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Is anyone else on Hookit.com to try get sponsored?

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bigjibber299192
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I am and it seems like a pretty gnarly place to get noticed
Nov 2 2011 1:24PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51763 - Karma: 163,754
I got sponsored by monster. They sent me a tshirt and coupons for monster cases.
Nov 2 2011 1:25PM
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bigjibber299192
Posts: 104 - Karma: 78
I got emailed by GoPro yesturday lol, their sending me more mounts for this season
Nov 2 2011 1:26PM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
good place to get random stuff-bad place if your taking it seriously
Nov 2 2011 1:29PM
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bakedpow
Posts: 8770 - Karma: 10,467
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Nov 2 2011 1:31PM
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,833
stop trying to get sponsored and just go skiing nerds
Nov 2 2011 1:32PM
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Bmo.
Posts: 4907 - Karma: 2,667
im sponsored by spy and gopro on ther, get 50% off everything
Nov 2 2011 1:48PM
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Bittner
Posts: 3675 - Karma: 1,573
Ewwww...
Nov 2 2011 2:02PM
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jksl
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Nov 2 2011 2:03PM
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Nov 2 2011 2:34PM
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Dhane
Posts: 3866 - Karma: 1,722
ahahahah. i got a gnarly sponsor from slednecks! i get 40% off anything i want! i dont even snowmobile!
Nov 2 2011 3:11PM
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jibnut
Posts: 3038 - Karma: 304
what the heck. Are you serious?
Nov 2 2011 3:35PM
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jibnut
Posts: 3038 - Karma: 304
I just want to be sponsored so I can get AmsOil for cheap what the heck
Nov 2 2011 3:39PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
BUT HOW WILL WE KNOW WHO THE BEST SKIER ON THE MOUNTAIN IS IF THEY AREN'T SPONSORED?!
Nov 2 2011 3:44PM
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Dhane
Posts: 3866 - Karma: 1,722
im completely joking. correct me if im wrong, but hookit is like sponsorhouse, right? they give kids a discount, say their sponsored, and the kids get to brag to all their friends and the company gets free promotion.
Nov 2 2011 3:58PM
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BskiP
Posts: 1369 - Karma: 223
how is getting a 40 or 50 percent discount on closeout stuff a sponsorship? does that mean im sponsored?!?!?! OMGZ LOL
Nov 2 2011 4:01PM
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.squirrely.
Posts: 7563 - Karma: 7,546
i get requests from random dirt bike comapnies and shit but theres like no ski companies on hookit
Nov 2 2011 6:14PM
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Bittner
Posts: 3675 - Karma: 1,573
If you guys want to get sponsored it takes a bit more work than entering a website to get something legit.

Try doing the following
Type out a resume (at least 500 words) About yourself, your skiing, your goals and how you can help the company.

Make a photopholio with a bunch of sick pics of your skiing

A season edit is also key something that the people who are reading your proposal will look at to see what type of rider you are.

