Career in Freestyle

[TheIrishFreestyler]

It seems from all your comments.. becoming a pro isnt worth the risk..?

Depends what you wanna get out of it...?

Performing around the world, inspiring kids through your passion seems to me like its worth it  :pimp:

[SeBaS]

an unedited battle

hahaha that was like a death sentence to oLi

[iwontpostanymore]

I find this discussion rather useless. I think i can have an opinion here since i have been a fulltime professional for years (i dont live with my mother and i pay my own bills of freestyle all year round)

Being a pro has something to do with skills offcourse, but like stated offcourse not everything. Its a mix between many things.

- talent
- social skills (good talker)
- luck
- meeting the right people
- age (alot of companies only take people that are older)
- know how to run a business (paper work like handling invoices, taxes visas etc etc)
- reliable as a worker (show up on time, work hard )



but the most important thing is ...giving up everything else besides freestyle. There is no time for hobbies and its even hard to meet your friends alot since you are travelling constantly. This is a thing you have to be willing to do .....and by far the hardest challenge (for me at least) as a pro sporter.

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as far as the video / lp discussion. I dont think that matters ...a good freestyler is good on video and on lp (btw ..i am not saying i am any of those)

[AznMagic]

I find this discussion rather useless. I think i can have an opinion here since i have been a fulltime professional for years (i dont live with my mother and i pay my own bills of freestyle all year round)

Being a pro has something to do with skills offcourse, but like stated offcourse not everything. Its a mix between many things.

- talent
- social skills (good talker)
- luck
- meeting the right people
- age (alot of companies only take people that are older)
- know how to run a business (paper work like handling invoices, taxes visas etc etc)
- reliable as a worker (show up on time, work hard )



but the most important thing is ...giving up everything else besides freestyle. There is no time for hobbies and its even hard to meet your friends alot since you are travelling constantly. This is a thing you have to be willing to do .....and by far the hardest challenge (for me at least) as a pro sporter.

edit
as far as the video / lp discussion. I dont think that matters ...a good freestyler is good on video and on lp (btw ..i am not saying i am any of those)

one of very few posts in this topic that makes sense.  the social skills and business part is especially important tho.  good networking is key.

and just for the record, yes it is possible to make a DECENT living off freestyle.  Steve Elias does it.  i'm sure others too.

[sfreestyler]

Do you just live of LPS?

[BigMac]

Do you just live of LPS?

You know from what I seen from your posts you just seem concerned about how much money you can make from freestyle and all you want to do is learn a few tricks and make some cash.

Well let me tell you that you are wasting your time. I am sure 95 percent of good freestylers never even thought about making money when they were first trying atw.

[oLi]

I find this discussion rather useless. I think i can have an opinion here since i have been a fulltime professional for years (i dont live with my mother and i pay my own bills of freestyle all year round)

Being a pro has something to do with skills offcourse, but like stated offcourse not everything. Its a mix between many things.

- talent
- social skills (good talker)
- luck
- meeting the right people
- age (alot of companies only take people that are older)
- know how to run a business (paper work like handling invoices, taxes visas etc etc)
- reliable as a worker (show up on time, work hard )



but the most important thing is ...giving up everything else besides freestyle. There is no time for hobbies and its even hard to meet your friends alot since you are travelling constantly. This is a thing you have to be willing to do .....and by far the hardest challenge (for me at least) as a pro sporter.

edit
as far as the video / lp discussion. I dont think that matters ...a good freestyler is good on video and on lp (btw ..i am not saying i am any of those)

Good post man. Really appreciate you sharing your point of view I'm sure a lot of beginners (and others aswell actually) are very thankful.

[ConorTiger]

I find this discussion rather useless. I think i can have an opinion here since i have been a fulltime professional for years (i dont live with my mother and i pay my own bills of freestyle all year round)

Being a pro has something to do with skills offcourse, but like stated offcourse not everything. Its a mix between many things.

- talent
- social skills (good talker)
- luck
- meeting the right people
- age (alot of companies only take people that are older)
- know how to run a business (paper work like handling invoices, taxes visas etc etc)
- reliable as a worker (show up on time, work hard )



but the most important thing is ...giving up everything else besides freestyle. There is no time for hobbies and its even hard to meet your friends alot since you are travelling constantly. This is a thing you have to be willing to do .....and by far the hardest challenge (for me at least) as a pro sporter.

edit
as far as the video / lp discussion. I dont think that matters ...a good freestyler is good on video and on lp (btw ..i am not saying i am any of those)

Good post man. Really appreciate you sharing your point of view I'm sure a lot of beginners (and others aswell actually) are very thankful.

yup damn straight.....but i am a noob and i only started because it looked cool and wanted to try something new....and i never thought when i started i would make a living off it and i bet no other freestylers did either...

[BigMac]

I find this discussion rather useless. I think i can have an opinion here since i have been a fulltime professional for years (i dont live with my mother and i pay my own bills of freestyle all year round)

Being a pro has something to do with skills offcourse, but like stated offcourse not everything. Its a mix between many things.

- talent
- social skills (good talker)
- luck
- meeting the right people
- age (alot of companies only take people that are older)
- know how to run a business (paper work like handling invoices, taxes visas etc etc)
- reliable as a worker (show up on time, work hard )



but the most important thing is ...giving up everything else besides freestyle. There is no time for hobbies and its even hard to meet your friends alot since you are travelling constantly. This is a thing you have to be willing to do .....and by far the hardest challenge (for me at least) as a pro sporter.

edit
as far as the video / lp discussion. I dont think that matters ...a good freestyler is good on video and on lp (btw ..i am not saying i am any of those)

Good post man. Really appreciate you sharing your point of view I'm sure a lot of beginners (and others aswell actually) are very thankful.

yup damn straight.....but i am a noob and i only started because it looked cool and wanted to try something new....and i never thought when i started i would make a living off it and i bet no other freestylers did either...

apart from sfreestyler

[sfreestyler]

Hey Bigmac, im just curious as im new. I really enjoy freestyling and i dont want to stop. :S

Its not that im here to make money, i mean come on.. seriously? Im here because i want to freestyle, not to get a paycheck :L

[NZ ABDULLAH]

When I saw the thread and saw you had the last post, I had a funny feeling you'd say something about Abdellah, whoever he is.  :dontknow:

I don't believe you can make a DECENT living off doing peformances. Maybe a living yes, but you're going to have to rely on a steady flow of high paying opportunities if you want to be able to afford things like a car, house, paying the bills etc.

For the kids on this forum who want to do it full time, focus on something more realisic.

HAHAHAHA THATS ME !!!

[sfreestyler]

And also Bigmac, when i look at people like John Farnworth and JK who make a living of freestyle, i wonder how.. which is why theres so many of these questions im asking. :/