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Post by sukeats on Apr 23, 2004 12:28:21 GMT 8
lifted from sequencemag.com forum (i had a grommet-overdose at be-mag - cant stand that place..)
anyways - - - some guy's post on how the industry is doing.
This year:
-USD flowed out more skates than they sold.
-Razors didn't sell through their '03 skates and consequently suspended
production of the Shima5 and possibly other skates.
-Rollerblade also not selling skates had to cut a good portion of their team
from payroll.
I've also heard and read that Rejects will no longer be producing their
fucking awesome magazine/dvd. I'm not sure when that's going to
happen, but I'm definitely not looking forward to it.
Skateshop-wise, Matt Mickey from Intuition works multiple side-jobs to pay
his shop's bills. Al Dolega and myself from Octona also require second jobs
to stay in business.
And this **** with Fifty/50 facing a lawsuit from a lame-ass record label
certainly can't be good.
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Post by FluffntechHarry on Apr 23, 2004 14:23:00 GMT 8
i think this is bullshit ....
it was all started by that guy whos name i forget saying rollerbladin will be dead in ten years....
i asked in england and not only is kizer doing well they are sending out new shipments...(but i did hear this from a grubby skateboarder workin at the skate shop i went to)
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Post by sukeats on Apr 23, 2004 14:28:18 GMT 8
oh...if u heard it from a grubby boarder then it MUST be true!
but honestly... its probably one of them popular/unpopular making money/not making money cycles.
and slumptime is coming ...just like in 1998
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Post by Mrponk on Apr 23, 2004 16:40:37 GMT 8
firty/50 getting sued? wow...
Lost in otta space
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Post by sukeats on Apr 23, 2004 22:41:27 GMT 8
5050 is gettin sued bcs they used a song by The Faint in their video without permission. which is usually fine - bcs these bands usually never catch wind of skate videos anyway.
but the 5050 video was shown on fox or somthing like that. and the band found out and sued their asses
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Post by nickKORR on Apr 24, 2004 11:02:39 GMT 8
oooooooooo00000000000000ooooooooohh
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Post by George on Apr 24, 2004 11:40:50 GMT 8
harry means fiziks.
but seriously, who really cares?
we've heard this kind of bullshit before, like how the industry is dying and this is the last year rollerblading is going to survive. but all i need to do is:
a) go to rollingedits, look how they have like a squillion members
b) look at the amount of skate videos there are happening
c)play rolling
d)realise that the IMYTA is going to be on FOX
e)think that the guy that posted that has no actual facts.
the only thing i know for sure is bullshit is the rollerblade remark. rollerblade sales are doing better than EVER, and the reason they cut the team was because the new owner (bennetton?) cut the aggressive budget.
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Post by sukeats on Apr 24, 2004 11:52:34 GMT 8
george - you're not making sense.
no sales = cut budget... that makes sense right? they cut the team cus they arent making money.
but i guess there really isnt any point arguing. cus you and i will probably still be skating ...... and arguing "is the industry dying?" in 2010.
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Post by George on Apr 24, 2004 11:56:40 GMT 8
hahah yeah.
well thats what azikwee told me.
new owner came in, kicked up a storm, cut budgets. but he said sales were doing better than ever.
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Post by George on Apr 24, 2004 14:50:08 GMT 8
hahahaha
i remeber that g...
see that discredits the whole thing......
its just grommets jumping to conclusions about an indusrty they dont understand...
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Post by sukeats on Apr 24, 2004 23:43:40 GMT 8
george - why are u talkin in the 'third person'?
or is that harry?
LOGOUT boys... LOGOUT!
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Post by George on Apr 25, 2004 4:04:25 GMT 8
hahaha yeah. i really need to start logging out...
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Post by lizZ on Apr 25, 2004 4:14:06 GMT 8
itz 4 am and i can't sleep..... heheh...... i'm bored  |
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Post by George on Apr 25, 2004 4:21:47 GMT 8
iniiiit me too... jet lag baaaby.
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Post by lizZ on Apr 25, 2004 4:45:15 GMT 8
haha
why not sleeping?
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