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Opinion on young skiers

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duhamelski
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i feel like everyone is making such a big deal out of a few kids, when in reality the best talent out there is going unnoticed. there are a handful of young guys that can all do the same stuff, but only a few of them get noticed. i am continually impressed by the level of young guys when i go to park city and just skiing around tahoe. some kids are fuckin dope. like this kid who is 14 threw a really nice switch 10 last season. he is good friends with my brother. kye is only at switch 9, and this kid is a year younger. and derek spong was throwing them and they were amazing. just like tj's. whats your take on young guys?
Nov 11 2005 10:28PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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i think that people should be out there just to ski. whatever happens happens
Nov 11 2005 10:42PM
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SSBS
Posts: 785 - Karma: 10
I agree with you, especially on this part.... but becoming a pro requires a lot of work, you cannot let yourself get drag down by failure... Im talkin like im a pro but im not, ive just worked with a couple of guys who got sponsored...
Nov 11 2005 10:42PM
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forfun
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except that kye stomps in the backcountry. sw 10 in the park isnt where skiing is at right now according to some people (not neccisarily me)
Nov 11 2005 10:45PM
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mattyb.
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like you, i think your segment was a ton better than kye's or callum's
Nov 11 2005 10:48PM
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michaelclarke
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agreeeeed!
Nov 11 2005 10:48PM
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Schoening
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spong = own in skiing/Halo 2!!
Nov 11 2005 10:48PM
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DaveHumphrey
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its like the music buisness. it all depends on ur conections and to get noticed. like some bands or singers or watever are like terrible but they got noticed and now they make music for a living ina big record studio when another person thats amazing nad just crazy is in there basement recording on a shitty computer with windows 95. thats is like with skiers if they get noticed tehy get to do comps, free stuff, get to ski wherever they want compaired to the kids that rock are hitting the one big jump on a small hill and is the true talent. ^hopefully that made sense^
Nov 11 2005 10:49PM
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bmxican_89
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i think its awesome that alot of kids are basically set for life now cuz they are starting so young, but in a way i think its bad for them cuz they dont really know what the "real" world is like, although i dont think any skiers have the same perspective on the real world as a normal person
Nov 11 2005 10:50PM
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SSBS
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it is, with shades of grey... take Hugo Harisson for exemple, he got noticed doin a comp in whistler, but had no contact in the industry whatsoever...

I really think that if you have the talent and you dedicate yourself a lot to the sport, youll get opportunities and will eventually get what you want, then again, you must have the skills for
Nov 11 2005 10:52PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
you should see what se do at squaw. there is nothing that ive seen kye do that i havent equaled in bounds at squaw. and the squaw locals are rediculous. and a switch 10 is amazingly important
Nov 11 2005 10:56PM
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SSBS
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well, kye is the son of trevor, and thats sometinh youll never be able to equal!!! or will you?:S
Nov 11 2005 10:57PM
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klimp
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its not so much luck as it is having an image that a company can sell. Pretty much the only skier that everyone seems to love is Pep Fujas, i can't recall anyone tearing him apart
Nov 11 2005 10:59PM
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ec_jibbin
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except for the fact that skiing alone wont set all those kids for life.
Nov 11 2005 11:15PM
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Mahre
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your basing talent on tricks. kye destroyes
Nov 11 2005 11:17PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
i never said they werent good. they are awsome skiers. i said that there were other skiers as good as them that no one pays attention too
Nov 11 2005 11:20PM
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Mskier91
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ya, but its nice to get free shit
Nov 23 2005 11:14PM
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levistewart
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seggy in pp ur bottles
Nov 23 2005 11:34PM
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jbadrian
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i heard kye peterson is a fag, cocky as shit
Nov 24 2005 12:11AM
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Jaskittin
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If people are skiing for sponsors, they are skiing for the wrong reason. So many kids I talk to at my school just want to get noticed by companies and shit. Sure it would be sick as hell to make a living skiing and traveling, who wouldn't want that. But some people seem to forget the reason they started skiing, and that is fun. Every time I go to the park I see another kid with Thall pros with pants at their ankles, just laughing at everyone else who is trying, but maybe not as good.
Nov 24 2005 12:28AM
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Billiards.
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yeah well I think that if you work for it you deserve for it. Personally I give ky peterson alot of credit, because he lost his dad which has got to be terrible and then I read an article about how he went and skid the mountain his dad died on.... damn. thats heavy. over coming stuff like that is soo sick. And everyone deserves fame and fortune in his own way and some people can see that in different kids.
Nov 24 2005 12:28AM
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grubix2
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It makes me sick to my stomach to see these kids at age 14 doing shit I can't even do at age 19. But then again they're bodies are like rubber and don't injur as easily.. not to say i'm an old man haha, but damn they can like deck out and not even feel it.
Nov 24 2005 12:32AM
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Ahmets_Brother
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thats like really really young...when your talkin about 14 thats when they start to feel pain.
Nov 24 2005 9:29AM
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public_enemy720
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im 14 and ive been skiing for a few years. if your good young then think of all the progress skiing will get when all of the ridiculas people my age are 20.
Nov 24 2005 9:38AM
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timmi
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i am always amazed by the ability of thes kids that you see these days. incredible
Nov 24 2005 9:39AM
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D.Willy
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Every rail jam I go to in any state there is like a 13 year old kid there that is throwing it down the same if not better than the big boys, you don't realy see that in snowboarding that much. Whyyyy it makes me feel like a geezer.
Nov 24 2005 11:34AM
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SIX
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There's a lot of good talent out there, but if you really want to get noticed, try to do all the competitions that you can enter in and never quit skiing, just practice and practice. One day you'll get noticed.
Nov 24 2005 12:26PM
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