Member of the Month

partyandBS
December, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

No More Sal Masekela

profile picture
CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
I'm sick of this joey and I don't want him announcing my X-Games. Who's with me?
Jan 25 2009 11:10PM
1 0
profile picture
SteezyOhio
Posts: 6044 - Karma: 60

I,

 he is a tool and simple makes a snowboarder doing a method air look like the hardest move ever, not to mention he is annoying and uses the gayest terms such as sham-wow!

Jan 25 2009 11:12PM
0 0
profile picture
Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
sals been so involved with the extreme sports community for so long. fuck that.
Jan 25 2009 11:12PM
0 0
profile picture
laurence^
Posts: 1575 - Karma: 19
The guy is so gnarly dont hate on him, just a worthless thread in general.
Jan 25 2009 11:18PM
0 0
profile picture
k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,892
he seems to know hardly anything about freeskiing, but i like that he let mike help him out, instead of pretending to know what he was talking about. he knows a ton of shit about almost every other sport in winter and summer x.
Jan 25 2009 11:20PM
0 0
profile picture
emopoppins
Posts: 3996 - Karma: 269
yea we know he's dumb but when you were 10 you thought he was the shit. don't lie. plus he's banging your mom.

end thread.
Jan 25 2009 11:21PM
0 0
profile picture
ThaLorax
Posts: 21092 - Karma: 8,490
he doesn't know shit about skiing and he sounds like an idiot quite often but good luck finding another announcer that knows so much about so many random extreme sports.
Jan 25 2009 11:27PM
0 0
profile picture
Habit
Posts: 40 - Karma: 10
concurred, and why does Sal need to wear goggles on his head when he is announcing?--->tool
Jan 25 2009 11:30PM
0 0
profile picture
Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
sal is the man, yes he's ignorant but he gets people stoked about our sport.
Jan 25 2009 11:35PM
0 0
profile picture
landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
cause he's in aspen. duh.
Jan 25 2009 11:35PM
0 0
profile picture
TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
sal is pretty bad..... but mike douglas takes the cake. that fucking dumb shit doesn't know anything. he calls so many tricks incorrectly and just says the stupidest comments you could possibly think of. i honestly put on other music and mute my TV to avoid hearing his idiotic fucking comments. seriously put that guy back in the attic, he's done with.
Jan 25 2009 11:47PM
0 0
profile picture
artfullydodged
Posts: 8358 - Karma: 1,674
Sal is the man he's one of the best parts of X-games, it like watching Hot Dog you know its a shitty movie but you love it anyways
Jan 25 2009 11:47PM
0 0
profile picture
Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
Todd Richards was the one jizzing over the switch method. Not Sal.
Jan 26 2009 12:11AM
0 0
profile picture
Keenbo
Posts: 404 - Karma: 66
Sal is sick!
Jan 26 2009 1:12AM
0 0
profile picture
MADmidwest
Posts: 1278 - Karma: 15
x-games just wouldn't be the x-games without sal. do u really need somebody telling you all the details n what not accuratly. I would rather listen to sal try to coin phrases and say ridiculous shit.
Jan 26 2009 1:18AM
0 0
profile picture
IanAvery-Leaf
Posts: 9932 - Karma: 9,412
Hahaha
Jan 26 2009 10:36AM
0 0
profile picture
spruitm
Posts: 2223 - Karma: 1,091
have you ever been to an event?  it helps a lot.  plus it was snowing like crazy most of the time
Jan 26 2009 10:57AM
0 0
profile picture
danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,833
It's just annoying when he goes ballistic claiming the "first back to back gold from any athlete, male or female" when Tanner won back to back...to back golds in pipe. Maybe he was only talking about snowboarding, but he never specified.
Jan 26 2009 11:02AM
0 0
profile picture
ski_ENDUB
Posts: 2535 - Karma: 86
because he's paid to dumbass
Jan 26 2009 2:21PM
0 0
profile picture
no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,274
sal is the fucking man, the xgames wouldn't be the same without him
sure he's a gaper but he's a huge part of the xgames
Jan 26 2009 2:25PM
0 0
profile picture
idontactuallyski
Posts: 1320 - Karma: 19
actually he did say 'in snowboarding'
Jan 26 2009 3:49PM
0 0
profile picture
gbpack85br
Posts: 882 - Karma: 45
suck my dick hes sweet
Jan 26 2009 4:11PM
0 0
profile picture
statuswhitegirl
Posts: 4058 - Karma: 883
sal's a mad good announcer, he knows what hes talking about, what i dont get, is kier dillon announcing now, hes still a pro snowboarder, but he doesnt even do x games or olympic training or anything anymore
Jan 26 2009 4:23PM
0 0
profile picture
danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,833
I watched sportscenter this morning, and White was number 1 on the top 10...The announcer said that history was made when Shaun White was the only x-games athlete, male or female, to ever go back to back gold in superpipe. No mention of snowboarding anywhere, just superpipe. I watched it twice just to make sure
Jan 26 2009 4:26PM
0 0
profile picture
VegetableLasagna
Posts: 50 - Karma: 10
Todd Richards > Sal > Mike Douglas

Todd keeps it light hearted, focuses on style and not hype, and generally knows what he's talking about.

Sal also keeps it light hearted and doesn't try to pretend to know stuff that he doesn't, but gets brought down by things that disney/abc/espn make him say to build up hype and drama. He seems like an alright guy to me.

