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Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« on: December 05, 2017, 05:12:10 PM »
Been hearing that Nike SB is looking to cut a lot of the 'team' heading into 2018.

Yoshi Tenenbaum just posted this on Instagram, so you get some idea of the kind of skaters they're looking to get rid of.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcVse_3gMQI/?hl=en&taken-by=yoshitanenbaum

Apparently they're no longer interested in anyone who isn't going to
a) Be in the Olympics/Street League; or
b) Be super on trend/popular (a la Cyrus Bennett, Oski, Kevin Terp, AO, and so on)

Basically everyone middle of the road is going to get cut so they can condense the team, which they feel needs to build an 'identity' and they're trying to shake the 'everybody is on Nike' persona.

If anyone cares.

« Last Edit: December 05, 2017, 05:14:21 PM by Stevenson »

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2017, 05:13:51 PM »
cull
[kuhl]

verb (used with object)
1. to choose; select; pick.
2. to gather the choice things or parts from.
3. to collect; gather; pluck.

noun
4. act of culling.
5. something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2017, 05:16:27 PM »
ha ha

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2017, 05:20:15 PM »
From a business perspective, I think this makes sense, I don't think many people are buying a shoe because Yoshi is wearing it. They're kinda doing what element is doing - sponsoring nyjah to sell boards to the masses, while sponsoring Dennis Durrant to appeal people who actually care about skateboarding.


(Wouldn't be surprised if Yoshi was in the Olympics though he is incredibly talented)

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2017, 05:21:33 PM »
hahahahaha commence the swoosh dumping, pity flow over

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2017, 05:24:35 PM »
I mean we all saw this coming, but wasn't this predicted over a year ago?
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2017, 05:25:11 PM »
One too many laser flips

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2017, 05:49:41 PM »
pouring one out for all the future ex-nike riders

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2017, 05:50:41 PM »
I mean we all saw this coming, but wasn't this predicted over a year ago?

This was predicted every year for the past 10 years and remains speculative at best.  kinda like how Nike SB was going to drop the SB and all these other dumb rumors.  One flow-ish guy got cut.  C’est la vie

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2017, 05:51:31 PM »
cull stury bruh.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2017, 05:56:49 PM »
I was curious a while ago and  looked at their team page to see who their ams were. Was surprised to see it was basically the 917 team. Apparently even dudes like Zion, or lesser Olympic types like Midler are having trouble getting fully on. Maybe they're waiting for the 'roster' to be set.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2017, 05:59:54 PM »
Someone get this man off the internet. Niggas lose they job every day. What is posting and tagging them gon do? They trying to keep a job too. Yoshi who? Psssh foh

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2017, 06:03:43 PM »
baha "what did I do wrong?"
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2017, 06:06:10 PM »
So they'll have 4,287 riders instead of 5,162 riders on now? Drag.

Shoutout to Yoshi, though. I met him at Hollenbeck once. Nice dude. Hope he finds a new sponsor.
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2017, 06:10:20 PM »
haha its funny because he thinks nike cares at all about him

Edit: Weckingballs comment "Wow are you just realizing that skateboarders are disposable? Lmao"
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2017, 06:13:49 PM »
Oh Christmas tree oh Christmas tree

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #16 on: December 05, 2017, 06:18:09 PM »
duh?

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2017, 06:27:12 PM »
He skates every single day tho

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2017, 06:44:26 PM »
This always happens at the end of year with companies. Actually in the industry I am in, a lot of companies have already laid off their unnecessary employees a month ago. But companies always reevaluate their books and get rid of things that don't make sense.
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2017, 06:44:59 PM »
Someone get this man off the internet. Niggas lose they job every day. What is posting and tagging them gon do? They trying to keep a job too. Yoshi who? Psssh foh

ALL of this. Couldn't agree more start to finish. And truthfully speaking I have zero point zero idea or clue who Yoshi is and I feel like I'm somewhat connected with what's going on in skateboarding.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2017, 06:57:54 PM »
Imagine if they did the exact opposite. Cut all the olympic and trendy dudes and left all the in-betweeners.


