The AM Nation. PRO ?

It seems that Timeline Skateboards has offended someone at the Action Sports nation regarding our endorsement. Our endorsements are based on what we have experienced. It’s our opinion. Being a small skateboard company is not always a positive experience, it can be very frustrating competing with publicly owned companies, Blanks and Shop Boards. Timeline skateboards believes that an AM is not a professional skateboarder or athlete. There are various opinions and practices. A true Am will have travel expenses. These expenses are accounted for by them or their parents, and reimbursed by their Sponsors. Not paid! Paying AM'S is wrong by any company. It dilutes the meaning of a Professional. Paying an AM is like getting a limo ride at your 6th grade graduation. There are many companies that feel differently. They have the right to do as they please in this country. Is it the right thing to do? That will be debated by many. There is money to be made by these companies. We will not stop any Timeline rider from participating in these events or ask them to give back money. Timeline Skateboards has nothing to hide. Our company is small; we try to be a good Stewart in whatever we do. Make a better World through skateboarding with honest information. There are companies and skateboarders that value the title Professional Skateboarder. It means you are a Professional that can skateboard all terrain to some degree, shoot a photo, make a video and blow minds at a contest! Be a positive influence off you board and not under the influence! It is the AM and the parents that make the final decision. Timeline Skateboards opinion is just that an opinion. Our industry needs to set standards, provide positive mentoring through leadership that has a Vision. Our industry needs to provide a National Amateur Championship, represented by a body of industry leaders in good faith with experience in professional and AM events. Anything that comes fast is lost fast. Hard work and dedication is a lost art form. We have substituted that for the big banger. Throw some kids down a handrail control the media. Control the masses! Respect is earned. Is that Vision? How does this facilitate being an AM? See you at the next event, keep riding and rolling with a positive line in life. The struggle will always be there.