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Title: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: TwisT on February 05, 2023, 08:56:56 AM
In the wake of all the dwindle cuts. Darkstar and blind didn’t seem to have any drama. I wonder if they are just more profitable or if their contracts are up later in the year.

Anyway good for him. I hope he can at least quit FedEx now

https://youtu.be/zgDr-5oY5rc
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: swellbowed on February 05, 2023, 08:59:50 AM
In the wake of all the dwindle cuts. Darkstar and blind didn’t seem to have any drama. I wonder if they are just more profitable or if their contracts are up later in the year.

Anyway good for him. I hope he can at least quit FedEx now

https://youtu.be/zgDr-5oY5rc
Coming to a Walmart near you
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Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: fredgallSOTY on February 05, 2023, 09:02:03 AM
fake steez champion
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Lou Strux on February 05, 2023, 09:18:30 AM
I have so many questions.

•Why scuttle enjoi, only to add more pros (& cost?) elsewhere under the Dwindle tent?
•Is Darkstar being spared because of their existing sales network of large scale sporting goods & toy store chains, whereas enjoi was more of a skateshop type of brand w/ less volume?
•Is it awkward being turned pro in a chain restaurant? Would Applebees or an Outback Steakhouse be more or less so?
•Does you think this guy feels bad about going pro when so many of his fellow “independent contractors” were just axed by the same Corp?
•Having just turned pro for Darkstar, is this dude’s hopes for a financially productive skating career basically over now?
•Has anybody with some smarts counseled this guy to hang onto that FedEx job as his main gig?
And finally…
•Who?!?
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: doublesteveburger on February 05, 2023, 09:39:55 AM
yo I’m happy for you or also I’m sorry that happened
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: TwisT on February 05, 2023, 09:47:31 AM
Dwindle already had berdis decks in the catalog under “new pro” . I assume this decision was made way before. My guess is contracts are up at a different time. Blind did drop Cody Mac, Jordan Maxham, and TJ late last year, then everyone told them dropping TJ was dumb. TJ isn’t on the site, but I think he did resolve

Still currently darkstar has the biggest pro roster on a dwindle brand.
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Madam, I'm Adam on February 05, 2023, 10:09:24 AM
Who

No really, who
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: eranka on February 05, 2023, 10:12:23 AM
He does look like a guy that would skate Darkstar boards even if he wasn't sponsored by them
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: dannyprovolone on February 05, 2023, 10:26:31 AM
soty
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Tom Pearl on February 05, 2023, 10:31:17 AM
He's no Mike Hastie i'll tell u that much
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Magnolia on February 05, 2023, 10:41:08 AM
He does look like a guy that would skate Darkstar boards even if he wasn't sponsored by them
I've seen some clips of him skating my local and he also has a Darkstar trick selection
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: tadej Pog on February 05, 2023, 10:59:58 AM
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Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: formula420 on February 05, 2023, 12:16:01 PM
he skates for autobahn?  didnt know they were still a thing.  he had 97a wheels, anyone tested them?
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: HaveFunSkateboarding on February 05, 2023, 12:24:45 PM
He’s from Erie, Pa (I’m from the Pittsburgh area). So, us skaters from the area obviously know who he is and have always rooted for him. He rips and skates/works hard. His trick selection might not be everyone’s cup of tea but he’s talented and fits Darkstar like a glove.
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: mynameisnotjeff on February 05, 2023, 12:54:57 PM
Pro as… who the F
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Pipe Dreamer on February 05, 2023, 01:05:55 PM
Pro as… who the F
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Southernmost on February 05, 2023, 01:14:14 PM
fake steez champion

The landing on that Nollie big heel tail stall 😂 I wish that fakesteez insta page was still active.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cnz0Ufurvq2/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: friendly dave on February 05, 2023, 02:39:22 PM
yo I’m happy for you or also I’m sorry that happened
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: PatrickSkateman on February 05, 2023, 02:44:30 PM
Working f/t while being pro for Darkstar really isn’t a bad deal. Good for him.
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: Coastal Fever on February 05, 2023, 05:32:49 PM
He really put the hurtis on that warehouse skatepark.
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: SneakySecrets on February 05, 2023, 06:03:13 PM
A world in which Mike Berdis isn’t pro for Darkstar is now unrecognizable to me.  The truth is now locked in, may I kiss you?
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: skate_or_dingus on February 05, 2023, 06:48:39 PM
 Oh jesus I'm so sorry for you Michael.
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: håkanhellström on February 07, 2023, 08:54:07 AM
First time hearing existence of this gentleman and i dont like his skating. He have big chris joslin swag and that is not coolest maneuver to have. But i really hope he is happy and enjoy his life<3
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: donkey on February 07, 2023, 09:08:28 AM
hahah he skates like a darkstar rider thats crazy. the fake steez is so legit as well lmfao
Title: Re: Mike berdis pro for darkstar
Post by: ashthrower on February 07, 2023, 10:03:12 AM
yo I’m happy for you or also I’m sorry that happened

this was fucking hilarious

also, this dude was termed the king of fake steeze however many years ago by the now-defunct account, it is pretty funny that he ended up pro for darkstar. i wouldn't say he was a complete nobody, at least for the many ppl that followed the fakesteeze account