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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
NS what the fuck? I know this isn't the only thread on this which makes it that much worse.

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Jan 14 2008 7:43PM
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alaskakid
Posts: 5540 - Karma: 430
GAH I'm starting too seem them today too....and french ones. I don't browse online for anything except ski stuff. Maybe that french website with the 08-09 skis...?
Jan 17 2008 11:23PM
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Jwalk
Posts: 4647 - Karma: 134
i saw one that said somthin like

"escape your winter chills and come to san diego"
Jan 17 2008 11:45PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
ohh man, gimmie a break
Jan 18 2008 1:27AM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
If you're not getting ads it's probably because your firewall is blocking them. Alot of them have that ability now and have gotten fairly good at it. Whenever I'm on a friends computer without his ad blocking setup right and I go on NS its always weird to see the ads again.
Jan 18 2008 8:10AM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
"Why are you such a fashion plate?

Maybe it runs in the family."

Yes, I am sure that most of NS is just dying to figure out who their ancestors are.
Jan 19 2008 12:27AM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
the only thing that is annoying is that it goes over the picture on the top
Jan 19 2008 5:11PM
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RudyGarmisch
Posts: 25443 - Karma: 13,844
This is how I roll
Haha, I've been seeing this one a lot recently. I love so many features of this fine advertisement. Like the fact that theres a silhouette of a dude popping his collar. And that hes so cool he drives a lime green Vdub beetle.



Jan 19 2008 7:51PM
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skitoggrob
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 22
the ards arnt that big of a deal, if NS'ers is making money off of it whats the buig deal, its coorporate america, get over it
Jan 22 2008 11:45AM
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skiminnesota
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Addd
Jan 22 2008 12:28PM
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GotamaBCshredder
Posts: 5062 - Karma: 424
i never even saw them till people commented. I just look at the threads and the words anywsay. who cares whats on the sides
Jan 22 2008 3:23PM
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skitoggrob
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 22
YES!
Jan 22 2008 3:43PM
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Billy_B
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 185
i dont get any ads
Jan 22 2008 5:33PM
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[tightpants]
Posts: 1529 - Karma: 17
Thats not a stupid idea at all and we should do it for sure. You should get something like that up on here so we can promote advertising on NS to local shops and reps. I would do it. I have another idea too... I dont know how good it is though. You make a "dealers" page on the site where local shops pay a certain amount of $ for having their information posted on NS where skiiers can search it. They could have their location and what they sell on there, along with pics and stuff if they want. I don't know if it would work but it would be a great way for local shops to help out NS, and for NS to help out local shops at the same time.
Jan 23 2008 1:50PM
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.makuma.
Posts: 2258 - Karma: 43
same..i hope it stays that way
Jan 23 2008 6:51PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
i have ski ads again!!!

- Hakuba - Ski in Nagano
- Fischer
- 2007 Buyers guide
- Ski Italy & the Dolomites
- Tools 4 Boards
- Heliskiing in Alaska
- Off-Piste Ski Courses
Jan 30 2008 3:42AM
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Jernt
Posts: 838 - Karma: 96
I don't believe I have seen a ski add on this site in the past few times I have been logged on. I have to say that I really don't like the adds. I understand the need for money but these same generic adds that come with so many sites suck. They really suck to see on NS.
Feb 10 2008 12:45AM
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killabees
Posts: 8558 - Karma: 494
puzzle pirates is legit
Feb 10 2008 12:22PM
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Boodje.
Posts: 1394 - Karma: 21
neither do i.
Feb 10 2008 1:19PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
Get yourself Firefox and NoScript, it blocks the ad sites so you see an adless NS (aside from "Sponsors" on the right-side bar of the site). NS gets money for having the ad there, you don't see the ad, everybody wins.
Feb 10 2008 2:36PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
I've got adblock for firefox. It took a few days to cycle through all of the ads but most of them are blocked now.
Feb 10 2008 3:01PM
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John.
Posts: 1327 - Karma: 11
Winner.

Here's a link for Firefox users:  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Feb 10 2008 5:36PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
I tried to use AdBlock and every time I refreshed the page or came back to it later the same ads would be up. I'm not sure if they slightly change the URL or what, but it didn't work out. Maybe if you spent a LOT of time blocking all the addresses but... it annoyed the hell out of me. That's why NoScript is the way to go, it just blanket bans everything from particular sites.
Feb 10 2008 5:53PM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
haha yeah right now I'm being offered the chance to win a trip to Hawaii from FunSun vacations. I say the guys who have dedicated their lives to this site deserve every buck they can get, and all the better if it goes towards helping them travel and do sick event coverage like US Open this year. But I do have to agree with skodeo that it cheapens the look of the site, and I also would like to see ad space continue to be affordable to small ski brands like EC and Liberty.
Feb 10 2008 6:23PM
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John.
Posts: 1327 - Karma: 11
Hmm, weird. I basically had to do nothing after I installed it, I just let it do its thing and pretty quickly there wasn't any more ads. Did you use it for Safari or Firefox?
Feb 10 2008 6:52PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
Firefox...
Feb 10 2008 7:33PM
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something_cool
Posts: 84 - Karma: 10
Click to learn more...
Feb 10 2008 8:12PM
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