#300 - Ryan Clements
Ryan Clements discusses the economics of skateboarding events, big corporate sponsors and how they're perceived, the world of skateboard agents & managing “athletes”, is anyone making money throwing contests, the Boardr's live scoring system for contests, did the Olympics have any effect on skateboarding, giving advice to clients & dealing with skater's parents, getting into the skatepark construction game and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Ryan Clements 00:01:18 Being a skateboard agent 00:04:11 The creation of the Boardr 00:11:03 Tampa pro and other similar contests 00:16:08 Supported By: AG1 00:17:43 The Boardr's live scoring program 00:22:42 The Olympics 00:28:25 Exposure skate events 00:36:31 The economics of skateboarding events 00:52:56 Is anyone making money throwing contests 01:10:14 Big corporate sponsors and how they're perceived 01:13:20 Managing "Athletes" 01:21:53 The world of skateboard agents 01:26:56 Managing Mark Gonzales 01:45:45 Working with Nora 01:47:20 Giving advice to clients 01:53:31 Dylan Jaeb and the shoe deal 01:56:35 How the Olympics have changed skateboarding 01:57:38 Getting into the skatepark construction game 02:07:43 Ryan's dream driveway 02:10:56 The ice cream thing 02:23:25 Mono A Mono at Woodward West 02:35:19 Dealing with skater's parents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices