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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: Dooky-shoes on March 23, 2022, 06:19:40 PM
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Primitive has gone too far. Megadeth? What the fuck
At least their other collabs were relevant to their fanbase.
Next up DGK doing a Pantera collab
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Primitive has gone too far. Megadeth? What the fuck
At least their other collabs were relevant to their fanbase.
Next up DGK doing a Pantera collab
Right cause kikkoman was super relevant
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Primitive has gone too far. Megadeth? What the fuck
At least their other collabs were relevant to their fanbase.
Next up DGK doing a Pantera collab
Right cause kikkoman was super relevant
Relevant to their fanbase.
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I think they have a pretty big fanbase of people who just like to collect shit. So they will probably be fine.
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wearing merch of bands you don’t listen to sounds exactly like Primitive’s fanbase
some Kardashian wearing Slayer shirts kinda shit
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
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Good for primitive, raking in that money. They have their niche in skateboarding. That being said, I think they are corny as fuck and definitely won’t buy anything from them.
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Whattya mean I don’t believe in P-Rod, talk to him everyday..
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I'm a simple man, I like Megadeth and Primitive.
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Whattya mean I don’t believe in P-Rod, talk to him everyday..
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honestly i’m just impressed megadeth could pull off a deal with a company as big as primitive. this is the most relevant they’ve been in 25 years
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they're about to come up with a Zildjian collab and I think... they've finally gotten me.
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Primitive has gone too far. Megadeth? What the fuck
At least their other collabs were relevant to their fanbase.
Next up DGK doing a Pantera collab
Right cause kikkoman was super relevant
hahaha!
GMO soy bean gains son
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Core sells but whos buying
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So I’m gonna get a heavily discounted megadeth shirt on zumiez in 6 months
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The T2 collab was out of left field, but I have to admit it wasn’t the worst idea. Same with the Mr Rogers neighbourhood collection.
Primitive still doesn’t strongly appeal to me, but it’s getting more palatable and the team is overshadowing the image. I was eyeing wade’s night of the jaguar deck awhile back.
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they're about to come up with a Zildjian collab and I think... they've finally gotten me.
That’s actually rad, but if they do a Paiste collab I’m in
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The only piece of Primitive clothing that's on my radar rn is that Terminator 2 puffy jacket and I went to go buy it during their flash sale but they didn't have anything larger than a L.
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If only Consolidated did a collab with something besides an inflated sense of superiority they might still be around
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When you want to skate Spenny and Wade decks with those tasty Ventures but you don’t have $115 for some Naruto bullshit.
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I get where you’re coming from but if it was a shoe company nobody would care as much. Not really sure the correlation between Lakai x Black Sabbath, Vans x Slayer, Nike SB x Gundam or Etnies x Colt 45 are but they all exist
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I get where you’re coming from but if it was a shoe company nobody would care as much. Not really sure the correlation between Lakai x Black Sabbath, Vans x Slayer, Nike SB x Gundam or Etnies x Colt 45 are but they all exist
Speaking of Colt 45, no less than Billy D. Williams, himself, once confided in me that Colt 45 does NOT, in fact, work every time.
True story.
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P-Rod is a talented kook and Dave Mustaine is a talented kook what is not to get?
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I get where you’re coming from but if it was a shoe company nobody would care as much. Not really sure the correlation between Lakai x Black Sabbath, Vans x Slayer, Nike SB x Gundam or Etnies x Colt 45 are but they all exist
Lakai and Pacifico. Maybe the ever successful trunk boys will make a comeback.
I’ll say this. The primitive team is perhaps the best out there. Honestly stacked with talent. I don’t own anything primitive and don’t pay enough attention to all the collabs. Just saw the Pacifico Lakais at the local.
Carlos Ribiero is gonna out out some serious material this year. Miles is consistent. I like Frankie. PRod feels like he’s up to something. Tiago … them Brazilian rippers. Spencer. I’m sure I forgot someone. Miles Silva.
However both can exist. Being stacked and solid specific to team while absolutely rubbish in the product / design / style. But a bunch of old dudes on slap are probably not the best measure of what is cool.
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However both can exist. Being stacked and solid specific to team while absolutely rubbish in the product / design / style. But a bunch of old dudes on slap are probably not the best measure of what is cool.
Has there been any other teams as talented that have the same product situation?
