Talk:World Industries

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"His reasoning was that since the profits in the making of and selling of T-shirts were markedly better, he would make that much more money. WRONG! When Steve called those same distributors to sell them the T-shirts, the answer was fairly uniform, "We dont want T-shirts from you, we want skateboards!" Steve was learning how business really worked - the hard way!"

Doesn't seem very Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.75.202.27 (talk) 21:23, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

World industries made professional skate boards until around 2003 then their skate boards were not sold in skate shops and instead they were sold in boxes at sport shops

Later returning to core shops offering an oppurtunity to meet better profit margines and grassroot onto a level playing field in hopes of raising brand awareness to there original calling in the industry as a true player. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.76.51.160 (talk) 02:36, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

please comment.

mention the use of mascots like the water and fire things.

Ther reference to a purported skater named Steve Rocco connects to a Steve Rocco who is a school board member, not a skater. Paulburnett 19:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Impact of World Industries[edit]

From what i understand, one of the reasons World was so big was their controversial political boards and keeping the rebellion and "A" in skateboarding. Since then they sold out and relied heavily on their mascots, Fire Boy and Wet Willy (Flame and water guys). I don't know how accurate this is, but its what i've heard from other skaters. Should there be a section for former team rosters? Summerinside (talk) 23:08, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article surprised me as as well, I feel like there is a lot missing and that should have been included. I don't know much about their "controversial political boards" nor have I heard anything in regards to a controversy around "keeping the rebellion and "A" in skateboarding". But their mascots (i.e. Fire Boy/Flame Boy, Wet Boy/Wet Willy etc) why is there no mention? It is a big part of the company. As for former team member, I feel only the notable ones (ones with Wikipedia articles) should be mentioned. Chaos2order (talk) 23:36, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Man Who Souled the World[edit]

Should the section that discusses Steve Rocco documentary The Man Who Souled the World be expanded within the Wikipedia article? The documentary is about Steve Rocco and the creation of his various skateboard companies World Industries amongst them. But not solely World Industries. Is it ok to include The Man Who Souled the World's IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes listing as external links of the World Industries Wikipedia article, for these are not external links that are related specifically to World Industries? And finally, is The Man Who Souled the World notable enough for its own article? Chaos2order (talk) 23:21, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]