Sponsorship

Flow is flow......If it's free why not?

 

i got a couple thru loopd.com and save some good money on essentials and boards

and like agua said, if it's free, why not?

 

Who is your board sponsor from sponsorhouse?

 

Pure Island Surfboards out of New Smyrna Beach

 

surferboi do you have videos and contest results on your looped site, and they come to you? also do you now have to surf esa's now that your sponsored?

 

i have some photos and a contest result, but thats it (none of my friends ever want to get out and get footage lol). i'll start competing more this season

as far as getting sponsors, you have to apply for them. they dont come to you. it's a pretty simple application tho, and getting sponsored through that site isn't hard. sponsorship is a 2 way street. they want you to spread the word about their product as much as you want discounts on stuff.

most likely you'll start off with just getting a percentage off of stuff, being that they dont really know you. but if you start competing a lot and posting good results, then the level of your sponsorship goes up.

and as for being required to compete, it depends on the sponsor. if they accept you, they'll send you a contract. you can look that over and decide whether or not to go with them. some may require you to compete, but from what i've seen most don't.

 

I remember when you had to surf in front of the reps of these companies, and impress them enough to get a hook up. Applying on the internet to get a sponsor? Lame, just surf, and if you're good enough someone will notice.

 

Agreed

i agree with fletcher on this one. signing up online for sponsorships seems bogus. I think a definition of a sponsership is in need.

 

same here. seems very lame to apply online. The best way is to still get noticed by your local shop and get on their team then as you progress they get you in with company reps for your first company sponsorships. the internet way seems very 'poseurish' and non-legit.

 

i agree that its not the traditional sense of sponsorship by all means. i dont hold myself anywhere near where a lot of other guys r at from doing it the hard way. i respect what they've done, and hope to get to the same level. what i'm doing for the time being is a cop-out for putting in the time like they have, and i know i'm inferior to them because of that.

but when u get to save some cash by sending something in online and sporting a logo, then i'm in.

 

although it is the easy way out and it might seem cool to be sponsored by applying online..it is pretty lame
so your gonna tell me that a guy who just started surfing on a Bic last week can be sponsored?
lame
just go out and surf

 

Give the kid some slack. He isn't claiming to be pro or ride for a major company or anything. He's trying to get flow. Who cares if it's a internet sponsor. Discounts are discounts.

OP - do you!

 

kook central

 

LOL... "I don’t understand-why is everything a competition? Does finding flaws ever get old? Do callous kids ever grow up? I think that we all know, they don’t."


Who caressssssss... if the kid gets sponsered, awesome. Kook this and Kook that... get real.

 

life is a competition...as it should be.

 

kook coast

 

Whatever happened to developing a good relationship with your local shop and getting someone to recognize you from there?

Online sponsorship? Whatever...you guys who are interested in going about it that way...go right ahead

 

im pretty sure in my thread trying to sell my boards you said that a landlocked guy couldnt get sponsored by legitimate shops. so now we're not allowed to save dough on boards through a sponsor we got online? is there any love for someone who doesnt have a beach view from their porch?

and all this "lame" nonsense....i thinks its lame to be forced to buy a super marked up board because you dont live down the street from a shop so you cant exactly "develop a good relationship with the local shop"

no one is claiming to be pro or turn into the next kelly. whats everyone's deal with puttin people down?