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Quote from: Turtle Boy on March 21, 2017, 11:24:42 AMExpand QuoteQuote from: Nancy Chin The Manicurist on March 21, 2017, 10:57:04 AMExpand QuoteQuote from: micky682 on March 21, 2017, 10:50:05 AMExpand QuoteDidn't Polar start because Pontus had money from Converse aka Nike?[close]may have been Carhartt[close]Polar (Converse)/Palace(adidas)/Fucking Awesome(vans) wouldn't have expanded so fast without big shoe company salaries. Nick Jensen being on Nike and Shier working for adidas doesn't hurt either to run Isle.If you and most of your riders at getting a good pay and benefit from big companies exposure, it's free advertising and less stress on paying yourself or your riders. [close]Nick Jensen was still on lakai for a while after isle started, but yeah, I'm not going to nit-pick because everything else you said was accurate.
Quote from: Nancy Chin The Manicurist on March 21, 2017, 10:57:04 AMExpand QuoteQuote from: micky682 on March 21, 2017, 10:50:05 AMExpand QuoteDidn't Polar start because Pontus had money from Converse aka Nike?[close]may have been Carhartt[close]Polar (Converse)/Palace(adidas)/Fucking Awesome(vans) wouldn't have expanded so fast without big shoe company salaries. Nick Jensen being on Nike and Shier working for adidas doesn't hurt either to run Isle.If you and most of your riders at getting a good pay and benefit from big companies exposure, it's free advertising and less stress on paying yourself or your riders. [close]
Quote from: micky682 on March 21, 2017, 10:50:05 AMExpand QuoteDidn't Polar start because Pontus had money from Converse aka Nike?[close]may have been Carhartt[close]
Didn't Polar start because Pontus had money from Converse aka Nike?[close]
make your own meat spin!
^^ It'd be quite sad for Carroll and Rickk to be mad at someone for going to Nike for those reasons. There is no need to accept a lower quality of life just to ride for a "skater owned" shoe company.