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Stoke Factor on the Olympics.

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skiaspen17
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How stoked are you folks about the news?
Apr 6 2011 4:40PM
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terrible_skier
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not stoked
Apr 6 2011 4:42PM
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BmoChop
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beyond stoked. I saw it as tanner hall's facebook status before i came on here, and practically peed myself. I love watching the Olympics as it is, and that will make it so much better. I thought it was out of the question for 2014 for some reason, but I'm ecstatic that it is.
Apr 6 2011 4:46PM
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Ski_Punx
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BIG STOKE!!
Apr 6 2011 5:38PM
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eheath
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I feel like people are either really not stoked or really stoked.


I'd put myself in the really stoked category, people are so scared we're going to lose "skiing" but look at snowboard? if anything it has more heart and soul since they join the olympics for half pipe. Comp skiers will be comp skiers, film skiers will be film skiers.
Apr 6 2011 5:40PM
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JackJohnSki
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beware of your stoak factor!

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Apr 6 2011 5:42PM
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JackJohnSki
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can someone please embed?
Apr 6 2011 5:43PM
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Shenanigans
Posts: 868 - Karma: 455
This.
Apr 6 2011 5:44PM
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207
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gus kenworthy could possibly have an olympic gold medal!
Apr 6 2011 5:45PM
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crab_pretzel
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so stoked
Apr 6 2011 5:51PM
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J-Neal
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this!

Apr 6 2011 6:42PM
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Blurst
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I hope they implement a mandatory straight air so more people than just duncan adams will do pipe zeros.
Apr 6 2011 6:43PM
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hwagner
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for once eheath said something that wasnt douchey or retareded.

WOW
Apr 6 2011 7:01PM
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C.L
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i understand what you are saying and i do agree to a certain extent.

But, one major thing people need to keep in my mind is that snowboarding was an established 'cool sport' on the global map before HP was inducted in to the olympics. Therefore there was already an extremely well growing market which had already become partially mainstream which allowed for a transition in to the olympics to not negatively effect the core sport.

Skiing however, no body even knows what freeskiing is, our core sport is not well established enough to maintain another side of the sport if adopted by the Olympics. Yea there will still be film pros etc. but they will make no money and that side of the sport will most likely become extinct.

Snowboarding is a mainstream sport. It has extremely large markets and an enormous industry. Skiing is a niche sport with a micro industry.

If you are a medium size kid but have a lot of balls, and you fight a big bully, and you win, you will only become stronger. But if you are tiny and you try to fight the big bully, you will not win, and you will end up even smaller in the grand scheme of things.

Skiing shouldn't bite off more than it can chew

I think the creative side of the sport will be well and truly dead by the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Unless they turn olympic skiing in to the redbull cold rush, they can get fucked
Apr 6 2011 7:26PM
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eheath
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Skiing is alot more mainstream than you think.
Apr 6 2011 8:39PM
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garettnorthey
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Agreed, if anything the Olympics will bring in more money to freestyle ski companies and other companies thus allowing for more suitable budgets for film skiers. Just because your sport is in the olympics doesn't mean that it becomes a race to win the Olympics every 4 years, it will pretty much just be a thing to take the spotlight. This is good we need it.
Apr 6 2011 9:14PM
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BmoChop
Posts: 2071 - Karma: 96
truth.
Apr 6 2011 9:15PM
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C.L
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dude you think that because you live in utah. and skiing is main stream but not 'freeskiing' we are the rollerbladers of the snow.

I live in Australia and i can tell you that snowboarding is big down here just like anywhere else, and freeskiing is non existent.

top australian pro skiers make nothing compared to top aus snowboarders. and i mean nothing.

russ henshaw doesnt count because he is internationally competitive.
Apr 6 2011 9:18PM
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TimmyP
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not stoked
Apr 6 2011 10:47PM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 247
Meh, don't really care. Just not a big deal to me.
Apr 7 2011 12:23AM
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