It isn't abnormal for people to get free stuff from former sponsors after they're no longer pro. This doesn't mean that Daryl is on a come back or anything remotely close to it, because he'd have to do some heavy PR work along with some outstanding skateboarding to compliment it. We're all aware that his skateboarding has been going down hill for a while, and he was lucky that he was able to coast on Habitat and Nike for as long as he did. His last legit part was that D.A.R.Y.L. part that was released on Thrasher a year or so ago, and the comments are riddled with the same sort of "lazy/ easy trick skating" a la home stretch Pappalardo coupled with straight character assassination type shit.