How lucrative is it to be a pro skater in the UK?

[Snurp]

@Chopper

local skate shop (not route one)

He said lucrative, not ethical.

In It for the Money

[KeithBeef]

@Dent_Face

Should magazines be filled with more stories about studious skateboarders who stayed in school and managed to carve out non-skate careers? Probably make for mega boring content.

Sidewalk had the working class heros section. I managed to worm my way in there. Not for my ability, just an interesting job.

[Les_Zeppelin]

Post it!

[deegwaad]

Tattoo Al - Gravedigger - was the ultimate.

[KeithBeef]

It’s in here somewhere

[Les_Zeppelin]

Happy digging. I’m sure some sort of Scottish magazine curator could help here if you know the issue number (and you do know the issue number)

[KeithBeef]

It’s definitely in there. Planning on doing a car boot in a few weeks.

[anonymity]

It was also the first or second one - I think Postman Neil ‘Ches’ Chester was the first.
Stoked that people liked that article

[nedertron]

@wayout

If you enjoy the culture then hanging around on here will soon suck that out of you

Miserable bastard

[nedertron]

I got a filmers feature with a skate photo and a shop one with another skate photo in.

I was fucking chuffed with that, and will be forever.

[anonymity]

@Dent_Face

is there any point in encouraging someone to pursue skateboarding as a ‘career’ in this country

I have actively dis encouraged people from doing this many times. Get an education and a future and enjoy skating, go off, film parts etc for fun.
Chasing the chimera of ‘sponsorship’ will only ruin it for you unless you’re in the 0.01%

[jwdharris16]

@BvS

Ignore all this advice - none of us ever made it at pro level so now we’re all just jaded and angry at the industry that let us down.

Follow your dreams kid

Damn, this one is scarily accurate. Ha!

I technically had a pro board, well, my video had a board on A Third Foot… does that count?! Very limited run

[BDF]

You’ll make more money on OnlyFans

[Dent_Face]

@anonymity

I have actively dis encouraged people from doing this many times.

Good, and my point was no shade at you in particular. Just the cumulative effect of seeing companies, adverts, sponsor lists etc might mislead someone into thinking skateboarding in this country has more to offer than it actually does (as Ezekiel originally pointed to).

Completely agree re:education. Much more of a States thing, but it is whack when a pro skater gives the ‘dropped out of high school’ line.

[nedertron]

Who’s paid in the U.K. then? Like can actually survive properly (not having to sell packages, god bless Jerome, Baines and Beall when I was at uni) and not work a normal job.

Palace boys
Lintel
Munro
Sam Beckett?
Tom Knox
Casper Brooker

I’m really struggling to think of anyone else.

Were Blueprint prime LAF paid?

[PolarJames]

Tom Knox? Pro shoe with NB

[nedertron]

Sorry was editing when you posted that.

[doowyrag]

I seem to remember @BDF & @andy_smoke having a page or two at some point?

[anonymity]

Quite a few regular posters on here (and/or N26) had pages in Sidewalk

[voodoo]

@nedertron

Were Blueprint prime LAF paid?

I’m sure Magee said in an interview that the riders got a salary of sorts. The only U.K. company to be doing it at the time.