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Ask a Rider

Even though the economy sucks, Freebord is still working on getting the word out there with some online advertising. But this time around we’re letting our riders speak for us. Cuz we think sometimes you guys can say it best.

Announcing the Ask A Rider campaign. We’re running banners on a bunch of websites including Vice Magazine, VBS.tv, Jackassworld, AlliSports and more,  giving people a real number to call a rider and talk to them about Freebord. There’s nothing like hearing it straight from the source.

For our first run we chose Team member and Rider of the Year 08 Bob Glashan and equipped him with a dedicated cell phone just to answer calls from whoever decides to see if it’s a real person on the other end. Why? Bob’s a ripping rider, he’s been around the company for a while, and well, his name looks hella funny on a banner. So ask us whatever you want – Bob is standing by.

Check out our banners in action – screenshots from Vice, VBS.tv, Jackassworld and AlliSports.

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17 Responses to “Ask a Rider”

  1. jay aoyama says:
    June 11, 2009 at 11:04 am

    creative advertising. hi bob.

    -jay was here!

  2. radinplaid says:
    June 11, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    this is hilarious! bob is going to be getting calls at all hours of the night from people wondering who/what freebord is, and why they are talking to bob about it.

  3. Mammothrider says:
    June 11, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    lol awesome. I will do it if Freebord sends me a phone! :D

  4. Vincent says:
    June 11, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    I think that Bob is a courageous person. (That’s right: his name is very funny!)
    Don’t forget to put off the cell phone at nights!

  5. scotty says:
    June 11, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    yay surfline….

  6. Benum says:
    June 11, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    yeah boob! congrats on the ad :)

  7. Braden says:
    June 11, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    Very cool. How many calls so far?

  8. Spoon says:
    June 12, 2009 at 2:50 am

    This is got to be the weirdest idea you guys (Freebord) have ever cooked up. Bob…good luck with that. Next shoud be Freeborders Anonymous with Stevie-B or Laudin as Chapter President. (This is just too much)…(but hey, what do I know) =) love ya guys

  9. Robdot says:
    June 12, 2009 at 3:06 am

    sick marketing!

  10. Kris says:
    June 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    sickest company ever! lol

  11. JesseM says:
    June 12, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Thats awesome.

  12. tim says:
    June 14, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    im down.. lol

  13. $pliffzz says:
    June 15, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    mtv advertises jackassworld. jackassworld advertises freebord. mtv advertises freebord. freebord has sold out. logic is a deadly thing.

  14. Cudds says:
    June 16, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Sold out? Im sorry, why wouldnt you want more people to ride with? Logic is indeed very deadly

  15. jw8 says:
    June 16, 2009 at 8:52 am

    mtv does not give a rat’s ass about freebord, and probably never will. that’s fine with us. don’t call us sellouts until we start sponsoring ryan sheckler

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    June 18, 2009 at 11:22 am

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