They remind me of a mid/late 90s brand with they cartoon graphics. Like Shortys, DNA, Angel Boy, fucking golden state wheel company. Shit that the prod would’ve grew up on
The constant collabs definitely don’t help them fly under the radar
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their boards are good. so there's that. i like the team, the videos, and the bloards.
and also i really don't care about any of these recent collaborations they are doing.
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Four horsemen>>>>>>mechanix
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How is this topic still going
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Primitive is the Forever 21 of skateboarding
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The post Op recovery video of Giovanni whatever his surname is was quite frankly the least original/inspiring edit that could've been released in god knows how long.... not like its something uncommon so many skateboarders have that injury, why they bothered is beyond me.
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
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Core sells but whos buying
Hahahaha
Mean while Palace is doing cars with AMG Mercedes Hahahaha.
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Same reason why they have Franky Villani on the team.
If they put another fresh\tech skater on the team or they make a Wu-Tang or Snoop Dogg collaboration it would be too obvious.
This way they expand their clients ( this is a business after all ).
I think its a smart move.
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I am still waiting for the Primitive X Dulcolax collab
Shit's gonna hit the fan
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbeffdeLJ00
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
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Word on slap is that primitive is able to to treat their riders well, of course they aren't the ones raking in the money from Naruto collabs.
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Keep doing the collabs P-Rod.
People don't realize that it's companies like Nike that make money off skateboarders and then spend that money on corporate shit like their jock sports programs. (The Janoski is one of the best selling shoes of all time at Nike, if you think they invested all that back into the skate program you're a moron x 1000000)
Primitive doing collabs with random ass shit allows them to bring more money into skateboarding by selling lots of product to non-skateboarders. This is a good thing.
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
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Word on slap is that primitive is able to to treat their riders well, of course they aren't the ones raking in the money from Naruto collabs.
those collabs will make the company more stable and therefore its paying back to the riders in a big way.
more money = more pro model drops a year.
primitive does have the marketing for it for me not to care while habitat and their wannabe ecological guitar playing white people allowed marketing doesnt. its like not getting mad at mcdonalds that they use plastic toys in the happy meal but when subway does it you think they are fake.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbeffdeLJ00
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
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Word on slap is that primitive is able to to treat their riders well, of course they aren't the ones raking in the money from Naruto collabs.
Oh I believe that Primitive treats their riders well
my only point is that if the company gets X amount of money for a collab, that doesn't mean the money for people who ride for primitive goes up X amount.
The benefits to the riders are (as someone above mentioned) indirect, as Primitive being more financially sound and stable allows them to do more things that benefit the riders. My only point is that the lions share of money, will always go to the founders.
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Four horsemen>>>>>>mechanix
first mistake... last mistake.
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primitive x dbz was like printing money. loved that collab. if they did a street fighter collab id buy it (i bought one of the huf boards)
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Even if you've never listened to a megadeth album, you're familiar with what constitutes their album covers which have been consistent. I'd argue that they're one of the best branded bands because of that. The Prod is just printing money again.
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P-Rod praying into his hat for the downfall of all the haters in this thread
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The hoodie is acceptable, I'd probably wear it. And as mentioned before, who cares about their dumb merch ideas when their team is stacked the way it is?
honestly i’m just impressed megadeth could pull off a deal with a company as big as primitive. this is the most relevant they’ve been in 25 years
They got a grammy for their last album, still waiting on the new one though.
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
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Even if you've never listened to a megadeth album, you're familiar with what constitutes their album covers which have been consistent. I'd argue that they're one of the best branded bands because of that. The Prod is just printing money again.
Megadeth has a classic aesthetic and is a great band(i walked away after countdown but still love their stuff)
Primtive has a classic team and great brand.
I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum in the skateboarding world but i back them. Looks like they all truly enjoy skating and i watch everything they put out.
I bet they were pushing for metallica but couldn’t get licensing. Metallica and zumiez are a match made in heaven.
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
on top of that you dont have to worry about if they have the means to increase your salary in future, renew your contract, have your pay cheque in time, or even worry that they are going to be in buesiness (reality for majority of brands out these days especailly newer ones). also more likely they are going to have a spot there for you whne you retire from skating. hate to say it but frog and last resort may not be around in a few years.
