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FREEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ninthward
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OK, this is the deal, and i find it hard to believe but it is over, the whole staff was let go yesterday, they will be allowed to work through the janurary issue and that is it, as of now there are no solid answers as to what will happen, but as of today no more Freeze. i still cannot believe it, and transworld has no plans to produce another ski magazine such as Freeze,

Personally, i feel that this is a huge impact to our sport, a bad impact! it was the number one mag for our genre and was considered to reach over 50,000 people per issue, how can TS pull the plug, whether or not you like freeze it still was a must in the media movement of the sport.
I would suggest everyone call 760 722 7777 that is transworld, talk to anyone you can and explain how much losing a mag like that will hurt, i think we can help if transworld can truly see how many people read and depend on the magazine,
Nov 2 2004 1:47PM
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lineskier610
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Yeah dude call, email, send a telegram, morse code, whatever. Just get a fuckin hold of them. Be nice about it too. Don't sit on your ass and complain on this message board, do something about it.
Nov 2 2004 1:49PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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this is fucking terrible, i loved freeze. fuck transworld. im kinda glad i didnt renew thoguh.
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Nov 2 2004 1:49PM
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skihillraod
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gotta wait for the free long distance at work but I'll give it a go.


Duffman can't breathe .. oh no
Nov 2 2004 1:49PM
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Tosh
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ohh snap i just bought copy last night at macs this sucks
Nov 2 2004 1:50PM
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FUJATIVE24
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http://www.freezeonline.com/freeze/contact/0,13995,,00.html --- SEND EMAILS!!!






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Nov 2 2004 1:52PM
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funkdoc
Posts: 1331 - Karma: 474
BITCH THEY ARE!
To become a real killer on the dance floor, you have to practice everyday...
Nov 2 2004 1:54PM
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nothanks
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it dosent say anything about it on the site
brian rosa left and i rgoufgr that was a bad sign


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Nov 2 2004 1:57PM
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destroy
Posts: 6665 - Karma: 12
wtf, where are you getting this info?
are they going to refund our money for the subscriptions? and what about all the free subscriptions they gave out with the purchase of X? sooooo lame

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Nov 2 2004 1:58PM
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ninthward
Posts: 161 - Karma: 10
the info is from the staff, we advertize so we heard about this on FRI, i dont know what they are going to do about subscriptions or refunds, they are going to finish this year out, that i know. also i smell transworld ski mag brewing,

Nov 2 2004 2:06PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
Posts: 9939 - Karma: 15
you cant send emails to freeze, freeze is dying... who can find a corporate email contact? ive been searching ye olde webbe but ive got nothing. except (-) = arrow) time warner -) time -) time4 media -) transworld media -) freeze... death to time warner.
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once back when i was a fetus i was aborted. it didn't hurt at all, but i was also high on life at the time. - thisangelicrage
its not rape....its surprise sex. you wake up and SURPRISE you had sex with me haha - huckster989
liberals think killing babies can be both fun and profitable, while conservatives think killing foreigners can be both fun and profitable - ice-is-scary
Nov 2 2004 2:10PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
fuck transworld everyone call





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Nov 2 2004 2:11PM
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jtbromski
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Brad McDonald is the group publisher at TransWorld and is responsible for Freeze being closed. He can be reached at Brad.McDonald@time4.com.
Nov 2 2004 2:12PM
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LeBlanc
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christ this is gay
lets all send emails and call and hope and pray to keep our mag



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*~!Live to ski!~*

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Nov 2 2004 2:19PM
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Markman
Posts: 1582 - Karma: 47
I just called a talked to some women. She really didn't seem to care too much. Everybody should call. Don't be soo cheap suck up the 2$ and talk to someone to voice your discontent
Nov 2 2004 3:03PM
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rk1080
Posts: 1849 - Karma: 12
i'm gonna call transworld
Nov 2 2004 3:04PM
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Markman
Posts: 1582 - Karma: 47
Everbody call and give them a piece of your mind
Nov 2 2004 3:30PM
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ArmadaFreerider8
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Fuuuuuuck Transworld this was such a great magazine, this really sucks. It looks like freeskier is going to be our only magazine now that Freeze and Axis are gone
Nov 2 2004 3:34PM
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lanks
Posts: 12544 - Karma: 73
and sbc skier. now they better step it up with their newschool content as they have little competition.



