O'Brien Signs Sean O'Brien

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Oct 14, 2004 3:44 pm Post subject: O'Brien Signs Sean O'Brien

O'brien has concluded the summer season by signing a rider with a familiar name: Sean O'Brien. "Sean is going to be a huge asset to an already dominant team" says Ben Ludlow, O'Brien Marketing Manager.

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Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Oct 14, 2004 6:45 pm Post subject:

that really suck

big time
i was hoping to see him riding a Liquid Force

But his last name is O'Brien so it was bound to happen Crying or Very sad

blind5 · Outlaw Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 181

LF did nothing for Sean I think that he is a lot better/more stylish/all around great guy compard to a lot of the other LF riders. I think that this is a great move for him and hope that he gets the attention that he disserves as a rider from riders.

Ralph · Posted: Oct 14, 2004 8:14 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah, the LF team is really lacking in riders with style. Shane Bonifay, Greg Necrasson & Shawn Watson. They have no style what so ever.

Maestro · Posted: Oct 14, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject:

While Sean does have amazing style, I'm going to have to side with Ralph on this argument. He would have added another strong style to the team, but the LF team is pretty solid as it is.

kyle · Guest

its all about the benjamin's baby, LF with the current team probably couldnt afford to "support" another pro. O'brien is only really supporting three big riders, shapiro, watkins, and sanders. nadowlski is good too but i dont think he is making the $$$$ yet, but i think this will be a pretty solid team. i really don't think his style fits into this team but i guess we will wait and see. he's a sick rider and im sure will rip on any board he is on, like when he was throwing down originally on a core board i want to say

Garrett Cortese · Moderator Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 300 City: Orlando

O'Brien also has a couple other riders. I don't know, maybe you haven't heard of them: Dallas Friday and Cobe Mikacich. Cobe might not compete much anymore, but he still does a lot for the sport and is still a favorite for everybody in the industry to hang out with.

Who says you have to have a certain "style" to be sponsored by a wakeboard company? Wakeboard companies probably don't want to limit their company's image and sales by having a certain "style" labeled to their team and the boards they ride. They probably want all types of riders so they can reach into all areas of the market.

I think too many kids get caught up in being fans of a brand, when really they should be concerned about being fans of wakeboarding. Having all the best riders in one company severely limits the growth of the sport as a whole. Who cares what team has the most amount of good riders, or what team has the most "stylish" riders, or what team is the "coolest." How can you "hope" to see a rider sign with a specific team? So it can make you feel cooler to be a fan of that team? That's just lame. Be a fan of the sport of wakeboarding. Ride a board that you enjoy riding, go out and have a good time with your buddies, be a good ambassador for the sport on and off the water, and push for the growth of the industry in all directions - trust me, it's what wakeboarding needs.

O'Brien is a great company and Ben Ludlow is one of the best guys in the industry. It's good to see Sean O'Brien signing on with a team like O'Brien and adding to their diverse arsenal. As a fan of wakeboarding, I'm stoked on it.

jason_ssr · Posted: Oct 15, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but it makes his pro model sound redundant

haha

BillJ · Posted: Oct 15, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject:

I did an interview and got some nice pics of Sean for WW. There's also a couple of video clips in the photo gallery.

Congrats to Sean he definitely deserves it!

Chris · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 188 City: Spokane

jason_ssr, Or does that make all of the O'Brien boards his pro models??? Very Happy

DU540 · Outlaw Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 185 City: PDX

We have a photo gallery of Sean at our website as well.

http://www.numbskullpro.com/SeanPage.html

One of our riders, Ron Cafferky, is a friend of Sean's and he told us that Sean is the best rider that no one really knows about yet. He also said he'd be the best rider we film this summer. Ron was correct on both counts.

Look for Sean to have the sickest section in our next film, due out next spring.

wakeskate77 · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 137 City: Atlanta

sean is so good. i youst to know him real well and ride with him, he really deserves it, i have been to many pro contest and seen alot of pros ride but when sean is riding its just somthing else, i dont know, but its sick. SEAN TAUGHT ME TO GRAB, sean if your reading this thanks for teaching me to grab.

ckinneavy · Newbie Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 3

All of these companies belong to one parent company Motion water sports . Obrien, Liquid force, free motion, blindside, double up and it looks like cwb will be on board soon. So all motion water sports is doing is spreading talent around. So every board company has a soild team