Tim knonovich (spellig) no longer cassette team?

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

Hey whats up everyone i have not heard about tim knonovich in a long time and i heard hes not in the cassette team and not on the website! and then i was reading WBM and i saw a LIQUID FORCE WAKESKATE AD and it said team rider tim knonovich! why the hell would he leave cassette and ride for LIQUIDM FORCE?

David Legler · Posted: Sep 28, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject:

its kovachich, yea that happened a while ago. it sucks he is a great rider and i was looking forward to seeing him ride in sfumato. but i'm sure he had his reasons and thats the way the cookie crumbles.

Jeremy Coe · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Auckland

It's Tim Kovacich...and it sure seems like a bit of a sellout to me.

David Legler · Posted: Sep 28, 2003 7:55 pm Post subject:

yea thats what i meant. kovachich/kovacich its all the same. i just have a broken pinky so it hard for me to type right

Jeremy Coe · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Auckland

haha I wasn't getting at you it was the first guy...sorry. Hope the pinky gets better Exclamation

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

Jeremy Coe, my bad i get his last name wrong some times!

wcwakeskater · Posted: Sep 28, 2003 8:38 pm Post subject:

that is one of the worst moves ever Neutral

Mullet Jerk · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Mansfield

umm I dont know if you guys dont know this but Liquid Force and Cassette used to be the same company this year is the first year they are seperate and doing diffrent things....I bet the riders just chose who they wanted to ride with and Tim chose Liquid Force I really dont think it is a sellout he is doing what he loves and thats all that really matters.

Jeremy Coe · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Auckland

Mullet Jerk, not really. LF and Cassette were not the same company. LF helped out with Cassette promotion and distribution. It wasnt a matter of "look guys you just choose who you want to ride with". LF stole the Cassette designs, then took one of the guys off their team. I personally think TK's decision was not the smartest....but anyway.

by the way..."separate and doing different things" What's different about the LF 2004 boards to the Cassette 2003 skates?? NOTHING.

DockSecret · Ollie Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 75 City: Austin

I remember reading an article, and Horrell said something that he will still be friends with the kids and that the guy had his own reasons. Sellout? I don't think so.

UFwakeskate · Faceplant Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 11 City: Gainesville

I think Tim stayed with LF because he had the chance to be their main wakeskater, whereas on Cassette, Hampson was coming on strong and like Thomas said in Alliance, he can't pay anyone half as much as he wishes he could. Tim will probably get more exposure riding for LF and that's something that is hard to turn down. I know him personally, he went to my high school and I'm good friends with his sister and he's real humble and really likes wakeskating. He's not a sellout, he's just doing his own thing.

Jeremy Coe · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Auckland

fair enough.I realise the sellout thing was probably a bit harsh...I just think the whole LF wakeskate thing was pretty crap. Not really Tim but just the whole cassette rip off thing.

byronnash · Pop Shuvit Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 104 City: Charlotte

It's possible that LF is getting Cassette to manufacture the boards for them and then stick LF graphics on it. Kind of an OEM thing. People do it all the time.

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

It would be hard to go to another company after being with Cassette, but I'm sure Kovacich did what was in his best interest. I don't think he sold out, he just has to look out for himself. It is good that LF will have a good rider on their team. Hopefully he has the ability to work with LF on new shapes, ideas, etc.

cassette51 · Frontside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 334 City: Plano

i cant believe hes with liquid farce. TRAITOR. owell if i had a chance to be sponsered by someone i would even go with them

Jeremy Coe · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Auckland

byronnash, that is NOT the current situation with LF and Cassette...LF stole Cassettes CAD designs and started producing them themselves.

wcwakeskater · Posted: Sep 29, 2003 7:01 pm Post subject:

if LF comes out with some new designs next year, then i'll stop hatin but this year they suck Smash

clitmaster · Faceplant Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 22

Hey WCWWAKESKATER,why would u like a company better if thier graphics are kool,it depends on how the board rides and how it feels,graphics dont make u ride better

BillJ · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 144

Jeremy it's obvious you don't know anything about what happened between LF and Cassette. If there wasn't an agreement to share the designs then obviously Cassette would have them in court right now. But the truth is that Thomas worked very closely with the LF designers on the current Cassette/LF designs. To accuse LF of stealing the CAD files is absurd.

Jeremy Coe · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Auckland

clitmaster, he said DESIGNS, not graphics.

BillJ, Of course LF had access to them while they had an agreement, so I'm guessing under intellectual property laws they can legally use them afterwards...but it was Thomas and Cassette that came up with those designs, and when Don Wallace tried to say it was Jimmy Redmon thats when the shizzle hit the fan between Thomas and Wallace. They are Cassette designs that LF are now using and promoting as their own. Don't try and tell me that I have no idea what happened, it was here for all to see when they went their separate ways. Get off your high horse pal.

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