Travis Doran

PoopSkater · Posted: Apr 17, 2010 3:03 pm Post subject: Travis Doran

is on obscura?

http://www.alliancewake.com/skate/travis-doran-takes-over-mccormicks/

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=766

PoopSkater · Posted: Apr 17, 2010 3:44 pm Post subject:

thats lame

Jay Bird · Posted: Apr 17, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject:

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

travis doran flies like a free bird and landed in a nest that suited him.

LFsk8er · Posted: Apr 17, 2010 7:03 pm Post subject:

stu · Posted: Apr 18, 2010 10:04 pm Post subject:

electricsnow, nicely put

caprice150 · Backside 180 Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 593

i don't understand how doran being on obscura is lame?

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 18, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject:

PoopSkater · Posted: Apr 19, 2010 7:15 pm Post subject:

bc obscura is weerd Very Happy

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 19, 2010 10:49 pm Post subject:

im confused.

caprice150 · Backside 180 Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 593

me too. must be that dirty michigan air

PoopSkater · Posted: Apr 20, 2010 4:03 pm Post subject:

i just think that its weerd that he is off oak.

its just like if nick taylor was off integ and was on hyperlite or something

daniel · Back Big Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3669 City: Duncan

PoopSkater, ehhh, not a good comparison. More like Ben moving to REMOTE.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

I'm not sure how to interpret that comment about ben moving to remote...ben got his start with oak, but with remote he has the resources that will allow him to do some really great things for wakeskating. It's really difficult that there's not a lot of money in wakeskating and companies aren't as visible, but Remote has the chance to change all that, not to mention they've got some of the best representatives showing people how a wakeskate should be ridden.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Apr 20, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject:

I kinda see what you mean, if you watch football you can compare it to the Jason Taylor of the Dolphins who spent like 10 years + with them just got picked up by the Jets... pisses me off cuz hes the man, and i hate the jets, but thats just how sports work. Sponsers come and go, riders/atheletes see new opportunities and snag them, some times better and some times for worse. Some times other companies simply have more to offer than the father company they came from.

Its weird but that's how it works, it doesnt surprise me any more to see a team member leave in the wake world, after seeing the cassette team disband and reed and hampson go to LF nothing can shift my emotions. They were a true brother hood under the roof of cassette. After seeing that bunch running around all crazy and having , what looked like, the best time of their lives at Pro Tour 04 in otown, i knew they were more than just a simple wake team. I dont know about Nick going to Hyperlite.... but who knows where he will be in a year? or 5? of course depending on any contractual agreements he may or may not have. The same goes for any rider though.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

If nick moved to hyperlite I'd lose faith in wakeskating humanity all together. I am already feeling the burn now that some of you youngsters are all about "waterskating."

masi · Posted: Apr 21, 2010 7:27 am Post subject:

PoopSkater, how is obscura weird? Liquid force gave danny and aaron a chance to branch out from a cooperate company and try focus on wakeskating only. Cassette was originally owned by liquid force, but does that make cassette weird, or less credible? I am sure there are many reasons why travis left oak, and they probably weren't on bad terms either. I mean with obscura he has been able to travel across the united states, and other parts of the world, and just focus on wakeskating. Obscura is a great company because it is one of the few board companies that can support full time wakeskating. We need our sport to be able to support riders such as ben, andrew, travis, nick, and stu to continue to progress our sport as the first generation of our sport slowly start to move on.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

Cassette was NOT owned by liquid force, and it Never was. Cassette is one of the original companies that was truly rider run. Cassette was thomas' and cassette was licenced to liquid, and of course that run was helpful to wakeskating and thomas in many ways.

Right now I think obscura is quite different because it's still liquid's. Almost Every Obscura item has that tear drop logo somewhere on it. And that's not to say it's bad that it's liquid's, but I'd like to see Obscura actually be something on its own like remote, and I hope they get the chance to do that some day.