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Candide dropped by Quicksilver?

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Uncle_Rowdy
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just saw this article on espn...


doesn't sound too promising, seeing how not focused on skiing at all they are...
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shredsticks
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But... He's Candide?
Hopefully they count that for something.
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corona
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well it's nothing personal. says they're getting rid of their entire skate and snow programs
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Plankton
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i wouldn't mind seeing candide with a different sponsor, but for his sake i hope hes not cut!
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.Brink.
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they cut the entire team, travis rice is the only snow athlete still on the payroll
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.Brink.
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"Stab Magazine in Australia reports that with the exception of Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Mark Healey, Craig Anderson and Stephanie Gilmore, allegedly all of Quiksilver's surf team has been released. Travis Rice is the only one that remains on the snowboard payroll, and Tony Hawk will represent their skateboard interests.
Additionally, DC Shoes, who is owned by Quiksilver, has axed their BMX and surf programs."
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Mr.Sloth
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Good. BMX fucking hates DC
12 years ago
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Downtofilm
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Too bad for Woodsy as well eh
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KapitolPhoto
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ditto.
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KapitolPhoto
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This sounds like they're repositioning themselves, sort of like what Burton did, albeit without cutting whole brands.
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FUUUCK
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Well who ever bought Quicksilver shit anyways?

Two years I tried to buy Candide's Jacket from the Quicksilver store in Toronto, they didn't have it, didn't know QS sponsored a skier, and couldn't find it in a warehouse in North America.

I guess they're bigger in Europe ski wise? Who knows...
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Poikenz
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I am not quite sure if he is dropped or not, the US and the Europe Quiksilver are managed separately, which is why Woodsy and Candide are sponsored by Quiksilver but no North American skiers are. If you look at the current non-updated sites you will see that the .com site team consists of purely snowboarders and the .co.uk version is a mix. And going by that article they still don't know what is actually going on so give it a bit before drawing conclusions.
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.Brink.
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yea they did just spend lots of money making Few Words in conjunction with Candide it seems weird that they would dump alot of money into that and then let the athletes go right after.
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Karma_Police
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I'm no marketing expert but I thought the idea was to have the best athlete on your team to represent you? If that's the case they should really cut everyone besides candide...
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Casey
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Pretty much exactly this. The long duck dong jacket or whatever from years back was like impossible to find, along with the fact that few words had how many premiers in all of north america? Four. Toronto, Boulder, Salt Lake, Whistler. I just don't get it, Art of Flight had/has a premiere in like every town in the world.
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bnewbs6
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David Wise?
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K-Thomas
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Static
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look on the bright side, at least brad holmes is still on ripcurl
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Parks.
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should be interesting to see where he goes, and the other team members for that matter
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CrotchKiller
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nike
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Tikayt
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He'll probably go somewhere smaller than QS. Coreupt than Faction because to involve himself in small companies, for clothing and overall sponsoring I don't know what he can find in "small".
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Tikayt
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Then* ^
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Laurent.
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There are tons of small high-end clothing brands in the Alps with a healthy supply of cash who may want to start up a free ski line.

Or maybe Faction can now start clothing line.
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c.cirillo
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Faction is coming out with clothing next season! Stuff looks real good, so hopefully Candide will link up with the outerwear program as well.
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MagSeven
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Didn't they fund a large part of Few Words? Within months of it releasing, would they drop Candide? Strange.

I'm sure he wouldn't have much trouble finding a new outerwear sponsor!
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90053
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haha this, it was pretty much a quicksilver release!
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freeskibum82
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i dont see anywhere in there that he is dropped. It said they are making cuts. He wasnt named specifically so ill assume he's probably on par with T.Rice and will remain as their sole ski athlete. They should really pair up candide and travis for a cross sport movie. It would be like TITA and Few words had a baby.
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polmei
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candide just signed with FD Outerwear Virtika
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Shifties4Dayz
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That was their idea 10-15 years ago. But QS has been losing lots of money of the past few years primarily due to their smaller sub brands. They were also the first company to offer FULL sponsorships to their athletes, so that means salary. With all the new brands getting by these days QS has somewhat fallen by the wayside, so it's no wonder they have to cut a lot of their athletes to make up for lost revenue. The reason I know all this is because I did my masters thesis on a full company analysis of QS
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Mr.Sloth
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Really?
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90053
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haha +k
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SPUTnik.
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hahaha
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Plankton
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Daver_BC
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lame, fd is super lame. its not good for pow.
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nstubler
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woodsy got 3rd at X?
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GANDALF
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I could see Candide going to Patagonia. He seems like a good fit for Patagonia.
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theabortionator
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Just sent them a sponsor me tape. Wish me luck!
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CrotchKiller
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so? He's not even close to being on the same level as candide or t-rice
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accualyisdolan
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Brad Holmes reminds me of half the kids on this site
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EARL
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/ Lyman Currier is the only US contracted rider as of right now.
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bnewbs6
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Ooh yeah! Sorry I got confused.
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steez_louise
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Well, considering the fact that they're keeping 130 pro surfers, I think they could keep at least one freeskier. Proof:

"Quiksilver for example will continue to have 130 pro surf riders on its team, Going forward, we have the opportunity to tell people how great those athletes really are."


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