Korey Waikiki: The Weight of Expectation
from Wheel Scene » Wheel Scene | Wheel Scene on 7 Oct 2015
Korey Waikiki discusses his debut pro skate, distancing himself from his old image, going to jail and making up for a lack of video content in recent years. When Korey Waikiki turned professional for Razors back in 2012, it was signified by an edit that commenced with Brian Aragon informing him of the good news via video chat. It seemed like a fitting announcement as we would later find out that Aragon was gradually stepping away from pro blading and Waikiki appeared to be a worthy successor. After all, his skating shares some similarities with Aragon’s and there is no question that he has the potential to be the next poster boy for the company if he works hard enough. However, in the following three years, very little has been heard from the Nor Cal native. Aside from his pro team edit, Waikiki has only released one other edit to date and neither of them have been particularly impactful. Sure, the pro edit has racked up a lot of hits on YouTube – 78,536 and counting – but despite a few moments of brilliance there are a lot of filler clips and it feels like we are only seeing glimpses […]
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