What would you ask 'em? A request

[ether]

With their exploding middle class populations, China and India must be attractive markets for major brands like yours, are there plans for targeting these countries?

Are you concerned about piracy in (from) these places?

What's your anti-piracy budget?

And what did you say your environmental budget was again?

[boardscape avalon]

its very hard to not get cynical .. are the marketing teams of those companies looking at these forums ? you bet .... how about some answers now ....why wont ripcurl just come out and say NO we arent going to w.a. for w.c.t

[Lucky Al]

It has been suggested that the purpose of surfing and surf fashion is to recreate the energy that existed at the beginning of the cosmos, since surfing and surf fashion function to reawaken that which existed at the beginning, to open the doors of this world, and to make that energy flow once more. By wearing Quiksilver, Billabong and Rip Curl, then, can we glimpse the eternal, escape the constraints of time (past, present, and future), and come to meet the Buddha?

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Monkey Magic


Tripitaka

[Lucky Al]

ah didn't come out right scratch that question

[creased]

Nah, just reminded me of the begining of the show. "In the begining there was Thought"

[spook]

bloody hell there's a lot of negativity towards surf companies here.
i think you're all just jealous about not owning or working for one of em.
who cares how much money they make off a shirt? if you don't want to buy it, don't. nike and adidas don't have to field these ridiculous questions
without big surf companies, what type of boards and wetties do you thing we would be riding? fark, as far as i can tell, companies with money sponsoring talented surfers progresses the sport. the result is better equipment and the quest for better waves. feel free to disagree, but i can't imagine surfing being where it is today without bucks being put back into it

someone's moaning about the rip curl wct comp - well here's a newsflash, sponsored photo and video trips uncovered large areas of amazing waves that none of us knew about. yeah, so bag rip curl on the one hand then happily book you boat trip to the mentawais on the other

there's probably bucketloads wrong with surf companies, but what's wrong with that? are you upset because you think they should represent exactly what surfing means to you - and if they don't you can't rant about how evil they all are?

the beauty of surfing is that none of this bullshit counts for anything. go down to the beach, and whether it's 1 foot or 10 foot, if you're a kook, you're a kook. doesn't matter whether you're wearing $90 t-shirts and rocked up in a surf branded ute or not.

[Eski]

Why complain about $90 t-shirts, the reason they can make them so expensive it because *** will still buy it.

[ric_vidal]

doesn't matter whether you're wearing $90 t-shirts and rocked up in a surf branded ute or not.

You’re right, but obviously it does, so ya wrong as well, spook.

Otherwise they would enjoy the trappings of their success and continue to proliferate.

Not criticising them, just an observation.

[daryl]

Ask them to build there posh houses somewhere else so as some **** can live at a surf break

[Lucky Al]

those bastards have posh houses on the beaches eh bloody well give em up then what do they think this is the end of the world or something traditional custodians could still make good use that land for fishing hunting and getting together it's just going to waste inside those walls under posh houses they've taken too much it's time to give and not for promotional purposes either i mean real giving bastards tell em that nick.

[Kunji]

With the rise in popularity in Australia with more and more world champions, do you plan to target and sponsor more bodyboarders?

[Buff_Brad]

I reckon one of us needs to screw one of them just so they know what it feels like.

Steve Kay may have batted both ways so he's your man Kreepy.

[grazza]

With the rise in popularity in Australia with more and more world champions, do you plan to target and sponsor more bodyboarders?

Hell no, that's just so wrong... However, would like to know why there's ever increasing profts and ever-decreasing sponsorship dollars (in Australia, anyway).

[Larry]

Grab one of those marketing specialists Nick and ask what use they make of the statistics of age - At what age we stop buying their overpriced product and what age we start - ask them what they know about the incidental spending power of eight year olds in 2007 compared to 2001, ask them about how they use the statistics collected by our Federal Government, at our cost, ask them if they pay for special analysis of these results, ask them anything you like -

What would you know anyway ? Writers are writers, and big business is a very f.cken serious business, you don't speak their language mate.

[porca]

How can a top 44 surfer (Bede, Dayan as well i think) not have a major sponsorship deal with a major company? And not an answer like they dont fit into our marketing profile.

[cambo]

Nick, please ask them what they make of the weird irrational negativity on forums such as this.

I'm sure that on many levels they couldn't care less - but I reckon it must bother the marketing people:

* What do they think caused/drives it?
* How do they address this?
* Can I have a free wetsuit?

[Clif]

first question:

what is the meaning of this sham question time?

second question:

where is the fncking free beer?

third question:

what the hell am I doing here?

final question:

where is the bloody exit?