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That's himOriginally Posted by Jay Cottrell
haha isnt that one of those retarded french kids who thought they were sean santamaria...oh god was that strange99% of french rollerbladers I've met are cocks.Yes he is, but don't hold it against the rest of them, he's just a first class cock
i met that Umberto Toselli faggot and he was rude as shit.
and as for Stephane Alfano he is a fucking bitch.
he really loves himself as well
he's a loser
HATE
Okay, let's look at this way (and this is addressed to Lonnie). Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Haffey collect paychecks from the LG in '06 & '07? The same years that said epic sections were filmed, correct?
Now regardless of what paycheck it was, (REMZ, LG, other comps that paid him those years) but put it into his annual salary. From what I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, Haffey is one of the few pros that are actual "professional" skaters (meaning he doesn't have a side job to pay the bills). Since he is free to skate everyday, didn't this give you (Lonnie) a much better opportunity at creating said "epic" sections? The logic behind that, more opportunities to skate, more opportunities to capture clips, more clips to choose from. In turn, the better the section, the more hype is creasted around your video, the more sales you make; the more sales you make, the more you profit (or better opportunity for you to break even).
I'm sure the LG pay check didn't make or break Haffey's life style (being that the LG is our only corp. comp), but that's over 10g's he made in 2 days(a good chunk of my yearly salary). I'm also sure that the "Alfano" incident isn't the reason the LG is considering dropping skating from their event either, but I would bet (if we are dropped) that was the icing on the cake. What IF the LG was thinking about continuing us for another year b/c they thought we are coming around, and say the "dew tour" was also willing to jump on the bandwagon (another huge paycheck) b/c they saw the LG having success with the event. This is all hypothetical BTW, but now since LG is backing out, any other corporate sponsor w/ interest is gonna think twice. You can like coprorate sponsors or not, but they bring the $
Regardless, you would still be making your video (which I enjoy BTW), but doesn't the chain of events eventually effect the "epicicity"of your videos? Doesn't the corporate dollar give more skater's the opportunity of the "haffey" lifestyle, allowing you more opportunities to film them for your videos? I bet JC Rowe wouldn't turn down a corporate paycheck, and I bet you wouldn't deny the chance at getting to film him everyday.
Yes, I know my arguement has holes. It just seems to me that the ripple effect of incidents like this effect us more than we realize.
There is a huge difference between Stephane, Brandon Campbell, and Aaron Feinberg.
Brandon Campbell may have done some obnoxious shit, but he always tried to make sure everyone around him was having a good time.
I only met Aaron once when he first moved to the FP house, but he was really down to earth and modest.
Stephane has embarrassed himself in a handful of countries and actively tries to prevent others from succeeding by blocking obstacles or shit talking.
I'm pretty sure that this is not a behavior pattern followed by the vast majority of real professionals and is unprecedented, otherwise you would hear about it somewhere from this network of information we have built.
gary approves
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bazodazo rules his toothbrush
Oh, no you didn't. Damn, that's funny!!! Great job.
Even if the dude is good. As a Pro skater, he/she should have a complete package. Meaning, good at skating, but also having a positive attitude, and making his sponsors and sport look good. In my opinion, he just showed all of us, that he is a whiny bitch and very unprofessional, because he didn't get first. As for the Feinberg argument, Feinberg never bitched about what place he came in. He's come in first at plenty of contest, mainly because, he was on some next level shit, and knew how to impress the judges. Feinberg may have been a dick to kids, but he never acted like an ass at contests and bitched about what place he came in.
I'm boycotting all conference products as well, until I know he's kicked off the team. If you think we need a guy like this in rollerblading, please proceed to get the fuck out, and don't let the door hit you in the ass. It brings us no good, to show how immature we are, we've been trying to build a solid reputation and get our foot in the door to the mainstream, this sort or occurrence just takes us a step back.
peace
Oh, and from what I just read, this isn't a first time. So for this many random occurrences is BULLSHIT, and the conference should have stepped up earlier. So that just makes me think of how shitty they are, they can get plenty of better skaters, with better attitudes to make their company and our sport look good, as opposed to just have one skater get a lot of their products not bought, Its a shame, because they have some dope shit coming out, and for them to let one person ruin their sales, is well.......
Just going to be quick.
Stephane showed an extremely profesional attitude when we hooked him up. He has won almost every contest he has skated in this year. He always represents the product and the clothing at every event, he skates better than almost anyone i have ever seen on park and has done some insane street stuff.
See: http://www.vimeo.com/1696826
and: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0NaGTpgL5vo
Yes his behaviour wasnt always perfect, but i supported him for similar reasons that lonnie was saying. This is aggressive skating, and a lot of people in this sport havent been brought up in happy families in pretty towns with lots of money, and have some behaviour issues. However i warned him when he first joined that representing Deshi, i was happy to have him on the team as long as he behaved himself to a certain degree.
He almost blew it in Barcelona, but calmed down, in Liverpool there were signs he was close again to kicking up a fuss, but he controlled it, so far, so good.
However this time is too much, and i have already mailed him saying that he has blown his chance to be on the team. Im waiting for his response.
I hope they release some kind of statement when they drop him from the team, because otherwise we'll never know. And I need to know because I want to buy those Eisler UC wheels, but I won't do it unless something gets done about this asshole
Badass Spainard is badass.
+1!!!!!!
Be-mag is winrar.
go for it oli...
i may even forget that little "there is no future to support swiss rollerblading" failure from the conference.
be-magers are cruel but funny
bazodazo rules his toothbrush
hahahahahaha i love it
i still wish adi had hit him.... if it wasn't for the conference team im fairly sure something would have been done.
Hey we support Stefan de Freitas!go for it oli...
i may even forget that little "there is no future to support swiss rollerblading" failure from the conference.
it was teh story about the 500 bucks for the skatepark (who couldn´t been built cause noone wants to support it....)Hey we support Stefan de Freitas!go for it oli...
i may even forget that little "there is no future to support swiss rollerblading" failure from the conference.
nevermind
save your money for Chris nachbur.... you´ll hear from him soon.
be-magers are cruel but funny
bazodazo rules his toothbrush
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