-Joel

'I was in the waiting room of my doctor's office before a physical this morning. There's nothing wrong with me, but healthy people get physicals just-for-the-hey-of-it every couple of days. When they finally mispronounced my name, I got up and walked down a hall with a nurse. After a while, the doctor came in and inspected my holes. He said that I should lose weight and consider stop smoking. I blew smoke in his face and explained that he is a douche bag. We all had a good laugh and he agreed.' -Skydaddy
Nov 2 2004 3:36PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
Posts: 9939 - Karma: 15
sbc skier is really un-entertaining.... its a boredom enhancer... freeskier is only slightly ahead right now in my opinion. i really just want to read abuot skiers fucking around, like a textual version of dvd extra footy... kinda like freeze sorta was.
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You know the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear.

once back when i was a fetus i was aborted. it didn't hurt at all, but i was also high on life at the time. - thisangelicrage
its not rape....its surprise sex. you wake up and SURPRISE you had sex with me haha - huckster989
liberals think killing babies can be both fun and profitable, while conservatives think killing foreigners can be both fun and profitable - ice-is-scary
Nov 2 2004 3:40PM
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tahoe20
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i just called the number up there, talked to some lady, she really didn't seem to care, at all. but maybe if WE ALL call and write, something will be done.

~welcome to squawllywood~
Nov 2 2004 3:57PM
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justinm
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send e-mails to transwoorld and tell them how freeze had survives when they were independent and that since they took it up there wing they juste sucked all the money out of it untill it closed





stoneham rprsnt

Nov 2 2004 4:08PM
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aggro_sk8
Posts: 2760 - Karma: 18
damn, i smell transworld skiing too

listen people! this is what happens when you sell out! corporate suck. rollerbladers had the 'no corporate sponsor' thing right. shit dude, this is un-fuckin-believable.

also, i think giving out free subscriptions was not a bright idea, considering everyone and their ganny-panty wear aunts bought X and wski 106.

you say to email, call, or send mail?
someone post the number, email, and address, and the let them know the 40,000 skiers on here have a problem with it. whats their email?
we need the freeze, timewarner, and transworld emails.

as soon as i read the 'good news' in freeze a while back, I could smell it coming. react. pass around emails and let the man know we dont stand for their shit!!!
-joe

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Nov 2 2004 4:24PM
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freestyle_kyle
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SBC akier has great articles and pictures, but FReeze is so funny!! Ill miss Ask Brad, and everything!! the free stickers, the 3-d pictures,the posters. so much!!
Nov 2 2004 5:28PM
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jibtastic
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^ Ask Brad was the worst part of the magazine. Sorry to burst your bubble.



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Nov 2 2004 7:29PM
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pag
Posts: 3412 - Karma: 69
^^^totaly agree
and yeah transworld skiing seems to be an option... but I don't know maybie not the reason they gave doesn't seem to let a transworld skiing published
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Nov 2 2004 7:37PM
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the_friesz
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^That made absolutely no sense at all. I e-mailed Micah, I might hear from him sooner or later. I happen to live in Oceanside, I might just take a visit over to Transworld, it hardly seems that this shit can be happening, it's so big. If they're around this week I'll make a visit and get some answers...


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Nov 2 2004 7:50PM
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Barmski
Posts: 4342 - Karma: 811
WHOLEY SHIT I CANT BELIEVE THIS SHIT and only 26 replies so far wtf? this should be like a huge thread or somethin godamit!
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Nov 2 2004 7:59PM
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.Blake.
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this cant be real


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Nov 2 2004 8:12PM
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roadgaptoneckgrind
Posts: 546 - Karma: 23
I bought a copy last night a macs too...werid. Macs is taking over! BOYCOTT MACS! SEND HATE MAIL! shit man..I dunno. Im tired. I miss freeze allready.