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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #21 on: December 05, 2017, 06:59:50 PM »
It was the same with Nike's Golf Team...Most of the guy's at the tournaments were Freshly Dipped, From Head to toe in Nike Gear, Yet only like 5-10 guys were actually listed on their Page.

The kid Yoshi is still young...Look's like he got his 1st taste of the real World. Ive been to a handfull of company Lay-Off's, Right before christmas, Dudes crying & what not.

On a side Note...Im surprised Tiger Woods didnt get cut after his Xanax & Pornstar Rampage. EVen Kobe got cut from Adidas after his little Ordeal
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #22 on: December 05, 2017, 07:05:53 PM »
Damn. Took down the post. Anyone screenshot it?
I hope no one who gets dropped gets angry over it. If you ride for a corporate giant don’t expect to be treated like a human.
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2017, 07:12:03 PM »
Being the type of dude who would make a social media post like that is exactly the sort of thing that leads you to getting kicked off teams.
"I skate every day" means nothing. There's tons of unsponsored kids out here skating every day & they're paying for the privilege.
The keys to success in the skate game go alot deeper than just being good. This is performance-art show-business & hanging out with the Cool Guys and projecting your own cool guy persona to the world is a must. It helps if you're actually a unique & interesting individual so you don't have to contrive it.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2017, 07:15:03 PM »
It was the same with Nike's Golf Team...Most of the guy's at the tournaments were Freshly Dipped, From Head to toe in Nike Gear, Yet only like 5-10 guys were actually listed on their Page.

The kid Yoshi is still young...Look's like he got his 1st taste of the real World. Ive been to a handfull of company Lay-Off's, Right before christmas, Dudes crying & what not.

On a side Note...Im surprised Tiger Woods didnt get cut after his Xanax & Pornstar Rampage. EVen Kobe got cut from Adidas after his little Ordeal

Kobe didn’t get cut by adidas.  He was already on Nike and didn’t get a pro shoe at the time bc of it

Nike golf team cut because they stopped making non-golf shoe gear, so it would make sense for those guys to get sponsors that did

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #25 on: December 05, 2017, 07:16:45 PM »
Someone said it in another thread, but "my turn" is no longer a valid reason for success in the skateboard industry. Being good isn't worth much if you can't stand out from the crowd.

Now, digging through the Nike team page, is anyone else shocked to see Willis Kimbel floating in the mix?
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2017, 07:18:16 PM »
I was curious a while ago and  looked at their team page to see who their ams were. Was surprised to see it was basically the 917 team. Apparently even dudes like Zion, or lesser Olympic types like Midler are having trouble getting fully on. Maybe they're waiting for the 'roster' to be set.

The only skaters Nike SB considers "am" are Vincent Touzery, Darkness, Antonio Durao and Kyron Davis.

Representing each of the board brands they've reportedly invested in (917, Skate Mental, Numbers).

Meanwhile there's guys like Josh Pall who is pro, had his own Blazer colourway with his name on it, and is nowhere to be seen on the Nike team page.
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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #27 on: December 05, 2017, 07:27:40 PM »
From a business perspective, I think this makes sense, I don't think many people are buying a shoe because Yoshi is wearing it. They're kinda doing what element is doing - sponsoring nyjah to sell boards to the masses, while sponsoring Dennis Durrant to appeal people who actually care about skateboarding.


(Wouldn't be surprised if Yoshi was in the Olympics though he is incredibly talented)

watching tampa am this year i remember they introduced yoshi as being from israel and then they were kinda joking about how he was claiming it hard. olympics power move if it works for him.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #28 on: December 05, 2017, 07:29:04 PM »
The real issue is that there are too many sponsored skaters.

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Re: Nike is about to cull at lot of riders
« Reply #29 on: December 05, 2017, 07:57:40 PM »
He skates every single day tho

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