Whats it take to get sponsered exactly? And who´s there to sponser you?

skate4evr

Whats it take exactly to be sponsered? is it worth my while trying to get sponsered now? i can like do pretty most flips cept impossible... i can do a bit of flat land, like primos, reemos, primo flips, caspers, truckstands, casper flips.... i can like air ramps nd all that **** like with the grabs nd whatnot... im not great at grinds, i can do 50-50´s, 180 50-50´s, lipslides and boardslides but thats it... i can do a bunch of stalls, axles, disasters, rock n rolls, blunts, nose stalls etc. the flip tricks i can do are like kickflips, varial kickflips, 360 flips, hardflips, double kickflips, varial heelflips, heelflips, bs/fs shuv its, 360 shuv its and what im most proud of is my triple kickflips! im gonna put up a video on youtube soon so ill see what ya´s think! theres alot of competition out there, and not alot of oppertunity! so is it worth my while trying?

Thanks

Jello

:rolleyes:

segasega

Only really really big money grabbing companies will sponser you for being a really good skater. Most sponsorships on base on (besides your skills), how nice of a person you are and your general outlook on life and skakeboarding. No one will sponsor you just after seeing a video, its a start, but they will want to meet and talk to you and stuff.

f

its always good to try, but you need stlye, and you need to be known by people high up . in ireland anyway

dazftw

Local shops maybe?

We have like one skateshop in Waterford and we have a few good guys here who are not really sponsered.. They just get stuf cheaper than everyone else cause there better lol

fisheye

segasega wrote:

Only really really big money grabbing companies will sponser you for being a really good skater. Most sponsorships on base on (besides your skills), how nice of a person you are and your general outlook on life and skakeboarding. No one will sponsor you just after seeing a video, its a start, but they will want to meet and talk to you and stuff.

Some people get sponsored by video alone, others through word of mouth and recommendation by team skaters, but in nearly all cases, it's about being mates with the right people, skating loads, getting photos, putting together a video part, going to jams and contests, etc. Bruce the Ox is not the most gifted skater, but his attitude and presence was instrumental in him getting hooked up.

Companies sponsor skaters whom they think will advertise, promote and endorse their company in a positive light and ultimately, help sell boards. Tom Penny's boards still sold by the ****load purely off his reputation in the late 90s up to 2002 even though he had no coverage whatsoever. Same reason why Guy Mariano has a pro shoe on Lakai now, despite the fact he hasn't put out a video part in 9 years.

If you want to get sponsored, have a look at the likes of Collective, What's the Point, Dirty Dublin, Hidden, etc. and if your skating is up to par with those guys, then maybe you'll get it.

lifesgood

you need to be able to do your tricks clean for example can you catch kickflips and do handrails etc

jtsuited

you have to ask yourself: what's in it for the companies that sponsor you?

Are there any benefits of giving you free stuff?

shortys94

Do Element sposnor any Irish guys atm?

sdLOVE

there's one kid called finn merrins who gets hooked up by element. he's a bushy local i think

and gavin "gav" coughlan told me he got to skate tony hawks skatepark in his back garden

gerk86

dont bother tryin go get a big sponser because there is a million other kids who have sent in sponser vids and chances are most of them are better than u. Just approach your local shop, if they dont have a team enquire about setting one up. Go from there.

Jonnykitedude

as the other guys have said go to your local shops etc or new clothing companys that seems to work for the guys that kite landboard with me