Chris Nieratko, shop owner, writer, porn reviewer has a solid little round-up of the skateboard economy in his latest column for ESPN/Action titled Skate of the Union.
I, for one, am glad to say goodbye to 2009 and pray 2010 is a better year for skateboarding. Like most every facet of our nation’s economy, skateboarding took a big hit in in the past year. It may not appear that way from the outside, what with the biggest contest purses in history and big budget Nike commercials on television featuring Paul Rodriguez and Ice Cube, but trust me, things ain’t pretty in Skateville.
Follow the jump for comments from Jamie Thomas, SPoT’s Barak Wiser, Nocturnal’s Mark Brandstetter, Deluxe’s Jim Thiebaud and others.
[Link: ESPN/Action via Skate & Annoy]
