Archive for the 'Indu$try' Category
September 12th, 2006
Posted in Indu$try
Epicly Plagiarized
Patrick O’Dell has been down since the good ole days in oHIGHo. Volcom has some ‘splainin‘ to do.
or…
The whole thing smells of one big Rocco plan to us.
Support the original anyway. VERTE
via: A Skateboarder
July 14th, 2006
Posted in Indu$try, Opinion
Skateboard or Sell Skateboard Shit
On a tour with Ron Allen a long time ago… Ron had writing on his griptape. He was riding for H-Street at the time and he was traveling around the country skating demos and shit in some of the smallest towns in the USA.
“You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge”
That’s what Ron wrote on his griptape in 1989. We discussed the shoes that Nike was putting on the market for Skateboarding back then… In a tiny ass town in Ohio… In between taking turns trying a 9 stair handrail.
One of the kids watching us had a pair of those pink Nike Skateboard shoes on and he commented on how we might want to try tightening the laces on our shoes… We both looked at the kid and didn’t say anything.
We both landed the next try and skated away from the rail and didn’t stop or even look back at that kid with those shoes on. That kid didn’t follow us and all the other kids that were watching instead of Skateboarding didn’t follow us either.
They witnessed.
Fast Forward to now…
There is a sort of verbal agreement in the Skateboard Indu$try regarding retail accounts and a no-compete within a 10 mile radius. Zumiez is about to open within the 10 mile radius of a lot of Skateshops this year and we mean A LOT. Check out their site and look at the list of brands that zumiez carries and you will see that almost every company that supposedly lives by the 10 mile rule is available at Zumiez. Except one company. Yep… Nike SB is standing by the 10 mile rule. Consolidated isn’t up there yet.
How smart is that? Trick all the Skateshop owners into thinking that Nike SB is on their side when they feel like everyone else completely left them for the almighty dollar.
Final thought: This just isn’t right at all
Skate Everything Faster…
Support your local shop
July 6th, 2006
Posted in Indu$try, Opinion
Adbusters and Nike Skateboarding
As Moish Brennan, art director for Consolidated Skateboards, put it…
Nike is a huge multimillion dollar corporation that never gave a shit about skateboarding. The jocks who used to beat me up for skating wore Nikes and now Nike wants to be in with skaters? Uh-uh. It’s not going to happen. We’ve had to fight and scrimp and save, and it wasn’t so giant corporations could come along and buy their way in.
May 31st, 2006
Posted in Indu$try
Don’t Do It Again
Consolidated has launched an educational website: dontdoitarmy.com, as well as a My Space account, (but we don’t go there). The company has also begun to spread awareness through a print advertising campaign as well as other grass roots efforts.
Consolidated Skateboards is a manufacturer/distributor of skateboards, accessories, and apparel. It was founded in 1992 in Santa Cruz, California.
April 22nd, 2006
Posted in Indu$try, Rumors
Scott Dickey Transworld Media
Before Transworld Business posts their release about the new fruitboot boss man… The Skateboard Indu$try.com and Surfline forums have the media online.
The search engine tactics are just as dope as a ditch session with a little snow.
Indu$try Insiders with inside info bro.
Contact: Samara Mormar
Director of Communications
Time4 Media
212-779-5222
samara.mormar@time4.com
February 24th, 2006
Posted in Indu$try, Facts
Friday Fan Mail
It’s Definitely Not a Consolidated Shoe
Funny how certain people will take advantage of a situation. What started off as our artist doing a favor for his home town shop, has ended up being twisted and turned into something it wasn’t. Some people at a large sporting goods company are trying really hard to ride the association between themselves and Consolidated. It’s bad enough when they feel that they don’t need to pay for the association, but hell….they didn’t even ask! What they didn’t realize is that not everybody can be bought…much less stolen! Well……now it’s time to pay.
We experienced firsthand what sporting goods companies will do to get ahead in the game, but what they didn’t realize is that some people just won’t lay down and play dead….
It’s time again to wake up and come out fighting!
Consolidated Skateboards
via email
February 22nd, 2006
Posted in Indu$try
Consolidated About to Dunk Nike
We left it alone when we first saw them. The shoe company in question went and made something they shouldn’t have. Now we just sit back and see what happens after a nice session at Wallows.
Hurry home safe Birdo
There’s shit by your fan.
February 17th, 2006
Posted in Uncategorized, Indu$try
About Skateboarding
Wonder who the guy that runs this site is taking to the Skateboarding Prom?
February 10th, 2006
Posted in Indu$try, Rumors
Globe For Sale?
Out on the Skateboarding News Wire. Globe International Sale Likely Option. Does a sinking ship gather moss? Does the Pope shit in the woods?
$200 Million seems like a great price for Quicksilver or Billabong to snatch it up at.
January 20th, 2006
Posted in Indu$try
Porn and Skateboarding Merge
“Rich Marshall, who heads new business development at Kayo, said the deal will help both businesses move into new markets. We feel extreme sports and extreme sex go together extremely well.”
Kayo Corp gets the balls rolling in the porn industry with Adam & Eve. Pornography on Skateboard products will be introduced to all the heads at ASR.
Wonder where this idea came from?
Looks like we’re Livin’ It