WKND announces first PRO board (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fagYhXWqPVY#)Fixed thanks. Phone slap is harder than I thought.
It's a guest model. This has been Grant's desire for WKND all along. Watch their skate talk episode...
Is this a guest board? I know he was supposed to be doing something with Guy, but he's on the WKND team page: http://wkndbrand.com/team (http://wkndbrand.com/team)Expand QuoteIt's a guest model. This has been Grant's desire for WKND all along. Watch their skate talk episode...[close]
I wonder if Krooked was extremely prescient and predicted the death of deck teams and guest boards being the norm. I know it's just Koston right now doing it, but considering the current crop of pros w/o any rush to get back on a company, could be an interesting time for some Key Party level weird collabos
Also, wish Krooked would do more Guest boards (can't bring myself to do the Gonz typo thing)
When you have the comfort of those nike checks you can take the time to help out your friends' growing brand.
Great way to distroy a great brand having this social media kook on
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But when's the last time he kooked out?� Seems almost trivial in this post Gippergate world
Expand QuoteExpand QuoteGreat way to distroy a great brand having this social media kook on[close]
But when's the last time he kooked out?� Seems almost trivial in this post Gippergate world[close]
Adding socks to shoes, what happens when your sock on your Nike gets a hole in it and stinky and crusty?
Wknd dudes are funny but koston thinks that he's funny, he's so cringe worthy, dude went from legend down hill as soon as he was on Instagram, actually since he brought that fart filled skate warehouse with scientologest
Where will Guy go? I'd rather have him back on Girl than s0vRn. Hell I would rather have him on Primitive than s0vRnHe went to Hawaii with AVE and FA a while ago, they were saying if he wanted to be on he could. It's been a while, but he's real cool with AVE, they bonded over both becoming sober and shit, I wouldn't be surprised if Guy ended up on FA, even though it's been a couple of months of speculation.
That video, cringe worthy all around, not even remotely funny.What DO you like the
I had zero interest in the brand prior, but now I'll never buy a wknd product (let alone a Koston one).
Portions of the skate industry need to die.
Isn't raymond molinar pro?
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Exactly. This has to be a slap to the face
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Exactly. This has to be a slap to the face[close]
doesnt he like half own the company? it was probably his decision to not be pro
can't believe people think he's really on the team...
Here's my opinion of how it went / will go down.
Grant and Koston are friends and work together on a lot of projects, Grant also films for Nike.
Koston and Guy are starting a brand, but it takes time to start a brand.
Grant came up with the idea of Koston riding for WKND in the interim, offering him a pro board which would sell and he would be able to collect royalties. Also this will increase demand for WKND and allow them to start ordering more boards. Basically a jumpstart to their already strong sales. All in all it's a favor from Koston because Grant benefits way more than Koston does.
I bet Koston will have several WKND boards.
Once Koston and Guy's company is fully running, Koston will leave WKND and Grant will make another funny video about that.
WKND will have a little increase in brand loyalty so their sales levels will remain higher after Koston leaves.
Also once Austyn is fully on there will be a video about that. I hope they tie in the Koston / Austyn thing, could be a funny video.
Austyn Prediction: Rest of the year to film a full part. Koston leaves. Austyn on + part drop.
Here's my opinion of how it went / will go down.I feel the same way. Just some free advertising advice but they should make a commerical saying they fucked up in the printing of the boards it was suppose to say ASTN instead of KSTN.
Grant and Koston are friends and work together on a lot of projects, Grant also films for Nike.
Koston and Guy are starting a brand, but it takes time to start a brand.
Grant came up with the idea of Koston riding for WKND in the interim, offering him a pro board which would sell and he would be able to collect royalties. Also this will increase demand for WKND and allow them to start ordering more boards. Basically a jumpstart to their already strong sales. All in all it's a favor from Koston because Grant benefits way more than Koston does.
I bet Koston will have several WKND boards.
Once Koston and Guy's company is fully running, Koston will leave WKND and Grant will make another funny video about that.
WKND will have a little increase in brand loyalty so their sales levels will remain higher after Koston leaves.
Also once Austyn is fully on there will be a video about that. I hope they tie in the Koston / Austyn thing, could be a funny video.
Austyn Prediction: Rest of the year to film a full part. Koston leaves. Austyn on + part drop.
i enjoyed the video. koston is a kook, but i had a smile on my face the whole time. especially seeing that photo of him and johan on the board.
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Are you comfortable with talking about your board sponsor status?
There�s not much that I�m going to give you on that end right now. There�s an �under construction� sign hanging on it. Right now I�m just trying to find some other sponsors to tide me over for a little while. I�ve talked to Grant Yansura over at WKND to see if he can do something for me in the meantime, then Brad Staba over at Skate Mental. I might two-time both of those guys and ride for both of them just to supplement me until I get this thing off the ground.