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I just got a Kidz Sportz MegaDeth board from the 80's. I definitely prefer it to the primitive stuff
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This guy at work for our Christmas party gave me a DBZ primitive shirt. He buys a ton of the Naruto shit
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
compare the slice of profit from that board recieved by the rider, and the amount recieved by the management
thats all i mean
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Speaking of DGK, they just made this Street Soldier deck for Henry Sanchez which I totally dig.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1743/8407/products/LENGIF_1800x1800.gif?v=1647042278)
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Core sells but whos buying
Collabing is my Business, and Business is Good
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
another thing.... if your name is on a board you get a percentage of BOARD sales of YOUR BOARD. I would go out on a limb and guess that primitive makes a lot more from clothing sales, than from boards. and riders dont get a percentage of that, right?
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not a big primitive fan and i think some of the collabs are kooky, BUT from a biz standpoint, what they're doing is appealing to a larger customer base than just skateboarders. People who don't skate bought the DBZ shit. People that don't skate will buy the Megadeath stuff. I've always thought that about skate shoe companies, and why I never was against Etnies or DC. What, only skateboarders wear size 9? Obviously, they are designed for skating/skateboarders, but at the end of the day, most people have 2 feet.
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I get where you’re coming from but if it was a shoe company nobody would care as much. Not really sure the correlation between Lakai x Black Sabbath, Vans x Slayer, Nike SB x Gundam or Etnies x Colt 45 are but they all exist
True story.
You drank malt liquor with Lando Calrissian?
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Has anyone brought up that bullshit where it looks like people are trying to dance with a skateboard? I'm not talking flatground, I mean like some other bullshit
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Speaking of DGK, they just made this Street Soldier deck for Henry Sanchez which I totally dig.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1743/8407/products/LENGIF_1800x1800.gif?v=1647042278)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZOpRHlX.jpg)
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Speaking of DGK, they just made this Street Soldier deck for Henry Sanchez which I totally dig.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1743/8407/products/LENGIF_1800x1800.gif?v=1647042278)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZOpRHlX.jpg)
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(https://webringjustice.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/sanchez03.jpg)
(https://webringjustice.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/sanchez01.jpg)
Henry was first.
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Even if you've never listened to a megadeth album, you're familiar with what constitutes their album covers which have been consistent. I'd argue that they're one of the best branded bands because of that. The Prod is just printing money again.
Megadeth has a classic aesthetic and is a great band(i walked away after countdown but still love their stuff)
Primtive has a classic team and great brand.
I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum in the skateboarding world but i back them. Looks like they all truly enjoy skating and i watch everything they put out.
I bet they were pushing for metallica but couldn’t get licensing. Metallica and zumiez are a match made in heaven.
Metallica collaborates with Vans occasionally. It’s all been limited, ie no mall store releases. Makes sense as James actually skated for a little while….Also love Megadeth’s aesthetic. I agree with the output after ‘countdown’ although Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings had some gems.
It is weird that Dave Mustaine went from doing MTV specials for the 1992 Democratic Convention to now being an Alex Jones type hardcore right winger, but Primitive prob doesn't care about the politics of the collaborators.
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Speaking of DGK, they just made this Street Soldier deck for Henry Sanchez which I totally dig.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1743/8407/products/LENGIF_1800x1800.gif?v=1647042278)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZOpRHlX.jpg)
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(https://webringjustice.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/sanchez03.jpg)
(https://webringjustice.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/sanchez01.jpg)
Henry was first.
I still can’t believe y’all used to skate bloards shaped like this.
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Speaking of DGK, they just made this Street Soldier deck for Henry Sanchez which I totally dig.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1743/8407/products/LENGIF_1800x1800.gif?v=1647042278)
Got mine.
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Megadeth sounds like a 4kids anime or power rangers oppening. Go listen to Slayer.
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Megadeth sounds like a 4kids anime or power rangers oppening. Go listen to Slayer.
Slayer pretty lame
is it heavy cuz:
Heavy on the war propaganda
Heavy on the racism to people from the Middle East
Heavy on nazi imagery?
Cuz that’s how slayer is
Slayer for bootlickers and marines
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Is it weird that this actually might be the final straw that makes me say fuck Mustaine once and for all? Megadeth has been my favorite band for most of my life but goddamn they're just so unlikeable these days.
At least do your shitty collab with zero or creature. Fucking hell.
