What all comes with the "sponsorship" package??

[Letmesk8freely]

I'm looking to get sponsored, but I want to know if it's worth it. I here you get good discounts and if you're super good you can even get free stuff. I also here it kind of takes the fun out of skateboarding, like you have to make footage even if you're not in the mood and you also have to places if you don't want to. Are my facts straight? So what all comes with the "sponsor me" package?

[snakeyes17]

I have no clue but if I could get sponsored I would and then if I didn't like it just quit and take the free/discount stuff.

[EmericaSkater66]

lol I'm with snake on that one.

[muzz16]

it's entirely down to who sponsers you...you could get a real laid back company or some stupid agro team that have to enter loads of comps and what not the company i'm filming for are so cool it's rad... so much skater input it's the way it should be...basically the owner is down with anything we come up with and he funds everything...roll on summer so the trips can start

[BakerStencil]

A Bizzilion Dollars and all you wildest dreams will come true....j/k :)

[NitrousX]

It all depends on the company you are sponsored by. I know a skater here sponsored by Globe and he has a shitload of clothes and shoes from them. But he says sponsorship worth it becuase of the stuff and money, but then you kinda sell yourself out and gotta skate as a job, not for fun. He said that skating is still fun, it's just that you gotta get these photos by that deadline and blah blah blah.

[offthewallsk8er]

i would simply join, get a shit load of free things, and if i didnt like it quit and find a better company :)

[GlobeSkater93]

my friend knows a 11 year old kid who is sponsered by termite or w/e but he doesnt get a lot of free stuff just some like billabong shirts shoes when he needs new ones and like thats it. but thats just termite...i wish i was sponsered FREE STUFF YAY

[enjoiYourBoard]

hmm lets see.. it depends where you get sponsored. basically- you have fun and get rewards for it.. wow, i would definatly not no wether to do it or not

[ilovetoy]

im one of those popl that just can't be pushed to hard like the company could grind me into the ground and i would still be happy:)

[manwithcowhat]

well... if you are lucky you get to have a super unrealistic videogame named after you so a whole bunch of people could buy it. 70% of which will be *****s 10% will probley get it free with a ps2 after the game is out a while and 20% will be actual skaters looking for something that has to do with skateboarding that they can do within their own home... yay tony hawk

[glimmer14]

i would definatly think getting sponsered would be worth it, just for bragging rights. It would be such an accomplishment as a skater.

[just_skate_]

just get sponsored. if you dont like it you can always quit unless they get you on like a 2 year contract or sumtin

[Poser Park]

You shouldn't just be into getting sponsored for the fame and the free stuff, you should be in it for the progression of skateboarding itself. My 2 cents.

(BTW, I'm diggin' the new forum format)

[varial_flip]

everyones obsessed with gettin sponsored, i dont know why people dont just wanna skate! i mean, i dont know how good any of you are but to ecome a pro you have to be a pretty awesome skater, and im not sure if every1s being realistic about this

[Festibu Amidaq]

yeah, i have no intention of skating for a living, i skate for me

even if i did, the competition is so harsh since skateboarding is a lot more popular nowadays, like u get kids who have been skating even before they could hold thier own head up and pulling tre flips before their first words ( a lil exajuration but u know what i mean)

im not tell you to give up tho

[Zero Skater]

im going to sound so lame but to me getting sponsered is selling out.

[R-dude]

the only reason i'd like to get a good sponsorship is for free set-ups and shoes...just cause i'm short on money...don't like the idea of being pushed into all sorts of stuff by a company though

[DarkHawk2-2]

chances are, u wont get paid. u just get free crap. and ure forced to gather footage that's worthy of the company's reputation. only pros and ams get paid. ya better find a good company to ride for. i got this info from a couple guys at ambush and ruin.

[RodneyMullenTOY]

A girl in my town just got sponsored by element. Its crazy as hell. I havent seen her skate but shes i hear shes good. So dreams can come true, by the way she is 13.

Just something to think about.

[shad0w]

I wish i was good enough to be sponsered. One day i will be, and i'll be the most 84D455 skater anyone has ever seen...(sigh)...it almost makes me sad cause i know i'm lying to my self...oh well.

[Ramp]