Richest and Poorest Pros

[professor pound cake]

Curren Caples has $$$$$$ his dad was a pro surfer and his mom still does porn I believe

what's the deets on those teets?

[manysnakes]

I just discovered Celebrity Net Worth dot com and some of the answers are interesting.

One of my best friends is a fairly successful musician, and Celebrity Net Worth says he's worth like $2m last I checked. He's a bartender who gets $1.02 checks from Spotify. Nothing on that site should be taken seriously.

[manysnakes]

this is the untold part of the Rocco Story that is the most crucially missed piece in the history of skating outside of the origin of street because nobody wants this knowledge to be known.

Why would this need to be a secret? What incentive would someone like Rocco have not to tell this story?

[elbarto]

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Curren Caples has $$$$$$ his dad was a pro surfer and his mom still does porn I believe

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what's the deets on those teets?

[boi-cuzudo]

Arto Saari looks richer everyday! 

[boi-cuzudo]

Ali Boulala seems well off too

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Hawk has been married four times, it is difficult to believe that alimony hasn’t ripped him a new one

[RichardBarkley]

Hawk has been married four times, it is difficult to believe that alimony hasn’t ripped him a new one

Seriously how think do you have to be to get married... If your the type to jump around relationships like that.

It's basically giving money away

[GuessAgain?]

With the invoices from his new councillor and the share of his monthly wages donated to 'organisations' all on top of that double dipped Craig pay cheque, I'd say Yonnie is in the runnings for the latter.

[Tear Up a Trick]

Hawk has been married four times, it is difficult to believe that alimony hasn’t ripped him a new one

This is the big question.  4 wives versus video games, sponsors, endorsements, contests, product sales, businesses, charities, game shows, and all those Lakai Protos - who come out ahead?

[sometimeperhaps]

You’d hope between wife 2 and 3 he’d get a prenup or something. I’m sure his money manager gave him a heads up.

[TheDraught]

I'm not gonna beat around the bush, anybody got a link to Mrs Caples porn work?

[birdplops]

I found out the other day that Rozi Plain, one of my favourite musicians, earned so little that she didn't have to pay income tax. It bummed me out a ton, but I was able to go to her bandcamp and pay more than I normally would for one of her albums.

How does that translate in the skate world? If I go out of my way to buy a specific pro board, does it make much of a difference?

[Lou Strux]

Richest dude in skateboarding is obvs Cory Kennedy; he had a house on Vashon that listed for $800K!
 

[TheDraught]

Richest dude in skateboarding is obvs Cory Kennedy; he had a house on Vashon that listed for $800K!
 

Yeah that's a fun story

[excitableboy]

Was Gonz mentioned yet? He must be alright, provided he's not still in some pizzo bind with Megan B.

[Coastal Fever]

Being a Vans Euro TM must pay pretty well for Pfanner to support a family with a baller house and cars in Germany.

[Tear Up a Trick]

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I just discovered Celebrity Net Worth dot com and some of the answers are interesting.

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One of my best friends is a fairly successful musician, and Celebrity Net Worth says he's worth like $2m last I checked. He's a bartender who gets $1.02 checks from Spotify. Nothing on that site should be taken seriously.

I'm not doubting what you're saying, just genuinely curious: your friend is a successful musician in the sense of being signed with a major label and being a name people would recognize?  I'm just trying to gauge those $1.02 checks.

[augustmoon]

i think the poorest that comes to mind to me is Dan Pageu starting a gofundme to open a thrift store while dressed like Willy Loman

[urbneathme]

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I just discovered Celebrity Net Worth dot com and some of the answers are interesting.

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One of my best friends is a fairly successful musician, and Celebrity Net Worth says he's worth like $2m last I checked. He's a bartender who gets $1.02 checks from Spotify. Nothing on that site should be taken seriously.

