so lakai will give a colorway to a guy without a board sponsor but huf dropped ryan lay entirely because he wasnt on a big enough board sponsor.
i've never really been convinced that that's the whole story behind ryan lay getting the boot from huf. apparently jason celaya over at welcome rubs some people the wrong way, and i wouldn't be surprised if huf simply chose not to be associated with them. around the same time huf released a joey pepper/expedition one version of the pepper pro, and i wouldn't exactly say that expedition one was a "big enough" board sponsor.
as far as lakai giving colorways to guys without a board sponsor, look no further than...although i do think tommy sandoval was on zero...