Chris Nieratko has a pretty interesting article on ESPN about how economic woes are affecting the skateboard industry. He talks to pros, business owners and former pros turned industry honchos. It’s a quick read sprinkled with a healthy dose of gratuitous skate shots, so so check it out.
– Thanks to Michael Brooke for the tip.
7 comments
Eric Cherry
Maybe this wave of bad economic times will help shape these kids into not being so materialistic. Maybe it’ll get Sheckler off my damn TV. Miracles do happen!
The economy is railing me. In my business sales are down over 50%. Then credit card companies decided to jack my rate up to 21.99% just because they ‘can’, I didn’t break one of their rules. A preemptive strike before the legislation passed on credit cards, so they raised everyone’s rate up to 21.99%. How insane!
It’s not like like they’re hurting, in 2009 for all the credit card companies, Visa, Amex, Mastercard, Etc, all of them posted a minimum net profit of over $550 million, EACH. Some over a billion dollars!
I could complain for non-stop days about this… so I’ll spare you. What I wish I could do is convince everyone in America to stop paying their credit card bills. Make those bastards bleed and regain control! If only I were Che Guevara
skaterhusseindave
Pay your credit card bills, then save your money, and don’t ever use the card again. That would hurt them and wake them up. The hard part is getting everyone to do this at the same time.
jakeandannoy
Good read.
Sucks about Dan Murphy, dude rips.
Drunk Andy
Just wait untill those totally cool Obama policies kick in then we’ll all be rich!
Talentlessquitter
Oh boohoo,Volcom lost some money!
I feel bad if a skate shop has to close but this article talks about ‘skate’ companies.A lot of those are actually clothing and shoe companies ’cause we all know where the money is being made.
And it’s quite common for a clothing brand to fall down.
I’m a simple customer/civillian and I think skate(brand) clothes are expensive.To me there in the luxury market,which of course is being hit in a crisis.
conahan
Sk8 D
it must feel awful not being able to make a house payment…..on your vacation home.