Sponsor vid to skateshops?

id say go for it.. your badass enough that it might just work

if they are impressed with your video.. then whip out defect

Chase

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I think it could work...but it'd be hard to get any free stuff, since
cycling stuff generally aren't produced by boarding companies. but it
could work.

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we don't need free stuff, shame on you!
We just want to be recognized as a real sport.

...Then we get free stuff...

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i dont think a skateboard shop would sponsor you.. they ar enot a
unicycling shop .. the people whod sponsor is the people that could
make money with you so think mroe about skateboarding clothing brands..
dc, etnies, quicksliver rds... they would sponsor you .. because if dc
shoes would sponsor you more unicyclist would buy dc shoes for
unicycling.

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Spudman said:

we don't need free stuff, shame on you!
We just want to be recognized as a real sport.

...Then we get free stuff...

well, yeah, but being sponsored sort of includes getting free stuff.

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just letting you know in a friendly way, max, there is now a spellcheck.

but yeah... i've talked to a local ski shop dude. he's quite interested
for a spring/summer product line, so we showed him UniVerse 2 and we're
going to show him what we can do trials wise (at least me and
alchemicfrederick) some time in the next couple weeks.

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yeah I dont rlly care... u know lazyness

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i dont really think the skaterworld will be too happy that we are trying
to get them to conform. or even notice unicycling. Margera Bam already
gets enough money as it is, and that's because skating is a more
recognized sport. but what you could do is go to an X-Games and try to
get seen on T.V. with a unicycle screaming "Look at ME!! LOOK AT ME!!"
then you might be noticed as a 'freak'

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I was "sponsored" by my local skate shop until I moved... I basically
got shirts from him for free and bragging rights.

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theotherguy said:

i dont really think the skaterworld will be too happy that we are trying
to get them to conform. or even notice unicycling. Margera Bam already
gets enough money as it is, and that's because skating is a more
recognized sport. but what you could do is go to an X-Games and try to
get seen on T.V. with a unicycle screaming "Look at ME!! LOOK AT ME!!"
then you might be noticed as a 'freak'

I wouldn't call it conforming, as we are still very much the minority
in the sport world. We're UNconforming, if we were conforming, we'd
all be riding bikes! Or SKATEBOARDS!

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unicycling isnt big enough for ppl other unicyclists to by there
products so its kinda dumb, unless someone sees something in the person
as a marketing thing then maybe.

justin

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I know a guy near where i live who is sponsored by the local skateshop,
i should imagine he just gets clothes or something, can;t really think
what else they have to offer him. I think he does demos at shows for
them, i guess this attracts even non-unicyclists towards their brand if
they've got something a bit new and unique, and if this guys spends
alot of time at the local skatepark wearing their stuff then i suppose
he's no different from the skaters they sponsor.

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there's a bikeshop in our excuse for a city that every now and then has
a UNICYCLE! That's where i got my little pitiful generic 20" uni.

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yeah, id definitely say go for bike shops over skate shops.

They supply safety gear, parts, even a few unicycles - atleast on
order, so not only would you get stuff that would actually be nice for
your uni, but the bike shop would get custom from a market that
actually buys the things that they are selling.

"woah! look at that guy on the unicycle with the skateshop t-shirt! im
going to buy my next skateboard from there!"

or

"woah! look at that guy on the unicycle with the bikeshop t-shirt! i
wonder if i could buy a unicycle from there!"

although they are both cheesy, id say the second one is far more
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All the skate shops I know are also BMX shops. At the last one I went to
(to buy shoes), I could have bought the shoes I ride in, the pedals I
use, pads and could even have ordered Profile stuff if I really wanted
to. I could have got more of my unicycling gear there than at most bike
shops, where you usually can't get decent shoes or pedals (obviously
neither will sell you decent unicycles in most cases).

I think street riding has far more in common stylistically with bmx
than with mainstream bike riding, so skate/bmx shops might actually be
more appropriate than a bike shop.

Joe

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joemarshall said:

I think street riding has far more in common stylistically with bmx
than with mainstream bike riding, so skate/bmx shops might actually be
more appropriate than a bike shop.

Joe

Wait, isn't BMX the mainstream? Around here bikeshops sell BMX stuff,
normal bikes, etc. and the more underground people are the hardcore
downhillers.

Oh, wait, I think I understood you wrong. ah well, I'll post anyway.

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What harm could it possibly do? Once I get my freakin' vid together I
think I'll be showing it to a shop here. You won't know till you try.

David

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exactly.

but i'm still not sure if i really WANT unicycling to go fully
mainstream...
i don't want it to because then if it does, i won't be unique
anymore... no pun intended at all.

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I say go for it. It cant hurt to try.

I'm sponsered by 'Pryme Gear' (http://www.prymegear.com)....

darchibald said:

What harm could it possibly do? Once I get my freakin' vid together I
think I'll be showing it to a shop here. You won't know till you try.

David

Your going to show us the video right? 🙂

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