Hey swellinfo, you guys should get something going, sponsor people, like nothing big, but give the team riders stickers, discounts, free stuff, stuff like that. I dont know if you already have one but that would be a gnarly project for you guys.
what the hell do u want micah to give ya or discount ya. He already gives everyone free forecast and reports STFU
No, thats not what im saying, They dont have to give us free stuff, im just saying that it would be kinda cool for them to have a team or just little sponsors, it would be up to them to give them stuff, like just a sticker that you could only get if your sponsored that would say "Swell Info sponsor- your name". That would be good for all of us, we can say were sponsored and swellinfo will get more publicity.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have been talking to Slater trying to get him to get off the Quiksilver team and come on over to Swellinfo, but we'll see how that goes. No, but seriously, one thing that we do need to get are some stickers. So, your rippers can represent your big aerials with some Swellinfo style.
I would put a stickers on all my boards, but do you really think that he would go off the team, or are you just kidding, well you never know maybe he hates being on the Quiksilver team
Flip it around... and buy a t-shirt and sponsor Swell Info: http://www.swellinfo.com/store/swellinfo_tees.html
What about this? Would it be a good idea rash guards and board shorts with "SWELLINFO" logo?, this would be a good idea to support this website and at the same time it advertise itself, this will generate more advertising for this website, new sponsors, etc. And with more resources we could have a future swellinfo team, nothing is free in this life. support swellinfo.
Stickers are a definite... And Rash guards sound reasonable. So much to do...!!! Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
Micah, I ran a similar surf website for a few years 02-07 in san diego. Free surf report and daily forecasting site. Grassroots, I would give a visual update daily from the cliffs in front of my house and had a bunch of free sh** on it. It got pretty big after a year or two. I actually ran a set of stickers that said "sixonenine.net" on them and gave them to a few local kids who were already sponsored by the local ob surf shops and it worked out great. I got a bunch of local traffic off of it, but it brought mixed feelings. When all the sunset cliffs locals saw that I had a web cam over pescedero and that I had links to 12 live cams in the county, I got some pretty nasty feedback. I scaled down and removed my cams because I surf with these guys all year and wanted to respect the locals. I actually ended up taking it down all together since there are services like yours that were just better, so why re-invent the wheel. San Diego is too crowded anyway and I wasnt helping./ But, long story short. Stickers work really well. Just be careful who you sponsor You don't want the wrong guy with a sticker on his board out fist fighting in the lineup or towing in at hatteras being a deuche.
