Comments on: Why Do Skateboarders Sell Out?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:58:36 +0000

Yeah, simply put, the sale of blank decks is independent to the decisions pro skaters make in their lifetime. That kids comment is confusing as hell, I don’t know how they’re going to make it in life with logic like that.

By: BigNate

BigNate — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:17:25 +0000

I think we need to define what a “pro” is.

The guys you see on TV and the X Games and Dew Tour – those guys are pros.

But what about the guy that is sponsored by a board company, enters the smaller contests and makes a little money from that but still needs to hold down a regular job, is that guy (or gal) considered a pro?

There seems to be so many levels of what is considered a pro and most pros don’t make sh$t for money.

By: Jerome Little

Jerome Little — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:25:42 +0000

You see its people like you who dont believe in progression. You should be happy that big corporations like Mountain Dew and Nixon are even interested enough to even sponsor skateboarding. I remember when there was a time when skateboarding wasnt even considered a constructive hobby, and most skaters were considered unruly outcast to society. Now to go from that to what it is today tells me and should tell anyone with any type of commom sense that it skateboarding has come a long way and may one day be as popular as Baseball and Basketball. One should not be so ignorant to cast out judgement on others for wanting to make more money. Last time I checked, a productive member of society has bills to pay……

By: Hsndn

Hsndn — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:45:19 +0000

What?? CCS isn’t a sellout company. Infact people should be buying their shit from CCS if anywhere

By: Skate Vans

Skate Vans — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:55:49 +0000

blank decks dont have nothing on enjoi

By: Raw

Raw — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:58:48 +0000

When I was young the pros would complain that if they were in any other sport that they’d get paid so much more. Now that one can actually get paid to skate they’re sellouts. I think selling out is hanging up the board and taking a job at Goldman Sachs or “nike” for that matter. It is also nice that%2

By: aaa

aaa — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:38:11 +0000

we just get blanks when we don’t have enough for pro decks but still need to skate

imagine not being able to skate for weeks

anyways blanks are just there

pro decks are still better

By: skater74life

skater74life — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:14:39 +0000

1st. if you wanna be a pro and whine about kids buying blank decks you better look at what your supporting first. (nike, rbk, sunglasses clothing, anything not skate related
only he who has no sin can caste the first stone.

2nd. I LOVE SKATEBOARDING, if a kid had the choice of either skating 1 board a year or two boards. i would want him to be able to enjoy skating as much as i do as often as i can. any pro who thinks otherwise should be ashamed of themselves as a person not just pros. man kids look up to you, its not all about making money.

3rd. how can any board manufacture say corprate shops are going to crush all the little shops and be the end of skateboarding when you allow your boards to be sold their. if you wanna stop all the nonsense get the problem at the start. with the MANUFACTURE stop allowing your boards to be sold at zummies and ccs? guess what they can’t exist without you. but that will never happen cuz in the end every wants more money. no one will make a stand that will cost them possible revenue

4th. probably most important. do you know how many pros their are these days? i dont. i know its a @#$# load. i know most of them are the same breed that throw basic tricks down stairs and rails. their needs to be a thinning of the heard. pro used to mean you brought something new or different to the table. now if you can backlip and 3flip down huge stairs your pro. theirs way to many pros doin the same tricks at different spots. we need more mullens haslems daewons and hell even that jackson weirdo. the point is skateboarding used to be unique and orignal now when i see parts from teams its almost the same tricks just different spots.

By: max

max — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:13:30 +0000

well if you look at the differnt pros they all span in fame it seems once a pro gets into a tony hawk game they gain fame and their career can live for a longer time with out selling out. EX: mike valley in a tony hawk game but doesnt look real rich and you never see him skating in a sponsers skate park or advertising some whack tee shirt. yet chad muska has his tee shirts professional boards and professional skate shoes and he looks likes he is doing well finacialy. this could be just me but i think its all about the shoes. and if the shoes are more popular among posers then the pro with that sponser and their own shoe gets paid.

skateboarding isnt all about being B.A. but it mostly is… go skate

By: Tanner

Tanner — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:02:12 +0000

I think selling out is some of the part in the skateboarding world. But if everyone would stop buying cheap lame boards and be a normal person and buy something pro I think It would be better for pros.