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Valeri Rosomako, Polejam, Paris (FR), 19.07.2013 — Photo : Alex Pires
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ternet, or energy drinks that in my opinion took skateboarding into a weird mainstream blur…
ENERGY DRINKS THAT IN MY OPINION TOOK SKATEBOARDING INTO A WEIRD MAINSTREAM BLUR Anyway, recession must have sharpened my business outlook on the skateboarding industr y, which was something I didn’t understand before, being a kid. In the end, it’s only money issues, what goes on in skateboarding happens everywhere else, and even if it doesn’t really affect my lifestyle, I guess it still affects me in general… PETER MOLEC SAMUEL PARTAIX Of course! I’ve seen a lot of pro skaters friends getting kicked out of little companies as well as big ones. I was pretty lucky on my side, when Insight51 dropped my contract, Vans offered me one for the clothing along with other brands like Electric, Sosh, Xsories… You need to think about the future because everything can stop anytime! FLORENT MIRTAIN I can’t really say it affected me. It all started in 2007, pretty much when I started earning money from skateboarding. So I can’t really compare my situation before and after the recession. But I do remember that by this time, all “good news” would come alongside the bad ones like “but we’re gonna have to let this guy go because of the crisis, you know…” or “sorry we had to cut in two your per diem”… The effects on skateboarding are quite obvious, like the end of some companies, some magazines that disappeared, budget cuts, the rise of the in-
First of all I guess its a fake this whole crisis. Just to keep people scared and under control. But for sure it had effect on me as probably on most people. Skateboarding is fucked nowadays. You