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"Motocross, it was better when you hated us."
Gotta agree with you JM485. I miss the old videos of MC, Emig, Hughes and all the rest out in Glamis or Death Valley or wherever they were free riding. The 90’s were the best of times in moto. I was just a kid but it was way more fun then.
Hard to do one without the other.
When your choice of sport is small and unknown you dream nothing more than for it to be in everyone's living room and everyday talk. Then when it happens, you "miss the good old days"....
Fucking cross-fitting vegans.
I also thought maybe the agent didn't go to his wedding cause he's a miserable prick
Started the company in 1998 with Jones and sold it in 2003. I'm sure he sold it for a pretty penny considering that he was the leader in that segment and at the time he had guys like Dave Mirra, Ryan Nyquist, Bob Burnquist, Bucky Lasek, Carey Hart, Travis Pastrana as athletes among others who were at the top of their game. He also did marketing for big corporate sponsors like AT&T, Burger King, Coca-Cola, Butterfinger, Powerade, DC Shoes, Puma, etc. Those are all big name people and companies. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be happy either if you helped him get started, build a company and then told "Hey I sold the company but you were no longer part of it".
Sure, Astephen had power of attorney for Jones to take care of his things but when he saw dollar signs he wrote him out of the company and basically told him to fuck off.
Pit Row
And I'm sure you wouldn't be happy if you sell the company you worked your arse off to build into a success to then have the partner that did absolutely nothing (I'm assuming haha) say you fucked him over..
Seems like a two sides to every story kinda deal
Like I mentioned, I'm not sure how much the company was sold for but say it was $10 Million and he had a 10% stake in the company, that's a million dollars that he never saw because of what his agent did. Keep in mind that it was sold in 2003 which means that today it would be $1.34 Million. Add that to his career earnings and he'd be pretty well off.
As for Reed, I have no idea why he/they decided to split up. He doesn't have that many years left in the sport and he's been around it long enough that he might have just said that he'll take care of it himself. He doesn't ride outdoors so it's not like he doesn't have time to take care of his own deals during the summer months.
Edit: Forgot to mention that Astephen sold The Familie agency to WMG who he now works for.
There is always two sides to every story. I would love to read an interview with Steve Astephen to get his side. If he really was a dirtbag who swindled the snowboarder, then I don't think that Reed and others would have done business with him for so many years.
I enjoyed reading the article but was a little put off by the snowboarders attitude. He seems a bit like he never 'grew up'.
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