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why doesnt brogan have the pro status colour thing i thinks its orange .... but come on nobody is going to like everyones style but the fact he just called out on him is very unprofessional
I lose alot of respect for Jacob because, like said above, he is almost a cut copy of Jon Olsson. Whereas Brogan is developing his own unique style, that is pretty much amazing. No doubt Jacob is talented, he just doesnt have his own style.
i think jacob needs a tall mug of root and or birch beer.
but for serious, get over it.
stop with the bitching, it hasnt and wont get us anyhere
Sorry if this is a repost:
Alright, so i couldnt help reading on a very prominent skiing community’s forum, that a lot of people seem annoyed with my “low blow” on Jon Brogan in my Q&A on the armada website.
Basically I called the “Brogan ride-away” one of the worst trends in skiing, right below wearing tall tees on the outside of your jacket. This was not me trying to hate on Brogan in particular, just the whole concept of trying a little too hard to look like you don’t care after every landing. I tried to come up with another, better word for describing it but I couldnt at the time. The stuff i’ve watched Brogan do is amazing, and I’m definitely giving him props for coming up with new and different styles, but landing in control just to lean back and straighten your body right after you touch down, well, to me it just looks like youre caring too much about looking like you dont care. Every second before he lands look great to me. This goes for all followers of the afterbang cult.
I guess 4bi9 probably wants to settle this with me in a dark alley somewhere but thats my explanation of it. Not everyone is going to be psyched on everyones style, at least look at it in a way that I recognized Brogan as the leader in that “style genre”.
SOURCE: www.jacobwester.com
just in case u didnt realize, im pretty sure berman picked jon because of his style. not because of the difficulty of the tricks that were in his superunknown video. and im pretty sure that berman realized that if jon could ski with pros all the time, he would be progressing faster than ever and learning even sicker tricks with that same style. so even if he does look back a few years from now and laughs he wont give a fuck because hes going to have learned so many new tricks. so i dont think he would ever be "treading in water"
Basically I called the “Brogan ride-away” one of the worst trends in skiing, right below wearing tall tees on the outside of your jacket. This was not me trying to hate on Brogan in particular, just the whole concept of trying a little too hard to look like you don’t care after every landing. I tried to come up with another, better word for describing it but I couldnt at the time. The stuff i’ve watched Brogan do is amazing, and I’m definitely giving him props for coming up with new and different styles, but landing in control just to lean back and straighten your body right after you touch down, well, to me it just looks like youre caring too much about looking like you dont care. Every second before he lands look great to me. This goes for all followers of the afterbang cult.
I guess 4bi9 probably wants to settle this with me in a dark alley somewhere but thats my explanation of it. Not everyone is going to be psyched on everyones style, at least look at it in a way that I recognized Brogan as the leader in that “style genre”.
