Sponsorship

Post by **Roentgen Ray** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 6:08 am

Damn recalcitrant bandersnatch Wes Humps!

Post by **pigsteak** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:06 pm

ole to tori! that is sweet...I was merely using sportiva as an example..see, I know Michael jordan wear Nike, as does Tiger, but I have no idea what clothes, gear and shoes Tori wears....

but that awesome for Tori...

Post by **vic** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:51 pm

Over the years, I have acquired more than 1/2 a dozen pairs of climbing shoes - different "make & model". My Evolv shoes are just about the only shoes I will wear now: It's the way they fit me - I love that secure feeling. Their edging exceeded all my other shoes.

Yeah, I'll wear my other pairs of shoes... when I am farting around.

Post by **kclimb** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:50 am

yeah, and he farts a lot... oops, did I say that out loud?!

Actually, Lynn Hill was sponsored, but she went out and marketed herself to companies in order to raise money for climbing trips she wanted to go on. Lots of climbers I've read about will do that. As far as climbers like Tori being sponsored, I get the impression that's a different "type" of sponsorship.

And I like the Evolv shoes. Their company has some of the most impressive benefits that go along with buying a pair of their shoes, too. Not just great shoes that they will make to fit your specific foot, but a free resole among others. If you haven't taken a good look at them, I highly recommend it.

happy climbing!

Post by **vic** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:37 am

Sponsors... that's a discussion of its own. I think that climbers fall into two categories: The quiet sponsored climbers (they are really good, great even...) and then the loud sponsored climbers (they need to be "loud", make their presence known, try to be funny, clown-around a lot, but are not always the "best").

Personally, I was never quiet. I was sponsored by Local Motion and Gastra (for windsurfing) when I was a kid, but not because I was better than any other kid on the block. I had to go and get the sponsors, convince them, and yes, it is a lot of work. Boy, I which I was known as the "quiet sponsored" but I was more like the clown. Some things just do not change.

To all sponsored climbers - to the great and the clowns - I raise my hat to you because no matter how you look at it, it's a lot of work - and yes, a lot of fun.

Post by **andy_lemon** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:35 pm

vic wrote:Sponsors...(they need to be "loud", make their presence known, try to be funny, clown-around a lot, but are not always the "best").

There is a place for some of us after all.

Post by **pigsteak** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 8:56 pm

evolv's business model sucks..no way they can make money at this pace... I give them 2 years...

Post by **MiaRock** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:00 pm

pigsteak wrote:evolv's business model sucks..no way they can make money at this pace... I give them 2 years...

did evolv turn you down for sponsorship piggie, is that the reason for the bitterness?

Post by **pigsteak** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:21 pm

lol....yes, and I am pissed..I can't even get in with the chump companies....

I started this thread asking about sponsorship in general, but it appears no one actually knows anyone who is sponsored. Lots of whispers and talk about it, but no hard facts.

Just wanted to see if we all like to gossip about it, instead of really knowing the truth behind any specific deal someone is getting.

Will you sponsor me Mia? I'll tattoo anything on my pighide you want...

Post by **MiaRock** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:29 pm

pigsteak wrote:Will you sponsor me Mia? I'll tattoo anything on my pighide you want...

oh i'll sponsor you piggie, but you will have to do a lot more for me than get a tattoo, anyone can do that...

we can discuss details later