this is actually pretty old news, actually the news is so old i figured everything kinda blew over. anyone claiming that "chris cole already makes enough money" doesnt know what he makes, niether do i for that matter so how can any of us comment on how much he makes? cole is one of the best skateboarders in the world right now, wether you like him or not its a fact. there is a lot of money out there and i think with what cole does for zero and fallen he deserves it. i heard that he was somehow getting screwed out of shoe royalties, which couldve been a simple mistake or known eitherway, i heard he was eventually compensated, but it took his new manager to figure this out. so he was trying to decide what to do, you know leave his options open. him and jamie are pretty close and im sure there were many talks etc, but this was so long ago and nothing happend so i assumed it blew over and he decided to stay with fallen and zero. i even thought he may try to start his own board co, which i think would be stupid. DC just flat out sucks, fallen at least is run by skateboarders, but DC does have deeper pockets and chris has been killing it and deserves really whatever he can get in my opinion, he is obviously one of the hardest working professional skateboarders. so i could see him going to DC, and really i dont care what he does, but i'd like to see him stay on fallen and zero for sure. i just wanted to chime in because most people write this off as complete bullshit when in fact it is quite possible or at least was. this is pretty uncomfortable subject to bring up, espeically because cheif posts here quite frequently and of course i did not hear this straight from him or cole so for all i know its not 100% true.