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CorkWormTurn
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fuck nike.

go look at the nke 6.0 page. it's a bunch of bullshit trying to appeal to "extreme athletes" that talks shit on all of the other sports nike is all about. wtf? make up your minds. shit like this makes me really hate corporate america.

i'm pissed that most of my "regular" sports clothing is nike now, but I suppose this doesn't make their clothes suck, it just shows you what a bunch of 2 faced ass bags run corporate america.

there's like flash animations making fun of football players putting their helmets on, guys lifting weights in homo positions, and baseball players scratching their ass.

PLEASE nike, run that shit during a fucking bosox game, or the 1 o'clock game come football season, then see how your core consumer audience feels about it.

why does embracing action sports mean nike has to run anti "normal" sports ads to the new audience? skateboarding, bmx, snowboarding, skiing, etc don't have to have beef with football, soccer, baseball, etc.

assholes.
Jul 21 2006 6:29PM
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Calb3rt
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i'm not a fan of the whole "super corperations getting involved with the sport" thing.
Jul 21 2006 6:32PM
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supersteez420
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i compleatly agree with you compleatly but i still like nike skate shoes their fucking the most comfortable shoes i have ever had
Jul 21 2006 6:33PM
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Mezmerize19
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I got the Adidas Super Skates by accident while looking for the coastals and they are pretty comfy
Jul 21 2006 6:35PM
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CorkWormTurn
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that's what pisses me off. i do a decent amount of sports, and outside of skiing (whole different ballgame), I wear a lot of nike shit. it's usually decent quality, and not ridiculously expensive.

i hate when a company who's product I like does stupid shit that makes me not want to use it.
Jul 21 2006 6:35PM
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Grimace.
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you couldnt be wrong about nike, at first i really hated it when they branched out to skating. it turned out to be a great move, they make nice shoes and have a qulity team, but overall made no major impact in skating. i expect the same in skiing.
Jul 21 2006 6:59PM
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rsd
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oh my gosh, i just checked that site out and im insulted. I used to always like nike because it was a change from the new emo skater look that is so popular. That's really annoying, you're right, they are bashing on all the sports that made nike what it is.
Jul 21 2006 7:04PM
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ThaLetterM.
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what part of the site are you talking about, link it?
Jul 21 2006 8:12PM
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homestead
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all i saw was the "jocks suck" t shirt. could someone post a link to the video?
Jul 21 2006 8:27PM
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CorkWormTurn
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http://www.nike.com/nke6/v2/

click on "jocks suck".
Jul 21 2006 8:30PM
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grubix2
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Wow yeah they have reached and all time low. I don't even buy anything from nike. I like reebok personally.


Jul 21 2006 8:45PM
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skiierman
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Actually it says jocks rule.
Jul 21 2006 8:50PM
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shagalabagala
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yeah, but if you click here
http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/catalog/category.jsp?categoryId=305903&catalogId=1#page=1,viewAll=FALSE,howMany=9
.....it says jocks suck
Jul 21 2006 8:59PM
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timmi
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wow. the whole jocks suck thing was to much. i agree. fuck them.

Jul 21 2006 9:16PM
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k_Boss957
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my friend got a pair of 6.0's at supershoes
Jul 21 2006 9:18PM
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Sharpy
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its funny because a lot of "extreme" sports enthusiasts also play a lot of "regular" sports because really, an athletic person is an athletic person and will play many sports
Jul 21 2006 9:21PM
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Sk3bUm
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i'm gonna jump on the wagon... FUCK, NIKE makes some ill shit!
Jul 21 2006 9:24PM
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KillerMonkey
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http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/catalog/category.jsp?categoryId=305903&catalogId=1#page=1,viewAll=FALSE,howMany=9

would you like to buy some emo shorts and emo black button ups from nike? I love how they just skip the crap and call it emo shorts.
Jul 21 2006 10:00PM
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NomenClature
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Nike owns you.
Jul 21 2006 10:25PM
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wdbo.
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that is fucking great dude just strait up like generalization like the "prep" shorts and stuff it's awsome, genre based clothes
Jul 21 2006 10:44PM
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MdanteL
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nike is smart as shit though, you dont even realize... for what ever reason they think that the anti-"normal" thing will appeal to what ever audiance they are looking for to sell nke 6.0... the biggest thing is look at the KIDS on their team, no matter the sport nike has the best talent scouts and pick the best talent in the specific sport (example: tiger woods, with nike way before any1 knew who he was).. to make a long story short NKE 6.0 will pretty much run shit in the "extreme" world once these kids grow up... and yes there is only one skier (still not a big enough audiance, compared to the ohter sports)
Jul 21 2006 11:46PM
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Benzoate
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chuck norris
Jul 21 2006 11:59PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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The Jocks suck thing is a joke. The emo pants a prep pants are a joke. The whole website is a joke. You guys need to lighten up a little. Yeah its stupid but still its not serious.
Jul 22 2006 12:05AM
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AtomicTweaker
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dont they have a legit skate team?
Jul 22 2006 12:15AM
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Bloom.
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nike sucks donkey dick
Jul 22 2006 12:19AM
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canadianskier
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man that really grinds my gears
Jul 22 2006 12:28AM
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Literature
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This stupid advertizing nonsense is getting to me. I really haven't seen a NKE6.0 push in the skiing department, but in BMX they have been putting out some wierd ads for a while in RideBMX. This reversal is pretty obviously a marketing thing to go along with the anti-organized sport mentality that many of thier target audience subscribe to.

Personally, I don't think Nike gives a flying fuck about BMX, they sponsor one rider, and have not done anything towards putting on a contest, sponsoring a video or putting out a BMX specific shoe. Also, the owner or group of owners doesn't ride a bike, which makes a difference (message me about this). I won't buy Nike or NKE6.0 (wtf does that change anyway, it's still the same company, and if you can't see that then you really need a good lesson in marketing) until I see some real commitment to BMX.
Jul 22 2006 1:08AM
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Sk3bUm
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so you're telling me you never buy anything from Wal-Mart, Target, 7-11, Mountain Dew products, McDonalds ect...

you do however spend all of your money on Paul Mitchell products because they support skiing..... fag

news flash padre: everyone is in it for the money. if they say they aren't then they are lying. everyone is a sellout & a poser. get the fuck over it.
Jul 22 2006 2:32AM
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dynastar-jibber
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y67s fuck em in the ass
Jul 22 2006 4:32AM
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MADmidwest
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they think that "extreme athletes" are a bunch of lazy, crazy, pot smoking dudes that don't do anything besides skateboard but actually almost everybody plays atleast one other sport or likes watching sports
Jul 22 2006 8:30AM
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skichica128
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nike is ridiculously smart with marketing tho... when the sbs first started coming out... they only sold each style in limited quantities and based on how much a store ordered from them they could get the rarer versions... this meant that people started collecting these shoes and camping out in front of stores to get the newests styles... i work in a surf/skate shop that sells nike stuff.. and honestly some of these shoes were ridiculously ugly but they still sold out in a day just b/c they were "rare"... so even if this whole approach is annoying... its almost definitely still going to result in nike making tons of money
Jul 22 2006 10:49AM
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fillup
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the sites cool though

i like the layout, i screenprinted it so i could make the car my background
Jul 22 2006 11:19AM
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[lineskier]820
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i hate nike so much and i hate their skate shoes , one of my friends has bought over 15 pair of nike skate shoes ii the past year and only one pair is trashed but he wears like all of them, it is ridiculous
Jul 22 2006 1:18PM
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StealthSteez
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I like how they didn't have any hockey jokes just because they are flooding the equipment sections of local sporting good stores with their hockey products. Thats so fucking bull shit. I play hockey and im mad. if your going to make fun of baseball and football just becuase you don't make products for those sports then your retarded.
Jul 22 2006 1:49PM
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StealthSteez
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nvm I take it back. They do make baseball wear. Nike is just retarded tho
Jul 22 2006 1:51PM
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shagalabagala
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and they make football equipment too^
Jul 22 2006 1:56PM
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ski_cartel
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what ever, if they want to try to make a spot into the industry let them. I doubt they will suceed
Jul 22 2006 2:30PM
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ThaLorax
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Correction. They're genious.  I don't like thier marketing either but it works and that's all it needs to do.
Jul 22 2006 2:35PM
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Sharpy
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i wish i was just as retarded as the nike execs so that I could be rich like them
Jul 22 2006 2:59PM
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killabees
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NOT JUST THAT THE WHITE MANS BRINGING US DOWN
Jul 22 2006 4:47PM
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mariob
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totally agree
Jul 22 2006 5:54PM
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Grimace.
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very legit and good products
Jul 22 2006 6:01PM
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BigRodRiley
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nike is a company that thrives off your money, and yes it is ridiculously expensive in the soccer category
Jul 22 2006 8:02PM
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supersteez420
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its not fucking emo where the fuck did you get htat idea its more of a gangsta team i mean its fucking nike not emo but they do bash other sports thats way true
Jul 22 2006 8:39PM
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J.Bass
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i dont think its a very smart move
Jul 22 2006 8:40PM
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supersteez420
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what do you think is not a very samrt move
Jul 22 2006 8:45PM
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cracko
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this has nothing to do with any descisions from the execs. its all in the marketing department. and i dont think it really matters what their specific 6.0 site looks like, because the shoes are selling like crazy. so they must be doing something right.
Jul 22 2006 10:02PM
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FUUUCK
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emo shorts? youve got to be kidding me, why haven't they made rap shorts yet?
Jul 22 2006 10:09PM
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