this was in ^said thread, but i thought id put it here for discussion too
1.i think that if it was going to be one thing that would put us over the edge of snowboarding, it would have happened a year or 2 ago (cork 810 to rail, switch 9 chads, ext.)...its gnna be hard for someone to pull something more ahead of the times other than that....wats gnna pull us ahead of snowboarding is that snowboarding has already plataued(sp?) and is no longer the cutting edge sport it once was..today u see snowboarding in drink adds, tv shows, ext. so baiscaly, snowboarding used to be the rebelious sport, now it is kinda the conformist sport..if u wanna be cool like the people on Laguna Beach, u gotta snowboard...wat will push skiing over snowboarding will be when we reach the next level of exposure (which could possibly come in the 2010 x-games) which will push us far enough into the lime light that kids wanna ski, because we r the new hot shiat. skiing will be the sport that ur friends all know about that has the "rebeliousl/cool" aspect, just like snowboarding had however many years ago. Unfortunetly, as soon as that happens, the big names will try to get their chubby hands on us. once they have us in their grasp, skiing will head to where snowboarding is now, and fast. So, unless we stay completely true to the core companies who arnt part of the insane grid of buisness ownership, things will be differnt. but ya know, change is inevitable...they say life is alot like icecream, u gotta enjoy it while its still cold, thats why i go skiing, to keep my icecream cold.
2.Could u guys answer this: what are your opinions about the whole "unnatural" stunts wave...isnt it kinda contradicting the whole progressing towards more style thing and is more like progressing towards the more technical tricks?
3.how about this...since i have already talked about the unnatural jumps and stuff, how about all the crazy rail stuff that is going on now...which would u say should has more rights to be in a movie: a smooth switch on to switch off OR a 270 on,270 off...
4.Ok this is realy the last one: What do you think about all these up-and-comming movie/ski/soft-good companies...Did snowboarding ever experience this? In five years, wat companies do u still being around/why? Will these be a constant part of skiing, allways poping up then dissapearing?
_______________~Angus West______
Liberty***
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