Basically do this and email the companies you want to get sponsored by. If they like you then your in. If not then I guess its time to train a little harder and try again next season.
Nov 2 2011 8:34PM
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Baloo
Posts: 565 - Karma: 23
^^^this is true. But dont get all tied up in all that. Ski because you want to, not to be known in school as the kid who is sponsored.
Nov 2 2011 8:43PM
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KillaSteeze
Posts: 3329 - Karma: 351
Haha I got " sponsored " by like 5 company's on there, I think it's all a joke, not a real sponsorship
Nov 2 2011 9:40PM
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Bittner
Posts: 3675 - Karma: 1,573
Yeah exactly getting a sponsor for street cred is just stupid. Getting a sponsor because you think you can help the company and in return they help you, is the real reason anyone should.
Nov 2 2011 9:48PM
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Dr.Newschoolers
Posts: 1357 - Karma: 508
I hit up a sale one day and got 40 percent off so am I sponsored?
Nov 2 2011 9:53PM
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LAME.
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Nov 2 2011 9:59PM
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*TURBONERD*
Posts: 15082 - Karma: 9,170
stop trolling rusty
Nov 2 2011 10:54PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
sponsored was 09, you want to be core, steal your fucking skis. 
Nov 2 2011 10:57PM
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J-Sway
Posts: 685 - Karma: 111
haha +k
Nov 2 2011 11:07PM
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Supergyro
Posts: 797 - Karma: 36
Knows what's up.
Nov 2 2011 11:10PM
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james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 467
Hahaha are you serious?
Nov 2 2011 11:27PM
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galardogod
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 5,209
Bump
Nov 25 2013 4:31PM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
If it could lead to legitimate sponsorship, that would be one thing, but it doesn't. At all. It's not relevant, it's not legitimate. Nothing on Hookit matters at all. Even the legitimate pros with premium profiles don't do anything on there that people notice or care about. It's just about making money by preying on the naive stoke of young kids just getting into action sports. I realized within a week of joining (it was called Loopd back then) that it was just a thinly veiled ploy to get me to buy shit.
The fucks who run this site and came up with the idea are basically just turning action sports into a greedy business model. Fuck that.
Nov 25 2013 5:04PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51763 - Karma: 163,754
I traded my monster sponsorship for verve. One of their reps came to the mountain and told me I was really good at skiing and he wanted to share a sick opportunity with me. I get wholesale energy drinks at the discounted wholesale price of 3 bucks a piece!

I plan to sell them and then by some more and make enough to buy new gear.


Nov 25 2013 5:08PM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37573 - Karma: 122,109
lol its wack as fuck, im sorry. put in work and earn sponsorships.
Nov 25 2013 5:16PM
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Parks.
Posts: 5612 - Karma: 1,093
yeah i kinda agree with this
Nov 25 2013 5:19PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51763 - Karma: 163,754
Also FTR, if you're good it will happen. Keep killing it in the park. Hit some contests and do well and get yourself out there. These days there are a shit ton of kids ripping though. Skiing and snowboarding are finally getting toward the same boat as skateboarding where everyone has skills.


Or if you have balls this big

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Stomp the first quad cork and they will come to you.

Good luck

PS: I might be able to get you in with this really sick opportunity with Verve though. If you want to get sponsored and make money promoting this super healthy energy drink at different mountains PM me.
Nov 25 2013 5:26PM
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cyberginger
Posts: 574 - Karma: 7,083
14 "Sponsorships" /claim
Nov 29 2013 4:49PM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
I got mad sponsors on hookit. I've never heard of any of the companies but I'm still sponsored. I'm better than you.
Nov 29 2013 4:57PM
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BROSEIDON
Posts: 3702 - Karma: 1,495
I can't tell if you're trolling about verve, if you aren't lol and I'm sorry
Nov 29 2013 10:33PM
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rach
Posts: 917 - Karma: 507
not this again..
Nov 30 2013 12:13AM
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HWW
Posts: 3084 - Karma: 3,436
Don't tell me your meter is broken?
Nov 30 2013 5:49AM
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snomaster
Posts: 3346 - Karma: 5,771
nice icon
Nov 30 2013 4:31PM
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Bensun
Posts: 480 - Karma: 1,654
verve is a fucking joke. my friend was a rep and basically its a scam

Nov 30 2013 5:28PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Apparently no one has heard of sponsorhouse.com...
Nov 30 2013 6:29PM
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galardogod
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 5,209
Thats hookit
Nov 30 2013 6:32PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51763 - Karma: 163,754
No it isn't man. They're doing really big things and I'm excited to be apart of it.

Now that I left college I have so much more time to ski all while gaining valuable business experience that will help me through the rest of my life.

I'll be at rails2riches promoting the cause and networking while having a great time with everyone!

#travelin #LookMomNoHands #tothemoon
Dec 2 2013 8:37PM
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