i have an idea he may be moving to birdhouse... hes been doing a ton of stuff on the ride channel.... you never know.

Oh, word?

only time will tell for sure but if what i heard happens people wont see it coming.
i don't want to say anything because its all up in the air.

well if i had that much "insiderness" i would feel confident in saying something but
like people say he is probably talking to a lot of companies so anything could happen
just be patient and open minded

Backing this

I hope he goes pro for Penthouse.

Kyle is the definition of underrated.  Hope whatever company he gets on next will have the proper outlets to showcase his talents. 

It bums me out to even say it, but for some reason I see World Industries happening. I really hope I'm proven wrong.

Wet Willy and Flameboy off and Berard on? Talk about big changes at World.

that would be a step in the wrong direction. he's turned things around this year... hate to see him backslide.
especially since hes pretty much the reason they kicked the whole team off a few years back... im really thinking birdhouse, SC, or AH... either would be good fit. im sure everyone will trash the birdhouse suggestion, but whatever.

expedition

If he made the slave move I would probably hang his first board.

Consolidated was huge in the 90's and really I don't mind it now. They just lost a ton of sales due to the political argument they stand by of who to not sell to/ not let riders be sponsored by. The politics of not wanting riders on Nike, Cons, and Adidas lessens the large media outlets that they have. As well, many of the don't do it ads may have sapped some of their advertising budget for ads that could've stood out as "normal" skate ads.

To play devil's advocate for Birdo. The DDI campaign is set more towards the future of skateboarding once skateboarder owned or skateboarding dedicated ("core") brands to be the main suppliers of skateboard footwear to the skateboard industry because it is believed that they have the best interest of the skateboarder at heart. Whether or not this is true, you are likely to have more progress specialized in the field of skateboarding when money and resources go from the industry into the industry's main backers. From this angle the past was not the main concern for the DDI campaign because it does not focus on a time when skateboarding dedicated brands were in existence. It focuses on the prevalence and advancement of brands that are not skateboarding dedicated in order to make a profit from said industry. The DDI campaign has set out to try and stop the advancement of these brands so that skateboarding footwear will remain run by skateboarders.

Where this falters is that Nike and Converse hired skateboarders or people associated with skateboarding to head up and run their programs, as well as Adidas did. Both of these brands are pulling from the same industry talent pool as Lakai and Fallen and Emerica. Just with different salary capabilities as well as incentives and product quality due to larger research and development budgets. As well as patented and trademarked technology and silhouettes from other successful shoes like the Blazer, Spezial, Chuck Taylor, and Campus. Shoes that as mentioned before were around long before Consolidated was. Which is why with modern updates with bigger R&D budgets those time-tested shoes have been turned into high quality skate shoes.

Anyway, back on topic, Berard.

Post22 with Jed Shooter Maybe?