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The corporate takeover of skateboarding.
Examples:
- Everyone in the world skating in Stefan Janoskis
- Chris Cole's Monster energy drink logo wrist band
- Nike/Converse , Red Bull, Monster, and any other company that has no business in skateboarding being taken seriously by anyone who skates
Everyone probably is skating the Janoskis because its a fucking great shoe! I?m currently skating in Adidases (?) and couldnt care less about shitty quality Lakais. Dont get me wrong, i love skateboarding and im not into the mainstream side of it, but i want to get good quality for my money. I dont feel guilty.
agreed. Nike SB gets sooo much unnecessary hate. they make some of the best shoes for every style, have a sick team, & host a ton of great skating events. people forget that Nike SB is a DIVISION of Nike Footwear. Meaning its a skateboarding company, under the Nike Banner. Just like they do with other the other sports. the guys who work for Nike Soccer arent the same ones working for Nike SB, and so on.
Millions of people around the world are skateboarding. its gonna get "mainstream" no matter what. as long as the relationship "mainstream" company & skateboarders is win/win then im cool with it.
people will hate on shit just because it isnt directly skateboarding. Like gaterade. wtf? like none of these niggas never drank gaterade after a long, hot session. if they wanna pay malto millions to put their sticker on his boards, so be it.
another example would be target sponsoring P-Rod. for some reason he lost "street cred" because of it, when he gets paid millions & gets free gift cards. he literally could live off that sponsorship alone. plus target & mountain dew remodeled his private park, which is sick as fuck. thats a win/win situation. they get the exposure/advertising while the pro gets a ton of perks including an insanely dope skatepark. if you hate on that then your just a hater. ANYBODY would take that deal if they actually got the chance.
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and i also agree with whoever said something about colored/patterned griptape. that shit is whack as fuck.