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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #360 on: May 16, 2021, 04:31:57 AM »
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Really doubt they're going to pull out. They're just going to cut back on their roster. Sponsoring every skater under the sun was a deliberate tactic, they didn't do it to be generous to the local flow-level guys. Now that's done its job there's no need to do it any more. They did the exact same thing in football when they got into it and are doing the same thing now cutting contracts left and right.
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Ok

And how's that not shitty

Erm, it is? I didn't say it isn't? Just pointing it out as a lot of people seem to think cutting some riders means they must be closing the whole program down
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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #361 on: May 16, 2021, 04:47:55 AM »
Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #362 on: May 16, 2021, 05:11:04 AM »
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2 team manager (kaspar, maybe Colin Kennedy? and other old guy) is of Nike sb.
Source: instagram story of my crazy French friend Max Geronzi and other dude that i don't remember.
I never liked that dude (Kaspar), much better Colin Kennedy.
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Not to be "that" guy .... but have you ever met Kaspar?
I saw him skate plenty enough when I was young.

Not only did he rip, he was funny as hell as well.
And he did A LOT for European ams no one knew (and the established US pro's of course) ...

I'm not a nike SB fan at all, but hard to hate Kaspar to be honest.

Pretty own to earth guy ... that went to school because he thought he'd never make it in skating anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPooYnAq03E

Isn’t Kaspar the guy that stole Karsten from Lakai and then asked Girl if they could put Karsten on so he was on a cool board company?

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #363 on: May 16, 2021, 05:52:22 AM »
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and despite all this kevin terpening is still just sitting there on the team page
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he’s the glue holding the whole team together, what do you mean?

Lmao they literally forgot about him, just like the rest of us
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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #364 on: May 16, 2021, 06:40:05 AM »
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and despite all this kevin terpening is still just sitting there on the team page
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he’s the glue holding the whole team together, what do you mean?
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Lmao they literally forgot about him, just like the rest of us

We didn't...

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #365 on: May 16, 2021, 08:25:08 PM »
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and despite all this kevin terpening is still just sitting there on the team page
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he’s the glue holding the whole team together, what do you mean?
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Lmao they literally forgot about him, just like the rest of us
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We didn't...

From a financial standpoint alone, it's crazy that they booted Zion and kept Terp.
Keep in mind I'm stoked Terp is still on. He's still on the team page, at least. Although Raven is still listed on the team page, so I don't know how accurate that is.

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #366 on: May 16, 2021, 08:50:34 PM »
I like that skaters have no agency in the matter.  They only leave Nike if they are cruelly culled from the roster, not that perhaps Adidas or Vans are offering these skaters more money or firmer spots on the team. 

Good thing there isn’t an imminent Nike Sb video about to drop featuring GT and Oski otherwise this thread might look silly

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #367 on: May 16, 2021, 09:48:25 PM »
Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans

Of list:
Kelly bird
Monica Torres

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #368 on: May 16, 2021, 09:54:21 PM »
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Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans
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Kelly bird
Monica Torres

Then why is Kelly promoting the new nike video on his IG?

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #369 on: May 16, 2021, 09:57:24 PM »
Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans
raven tershy doesnt need a shoe sponsor

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #370 on: May 16, 2021, 10:08:23 PM »
KA seen wearing Vans.  Cons must be leaving the industry too

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #371 on: May 16, 2021, 10:29:07 PM »
KA seen wearing Vans.  Cons must be leaving the industry too
He's off the team page, so is Al Davis.

https://www.converse.com/c/skate

Maybe they finally got the memo.

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #372 on: May 16, 2021, 10:36:51 PM »
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KA seen wearing Vans.  Cons must be leaving the industry too
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He's off the team page, so is Al Davis.

https://www.converse.com/c/skate

Maybe they finally got the memo.

Weird how at least two chocolate riders have changed shoes on this NY trip

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #373 on: May 17, 2021, 02:00:27 AM »
Was kinda feeling fs180's unhinged energy in this thread.

The dude that wrote a bunch of paragraphs about the Stay Flared tour or whatever is pretty wild as well. I wonder if he goes back and watches videos of the demos and thinks about how much he appreciates skater-operated shoe companies.


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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #374 on: May 17, 2021, 07:43:16 AM »
lol that post belongs in 2005. yall are acting like nike hasnt done this before.


literally nobody is wearing emericas unless they get them for free and or work for soletech. emerica peaked after the reynolds 3, theyve been running the same 'white kids who listen to alternative rock and feeble handrails' shit for way too long.


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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #375 on: May 17, 2021, 11:22:11 AM »
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Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans
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Of list:
Kelly bird
Monica Torres

where you getting that monica is of?

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #376 on: May 17, 2021, 11:46:18 AM »
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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #377 on: May 17, 2021, 12:56:10 PM »
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and despite all this kevin terpening is still just sitting there on the team page
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he’s the glue holding the whole team together, what do you mean?
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Lmao they literally forgot about him, just like the rest of us
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We didn't...
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From a financial standpoint alone, it's crazy that they booted Zion and kept Terp.
Keep in mind I'm stoked Terp is still on. He's still on the team page, at least. Although Raven is still listed on the team page, so I don't know how accurate that is.
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Has raven even done anything but a couple Instagram clips here and there and maybe a clip or two in some tour vids since he got on two years ago? I feel like he wanted to fully jump ship to like antihero or hockey  something when Berle left and that didn’t work out so he just gave up and started his towing business.

