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Amidst all the exclusivity contracts, million-dollar bonuses, and other generally jockish shit infiltrating the industry, this Roger Skateboards part featuring the Wiskate dudes is exactly what skateboarding needs right now — a fucking dose of reality.

This is just solid, down-to-earth skating, with all the stuff that made skateboarding so attractive in the first place — camaraderie, creativity, and that little thing called fun. Sure, this type of skating might not land you a whirlwind affair with a coked-out supermodel or make you rich beyond your wildest dreams, but it probably will make you happy, and for a second there, I kind of thought that was the point? Anyway, it certainly looks more enjoyable that competing in the contest circuit, at least as far as Nyjah Huston’s tears over his loss at the Maloof Money Cup are concerned.

Remember when skateboarding was just something fun to do in the parking lot with your friends instead of going to class? These dudes never forgot. And clips like these make me feel good inside, not just because I can live vicariously through them and experience what having friends might actually be like, but also because it’s reassuring that not everybody who steps on a board these days is so single-minded about getting sponsored and learning how to backside 360 kickflip first try. Skateboarding is alive and well.