Thank you Simon

so i find it kind of funny how there are all these kids who are bashing on simon because he is a "douche" or a "tool" but yet none of you actually know simon dumont personally so how can you judge him. if you judge everyone on one time in their life then you could say that everyone in the world is a tool because of that one thing that they do. so basically everyone needs to chill out and care about yourself. skiing is about have fun and being yourself, but most people on this website have clearly forgotten thet.

"skiing is about have fun and being yourself"  tell that to simon dumont while skiing no poles, I dare you.  Then come back and say we should stop judging him.  How do you expect people start knowing him personally, when the first word that comes out of his mouth to you is "Your really lame"

Simon Dumont is a TOOL!!

so basically your saying that if you have an opinion about something that makes you a tool...i just dont understand where your coming from.

big ups

Alright.

Simon may be a tool. I don't know, I've only been around him once and it wasn't the kind of meeting where I would have gotten an impression of any kind.

He definitely balled up and went huge and props for that.

What does it matter? Simon isn't my "ambassador" of skiing. No one is. My snowboard friends don't relate all skiing to Simon Dumont's skiing. I don't relate snowboarding to Shaun White or Travis Rice or anyone. It's a personal thing. It's fun to talk on the internet about how someone may be a tool that one time you met him at the X-Games and he didn't want to talk, therefore he is a tool. Like I said, he may be a tool. Then again, you may be a tool too. I know you about as well as I know Simon.

I don't ski around and think about "what would Simon do if he were here". I think about "wow, it's a lot of fun skiing with my friends, let go take another lap on Headwall, then to the pipe, then down through the park"

In the grand scheme of things, none of this matters. Try as hard as you can to secure your "legacy" but that's just it....it won't last. Someone, somewhere will go bigger. Go faster. Spin harder. It's a unless endeavor to think that after your done with skiing to think "yeah, they will remember me". Some may. Most won't. What matters more is sitting there when you're all done with skiing and being able to say "I love my family and friends and I was able to spend time doing what I love most as a career".

HAHAHAHA! I literally just busted out a very loud laugh in a very quiet Starbucks.

yea he has brought so much attention to our sport

he is good..

well put but either way i still think what hes doing for our sport is  good thing. Id like to see our sport become more mainstream and legit. Gives me more pride to say im part of the sport. Cuz sometimes i like to play up the fact that i golf more htan i ski to like older people and w/e.

All you have to do is watch his JOSS edit where his true personality comes out. he has the most homosexual intro ever....releasing air from jons tires (AHAHHAHAHA) not funny at all...bud....
Then he goes into like church photos or whatever casue im sure hes just soooo religious. Hes all like, "im so blessed blah blah blah." But Ill give him some credit casue he does some SICK FRONTFLIPS all day.

Some kids defending him saying. "you dont know him, you dont know him at all!!!!"

i don't know him and i don't want to after watching any video segment of him, watching interviews of him on T.V or on the internet Any publicity of him is what im judging my view on him off of, and from what I've seen, hes 100% not a "chill bro."

How is Simon not chill in interviews^?

seems like a nice guy

ns forums are so full of hate...wow..

This shit happens every year. There is a positive relationship between the amount of mountains open and the amount of hate on NS

Negative relationship. More mountains open = less hate. No worries, we knew what you meant.

Some quotes that support my stance to NOT respect Simon (as a person only, all know he is great skier)

1) "I have heard SO MANY big name pros hate on people in the park for using no poles. So dont single out Simon."   Other pros do it, so it is ok?  NO

2) "Stop the hate,"  You just endorsed hating on kids with no poles, are you serious?!  I agree, I don't like the no poles thing, but the kids who do have fun, so don't fuck with their enjoyment for your own agenda!

3) "What Simon is doing right now and in the past few years will only benefit the sport."  Agree to disagree

Hope he realizes skiing is for LOVE not MONEY no matter what...wonder if he would do it without the $$$ in his eyes, don't think so.  haven't seen any example of him doing it for the love of skiing, I see him going after the aspects of the sport that get him paid.  I respect Simon the least out of any pros and it is unfortunate he is the one in front of a lot of cameras. 

Too bad we can't get some soul skiers in the lime light to bring exposure to our sport

I am sure the hate will come so bring it the fuck on, just my feelings based on the facts I have and what I see.  If $$ is what Simon wants then more power to him, but call a spade a spade, he is no hero to our sport in my own opinion...

I would be happy to hear about how I am wrong and encourage it, just not sure the substance to prove me wrong is there.