luan of flip

[Patey]

as per his instagram goodbye post

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[Atiba Applebum]

I really had no idea he’d been on in the past 10 years

[TheWineClub]

I'm surprised he was still ON anything

[Taffy Lee Fubbins]

Perhaps this is more an indication of my interest level, but I'd assumed he'd been cut from Flip years ago. Second shock is that Laun has 1.6 Million followers on Instagram?? Somebody hook this guy up with Greg Lutzka's agent. Luan should be getting that bush's bean money.

[halfcab4cutie]

talk about one of the worst career arches.... Luan should've been one of the greatest, but instead turned out to be boring af

[dr.prestige]

Used to love watching that guy skate flatground in BATB when the Berrics was still somewhat cool like 10 or 15 years ago. He had a few good parts too but his street footy never hit the same in comparison to his flatground imo. Anyways, I didn’t really look at that IG post but I assume he’s gonna make his own board brand like every other washed up pro. If he keeps it specific to Brazilian skating, it might be pretty dope, I’m sure there’s a bunch of Brazilian teenagers that could really use his cosign. I hope he doesn’t sponsor a bunch of randos from SoCal though, that would be a bummer.

[too fakie]

talk about one of the worst career arches.... Luan should've been one of the greatest, but instead turned out to be boring af

He could have benefitted from a Chief like figure being like “go here, do this” honestly.

[QixHexagon]

I'm surprised he was still ON anything

This

Hasn't put a part in so many years. Two or three years ago he said in a Brazilian podcast that he only had to film one trick to finish a part but dropped nothing (I guess it could have been related to getting the boot from Nike, but why not drop as throwaway footage?). Plus he was hurt some time ago. His career is basically gone.

[h00man]

I mean.... he does ride for Cariuma

[Cuban_Lynx]

Damn. Alec and Luan in the same week? Flip is all legacy pros. How long can they stay afloat on Tom Penny reissues.

[enjoithejunt]

as per his instagram goodbye post

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I'm still hurt that Nike didn't give him a pro shoe. Best wishes on the next chapter of his skate journey!

[Atiba Applebum]

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as per his instagram goodbye post

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I'm still hurt that Nike didn't give him a pro shoe. Best wishes on the next chapter of his skate journey!

In what reality did he deserve a pro Nike shoe?   Do I not get the luan love because I don’t watch berries/contests?

[oyolar]

Damn. Alec and Luan in the same week? Flip is all legacy pros. How long can they stay afloat on Tom Penny reissues.

I’m sure Tom Penny reissues are the only thing keeping Flip afloat.

[WPG]

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as per his instagram goodbye post

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I'm still hurt that Nike didn't give him a pro shoe. Best wishes on the next chapter of his skate journey!

I think his book is closed, I am curious did you buy his Cariuma pro shoes? I always thought he was fun to watch in contests, but not doing enough to get a Nike pro shoe

[ziggy]

this is a bummer, the kids they have left are….not exciting

[shannamal]

i truly didn't know flip was still around

[Underpressureflips]

Flip is still a company?

[Shuh]

talk about one of the worst career arches.... Luan should've been one of the greatest, but instead turned out to be boring af

I blame the mustache, looks just weird on him

[you_are_all_cunts]

The problem with a company like Flip is that they can't reinvent themselves... they were always Tom, Geoff and Rune. With the people that were directly related to them aka were on the team at the same time... Eg. Ali, Arto etc. complementing them.

Anything else is just shit. eg. Denny Pham?

[biggietoms]

The problem with a company like Flip is that they can't reinvent themselves... they were always Tom, Geoff and Rune. With the people that were directly related to them aka were on the team at the same time... Eg. Ali, Arto etc. complementing them.

Anything else is just shit. eg. Denny Pham?

lol yeah this sums it up. i still wanna know what happend with geoff. all those details are super hazy

[DCLOVE]

talk about one of the worst career arches.... Luan should've been one of the greatest, but instead turned out to be boring af

I don’t know about one of the greatest but the fall off from that first flip part was palpable. His style got better but his parts were just the same ledge tricks at same spots. when he had shown us he was capable of so much more. I assume this is because of him dropping the DE from his name, all the talent was in the DE.

[stringsnthings]

Fuck it.. throw him on Shortys. From one irrelevant brand to another. Probably the only brand I could see a fit if he even wants to stay pro. Should've probably tried to get on Primitive years back when Primitive was peak but that ship has sailed.

[wuust]

Put him on a sister company of primitive called FUTURE together with dylan and aimu.

[CossRooper]

Maybe his footage doesn't translate, but in person one of the best skateboarders I have ever seen in my life. The footage doesn't show how consistent he is, watching him cruise a park is insane.

IMO he belongs somewhere still.

[Buttworm]

Ayy Cariumba

[mtvic]

Yeah Luan always killed me because he had the potential to put his mark on skating, the ticks he could have done over Wallenberg would have been amazing. Unfortunately, he became a contest pro that refused to skate rails.

[metsuri]

Maybe his footage doesn't translate, but in person one of the best skateboarders I have ever seen in my life. The footage doesn't show how consistent he is, watching him cruise a park is insane.

IMO he belongs somewhere still.

This. Watching him skate in person is just ridiculous, so impressive. I feel like he's a flatground / flip trick specialist and he should have found a way to stick to his guns, instead of trying to skate like everyone else. You would think there's room for a flatground ninja, I think his skating translates really well in short socials clips, always stoked to watch those.

[Jim and Dan]

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The problem with a company like Flip is that they can't reinvent themselves... they were always Tom, Geoff and Rune. With the people that were directly related to them aka were on the team at the same time... Eg. Ali, Arto etc. complementing them.

Anything else is just shit. eg. Denny Pham?

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lol yeah this sums it up. i still wanna know what happend with geoff. all those details are super hazy

He got screwed out of royalties and payouts from his "equity" in the company if I recall correctly...

[Cuban_Lynx]

Put him on a sister company of primitive called FUTURE together with dylan and aimu.

He missed that train. Primitive is struggling and rumors point to bankruptcy. There’s zero chance they’re expanding anytime soon.

[BurnBurningBurnt]

Primitive was sold. No bankruptcy. No second company. No Luan. New owners, should be announced soon.