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I get where you’re coming from but if it was a shoe company nobody would care as much. Not really sure the correlation between Lakai x Black Sabbath, Vans x Slayer, Nike SB x Gundam or Etnies x Colt 45 are but they all exist
Lakai x sabbath is fine by me because Riley is a well known sabbath fiend that's been doing music shit for years. That one felt more like hero worship. I have a very hard time believing there's anyone on primitive who can name 10 megadeth songs.
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Megadeth sounds like a 4kids anime or power rangers oppening. Go listen to Slayer.
is it heavy cuz:
Heavy on the war propaganda
Heavy on the racism to people from the Middle East
Heavy on nazi imagery?
Cuz that’s how slayer is
Slayer for bootlickers and marines
example?
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
compare the slice of profit from that board recieved by the rider, and the amount recieved by the management
thats all i mean
my man, did you JUST NOW learn how businesses are run and are trying to flex that or what?
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Megadeth sounds like a 4kids anime or power rangers oppening. Go listen to Slayer.
is it heavy cuz:
Heavy on the war propaganda
Heavy on the racism to people from the Middle East
Heavy on nazi imagery?
Cuz that’s how slayer is
Slayer for bootlickers and marines
example?
Did you get that sig from me or did you make your own version? Not hating, Im stoked to see someone else likes it as much as me haha.
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Megadeth sounds like a 4kids anime or power rangers oppening. Go listen to Slayer.
is it heavy cuz:
Heavy on the war propaganda
Heavy on the racism to people from the Middle East
Heavy on nazi imagery?
Cuz that’s how slayer is
Slayer for bootlickers and marines
SLAYER> rest of the big 4
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Enjoi x Kreator Collab dropping this spring
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Enjoi x Kreator Collab dropping this spring
I was thinking welcome x bolt thrower but it’s kinda the same thought
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Megadeth sounds like a 4kids anime or power rangers oppening. Go listen to Slayer.
is it heavy cuz:
Heavy on the war propaganda
Heavy on the racism to people from the Middle East
Heavy on nazi imagery?
Cuz that’s how slayer is
Slayer for bootlickers and marines
isnt dave mustaine alt-right now?
the metal musician to conservative pipeline is real lol
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
compare the slice of profit from that board recieved by the rider, and the amount recieved by the management
thats all i mean
my man, did you JUST NOW learn how businesses are run and are trying to flex that or what?
this is common knowledge, im only posting it because people seem to want to argue with me about it lol
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Maybe it's because SLAP isn't the normal crowd, but I don't quite understand how these collabs between * random intellectual property * and * board company * are such cash cows. I don't think I've ever been at a shop and seen a superhero/ninja turtles/hot sauce x board company board and been like "damn, lemme see THAT one!"
They are generally pretty wack lol. Santa Cruz is probably the worst offender, but Habitat has also done embarrassing collabs with Bob's Burgers and NASA among others. Do they really help keep the lights on that much?
Palace does it and it's cool though. IDK.
The Twin Peaks X Habitat collab gets a pass from me haha.
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The Twin Peaks X Habitat collab gets a pass from me haha.
I might have agreed 10 years ago
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Maybe it's because SLAP isn't the normal crowd, but I don't quite understand how these collabs between * random intellectual property * and * board company * are such cash cows. I don't think I've ever been at a shop and seen a superhero/ninja turtles/hot sauce x board company board and been like "damn, lemme see THAT one!"
They are generally pretty wack lol. Santa Cruz is probably the worst offender, but Habitat has also done embarrassing collabs with Bob's Burgers and NASA among others. Do they really help keep the lights on that much?
Palace does it and it's cool though. IDK.
The Twin Peaks X Habitat collab gets a pass from me haha.
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Even if you've never listened to a megadeth album, you're familiar with what constitutes their album covers which have been consistent. I'd argue that they're one of the best branded bands because of that. The Prod is just printing money again.
Megadeth has a classic aesthetic and is a great band(i walked away after countdown but still love their stuff)
Primtive has a classic team and great brand.
I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum in the skateboarding world but i back them. Looks like they all truly enjoy skating and i watch everything they put out.
I bet they were pushing for metallica but couldn’t get licensing. Metallica and zumiez are a match made in heaven.
It is weird that Dave Mustaine went from doing MTV specials for the 1992 Democratic Convention to now being an Alex Jones type hardcore right winger, but Primitive prob doesn't care about the politics of the collaborators.
You might be on to something.
