-Niggurath
Posted 3:34 AM 28/7/08
ROFL! But seriously this looks awesome for my home office.
Shub-Niggurath
4shizz
Posted 3:18 AM 28/7/08
great article!
4shizz
Timooo
Posted 3:08 AM 28/7/08
Oh my god, I have the exact same skin on my iPod Nano. It's from Gelaskins.
Timooo
FötoGenetix
Posted 3:05 AM 28/7/08
LOL@ANGST TEENS
FötoGenetix
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 12:35 PM 28/7/08
I actually thought this would make a wild skateboard. Riding on the street with your music playing out of your board? better than a damn shelf. Let's see those fruit booter's beat that?
*rolls eyes*
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Josh_Geyer
Posted 1:35 PM 28/7/08
Real emo kids don't skate... They play guitar, and take pictures, and write poetry...
Josh_Geyer
Z4N5H1N
Posted 8:46 PM 28/7/08
@Z4N5H1N: Dice, even.
Z4N5H1N
Z4N5H1N
Posted 8:45 PM 28/7/08
@BiZarRroBALlmeR: The trucks would bolt right where the speakers are, unfortunately. No ice.
Z4N5H1N
nutbastard
Posted 1:20 AM 29/7/08
oh yeah and obligatory "LOL LMAO ROFLCOPTER kthxbye"
nutbastard
nutbastard
Posted 1:19 AM 29/7/08
@BiZarRroBALlmeR:
*cough* weight is an issue plus NASH already had skateboard radios in the late 80s *cough*
@SimianJones:
i've also found that no amount of acting coaches, social immersion or determination can result in an uncanny impersonation of a skater. its the same with hackers - if you've met a bunch of hackers, you know that they are nothing at all like the hackers on TV.
nutbastard
nutbastard
Posted 1:12 AM 29/7/08
@mastermatt63:
im praying you're playing off the article tongue-in-cheek. if you aren't, that wud be lame.
nutbastard
twilight-arc
Posted 1:38 AM 29/7/08
Hmm, from what I can see decks range anywhere from $59-$90. I wonder how much the parts of this cost, in case you want to make one yourself?
twilight-arc
nutbastard
Posted 4:20 AM 29/7/08
@twilight-arc:
cheap decks can be had for ~$15
nutbastard