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Who do you think is the richest skier?

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Jpurd
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i would have to say and i hate to say it but tom wallisch just because of the fact that his sponsors have a lot of money and i have seen him in a lot of ads lately... what do yu guys think? no hate please
Jan 4 2011 5:50PM
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cwillygood
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most likelu
Jan 4 2011 9:17PM
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basedjase
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Charley Ager of course.
Jan 4 2011 9:25PM
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ChucklesNorman.
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Dale Begg-Smith is definitely up there. He drives a lambo and is worth about 10m mostly due to his business. He's also a badass.
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/2-15-2006-89013.asp
Jan 4 2011 9:37PM
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Z-Juice
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I cracked up

Jan 4 2011 10:11PM
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andreweckels
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you must not know much about skiing outside of newschoolers.com
Jan 4 2011 11:01PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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You're an idiot. Tom is a whole lot more well known than Sage Seth and Abma. Where Dan said they had a bigger presence is debatable, but saying they are more well known is stupid. I guarantee you if you asked random people across the country skiing more people would know Tom Wallisch than Mark Abma, or Sage, Seth would be close only because of Obsetheds.

The biggest names people outside of the skiing community will recognize are:

Tanner (X Games, just on Fox, been around for a while.)
Simon (X Games, Ellen)
Bobby (X Games, ESPN magazine)
Dana Flahr (Fox)

Why would any weekend warrior or vacationer know Mark or Sage? The X Games and now Dew Tour are where people are seeing skiers, not TGR or MSP films.
Jan 4 2011 11:17PM
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jreilly
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andy parry for sure.

who the fuck is bode miller tanner hall simon dumont?

will wesson has got to be up there to
Jan 4 2011 11:20PM
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[creative]
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wait for real?
Jan 4 2011 11:23PM
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gombo8
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definitly JO. professional skiers in sweden get paid like NFL players in the US, millions. probaly andreas Haviet (sp) is second.
Jan 4 2011 11:27PM
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icon1234
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JO
T-hall
Dumont
Jossi
Wallish
B-Brown

In order
Jan 4 2011 11:45PM
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Relish_man
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Bode made over a million with sponsorships like 2 years ago i think...
Jan 4 2011 11:51PM
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gombo8
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but over a million is pussy shit compared to JO...correct me if im wrong but doesnt he pay for the majority of JOSS and JOI out of his own pocket...he pays for the drinks that all the athletes get with the black key.
Jan 5 2011 12:02AM
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terror.bear
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jon.
Jan 5 2011 12:03AM
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steezyjibber
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Bode
Jan 5 2011 12:13AM
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Mr.Gaga
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Jon, Tanner, Simon...

Candide?

Jan 5 2011 12:34AM
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andreweckels
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he is an extremely popular skier among preteen/teenagers who ski park (aka Newschoolers) but that is definatley not the majority of skiers. i don't know if you have heard of this thing called Teton Gravity Resarch. Its one of the biggest ski film companies (bigger than level 1) and its website is the biggest online skiing community. they have been around for a few decades, and sage and seth have been the stars of their movies for years.

Tom Wallisch is not a household name, seth and sage are icons and have been for years.

heres a little example of how little the rest of the skiing world knows about Tom Wallsich

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140183

Jan 5 2011 12:37AM
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pghjibber
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probably the best ranked list ive seen anyone post...

notes: jon is really loaded to the public eye but apparently is pretty much leased out to the max... aka doesn't really own a lot of his assets

tanner and simon definitely do well for themselves...

jossi is pretty well up there considering he owns two homes in two countries and is the face of atomic and nike 6.0



but

wallisch and bobby brown are certainly on the rise... wallisch has major sponsors across the board in virtually every category - and he wins a SHIT ton of contests

but i really think bobby is the one ready to make the biggest earnings push - his new under armour contract is a 5 yr deal worth a lot lot lot including stock in UA... and just look at his X Games commerical, dude is poised to become the face of freeskiing if slopestyle makes 2014 sochi
Jan 5 2011 12:42AM
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LIL-WAT
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Im yet to see Wallisch ride in a Lambo with roof box, so im gonna have to say Jon.
Jan 5 2011 1:12AM
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DrewLederer
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Tom probably wouldn't break the top ten list (yet). Jon probably does the best financially in freesking.  Followed by Simon and Tanner, but Bobby Brown will soon be at the top of the charts.
Jan 5 2011 1:25AM
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andreweckels
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Tom is definatly on the rise and could be a household name soon with his sponsers/commercials/competitions, but he isn't one yet.
i'd say both about 90% of the people who know who he is, is a skier or boarder. and i'd say the same number for seth. and within skiing way more people know about seth than tom.

