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Team USA Freeskiing Outerwear for olympics?

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Peter.
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You know how burton always does the snowboarding team outerwear? How nuts would it be if some small company steps up and gets the sponsorship, like saga
Jun 16 2011 2:42PM
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Chief.Queef
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Im gonna say Oakley will take it.
Jun 16 2011 2:44PM
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ja.
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itd be sick to see Armada get the bid, but i could see it going to someone like North Face easily.
Jun 16 2011 2:45PM
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ectreeskier11
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burton, skinny jeans.
Jun 16 2011 2:50PM
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eheath
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It's a big up and coming company in our sport, its gonna be sick.
Jun 16 2011 2:51PM
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casual
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I thought the article said it was TNF?
Jun 16 2011 2:58PM
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Peter.
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gonna be honest i just scrolled to the bottom to see who was on the team
Jun 16 2011 2:59PM
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eheath
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I thought it wasn't announced yet, but it has been. The North Face is the outwear sponsor.

http://freeskier.com/stories/first-ever-us-freeskiing-national-team-announced
Jun 16 2011 3:00PM
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kootenayklaus
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So, on a slightly side note, Slopestyle did not make it in? If so, what a bummer, I was stoked to see countries go head to head in something like that.
Jun 16 2011 3:07PM
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Inline.
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it says in the article that the north face is supplyin. which sucks ballsack
Jun 16 2011 3:09PM
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Peter.
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they have a couple decent suits, there's still a chance it can look cool
Jun 16 2011 3:11PM
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Dan-Man
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keep free skiing FREE

FUCK THE OLYMPICS.
Jun 16 2011 3:11PM
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john7elway
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Shut the fuck up you stupid trend whore fuck. Sorry they wont be wearing xxl first drop or xl saga or some other gay tall hoody. Have you seen the stuff wallisch and martini have been rocking? its sick.
Jun 16 2011 3:11PM
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bob_dole
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the announcement was made back in january about the whole tnf deal. this is mostly corporate talk but there are some pretty valid points made...
http://vimeo.com/19180635
Jun 16 2011 3:22PM
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EmperorKuzco
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i agree only with the positive part of this statement, in that Martini's and Wallisch's new outerwear is sick.
Jun 16 2011 3:24PM
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bob_dole
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someone want to embed that video so it works?
Jun 16 2011 3:27PM
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kingskier
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where it said tnf represented recreational park skiers, how does it compared to many other companies? they've only been spanzerising freeskiers for this year.
Jun 16 2011 3:31PM
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bob_dole
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names like dana flahr and sage maybe ring a bell?
Jun 16 2011 3:51PM
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JKill
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FINAL TNF USSA Announcement 1.26.11 from Camp 4 Collective on Vimeo.

Done.

Jun 16 2011 4:10PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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emphasis
Jun 16 2011 4:14PM
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Inline.
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i dont think that tnf will be as cool as a decent fitting saga. all im saying
Jun 16 2011 4:15PM
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CKpolicy
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still xlt, your point is invalid. and youre too angry.
Jun 16 2011 4:22PM
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Fuknhipster
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although not everyone would wear the xl saga or what ever... they could customise size wouldn't they. they wouldn't get simon dumont to wear a small jacket but probs wouldn't get bode miller to wear a 12XL
Jun 16 2011 9:37PM
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PJS.
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keep an open mind


FUCK THE HATERS
Jun 16 2011 9:44PM
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Stickity
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FUCK YOU

without big comps and airtime like the olympics skiing is gonna stay far from free. i'm talking dollars and cents yadadamean?
Jun 16 2011 10:12PM
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207
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fuck, TNF I feel like is gonna make something retarded, although the shit they made for wallisch is cool so hopefully its like that and tall.
Jun 16 2011 11:25PM
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LAME.
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couldn't have said it better myself.
Jun 16 2011 11:56PM
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fratskier69
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i concur
Jun 17 2011 12:36AM
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skiingperson1
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Theyve been sponsoring freeskiers for years, its just this year they started sponsoring park guys.
Jun 17 2011 12:38AM
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skier_boy26
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Why does it fucking matter? It is just clothing, it is just a brand.



I clicked on this thread thinking "I bet the OP will mention that Saga should supply the outerwear..."

fucking pathetic.
Jun 17 2011 12:38AM
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TheDavisMobile
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On behalf of all the other teens that ski: BUT T-WALL IS SPONSERED BY TNF, IT MUST BE COOL!!!!!
Jun 17 2011 12:40AM
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stickski
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as long as they don't make pants that are supposed to look like jeans they'll be ok.. i know it wasn't for park skiing but still.. wtf was up with that
Jun 17 2011 12:47AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Freeskiing is free because the best things for the heart and soul of this sport by nature never make money.

