World champions?
11-05-2015 | 09:15 PM
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I think its cool to have recognition of past accomplishments as in any sport... Once youve hit . you can carry the patch..
Beside it wouldn't look as good if it read "Former World Champ" Stay with the Coke
Beside it wouldn't look as good if it read "Former World Champ" Stay with the Coke
11-05-2015 | 09:35 PM
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When I was racing I swore that if we ever won a World title that I was going to get a tattoo on my shoulder to commemorate the accomplishment.
I assure you that if someone said something years later like "you don't race anymore you should remove that tattoo" I would have told that person to STFU.
I assure you that if someone said something years later like "you don't race anymore you should remove that tattoo" I would have told that person to STFU.
11-06-2015 | 09:24 AM
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When I was racing I swore that if we ever won a World title that I was going to get a tattoo on my shoulder to commemorate the accomplishment.
I assure you that if someone said something years later like "you don't race anymore you should remove that tattoo" I would have told that person to STFU.
I assure you that if someone said something years later like "you don't race anymore you should remove that tattoo" I would have told that person to STFU.
11-06-2015 | 09:52 AM
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Get some of these
Get some of these
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11-06-2015 | 09:59 AM
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No, but they could say they were bred from a world champion. And that the family name means something in some little hobby-sport part of the racing world.
11-07-2015 | 12:21 AM
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Its funny, the whole cig thing. I live out west so ive never actually even seen one , but the fanatasisim kind of reminds me of the vdub and harley guys. The following is huge so obviously they are great boats, that being said , do they really need 25 logos on the boat to tell you they are numero uno. 
11-07-2015 | 06:52 AM
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That logo is like the Nike swish of boating. Everybody knows it and certainly Cigarette utilizes it quite well. They know branding, nobody can deny that. To me there are 2 logos that I think of when thinking of offshore boats, the Cig oval and the Fountain lightning bolt bracelet thingie. Fountain wasn't shy about plastering that logo all over their boats either.
11-07-2015 | 10:32 AM
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That logo is like the Nike swish of boating. Everybody knows it and certainly Cigarette utilizes it quite well. They know branding, nobody can deny that. To me there are 2 logos that I think of when thinking of offshore boats, the Cig oval and the Fountain lightning bolt bracelet thingie. Fountain wasn't shy about plastering that logo all over their boats either.
That said, I think Cigarette are right to maintain the logo the same way it has been for decades. It's smart business and anyone who buys a new Cig and then feels disappointed when they realize their boat is not the current title holder is a pin-head and deserves to be disappointed!
RR
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