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Just sent this to Fuel.

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jp14
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I just sent this email to fuel tv to try and convince them to air skiing.

Fuel is full of sick sports. Skating, Snowboarding etc. But i never see and SKIING. I mean if anyone would pay attention and follow freestyle skiing they would see that it is progressing in a way like no other extreme sport. Skiing is my favorite sport to watch like in t he X games or gravity games. I think that fuel should air more freestyle, backcountry, urban rails, park skiing. From riders like Tanner Hall, Eric Pollard, Simon Dumont. Any of today's top pro skiers. I know everyone thinks skiing is "lame" or "uncool" but they are just being ignorant and are not seeing that skiing is becoming as "cool" and "entertaining" as any other extreme sport.

We should get mad people to send emails like this and maybe it will convince them to show skiing.
Aug 31 2007 10:53AM
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LineGhettoBlaster
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i have seen 1242 and propaganda on fuel back in the day and they have untracked i think if more skiers and skiing companies aproched them with more shows skier oriented they may put them on. Its not just up to fuel
Sep 3 2007 3:40PM
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jp14
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yaa i used to see more skiing on fuel but it wasnt skiing like it is today. even in the past 2 years i havent seen a single skiier on fuel.
Sep 3 2007 8:48PM
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jp14
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i dont watch it 24/7 but you know
Sep 3 2007 8:49PM
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heFF
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it was funny went they aired the unsponsored kid from mammoth, he blew
Sep 3 2007 9:11PM
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wolf07
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didnt fuel used to show american freeski tour footage a couple of years ago?
Sep 3 2007 9:26PM
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zackblain
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Sep 3 2007 9:55PM
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SkiMN
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My arguement would be something to the affect of: Why not take away one of your many skateboarding shows, many of which aren't that great, and replace it with a legit skiing show.

I mean really, they do show some good skateboarding but they also show some crap, and could make a quality improvement by adding some skiing.
Sep 3 2007 11:39PM
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schlopy
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I'm dropping this request solely for your benefit. I watch your show all of the time and i think it is one of the sickest shows on TV, but it just seems a bit lacking in variety. I love boardsports and i think there all sick but i think an increase in variety of the sports aired on your show would attract more viewers and most likely increase the popularity of your channel. I think that if you added more skiing to the channel you would recieve many more frequent viewers. Skiers and boarders had a long lasting "war" going for a long time but now it seems we all realized that each sport is sick in its own way. So if the reason for not airing skiing is because its "not cool", or you dont want to lose your rep. for airing solely board and more "core" sports, then you mustnt worry because im sure most boarders out there would think the stuff being pulled on skis today is sick, kind of like how us skiers think the same upon snowboarders.
Sep 4 2007 12:16AM
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dorikin
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You know what I think the problem is? A lack of money in the skiing industry. This thread motivated me to check out Fuel and see what it is all about. The major thing I noticed is that a lot of the shows seem to be completely funded by a single sponsor. Example: they had some show that I think was sponsored by Globe and they showed only Globe riders.

If a company like Armada or Oakley preferably K2 invested the time and money to make a "day in the life" of the K2 team i'm sure a network like Fuel would air it.
Sep 4 2007 10:56AM
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jp14
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Yeah, your right now that i think about it. That show skate maps, sponsored by Zoo York. But it would be awesome if they covered ski comps in the daily update or something like that. But yea if k2 sponsored a show where cameras follow the team throughout the winter that would be sick. Or even just one rider like the sorsa project.
Sep 4 2007 12:12PM
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heFF
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ya i said stuff like that in my email hopefully enough people will write in and they get more involved in the ski industy
Sep 4 2007 2:25PM
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Ski_Punx
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like I have said in the past FUCK FUEL TV!

but props for writing to them!

I tried hitting them up about the lack of skiing to them in person. they dudes that run the shit there a clueless.
Sep 4 2007 7:23PM
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ColbyV
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why don't we just make a thread saying why we think they should ad freeskiing and then email them the link so it makes it easier
Sep 4 2007 7:26PM
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jp14
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we should email em this discussion
Sep 4 2007 7:28PM
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SkiMN
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I sent em a nice email. Everybody who has a couple minutes should do the same.

Sep 4 2007 8:52PM
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MadSteezin
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Basically their into making money. Not trying to please all of their viewers.
Sep 4 2007 8:57PM
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jp14
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Yea but if they please all of their viewers they'll probably make more money.
Sep 4 2007 9:01PM
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jp14
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so whos sending emails
Sep 8 2007 10:44PM
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R.Z.A.
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anyone get a reply yet. i havent and i sent mine like 10 days ago
Sep 9 2007 10:41AM
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BMskier
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same here
Sep 9 2007 12:23PM
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ski_powpow
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untracked is really good for skiing
Sep 9 2007 12:46PM
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ski_powpow
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i liked the japan episode, lots from anomaly but some new stuff to
Sep 9 2007 12:47PM
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jp14
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i havent gotten a reply
Sep 9 2007 2:23PM
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VT_scratch
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i sent one.
Sep 9 2007 4:19PM
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SkiMN
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Hi Kevin,

 

Thank you for your email!

 

While we support and love all Snow sports, Freestyle Skiing is not one of our six core sports that we currently focus on. We will keep your ideas and suggestions in mind for the future!

 

Thank you for your interest in FUEL TV!


Thats what I got back today. I'm guessing their six core sports are FMX, BMX, Skateboarding, wakeboarding, snowboarding, surfing. Seems like a legit answer to me, I guess they just have a distinct idea of what they want to showcase right now. Keep hittin them up though, if they get enough from us they will likely at least mention us in some meeting or something if they ever rework things.

Sep 10 2007 5:21PM
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R.Z.A.
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thats not a legit answer at all dude. you practically wrote them an essay and they gave you a sentence saying yeah uh we love snow and shit but skiing isnt gnar enough to be on fuel basically. keep sending emails!
Sep 10 2007 7:30PM
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jp14
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2nd email.

I love and watch Fuel whenever i get the chance and I really enjoy all of the sports your channel makes available to watch. I do however think that if you introduce freestyle skiing to channel, it will not only benefit me by watching it but you as a company also. I am part of Newschoolers.com which is an over 100,000 person organization on the web all about freestyle skiing. I am sure everyone on there would like to see more skiing on Fuel TV. There is actually a whole thread talking all about it on the forums section. Anyways I do think that it would be worth it for your company to look into freestyle skiing.

Thank you for your time.
Sep 10 2007 7:41PM
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R.Z.A.
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mmmmmmmmmmmm. post whoring. only with emails?
Sep 10 2007 7:43PM
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