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Bobbys mommy and daddy will buy him a place on the team like with cons. They are filthy rich
I love how people say this as if he couldn’t get on whatever company. Are you completely oblivious to how talented he is? If 90 percent of us had rich ass parents it wouldn’t just make us amazing at skating haha
bobby's dad is a musician. making a career out of that is pretty similar to skating. some starving artist syndrome shit. respect.
His family is wealthy. But, I don't think its some generational wealth. Tons of skaters have grown up loaded like CK1, Wes, and Vinny Ponte. Its pretty damn clear like Cory and Wes, Bobby is successful on his own merit given his skill. To be respected as a skateboarder you don't have to grow up in a dysfuncational family like Carroll, sleep at EMB like Isuck or grow up in horrifying poverty like Stevie. Respect to those guys for persevering, but no need to belittle people who didn't come up in troubled times and just loved the shit out of skateboarding and got amazing at it.
For your consideration I never said anything about his skating. I like it. But this reminds me of Louie on FA, he is the best, can get on anything and chooses where his friends are, cool, even if he don't fit there aestheticially imo. Dobby bk on the other hand. Does he even skate with the quaaiy guys? Other than on cons trips? Nope. I feel like the money has helped him to get coverage. His first appearance was in that TV show and it gave his parents to make connections with the skate industry.. I'm not sure but this move just doesn't seem organic and it's a little bit forced too. Does quasi need Bobby or does Bobby need quasi more?
Quasi is stacked.
You do know that reality TV is fake right? They set up a meeting to try to get him on POWER SHOES (a nothing company) likely because the writers of the show deemed it a good story. Do you understand how rich you'd need to be to influence a large corporation like Converse? Better yet, do you realize how high risk it would be to try to get on an elite team through your parent's influence? He would get blacklisted from the industry so fast and just be another Canadian cursed with a Blind sponsorship.
The truth is, he may have had some advantages. I don't know if he ever needed to get a job or not, but it seemed like he was able to pursue skateboarding full-time. That being said, I know plenty of guys who were basically poor and did the same....but they didn't "make it". It ultimately comes down to being really good at skateboarding and being smart about which companies you back. Getting on habitat was probably the biggest thing that helped open up doors but that first step easily could have never happened (I think Habitat was half unsure about whether they wanted him or not and then he eventually put out that Blue Tile part and that pushed him over the edge).
Your version of his story is the opinion of someone who hasn't grasped how the real world works, or you've just never given any deeper thought into what you're actually saying.