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Neil Blender shows you how to properly ride a skateboard

Chris Tavares4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2014 to 2025
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95K views · 15 years ago · Contest

Neil Blender's 80s contest run, a short clip of him skating a contest in his own odd style. Uploaded by Chris Tavares in 2011 and often shared as the opposite of a points-chasing run.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in X Games and Street League threads as proof that style and self-expression can beat a safe, scored run.

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“Neil Blender contest run [VIDEO] is peak skateboarding nothing has come close to this moment.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/gerwer2015 · 19 points

Blender's contest run [VIDEO] still beats him.

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u/Supermotility2016 · 11 points

Obviously.. He was invited to the x-games in the first place, he's much better than this. But these runs weren't to impress the judges, they were a statement about how these pros are doing the same safe tricks but bigger and bigger to win points. Skateboarding was created as a method of self-expression, and although the judges claim to respond more positively to creativity, Ben's self-expression is unappreciated. For

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u/peagle_has_a_weapon2025 · 1 points

Neil Blender contest run [VIDEO] is peak skateboarding nothing has come close to this moment.

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