Self-portrait by Noah Love

So I’m changing the name of my skate blog from “Skate Crew” to “No Comply.” I think you’ll see me through with this one.

I was talking to Noah (pictured above) about my blog, and he was like, “Dude. You have to change the name.” I was all, you know, huffy about it, until Noah (in an uncharacteristic move) qualified his statement: ” ‘ Skate Crew’ is generic. When I think of it, I think of ‘homies’, like, little thug kids who break flowerpots and smoke cigarettes and only carry skateboards because they’re not allowed at school.*

“Think of something better.”

Until then, I had only conceded to Noah (who “hates” hip-hop, reading, and ironic Bay-Area slang) one point: that text needs imagery to make anyone notice in the first place. Fine. Fair enough. But was he right about “Skate Crew”? I tried to justify the name: Dudes who skate, when they skate together, are a skate crew. The blog is about dudes coming together around skating, making photos, and blabbering about it.

Maybe I could do better.

I’m going to link to 180nocomply.wordpress.com for a week, to which I’m transferring all content thereafter. I hope I don’t lose anyone along the way.

*This is a complete reconstruction.

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