Watching that road to recovery vid from P-rod. He had a trump biography prominently displayed.
Maybe they met on jan 6th
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Tornado of Souls has the best guitar solo ever
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Even if you've never listened to a megadeth album, you're familiar with what constitutes their album covers which have been consistent. I'd argue that they're one of the best branded bands because of that. The Prod is just printing money again.
Megadeth has a classic aesthetic and is a great band(i walked away after countdown but still love their stuff)
Primtive has a classic team and great brand.
I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum in the skateboarding world but i back them. Looks like they all truly enjoy skating and i watch everything they put out.
I bet they were pushing for metallica but couldn’t get licensing. Metallica and zumiez are a match made in heaven.
It is weird that Dave Mustaine went from doing MTV specials for the 1992 Democratic Convention to now being an Alex Jones type hardcore right winger, but Primitive prob doesn't care about the politics of the collaborators.
Watching that road to recovery vid from P-rod. He had a trump biography prominently displayed.
Maybe they met on jan 6th
A lot of the 90s “fresh” skaters of the 90s are gnarly right wingers too ie: Henry Sanchez
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I think it's dope that they take care of their riders. Raking in that zumiez money.
im not sure you know how companies work
this means more money for the four people who own primitive
not necessarily the riders.
Sure, a company that is raking in more profits MIGHT feel more comfortable paying their riders more
but it doesn't have to be that way, and I would venture a guess, most of these high profile collabs board companies are doing don't end up moving the needle on how much pros are paid.
I don't think that you understand that when you have a deck with your name on it you get a percentage of sales and that when that deck is available in places like Zumiez you will probably sell more of them
compare the slice of profit from that board recieved by the rider, and the amount recieved by the management
thats all i mean
my man, did you JUST NOW learn how businesses are run and are trying to flex that or what?
this is common knowledge, im only posting it because people seem to want to argue with me about it lol
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Is it weird that this actually might be the final straw that makes me say fuck Mustaine once and for all? Megadeth has been my favorite band for most of my life but goddamn they're just so unlikeable these days.
Crush ‘Em was when I bailed. Jock anthem shit
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I really just like only one Megadeth song. Holy Wars.
Mustaine is weird nowadays.
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Maybe it's because SLAP isn't the normal crowd, but I don't quite understand how these collabs between * random intellectual property * and * board company * are such cash cows. I don't think I've ever been at a shop and seen a superhero/ninja turtles/hot sauce x board company board and been like "damn, lemme see THAT one!"
They are generally pretty wack lol. Santa Cruz is probably the worst offender, but Habitat has also done embarrassing collabs with Bob's Burgers and NASA among others. Do they really help keep the lights on that much?
Palace does it and it's cool though. IDK.
The Twin Peaks X Habitat collab gets a pass from me haha.
Doesn't the guy who does Bobs Burgers do board artwork for Habitat already though, I think that is the link for that one. I can't recall his name rn.
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I really just like only one Megadeth song. Holy Wars.
Mustaine is weird nowadays.
Mustaine has always been a crybaby racists kook
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I really just like only one Megadeth song. Holy Wars.
Mustaine is weird nowadays.
I loved them as a kid, but I relistened to the for the first time in forever the other day and it was all pretty bad. Peace Sells and earlier are listenable, the rest of it is trash. Dude sucks as a vocalist
Mustaine has always been a crybaby racists kook
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wearing merch of bands you don’t listen to sounds exactly like Primitive’s fanbase
some Kardashian wearing Slayer shirts kinda shit
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What else would you expect? Primitive is literally the worst company of all time. Sure they "take care of" their team but that is nothing but a ploy to sell more products. The company is run by an old Indian guy and his 24 year old son both who have absolutely no knowledge or background in skateboarding. Also, not one employee I've met from this company has had one good thing to say about their experience working there.
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"What is Primitive Skate? A skateboard company - we make decks." - Paul Rodriguez
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Primitive the anime board company?
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I get where you’re coming from but if it was a shoe company nobody would care as much. Not really sure the correlation between Lakai x Black Sabbath, Vans x Slayer, Nike SB x Gundam or Etnies x Colt 45 are but they all exist
Idk Vans x Slayer isn't too farfetched. A lot of hessians listen to slayer and rock vans. Nike SB has a huge hypebeast following n they do cater to them 1/8 of the time. Hypebeasts like collecting toys including gundam and nike sb has done products appealing to japanese streetwear/design for a while so it kind of makes sense
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Does this mean P-Rod is born again Christian now or what
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Does this mean P-Rod is born again Christian now or what
Wait… are you telling me that the already Christian P-Rod known for praying into his hat has died in order to make way for this newly reborn phoenix of a P-Rod who is still Christian?