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http://theridechannel.com/features/2016/02/eric-koston-interview-2016 (http://theridechannel.com/features/2016/02/eric-koston-interview-2016)
WKND'sFirstSecond Pro - Eric Koston
WKND's First Pro - Sloane Peterson
Are you comfortable with talking about your board sponsor status?Well, the good thing about this is that if he needs two board sponsors, then he needs twice as many boards, which means he's out skating a lot and being incredibly productive. Based on this irrefutable logic, he'll be putting out lots of entertaining video parts. So this is excellent news.
There�s not much that I�m going to give you on that end right now. There�s an �under construction� sign hanging on it. Right now I�m just trying to find some other sponsors to tide me over for a little while. I�ve talked to Grant Yansura over at WKND to see if he can do something for me in the meantime, then Brad Staba over at Skate Mental. I might two-time both of those guys and ride for both of them just to supplement me until I get this thing off the ground.
http://theridechannel.com/features/2016/02/eric-koston-interview-2016 (http://theridechannel.com/features/2016/02/eric-koston-interview-2016)
If it is just a temporary thing (which i think it is) its pretty dope of Koston considering he's been a sour douche the past several years (over the internet, at least.)
Supporting a homies brand and helping them make it bigger is cooler then skating a gold board or one with a fucking question mark on it for a year
this got me hyped about the whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M)
this got me hyped about the whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M)
lolExpand Quotethis got me hyped about the whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M)[close]
Hmmm, well that was rad.
He's still a fairly decent skater.
in terms of actual tricks and difficulty or whatever, no, definitely not.Expand Quotethis got me hyped about the whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTi8T5EdG3M)[close]
Better than his damn Chronicles part
Expand Quotecan't believe people think he's really on the team...[close]
If you click on the link on the wknd site it has a Vimeo ofthey missed:allmost of his parts throughout his career. Logged almost a full hour of footy at a high level that's damn impressive
Not to derail the conversation, but does anyone think Thrasher's media silence on the issue is odd? Is it because Transworld broke the news?
bahahah that skit was too good, reminded me of the old weekendtages.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.
So now they'll announce the Molinar, Taylor, Stuckey pro models?
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Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
Can't believe Koston refers to a fs hc flip as a fakie fs flip.
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Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
Can't believe Koston refers to a fs hc flip as a fakie fs flip.[close]
he is surelly a poser!
ban him from skateboarding because of that!
Saw that as well, I think most people over a certain age who have been skating as long as he has know better but that's weird that he called it that.Expand Quotehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
Can't believe Koston refers to a fs hc flip as a fakie fs flip.
he also still pushes switch mongoSaw that as well, I think most people over a certain age who have been skating as long as he has know better but that's weird that he called it that.Expand QuoteExpand Quotehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
Can't believe Koston refers to a fs hc flip as a fakie fs flip.[close]
http://wkndbrand.com/team (http://wkndbrand.com/team)
still on the teampage
So now they'll announce theMolinarAustyn, Taylor, Stuckey pro models?
I call em that to, always have. maybe Im just old.Expand Quotehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
Can't believe Koston refers to a fs hc flip as a fakie fs flip.
lol ^ didnt he already go from pro to am once before? maybe im thinking of someone else, but that'd be hilarious if he did it twice in a career.your absolutely right he did it once for habitat when he turned pro for popwar. In his defense though he felt it was premature since the company was ending soon. Ben raybourn done the same thing with 1031 and slave. greg lutzka did it too
i thought this whole koston thing was that he was gonna be on wknd for one weekend...
I call em that to, always have. maybe Im just old.Expand QuoteExpand Quotehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
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Expand QuoteI call em that to, always have. maybe Im just old.Expand QuoteExpand Quotehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
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I call them that too. Cabs are backside
Expand QuoteExpand QuoteI call em that to, always have. maybe Im just old.Expand QuoteExpand Quotehttps://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/p/BE7hfXPu3hf/?taken-by=erickoston&hl=en)
Kids callin' Koston out, hahaha.[close]
Can't believe Koston refers to a fs hc flip as a fakie fs flip.[close][close]
I call them that too. Cabs are backside[close]
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Mike Carroll & Jacob Rosenberg: The Library Line, Trick Names, Ternasky! Weekend Buzz ep. 108 pt. 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdpcfcc6Lw#)
FUCKING TURN JOHAN PRO ALREADY FUCK
Don't know if it was good marketing on WKND's part or what but out of 20 skaters I saw at the skatepark on Fri, saw 2 Koston WKND boards. Can't even remember the last time I saw a Koston board before Fri.