I’m legitimately shocked that skateboarding “comic-cons” havent become a thing. Skatercon seems to be taking off in Arizona, but seems to focus more on 80’s vert guys and hellride/punk stuff. Bobby Puleo made a YouTube video documenting the event.
As corny as it sounds I would for sure pay money to attend a skateboarding convention where I could nerd out and buy signed boards/photos. Maybe I’m in the minority.
I mean, it works for tons of industries like Pro Wrestling, Sports, etc. I'm just not sure how into that skaters are. I feel "fanning out" is so negatively viewed within skating, that it puts off the idea of embracing it as a former pro or as a fan wanting to go. Skateboarding has always embraced being counter-culture with "too cool for school" pros, that it almost seems damaging to their image of pros like Heath or EMB guys to embrace this concept.
I do find it surprising how many mid to late 00's pros who came across as complete burnouts did well financially by following their gut and buying Apple Stocks (I believe both Trapasso and Tave did it), and others have somehow stumbled into legitimate Cyrpto early on.