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talking about nike here is quite off topic, but they way you guys dish skate shoes is sad. nuff said.
How is that off topic?
Btw, I think I was like 16 when I wore my last pair of pumas. If yall hold that against us you're regular.
We were kids that didn't know better.
My point in this entirely is that we need to keep the outsiders out. If you've been listening it's shops bitching about mall stores, which are outsiders. It's companies out of nowhere selling blanks, undercutting respectable skate companies. Again, outsiders invading. The two need eachother and if there is not some type of order or brotherhood than people will continue to try to make that fast buck. If there is some type of group, maybe even the iasc (yes I said that) that will work in unison under strict guidelines than certain individuals will be held accountable for their actions. And when I say iasc I'm also thinking reps from major distributions and shops. As long as both sides are equally represented than it could potentially be fair.
I tend to agree with this- and, that does seem to be the concensus. That, the "outside" investors (Kohls, Target, Dick's Sporting Goods.... maybe Nike.... etc, etc) need to be shown the door. We need to get back, at some point, to skaters supporting skaters.
However, I have a question. Insofar as IASC is concerned.... are these guys even skaters, anymore? Swank, Boyle, etc? I haven't seen anything in years that would indicate that they skate. Not that they don't; I just don't know.
The point is: If they don't, should/could we consider IASC another form of "outsider"? Or, does a guy that "used to skate, but is too busy running a business to stay involved in the sport" count as a "skater"?
Ideally, we'd be buying skateboards, made by skaters, from shops and distributors that are run by skaters.
I don't know about you guys, but that would be a pretty comfortable situation for me to get on board with. I'd support a fellow skater over a non-skater, any day.