Author Topic: why these new trendy skateboard companies... (Read 3894 times)

Trilogy · « **on:** April 26, 2023, 01:46:58 AM »

...dont have a list of their skateboard team on their website??

are they too cool for school??

Its stupid!

Ghost Face · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2023, 01:59:39 AM »

Most don't even have a website. It's 1 page shopify.

Trilogy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2023, 02:15:52 AM »

Quote from: Ghost Face on April 26, 2023, 01:59:39 AM

Most don't even have a website. It's 1 page shopify.

Exactly!

Thats the case with Fucking Awesome, Violet and 917 for exemple.

You must go to their instagram and search for it...a truly generation Z thing...

Its like they are so cool that they dont even care to have a proper website, but they do care about selling their product to make money.

lurkluke · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2023, 02:35:35 AM »

Websites don't really generate hits and sales anymore... insta and tik tok are where people go to find out about brands.

Websites are becoming obsolete for a lot of industries

Ghost Face · « **Reply #4 on:** April 26, 2023, 02:41:45 AM »

Quote from: lurkluke on April 26, 2023, 02:35:35 AM

Websites don't really generate hits and sales anymore... insta and tik tok are where people go to find out about brands.

Websites are becoming obsolete for a lot of industries

If I want to know which skaters bring legitimacy to a brand, I don't want to have to be some insta-detective.

SneakySecrets · « **Reply #5 on:** April 26, 2023, 02:53:01 AM »

Quote from: lurkluke on April 26, 2023, 02:35:35 AM

Websites don't really generate hits and sales anymore... insta and tik tok are where people go to find out about brands.

Websites are becoming obsolete for a lot of industries

If I had a board brand, it’s website would be like homestar runner where you could find a bunch of hidden Easter eggs by moving your mouse around and clicking on stuff. Kids go wild for that shit.

newMe · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2023, 02:57:22 AM »

It's not cool to list a team, it's not cool to put their names in a video edit. It's all about the brand! Buy from us! Fuck who's reppin' it.

Trilogy · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2023, 03:04:54 AM »

Quote from: Ghost Face on April 26, 2023, 02:41:45 AM

Quote from: lurkluke on April 26, 2023, 02:35:35 AM
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Websites don't really generate hits and sales anymore... insta and tik tok are where people go to find out about brands.

Websites are becoming obsolete for a lot of industries
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If I want to know which skaters bring legitimacy to a brand, I don't want to have to be some insta-detective.

This!

Ricky Vaughn · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2023, 04:26:09 AM »

It is likely that these are not the brands to support

Bill Salt · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2023, 04:30:39 AM »

it's just marketing.Skateboarding sales still a lot.They are finishing the job destroying the culture.

OhioGuy · « **Reply #10 on:** April 26, 2023, 04:48:55 AM »

April shows their team: https://aprilskateboards.com/pages/team

Thank You does too. But I agree, it’s lame not to show who rides for you. Usually a sign of a bloated team, IMHO.

warmonke · « **Reply #11 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:00:52 AM »

Quote from: OhioGuy on April 26, 2023, 04:48:55 AM

April shows their team: https://aprilskateboards.com/pages/team

Thank You does too. But I agree, it’s lame not to show who rides for you. Usually a sign of a bloated team, IMHO.

I don't think April and Thank You are the new trendy skate companies that OP is on about...

OhioGuy · « **Reply #12 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:05:23 AM »

Quote from: warmonke on April 26, 2023, 05:00:52 AM

Quote from: OhioGuy on April 26, 2023, 04:48:55 AM
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April shows their team: https://aprilskateboards.com/pages/team

Thank You does too. But I agree, it’s lame not to show who rides for you. Usually a sign of a bloated team, IMHO.
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I don't think April and Thank You are the new trendy skate companies that OP is on about...

Haha, I just looked at the “new” part. But yeah, they ain’t trendy lol

yghartsyrt · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:06:52 AM »

Quote from: Trilogy on April 26, 2023, 02:15:52 AM

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Exactly!

Thats the case with Fucking Awesome, Violet and 917 for exemple.

You must go to their instagram and search for it...a truly generation Z thing...

Its like they are so cool that they dont even care to have a proper website, but they do care about selling their product to make money.

First off - if you think that 917 is one of those trendy new companies, you are probably a couple of years too late and kind of out of touch anyways.

