Comments on: Franco Shade: new tees

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:46:55 +0000

Ignorance is NOT bliss.

I dont even ride fixies but thats a dope shirt!

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:28:35 +0000

“wheres the franco shade skateboarder shirt?”

best point made period

By: gone fishing

gone fishing — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:56:17 +0000

catering to “just rollerbalders” is gay….probably the most detrimental ideas a company could have, there is no profit future or benefit in narrowing your sales down to such a small collected group. peroid

By: onelovenohate

onelovenohate — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:52:18 +0000

hopefully Gost will continue on where FRSH has veered off, with stuff designed by rollerbladers for rollerbladers.

By: onelovenohate

onelovenohate — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:41:03 +0000

wearing a shirt that says “ditch your bike, get some blades” will only earn you a beatdown the next time you run into a pack of BMXers at your local skatepark! and thinking we’re more special than everyone else will just continue to turn people off, worse than that, it will put an even bigger target on our backs
i won’t buy these latest FRSH shirts (b/c i pretty much only buy stuff that’s directly related to rollerblading) but i definitely appreciate the 10+ FRSH shirts i already have and want to say THANK YOU ARLO for your love and continued support of rollerblading

By: proparolla

proparolla — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:36:08 +0000

For you haters…

http://www.rollernews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37530

By: bballog

bballog — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:42:35 +0000

From a design standpoint, I like the shirts, I have no issues with the clothing, just don’t market yourself to rollerbladers when you are not actively supporting rollerblading. Franco can support fixed gears all they want, but they should remember their roots and do the same for rollerblading. It’s not about paying bills. That’s a cop out. Look at all the retailers that carry their shit. I went to college, got a real job, and I run a non-profit zine about rollerblading (RollZine). I never got into rollerblading to make money. And I would never turn my back on it to make money off someone else’s trend.

By: juju

juju — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:54:18 +0000

making no reference whatsoever to skating is ridiculous. the first time they do something related about something real (not little ghosts or crazy shit, which is cool..) and they put some hipster guy with a fixed gear bike… absurd.

By: jakee

jakee — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:46:10 +0000

it obviously does have something to do with rollerblading, its a let down that FRSh practically gave up on rollerblading, its nothing to do with the brands that we wear everyday, though saying that i dont think people would be happy if nike suddenly supported rollerblading either, there would be many a complaints in that department.
its just the fact that such a prolific name in rollerblading, has now given its name to be associated with ‘fixed gear’ biking, just a bit of a let down, but i guess you have to go where the money is.

By: resuk

resuk — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:58:04 +0000

hating is easy innit boys…

you all wear brands which arent sport related, nike reebok adidas etc etc.

but when franco supports another industry next to rollerblading,
all of a sudden they suck…its just a brand, if you like how it looks,
you buy it…if you dont..then dont…its got nothing to do with fixedgear
of rollerblading..

By: rollerblading is gay

rollerblading is gay — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:22:52 +0000

wheres the franco shade skateboarder shirt?

By: rachard johnson

rachard johnson — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:40:05 +0000

no mattert what shits gonna be frsh…..joe held it down, holds it down and will continue to hold it downhe is makin the vid so just wait.. bills still need to be paid..

By: yeahh boy

yeahh boy — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:26:22 +0000

i dont care what they do. they have some really tight gear

By: ninja9

ninja9 — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:05:06 +0000

all it is is a collaboration w/ a hipster fixed bike shit company. If it was not a collab w/ a fixed bike brand or whatever it is and they had that graphic it would be different. It isnt a bad thing to collaborate w/ other cultures- depending on what they are.

By: gone fishing

gone fishing — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:33:17 +0000

Arlos gone, this artwork appears to me to be a poor imitation of his humor, fact of the matter is that nobody will be able to continue something somebody else started. And really, yeah they cater to more than rollerblading but thats what needs to be done. Every company does it, people who don’t skateboard buy skateboarding shoes…even bmx ridas. People who don’t snowboard wear snowboard brand outerwear. You should never limit your potential. Put yourself in that position, rollerblading as an industry is…lets face it, SHIT. there is no income..and if you chose to be involved with the industry you don’t want to be making ends meet your whole life that’s bullshit. Thats all it is.

By: Mr. Beans

Mr. Beans — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:49:32 +0000

bballog said;”Franco gave up on rollerblading instead of promoting it to wider audience. Nothing about rollerblading on their website. Nothing. At least Gost has a shirt to support the AIL. I have no issues with Franco Shade as a clothing company, I have issues with them leeching off our culture as a foundation to make money in other outlets that do not support rollerblading.” Thats TRUE, make a T-shirt about rollerblading, a cartoon with skates or something, not a biker, what the f@ck!, bikers or any other sport T-shirts will never have something that has to do with our sport. I like the Team Pac Manâ€ Shirt, but x Death Pedal Tee its so F@cking Gay.

By: bballog

bballog — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:44:57 +0000

Has anyone here ever rollerbladed to work and been noticed, run into someone new to skate with, or struck up a conversation about why your skates look different? Carry a pair of Valos around in the city for a day. Someone will say something. We have to bring rollerblading to people. You can’t do that riding a bike and wearing Franco Shade.

By: bballog

bballog — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:42:00 +0000

No the problem is no one on the outside actually cares about rollerblading because they don’t know what it is. Then companies that started as rollerblading companies, use our culture as a foundation, then hide that fact. We should only care about ourselves. Skateboarders don’t care about anyone else, ever read Thrasher? We are special and we should care only about ourselves and educating other outlets about rollerblading, not hiding it. We should be proud to be bladers not jock someone else’s trend again. We shouldn’t have an identity crisis, we should stand up and be heard. Not ride bikes. Blade or Die as Tommy Boy would say. We need relevancy for rollerblading.

By: onelovenohate

onelovenohate — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:41:00 +0000

if we can reach out to other cultures, more power to us! it’s about time we showed that rollerbladers care about more than just ourselves.
for those who don’t know, that’s exactly what people on the outside think of us, that we think we’re special and don’t care about anyone else.
we should be trying to combat this stereotype rather than perpetuate it

PEOPLE DON’T CARE WHAT YOU KNOW UNTIL THEY KNOW THAT YOU CARE

By: stab

stab — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:18:44 +0000

fucked faggy fixed gears
blade or die

By: bballog

bballog — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:14:41 +0000

Franco gave up on rollerblading instead of promoting it to wider audience. Nothing about rollerblading on their website. Nothing. At least Gost has a shirt to support the AIL. I have no issues with Franco Shade as a clothing company, I have issues with them leeching off our culture as a foundation to make money in other outlets that do not support rollerblading.

By: Fanmail

Fanmail — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:01:00 +0000

Btw manny is the man!

By: Fanmail

Fanmail — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:00:08 +0000

Franco’s got a nice plaid button up. That shirt is DDDDOOPE! kind of pricey though.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:50:56 +0000

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

By: 1684684

1684684 — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:39:04 +0000

fracno with a bike tee….never buying franco again