Hey guys, I haven't bothered to read any of the previous pages, but why would they put someone like Sean Pablo officially on the team but not Aaron Herrington or Pontus?
sean pablo has a tumblr he updates regularly where he can showcase his 'art', espouse his 'opinions' & showcase his 'taste'
he has 'h8rz' & 'l0vrz'
he gets regrams from relevant instagram accounts
he gets blogged about by relevant internet personalities
he has social media that he updates 'on the regs'
he gets photos/coverage from people desperate to be associated with supreme
he hangs out with the right people
he is part of look books for supreme, one of the most popular companies in skateboarding
he has MULTIPLE fuckyeah_______.tumblr.com 's
he was in the most buzzed about video of 2k14 and exclusively wore cons
hes on one of the most buzzed about companies of 2k13-2k14
on slap he has a 9 page thread that has been Read 19441 times
there are slap accounts based on his name
sean pablo is on converse because the internet centric buzz machine has an easy piece of meat to constantly reblog which converse sees as free advertising
sean pablo is on converse because hes a great brand advocate. he doesn't have to evangelize the product by talking, the social media does that for him
if i do a simple hashtag search there are twice as many #seanpablo photos as #aaronherrington photos which are twice as many opportunities for converses to be seen.
aaron herrington is social media challenged. he doesn't 'get' the internet and in todays sk8world this is a huge detriment.
question: if you did a no comply and nobody blogged it, did it rlly happen?
answer: no it didn't
there is no context to your career without tenured skaters/blogs showing how much they back him. you must achieve buzz to be considered good. sage and sean pablo have buzz. aaron herrington doesn't. if you skated and theres no footy, you didn't skate. sean pablo is a master of self promotion and getting his 'art' to as many people as possible. have you ever read his tumblr? there are kids on there who have visceral reactions to things he says and does positive & negative.
put simply, people
care about what sean pablo does. hes a fledgling internet personality.
how could you possibly pass up on putting him on your program?