Second - as if skateboarding was never about selling goods. All videos and clothes were always Marketing tools in order to making money. Money to produce boards, to support riders, to earn a living. Sure thing - teams were an important part in that. Now it’s the vibe selling things, less the team.

sle_epy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:07:28 AM »

Quote from: newMe on April 26, 2023, 02:57:22 AM

It's not cool to list a team, it's not cool to put their names in a video edit. It's all about the brand! Buy from us! Fuck who's reppin' it.

I can't stand when they put 'in order of appearance' in the credits versus just crediting the skater during their part or when they're on scree . The funny thing is I feel like the biggest perpetrators are brands where all their skaters are indiscernible from one another, like hill bombers in SF.

goodatmeth · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:07:43 AM »

Quote from: warmonke on April 26, 2023, 05:00:52 AM

Quote from: OhioGuy on April 26, 2023, 04:48:55 AM
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April shows their team: https://aprilskateboards.com/pages/team

Thank You does too. But I agree, it’s lame not to show who rides for you. Usually a sign of a bloated team, IMHO.
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I don't think April and Thank You are the new trendy skate companies that OP is on about...

OP mentioned a dying company with a team that mostly doesn't even skate anymore (FA) and a company that doesn't even exist anymore (917).

Terminal · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:28:27 AM »

Quote from: Trilogy on April 26, 2023, 01:46:58 AM

...dont have a list of their skateboard team on their website??

are they too cool for school??

Its stupid!

Yes, I'm enraged about this too.

dannyprovolone · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:41:28 AM »

Quote from: Ricky Vaughn on April 26, 2023, 04:26:09 AM

It is likely that these are not the brands to support

kook1234 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:46:10 AM »

yea like why can't topps just issue some skateboard company trading cards so we can keep track of who's who? they could put their name and stats on there, their sponsors, if they've been cancelled and when. im still looking to trade someone for a 2022 soty hologram card

Tom Pearl · « **Reply #19 on:** April 26, 2023, 05:50:09 AM »

frog lists their team

Trilogy · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:18:07 AM »

This forum is full of pretentious nerds that can't even have a normal discussion and instead they try to be funny without really being it, it's really just sad.

kook1234 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:28:49 AM »

why are you trying to keep tabs on a bunch of young teenage boys

JM · « **Reply #22 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:39:41 AM »

Quote from: newMe on April 26, 2023, 02:57:22 AM

It's not cool to list a team, it's not cool to put their names in a video edit. It's all about the brand! Buy from us! Fuck who's reppin' it.

Especially when the videos are just one long montage with no names of the team riders.

Trilogy · « **Reply #23 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:49:43 AM »

Quote from: kook1234 on April 26, 2023, 06:28:49 AM

why are you trying to keep tabs on a bunch of young teenage boys

I visit/use this forum because I like skateboarding and I like to be up to the news of the industry and this is a good place for it, but sometimes it really makes me sick some of the replies I see from most of its users.

I don't think most users are teenagers, they are just grown men who haven't really grown up mentally.

yghartsyrt · « **Reply #24 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:51:22 AM »

Here's a trendy company that lists its team:
https://eur.cariuma.com/pages/skate

dannyprovolone · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:52:21 AM »

Op def has a pair of cariamas

GardenSkater77 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:58:13 AM »

Quote from: dannyprovolone on April 26, 2023, 06:52:21 AM

Op def has a pair of ~~cariamas~~ Axion

Trilogy · « **Reply #27 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:58:27 AM »

Quote from: yghartsyrt on April 26, 2023, 06:51:22 AM

Here's a trendy company that lists its team:
https://eur.cariuma.com/pages/skate

Also Real, Primitive, April, Polar, Adidas, Nike SB and DC shoes have.

Baker don't have, but they have an ad section and I can know who their team is by it.

Trilogy · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2023, 06:59:21 AM »

Quote from: dannyprovolone on April 26, 2023, 06:52:21 AM

Op def has a pair of cariamas

Damn dude you really are smart, cutting-edge and funny!

Congratulations to you.

Trilogy · « **Reply #29 on:** April 26, 2023, 07:05:59 AM »

Quote from: GardenSkater77 on April 26, 2023, 06:58:13 AM

Quote from: dannyprovolone on April 26, 2023, 06:52:21 AM
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Op def has a pair of ~~cariamas~~ Axion
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That I definitely had back in 1998.

I had the first Kareem black/gum model.

They were stylish but they were expensive and the quality was shit.

Author Topic: why these new trendy skateboard companies... (Read 3894 times)

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