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Jon smokes race program out of a two bit pipe..

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lukevanvalin
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For those who aren't entirely closed minded on various aspects of skiing being drawn to the cumulative effort, i have some rather bad ass news.

I was standing at the pipe today in Park City, and as i gandered to my left I caught a glimpse of our good friend Jon Olsson pumping low and hard through a rutted GS course in flat light.  Astonishing, was my first thought... Why would a freeskiing baller who has won virtually ever major contest be on a race course? 

I dropped into a quick run and slid into the finish area of the race event just in time to see all the up-tight, nazi racer coach's faces sag in equal astonishment and apparent despair.  I skated over to my Swedish comrade, knowing previously about his racing joke, and anxious to see how he had finished.  And? 

Jon went ahead had the fastest time in the second run out of 120 FIS racers, proving that he successfully does whatever he wants, and a rippin park skier who never trains the gates can step into the race arena against determined athletes with overzealous coaches and blow some fuckin socks off.


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Jan 8 2008 9:58PM
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VTtreeskier
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Thats pretty sick, very sick
Jan 8 2008 10:02PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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Thats pretty much amazing. I respect what hes doing, whatever floats his boat, plus hes proving half the industry wrong
Jan 8 2008 10:03PM
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stingfire
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Didn't he make a bet with his friend that he'd make the FIS team by 2009?
Jan 8 2008 10:03PM
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zackblain
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some guy bet him 50 g's that he couldn't make the swedish gs team in like 08 or 09
Jan 8 2008 10:04PM
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jeremy.g
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thats cool to see a park skier that can rip outside the park
Jan 8 2008 10:06PM
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landonn
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thats so sick.  in telluride i rode up the gondola with a guy on the swedish race team and i asked him about jon olsson and he said that he wasnt gonna make it.  looks like jon is proving that guy wrong.

Jan 8 2008 10:07PM
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stingfire
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too bad he didn't do it without poles so half the kids here can copy him and learn how to ski
Jan 8 2008 10:07PM
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SIX
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hahahah, fucking Jon!!! Never stoping.
Jan 8 2008 10:08PM
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triebby
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oh hell yea, that is freakin awesome. good for jon. i was at PC all afternoon today riding the pipe right near the finish of that course too, i wish i had seen it.
Jan 8 2008 10:09PM
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emopoppins
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i liked watching his blog and seeing how determined he was to stick with it and do good, and still stay on top of freeskiing and do all this shit that he loves and it just blows me away. fuckin swedes.
Jan 8 2008 10:11PM
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zackblain
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after you touched my pole today I did a switch 630 onto the long box. Thank you
Jan 8 2008 10:14PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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thats so tight, especially if he can crack that team, that would put an entirely new light on freeskiing for everyone else.
Jan 8 2008 10:15PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Haha, thats so sick, way to go Jon for doing what the hell he wants. Maybe Orage should sponsor some 'pro-freestyle mogul cups', I'd like to see TJ take on Bibby.
Jan 8 2008 10:16PM
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SnowRidgeParks
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wowww that's intense... this shows that, in my opinion, jon is the most well rounded skier in the world, performing at such a high level in that many different aspects of the sport (park, big mountain, racing, hell he can prolly rip bumps) is just insane.
Jan 8 2008 10:18PM
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jKutcher
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haha my buddy that races and freerides called me nd told me the news.  he was in this race and was so stoked that Jon won
Jan 8 2008 10:19PM
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-justice-
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damn.  say what you want but there's no doubt that jon can ski like a motherfucker. 
Jan 8 2008 10:23PM
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skiminnesota
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Jon is the man.....  no one can argue with his overall ability
Jan 8 2008 10:27PM
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Silence
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Wonder if there will be a racing JOI haha
Jan 8 2008 10:28PM
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Pocahontas
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that is so sweet
Jan 8 2008 10:44PM
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wolfmansbro
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"a rippin park skier who never trains the gates can step into the race arena against determined athletes with overzealous coaches and blow some fuckin socks off"

He grew up on racing FIS, has been lapping gates for the last few months and skis probally every day. thats training if i have ever seen it.
Still sick none the less.
Jan 8 2008 10:52PM
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fouldsys
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jon is the fucking man.

