Alex Broskow

[Chinamen]

Dropped from Rollerblade??

Better believe it!!

[Chinamen]

www.rollernews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=301

[sukeats]

yup and everyone else on the TRS team.
that'd explain the lack of promodels in the upcoming TRS skate lineup.

[George]

hahahhahahahahahahahaahahahahaahahahha
chinaman, ok you got malaysian and asian news, but when it comes to international news NO ONE IS A BIGGER MESSAGE BOARD SUPER SLUTH SLASH FUCKING DORK 247 ZORZZZ!!!!1!!!1!oneoen

i broke this news last month

[Chinamen]

Yup that's why the link to show everyone here your international affiliation

The link showed you posted the news

And George first

[George]

Yeap, i just want to make sure EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IM THE BEST...




















...at being a messageboard whore.

thanks for the dick suck though

[George]

on topic though, theres a rb boycott gonna happen me thinks.

[sukeats]

bala showed me the link at skatepile.com - RB TRS Treseders are now goin for US199 - - an overnight drop in price of US80

has the boycott begun?

[George]

nope its because since rollerblade got their skates put into a big american sports store (royal sporting house i think), they dont need to have a team, or high prices any more.

[Chinamen]

Royal Sporting House is a local outfit but they started from Singapore, not an American store

The only brand offered in RSH seems like Scorpion and they are not even proper skates

Looks more like Rollerblade are in some sort of trouble and possibly restructuring thus may offload products and even the team

Damn.........

[George]

er my bad but nope.
rollerblade is the best selling skate of any brand.
the head of rb's marketing just posted this on be-mag:

Greetings fellow rollers,

My name is Nick and I am the marketing manager for Rollerblade USA. I received a disturbing email written by Azikiwee Anderson (a competitor who distributes Roces and Valo) regarding our 2006 TRS marketing program and I’d like to set the record straight. Consider this the “official” response from RB. It is true that we are making changes to the TRS program in 2006 and we have notified our athletes that we’re no longer sponsoring a salaried team of athletes. However, Rollerblade is not abandoning the aggressive market; we’re simply no longer supporting a salaried team of professional athletes. What we are doing is drastically expanding the team program to include two different levels of sponsored skaters who have an influence in their respective areas. If you are a talented skater and are interested in being a part of the TRS program, please contact me at [e-mail].

Now for some fact checking … contrary to the rumors spreading throughout the message boards, part of this new structure involves keeping both Richie and Cory in salaried roles to help promote our new TRS marketing direction. Tory and Franky have also both been offered spots on our "A" team - something limited to about 10 people. Will all or even any of these guys agree to go forward with us in this way? I have no idea. My hope is yes. They have all given a LOT to Rollerblade and we appreciate every ounce of sweat and drop of blood. However, I'm not an idiot, if they find another brand out there still going with a Pro Team direction; I wish them the best there as well.

Lastly, the attacks seem to imply we have reduced our commitment to the aggressive community and Rollerblade is portrayed as some big "corporate" bad guy to be boycotted. In 2006, and since I’ve been here (1997), we continually invested in growing the market by supporting as many small competitions, shops, contests, tours and aspiring rollers across the globe as possible.

PS: of the 13 employees here at Rollerblade USA there isn’t one leather chair (contrary to the gossip on the posts out there) and personally, I drive a Honda Accord. If anyone would like more information about our change in marketing direction, or if they would simply like to hear the truth and learn some of the realities of the situation, don’t hesitate to call me at 609-249-1714 or email me at [e-mail]. Note to Azikiwee, you have all our personal cell phones, next time give a call and find out the truth before you spread incorrect info.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Skally
Marketing and PR Manager

[George]

www.be-mag.com/msgboard/viewtopic.php?t=116486

[sukeats]

ooooooooooooh sounds like its becoming a nazty catfight.... meowrr!


royal sporting house u say? well.... we have one of those in one utama....hmmmm

[George]

nah its not royal spporting house, its somehting else.
maybe walmart sport or something.

FUCK

i wish i'd written it down .