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Olympics coming up (SO STOKED, GO AERIALS!)

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SirStai
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So the Olympics are coming up, and I know we´re all really stoked on AERLIALS! FUCK YEAH!

But seriously, I have some questions.
How many people are active within this sport?
How come it´s in the Olympics and not Jibbing (yeah I know, tradition, but it´s still retarded), and do we even want to be there?
How much money do these people get (from FIS and national ski organizations and so on)?

The more I think about it, the more retarded it gets, the way these couple of guys get treated compared to one of the fastest growing sports out there. I´m from Norway so that´s really all I can say anything about, but we get NO recognition over here, and NO money. Last year, moguls got 1.000.000NOK from NSF (The Norwegian Ski Association), and we got 0.
Feb 3 2010 10:55AM
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kstanz
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i live here in Van and i would way rather be having x games or dew tour then the olympics personally. So many people tell me how its a once in a lifetime thing but i reallly dont care that much
Feb 3 2010 11:54PM
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Legion
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 29
I thought aerials was kind of cool, until i saw a chick do a spread eagle 3, which the judges thought was a super technical trick. It was amazing how shocked they were to see her do it. It was literally the gayest trick every onto moguls.
Feb 3 2010 11:54PM
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Download-My-Apps
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your think you're talking about mogul not aerials.....
Feb 3 2010 11:59PM
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Caveman.
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Moguls or Aerials?
Feb 3 2010 11:59PM
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Legion
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woops, i guess i got them confused.
Feb 4 2010 12:07AM
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panojibber
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Spriggs you are my hero. That last post expressed my view on skiing and competition perfectly. After being at a FIS big air comp and seeing the bullshit judging I am genuinely glad we won't be in the 2010 olympics.

Stoked that Dylan Ferguson is going to the olympics, hope he jumps his best and I hope he has some time for some shredding around whistler too.
Feb 4 2010 12:30AM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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2nd that
Feb 4 2010 12:39AM
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SirStai
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Nordic ski-jumpimg = Big deal in europe. Thousands of kids over here doing it, tons of pros to.
Feb 4 2010 3:54AM
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sol.
Posts: 231 - Karma: 181
false
Feb 4 2010 8:17AM
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AhrenStein
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So the only thing that i have gotten from this thread is that John Spriggs is an uneducated and classless fuck.  I never liked his skiing, always thought it was ugly, now i hate him as a person too, what a joke. 
Feb 4 2010 10:17AM
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Alkyy
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So my buddy matt depeters is in the olympics for aerials like i said before... he is by no means rich or making bank off of being an olympian.  He works at the lake placid movie theater selling popcorn when he isnt training.

I suck at imbedding but go to www.Csfilms-media.com and check the video in the first news link.  He's killing it in the park harder then most of the kids out there and he only gets to ride park for a few weeks a year.
Feb 4 2010 10:27AM
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Alkyy
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<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8986966&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8986966&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8986966">Park City</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user639598">Craig Stay</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> this will be a tripple post but what ever this is him and jp in park city
Feb 4 2010 10:28AM
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Alkyy
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Feb 4 2010 10:29AM
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Pipe_Munky
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and you don't think that if pipe skiing is added to the olympics the same restrictions will apply? welcome to the world of FIS. if slopestyle was ever made an FIS sanctioned event every jump, landing, rail etc... would have to be to their specifications.

in any nationally sanctioned halfpipe event in canada competitors have to certify all inverts on water ramps before the comp so you don't have idiots hucking themselves with no idea what they're doing.

damn you're fucking ignorant!
Feb 4 2010 11:02AM
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tride
Posts: 1038 - Karma: 26
While you are on point in some ways, it is misguided to use traditional freestyle ski events as a guideline for what to expect when and if ski halfpipe gets in. It is halfpipe, it will be much more in line with snowboard halfpipe, than it will be with aerials or moguls (even though Joe F and the FIS fresstyle ski crew will be involved). There are already talks happening at FIS level to have ski and snowboard halfpipe working together.

And in Canada, the Olympic and Nationally sanctioned halfpipe snowboarders do not have to certify their inverts or doubles on water ramps. Expect to see ski halfpipe working more closely with snowboard halfpipe in the future at an NSA level in Canada.
Feb 4 2010 11:18AM
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CS_Films
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This bothers me. I have a good friend who on on the aerial team this year. What bothers me about this is that he is one of the best athletes i have ever met and dedicates his entire life to this sport. Kid works selling popcorn in the summer so he can keep skiing all winter. There is not alot of glamor in what he does i assure you. He also started skiing not doing gymnastics or pool diving he started jumping at 11 he is now 21 and on the Olympic team. Will Wesson has the best attitude saying that skiing is anything you do with skis on your feet. What is truly awesome is when you talk to him about hitting those jumps its not about training or winning he just talks about how much fun it is. He loves every part of the sport of skiing.
Feb 4 2010 11:22AM
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COskier
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This sounds like a lot of rationalizing to make yourself feel superior to other people.

This wasn't a thread about whether the FIS is great or not. It was about the legitimacy of the sport of aerials. In the same post you talk about wanting freeskiing to stay outside of FIS control to keep it truly free, then go on to claim the ability to judge what is and isn't skiing. I suggest you grow up, learn some respect, and stop being as close minded as the people who run the FIS.
Feb 4 2010 5:32PM
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Download-My-Apps
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heres why I do consider aerials to be part of skiing. You slide downhill on snow wearing skis.
Feb 4 2010 5:38PM
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