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I'm not doubting what you're saying, just genuinely curious: your friend is a successful musician in the sense of being signed with a major label and being a name people would recognize?  I'm just trying to gauge those $1.02 checks.

friend of a friend caps like 1500-2000 seat rooms and said in the pandemic “i can’t feed myself let alone my family.” that spotify money is fucking picked clean. bigger the label, bigger the hand in your pocket, and those royalty percentages are hot garbage to begin with

[shannamal]

heath has very good money. not fuck you money, by any means, but enough that he has a great life. jenkem wrote an article about it.

dydrek has got to be the richest, IMO. monster deal, MTV show, shoes, commercial real estate, consulting business, etc

hawks gone bankrupt like, 4 times. he also has like 5 ex wives and 4 kids, those arent cheap. he's got good money, but not as much as some dudes.

isn't midler from money?  i feel like there are a whole bunch of c list dudes like that. greyson fletcher, curren caples, etc. lotta dudes living way above the means of a skater that is on an internet board brand

[pugmaster]

Curren Caples has a mom?

My open love soliloquy to Curren Caples's mom:
EDIT: AYE AYE AYE!

[xandeo]

Being a Vans Euro TM must pay pretty well for Pfanner to support a family with a baller house and cars in Germany.

It's Germany = housing and (German) cars are cheap, and to get a house loan you only need 10-20% of the total investment. Plus, kindergarten is mostly paid by taxes so his wife can be working 100% and contribute.

 

[GauchoAmigo]

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I just discovered Celebrity Net Worth dot com and some of the answers are interesting.

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One of my best friends is a fairly successful musician, and Celebrity Net Worth says he's worth like $2m last I checked. He's a bartender who gets $1.02 checks from Spotify. Nothing on that site should be taken seriously.

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I'm not doubting what you're saying, just genuinely curious: your friend is a successful musician in the sense of being signed with a major label and being a name people would recognize?  I'm just trying to gauge those $1.02 checks.

If you get half a million streams on Spotify the payout is $2k. Source:
https://dittomusic.com/en/blog/how-much-do-music-streaming-services-pay-musicians/
Depending on what your label deal is, and if you have a manager or not, you're maybe seeing 55% of that.
The only way to make money in music is playing shows.

[Tear Up a Trick]

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I just discovered Celebrity Net Worth dot com and some of the answers are interesting.

[close]

One of my best friends is a fairly successful musician, and Celebrity Net Worth says he's worth like $2m last I checked. He's a bartender who gets $1.02 checks from Spotify. Nothing on that site should be taken seriously.

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I'm not doubting what you're saying, just genuinely curious: your friend is a successful musician in the sense of being signed with a major label and being a name people would recognize?  I'm just trying to gauge those $1.02 checks.

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If you get half a million streams on Spotify the payout is $2k. Source:
https://dittomusic.com/en/blog/how-much-do-music-streaming-services-pay-musicians/
Depending on what your label deal is, and if you have a manager or not, you're maybe seeing 55% of that.
The only way to make money in music is playing shows.

That's a crazy stat, thanks for sharing. 

Applying this to pro skaters, what are the ways to actually make money if you don't have a shoe and don't win the big contests?

[Chickenbonenowitsgone]

Pretty sure 151 still has some pros and they’re all recycling cans or working as janitors getting paid in boards. Natural Koncepts probably has some poor pros? For richest I’m saying Stefan, Dyrdek, and p rod

[Cuban_Lynx]

[itspizzapie]

heath has very good money. not fuck you money, by any means, but enough that he has a great life. jenkem wrote an article about it.

dydrek has got to be the richest, IMO. monster deal, MTV show, shoes, commercial real estate, consulting business, etc

hawks gone bankrupt like, 4 times. he also has like 5 ex wives and 4 kids, those arent cheap. he's got good money, but not as much as some dudes.

isn't midler from money?  i feel like there are a whole bunch of c list dudes like that. greyson fletcher, curren caples, etc. lotta dudes living way above the means of a skater that is on an internet board brand

Ya Midler grew up in Calabasas to lawyer parents

[RoaryMcTwang]

Yep. That’s the goal.

[GuessAgain?]

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Yep. That’s the goal.

The fact Mikey Taylor has a tiktok account makes me shudder. eugh