5. Get Sponsored
This is last on the list because it really is one of the hardest ways to get free stuff. Granted once you get to this stage the free stuff keeps on coming but don’t plan on getting sponsored over night. Some people can pick up a shop sponsor pretty quickly, say a few years after they start riding but the majority of riders don’t make it this far. I was riding for four years before I was riding for the local shop and that sponsorship translated into one free board a month.

4. Know Someone that is Sponsored
Chances are if you ride a lot you know someone in town who is on flow with at least one company. Any friendship needs to be sincere but if you do happen to have a friend that rides for someone sooner or later he/she will pass something along to you. The group of guys I ride with are always giving stuff to their friends.

3. Get to Know a Rep
A rep is an individual who travels a given territory and represents a company or brand. They are a traveling sales man who visits shops and tries to promote the company they work for. Part of this means giving away free stuff. I worked for a shop who had reps come in all the time that put on free mini demos of what every they were trying to push and they always gave something away when they did it. You see they are allowed a certain amount of stuff to give away at their discretion.

2. Demos
If you have ever gone to a demo you know what I am talking about. The point to a demo is to advertise a company by having all of its riders put on a show. Usually at the end of the demo they will have a product toss and if you are in the right place you could end up with some cool swag. Any good demo would be hard to leave without at least getting s few stickers.

1. Giveaways
You are reading this from a site that is giving away free stuff so I don’t think I need to explain. There are tons of places that offer similar deals. After book-marking this site, do a Google search to see what else is out there that people are giving away. Remember you can’t win if you don’t enter.