In all honesty, most of us are just going to mention people we personally know. If you ride with someone often and you know how consistent they are, and compare them to people who ARE sponsored, instinctively you're gonna be like "Yeah _____ is so good, he/she needs a sponsor." And a lot of kids on here probably just think it would be cool to know a sponsored rider (not to mention half the kids on here want a sponsor just to either get free parts or be able to tell people they ARE sponsored).
I know I already mentioned David Veltum. Yes, I've ridden with him. I've also ridden with Bonner, Dan Barrett, Josh Toy, Ricky Wernicke... etc., and his riding still amazes me. At my local, it took me like 30 tries to front bri the 5ft flybox. I'm pretty sure David front scooterflipped it first try. He also tripled a box I only double, heelwhip rewound it, fingerwhipped it... I know Dan Holm is a nut, but David's probably just about around his level. But just like trying to compare McKeen to Coedie, their styles are way different.
Well anyway, idk why I posted this long thing haha. I'm just trying to say, this thread might lead to some great sponsorship opportunities for people. I think everybody should take time to think about who should REALLY be sponsored.
I say Dan Holm, he's super good.
David Veltum shreds the gnarrr.
Uhhm. I would say Capron but I'm pretty sure he has some kind of hookup.