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The unstructured, pathetic comp scene this sport has. Yes im going to say it again, we need a bloody world tour, and we need it now. The situation at the moment is a great example. You have the Nippon Open and North American Open on at the same time. We rarely see the best skiiers on show together.
This problem can be highlighted by asking opne question: who are the best 10, 20 or 30 skiiers in the world? no one can tell you. None of you can tell me that, and it means our sports growth is being dampened. At any one stage, i can go to the ASP site and tell you who the top 10 surfers in the world are (copmpetitive surfers), the top ten golfers or the top ten NFL teams. Yet none of us have any clue who the best skiiers are. We can make an objective guess, or give an opinion, or say something extremely ignorant and parochial like the name of whoever has won the X-games (just look at the quality of japanese or european riders who dont go to these events and tell me you disagree!).
This sports needs a shake up and fast. We need a world tour, and we need a secondary tour. TGhe sport will grow, it will get direction, and will mean the best guys are on show all the time, and the best guys are getting rewarded, not just the guy who lives in America and qualifies for the US Open. Furthermore, you guys wont be sitting around marvelling at how Jon drives a Lambo, you will be marvelling at the best 50 guys in the world, who are all driving lambos, and owing immense thanks to the companies who now have a much more fruitful medium to advertise their products.
Its all about growth. Those companies can grow, and so can the sport. Skis and products will develop as companies get bigger and spend more money on product development and tech. And we can bring skiing to the world, not just affluent white americans.
I have been on this site for a long time now, and added my fair share of views (i used to be aussiejibber), logging on nearly every day for years. And i am going to ask one thing of all the users out there...just think about what im saying. please. if you are truly passionate about this sport, you will throw some voice behind this propsoal, as you do for skiing in the olympics
thankyou