Just like the title says
who in freestyle do you think should be turned pro,am, or even just sponsored

i think sebastian H,marco sassi need to be pro


you?

Sebastian Heupel definitely...

I dont actually know much freestylers on a team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiLgpc97uhI

but this guy should be sponsored

Joe Flemke should be at least an am if he isn't already.

Joe Flemke should be at least an am if he isn't already.

hes pro
-_-

oh, I didn't know that. He is awesome.

This kid is definitely the best out there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL7lsC2HqTc



Did I fool anyone?

Alright on a more serious note I agree with you on Seba and Marco and maybe Cristobal Bahamonde should be pro too or at least hooked up better, he has so much creativity, style, and technicality.

Goke definitely needs to be sponsored, he's so damn smooth! There are others also like Mosti and Tyler who have a lot talent and potential. Problem is there is a lot of talent but not a lot of wealth to be spread around.

Goke definitely needs to be sponsored, he's so damn smooth!

Isn't Gokey hooked up by small school?

^Is he? I'm not entirely sure of everyone who is on SS anymore.

I Recall Someone saying Gokey's SS sponsership is on hold for now.... Or something

i dont know whats allowed to be said now
but smallschool might look into a few new people
;)

ill let the people do the talking

Yeah I'd say Brian, Gokey, Mosti, and Tyler definitely need to be sponsored if they don't already have any hook ups/connections. They are all very deserving of sponsorship in my eyes.

Well, if he isn't he certainly deserves to be picked up by some company.

gokey should get on little wheels

he likes ss
shouldnt be to hard
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WOOPS
i almost forgot 2 people

callum pro
jari pro

:)

Problem is there is a lot of talent but not a lot of wealth to be spread around.

Hit the nail on the head. Its hard enough to make it as a pro in the world of street, and there's a lot more oney to be had there. A lot of freestyle is non-profit.

Guess its just the nature of the game, pay to play:icon_2gun

dude gokey, callum, marco all need respect!!!!!!!:icon_bigg
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oh is necro pro? hes awesome too!

Well for the person that should be sponsered or am is Michael Davis!
Just take a look at his sponser video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cq_WArpmlWs

So the person that should turn pro is Antwon Dixon.

well For The Person That Should Be Sponsered Or Am Is Michael Davis!
Just Take A Look At His Sponser Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=cq_warpmlws

So The Person That Should Turn Pro Is Antwon Dixon.

Antwon Is Pro

And None Of That Even Has To Do With Freestyle

Read The F*ckin Thread

oh is necro pro? hes awesome too!

No...

No...

almost said it
but didnt want to be a a**

oh did i say pro lol i meant am, haha sorry!

Antwon Is Pro

And None Of That Even Has To Do With Freestyle

Read The F*ckin Thread

Yeh it was a little accident and it did'nt mean that you
could give me bad rep on a little mistake! Its like giving me bad rep on a word i misspelled. So you dont have to give me bad rep!

^christian is an am.

gokey needs to be am.

bengyak needs to be am.

jesse johnson should be sponsored just for the casper featherflip thing.

heupel needs to be pro.

moser is pro already, right? if not, he needs to be.

Yeh it was a little accident and it did'nt mean that you
could give me bad rep on a little mistake! Its like giving me bad rep on a word i misspelled. So you dont have to give me bad rep!

nahhhhhh
its not that hard to read that its in a completely different section

and if you would have read the first post you would know that

rep is the least of a persons worrys

almost said it
but didnt want to be a a**

Haha, I was hoping I didn't come off as an ass and seem like I was bashing on Christian's skating.

haha
nah you didnt brian
but
lmfao

i neg reped DJ Hankey

and he just pos reped me
WOOT WOOT

oh wow, i know your talking about me bro, lol

Pro Material Right Here- http://youtube.com/watch?v=SmejJjiCzoI


Ya know?

haha
nah you didnt brian
but
lmfao

i neg reped DJ Hankey

and he just pos reped me
WOOT WOOT

This system somehow seems... flawed.

^Yeah, it sort of is. I got a +rep from Coryd55 in this old conversation.
http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=66937
Ahh, the joys of the internet.

OMG brian, that was the best thread I ever read man, yo know hommie, LOL

^Yeah, it sort of is. I got a +rep from Coryd55 in this old conversation.
http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=66937
Ahh, the joys of the internet.

Not gonna lie, theres a chance i may have repped you for that, haha.

^Yeah, you did but I just couldn't believe it when I logged on and I had a +rep from Coryd55. One of the funniest things to happen to me over the internet. Truth be told it was actually really fun typing like that, people should try it more often.

when you think about it shouldnt Goke be pro instad of am cuz I mean hes so smooth and is just as good as some of the other pros out there

when you think about it shouldnt Goke be pro instad of am cuz I mean hes so smooth and is just as good as some of the other pros out there

Yeah, Goke's smooth but personally I wouldn't put him on the level of many of the pros out there. Not gonna lie Matt is a great skater with some great tricks and good style but when I think of pro level freestyle I think of guys like Terry Synnott, Michael Heller, Yoyo Schulz. Those guys have style, consistency, technicality and years of skating as well that lets them perform stuff at consistent level that I see as pro.

Problem is there is a lot of talent but not a lot of wealth to be spread around.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

I know a lot of people who I think are worthy and deserving of sponsorship. Brian, Gokey, and Jesse come to mind. I'm sure a lot of people like some in the videos posted above that i've never heard of are great, but I know only of who I watch regularly.

I know Emily is getting up there too. Her potential is great, and she knows she could be really good if she kept going at it. I do remember showing my friend here who had been freestyling for awhile (quit after some time) one of her videos, and he said "she's pretty good for a girl." I said "She's better than most guys, what are you talking about?" (She is better than he was).