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Does this mean P-Rod is born again Christian now or what
the Rodriguez's been down with JC
(https://i.imgur.com/QHaKxTB.jpg)
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I opened this thread thinking it'd be about Ryan Lay going to Primitive. Paul skateboardings Stienbrener
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Does this mean P-Rod is born again Christian now or what
the Rodriguez's been down with JC
(https://i.imgur.com/QHaKxTB.jpg)
JC of un tallboy
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What else would you expect? Primitive is literally the worst company of all time. Sure they "take care of" their team but that is nothing but a ploy to sell more products. The company is run by an old Indian guy and his 24 year old son both who have absolutely no knowledge or background in skateboarding. Also, not one employee I've met from this company has had one good thing to say about their experience working there.
I figure we owe the native american a lot. What happened to them is a travesty and they’ve lended their imagery of dream catchers and headdress’ for tattoos to thousands of white people without imagination.
Let’em have a successful skate company.
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What else would you expect? Primitive is literally the worst company of all time. Sure they "take care of" their team but that is nothing but a ploy to sell more products. The company is run by an old Indian guy and his 24 year old son both who have absolutely no knowledge or background in skateboarding. Also, not one employee I've met from this company has had one good thing to say about their experience working there.
I figure we owe the native american a lot. What happened to them is a travesty and they’ve lended their imagery of dream catchers and headdress’ for tattoos to thousands of white people without imagination.
Let’em have a successful skate company.
Agree with your take on tasteless tattoos and reparations, but I'm pretty sure he meant Indian as in from the southeast Asia subcontinent. Pretty sure it's only ok for actual members of tribes to refer to indigenous ppl as "Indians" at this point
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What else would you expect? Primitive is literally the worst company of all time. Sure they "take care of" their team but that is nothing but a ploy to sell more products. The company is run by an old Indian guy and his 24 year old son both who have absolutely no knowledge or background in skateboarding. Also, not one employee I've met from this company has had one good thing to say about their experience working there.
I figure we owe the native american a lot. What happened to them is a travesty and they’ve lended their imagery of dream catchers and headdress’ for tattoos to thousands of white people without imagination.
Let’em have a successful skate company.
Agree with your take on tasteless tattoos and reparations, but I'm pretty sure he meant Indian as in from the southeast Asia subcontinent. Pretty sure it's only ok for actual members of tribes to refer to indigenous ppl as "Indians" at this point
I thought American Indian was an acceptable/the preferred nomenclature lately if you are referring to the abstract population. Individually, refer to them by their tribal name.
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Maybe it's because SLAP isn't the normal crowd, but I don't quite understand how these collabs between * random intellectual property * and * board company * are such cash cows. I don't think I've ever been at a shop and seen a superhero/ninja turtles/hot sauce x board company board and been like "damn, lemme see THAT one!"
They are generally pretty wack lol. Santa Cruz is probably the worst offender, but Habitat has also done embarrassing collabs with Bob's Burgers and NASA among others. Do they really help keep the lights on that much?
Palace does it and it's cool though. IDK.
The Twin Peaks X Habitat collab gets a pass from me haha.
*disclaimer asm of a zumiez*
definitely sell more Primitive clothing than we do their hard goods. the appeal for these collabs are mostly people who relate to the collab. what i get told by buyers of these is that usually that the designs are a lot better than what's out there for that specific *insert anime or company here*. so i guess more aesthetically pleasing than what you could find at Hot Topic, FYE, Amazon. as for boards, people usually buy these boards as wall decorations, which can probably explain why these specific Primitive boards are made in China rather than BBS or USA. keep in mind, it's mostly not skaters buying these items. some of them don't even know what Primitive is, they just know the collab, it's hot, and it's what people want.
for sure these collabs aren't for skaters, but it helps for brand recognition for Primitive so maybe and it helps both parties make $$$ in the end. i know a couple people who've come back just to buy Primitive the clothing after buying their collab pieces.
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I was curious why everyone in the last season of Cobra Kai was wearing Primitive gear. I’m sure there was some kinda deal there as well.