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Nov 2 2004 8:16PM
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Pooksmasterflex
Posts: 250 - Karma: 10
guys guys calm down, Racer magazine is still printing so its all good
Nov 2 2004 8:17PM
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skibum193
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wtf is going on???? i dont think this i true because there wasnt ne thing ont he website. but if it is, why????? its so sudden. u think they cud finish out the season at least. and why wud they give out free subscriptions with X, then stop making the mag?? if its gone, we only got powder left

windells holiday sesh, dec 26-Jan 2

i rock the pow like none other
Nov 2 2004 8:28PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
How can this be? FREEZE was like at it's peak... something is amist here...



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Nov 2 2004 9:52PM
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SKItheBURG
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yeah this really doesn't make sense.

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Nov 2 2004 10:10PM
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Schmitz
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go POWDER




Don't take it for granted
Nov 2 2004 10:11PM
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airic
Posts: 720 - Karma: 16
First off I dont understand this.. freeze is the lat magazine i would think to go out of buissness. They must have made some bad choices (not as bad as transworlds latest one though!)

But Im also surprised that they arent even finsihing off the season!?! Ive heard that they do issues months in advance and shit... januarys must be coming to an end right now. How could transworld be so impuslive bastards.
See this is where you can see the diffrence in companies that care and companies that want money...
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Nov 2 2004 10:28PM
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bakerpunk
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send some death threats and hate mail that will teach them








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Nov 2 2004 10:45PM
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bibs_skibum
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DONT SEND DEATH THREATS YOU IDIOT! that will make it so freeze never comes back. open your fucking head dumbass
Nov 2 2004 10:58PM
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rk1080
Posts: 1849 - Karma: 12
powder seriously sucks ass, some good pics.......that is it
Nov 2 2004 11:01PM
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Schoening
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this is depressing




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Nov 2 2004 11:04PM
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johnnypsunami
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whoa this really does blow, and I was JUST about to renew for another 3 years!!! glad I didnt do that!









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Nov 2 2004 11:11PM
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dirtyjerseyMC
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i dont know how im going to keep living without my favorite mag, im going to have to read shitty magazines like ski or skiing when im on the toilet. i feel robbed of my dignity. Transworld, you are a horrible horrible monster....
Nov 2 2004 11:33PM
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DENALI44
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Powder to the people, Powder Mag!!!!!


Whiskey, the homeless man's heater
Nov 2 2004 11:43PM
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joei
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how unforunate. freeze was by far, the greatest freeskiing magazine. I wonder what the rationale behind this all is. it is surely crazy to the extreme.


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Nov 2 2004 11:44PM
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agentorange
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this is worse than being pushed into a woodchipper. take action! do something! if we just at least show transworld that theres a large freeskiing comunity then those ignorant stupid bastards will see that they can profit by makinga magazine for it.
Nov 2 2004 11:56PM
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mckeeman
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Freeskier Sucks! It has no content...I can sit on the shitter and real it cover to cover...id like to wipe my ass with it after...
Skier Magazine Rules all...buy it and check it out...


When in doubt...FSI


...fuckin send it


work to live...not live to work.
work to ski...but only if you ski to work. The simple equation to skibumming 101
Nov 3 2004 12:02AM
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Arty
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This is a step backward for the industry and may create a demise of freeskiing. This is what you need to think about. If there are no media targeting our niche, marketing opportunities for those targeting this niche, such as dedicated twin-tip ski companies and the like, will experience limited promotional opportunities. If these promotional opportunities dry up, sales will inevitably decline and these manufacturers will cease to exist. We need to look at this from an industry perspective. Not only are media sources declining, but larger ski manufacturers, of which I shall refrain from mentioning, have also made the conscious decision that profitability in this niche is limited and ceased servicing it. Something needs to be done!
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Nov 3 2004 12:38AM
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FP_rida
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^ chill out man. freeze magazine wasnt the only thing covering it. companies are not going to dry up because freeze went down...wouldnt u still know about 4 frnt and armada even if there wasnt freeze around? of course u would. now granted, it was a big ass help. but itll be ok if it doesnt come back and nothing replaces it. worst part about it is the shit that freeze sponcered...parkasaurus...im sure theres more, i just dont know em. and liftie of the month. >sob< all grieve at the loss of one of the greatest features in magazine history. but even still, we will survive, brother. now i read freeze as much as the next guy, dont get me wrong, but NS fills me in just as well if not better. i just cant chill on NS while im shitting, as others have mentiond...

