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double daffy and screamin seamins

just do your best stuff, and if they say its not good enough, well then guess what, your life means nothing, so you should go listen to emo music now, bye bye

really, i must have forgotten how do you do that again?

give them the finger and moon them

ok, instead of being dicks like the rest of NS, why doesnt some people help him out... there isnt a trick level you must be at in order to get sponsored, but you should have a good combination of style and difficulty, and spinning/sliding both ways helps, compete in as many comps as you can and get filmed/photographed by anybody, then put everything together in a nice resume... also get good as you can at everything, pipe, rails, jumps...etc variety helps

but, for low level sponsorships for a guy skier, i am assuming your 15 or 16 i would say you need 7s, maybe 9s with good grabs, switch up to 5 or 7 atleast with grabs... unatty 3s atleast all off large tables. you should be able to spin 270s and switch onto small rails rather easy, and be able to do handrails and atleast 5s and some other tricks and boost in the pipe, that is just off the top off my head. however, there are HUGE exceptions to this, i personally know a kid that is pretty much unsponsored that can do both 9s in the pipe over 6 feet out, cab 9s, and cab right 7s like butter on jumps, and slays rails harder than most pros and he got rejected by about 9 companies and is still unsponsored, then again i know a kid on AM teams for big companies that pulled out of the Aspen open because the jumps were too big and he cant spin over a 5, so there you go, it just depends.

^^really good

The MOST important thing to do is to be personable and treat industry employees with respect...most 15-17yr olds who try to get "sponsored" do not understand how the industry operates...

1) Local sales reps work for themselves and are private contractors. If you are asking your local rep to "hook you up" make sure they know who you are. A RECOMMENDATION from the right person goes a long way. I have seen many less skilled althetes get free gear becuase of their positive attitude and willingness to help out then "rock stars" who think they rule.

When you ask them for free gear you are asking them to buy your skis for you! Sales reps pay for everything, so give them a reason to give you a pair of skis and not their best friend/wife/roommate etc....



2) Companies do not usually recruit skiers, if your that good, you will be recognized...if you think your that good, enter some comps, get some exposure make a resume, show up at demos, volunteer to pull files, hump tents, set bindings etc...

3) If your some rich kid whose parents buy you everthing, you better hide that fact from whomever your asking to get gear from....unless you are the next t-hall, no one will give you thier product when they know that daD will just buy you your gear anyway...in fact, most companies would rather have you buy their gear then give it to you...the poor local kid who works hard and is know in the community has a much better chance of a getting gear than some rich kid at some elite academy...

would this just be for a local shop or somethin like line or oakley or clothes deal?

it would be for a good local shop, or a low end deal with a big company that is looking, you wont beable to get on armada or oakley with that, but possibly smith, scott, atomic... the companies that have big AM teams and are trying to expand and find young talent...

go big dont be an ass and have fun

its all about being cool, a good salesman, and spending a lot of time in the park for local stuff.

and CONNECTIONS

the tricks are not as imp as most people think they are

throw down take pics, and film and just have fun and keep sending stuff.

this is good to know, I have posted threads like this and not getting good feadback at all thank you mattwalker.