What is Blake Norris's gameplan?

[Shtonk]

Lame title but I can't be alone in watching his part and thinking: this guy isn't even am, if this is his flow-level stuff, where does he imagine taking it for an eventual push to pro? he's so gnarly already (and he's been gnarly for a while), so versatile, so fully formed in his riding style. Where does he get the motivation to go as hard as he does? If you don't even have a board sponsor for the kind of riding this kid is putting down over several years, how does that not entirely fuck you off from the game? How does he live? Profitable shoe contract I don't know about? Rich parents? I'd kinda get it if he was 18 but he was 18 in those Brute edits I watched and loved a good bunch of years ago. By know he must be solidly adult, he certainly skates like an adult, but his career seems to be stuck in perpetual prodigy 16-year old "bright future but not sure where" territory. I hope for him the sci-fi rumours are true but Jerry seems to go for character over skills and if there's one thing he doesn't exactly shine in, it's that.

[sus]

I think Blake just had bad luck, him and Evon Martinez were announced on Monarch Project right as Dwindle went to shit. Maybe if Dwindle hadn't taken such a shitty turn, he would have a little more publicity in mags, etc.

Hoping he doesn't end up down the same path as Dennis Durrant - consistently skating at a pro level with shitty luck involving board companies and eventually turning pro almost a decade after they should've been turned pro.

Fingers crossed this dude ends up on a DLX brand

[Lou Strux]

I think Blake just had bad luck, him and Evon Martinez were announced on Monarch Project right as Dwindle went to shit. Maybe if Dwindle hadn't taken such a shitty turn, he would have a little more publicity in mags, etc.

Hoping he doesn't end up down the same path as Dennis Durrant - consistently skating at a pro level with shitty luck involving board companies and eventually turning pro almost a decade after they should've been turned pro.

Fingers crossed this dude ends up on a DLX brand

Next/newest permanent Grimple team member.
Calling it now.
😉

[GrayCellGreen]

After this latest part, it's safe to say that at least a few companies are considering making an offer.

[GumOnMyGrip]

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I think Blake just had bad luck, him and Evon Martinez were announced on Monarch Project right as Dwindle went to shit. Maybe if Dwindle hadn't taken such a shitty turn, he would have a little more publicity in mags, etc.

Hoping he doesn't end up down the same path as Dennis Durrant - consistently skating at a pro level with shitty luck involving board companies and eventually turning pro almost a decade after they should've been turned pro.

Fingers crossed this dude ends up on a DLX brand

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Next/newest permanent Grimple team member.
Calling it now.
😉

Is Grimple a thing anymore? Is Grimple of?

[Atiba Applebum]

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I think Blake just had bad luck, him and Evon Martinez were announced on Monarch Project right as Dwindle went to shit. Maybe if Dwindle hadn't taken such a shitty turn, he would have a little more publicity in mags, etc.

Hoping he doesn't end up down the same path as Dennis Durrant - consistently skating at a pro level with shitty luck involving board companies and eventually turning pro almost a decade after they should've been turned pro.

Fingers crossed this dude ends up on a DLX brand

[close]

Next/newest permanent Grimple team member.
Calling it now.
😉

[close]

Is Grimple a thing anymore? Is Grimple of?

Yeah Grimple exists.   I don’t think it’ll ever be more than it is now which is like a supplemental add on to AH.   It sounds like it’s “Frank’s thing” and DLX just lets him run it within reason

[GumOnMyGrip]

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I think Blake just had bad luck, him and Evon Martinez were announced on Monarch Project right as Dwindle went to shit. Maybe if Dwindle hadn't taken such a shitty turn, he would have a little more publicity in mags, etc.

Hoping he doesn't end up down the same path as Dennis Durrant - consistently skating at a pro level with shitty luck involving board companies and eventually turning pro almost a decade after they should've been turned pro.

Fingers crossed this dude ends up on a DLX brand

[close]

Next/newest permanent Grimple team member.
Calling it now.
😉

[close]

Is Grimple a thing anymore? Is Grimple of?

[close]

Yeah Grimple exists.   I don’t think it’ll ever be more than it is now which is like a supplemental add on to AH.   It sounds like it’s “Frank’s thing” and DLX just lets him run it within reason

2024 year of the Grimp.
It just seems like a minute since anything new. But- I know DLX is doing smaller deck releases right now.

[doomstation55]

I hope he’s been investing in a nice 401k and perhaps some index funds on the side.

[GAY]

Is this Chuck Norris’s great-grandson?

[theoriginalgoon]

Jerry just needs to put him on already. Would be a good addition to the team to add some diversity. Plus he did a tribute trick in a sci fi hoodie at the Jerry spot. Like what else does Jerry want

[ihateskating]

He definitely gets the DLX hook-up, being from the city. But I think that his skating doesn't fit any of the "trendy" companies. He would fit on Real, Baker, or Chocolate but they already have a surplus of riders like him. It's unfortunate that Monarch fell through because he, Evon, Kieran, and Diego are a powerful squad.

[zozu]

Jerry just needs to put him on already. Would be a good addition to the team to add some diversity. Plus he did a tribute trick in a sci fi hoodie at the Jerry spot. Like what else does Jerry want

dude was skating some SciFi boards too.

[swellbowed]

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Jerry just needs to put him on already. Would be a good addition to the team to add some diversity. Plus he did a tribute trick in a sci fi hoodie at the Jerry spot. Like what else does Jerry want

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dude was skating some SciFi boards too.

He's Sci-Fi flow, but after this part it's gotta be hard to imagine that he wouldn't be put on fully. Monarch to Sci-Fi would be the ultimate redemption story. Rooting for him forsure

[NoComply180]

He’d add good variety to sci-fi, I’d back it. Would love to see Vans or someone else put him on.

Is he the same guy who back blunt flipped out clipper?

[Madam, I'm Adam]

Moving up the ladder. Leveraging. Adopting trends. Schmoozing. Picking up the dropped balls. Being the second mouse. Gossiping when necessary. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, you do what you can to be name on everyone's lips. Blake Norris, his life coach, and his team of consultants are working around the clock to make sure he becomes a mainstay in this industry by any means necessary.

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Jerry just needs to put him on already. Would be a good addition to the team to add some diversity. Plus he did a tribute trick in a sci fi hoodie at the Jerry spot. Like what else does Jerry want

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dude was skating some SciFi boards too.

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He's Sci-Fi flow, but after this part it's gotta be hard to imagine that he wouldn't be put on fully. Monarch to Sci-Fi would be the ultimate redemption story. Rooting for him forsure

Sci Fi has a trend of upgrading riders' previous sponsors. Glick, Lay, maybe Norris and Militano.

[Watson]

Yeah you guys are right, this dude would have been set if Monarch didn't get shut down. It was such a well respected brand.

[chihuahuadad2000]

His gameplan is to put out a trap and lure you into a checkmate.

[yungthug]

DM him like a man

[smellsdead]

laces out blake

[rejectpaul]

Moving up the ladder. Leveraging. Adopting trends. Schmoozing. Picking up the dropped balls. Being the second mouse. Gossiping when necessary. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, you do what you can to be name on everyone's lips. Blake Norris, his life coach, and his team of consultants are working around the clock to make sure he becomes a mainstay in this industry by any means necessary.

So DGK is confirmed

[Verdugo]

What are you, his dad?