Side note I went to the Nike store in Santa Monica last week and they had all of three SB shoes in the entire store and it was just one Nyjah , one Shane and I wanna say a gt blazer. I know they try and sell more through online and skate shops for the sb line but 3 shoes is pretty low stock for a corpo store . Even the adidas store has at least 5-6 models from the sb line in store
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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #378 on: May 17, 2021, 01:02:27 PM »
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and despite all this kevin terpening is still just sitting there on the team page
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he’s the glue holding the whole team together, what do you mean?
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Lmao they literally forgot about him, just like the rest of us
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We didn't...
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From a financial standpoint alone, it's crazy that they booted Zion and kept Terp.
Keep in mind I'm stoked Terp is still on. He's still on the team page, at least. Although Raven is still listed on the team page, so I don't know how accurate that is.
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Has raven even done anything but a couple Instagram clips here and there and maybe a clip or two in some tour vids since he got on two years ago? I feel like he wanted to fully jump ship to like antihero or hockey  something when Berle left and that didn’t work out so he just gave up and started his towing business.

Side note I went to the Nike store in Santa Monica last week and they had all of three SB shoes in the entire store and it was just one Nyjah , one Shane and I wanna say a gt blazer. I know they try and sell more through online and skate shops for the sb line but 3 shoes is pretty low stock for a corpo store . Even the adidas store has at least 5-6 models from the sb line in store.

vans actually pushes the pro models pretty hard in store from what I’ve found the last week hunting down Gilbert’s. They had at least 2-3 colorways of pretty much every pro model. And that’s all while having much smaller retail spaces than either of the corpo skate competitors on the same block
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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #379 on: May 17, 2021, 01:55:11 PM »
Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #380 on: May 17, 2021, 04:06:58 PM »
Carlisle Aikens - Adidas
Hosea Peeters - ?
Gabriel Fortunato - Nike no longer on IG Bio
Raven Tershy - Half-Cabs
Alex Midler - ?
Zion Wright - Vans

Lucas Rabelo - Nike no longer on ig Bio.

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #381 on: May 17, 2021, 06:00:41 PM »
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KA seen wearing Vans.  Cons must be leaving the industry too
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He's off the team page, so is Al Davis.

https://www.converse.com/c/skate

Maybe they finally got the memo.

Did they change their team page over the last day? I don’t see KA or Al Davis listed anymore.
At least when you're a washed-out hipster douchebag in NY, you can milk it at some decent looking, hard to skate spots. In LA you're just a tan-lined faggot in a school yard somewhere.

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #382 on: May 17, 2021, 06:50:32 PM »
I heard Nike is trying to get rid of Kevin Terpening but they just keep getting his voicemail which is set to the tune of Joey Scarburys 'Believe it or not' and goes something like...

"Believe it or not, Kevin isn't at home, please leave a message, at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up the phone, where could I be?"

Kevin Terpening really wants to make a big entrance at the ball, with Nike on his arm.
Is it true?  Or did you read it on the slap message board?

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #383 on: May 17, 2021, 09:42:27 PM »
Aurelien Giraud is off too. I learnt that through French media.

Very weird, il looks like they're getting rid of all the sportiest dudes....

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #384 on: May 17, 2021, 10:00:00 PM »
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KA seen wearing Vans.  Cons must be leaving the industry too
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He's off the team page, so is Al Davis.

https://www.converse.com/c/skate

Maybe they finally got the memo.
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Did they change their team page over the last day? I don’t see KA or Al Davis listed anymore.
That's what I said?
- ahh my bad, i misspelled "of", that's probably why you're confused

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #385 on: May 17, 2021, 10:26:06 PM »
Aurelien Giraud is off too. I learnt that through French media.

Very weird, il looks like they're getting rid of all the sportiest dudes....
now is this the worst thing...

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #386 on: May 17, 2021, 11:40:15 PM »
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Aurelien Giraud is off too. I learnt that through French media.

Very weird, il looks like they're getting rid of all the sportiest dudes....
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now is this the worst thing...
It sure is not. But with the Olympics coming,  i thought they would actually pursue that route...
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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #387 on: May 20, 2021, 08:54:19 AM »
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KA seen wearing Vans.  Cons must be leaving the industry too
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He's off the team page, so is Al Davis.

https://www.converse.com/c/skate

Maybe they finally got the memo.
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Did they change their team page over the last day? I don’t see KA or Al Davis listed anymore.
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That's what I said?
- ahh my bad, i misspelled "of", that's probably why you're confused

Ah, why isn’t you say so?
At least when you're a washed-out hipster douchebag in NY, you can milk it at some decent looking, hard to skate spots. In LA you're just a tan-lined faggot in a school yard somewhere.

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #388 on: May 20, 2021, 09:13:06 AM »
Goddamn these have to be the ugliest fucking shoes ever made.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPGVkkKpcdb/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Re: is nike cutting skate program soon?
« Reply #389 on: May 20, 2021, 09:15:15 AM »
Goddamn these have to be the ugliest fucking shoes ever made.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPGVkkKpcdb/?utm_medium=copy_link

These look like they told PRod he had to use materials from the scrap pile for his new colorway.