Nike Killed Skateboarding
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- zgraham0
i think sheckler is a bigger problem than nike
- curtismaddox0
Sheckler is the WORST thing to happen to skateboarding. WHINEY EMO SISSY! Great point man. I was just rappin with some people about that yesterday.
- robotron3k0
Evolve or die my friend. Push and roll skateboarding is a thing of the past...
- Meeklo0
- admit it, she was doing it before you think it was coolMeeklo
- Haha!! Meeklo shoots...scores!TheBlueOne
- Nike.. even cool back then.mrbee2828
- Back when Toyfreaker wasn't born yetMeeklo
- Meeklo0
5th from bottom
- ross0
i still rock 720°s and bridgebolts™
Who cares if nike is making money off skateboarding. Everyone else has been for the last 10 years.
if you dont like them, dont buy the shoes.
- Meeklo0
That's right. Nike killed the spirit of skateboarding with the injection of "underground main stream" shoes.
"ToyFreaker
If you think Nike is a true playa in the game of skateboarding then you have no idea your roots my friend."if Nike killed skateboarding.. skateboarding died in the late 70s early 80s?
- jiaf0
Nike has not affected the amount of fun i can have on a skateboard.
- zgraham0
there are a lot of things going on in skateboarding right now that i dont like, and its easy to point fingers at the bigger companies and blame them. However, they wouldnt exist if WE didnt buy them. Nike isnt killing skateboarding, skateboarders are.
And its not like Nike is the only giant in the industry, what about vans? theyve been around for a long time and get a lot of street cred, but are they not owned by a huge corporation? same with almost every shoe company in the industry. Even the "core" distributors like podium (DVS, Lakai) make bmx, motocross, surfing, blah blah blah shoes.
skateboarding is big money, and its pretty dumb to think companies with smart marketing people arent going to take a stab at it. But hey, at least they are supporting their team. They pay them well and fly them to the best spots in the world. Nike is also sponsoring skate events and giving (though its a fraction of what they make) back to the skate community. I say let the big companies come into skateboarding and pay us absurd amounts of money. Lets milk them while theyre here.
- mrdobolina0
Steve Rocco changed skateboarding.
- Meeklo0
It looks to me that this thread is 30 years late, sorry.
- defstro0
Damn you Nike!!!
- i_monk0
There are already so many reasons to hate Nike.
- TheBlueOne0
Nike killed golf!!!!
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Start a threadMeeklo - never! That sasquatch driver is just too much thoughsection_014
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