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Holy fuck jon...

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JGP.
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I dont know how many people heard about this but jon won his first gold medal in an FIS race shortly after earning his first podium with a silver. your really working hard for this.  so much respect for you, and the fact that your beating these guys is amazing. keep it up.

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http://www.jon-olsson.com/videoblog/?p=102
Feb 18 2008 2:51PM
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B.Snow
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WHATTTTT mad props to Jon!!
Feb 18 2008 2:54PM
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VT_scratch
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seripusly !!!  great job jon im very impressed!! what cant this guy do?!?
Feb 18 2008 2:56PM
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mtbikeer
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sweeeeeet
Feb 18 2008 2:58PM
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Bepo
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Yeah, Jon's by far my favorite skier.  And he's in breck working on the NA open course now!!!!!!  SO sick
Feb 18 2008 3:01PM
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Polar_Beer
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only thing jon isnt capable of doing is

LOSING!
Feb 18 2008 3:02PM
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Min_Soo
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mad props to jon!  such a dope skier in all aspects!
Feb 18 2008 3:04PM
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GGreene
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definatly the best all around skier ever
he can do it all and he can win it all
Feb 18 2008 3:12PM
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YT.SKEEZE
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from park to bigmountain to gate chasing...whats next moguls?
Feb 18 2008 3:20PM
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bsmith01
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I forgot, what was the bet with the guy that started him racing again?  I remember it was like around 8000 us dollars but i forgot what the conditions of the bet were.  I cant believe he is actually doing this well though.  So sick.

Feb 18 2008 3:23PM
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dave44
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get in the 2014 olympics GS
Feb 18 2008 3:25PM
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Boodje.
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word.
Feb 18 2008 3:33PM
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BEARS.
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holy balls, does he have any goofy spancers yet like bode did? why the hell do you need a pasta company to sponsor you racing? (banilla)
Feb 18 2008 5:13PM
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I-Ski-AK
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bode has a pasta company because he can, he is one of the racers i enjoy watching because he pushes the limits...

PROPS JON!!!o11e!1!!!1OnE!!!!
Feb 18 2008 5:17PM
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VTtreeskier
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Hah thats wat i was thinkin
Feb 18 2008 5:20PM
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Geoffrey
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not to be a negative nancy....but......jon's fis points for gs are 68 and his points for slalom are over 100. 68 points wouldnt get you onto a Div. 1 college team, nevermind a national or olympic team. At age 26, jon would have to drop his points to the single digits for the swedish team to think about giving him a spot on the world cup team. Jon is not serious about the 2014 olympics. C'mon this is the same guy who said he was going to become a profession surfer a few years back.

That said, none of this takes away from him being perhaps the greatest jump skier of all time and one of the truely legendary innovators of freeskiing.
Feb 18 2008 5:33PM
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Dettokid
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While his points are at 68, his best finishes are a 46 and 48 point race which is pretty amazing since he hasn't ski raced in what 7 years? If he can do that in one season, why do you think its impossible for him to drop them to single digits by 2014 (6 years away).
Feb 18 2008 5:46PM
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DynastarriderGP
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keep in mind there is a difference between FIS and USSA points
Feb 18 2008 5:54PM
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STACKS
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That is so sick.
Feb 18 2008 5:59PM
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spere
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he just started racing again. hes been training for what, 2 months at most? and thats with still making time for freestyle. 2014 is a long way off and if hes committed enough he definitely has a shot at it
Feb 18 2008 5:59PM
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Bepo
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how does the point system work?
Feb 18 2008 6:25PM
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poofartpee
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are u fuckin serious!!!! Jon is going to take over the world of skiing!!
Feb 18 2008 7:06PM
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tjski
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hahaha, "ill stick with skiing, its safer"
Feb 18 2008 7:11PM
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Pippin
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im fairly sure he said in his blog the race didn't have the top skiers in it but still here come jon!!!!
Feb 18 2008 7:14PM
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saucer_boy_lives
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haha yes
Feb 18 2008 7:26PM
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T.Spliff
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pasta=carbs= a good way to get energy the night before a race. i think its not that weehad
Feb 18 2008 8:09PM
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BIG_SALTY
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sick jon
Feb 18 2008 8:32PM
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deezy.
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thats nice now he has bronze,silver,and gold
i heard a rumor hell be in skier-x?

