Why does anyone want a flatland t shirt anyway? just go with blanks cheaper same quality do the job.
Quote from: loque on August 21, 2011, 11:49:28 AMWhy does anyone want a flatland t shirt anyway? just go with blanks cheaper same quality do the job.Why not? With how much people talk about the need to 'promote the sport' you'd think one of the easiest ways to do that would be to wear a shirt that has an interesting design on it that might encourage people to ask you about it and that could give you an opportunity to talk to them about flatland.
I suspect the risk of loss over consumer request is too high or laborious.
Quote from: B-random Fantom on August 21, 2011, 03:20:45 PMQuote from: loque on August 21, 2011, 11:49:28 AMWhy does anyone want a flatland t shirt anyway? just go with blanks cheaper same quality do the job.Why not? With how much people talk about the need to 'promote the sport' you'd think one of the easiest ways to do that would be to wear a shirt that has an interesting design on it that might encourage people to ask you about it and that could give you an opportunity to talk to them about flatland. Well "people" is not representative of me and i dont care for promotion of the sport and even less care for want to be recognised for what i do and questioned about it but thats just me . This sport for me is my indulgence / my time / passion etc i really just dont feel obliged to any kind of duties in the name of flatland.
From a strictly consumer point of view i agree with Tj and todd that even for those who would be interested in flatland clothing there is very little on the design front presenting itself and a worthwhilst purchase infact the only company i ever bought clothes from because they kicked ass was artzone sh*t LOVED those sport troo things and they were not exactly a flatland company.
Quote from: B-random Fantom on August 21, 2011, 03:20:45 PMQuote from: loque on August 21, 2011, 11:49:28 AMWhy does anyone want a flatland t shirt anyway? just go with blanks cheaper same quality do the job.Why not? With how much people talk about the need to 'promote the sport' you'd think one of the easiest ways to do that would be to wear a shirt that has an interesting design on it that might encourage people to ask you about it and that could give you an opportunity to talk to them about flatland. The problem is, flatland companies have no sense of design outside of their parts so most of the clothing that's put out looks awful. They have yet to take a page from the street companies who do things right ie Animal, Shadow Conspiracy, etc. They have a nicer sense of style and while not being anywhere near on par with the fashion sense of the average skate company, they're at least trying to appeal to someone other than the gilden wearing mouth breather that can't muster up a reason to buy a shirt other than "SUPPORT HURFDURF". Not saying that's you of course, but if I'm going to plop down 15 bucks on a t shirt it better be something other than fruit of the loom/jerzees and not fit like sh*t, come in a decent selection of colors, and not have some bullsh*t silhouette of a rider on it and/or a center placed bland silkscreened copy of the decal that comes off their frames. Right now I don't see anything remotely close to that out of a flat company. Like this for example:http://flatlandfuel.com/innertwineverticalfontt-shirt.aspxReally? MSRP for that is 19.99?http://flatlandfuel.com/quamenfencet-shirt.aspxI could find a better design for a T off the sales rack at Target and that's pretty much the norm for flatland centered clothing companies. It looks unprofessional and unpolished.
In fact, it makes even more sense to me because, though I love music, I'm not a musician--I do tricks on a bike so why not show it?