tom21
havin fun
- Location
- clearwater FL
Okay so I was in the store looking at two surf magazines and I wanted to see what kinds of advertising was in them. since that is what pays for the mag. well I dont see anything in there that we dont use as well.
here is what I found
wetsuits- um holy crap every page just about! we wear em too.
sunglasses- yeah that has alot to do with surfing but whatever. anybody own a pair?
clothes(mainly board shorts)- again, everybody has em.
some things that may have been in there or werent but should be
sunblock
shoes- I mean if glasses can be in there why not round out the whole outfit?
insurance- car and ski
hats and t-shirts everybody likes swag.
I did not see any board makers, I saw an article about a new shaped board.
I saw a hardware set for tethers for boards but no tethers.
what about dakine?
I realize a lot of these companies or products are not huge and my list is incomplete to be sure. but mainly I cant see why it would be so hard for say jetpilot to get behind jetskiing in a mag. or any of the watersports companies. are there really that many surfers in the world? its not like just anybody can do it. that has to limit the sport, you need a place to ride, AND it has to have waves. so that limits it even more.
again I dont live in cali or sebestian so I may be off the mark a little but sponsorship wise, what is so attractive about surfing to want to advertise in a magazine but its not for jetskiing?
I dont want to overpopulate our ride spots but at the same time I would like to see the sj and sxr stick around. life would be pretty dull without them.
here is what I found
wetsuits- um holy crap every page just about! we wear em too.
sunglasses- yeah that has alot to do with surfing but whatever. anybody own a pair?
clothes(mainly board shorts)- again, everybody has em.
some things that may have been in there or werent but should be
sunblock
shoes- I mean if glasses can be in there why not round out the whole outfit?
insurance- car and ski
hats and t-shirts everybody likes swag.
I did not see any board makers, I saw an article about a new shaped board.
I saw a hardware set for tethers for boards but no tethers.
what about dakine?
I realize a lot of these companies or products are not huge and my list is incomplete to be sure. but mainly I cant see why it would be so hard for say jetpilot to get behind jetskiing in a mag. or any of the watersports companies. are there really that many surfers in the world? its not like just anybody can do it. that has to limit the sport, you need a place to ride, AND it has to have waves. so that limits it even more.
again I dont live in cali or sebestian so I may be off the mark a little but sponsorship wise, what is so attractive about surfing to want to advertise in a magazine but its not for jetskiing?
I dont want to overpopulate our ride spots but at the same time I would like to see the sj and sxr stick around. life would be pretty dull without them.