Newschool skiing in the olympics?

It'd be cool to see but I doubt they would really do anything if everyone on here signed a patition or w/e but even superpipe would be cool to see but their not even sure about that let alone slopestyle. 
But that would be so awesome to see newschool skiing in the olyimpics

sending you both invites

yanno, i think that yeah, maybe it wouldn't be something that wins the comittee over, but i think that a petition-like movement shows how the public is behind this addition. there's such a core group of ski-fans behind the idea here at ns, so i don't think it's too far off to pitch an idea like that. if someone could pitch an idea, i'd be interested in hearing it.

Yeah that would be sweet.  they should.  I mean they have snowboarding super pipe.  Why not skis?  Give it time it will happen, the old people of the old school days will die off.

Seriously, I'd like to see a late push for the skiing half-pipe. If it doesn't do much for the 2010, then maybe before the 2014 winter olympics they will have a serious consideration again.

The problem is, will the FIS assign a bunch of rules to halfpipe skiing, limiting its progression? At it's current rate, newschool skiing is progressing like crazy. However, Olympic 'freestyle skiing' has a bunch of rules which regulate it tightly, and so we have gone off and become freeskiers, so we can push the sport in the direction we choose, not which the FIS chooses.

This will be interesting. I'd like to see half-pipe in 2010, but if FIS wants to throw a bunch of boundaries around it, then I don't think it's a fair deal. Another event in 2010, at a similar time, would be fantastic.




A 'Newschooler Games' would really be great, in 2010. An event covering disciplines like Slopestyle, Big Air, Rail Jams, and Half-Pipe would really be fantastic. But that's another issue.

Well FIS has already stated their intent to get ski pipe in for 2014 in Russia, so at this point any lobbying needs to be with regards to Vancouver, which, although unlikely, is not as impossible as most people think.

And the thing about regulations and boundaries; well consider snowboarding in the Olympics, their pipe event is run in pretty much the exact same format as pipe events in the X-Games, Opens, etc.  

The biggest blunder that FIS is making right now is trying to let the FIS Freestyle run pipe events with people who don't have a clue about halfpipe, instead they should be working with FIS Snowboard, because at least they have some experience with putting together halfpipe events.

Even though we are on skis, a ski halfpipe comp has a lot more in common with snowboarding than it does with moguls and aerials.

Guys. There's been 10,000 threads on this. It was already decided. It can never happen, because the pros would never pass the drug tests.

Just a question to throw out cuz the FIS has always been the arch-enemy of newschool skiing, but what are some of the rules of snowboard halfpipe skiing? Or are there any rules? Because I am sure if snowboarders can handle em, skiers might be able to?

According to 'tride', the half-pipe snowboarding regulations are just like the ones in X-Games and open competitions... meaning... there seemingly aren't really any?

The issue tride brought up is the FIS' ability to judge the event. They know nothing about newschool skiing whatsoever

Well if their allowing snowboarders in half-pipes for the olympics then why not allow newschool skiing

Auring september 2007, many of us in the newschoolers community were aware of the ground-breaking event of what has been dubbed "IF3". As someone who attended the event, I can still only think back and recall it as the best three days of my life. Returning to my laptop on Sunday, ns was flooded with the infamous rants and threads about the behaviors of various athletes during the weekend. Though I can honestly say that a good chunk of the people there were under some kind of influence, I still don't think it's fair to call the athletes out for going out on a Friday or Saturday night like tke rest of us.

Baker, I think your post is missing the fact of how important this event is to the skiing industry. I'm not talking about the Bode-buffs, yet referring to the countless kids, some of whom haven't even hit the double digits, who are out there by 9 on snowdays, the ones who devote every waking second to thinking about the next time they buckle in. Sure, there's alot more to the skiing community that the tweens on twintips, but they are the ones who are buying the products, attending the events, and hopefully improving the sport as we all age. (Hello?? White and snowboarding? thankyouu)

As to there being "10,000" threads on this? Well then, I applaud the 10,000 people who created them. I applaud the notion that there are people out there, beside myself, who hope to see the industry progress and succeed into a recognized athletic event of skill, innovation, and bravery. I think that if we recognize events such as curling as that of an Olympian, than the likes of Dumont and Hall, defying gravity in inventive feats, are to be recognized as Olympians as well.

I find your defeatist attitude worrisome. "It can never happen". How many times have people said to you "it can never happen"? How many times has it been said in society? You can't reach the moon, the Red Sox can't win the series, you can't ski backwards? I think all of those things have been dubbed as impossible... but I can assure you they've all been done. Your defense about the athletes is a pathetic one. I'll be the first to say it. How many times has Barry Bonds been attacked by the vultures of the press about his alleged steroid use? Countless. Is he still hitting homers? Yes, he is. How many times do these athletes have the opportunity to prove themselves as the best in the world? To represent their country as the excellors in their field? The chances are few. If you think that an athlete would sit pondering the idea of holding a joint or beer in his hand over a gold medal, and choose the former-- then you are sadly mistake at what it is to be a devout skier. It's about improving the sport, improving the skills, and most importantly, improving yourself. To say that "it can never happen" and back it up with such a sad excuse, is by all means, unacceptable.


