Blind’s team is known for having a high proportion of Canadians per capita. Bill Weiss is the man largely responsible for that, giving our brothers up north some much-deserved shine. TJ tells you...
Tony Hawk, Mike Smith, Christian Hosoi, and Mark “Gator” Rogowski. AKA the Dogtown team circa 1980. Find out how the Birdman got hooked up with this legendary lineup in “How I Go...
You don’t need to have a super serious strategy to get sponsored. Sometimes all it takes is just one person to see that you have something special. Trevor did his thing and everything just fell in...
Matt Berger was very lucky—he has a very supportive dad who motivated him to skate. When Tony Hawk managed to influence his hometown to upgrade the local skatepark it was exactly what Matt needed...
Mikey Taylor got sponsored the old-fashioned way. He did actual research and did the legwork necessary to get noticed. If getting sponsored was the same as looking for a job, then Mikey pounded th...
There have always been misconceptions about how to get sponsored. Everyone has their own theory of what works best, but one thing is clear: it takes more than simply being incredibly sick on a ska...