thats all i have to say
Jan 8 2008 10:58PM
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ThaLetterM.
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sick...and also..whats up luke van valin
Jan 8 2008 11:04PM
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sneaky
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no way!! thats so tight.

can anyone second this??
Jan 8 2008 11:05PM
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Silence
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Yes, and it was his mate, and it worked out to be about US$8500
Jan 8 2008 11:06PM
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Greenish
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thats incredible
Jan 8 2008 11:07PM
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BennyB
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thats so rad...nothin like stickin it to the man.
Jan 8 2008 11:07PM
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sirskizalot
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hahaha sooo sik
Jan 8 2008 11:11PM
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ghosfacekilla
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I was riding up the lift at WP and there was a FIS thing that day and I heard he was racing in it and i didnt believe it til i saw a guy in steezy clothes and a gimp hat inspeting the coarse. He did well too considering he has no points at all
Jan 8 2008 11:12PM
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Avifarer
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ya it was in his video blog.
50 g's in swedish dollars which is like 15k us someone said.
meaning thats pretty meaningless money to jon boy.
Jan 8 2008 11:13PM
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stingfire
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even 50 g in US dollars don't mean anything to him since he's a millionaire.


plus the US dollar has gone to shit in the last year
Jan 8 2008 11:15PM
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armadapandemic89
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weren't his parents on the swedish ski team too?
Jan 8 2008 11:17PM
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BobYohan
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wow, good call, i was too stoked on the story to notice who wrote it

Jan 8 2008 11:25PM
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MiniMeDanny
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yeaa van valin's on ns, sick story too, i personally wouldnt choose racing but if jon's able to jump into a comp and slay at it, then im fucking stoked
Jan 8 2008 11:34PM
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BEARS.
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read powder magazine. hes trying to get into 2014 olympics.
Jan 9 2008 12:28AM
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popNfresh44
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haha all the hardcore racers who live to race must have felt like such fags, seeing how a cool guy who rapes the park scene can beat them at their own specialty
Jan 9 2008 1:45AM
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E.Durtschi
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he started out racing so he knew what he was doing, but thats still way cool!!!!!
Jan 9 2008 2:13AM
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Alex_G
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kinda like this


Jan 9 2008 2:14AM
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Billiards.
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The Blazer. Love it. haaa.
Jan 9 2008 2:21AM
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toominator
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ha thats pretty sick.. maybe JOI will turn into a multi-discipline event in the future
Jan 9 2008 2:39AM
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dave44
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Yeah. The bet was on going to the 2014 Olympics.
Jan 9 2008 3:07AM
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corbenketelsen
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only read the beggining of this thread and jon started off racing. and he was pretty fucken good to. so if the point of this thread is to say how park skiers are as good as racers at their own game you gotta take a step back and look at the whole picture. props to jon for kicken ass but i wouldnt put him in the catagory as a "park skier". thats just fucken stupid.
Jan 9 2008 4:03AM
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Knewnews
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^ def different being a trained racer vs just hitting gates. Fucking good for him though, Jon is the MAN.
Jan 9 2008 4:24AM
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al_britskiier
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i remember seeing in one of his video blogs that half the day he race trains, then just does his park thing in the afternoons.
pretty commited to this shit, doesnt seem like its just a bet to him
Jan 9 2008 5:54AM
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radoripper
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wrong.  not 50gs, 50,000 croners which is less than 9gs
Jan 9 2008 9:42AM
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slashquatch
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it was 50 swedish dollars which is like 8000 but yea
Jan 9 2008 10:19AM
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asfffffffffdd
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henituck would win
Jan 9 2008 2:02PM
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4ReeL_
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plus the money in racing is double even triple of what freeskiers get paid
Jan 9 2008 2:05PM
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Valind
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He was practicing at Loveland also, I saw him.  He has been killing it
Jan 9 2008 2:09PM
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mackinnon
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i wonder what he's skiing on....head? hmm
Jan 9 2008 2:31PM
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Valind
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yup
Jan 9 2008 2:40PM
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