Mike puts out this 'I'm right, you're wrong'/'I'm better than you'/super serious/assholeish vibe when he announces. I'm not a fan.
Jan 26 2009 8:09PM
0 0
profile picture
Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,454
haha i saw some joey walking around the halls today with goggles on his head
Jan 26 2009 8:16PM
0 0
profile picture
.brian
Posts: 1710 - Karma: 233

i actually like douglas and if youre gonna say sals been around for a while douglas has been around longer and he only been around skiing

Jan 26 2009 8:20PM
0 0
profile picture
k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,892
theres this kid in a david suzuki commercial where all the kids are sitting in a treehouse about to get viciously raped by david, and he's wearing some baller oakleys on his head for no fucking reason
Jan 26 2009 8:30PM
0 0
profile picture
Snowgoner
Posts: 5047 - Karma: 965
i know he is so fucking annoying
he doesn't ski board or do anything but of course he has to pretend that he knows what he's talking about by saying "dumont went HUGEEEEEE!"
Jan 26 2009 8:32PM
0 0
profile picture
inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
i love hating sal
Jan 26 2009 9:04PM
0 0
profile picture
solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
This made me LOL.

I'm going to go off on a whim here and say he's a rad dude that I enjoy laughing at..
Jan 26 2009 9:11PM
0 0
profile picture
Cudder.
Posts: 2248 - Karma: 307
i agree and he gets a little to happy with the 'MEGA MO" he started laughing hysterically every time they used it
Jan 26 2009 9:21PM
0 0
profile picture
Holte
Posts: 10743 - Karma: 7,821
Sal had to wait in line next to me at a club in Aspen a few days ago. He was LIVID that the bouncers didn't know who he was and wouldn't let him in. A manager came out and let him in several minutes later, but I thought he might kill somebody if he had to stand outside any longer.
Jan 26 2009 9:32PM
0 0
profile picture
skibum18
Posts: 30 - Karma: 13
I can't say I've ever liked the guy.. and he used to annoy the shit outta me back in the day, but that's a valid point. who's better? who else can do what he does? who knows more about the genre of sports? find me some one, and convince me they're not a tool, and then I'll agree.
Jan 26 2009 9:38PM
0 0
profile picture
inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM

I AM SAL. I VAUGELY KNOW THINGS. I AM A PERSONALILTY DAMNIT
Jan 26 2009 9:42PM
0 0
profile picture
EastScratchSkier
Posts: 186 - Karma: 16
its like he felt obliged to say in a very low voice "MEGGAAAAAA MOOOOOO" everytime they used it
Jan 26 2009 9:51PM
0 0
profile picture
caucasian_chad
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 3,625
He isn't that bad, and remember that ESPN caters to the GENERAL PUBLIC, not NEWSCHOOLERS.COM, so even if Sal is really knowledgeable about skiing, he would still have to talk like a dumbass for the average viewer.
Jan 26 2009 10:19PM
0 0
profile picture
VegetableLasagna
Posts: 50 - Karma: 10
I got the feeling that the announcers thought the name megamo was dumb and said it like that in a sarcastic tone.

As for Sal, he has a surf and snowboard background and worked at transworld for awhile. Again, he seems like a good guy, and I think he does a good job.
Jan 26 2009 11:15PM
0 0
profile picture
caucasian_chad
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 3,625
That's a pretty good post for a noob like yourself, i agree that the announcers probably thought MEGA MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO was retarded, and were just joking around, although it did get a little ridiculous, not that that ever happens on NS (cough) FULL TILT (cough).

/run on
Jan 26 2009 11:55PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr_Papageorgio
Posts: 1271 - Karma: 117

i dont mind sal.

and as far as it goes with the PK Simon debate.  Simon once again shows how business savy and smart he is.  He knows that a portion of the votes are coming from 14 yr old snowboarders and 35 year old gaper dads so he did what he knew would appeal to them. 

Jan 27 2009 11:48AM
0 0
profile picture
eheath
Posts: 61697 - Karma: 124,083
Luke Van Valen > All
Jan 27 2009 1:27PM
0 0
profile picture
rontonsoop
Posts: 237 - Karma: 25
.
Jan 27 2009 1:44PM
0 0
profile picture
ThaLorax
Posts: 21092 - Karma: 8,490
Click for larger image
Jan 27 2009 2:15PM
0 0
profile picture
Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
clearly you've never seen Xgames Classix.... all the commentary is filmed while Sal is riding. He's not great but not terrible either. Slope talents aside, I've met the guy and he is mad chillin and busts his ass learning the infinite amounts of trivial shit about all of the sports. Plus he's black, giving him street cred. As far as having to wear goggles and stupid shit like that, so not his choice; I think producers generally get off making people look like fags.

I like Sal, so STFU
Jan 27 2009 2:38PM
0 0
profile picture
Rossiscratch
Posts: 901 - Karma: 13
i am with you 100% i hate that fuckin deusche bag, hes always decked out in the freshest gear and the only time he moves his fat ass is every 6 months when winter and summer x games rolls around so that he can announce a sport that he has never participated in and does not know the first thing about. fuck sal maskela.
Jan 27 2009 3:35PM
0 0
profile picture
whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
if he fathered children with a horse shoe crab then yes, the kids would be the predator.
Jan 27 2009 3:39PM
0 0
profile picture
Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
hey mike did a pretty good job this year im really glad he called out the dub front for what it was. best year announcing so far i dont think we should have to cater to gapers all the time.
Jan 27 2009 4:40PM
0 0
profile picture
Nico_G
Posts: 1480 - Karma: 15
word but i still like Sal he seems like a chill dude to smoke a doob with, and he gets kids stoked on our sport/ snowsports in general.
Jan 27 2009 8:26PM
0 0
profile picture
coolhandluke
Posts: 4465 - Karma: 153
he must not have known he was on the guest list under "the mostest aweomsest xgames hostest ever" and not "sal"
Jan 27 2009 8:28PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)