(my apologies for the rant)

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You've got it spot on.


We do seem to have a bit of a pessimistic attitude. Of course, if we don't do anything, nothing will happen. People are just sitting back thinking it's impossible. Give it a shot, then another, and keep trying. Then, after you hit you're 100th birthday, then you can say it's impossible.

Maybe 10 threads. It was decided by who, NS? hahahahaha

Excellent well written post Pho[tog]!!!! ++++++++++


There is an FIS Pipe event coming to Park City December 18 or thereabouts. Everyone support it!

Holy mis-interpreted e-sarcasm batman.

Obviously it could happen, but during a recent major event, summer olympics, or the Tour de France, a player was disqualified for use of Marijuana, and they called it a, "Performance enhancing drug".
What makes you so sure that this wouldn't be the case for the winter olympics too? If a country wants to win enough, they will look for any excuse to disqualify an athlete. And it's a known fact that weed stays in your blood system for a number of weeks.
They would have to quit cold turkey, and they definately enjoy partying. So it could happen, my post was a joke, and it's not likely that many of the pros would want to compete anyways.

im pretty sure there was a thread like this a while ago and someone said most of the skiers coudlnt compete because of drug tests

Make what you will out of the history of marijuana in the Olympics.


Controversy During the 1998 Games

The very first Olympic snowboarding gold medal went to Canadian Ross Rebagliati. Three days after climbing to the top of the Olympic podium and snowboarding history books, Rebagliati tested positive for marijuana and his gold medal was stripped away by the IOC.

But wait a long-inhaled minute, marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug. If anything, it seems the drug would impair performance, a fact which further solidified Rebagliati's win in the minds of his fans.

The decision to pull his medal went to an appeals court. Rebagliati's supporters argued that he was the victim of second-hand smoke at a going-away party in Canada, and that the trace amounts of marijuana in his system would not have affected the outcome of the race.

In the end, the Court of Arbitration in Sport concluded that the original decision had been based on an International Ski Federation (FIS) drug policy, but under the IOC marijuana was considered a restricted substance, not a banned one. Rebagliati got to keep his medal and went home a cult hero..

i think that if we all signed something the commitee or watever wud maybe give some insight to it....... i mean theres snow boarding y not skiing.

HA!  That's a good one. Every pro pipe skier out there wants to see it in the Olympics. 

If halfpipe were not already an Olympic event for snowboarders, the feeling may be different, but halfpipe IS an Olympic event.  It was the first event to sell out in Torino 2006. The Olympics is the world's largest and most viewed halfpipe competition, skiers who compete in pipe want the chance to perform on that type of a stage.

And do you really think that our sport would be the only one where athletes might have to stop burning weed for a while for the sake of getting into the event?  Like maybe snowboarders don't have that situation as well? They will deal with it as many other athletes in many other sports already do.

im sure skiing will be in the olypics soon for half pipe
 and when slopestyle is added to the olympics it will probbably be all snowboarder, its probablly gonna take a while for them to catch on that two plankers like slopestyle too

Ohh thanks for informing me that you know every pro, and happen to have talked to them about skiing pipe in the Olympics. Maybe some people who are really good at pipe, but still considered amateurs, want it in the Olympics, but I doubt people like THall for example want it. I could see Dumont in the Olympics, but not a lot of the other pros.

News Flash. Tannner has competed in many an FIS pipe event. And as of mid September continues to support the idea of it.

Can you honestly picture him in the Olympics though? Personally, I can't.

weed isnt a performance enhancing drug now so hell pass the drug test. I can see him. It probably would be more competitive than current pipe events.

tanner gets called out for being an attention whore all the time. i'm not saying i agree with that line, but if so many people think that he's so extravagnt at times, then why wouldn't he do something that would put him more in the limelight? i can see tanner loving the title of the best in the world. any athlete would love that.

I think that it would be allright to give freeskiing some exposure to the general public. i think it would be good for the sport.


thread creator: when did you get your icon? one of us should get a new one, hopefully you lol

You're welcome. 

Obviously have you never read the interviews of Tanner speaking about his hopes of pipe getting in the Olympics.

In 05 both Tanner and Dumon competed in the FIS Nor-Am halfpipe event at Park city, strictly so that they could qualify for the FIS World Championships in Ruka, Finland.  They were both very public about the fact that they wanted to compete in that event to support halfpipe skiing becoming an Olympic discipline.

At pro events like the X-Games and Ski Tour, they have polled the athletes about it becoming Olympic, and so far every single pro is in favor of it....there is not one world-class pro pipe skier who has ever spoken against ski pipe getting in to the Olympics.