How do you get sponsored?

only the coolest of cool kids get sponsered.

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patrick

sure he may be good...but apparently so is 99% of everyone on here...im not gonna be cocky, its just that you get that post a million times. No i dont have the switch 9 left and right, and what not...I like to go 15ft in the pipe and can dig you out of an avalanche. I like to ski everything OUTSIDE of the park and i know how to manage my sluff...I can stomp 50 ft cliffs with easy and guinea pig superpark jumps. I know how to make a sponsor happy, and i know how to get your mom off...

You may be a great skier, in the park, but thats not what a sponsor is looking for. Hes looking for that guy that knows how to represent a product. Im the guy that skis up to a grom and gets him pumped on a new ski that im on. I know how to properly work with photographers to get the right shot, I know which face of snow will slide as opposed to the face that is stable. I cruise through shops that have helped me out in the past and help them sell product by talking to customers on the floor. I fix electrical appliances free of charge on Wednesdays, but only after walking my dog. I am a dynamic figure often seen scaling walls or crushing ice. Children trust me. I once defended a small south american vilage from a hoard of army ants using nothing more that a spade and a glass of water. blah blah blah...

what im trying to say here is that you can have every trick ticked off in your tricktionary, but the sponsor still wont hook you up... You have to get results, not only in the park, but try a big mtn event as well...do some skiercross. Work in a shop where you work hand in hand with the reps. Thats how it all started for me 5 years ago. So ive built it up to where i am now. I never finished in the top 10 at the US Open or the top 15 at the Xquals, but i was 10th 2 years in a row at the WSI...That shit doesnt matter. Versatility on and off the hill is what matters and thats what you have to show the sponsor...Just think of it like this, "What am I going to do for you? " You can give a sponsor 5million reasons to sponsor you, but it only takes one really good offer of what you can do for them.

I will admit, it was easier 5 years ago to get sponsored, but now its a struggle. Start small with an area rep and work your way up...keep him posted on how the gear is and how you are doing. Reps talk to eachother, and if your killing it in comps with the gear he hooked you up with, hes gonna tell his superior (National Rep)
Remeber, its now what you can do, but what you can do for him. (the company) Unless your the next T-Hall or TJ...your better choice is to start small.

Take these wise words becuase its one of the best routes you can take. And there is vitually no chance you will make money your first two years.

work to live...not live to work. work to ski...but only if you ski to work. The simple equation to skibumming 101 ...i didnt do it

oh and try to meet photographers that are regualars in magazines... call them up and get some photos taken...your chances of them getting published are way better than your friend bobby from pensylvania. Sponsors like that a lot...they get publicity and dont have to pay you for it...THAT is whats going to get you hooked up.
im goin to bed...

work to live...not live to work. work to ski...but only if you ski to work. The simple equation to skibumming 101 ...i didnt do it

sweeet! thanks mckeeeeman!


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michael clarke
Me Gusta...

try long hair, smoke lbunts and wear xxxxxxxl clothes. it always works.

Member Number: 31594

"Soccer in Europe is like street basket in US"

i have long hair, smoke blunts and wear baggy clothes. i can also do a natural 180 degree spin. spancer me

jack.

has anyone seen my shoes, i kicked them off in a fit of joy

bump

i can do a switch fake front flip 360

i love how many people were saying he wont get sponsored and now he has an orange name

if im not mistaken, he won superunknown the next year(2006).

HAHA I didnt even notice the date. 

SEARCHBAR!

bahaha

haha i died when that kid told clarke to go ski outside the park.

learn how to use email

when you can back flip red bull will come running to you.

......hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. holy shit. i forgot about this thread. wow.

*laughs*....your a faggot

Definitely not the most pleasing bump but it woulda been hella funny if he was being cerial

hahaha

Try WallMart. Good luck Clarke.