Kevin Coakley on NB#?

[D.B. Cooper]

Just saw this in my FB feed, is NB just snatching up every east coaster they can find? Coakley deserves the money for sure and I back the dude 100 percent but I honestly can't see myself ever wearing those shoes. 

[ThugWaffle]

Some arent that bad i guess. They're cheapest ones look like trapasso 2's wich arent that bad, the other ones are just ugly.

[A.J.K.]

Backing it, Coakley is the shit and deserves a proper shoe hook up. 

I don't know why everyone has such an irrational dislike for NB#, the shoes look better than most other companies and New Balance is no more corporate than Nike, adidas or Vans.

[nino brown]

once i saw these i was sold on NB, kevin deserves corporate loot

[Oprah Winfrey]

I hope these dudes are getting paid out the ass. More than the normal $400 a month or whatever it is.. These corporations should have to pay to play in the skateboard market

[dankradschwag]

I honestly don't get how Lakai just lets guys like him and jimmy lannon just sit around on flow when they totally deserve to be on that damn team.

[Bitter]

Dude's sick and deserves proper hook-ups. Hope he's getting paid.

[ontheswarm]

Dude's sick and deserves proper hook-ups. Hope he's getting paid.

[Tracer]

You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

[Coastal Fever]

I honestly don't get how Lakai just lets guys like him and jimmy lannon just sit around on flow when they totally deserve to be on that damn team.

I don't get why so many Girl/Choco vets still have pro model everything after they've stopped skating/producing at a pro level.  Don't Rick and Mike own their companies?  Is their revenue so low they have to keep their names on product for the royalties?  Instead of hooking up dudes who actually deserve it right now.. not 10 years ago....

[Aatila]

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I honestly don't get how Lakai just lets guys like him and jimmy lannon just sit around on flow when they totally deserve to be on that damn team.

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I don't get why so many Girl/Choco vets still have pro model everything after they've stopped skating/producing at a pro level.  Don't Rick and Mike own their companies?  Is their revenue so low they have to keep their names on product for the royalties?  Instead of hooking up dudes who actually deserve it right now.. not 10 years ago....

There marketing is so wack in my opinion they pick up all these kids who all skate the same like daniel,brunner twins, silvas etc and theyre sick but still all skate the same.  Then you have kelly bird bitching on facebook talking about nobody buying lakai's.  There was tons of dudes who are more deserving.  Good for kevin if this is true.  If lakai dont want him good that new balance is gonna scoop him.

[UgolinoTheSignificant]

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I honestly don't get how Lakai just lets guys like him and jimmy lannon just sit around on flow when they totally deserve to be on that damn team.

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I don't get why so many Girl/Choco vets still have pro model everything after they've stopped skating/producing at a pro level.  Don't Rick and Mike own their companies?  Is their revenue so low they have to keep their names on product for the royalties?  Instead of hooking up dudes who actually deserve it right now.. not 10 years ago....

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There marketing is so wack in my opinion they pick up all these kids who all skate the same like daniel,brunner twins, silvas etc and theyre sick but still all skate the same.  Then you have kelly bird bitching on facebook talking about nobody buying lakai's.  There was tons of dudes who are more deserving.  Good for kevin if this is true.  If lakai dont want him good that new balance is gonna scoop him.

agreed.

[KennedyPowers]

who is gonna be the first to get a NBD in NB??

[Randozzi]

Kevin was on DVS flow for a long time after Lakai, i think.

[A.J.K.]

Kevin was on DVS flow for a long time after Lakai, i think.

He went from Lakai, to Huf, to Etnies, now New Balance.

[Oprah Winfrey]

You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

That's cause he was on flow..

[Aatila]

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Kevin was on DVS flow for a long time after Lakai, i think.

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He went from Lakai, to Huf, to Etnies, now New Balance.

so with lakai and dvs was he bascially podium flow? he was getting matix too before that distribution went down the drain

[toque]

This is is cool. 

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You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

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That's cause he was on flow..

Professional means you earn money. Amateur means you don't get money

K?

[Guile]

What's with the "#" thing? Are we calling them the new balance pound? New balance hash tag?

[tortfeasor]

What's with the "#" thing? Are we calling them the new balance pound? New balance hash tag?

the unpronounceable symbol formally known as numeric

[Pavementi]

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You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

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That's cause he was on flow..

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Professional means you earn money. Amateur means you don't get money

K?

Nope. Sometimes Ams get paid a salary, but pros get a salary and royalties. This all depends on the financial health of the company. Some pros only get royalties because they're not producing enough footage to warrant a salary. Sometimes the company doesn't have enough money to pay pros a salary, so they give them product to sling and maybe royalties on top of that. Shit's tough out there right now.

[Dick Butkus]

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You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

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That's cause he was on flow..

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Professional means you earn money. Amateur means you don't get money

K?

So you're saying that big name guys like Trevor Colden, aren't getting paid anything?

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You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

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That's cause he was on flow..

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Professional means you earn money. Amateur means you don't get money

K?

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So you're saying that big name guys like Trevor Colden, aren't getting paid anything?

So he is a pro by definition, and AM in the skateboarding world

[Hatechild]

Good for Coakley if this is true. If you big name in skateboarding or somehow tied to some corporate sponsor you should be getting paid well. Dudes like Bucky and Biebel are making 10k plus a month just from Red Bull. I'm sure Mark Suciu is getting crazy jack thrown his way from an assortment of sponsors.

[frankwinslow]

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You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

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That's cause he was on flow..

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Professional means you earn money. Amateur means you don't get money

K?

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So you're saying that big name guys like Trevor Colden, aren't getting paid anything?

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So he is a pro by definition, and AM in the skateboarding world

You really are regular huh? I thought it was an act at first but now I'm starting to really think that you are just a complete fucking regular.

[john2010hill]

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You don't get paid unless you go pro.

Wade Desarmo was on Nike am at one point, all he got was 20 pairs of shoes a month to use or sell.

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That's cause he was on flow..

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Professional means you earn money. Amateur means you don't get money

K?

[close]

So you're saying that big name guys like Trevor Colden, aren't getting paid anything?

[close]

So he is a pro by definition, and AM in the skateboarding world

[close]

You really are regular huh? I thought it was an act at first but now I'm starting to really think that you are just a complete fucking regular.

haha "a complete fucking regular" i agree with you but that's funny. i'm gonna use that. And yeah ams get paid. Other dude's just arguing for the sake of it. Nestor got paid as am.

[yeahisaidit]

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What's with the "#" thing? Are we calling them the new balance pound? New balance hash tag?

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the unpronounceable symbol formally known as numeric

Maybe they are secretly revamping the defunct clothing company and just calling it new balance alphanumeric.

[lucidreamer]

[SecretShake]

I can see it happening, isn't NB from boston? PJ too? easy rider.