So why those bands? Are they modern enough? Fox says she chose the bands because of how they seamlessly blend the old and new, opening a new avenue of connection between two halves of the same coin. The developers of skating games seem to find it hard to tear themselves away from the ‘retro’ angle that the culture readily provides, the pop-punk and Tony Hawk vibes endlessly recycled due to their ubiquity with the genre. Megan Fox, the creator of Skatebird, says this was very much a conscious decision, and it was always her intention to modernise through music – arguably one of the most important facets of skate culture. That, and it’s about a skateboarding bird. Skatebird was conceived within this culture, and fed from its roots, growing to encompass something of the more inclusive and progressive elements of skate culture.
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Skateparks are full of kids of all genders having a go, the culture is wide and all-encompassing, and skating groups around the world have been responsible for some incredible community and social projects. Times have changed, and the modern skate scene is one of the most inclusive and encouraging environments a person could wish for. READ MORE: ‘Satisfactory’ lets you build unparalleled accomplishment.As fun and as irreverent and as cohesive as this culture was… it was also most commonly the solitary preserve of white, twenty-something-year-old men.
So pervasive is the image that you’re probably already getting the whiff of baggy jeans, pop-punk, and fish-eye lens coming to you on the breeze. When I say ‘90s skate culture, you know exactly what I mean.
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