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« on: June 12, 2008, 11:39:43 AM » |
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hey guys! ive been practicing parkour for two and a half years and i train almost full time. i have been looking into the possibility of a sponsorship to allow me to keep training instead of a full time job. do you know of any companies that offer parkour sponsorships or even what the benefits of a sponsorship would be?
i know a lot of traceurs are against the idea of sponsorship, but i assure you im not trying to sell out, i just need a little help with the bills if im going to keep training on a regular basis. besides id rather it be me representing parkour than some extremest. -chris
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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2008, 12:06:16 PM » |
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K-Swiss? Lol. Sponsorships to me seem like they are usually given to individuals who could make money for the company. Since there don't seem to be any parkour competitions that would bring in money, you would have to be one of the best and start doing commercials or something I guess.
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 01:20:33 PM » |
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Urban Freeflow   But really your best bet is to introduce your self to companies that are interested in using Parkour for advertisements, or maybe will be once they learn about it (from you?). |
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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 04:41:26 PM » |
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thanks! are there any traceurs sponsored by k-swiss other than sebastien?
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2008, 06:34:27 PM » |
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The whole Tribe is, there is an ad on the home page under the nav bar.
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2008, 07:09:19 PM » |
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haha i feel rather silly for not seeing that  . just out of curiosity, what are the benefits of being on the tribe? other than being able to spread the positive nature of parkour all over freakin America like never before!!!  |
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2008, 07:12:09 PM » |
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I think just the fact that you would be getting paid to do parkour and hang out with elite practitioners would be enough.
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2008, 07:25:37 PM » |
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just be a stuntman
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2008, 07:38:45 PM » |
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I agree with going to companies. You'd have to make a really good demo and set up scenarios they could use for their specific product. Its kind of like how people write jingles for companies. Just go to a bunch of places and show what you can do, how you can do it, what they can do with you, and what they could do for a commercial.
Even if it is being a stuntman for their own actors.
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« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2008, 07:44:59 PM » |
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ya that does sound pretty good. but does anyone know the average salary? or would i just be getting shoes and stuff? im sorry if i sound like a pk whore. my deal is i have to choose between a full time job and parkour and im really hoping for parkour i know i couldn't have a job job and keep the training schedule i have now. |
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« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2008, 07:51:07 PM » |
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ya im going to start working on an up to date demo pretty soon, i just hate filming!!!! who wants to be my camera man?! hehe jk. i think companies would love the fact that im training in heavily populated areas almost every day while wearing their clothing, but im not sure if label reps make money or if they just get clothes and stuff... which i guess is better than what i have now  |
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« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2008, 07:57:21 PM » |
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If this is your first sponsorship then you won't be getting any money. (Unless you do a commercial or something of that sort for them.)
What they usually do is send clothes and shoes for you to drool over and sometimes "test."
It's a good way to cut down on shoe costs however.
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« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2008, 09:36:44 PM » |
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yeah dont expect it is a full time job. that's silly |
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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2008, 08:23:22 AM » |
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I'm with chris. I think that if you email some of ur stuff to nike or someone, they'd atleast give u free stuff to wear. Your basically a really cool, moving billboard.
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« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2008, 04:31:45 PM » |
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You could contact movie producers and try to be a "parkour coordinator." Or even be a parkour-man(equivelant of a stuntman, but just for parkour).
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