sure tom is huge in newschool skiing, but we are a minority as far as skiers go and seth has been an icon for skiing for years. freeskiers, big mountain skiers knew him alike He was the guy bringing newschool to the backcountry. so all the newschool skiers who have been around for a while know who he is and all the big mountain and backcountry skiers and a large amount of weekend warriors that know who he is that don't pay attention to park skiing (the vast majority) have no idea who tom wallisch is.
Jan 5 2011 1:26AM
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thedawg
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hahah that thread is 3 years old
Jan 5 2011 1:26AM
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Dobies.
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i think its andy parry and LJ but i'm not 100% sure
Jan 5 2011 1:37AM
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selkirks
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This Bloomberg article (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/ski-champion-lyndsey-vonn-follows-sharapova-federer-trail-in-money-search.html) has Lindsay Vonn making $6 million annually just in endorsements. She probably takes the prize.
Jan 5 2011 1:50AM
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zagfan5
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retallack....
Jan 5 2011 1:56AM
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mike_d
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Vonn is making millions, Bode too, at least as of a few years back. Jon makes very good money, but also spends a lot, and doesn't even own his place in Monaco. Tom is making bank. Tanner has been making 100k+ for a while. I wouldn't consider any of them "wealthy", although that term is VERY relative. I don't think a single skier out there is making Shaun White/Tony Hawk status dough tho...yo.
Jan 5 2011 4:46AM
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GBS
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Jon Simon Tanner TJ Colby Andreas
Jan 5 2011 5:59AM
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Trojan~Man
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Dale Begg Smith
Jan 5 2011 9:43AM
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Spinoza
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jon olsson, lindsay vonn?
Jan 5 2011 11:21AM
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kingskier
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_is_the_highest_paid_skier_in_the_world

JON OLSSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 5 2011 12:10PM
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JacheOReally
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The 4bi9 house did get foreclosed.......
Jan 5 2011 12:29PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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really?
Jan 5 2011 12:31PM
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alexat955
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This guy probably knows
Jan 5 2011 12:37PM
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shithawks
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lindsay vonn
Jan 5 2011 1:22PM
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Ryanvdonk
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Sage was in the old Nissan Xterra commercials and has been The North Face's poster boy for years (notice it's not Wallisch who stars in their commercials), people recognize him far more than you realize even if they don't know his name. Seth is just a legend in the industry who has been in movies for years and reached a far greater audience, where as Wallisch is in level 1 movies which are only watched by a very small demographic. I don't really have as much of an argument for Abma though I'd say his role within the ski industry has more influence because of the respect he has gained. Also Candide is no where on you're list, someone who has won X-Games gold in big air, slope and pipe (and put skier pipe on the map with his battle with CR that year)
Jan 5 2011 1:25PM
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Brenone
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Yeah by the guy who actually owned it. Not the 4BI9 crew who rented it.
Jan 5 2011 1:29PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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I didn't mention Candide because the first guy didn't.

And, wallisch will be right there with Seth I think, just because of X Games. According to this article http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_14407668, 43 million viewers watched on TV. So, if those people watched they heard the names like Simon, Bobby and Tom just from commercials and stuff for the upcoming events. People will know Simon and Tanner because that is all they talked about for years in terms of skiing. They will know Bobby from last year because they kept advertising if he could get two golds during the commercials of the snowmobile events.

Tom hasn't done anything big at X yet, but when he does he will be more well known than Seth, because 43 million is a whole lot bigger than the people who watch TGR flicks or remember a commercial from five years ago.
Jan 5 2011 2:25PM
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alztar
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Shaun White?






FUCK
Jan 5 2011 2:57PM
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Timotheezy.
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deffinately beat me to it
Jan 5 2011 3:21PM
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White_raven
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Jon makes almost 1 417 796,18 USD a year (10 million crowns a year)
Jan 5 2011 3:40PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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I highly doubt that
Jan 5 2011 3:43PM
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White_raven
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You only make the money like Jon if your an successful entrepeneur. Skiers like tom wallisch, simon, tanner etc wont ever be close as they dont work as hard besides skiing.
Jan 5 2011 3:51PM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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jon olsson
Jan 5 2011 3:57PM
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84891jnf92048
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that cant be all from skiing....
Jan 5 2011 6:05PM
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White_raven
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”Jag ligger under 10 miljoner, men inte jättelångt under. Om tre, fyra år är det möjligt att jag är där, men då ska allt stämma.” - jon olsson

In english: "Im below 10 million (swedish crowns), but not much. In three, four years its possible, but then everything has to be right."

from an article in the swedish economic newspaper Dagens Industri one year ago: http://di.se/Default.aspx?pid=2396__ArticlePageProvider&epslanguage=sv
Jan 5 2011 6:32PM
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Mailbox
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Warren Miller
Jan 5 2011 6:41PM
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DsMoK3
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Jon...





































...Brogan
Jan 5 2011 6:48PM
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gypsytown
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i read through this entire thread to see if anyone said warren miller and of course its the last fucking post.
but anyway, i'd have to think warren miller is pretty far up there probably not #1 though, jon olsson is easily the richest skier, he's sponsered by Lamborghini for christs sake,
Jan 5 2011 6:57PM
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FreeskierRocco.
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Yea I was debating on him. He's probably pretty close to the top.

Jan 5 2011 7:08PM
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ski-swagga
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hahaha +k
Jan 5 2011 7:23PM
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