Feb 18 2008 8:41PM
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SteezePatrol
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maybe they'll put the roo flip in the fis book
Feb 18 2008 8:46PM
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BrightonFridays
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dammm hes the man for doing everything
Feb 18 2008 8:53PM
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TannerBalls
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"A few minutes later I knew I was right as I had catched up to the other guys and won my first FIS race! F-king stoked!"


Feb 18 2008 8:59PM
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readiculous
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If Jon makes the team it'll be the first time since I was ten that I'll actually want to watch olympic racing.
Feb 18 2008 9:18PM
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Yauch
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jon is underated
Feb 18 2008 9:22PM
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tBatt
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standings-
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=51137

the kid who beat him was 16-17
Feb 18 2008 10:09PM
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TWoods
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it's like his second race...

also, the pro surfer thing was a joke for the intro to a ski segment.
Feb 18 2008 11:25PM
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triebby
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That is so dope, mad props.
Feb 18 2008 11:41PM
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GUZ
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i don't think jon is human
Feb 18 2008 11:57PM
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Jahhsss
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i think u start out with a certain amount of points and get them taken off everytime you do well and you want to get as close to zero as you can, but i think only real pros make it to zero.
Feb 19 2008 12:09AM
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Powderwhore
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Good for Jon, but you guys realize winning races at that level is about the same as someone who doesn't play baseball regularly winning a high school baseball game and winning the Olympics would be like the same pitcher winning the 7th game of the World Series? Yeah, it could happen, but it's not very likely.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Jon making the Swedish team just to prove a point, but his chances of winning a gold in any alpine racing event are slim to none.
Feb 19 2008 3:10AM
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mattyb.
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I'm pretty sure his main goal isn't winning the Olympics, its first to make the World Cup team, which is definitely possible at the rate he is improving.

Good Luck Jon.
Feb 19 2008 7:03AM
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.KYLE.
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haha thats nuts
Feb 19 2008 9:42AM
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jonaolsson
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Good for Jon, but you guys realize winning races at that level is about the same as someone who doesn't play baseball regularly winning a high school baseball game and winning the Olympics would be like the same pitcher winning the 7th game of the World Series? Yeah, it could happen, but it's not very likely.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Jon making the Swedish team just to prove a point, but his chances of winning a gold in any alpine racing event are slim to none.


Things like this gets me motivated, "slim to none" I love it, makes me want to hit the gym right now! Haha

I read a bit on here and will as usualt explain a couple things!

1. My SL points are from 2001 and I do not intend to ski SL so I dont care if they are 1000.
2.Yes, not the hardest race to win but you have to start somewhere, in racing its hard as fuck to come from the back, its all about the start nr. In the first FIS I did the fall I beat a guy in training the day before but then at the race I started 118 and was 10 sek behind him, so start nr is everything!
But now I earned some points so I am not starting last anymore witch is a hell of a lot more fun!

So I know that winning this is very far away from winning WC but I know I am fast enough to do that, its just going to take a long time and a shit ton of training, but I am ready and the more "but his chances of winning a gold in any alpine racing event are slim to none" I hear the bigger my chances will be!

Anyway its fun as hell so I dont really care!


BTW Don´t hate on racers, I have realized after going to all these races that they are so stoked on the whole park thing and most of them would love to do it,so if a races comes through the park, don´t yell at him, be nice instead!
Feb 19 2008 9:49AM
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shanedawg
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way to go jon! winning any race is a great feeling.
Feb 19 2008 9:53AM
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DrStrangelove
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in that case:

jon, you suck, you'll probably never win another race again...ever. in fact, i HOPE you don't ever win another race. after all, you don't deserve to. you're the laziest skier ive ever heard of. 

Feb 19 2008 10:52AM
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kepler.
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Sooo why is this a sticky?
Feb 19 2008 11:40AM
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I-Ski-AK
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because its jon god damn it
Feb 19 2008 12:44PM
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Literature
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Mad props. Keep the fun alive, Jon.
Feb 19 2008 1:06PM
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Alex_thedroog
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this really doesn't deserve a sticky
Feb 19 2008 1:07PM
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Steezasaurus
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...Rails. Thats the only thing that isnt his forte when it comes to skiing

Feb 19 2008 1:24PM
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I-Ski-AK
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i imagine if a moderator didnt think i needed a sticky, they would change it. quit bitching about it being a sticky...
Feb 19 2008 1:34PM
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brenker
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yeaaaa jon!!!! the guy can do anything!!!
Feb 19 2008 2:29PM
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