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What else would you expect? Primitive is literally the worst company of all time. Sure they "take care of" their team but that is nothing but a ploy to sell more products. The company is run by an old Indian guy and his 24 year old son both who have absolutely no knowledge or background in skateboarding. Also, not one employee I've met from this company has had one good thing to say about their experience working there.
Primitive Skateboarding is a skateboard company created by professional skateboarder Paul Rodriguez, Executive Vice President Heath Brinkley, CEO Andy Netkin, and Jubal Jones
I don't see any "Indian". It seems they all are americans. Not like it would be a problem but it sure looks like it does matter to you and it makes you a dork.
You won't find many skateboarders who know how to run a company of that scale.
Prod was smart enough to get help from people outside of skateboarding
Yeah it's corny but it seems successful
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What else would you expect? Primitive is literally the worst company of all time. Sure they "take care of" their team but that is nothing but a ploy to sell more products. The company is run by an old Indian guy and his 24 year old son both who have absolutely no knowledge or background in skateboarding. Also, not one employee I've met from this company has had one good thing to say about their experience working there.
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Primitive Skateboarding is a skateboard company created by professional skateboarder Paul Rodriguez, Executive Vice President Heath Brinkley, CEO Andy Netkin, and Jubal Jones
I don't see any "Indian". It seems they all are americans. Not like it would be a problem but it sure looks like it does matter to you and it makes you a dork.
You won't find many skateboarders who know how to run a company of that scale.
Prod was smart enough to get help from people outside of skateboarding
Yeah it's corny but it seems successful
Created by and run by are two different things. Mitch Bhatia has multiple C suite roles at Primitive, and is Indian.
Not sure why the nationality is actually relevant tho... but I think their main point was that brands tend to lose some integrity as they scale and add corporatize.
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....Wow cool another primitive collab. Bob Marley after Tupac..what's next star wars? Walking dead? big bang theory? Are skate shops really eating this shit up? Can I get the buy 3 decks for $80 ecom special with these? Team signing at "RSQ" aka Tilly's. Shoutout to the "core" shops carrying what Tilly's carry's. Braille more core than primitive? Anyone else sick of all the collabs out there?
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rabble rabble rabble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Why are we here?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=475l85XcGjI
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
Hersch worked at, and is good friends with, the craig crew.
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
Hersch worked at, and is good friends with, the craig crew.
Are you talking about Hershel Baltrotsky? I don’t think he was ever involved with this company.
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Primitive has gone too far. Megadeth? What the fuck
At least their other collabs were relevant to their fanbase.
Next up DGK doing a Pantera collab
As long as they are making profit, they are good. I think you are over analyzing this
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I usually get super mad when people bump old threads like this for no good reason and believe me, I'm still mad, but at least Gay introduced me to that song because of it. In return, I offer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auAAeKLTT0c
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I usually get super mad when people bump old threads like this for no good reason and believe me, I'm still mad, but at least Gay introduced me to that song because of it. In return, I offer:
Damned if you start a redundant thread, damned if you bump one.
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
Hersch worked at, and is good friends with, the craig crew.
As someone who knows the brothers behind Herschel I think youre mistaken. They were both in the indusrty prior to starting the brand regardless.
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
Hersch worked at, and is good friends with, the craig crew.
As someone who knows the brothers behind Herschel I think youre mistaken. They were both in the indusrty prior to starting the brand regardless.
didn’t at least one of them do the graphics for girl in early 2010s?
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
Hersch worked at, and is good friends with, the craig crew.
As someone who knows the brothers behind Herschel I think youre mistaken. They were both in the indusrty prior to starting the brand regardless.
They should start a kiddie skate program à la Element Twigs and call 'em the Herschel Squirts.
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crailtap did a collarboration with Herschel a bag company, didn't even make a bag with skateboard straps, no one making a thread about that
Hersch worked at, and is good friends with, the craig crew.
but why would they even collaborate and not make a product not relevant to skateboarding ?
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I got an Indy bag from Herschel and it has straps……why isn’t anyone talking about THAT……
Well….it could be because it’s uninteresting…….
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Ok. Let’s clear the air here.
Girl Art Dump guy - Herschel Baltrovsky (sp?)
Herschel bag company - brothers Jamie and Lyndon Cormack adopted the name of the town where three generations of their family grew up.
Now we can proceed