Anyway, I watched Callum's video awhile ago and I think he was approaching pro level at that time. If not, extremely close to it.

^^Aww thanks Tyler. That means a lot! :)

I totally agree with the "plenty of talent but not enough wealth to spread around" Hopefully one day that can change. :)

i think that gokey shalt be thy pro
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=UnzgNAzquCw

this guy NEEDS to be pro also

^Yeah, it sort of is. I got a +rep from Coryd55 in this old conversation.
http://www.skaterscafe.com/showthread.php?t=66937
Ahh, the joys of the internet.

I just +repped you for that :)

I agree, Gokey should be pro.... I think Dan Gesmer is pro and look at his moves, he does his moves with grace, he makes it look like a real art, as does Gokey... Matts Grace on the board makes Russ Howell seem correct. Freestyle should be an sport in the Olympics.....

wait, seba's am still?
WHA! that's surprising
bbengyak, i think you are just as good, if not better (much better) than alot of the sponsored ams for FS i've seen

wait, seba's am still?
WHA! that's surprising
bbengyak, i think you are just as good, if not better (much better) than alot of the sponsored ams for FS i've seen


am, pro ... sposnored.... whatever that makes NONSENSE.


Sebastian talking about competition is PRO, Jari Paakkari and Marco Sassi too.
it makes sense talking about pro status in the comp level, otherwhise -.-


Compared to the guys from the 80s, none of the new freestyle skaters deserve the pro titel honestly. Have look at those perfect runs from back then, filled with flow and super hard tricks. WOOT!

Compared to the guys from the 80s, none of the new freestyle skaters deserve the pro titel honestly. Have look at those perfect runs from back then, filled with flow and super hard tricks. WOOT!

ouch , harsh , but a bit of truth ...

ouch , harsh , but a bit of truth ...

yeahhhh
nobody comes close to andre,brown,welinder,mullen
=[

Everyone who should be is preety much hocked up already so arnt and some need to go pro but this guy definatly she be pro and he is so unheard of too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

Compared to the guys from the 80s, none of the new freestyle skaters deserve the pro titel honestly. Have look at those perfect runs from back then, filled with flow and super hard tricks. WOOT!

Sometimes I don't think that is the fairest comparison. If companies were looking for people on the level of those guys, and one actually walked through their door, I don't think he would be what the company was looking for anyway.

Compared to the guys from the 80s, none of the new freestyle skaters deserve the pro titel honestly. Have look at those perfect runs from back then, filled with flow and super hard tricks. WOOT!

I can't actually think of many skaters who are on the level of the Ams from the 80s (new freestylers here).

The whole discussion is slightly academic though. There are tons of people who "deserve" to be sponsored, hooked up, flowed, whatever, if you go on skill level. But there's no money in freestyle, and the companies can't afford to be sending out free stuff to everyone who gets good. *shrug* That's how the world works unfortunately.

~Christian

*shrug* That's how the world works unfortunately.

~Christian

:tongue: Easy for you to say, you're hooked up by Sk8kings.

Just joking, I actually agree with what you're saying.

Sponsors don't matter guys. Everyone is thinks that getting sponsored makes everything easier, and it makes you seem like a better skater. But the sad part is thats not the truth.


HAHA NOT.

I think Chris and Sto should have been sponsored a loooong time ago!!!!

I think Chris and Sto should have been sponsored a loooong time ago!!!!

they dont want to be
they skate for fun

What made the 80's generation of freestylers so much better than us? They freakin' ripped. I guess we have our late flips that weren't done (I think?) at the time...

Although I do love late flips : )... (This is not a stab at Dylan's last part.)

^More experience is my guess. I know I can't name that many "new generation freestylers" that have been skating freestyle over 5 or 6 years. I'm just nearing 4 years of skating myself and 3 of that spent freestyling.

I really do wish one day soon fs will progress a ton. I know most fs companies are non profit and can't afford to travel, and do this and that with sponsoring ppl.
But I wish the world of freestyle had the same opportunity if not...close, to street and vert.

Not just sponsoring, I really don't care about that tbh, but getting into events, having fun with other freestylers.
Someone answer me this...

Who here can skate with a fellow freestyler anytime they want?
AND who here can skate with a street/vert skater?

I'm sure no one here or most everyone here, aren't able to skate with a fs everyday
But a street skater? I believe most of us will say yes.

Me...I don't know any actual freestylers, I know one guy from back in the day but I am not in contact with him or anything or know if he fs's.

Anyways my point being...I wanna see progression so that maybe one day all of us can skate with a fellow cafe'r and/or skate with just a regular passionate fs'r just like us :)

ramble ftw...or not.

I really do wish one day soon fs will progress a ton. I know most fs companies are non profit and can't afford to travel, and do this and that with sponsoring ppl.
But I wish the world of freestyle had the same opportunity if not...close, to street and vert.

Not just sponsoring, I really don't care about that tbh, but getting into events, having fun with other freestylers.
Someone answer me this...

Who here can skate with a fellow freestyler anytime they want?
AND who here can skate with a street/vert skater?

I'm sure no one here or most everyone here, aren't able to skate with a fs everyday
But a street skater? I believe most of us will say yes.

Me...I don't know any actual freestylers, I know one guy from back in the day but I am not in contact with him or anything or know if he fs's.

Anyways my point being...I wanna see progression so that maybe one day all of us can skate with a fellow cafe'r and/or skate with just a regular passionate fs'r just like us :)

ramble ftw...or not.
I skate with zakk kimball about three times a week since he lives half a mile away