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What is sponsorship...?

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Laughterbang
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Sounds stupid, but what exactly do you get if you are sponsored (apart from skis and other gear obviously)? Do the big companies give their athletes health insurance and stuff, like other normal companies do with their employees? What do people think, is it better to represent a big company with lots of Benjamins like Salomon or a smaller Indy company like Moment or ON3P, thoughts..?
Oct 13 2013 6:58PM
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Lou.
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Depends... If you're a local AM then you're not getting health insurance haha, you are probably getting shirts, skis, outerwear and so on, and your job is to put their logo in your edits and endorse them. With a bigger sponsorship like Tommy Wallnuts and Scott, he gets all the stuff above, a pro model ski, $$, plane tickets all over the world to ski, access to some of the best skiing and filmers etc and probably stuff like health insurance. Hope this helps
Oct 13 2013 7:01PM
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jibbpeter
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I found the complete guide, on how to get spænsrd


Oct 13 2013 7:12PM
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*steeze_is_good
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Do future spins....






GET HEALTH INSURANCE!
Oct 13 2013 7:37PM
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SFB
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im gonna take a wild guess that you are probably not good enough to get sponsored and you are wasting your time.
Oct 13 2013 7:49PM
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This is a sponsorship...
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Oct 13 2013 9:42PM
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well aren't you quite the asshole
Oct 13 2013 9:42PM
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SFB
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ya deal with it ya chode.
Oct 13 2013 9:44PM
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AHREN*
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It depends. There are different "levels" of sponsorships.
1. Shop sponsorship (discounts)
2. Flow sponsorship (free outerwear and/or gear)
3. Am (free gear, outerwear and/or some money
4.Pro (all of the above plus a lot more $$$)

It is can be different with every company. Hope I helped.
Oct 15 2013 1:13PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Level 5. Company whore (shameless push product with company controlling you using their fist that's shoved so far up your own asshole that they've reached your brain)
Oct 15 2013 1:16PM
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t_rob
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EX: The instgram of everyone on gopro. Seriously #doingitwrong

Oct 15 2013 2:14PM
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ny300z
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basically being sponsored by a company is the same thing as being a spoiled kid.....you get new skis and gear for free often, lift tickets paid for, rides to the mountain sometimes, far away ski trips for free, some food, etc

oh and u dont even have to be good at skiing
Oct 15 2013 2:23PM
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GaryColeman
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lol wut

give an example of somebody that's sponsored and not good at skiing.
Oct 15 2013 3:25PM
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ndye
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its what every kid on here (myself included) secretly dreams of
Oct 15 2013 3:32PM
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Thawg
Posts: 360 - Karma: 542
I'm pretty sure that AMs don't get paid by their companies, if you get paid by a company then that means that you're a pro. but everything else is pretty spot on.
Oct 15 2013 6:40PM
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Park.
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steve stepp
Oct 15 2013 7:27PM
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Iraq_Lobster
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big air dave
Oct 15 2013 9:42PM
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GayWolf420
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beings sponsed is lame
Oct 15 2013 9:43PM
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ny300z
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i meant someone spoiled by their parents dont even need to be good to get the perks of a pro lol
Oct 16 2013 8:34AM
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3rik
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Think of being AM as getting a travel budget and getting your travel and competition entries paid for, while being Pro would be actually receiving a paycheck year round for representing that company.
Oct 16 2013 11:34AM
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SeanTom
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shots fired
Oct 16 2013 12:40PM
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cobra_commander
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It is the responsibility of each skier (or their agent) to negotiate a contract with each of their sponsors. What that contract entails is likely unique to that individual skier.

Some companies may offer a health insurance package to their skiers, especially if as a larger company, they already have an insurance policy for their employees. It is defiantly in the companies interest to keep their skiers healthy and quickly fixed when injured.

Other items that are often negotiated in a contract will include pay, exposure incentives (bonus for additional media exposure), winning bonuses, travel budget, etc.
Oct 16 2013 12:47PM
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Evangelista
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Sponsorship is a funny thing. Basically companies give you stuff and send you cool places in the hopes that you will help them sell product.
Oct 16 2013 6:23PM
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Mr.Gaga
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It's a special type of boat.
Oct 16 2013 8:20PM
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SeanTom
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i don't know..... do you have a dick or a vagina
Oct 16 2013 9:35PM
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Somer
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big air dave will beat all of you. there is no one better
Oct 16 2013 9:40PM
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Anchorfilms
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NOT SPONSORED
Oct 16 2013 9:55PM
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Thawg
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Thats basically how I think of it, but I was just too lazy to write that with my original post.
Oct 16 2013 11:33PM
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davistheskier
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Better tip... go to college, learn something awesome, come back and apply your new genius, and become the person that sponsors people. Living in a van and skiing every day is awesome but even Tammy Wallnuts goes to college because he knows that what we really need, as an amazing ski culture, are good educated people to support us. Plus as the person sponsoring the person rather than being sponsored you get way more perks than even the pro skiers. So go ski your heart out and go to college get paid, get laid.
Oct 17 2013 1:14PM
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ndye
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Its a lot less stressful and risky to be a low level sponsored ski bum, than the owner of a large company investing incredible amounts of capital back into your brand.

We all got to grow up eventually, and if opening up a company is what youre dreams are, then do it. Whatever your long term goals are is important. But growing up and starting your own company is not always the immediate answer. Have fun, do what you can when young, and enjoy life to the fullest.
Oct 17 2013 1:30PM
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SteveStepp
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Son, how can i easily explain sponsorship....
When a man and a woman....
Oct 17 2013 1:56PM
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Spiri7o
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Oct 17 2013 3:27PM
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Spiri7o
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wow this is awesome
Oct 17 2013 3:28PM
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PizzaKid
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you gotta hit chad's, but ... you gotta know how find it ...
Oct 17 2013 3:45PM
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MustBeMattyB
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Dry handjobs on request
Oct 17 2013 3:55PM
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I_Do_Aerials
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I think you can be considered pro if you are actually making money. If you're still in the red, even after companies give you money, you're still am.
Oct 17 2013 6:50PM
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Z.J.H.
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Clearly the woman in your sponsorship got cunt punched while pregnant.
Oct 17 2013 11:04PM
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theVan
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homeboy was holdin up some serious scrilla in that video, and the look on his face says it all. Do the future spin. GET PAID. I wish I had a fat stack of crisp bengeez
Oct 18 2013 1:28AM
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