No matter how big the Olympics blow this sport up, there will always be some kid out there learning mute grabs for the first time off shitty jumps on flat tailed race skis. If that lights up the world to you like it did for me and always since, freeskiings essence lives on.
Jun 17 2011 12:53AM
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pghjibber
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they said it would be in june... should be any day now
Jun 17 2011 1:56AM
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colleenator
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so wait.. does that mean theres snowboarding half pipe in the Olympics too?
Jun 17 2011 9:26AM
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steezysteeze
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Would have been cool if Causwell got the deal
Jun 17 2011 10:25AM
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Karma_Police
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Wait what?  I like jokes.
Jun 17 2011 12:03PM
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Karma_Police
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Would be cool if causwell used gortex or something that's remotely waterproof.
Jun 17 2011 12:05PM
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brf726
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Is that a serious question?
Jun 17 2011 2:35PM
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casual
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Word. There's all this irrational fear around skiing undergoing some massive change as a result of the Olympics, and it's bs. Kids are still going to want to have fun, and the same kids who gravitate towards freeskiing out of a reluctance or disinterest in competition and/or team sports are still going to ski out of a love for the "sport". All that changes is that the jocky kids who ski have an even greater pinnacle to aspire to. (this post ignores potential commercial/industry changes as I don't give a shit if some jibber kid has a decreased chance at making money skiing)
Jun 17 2011 3:54PM
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reverendwrong
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honestly I don't understand the hate on North Face. They had Sage and other guys before and had them doing alot of design work for the products, then they brought on Twall and the gang and did the same thing. They aren't on any sort of campaign to change freeskiing, they're just looking for their market share. None of those guys changed anything about their appearance or skiing other than the logo on the jacket. They are throwing money at our sport to have it grow, they aren't telling us how to grow it, they just want it to grow.

I can understand the FIS/USSA hate, yeah the USSA rules have been pretty BS and the judging whack for a number of years. Hopefully they will write a brand new rulebook for all disciplines, which is probably going to happen since they already took all of the invert/off axis qualifications out of slope, took away all restrictions on pipe other than no dubs at the junior level, and for aerials(closest thing to big air) we don't have to call our tricks if we don't want to.

US Snowboarding did a good job and I assume that US freeskiing will take a page out of their book.
Jun 17 2011 3:55PM
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JibbaTheHutt
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but what about they guys who already have outerwear sponsors? do they have the right to just drop them for an event?
Jun 17 2011 4:29PM
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casual
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I was thinking the exact same thing. I really don't see Dumont (or his agents, or Oakley) digging being forced to wear something different. Anyone know if Olympic athletes are obligated to wear the "uniform"?
Jun 17 2011 4:43PM
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pghjibber
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they get a pass...

look at louie vito for example (686 rider), he was able to wear the burton u.s. snowboard suit during the competition
Jun 17 2011 5:21PM
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cobra_commander
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This post needs to be read. Nailed it.

Jun 17 2011 6:28PM
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cobra_commander
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They will wear the TNF uniform. If I was Oakley's brand manager I would give up simon wearing some TNF cloths for the international coverage of him standing there wearing Oakley goggles with big Oakley stickers on his skis. But that is just me.
Jun 17 2011 6:31PM
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Daydreaming
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Wise words from the ever insightful Ginko!
Jun 17 2011 6:39PM
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.Ian.
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Ginko definitely nailed it on that one.


The ONLY thing that I have a problem with about TNF sponsoring is that now every other person in my town will think they're the shit because they have a North Face sweater thing. That are actually pretty ugly. Haha. Other than that I think it's pretty cool.

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Jun 17 2011 6:55PM
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pghjibber
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there can't be any stickers/brand advertising on skis...

even oakley goggle straps have to be re-designed to meet IOC branding guidelines that limit the size and placement of any logo

it's pretty stupid
Jun 17 2011 7:02PM
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casual
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Yeah, that makes sense, especially given this specific example, but I was honestly curious about the "rules" of it all. There are athletes/sponsors obviously who will not be in the position that Oakley/Simon is, and I was just wondering if it's a mandatory situation. Not saying I have an opinion one way or the other.
Jun 17 2011 7:04PM
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casual
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This is what I was looking for...very interesting. Sort of ironic that on the biggest possible stage/largest exposure brands/sponsors will be the least visible.
Jun 17 2011 7:07PM
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