Nike Pulls Minor Threat Ad
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2cents.. I think you're missing my point...
... yes - alot of these companies are supported by a bigger parent...
... what I'm talking about is the specific name 'nike' being put on skateboarding products.
It's a little different is Nike backs a company like Birdhouse (which needs no backing cuz Mr. Hawk has plenty on his own - but I'm sure he's got investors that took the reigns at the beginning and business managers to move it forward to where it is today)....
... but the simple 'name' makes all the diff. Nike has never been known for anything so independent as skateboarding. Yeah - runners run by themselves... blah blah blah... but running isn't 'hardcore' or 'extreme' and therefor doesn't carry the same image with it.
The Nike name doesn't really flow with the whole skateboard image... or the older perceived image of the 80 and 90's.