Aside from liking their shoes better than Nike's, one of the reasons I would rather support them than Nike is they still sponsored and supported skaters before this incarnation.� Gonz has been on for 15 years, right?� And they used to sponsor Lance Mountain, Matt Beach (a bunch of people on The Firm actually), Quim Cardona, and at least flowed Richard Angelides and others.� Unlike Nike between their failed ventures, Adidas didn't just drop all of their riders until they could think of a better marketing strategy.
Richard bought his superstars in between. Anyone remember how ugly the first gonz shoe was? It was barely skatable. Adidas didn't keep sending people shoes once their program failed. Use your brain on that one, why send shoes that cost money to people that aren't pushing an aspect of their business? But that's not an inference, they stopped sending shoes when their skateboard program folded.
You're right. Adidas used to sponsor lance. Guess who sponsors him now?
And to the doofus that said Nike sb makes Jordan rip offs, which models did they do that with? I've had every Nike sb shoe and they never did that, unless you mispoke bc you don't know what Jordan shoes look like.
To the loser that said adidas is downplayed in comparison to Nike, that means that they aren't putting as much money into skateboarding. The reason Nike is everywhere is because they throw money at contests, pros, park development, etc. To think that adidas is cooler bc they aren't everywhere, is to say that a company is cooler when it doesn't put as much money into skateboarding.
So the consensus is that adidas has smaller , and dare I say more 'core' feel to it because they have riders you don't see in as many contests? Remember, Nike started their original team with mulder, reese, supa and then gino, none of which are media whore contest weirdos. Nike has contest exposure guys now because they had a 6-7 year head start to grow in skateboarding and get the money to put behind it. If adidas turns Nike numbers and is around for another 6 years then you can be Damn sure they'll be offering lucrative deals to the p rods and maltos of skating that will be competitive in salary / royalties.