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Facebook and "Pro" Skiiers

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KIRKCHAPMAN
Posts: 164 - Karma: -6
Sites like facebook, myspace, and twitter are making "pro" skiiers less "pro" and more "friends".

B4 the social networking explosion of 2007 pro's were people we saw in movies and in competitions "throwing down hard", now we can watch T-Wall's every move on facebook and even see what party he raged at the night b4.

Gone are the days of signed posters and legendary lifestyles, the "ten's" will be a decade of generalized-pro-am-relations

brb...going to facebook chat with tanner about getting my skis warrantied


Sep 12 2009 3:46PM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
well I guess your just way to good for the internet
Sep 12 2009 3:57PM
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@skiinmitch
Posts: 2781 - Karma: 78

almost all the pros i have as friends have have actually met and talked to them

Sep 12 2009 3:58PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
i think its a good thing, i kind of like how skiing is a tit-knit community were pros don't think they are too cool or good to talk to your average skier
Sep 12 2009 3:58PM
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KellyK
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 715
lol?
Sep 12 2009 3:59PM
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Thenowhereman42
Posts: 5682 - Karma: 65
lol.
Sep 12 2009 4:01PM
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.peter
Posts: 1222 - Karma: 63
Freeskiing has only been around for like what 10 years?
How can we possibly have legends if the people who started it all are still competing and filming all the time.

And don't worry there will always be pros who won't give you the time of day. (I know he's not a skier but look at Shaun White)

It's way better for everyone to be on the same page and not have those people who you may get to meet once at a poster signing and that's it.
Sep 12 2009 4:05PM
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Melvs
Posts: 15174 - Karma: 480
Not friend, I think the term is stalker/stalkee.
Sep 12 2009 4:29PM
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notime_for_jokes
Posts: 554 - Karma: 11
i actualy met shaun white at mount hood this year riding the pipe, and he DID give me the time of day... he's really sick and chill despite what some people say. he talked to us for a bit and asked if we wanted to ride with him and his crew and shit.......


ya cool story hansel but shaun white is not an ass at all
Sep 12 2009 8:37PM
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steezerampage
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 214
I know people that add every pro skier as friends but i just dont do that.  Hell ive meet pro skiers that i dont have on my face book.  I just think its kinda stupid to add people to your facebook that you dont actually know.
Sep 12 2009 8:41PM
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Answerless
Posts: 392 - Karma: 118
there are some fake Tanner Hall's too. Like change their name and put pics of Tanner as profile picture.
Sep 12 2009 8:54PM
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TotallyTrevor
Posts: 4379 - Karma: 26,365
lol wut?
Sep 12 2009 9:01PM
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the-big-lepowski
Posts: 1212 - Karma: 541

well "B4" I read this thread, I was like, lol, wut?  then I was like chea chea chea

anyway, without facebook, how could the ski community follow and support the tom wallisch-mary o'neill romance?  I mean, where would we be as a sport without her?

Sep 12 2009 10:47PM
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.Capn.
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 152
A signed poster still beats fb updates. Your logic is flawed.
Sep 12 2009 11:45PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
its almost like pro skiers are real people
Sep 12 2009 11:48PM
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iLLbiLLy
Posts: 2865 - Karma: 2,631
 haha, dude the skiing community has always been tight nit. facebook didn't create that.  Maybe now it's easyer to creepy stalk people but game hasn't changed. 99.9% of the world wouldn't reconize t wall or probably even t hall.  You still see pro's on any given day at keystone or break
Sep 13 2009 12:00AM
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narwhal
Posts: 509 - Karma: 280
Don't add them?
Sep 13 2009 12:18AM
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cool.
Posts: 3457 - Karma: 1,724
kewl thread man.
Sep 13 2009 12:20AM
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ShredTheGnarnia
Posts: 2544 - Karma: 79
this is TOTALLY true, didnt even think of that before, but YES
Sep 13 2009 12:21AM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
but the only way to know if someone is on ns or not is if their mutual friend is tom wallisch
Sep 13 2009 12:26AM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,459
2692 posts later: Still not friends with tom wallisch on facebook.
Sep 13 2009 11:20PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
Not really seeing where you're going with This. Why would you not like knowing how a pro is living, and getting updates and edits and stuff
Sep 13 2009 11:29PM
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skibikeclambake
Posts: 2346 - Karma: 27
as have i. seth morrison (who ive met) has had several conversations with me. thats pretty fucking cool.
Sep 13 2009 11:43PM
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Karma_Police
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 1,628
You fail cuz I have talked to him for a long time...
Sep 13 2009 11:43PM
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Valind
Posts: 4358 - Karma: 17
i have tons of signed posters. booyaa
Sep 13 2009 11:52PM
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kool.aid.man
Posts: 1416 - Karma: 526
i partied with matt heffernan last night

/claim.
Sep 14 2009 1:04AM
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Phil.Green
Posts: 718 - Karma: 96
your dumb
Sep 14 2009 1:15AM
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kool.aid.man
Posts: 1416 - Karma: 526
soooo lets buy some cigs before next weekend so we dont have to bum the world for them.
Sep 14 2009 1:17AM
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creighton
Posts: 3837 - Karma: 3,400
lol wallisch reached his friend limit of 5000 like last year
Sep 14 2009 1:36AM
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Armanzoid
Posts: 2453 - Karma: 26
No, Charley Ager is a machine sent to earth to stomp everything switch and take our women.
Sep 14 2009 1:39AM
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Twinjibber77
Posts: 6239 - Karma: 2,355
John Symms is my friend. He is a pro.
Sep 14 2009 1:56AM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
your gay
Sep 14 2009 2:51AM
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Skibird
Posts: 27 - Karma: 10

the skiing community isn't as tight-knit as you might think. Try riding the tram on a powder day at the Bird. Wait make that almost anyday.

Sep 14 2009 4:25AM
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skodeo7
Posts: 14949 - Karma: 9,234
I'm sure Tanner is thrilled your trying to get your skis warrantied directly through him. You know there is someone you can contact for that sort of thing.
Sep 14 2009 6:51AM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
"Yeah" I "bet" the "pros" just love "kids" they don't know "messaging" them all day long.
Sep 14 2009 8:41AM
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*Nickdel*
Posts: 2264 - Karma: 956
ya almost but not quite
Sep 14 2009 9:19AM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
he responds to me..cause i have boobs
Sep 14 2009 9:38AM
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rYb
Posts: 944 - Karma: -12
Twall wont add me on facebook :(
Sep 14 2009 9:45AM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
..
Sep 14 2009 10:27AM
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skodeo7
Posts: 14949 - Karma: 9,234
Don't feel bad its because he maxed out Facebook friend capacity at 5000 haha.
Sep 14 2009 11:22AM
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rYb
Posts: 944 - Karma: -12
Yeah, i was wondering. I tried to add him back in march and up... nothing :(
Sep 14 2009 11:31AM
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eheath
Posts: 61648 - Karma: 123,472
PSA: selling my spot on tom wallisch's friends list on facebook!!


Starting bid: $10.
Sep 14 2009 11:43AM
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The_Tim
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Sep 14 2009 12:03PM
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rYb
Posts: 944 - Karma: -12
You're gonna love this guys nuts.
Sep 14 2009 12:24PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
yep.
Sep 14 2009 12:35PM
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SirFryanator
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aahaha the next billy mays right here
Sep 14 2009 12:49PM
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