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derek spong, and ian provo
I dont think you can say someone is underrated by the industry without knowing what they are getting from their sponsors.
It's all about how you market yourself asa marketing product.
In my opinion, most pros are underrated cause they help companies sell a lot of skis without geting what they deserve.
Still they are getting paid to ski wich is pretty damn cool but you still ahve to realise they put their body on the line to push their sport further.
I dont think pro skiers whould take as many risk as they are taking right now ( hitting jumps that are not safe but so big that it will make a hll of a shot, going higher tehn everyone else on a quaterpipe to break a world record so everyone AND you sponsor thibk your the hottest sit around, ect). Dont get me wrong, I have nothing agaisnt those who do such things and I think they are fully commited to their sport.
Pro skierare mrketing toolos to most sponsors it's the reason they can get some money out of skiing.
the problem is teh expectation from the sponsors adn teh public. You expect a pro skier to push the limits while he might just want to have fun shredding your normal park.
There are not that many TJ Schiller, Simon Dumont, Eric Pollard, Pep Fujas, Tanner hall and Jon Olson in this world who can have solid influence on what kids buy solely on comp results and video segment. In the end it should be all about how you help the company that spnosors you instead of how good you are.
Watch surf up, they did a good job at presenting my point of view using cure pinguins.
