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Slopestyle Skiing in Sochi 2014 (Facebook Page)

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Evan.M
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Hey NS, Please like this page on facebook so that we can show the IOC (International Olympic Comity)how much we want to see slopestyle skiing in the olympics for 2014.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Slopestyle-Skiing-in-Sochi-2014/173752622636606

Thanks so much for the help!
Nov 6 2010 9:06PM
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wasatch_rat
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i would much rather not have slopestyle in the olympics. slopestyle is all about variety, and the olympics has to have strict regulations so that the winner isn't contested.

slopestyle in olympics = bad for skiings creativity
Nov 6 2010 9:17PM
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schwinger
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this
Nov 6 2010 9:29PM
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triebby
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Oh yea totally, if slope skiing winds up in the Olympics skiing will be so much less creative.

Are you serious right now? That is an ignorant comment if I've ever read one.
Nov 6 2010 9:37PM
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Rob~
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Done, fingers crossed, i'd rather see slopestlye than superpipe, but both would be so sweeeeeet.
Nov 6 2010 9:44PM
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ben_jammin
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are you kidding me? slopestyle skiing in the olympics would be tight
Nov 6 2010 9:48PM
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wasatch_rat
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fair enough, it wouldn't discourage skiers from thinking out of the box. however, it would discourage creativity in contests
Nov 6 2010 9:49PM
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binturong-qwerty
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Done

Hope there are better rails than last year's x games
Nov 6 2010 10:01PM
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do.a.rodeo
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I would, but skiing will become less GANGRELATED if its in the olympics. ya know
Nov 6 2010 10:04PM
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triebby
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Eh, I don't know if it would really do that either. I mean, contests are already restricted from the standpoint that people are going to throw the tricks and the runs that will most likely help them to win. Thus why all pro level slope contest runs have at least 1 if not 2 doubles in them instead of slower, "steezier" tricks.

Just look at snowboarding. The way I see it, snowboard halfpipe being in the Olympics has helped the sport of snowboarding immensely and I personally don't see how the creativity of snowboarding has been stifled by it being an Olympic sport. If anything, it has increased creativity by heightening the level of competition and pushing people like Shaun White and others to learn new tricks and put together never before seen runs.

Plus, just think of the amount of new companies/money and fans will become involved/interested in freeskiing due to it being an Olympic event. Instead of seeing Lindsey Vonn or Bode Miller doing TV adds, it could be Bobby, Tom, or Jossi. With more money and interest in the sport comes more opportunities and better things for everyone involved in the sport from the top pros to the company owners to your average NS user.

I'm not trying to write an essay here and you're entitled to your opinion, but I just think that there is negativity out there in regards to freeskiing going to the Olympics that is based far more in rumor than reality and I think the potential upside of our sport being in the Olympics is far too great of an opportunity to pass up.

Also, if people don't want it in the Olympics and think it will be bad for the sport and create too much corporate influence and posers, then they can choose not to watch or partake in the event and go skiing how they see fit. At the end of the day, it is the participants of this sport that make it what is. Freeskiing will be free and creative as long as a person can put on skis and go down the hill as they see fit.
Nov 6 2010 10:13PM
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wasatch_rat
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i actually appreciate the well thought out, essay-style post. NS needs more intelligent debate and less hate.

i completely support halpipe being in the olympics. competition size halpipes are going to be virtually the same no matter where their built or what competition it is. this makes it a much easier event to judge. the olympics needs strict, straightforward judging so that no country feels cheated, and the winner is rarely contested. i am really excited to see halpipe in the olympics, and happy that freeskiing is going to get some of the attention it deserves.

however slopestyle courses are always different. almost every course has a different rail line to choose from, the jumps are different sizes and shapes, no two slopestyle courses are exactly the same. because of this variety, skiers hit the course in very different ways. this makes slopestyle an extremely hard event to judge. think about it, after every major slopestyle competition there is a thread on NS about how so and so should have been scored better. imagine that but instead of a 14 year old kid theres an entire country pissed off.

the olympics would have to lay out a very rigid judging system based mostly on technicality, and there would be little room for creativity. someone like b-dog probably wounldn't even be able to get in without a double. look at matt walker at the last x-games, he had a really creative rail line, and he did get some (not a lot) of extra points for that. the olympics would be looking for technicality on identical features, and thats just not what slopestyle is about.

Nov 6 2010 10:52PM
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