plus its 25 duckits that u can spend instead on beer or hookers or whatever
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Out here (in the west) where most styles are created, everyone these days is rockin the one shoulder backpack. You get yourself a tight pack like a Dakine or some random skate pack, and just drape that shiz over your right shoulder. That means when you are jibbin the park, you gotta do all your grabs opposite, with your left hand. Otherwise the pack will fall off your right shoulder and all the girls will gasp and think you have no steeze. Another thing to do with the pack has to do with when you are on a rail. Once you are securely on the rail, just let the pack slide off your shoulder and just hang that thing off your arm. This lets everyone know that you really don't care you are on the rail at all, thus making your steeze that much better. Plus when you 270 off, the pack whips around and takes out any gapers trying to snap pics of your fly ass.

Most everyone pays tribute to the creater of this style by rockin 'the kevin' almost every day. So if you see someone with mad 'the kevin' style, don't hesitate to go up to them and say 'Dude, your 'the kevin' steeze is so tight I think I am gonna go home and punch my mom in the face.' That will let the person know they are indeed cool, and that you will be rocking 'the kevin' steeze sometime soon.
Nov 3 2004 1:44AM
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aclsarescary
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airic, the magazine will finish through the season, theres probably like three issues left, but the magazine its self will nolonger be around after those issues go out of buisness, nad the people that work there will no longer have a job after January.

I've seen transworld do this before with a snowboard publication they had called 'Snowboard Life' it was like the Powder for Snowboarders it was a totaly sole magazine, there Main focus was 'big mountain Jeremy Jones'. They decided to cancell it and didn't even tell the subscribers, so the next season comes around and my friend doesn't get his magazine, and half way through the season and he still doesn't have his mag so he calls them up, and they were just like yeah sorry we cancelled it. He eventually complained and they sent him a couple t-shirts and a tool and a two year subscripition to T-world Snowboarding(which sucks), but this was after excessive complaining by phone and email.
point is Transworld(time4 to be more specific) is a terrible company
Nov 3 2004 2:13AM
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Maximumsushi
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The magazine wasn't turning out the sales numbers that Transworld had hoped it would by this point in time. I doubt it was even profitable. That's why it has been cancelled.

As for petitions and complaining, it won't do shit. Transworld knows exactly how many people like their magazine enough to buy it through subscription numbers and sales figures. A magazine has one of the easiest times when judging the demand for their particular product.

The biggest problem with freeze was that it fucking sucked. Terribly. All ski magazines are attrociously shitty right now, and they always have been. I won't miss the magazine, but there will be other affects on the sport on a professional and non-professional level that could be long lasting if someone does not step-up and fill the gap. The labour market for photographers and journalists just got a lot tighter. Atheletes are now vying for even less coverage in mags. With the number of pros growing as the sport matures and expands, and the number of print media sponsor spots drastically cut, things have become much more competitive.

Also consider advertising spots. The sport appears to be growing as is reflected by the increased sales in twintip sales. With less spots for advertising, sales could be reduced, especially with ''core'' companies which do not have an established brand name and rely on published ads more so than bigger, established brands.

It will be interesting to see how the sport is affected in the short-term and long-run. I'm not sad to see a terrible magazine be cancelled but I am sad that it may have negative effects. Hopefully, this is nothing more than the post-produt of a demographic reasessment where Transworld will launch a new magazine more suited to the maturity level and image of the sport with the intention to reach a larger number of readers. Time will tell.
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Nov 3 2004 7:59AM
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skier27
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send shit to this email address...everone email this guy at transworld and compain!!
lee@twsnet.com



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Nov 3 2004 11:01AM
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