The Round Table w/ Skateboardings Most Powerful | What’s the current state of board sponsorship, pro skaters, + entrepreneurs

Skateboarding has changed. That’s a fact. But where it’s going to go as money from core company dwindles and corporate, entrepreneurial, and social media money grows. It’s gonna be a wild ride and not many people are more decorated to talk about it than Don Brown (Sole Tech), Jeff Kendall (NHS), and Per Welinder (Blitz). The powerhouse 3 talk about the evolution of sponsorship and dives into the entrepreneur avenues of pro riders like what P-Rod is doing with Primitive. Nyjah making more money than Tony Hawk, and perhaps everyone else combined. The fall of board sponsorship, saying that riders like Luan are now known for skating for Nike and not for Flip. A total reversal from just years ago.

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“Chime into the conversation below. The Round Table is an 11-part series focused on The State of Skate. Transworld SKATEboarding’s Mike Fitzgerald moderated the conversation with Don Brown, Sr. VP of Marketing for Sole Technology, Jeff Kendall, Vice President of NHS, Inc., and Per Welinder, President and CEO of Blitz Distribution.”