dude, straight up...brogan did need it more than nick, and im tight with both of them and its pretty blatantly obvious if you think about it. brogan is barley sponced(just gets some nordica flow), living in PA, does not get the chance to film with good cameras on good features, and at the rate he progressed this year hes is gonna off the charts for this spring/summer and next season.
as for nick, he is sponced by salomon, crunk, sweet, and switch gloves, is going to be living in colorado next year, owns a sick production company with multiple sick cameras and other gear, and is scary good at tricks already and fixing his steaz quite nicely. not to mention 4th at us open, and he is more than likely going to get travel budget and/or pro status from salomon next year.
so pretty much nick is on his way to pro status regardless, and brogan is set now too, thanks to berman