# Lakai: Hot Takes & Updates

**URL:** <https://forum.skateboards.com/t/lakai-hot-takes-updates/90>\
**Category:** Industry Chatter\
**Created:** [August 18, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.skateboards.com/t/lakai-hot-takes-updates/90 "2026-08-18T20:37:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![VapeWasLife](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.skateboards.com/vapewaslife/32/25_2.png) [@VapeWasLife](https://forum.skateboards.com/u/VapeWasLife)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.skateboards.com/t/lakai-hot-takes-updates/90/1 "2026-08-18T20:37:31Z")

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Who’s this British dude at the beginning? Never seem him before. But I think this is Gifted Hater telling a different side to the Lakai debacle

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/skateboards/original/1X/341c08a9f415e4893f378c4ff470e4968359e7f2.jpeg "Fully Fired") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxVSDwKITpI)