are you sponsered
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no How good do u have to be to be sponsered

^Oh ya know, gotta be able to throw down the hammers. Like kickflipping on the flat. 180s off cerbs. Zero hooked my up last week...

omg man, are we team mates now? noize! we should be the new european pro team

It looks as if you can't add a poll now...I dunno why, sorry.

Anyways, yeah, I'm sponsored by Ayres Clothing.

you have to be as good as the sponsers want you to be

im sponsored by scapegoat skateboards

My cousin is in flow with Fast Forward and isnt really that good. He can ollie a 3 set, manual, 5-0, boardslide...and thats it.

im not sponsored and it doesnt really bother me

im flow...

i sponser myself

Sponsored by the parents. Haha, just playin' though. I get to buy my own stuff unless its like a helmet or pads. Who are you flow'd by, Lucas?

No,
but I might be getting something, soon..

local shop sponser

I'm sponsered in my tony hawk games.

It looks as if you can't add a poll now...I dunno why, sorry.


Don't worry, I got it covered.

Im not sponsored, and I dont think i want to be, I just skate.

you dont want to be? haha quit lying!

ive gotten a couple decks and some wheels and bearings. but that was back when i was into skating big stuff, now i just have fun learnin tech stuff on like banks, manual pads,ledges, and not enormous gaps

yeah man zero europe is a hard team to get on! i mean i actully had to ride all the way down this street even get on flow!
you would get the last section in the next vid if you can do these flippery tricks....

My cousin is in flow with Fast Forward and isnt really that good. He can ollie a 3 set, manual, 5-0, boardslide...and thats it.
Dude... give me their number haha.

No im not sponsored, but some guy was talking to me about hooking me up with a clothes brand. Even though I doubt I will get it.

im not, my friends are by this company called conversion skateboards, but they are real good.

that would be cool to get sposored... i'm not but it sounds like you don't have to be that good to be sponsord by a local shop or sumthin.

i think this website goes through differnt cycles of threads, right now it wil be "are you sponsered...?" and then in a few days it will be " i hate bam" , etc.

Meh, I've been working on getting on a team or something.

i am flow for ayres clothing...

I am, thx to Pennskate and Imocskate.com

I'm on SouthTown Riders (same team skate4God is on) but I've been flowed boards by Saturday (3 or 4) and I've gotten random clothing from people I've seen at skateparks.

Who cares, skating is not about corporate sponsers, it is about getting out and enjoying the sport...

this compony is interested in me... rite now....

i'm almost sponcered, really! want a vid? I'll get it done by... when i get my camea redy.

Sponsorship is overrated.

~Necro

Sponsorship is overrated.

~Necro

Werd, I pretty much gave up on getting one for now.

no, and ill be honest, i want to be. i have crap all money so if i snap a deck i cant skate for like...3 months or so before i can afford a new one.

How much do you earn a week?

...Get a job. Sponsored skaters often need another job to support themselves anyway (especially because pro skateboarder's careers don't last very long).

Get a job, earn money, skate for the love of skating.

~Necro

im on the flow team of beyond skate. and its definatly overated. me and the team have to work at the shop at least once a week. were given a choice of 10 decks per month, they have to have 1 big beyond sticker on them and we basicly have to wear a beyond shirt wen were skating. thats all, were not given money, so me and barry and david and rhys are all living in the same house struggling to pay rent, by selling some of our flow stuff to kids at our skool lol. believe me being sponsered isnt as easy or luisurely as it seems.

Yes i am sponsored!

Defenetly by my local skateshop!

Im sponsored in your dreams.

man im not sponsored but u don't need to be ur supposed to skate for fun not cause i wanna make money and i bet i can beat half of u who said they r sponsored at skate

SK8 4 LIFE!!

^Calling BS, considering you're twelve. Show me some hard evidence.

By the way, I'm Tony Hawk, look at me go.

~Necro

Dude we all skate for fun but hey getting sponsored is a bonus it is good to get sponsored cause if you wanna make it somewhere with skating then u gotta get sponsored.

i couldnt afford decks if i wasnt sponsored

man im not sponsored but u don't need to be ur supposed to skate for fun not cause i wanna make money and i bet i can beat half of u who said they r sponsored at skate

SK8 4 LIFE!!

Beat them at what? A game of skate? A fight?

Beat them at what? A game of skate? A fight?

haha im still laffing at that mate!
to be honest it seems today that any one can be sponsored if they goto a skate park shout alot and get noticed by the owner,

its mainly about who you know not what you know...

Let me just make a quick statement for reality purposes...

Yes, I do ride for a couple local shops, but all they do for me is give me decks from time to time (mostly to try out, almost like a critic)
Secondly, I do have a JOB! There is NO WAY I could support myself skateboarding..I have a house, car, bills, 2 cats, and a motorcycle. All of which total to about $200,000 in financial debt. None of which I earned from skateboarding. That was EDUCATION!!!

Skateboarding has been my "get out of reality for a while"!
When I skate, my mind is next to blank. I have fun, I enjoy it.
When I was younger, my goal for skateboarding was to eventually be sponsored. I achieved that, just it was not what I expected. Whereas before I skated for my personal enjoyment, now I skate for others enjoyment AS WELL..
I do hope most of you guys get to where your goals are, but take what you can get. I realized years ago that a major shoe deal, board design, was not in the cards for me...But, everyday I think about skateboarding and I hope to ride forever (in my head at least)

No I'm not sponsered.

You guys suck. I did a triple tre flip over an airplane and now im sponsored by element, BAM and TONY HAWK.jk im not sponsored but i can triple tre flip over an airplane.:icon_bs:

im not really bothered if i dont get sponsered i just skate for fun and something to do it takes the boredom out of my life oh and it hurts allot which i like so i just skate for fun but if i did get sponsered it would probably for blueprint or baker

I'm not sponsored. Some days I wish I was and some days i'm glad i'm not. I was flowed a deck once and a pack of wheels and bearings. That store's turned really queer now...

im not... kinda want to be... kinda dont. if i was offered to be sponsored by someone, then i would definitely take it, but i dont know if i'd send a tape in ora anything. at least not for a few years.

im sponsered by hawk clothing, osiris shoes, oakly outerwear, monster energy drink, ramon noodles, and nokia.

o yea im sponsored by ur mom aze

im sponsored by The Wallet, The Wardrobe & The Shoerack.

actually its kind of difficult to say you never thought of wanting to get sponsored for skating, especially if you have been skating for at least 4-5 years. i mean, other than trying to perfect your old tricks and learning new ones, surely there's something you dream of in the back of your mind, people to admire your tricks, people to tell you you're good, and the adrenalin rush of doing tricks for people to wow at. just like all avid footballers and basketball players. how many do not dream of becoming pro. they find fun in what they do but to be able to do that for another 10-20 years, they need incentives.. practical incentives...
i don think of getting sponsored when i skate (because in the first place no one here gets sponsored. its not common) and i know 10 years later, i probably will still be skating, but most probably without such passion. just for some fun.


no offense to those who think otherwise!

im sponsored by The Wallet, The Wardrobe & The Shoerack.

actually its kind of difficult to say you never thought of wanting to get sponsored for skating, especially if you have been skating for at least 4-5 years. i mean, other than trying to perfect your old tricks and learning new ones, surely there's something you dream of in the back of your mind, people to admire your tricks, people to tell you you're good, and the adrenalin rush of doing tricks for people to wow at. just like all avid footballers and basketball players. how many do not dream of becoming pro. they find fun in what they do but to be able to do that for another 10-20 years, they need incentives.. practical incentives...
i don think of getting sponsored when i skate (because in the first place no one here gets sponsored. its not common) and i know 10 years later, i probably will still be skating, but most probably without such passion. just for some fun.

no offense to those who think otherwise!

thats cool, but dosent applie to every skater, look at darren nolan for instance, he's turned down numourous sponsorship oppertunitys with some of the biggest companys going, all because he enjoys skating because its fun, not for fame or self gain or to get noticed.

but yeah man, i do totally agree with you, especialy the part i have bolded, although if the chance came along, it would be a awesome experiance, vegas_rob knows what im talking about.

The only thing I will say, is don't base your skating on sponsorship.

I thought everything would be so cool when I got sponsored. I thought everything would be different and a whole new world of skating would open up...but the reality is, I just have a few more shirts. That's all it is, a few more material things...and that could never replace the feeling you get from skateboarding.

The only thing I will say, is don't base your skating on sponsorship.

I thought everything would be so cool when I got sponsored. I thought everything would be different and a whole new world of skating would open up...but the reality is, I just have a few more shirts. That's all it is, a few more material things...and that could never replace the feeling you get from skateboarding.
Too many people view sponsorship as the highest point of achievement. They don't see anything beyond, and therefore, usually don't understand what a sponsorship is. These people usually don't really care for skating and only do so to accomplish that goal. Most realize after a day/week/month that this goal is unachievable (based on their short-term experience) and quit.

My point is, somebody flow me a deck.

When i get about 18-ish i will try to get sponsered. But like others have said it isnt about getting sponsered its about the fun of skating. I mean it would be awesome to be sponsered. Free boards and what not. Pretty good money. If i do in the future i still will have fun with skating.

^Nope, not pretty good money. You don't get money unless you're pro. Also, it's not like people are just sending you boxes of free clothes and decks every week. Unless you are sponsored by a big company like Element or something, they're on a pretty tight budget and can only give you a certain amount of things per year.

My cousin is in flow with Fast Forward and isnt really that good. He can ollie a 3 set, manual, 5-0, boardslide...and thats it.
He must be
a) really young
b) lying to you

No, I'm not sponsored. It's hard, though. I mean, I had to turn down offers from 'eS footwear, and Girl skateboards just last week. It really broke their hearts when I told them I wasn't interested.

Most of you may have seen this before. I know a little kid about 7 or 8 years old who is sponsored by about a dozen things. (can't remember off the bat.) I skate with this kid sometimes, he's better now than in the video's on the following site.

http://dylanoliver.com/

that's CRAZY if your cousin is really on flow for fast forward. because i try try try to get on their flow team and it never happens. and i'm a heck of a lot better than ollieing a 3 set.

I'm all about skating for fun. I'd just realllly appreciate at least a deck sponsor, because i'm having to pull tricks to afford decks. I break them too much! It's to the point where i'll say "I can't go skate the 10 today because I might break my board. I dont like that.

It looks as if you can't add a poll now...I dunno why, sorry.

Anyways, yeah, I'm sponsored by Ayres Clothing.
i didnt get my vid in in time but im getting hooked up wit a clothing company outta NY it finalises next week

for me it seems like a decent sponsor is a long process. there's a local shop that would want me on, but i dont want to at all because they will take anyone who has been skating for over a year. i'd rather get on a shop team who is a strong and skillful, and you would have to prove you can be up with them.

sponsorship is a waste, it takes away all that is righteous and fun about skateboarding...case in point... the first ever skate contest at our new skatepark was held last weekend...it was sponsored by a company called FITFACTOR... dont ask me what it is...but anyways they asked for judges so I was a judge... I thought hey this might be cool....and then I get to the park...I've never seen that many prize raffles, gimmicks and advertisements since I watched X-games on TV...

All the people getting sponsored nowadays arent doing anything worthy of progressing the sport....This current wave of skating is about to crash out major style...it will take another set of innovators like the z-boys, bones brigade, or some group to reinvent skating or push the limits even more or bring the limits back to an acceptable level...

Money detracts from FUN....remember thats why we skate...or...some of us do.. if you want to argue with me about skateboarding in the olympics or its current state bring your A-game...people want to know why we skate banks, and grocery stores...CUZ ITS FUN...dont complain to me about not having a park...they take the spontaneity out of skating...

I think I trailed WAY WAY off topic...but anyways... Sponsorship is a JOB with no benefit to you..they use your name to sell their stuff and to make money off of you...so make and sell your own stuff if you want to turn FUN into a job.. and

NO I HAVE NEVER and NEVER WILL BE SPONSORED...due to my arrogance or what have you..

I am Tony Hawk , look at me go!

sponsorship is a waste, it takes away all that is righteous and fun about skateboarding...case in point... the first ever skate contest at our new skatepark was held last weekend...it was sponsored by a company called FITFACTOR... dont ask me what it is...but anyways they asked for judges so I was a judge... I thought hey this might be cool....and then I get to the park...I've never seen that many prize raffles, gimmicks and advertisements since I watched X-games on TV...

All the people getting sponsored nowadays arent doing anything worthy of progressing the sport....This current wave of skating is about to crash out major style...it will take another set of innovators like the z-boys, bones brigade, or some group to reinvent skating or push the limits even more or bring the limits back to an acceptable level...

Money detracts from FUN....remember thats why we skate...or...some of us do.. if you want to argue with me about skateboarding in the olympics or its current state bring your A-game...people want to know why we skate banks, and grocery stores...CUZ ITS FUN...dont complain to me about not having a park...they take the spontaneity out of skating...

I think I trailed WAY WAY off topic...but anyways... Sponsorship is a JOB with no benefit to you..they use your name to sell their stuff and to make money off of you...so make and sell your own stuff if you want to turn FUN into a job.. and

NO I HAVE NEVER and NEVER WILL BE SPONSORED...due to my arrogance or what have you..

There's a lot of demeaning comments in there about people who are sponsored. Ya don't know all of 'em, so you can't judge all of 'em.

I Know this guy we'll know of him more and he sorta co owns this company and he could like nollie flip this eight set but i'm not sure if the company is still up and running

Post the sponno on youtube or something, Nollie flip 8? Insane

i'll see if he has already got it on there chances are he has they made like a local vid not long ago

There's a lot of demeaning comments in there about people who are sponsored. Ya don't know all of 'em, so you can't judge all of 'em.

you're right, but I have been around long enough to know what it used to take to get sponsored and to know what it takes now...and thats what I base my opinon of sponsorship on..

im 13 and im sponsored by a local shop and a local clothing brand but my skate team and me are making a vid and sending it into all the major companies so far we are still in the filming stage within a month we will be editing it. Watch out for it its called bumming for change

im not sposored but my friend is trying to get sponsored by our local shop. i know this guy thats sponsored by our local shop and can probably put in a good word for him

Im not sponsored and I dont want to be. I picked the Im tony hawk look at me go option hahah.

no im NOT i wish i was

I get free shirts and stuff from this local brand, they're not big yet but they have the money. The team is actually pretty crap, supposedly I'm on the team, I'm the only one who can tre, do anything switch, do something down at least a 7(not to boast just making the point). The only descent skater on there is this guy who can skate parks real good, but that's all he can do. I don't think it'll work out, I'm getting free stuff but I wouldn't call it sponsered, not that good yet.

I'm no longer sponsored.... had to change my vote.

is Arto-Geoff serious about his post on the first page? if he is, he needs to be educated.
sponsors are looking for fresh young skaters who can throw down a wide variety of tricks on different terrain. you cant just get sponsored by kickflipping massive stair sets (unless youre gay corey duffel)

and doing a 180 off a curb is nothing. garbage. pointless. as is kickflipping on flat, unless if its in a run that can make up for it...

^Lol, mate im being sarcastic.

anyone here wanna sponsore me?????

i do,

once a month for the rest of your life, you will be sent a free box of spelling and grammar in the post.

does that sound like a good deal to you?

I'm sponsered by my local shop.

once a month for the rest of your life, you will be sent a free box of spelling and grammar in the post.

does that sound like a good deal to you?

Sounds like a brilliant deal to me!

I'm sponsored by:

www.reverse-freestyle.com - Decks
www.smallschool.biz - Clothes/Wheels
www.shiner.co.uk - Draven Flow

And you know what? I skate, and it's still fun! Anyone who says sponsorship sucks the fun out of it either have had really bad experiences or sponsors that wanted far too much.

Luckily, i'm in neither position - my sponsors are nice people who expect little in return, some footage here, some promotion there - job's a goodun.

No, I'm not sponsored. I'm going to wait another year, or maybe 2 before I even try. Right now I'm just all about having fun and getting better.

Some guy around here just turned pro and got sponsored by Emerica, I don't know his name but I will try and find out. My step brother was also sponsored by popwar for awhile, but he never turned pro.. even though I'm sure he could of.

I'm not sponsered...
I'm sposered by Zero in THUG but that's just a game and a dream... lol

no i'm not sponsored

Im sponsored by some local shops. I might be getting a sponsor by
World Industries, that is if they like my video

standard shop sponsorship. 7 dollars per board, free tee shirts

lollers. you cuhrazy! naaah.

hmm.. I'd love to be sponsored just locally, by my local skate shop (although that is PSC.... but there's a couple of other smaller ones) and just get some discounts and free stuff without having to do much apart from give them footage. Then again, I am 13, so I have no chance at the moment unless Nyjah Houston can give me some tips on being cute to all the adults and skate well at the same time.

No, I'm not sponsored. I'm going to wait another year, or maybe 2 before I even try. Right now I'm just all about having fun and getting better.

Some guy around here just turned pro and got sponsored by Emerica, I don't know his name but I will try and find out. My step brother was also sponsored by popwar for awhile, but he never turned pro.. even though I'm sure he could of.

That's sick. What was Popwar just flowing him stuff every month or so?

I may collect all my best footy for the next year or so and come up with a sponsor. Don't know who to give it to, though; there are no shops 'round here who sponsor. Although, there's a shop in another small town near us, not sure if it's worth it. The owner was stoked on my skating when I went to their park, so I guess I got nothing to lose.

Having my tricks down and progressing is more important to me than being sponsored.

Having my tricks down and progressing is more important to me than being sponsored.

No-one's saying that being sponsored's important, but it could be argued that by being sponsored your progression increases due to the motivation to represent your sponsor and having adequate gear when you need it rather than skimping on boards in the first place then riding them til' they're little more than a toothpick.

It's strange how some people percieve sponsorship to be an 'evil' kind of thing, like selling out or something. As long as it's with a company that you'd support regardless of whether you were sponsored, it matters very little.

Nope. I'd like to be soon.. I can't afford any boards.

Nope. I'm not. I suck though lol, I just started a few months ago. I could probably get sponsored by a local shop by '08 if I kept getting better and better though, but hey, skatings not about sponsorships. Its about skating.

Nah, I'm not sponsored. I don't really think I'm good enough to be. I honestly don't know if I am going to get any better then I am right now.

If I do get sponsored, I don't want it to be anything big. If it does go big when I still am progressing I will feel way to much pressure to be perfect.

I hope to keep improving and get a small sponsor such as a local shop. If I get to a point where I feel I cannot get any better (Not as in the best ever, just I cannot improve anymore) I will make a sponsor tape and send it to Matix and eS.

Matix because I love there clothes and eS because they are the only shoes I buy at the moment.

-EB

im not sponsered... i dont think im good enough... I WISH

And to be completely honest, I wouldn't want to be sponsored. I would just like to be good enough. It's not about your labels and such, it's about how much fun you're having. I would just like to be amazing, but not be known. I'd like to keep to myself and just skate.

i put yes but depending on how you mean, I have gotten hooked up with free things from people and shop before

im not sponsored and it doesnt really bother me
What he said.
I wouldn't mind being sponsered but I think the best way to get noticed is letting it all rip at the comps.
Let them come to you!

I'm not sponsored. Wouldn't mind it tho... lol

nah son not sponsored and not really looking to anytime soon right now i just skate for fun my senior year if i dont think im going anywhere and life ill start thinking about getting sponsored and making some cash off skating but in the mean time im just shredding for the hell of it

no wish i was but still no

Nope. not yet. i'm aiming for it though.

Nope and dont really want to be sponsored

Im not sponsored. I would not mind be sponsored, but filming has never been what my skateboarding has been about. I could easily film myself skating, but I dont really see the point of all that. So I dont think any one would want to sponsor me with that attitude for filming.

I would like to be sponsored but there are no skateshops were I live that give sponsorships sadly...theres only one shop were I live and it wont sponsor anyone so how can I apply for a sponsorship I mean I know im not good enough to get sponsored by a huge company but something like a local shop sounds good to me...what should I do?We dont even have a skate park in my town but were gettin one this summer and maybe another one next summer...also do you think once they open the park theyll start small sponsorships...and if so how good do I need to be to get one it sounds like you gotta be really really good....can you list off some tricks that I for sure will boost my chances of local sponsorship?

Its my new years resolution, don't care if I get it or not, but something fun to aim for.

Im not, but i am sponsered by my fake local team we get free tees and our own sig. tee

Nope, not sponsored.

:icon_clap No

Its my new years resolution, don't care if I get it or not, but something fun to aim for.

That's a good resolution, I should / could / would go for that, too..

i dont care about not being sponsered i just have fun skating.

I'd like to be sponsered, I think it'd be fun. You get free gear doing something you love. But I don't care that I'm not sponsered and not going to be soon, I just skate.

i hate it whem people are just like sponsoring is stupid you get free stuff for wearing a logo and skating now im putting together the tape and hopefully sending it out over the place it would be sweet to be flowed by the Buffalo Skate Brand/Shop Sunday. the best i can do is this 5 foot gap so i may be flowed.

Offically sponsored by my mum and dads wallet.

im making a sponsor me at the moment.
When you vote dont say "no" any more, do the "i am tony hawk" if your not sponsored cause the count is on 69 ahaha isnt it just hilerious.

if you get sponsored, then it is no big deal, so long as you can promote the brand to a degree that it is satisfied with, however if you want to take it further it takes a lot of hard work, not only being good, it involves intense dedication and commitment to your skating and getting you (and in turn your sponsors) recognition.

its a great oppotunity, but if you are serious about it, it will eat up alot of your time, if not, then enjoy the benefits whilst you can :)

if you get sponsored, then it is no big deal, so long as you can promote the brand to a degree that it is satisfied with, however if you want to take it further it takes a lot of hard work, not only being good, it involves intense dedication and commitment to your skating and getting you (and in turn your sponsors) recognition.

its a great oppotunity, but if you are serious about it, it will eat up alot of your time, if not, then enjoy the benefits whilst you can :)


Agreed, and yeah it takes a lot of work. Carrying a sponsor means that you have something that they can use for whatever purpose that company or teams purpose. When you can show excellence in the particular area they are looking for (character, skill, and style have a lot to do with it.) you have that much more of a chance at getting sponsored by them. Different organizations and companies have different goals and thus look for different things to sponsor.

I personally ride for a team and a company. The team is Saved Skaters (www.savedskaters.com). they have paid my way to tour with them and have the chance to share about my faith through skateboarding. I now help manage different aspects of the team. The company is Believe Clothing, which is being absorbed into the Anti-Shop along with the riders. So I guess it is the Anti-shop who is my sponsor. :) Its been a while since I put anything out to potential new sponsors, although I have had offers previously from a company or two. More i am just focusing on my skating and helping with SS. We have a big tour this summer and are gunna be flying 7 skaters out to NY. There is lots of planning to do in that. Lots to keep a man busy. lol Though this forum takes its own chunk of time.

nah im not sponsored. ive got a friend who is sponored by popwar though. he get wheels and stuff all the time and occasionally a deck

is Arto-Geoff serious about his post on the first page? if he is, he needs to be educated.
sponsors are looking for fresh young skaters who can throw down a wide variety of tricks on different terrain. you cant just get sponsored by kickflipping massive stair sets (unless youre gay corey duffel)

and doing a 180 off a curb is nothing. garbage. pointless. as is kickflipping on flat, unless if its in a run that can make up for it...

Haha i just read this post. Right because you skate differently to others your gay? Because you do hammers instead of tech or vert etc your gay? Get the ****. And duffel id say is more sponsored for his handrails and hubbas, this guy needs educated.

im kinda sponsored by my friend. He has started a clothing line, and hes selling the shirts at school, and making a crapload of money too

lol nope not sponnod

The last one. I'm not sponsored its going to be a good 10 years before I am :tongue:

Until Baker comes up with a Dominican Republic team, no I am not sponsored.

I just got back into skating. It took me only nine weeks to learn 180's, pop-shuvits, fakie ollies and clearing 4 sets, and i'm progressing real fast and I rip for 9 weeks, but i'm too old to get sponsored. By the time that i'll be skating at an advanced level, i'll be, like 29, so who wants to show feature old 29 year old dude in a video? LOL

It would be cool to get free stuff and skate for free though.

i hope to get sponsred in teh next two years =] what ya think

yes mama

I might try to get sponsored sometime but right now I have my own team.

I dont really try to get sponsored..

you dont need to be sponsored to enjoy skateing
skateing is something you do...
you dont need sponsors and fancy equipment to have fun and skate...

^Oh ya know, gotta be able to throw down the hammers. Like kickflipping on the flat. 180s off cerbs. Zero hooked my up last week...


u know dont forget hammering ollies of 2 stairs. that one trick got me hooked up with tony hawk and birdhouse


you dont need to be sponsored to enjoy skateing
skateing is something you do...
you dont need sponsors and fancy equipment to have fun and skate...



u do if ur a broke 32 year old living in ur moms basement having the drive to be a pro skater

my cousin was sponsered by birdhouse and by adio
im not sponsered though

I dont' care about sponsors.
sponsors (most of the time) look for flavor of the month stuff.
I skate how I want to skate.
I mean if it happens, gee cool whatever, but I don't care that much.

A few of my friends once told me I was good enough but I honestly dont think so. Im gonna wait till im 18 because with college and an apartment free boards are the only way I can see myself continuing what I love.

im not sponsored for skating but i think im going to look into that soon, although i am sponsored for unicycling

i don't try to get sponsored cus i don't care. but if a company came up to me at a skate park and said sign this and we'll give you free stuff if you use it then i would be tempted.

I've got a question here, I am not sponsored and I don't think I want to be, but... I only do tech and flat ground pretty much so I'm pretty good at that (not trying to brag, I'm sure the majority of you are better than me) but what are the perks of being sponsored? I know you get free decks once in a while, but what do you have to do for them? I don't want to be sponsored, I think it adds pressure to a sport that's supposed to be fun, but do you guys think I COULD get sponsored if I tried?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRTyatCX6zQ (first skater in this video, Robby Williams, filmed almost a year ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sZIys53mw (manual pad video, made the week I got it)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8CItSraeF1Q Tripflip attempt.

As I said I don't want to be sponsored, but I want to know if I could if I did want, just out of curiousity.

ill get sponsored 1 daii

I'm not looking to get sponsored. I don't want to skate as a job. It'd be cool to get flow though. I just want to skate ya know? I'll keep skating for myself until I think I've reached the point of no return.. and then skate some more. Lovin' it.

this prob sounds dumb but wats flow?

working on a sponser me tape

When i was 10 Foundation came to my local park and wanted to sponsor me. i was a shy little kid and regrettingly said no.

circa for 2 years

Nope, looking to ..but nope.

By my family and friends. My friend took a pic of me doing an ollie off the curb, I was about 3 inches and the curb. I know, I suck.

Im not sponsered, and i wont be for a while but it'd be awesome to.. just know that ur sponsered. but its not like my ultimate goal. i just skate for fun. skate my heart out.

Im not sponsored anymore.

ive been told im good enough to be sponsored but i skate for me! no one else

this prob sounds dumb but wats flow?

Flow is where your sorta on the team but your not an am. You get free products every now and then but you won't be on the website, videos, or travel with the team (maybe sometimes but not alot).

no i am not sponsored. It would be nice to get free gear, but i skate for fun.

No, I have won a couple contests, but I don't want to be sponsored right now. Maybe next year.

I suck, therefor I only skate for the fun of it.
if I got sponsored anyway.. it would make it feel like too much of a job.
Im just weird like that

to be on flow for a good deck company would be so sick.

Im good enough to maybe get a local shop, but currently no spo =[

The only reason I would want to get spnsored
1. People dont give me **** for skating because they can spontaneously tre flip 5 stairs and I cant.
2. Free stuff, or discounted stuff, I have any money ever except around birthdays/christmas.

No I'm not sponsored, if I did want to be I'd probably wait till I got better and move out to California or something pull a little Stevie Williams because I've only found one shop in Boston so far lol.

i hate the sound of being sponsored, makes you feel like you're from a third world country or somthing, but free product keeps me skating, so it's always nice to know a few people who are

yes.. im on etnies with sheckler and birdhouse with hawk...

lol no

I can't even ollie, your guess?

one day i was a drop-in skatepark and chocolate was there thou they didn't notice me they actually took 2 pics of me doing a boarslide and 180

So let me get this right..

if you skate for fun but give big companies hundreds and hundreds for shoes, decks, tees, etc. then you're keeping it real.

but, if you get free stuff from said companies, you sold out?

I wish :icon_frow

No, and i dont plan to be.

im not and i really dont care. evan though it has good perks i skate because i like it not because its a way to get free stuff.

I would like to get sponsored though, not just to get free stuff but if you get the right sponsor it's a good way to travel the world, try new things, and meet other people who skateboard.

i am... but i dont gte anything.... just bragging rights.... its sad

I think most of those people who vote yes are exaggerating what "sponsored" means... to me it means a company sends you free merchandise for you to use so you can advertise their product. I think most people get a sticker from their local skate shop and consider themselves sponsored... it aint the same kids.

I'm not sponsored, not really close, but it annoys me that people make themselves out to be way more than they are... especially when I see some of their skate footy on here and I have to just shake my head...

im not good enough, but eventually, i might try if i get good.

Nope, only been skatin half a year and I have barely any footage of myself. Im usually the one WITH the video camera lol. I hope to eventually get on a flow team one day cause I break boards like a BERRRCCHH! lol

I'm making a tape pretty soon to send into a local shop. I'm starting it in the spring.

I think most of those people who vote yes are exaggerating what "sponsored" means... to me it means a company sends you free merchandise for you to use so you can advertise their product. I think most people get a sticker from their local skate shop and consider themselves sponsored... it aint the same kids.

I'm not sponsored, not really close, but it annoys me that people make themselves out to be way more than they are... especially when I see some of their skate footy on here and I have to just shake my head...


does gtetting a discount from skateshops count as being sponsored?

if you get discount of a certain percentage on everything, yes

its mainly about who you know not what you know...

That is very true

I'm not, but I really would like to be. Anyone know what tricks a company would look for when looking for skaters to represent them?

i am on a skate team ..but not sponsered.

Me and skaterdude32 are on the same skate team. Im at the pro level, and skaterdude32 will be moved up soon.Its not real though.

I'm not, but I really would like to be. Anyone know what tricks a company would look for when looking for skaters to represent them?

The tricks companies look for isn't real they just want you to get your best tricks on a tape and send it in to the team manager or the address they have up on some of the websites.

I'm not sponsored, but would that be wicked if I ever did get sponsored...

nope, i just skate for fun but it would be cool being sponsored.

The tricks companies look for isn't real they just want you to get your best tricks on a tape and send it in to the team manager or the address they have up on some of the websites.

So there's no certain level of skill you need to get sponsored? Just get out there and try? I don't want to get sponsored by any big company, just a smaller one like West 49, and if I ever did get on a huge company I'd want it to be Darkstar.

I'm not sponsored. It would be nice, but I suck at skating. I have a looooooooong way to go if I wanted to be sponsored.

no, im not but I will be someday..... hopefully.

only for a couple months then the company kinda closed down

im on skateshack boardshop and im flow for etnies.

i had endorsement, they sent me 2 decks, 2 shirts and a buttload of stickers.

I´m sponsored by a local skate shop. but it´s nothin special. I get 2 decks per month and other stuff 70 % cheaper

no i am not

I am not sponsored but I may send in a video to my local shop (probably not though).

Now that I have landed a triple kickflip on video, I may make a sponsor me video and use it as the ender! Think I have a shot at a local shop?

Now that I have landed a triple kickflip on video, I may make a sponsor me video and use it as the ender! Think I have a shot at a local shop?
Definately man, have one of your super high kickflips in there too, you'll get there for sure.

hopefully, I really want a free deck every month. Im going to make a compilation video this weekend! and then before I send it in, I'll post it here and see what you all think and if I have a shot.

Now that I have landed a triple kickflip on video, I may make a sponsor me video and use it as the ender! Think I have a shot at a local shop?

all you do is skate flatground?

Na, I wish i was though.

yeah, that's why I don't no whether or not to send one in.

When I was younger before I quit I was sponsored by 2 local shops and flowed by duff, the good ole days, I just started skating again so In about a month or so I'll go back to a couple local spots and try again.

im sponsored by fuel clothing. nothing big, oh and can someone send me a message and let me know how to get my own personal signature type thing at the end of every message i type?

I'm not and I doubt I'll ever be good enough.

I suck, I just skate for fun. Getting sponsored would be great but I doubt itll ever happen to me, and im cool with that.

I'm not and I doubt I'll ever be good enough.'


you can't really say that you will never be good enough. The more you practice with skating the better you will get overtime. Which gives you a better chance of getting sponsored only if you are willing to keep on practicing and being positive realistically though.


As for myself. A shop has offered to sponsor me along with a couple of companies that are "Illenium" and "Blues skateboard products". I refused to be sponsored for the reason that I feel I have to get much better. I feel I have flaws in some areas in skating that I need to improve on. Plus the shop throws demo's here and there around locally and I want to be able to put up a show instead of being the only one in the team that kinda lacks behind some tricks.My intentions are to represent the shop as a good skater. My goal is to improve much better the next year or two and if I do improve. Then that would be awesome but if I don't I will keep on skating regardless whatever happens. I'm working at the shop for the moment so things are going quit well for me though :)

no not even by my mom

When I was younger before I quit I was sponsored by 2 local shops and flowed by duff, the good ole days, I just started skating again so In about a month or so I'll go back to a couple local spots and try again.

May I ask, what happened?

I'm sponsored by my local skate shop right now. If I get my tricks alittle cleaner i'm gonna try to move to the next level.

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As for myself. A shop has offered to sponsor me along with a couple of companies that are "Illenium" and "Blues skateboard products". I refused to be sponsored for the reason that I feel I have to get much better. I feel I have flaws in some areas in skating that I need to improve on. Plus the shop throws demo's here and there around locally and I want to be able to put up a show instead of being the only one in the team that kinda lacks behind some tricks.My intentions are to represent the shop as a good skater. My goal is to improve much better the next year or two and if I do improve. Then that would be awesome but if I don't I will keep on skating regardless whatever happens. I'm working at the shop for the moment so things are going quit well for me though :)


What shop? And who from Blues was going to sponsor you? Do you know Woody? He owns Blues and he used to run Project Orange skateshop, and he's over at Souldgrind in PB now.

im planning on making a sponser me video kinda soon i just gota clean up some stuff i guess.. oh and buy a ****ing camera

Im sponsered by my father :D (no)

no way man lol

I'm not sponsored, but when I kickflip sets (I'm a kickflip master) people think I'm sponsored. Then I can't even do a good 5-0 and they're like "Oh...my bad."

No, I'm not sponsored, although, I probably could be by my local skate shop.

i was sponsored but it wasnt by a real company. it was jus these guys from Concept skateboards who said they would flow me and pay me and gimme decks and i was jus like ok cool. they never payed me and i was on for like 2 months. then a week ago i saw one of the dudes and i was like "hey am i still on Concept" and he said ya and i was jus like oh i quit. then he told me i wouldnt get any boards anymore and i was like WHAT BOARDS. lol all the guys on there sucked. bad.

no.....

yeah I am but i should not be.

360 city skateshop in circleville OH aka "roundtown"

uproot clothing based out of OH

www .uprootclothing. com (check out the fresh threds)

I tried to show my dad a sponsor me tape

































He told me I sucked :(

I tried to show my dad a sponsor me tape

































He told me I sucked :(

I laughed my *** off. Something my family would do. :tongue:

Im not sponsored but I hope to be in the future

not yet sponsored, and doubt i ever will be. Track has been cutting off my skating time a lot.

not yet sponsored, and doubt i ever will be. Track has been cutting off my skating time a lot.

I quit Track for skating. =\

One day I hope to be sponsored.

i was sponsored but it wasnt by a real company. it was jus these guys from Concept skateboards who said they would flow me and pay me and gimme decks and i was jus like ok cool. they never payed me and i was on for like 2 months. then a week ago i saw one of the dudes and i was like "hey am i still on Concept" and he said ya and i was jus like oh i quit. then he told me i wouldnt get any boards anymore and i was like WHAT BOARDS. lol all the guys on there sucked. bad.


ok now im bac on. the guys got better and now make decks. and i get decks for 15 dollas. and the decks are pretty good for the price

I'm not sponsored but that would be nice lol.

Nope... I skate so many hours every day though, I greatly wish I could be sponsored... Maybe someday....... I go through decks so fast it robs my pockets 0.0

no How good do u have to be to be sponsered

um actually its not about how many tricks you can do, local skateshops will sponsor you if you can jump good gaps or stairs, ollies might even be enough... it is all about how cool your photographs look at the end

for example i know a guy that cant kickflip or anything, but he can jump a 9 stair and he got sponsored

im trying to get sponsored by the end of this year

yeah im sponsored UP THE GREENDOG

I'm almost good enough to be sponsored by a local shop... i just need to get bettter at switch and learn a few more tricks on tranny and i should be set with them.

My Sponsors;


http://www.pfizer.ca/images/user/%7B308BBEBD-6F87-4C45-8331-5F3122A6636B%7D.jpg

http://www.bayeraspirin.com/images/pic_esbbm.jpg

http://www.icyhot.com/images/logo/TitleCreamOff.gif

Naw and I'm not prepared to be. I just wanna be good for myself at the moment and do my school well for a good job later on, but if I'm really good and I have a good opertunity, I would take it, but I know its not a sport I would live off. I skate with the skateshop guys at my place so I know they can be free to ask me whenever they want. I just have to skate and it'll come...if I want.

I'm a long way from getting sponsored but I skate for myself and nobody else. (Not that being sponsored is a bad thing. Take it where you can get it)

I'm not because all I can do is ollie and almost 180 and pop shove it.

I'm not because I just started skating. It'd be cool to be sponsored though. Maybe someday...

I'm sponsored by RK Excel America for dirtbikes. Woot! Woot!

i was gonna try, but then figured it's a pain

No, I really don't want to be.

Psh.... PSHHHH... lol =P ... psh....

Anyways no Im not sponsered lol, and I dont think I wont be anytime soon.

Being sponsored isnt for everyone. I skate for the fun of it and am attending college and everything. Maybe if I was AMAZING i might think about pursuing skating as my profession.

def. not sponcered

yeah
coz hardware and skate culture skateshop
=/

i ahd a shop sponsor but i quit because they banned alot of my friends from the park.alot of my friends are flow for stuff.like blakes flow for dc.ryans flow for supra and krew.and im gettin a vid ready to give to my othe rlocal shop and then ima film some big gaps and send some stuff into some companies for flow.

is that really arto saari and geoff rowley?

uhhh
no
its a name

oh.no need to act like a douche.i figured they might have a profile on here or whatever?

i ahd a shop sponsor but i quit because they banned alot of my friends from the park.alot of my friends are flow for stuff.like blakes flow for dc.ryans flow for supra and krew.and im gettin a vid ready to give to my othe rlocal shop and then ima film some big gaps and send some stuff into some companies for flow.

is that really arto saari and geoff rowley?


I doubt you were sponsored. Show some videos.

And yet again, learn to type.

dude your ****in stupid.i was sponsores by sos skateshop.my avatar is of me and the rest of the team we went on the team trip.just because you probabally suck doesnt meen i do,just because u dont liek me doesnt meen to doubt my skating abilities.ill tell u how i got on the team.

You are an idiot.

Post some skating videos, then I'll gladly believe you.

Also, learn to type.

the first time iwent there i asked what i had to do to get on the team.they said get daniel to watch me skate the park so i did.i 5050 the 4 stair hubba.ollied the 4.180'd the 4.kickflipped the 4.boardslid the flat bar.fakie tre'd,nollie bigspin,switch heel,switch kick,fakie to lip slide,fakie 5050 half cab out,180 5050 half cab out.and i will post footy when i get the usb cord u ****in poon.

and i the reason i missspell alot is because i try to type faster then i think.trust me i know how to spell,when i was little i was in uil for it and placed 2nd.

dude the ****in pic proves it.

the first time iwent there i asked what i had to do to get on the team.they said get daniel to watch me skate the park so i did.i 5050 the 4 stair hubba.ollied the 4.180'd the 4.kickflipped the 4.boardslid the flat bar.fakie tre'd,nollie bigspin,switch heel,switch kick,fakie to lip slide,fakie 5050 half cab out,180 5050 half cab out.and i will post footy when i get the usb cord u ****in poon.

and i the reason i missspell alot is because i try to type faster then i think.trust me i know how to spell,when i was little i was in uil for it and placed 2nd.

dude the ****in pic proves it.


Lol, whatever.
I had a pic somewhere of me with the entire Flip team. Does that mean I'm on the flip team? NO.

Get some footage of you, then I'll believe you. Until then, you're lying.

I type fast, and I know how to spell.
Seriously dude, LEARN TO TYPE. You look retarded.

...And what is a "poon"?

you dont know what a poon is?lol.hahaha alright man ill just post footy.

and besides its not that big a ****in deal.its just a shop sponsor.and i quit.

Alright, go on and post some footy.

oh.no need to act like a douche.i figured they might have a profile on here or whatever?

i wasnt being a douch
look at the picture
its a kid
not rowley

No i'm not.

How does this sponsor thing work anyway? I know they give you free stuff as long as you skate for them and wear their stuff. But do you have to do anything ? Do you like represent them at comps or what ?

No, but this christian company said they might. I know I'm not too great, but still they said if I advertise I'm in.

^
wtf is with your name?
haha, yeah, i'm sponsored in THPS too =D
haha, here at duh, you just gotta be able to kickflip, heelflip, and grind the rail on a 6 set, and you're pretty much in

or do a tech run =D

that's how 2 of my friends got in