Best skateboarders who never got pro shoe or board

[Atiba Applebum]

Suski pro shoe with emerica

I guess Darren Navarrette would be another one (though whatever he did shoe-wise after Emerica is hazy for me)


James Craig, Corey Sheppard

[Mean salto]

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Suski pro shoe with emerica

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I guess Darren Navarrette would be another one (though whatever he did shoe-wise after Emerica is hazy for me)


James Craig, Corey Sheppard

Navarrette had one of those not a pro shoes that looked like a Chuck Taylor (maybe called navigator or in misremembering) then had some pro shoes on vox

[lk130]

Misremembering the Vox video but it's alright

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Massimo Cavedoni

[Snappyfingers]

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Randy Ploesser. He did eventually go pro for a small company I think he partly owns, but he got dicked around by birdhouse for much of the prime of what should have been a longer career.

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Love seeing Randy get mentioned still.  Dude absolutely ripped.  He did have a pro board on The High 5/Send Help but I didn't think he had any ownership in it.  They also had Steve Nesser, Marty Murawski, Tabari Cook, and Preston Harper on.  Company was sick but never took off.

In the shoe category Bobby Worrest not having a shoe is criminal.

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The High 5 lost a lot of the initial steam when they had to change the name. I feel like it would have caught on a lot better had that not happened.

I’m a biased St. Louisan, but I fucking love this part. Aside from a few clips, this whole part is filmed on stuff that 99% of dudes wouldn’t touch. I can’t even roll up to half of these spots. The last ollie on the Mississippi River is king shit.

Thanks for posting! Great part and yes, the ollie was super rad!

[elbarto]

Mike Davis (rip) and Silent Mike. Sickest dudes to watch in person. And Silent Mike is hilarious.

[Hedgehog In Da Fog]

Versace Plug

[BobbyPshew]

Jed Walters. Rocco offered him a pro board and he refused it, due to his huge religious guilt over masturbation and porn.

[nevrwasben]

Jess McRaney

[BobbyPshew]

Lurker Lou.

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Dallas Rockvam.

[A Not At All Naughty Chemist]

Kelly Hart, used to be one of my favourites back in the day. Sadly never made it.
Now he pushes a button, to push others' buttons.

[SubCurban Commando]

Pluhowski and Massimo for boards for sure, criminal. Did Robbie Mckinley ever get a board? Shoe-wise AO gotta be up there, feel like he'd have made a good vans or nike shoe, something a bit different. Rattray should have had a shoe for sure. No sure if Tim O'Connor ever had a proper shoe, I had a Savier rip off of the Nike Air Trainer 2 in a hideous yellow/green colour way that was his but don't remember him having a model.

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Shane Cross maybe?

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Pluhowski and Massimo for boards for sure, criminal. Did Robbie Mckinley ever get a board? Shoe-wise AO gotta be up there, feel like he'd have made a good vans or nike shoe, something a bit different. Rattray should have had a shoe for sure. No sure if Tim O'Connor ever had a proper shoe, I had a Savier rip off of the Nike Air Trainer 2 in a hideous yellow/green colour way that was his but don't remember him having a model.

Rattray had a savier, some Osiris and an es shoe (the ecosse) tim O'Connor had the air trainer savier and a low thin for its time shoe that had a story for grip(I think called the story) also had an ipath

[brucewillis]

Casey Rigney
Andre Genovesi
Rodrigo Lima

Genovesi had two shoes on OUS, a brazillian shoe brand.

[Pearl Motherfuckin Wilson]

wack

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Shane Cross maybe?

R.I.P

[somefucker]

Shane Cross maybe?

i can only think of that blind tribute board and the extremely sorry (promo?) board

[OldSkater]

Jed Walters. Rocco offered him a pro board and he refused it, due to his huge religious guilt over masturbation and porn.

lol i love this

where do i read more about this story

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As far as best to never have a board it’s probably some late 2000’s deluxe dude: David Clark, Massimo, Antione from Dime.

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Fuck! Massimo, and Antione are great answers. Antione.

I’d like to add Sean Mullendore

That Australian dude Luke Crocker was sick too, heard he’s a Jiu-Jitsu bro now. DLX had too many dudes between 2008 and 2012, probably should’ve started a new brand.

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As far as best to never have a board it’s probably some late 2000’s deluxe dude: David Clark, Massimo, Antione from Dime.

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Fuck! Massimo, and Antione are great answers. Antione.

I’d like to add Sean Mullendore

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That Australian dude Luke Crocker was sick too, heard he’s a Jiu-Jitsu bro now. DLX had too many dudes between 2008 and 2012, probably should’ve started a new brand.

There's something about being a sponsored skateboarder from Melbourne that makes people change their whole schtick every couple years. Crocker went from standard skate rat to overly fresh white guy in du rag to Rasa libre hemp guy back to skate rat to Dylan costume to hipster barista to not seen for a while now apparently Jiu jitsu

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Shane Cross definitely should've had a Vans