Why aren’t Glick and Kader listed as part of the vans team?

[Roast beef]

They are both killing it lately but not getting any shine, I know vans team is stacked but half the team hasn’t really been producing lately But get away with it because they are legends. Anyone else Vans is sleeping on?

[CarbonaNotWax]

I may be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain Vans has a reputation of putting rippers on ice for way to long and losing them. Winkowski was pro for SC for almost a year and Vans didn’t do dick with him, and they lost him to emerica. I’m fairly certain that’s not the only example.

[Coolhats]

B team

[honey island]

B team

yep. b team/north american team


they get paid, and they travel. off the top of my head it's nick michel, kadow, kader, glick, diego todd, brianna, dustin henry, justin henry, beatrice, fabiana delfino, etienne gagne

[Mr_Friend]

Axel Crusher?

North America or Euro team?

[Utopos]

Axel Crusher?

North America or Euro team?

Lizzi flow

[honey island]

Axel Crusher?

North America or Euro team?

eu team with chris pfanner as tm.

[shit_for_brains]

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Axel Crusher?

North America or Euro team?

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eu team with chris pfanner as tm.

Pfanner on the DLX phase out program already?

[honey island]

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Axel Crusher?

North America or Euro team?

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eu team with chris pfanner as tm.

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Pfanner on the DLX phase out program already?

i don't think so, he just had a anti-hero ad in the march issue for thrasher, think it's just vans looking after him a little.

[Lastdudeonthesesh]

Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

[euro tm]

Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

if he gets on vans and glick stays on the b team i’m starting fires

[Szechuan]

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Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

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if he gets on vans and glick stays on the b team i’m starting fires

But brahhhhhhh he's Lizard 2.0!! 😕

[Jacob Gary]

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B team

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yep. b team/north american team


they get paid, and they travel. off the top of my head it's nick michel, kadow, kader, glick, diego todd, brianna, dustin henry, justin henry, beatrice, fabiana delfino, etienne gagne

I think dustin and breanna are canada team.

[the tranny monster]

Chris Russel?

[planman]

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Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

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if he gets on vans and glick stays on the b team i’m starting fires

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But brahhhhhhh he's Lizard 2.0!! 😕

that statement was equally insulting to both skaters

[MOUNTAIN]

Jenkem should do a interview with the employee/intern in charge of editing these "team pages"

[Francis Xavier]

Jenkem should do a interview with the employee/intern in charge of editing these "team pages"

They should follow it up with interviews with the people that still check skate company websites...do any of them have interesting shit like the old Toy Machine,Shorty's or TSA websites?

[honey island]

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Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

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if he gets on vans and glick stays on the b team i’m starting fires

i know it's odd, but getting on the b team isn't some pathway to get in the big dog team. that team is insanely hard to get on.

[TurdyBird]

I may be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain Vans has a reputation of putting rippers on ice for way to long and losing them. Winkowski was pro for SC for almost a year and Vans didn’t do dick with him, and they lost him to emerica. I’m fairly certain that’s not the only example.

This leaves me curious as to why Kader left for Vans b team, while Winkowski left b squad for pro emerica team.

[DannyDee]

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Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

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if he gets on vans and glick stays on the b team i’m starting fires

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i know it's odd, but getting on the b team isn't some pathway to get in the big dog team. that team is insanely hard to get on.

I would have thought Justin Henry was on track to fully get on, considering he had footage and was listed as a rider in Spinning Away. He's the only one of them who had that.

[TurdyBird]

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Henry Gartland seems to be in the same “b team” position. Hopefully they come out with a cool video project introducing some of the new blood

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if he gets on vans and glick stays on the b team i’m starting fires

[close]

i know it's odd, but getting on the b team isn't some pathway to get in the big dog team. that team is insanely hard to get on.

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I would have thought Justin Henry was on track to fully get on, considering he had footage and was listed as a rider in Spinning Away. He's the only one of them who had that.

I was thinking the same thing but there aren't any ams listed in general.

[honey island]

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I may be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain Vans has a reputation of putting rippers on ice for way to long and losing them. Winkowski was pro for SC for almost a year and Vans didn’t do dick with him, and they lost him to emerica. I’m fairly certain that’s not the only example.

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This leaves me curious as to why Kader left for Vans b team, while Winkowski left b squad for pro emerica team.

because he is getting paid at vans. he wasn't at emerica.

[heckler]

I thought for sure Justin Henry was on the real team, as well, but I haven't seen him in any Vans ads beyond his Spinning Away appearance. Hm.

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I may be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain Vans has a reputation of putting rippers on ice for way to long and losing them. Winkowski was pro for SC for almost a year and Vans didn’t do dick with him, and they lost him to emerica. I’m fairly certain that’s not the only example.

[close]

This leaves me curious as to why Kader left for Vans b team, while Winkowski left b squad for pro emerica team.

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because he is getting paid at vans. he wasn't at emerica.

"bUt bRo, sUpPoRt sK8r oWnEd!"

[TurdyBird]

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I may be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain Vans has a reputation of putting rippers on ice for way to long and losing them. Winkowski was pro for SC for almost a year and Vans didn’t do dick with him, and they lost him to emerica. I’m fairly certain that’s not the only example.

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This leaves me curious as to why Kader left for Vans b team, while Winkowski left b squad for pro emerica team.

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because he is getting paid at vans. he wasn't at emerica.

Yeah thats fair. When I posted that originally, I was coming from a place that now Kader is pro, I wonder if he'd get paid more as an Emerica pro rather than vans b-team pro. It was probably one of those situations where he didn't think he was gonna go pro anytime soon and Vans had money for him regardless.

[rejectpaul]

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I may be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain Vans has a reputation of putting rippers on ice for way to long and losing them. Winkowski was pro for SC for almost a year and Vans didn’t do dick with him, and they lost him to emerica. I’m fairly certain that’s not the only example.

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This leaves me curious as to why Kader left for Vans b team, while Winkowski left b squad for pro emerica team.

[close]

because he is getting paid at vans. he wasn't at emerica.

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Yeah thats fair. When I posted that originally, I was coming from a place that now Kader is pro, I wonder if he'd get paid more as an Emerica pro rather than vans b-team pro. It was probably one of those situations where he didn't think he was gonna go pro anytime soon and Vans had money for him regardless.

I heard rumour that kader  was getting paid more than Eniz and the Euro dudes, it wasn’t from Euro tm so I don’t know how reliable that is...

[Roast beef]

I wonder if he sat at table with the grown ups and shunned the euro guys too just fit in.

[Swithflip]

Every black skater unless Chima is/was b team on vans. Like Bastien and Darrell.

[Pavs323]

Whoever updates and runs their team page has no clue what they’re doing or talking about. I work in a Vans store, and we thought it would be a cool idea to put up some of the bios/pictures of some of the guys on the team. Long story short, their bio for Kyle Walker said “wins a lot of demos,” they still list Chocolate as Berle’s board sponsor, and the funniest one is in the photo they provide for Ronnie Sandoval, he is holding a Lakai shoe.

[oyolar]

Every black skater unless Chima is/was b team on vans. Like Bastien and Darrell.

Didn't know they gave out pro models to the B team.

[UL8]

It's absolutely insane to me that Vans would put Kader on the B-Team. He's one of the most popular and marketable skaters out. I feel like they are just waiting to announce him with a marketing initiative.