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The Gaper Journalists Writing About Olympic Freeskiing Thread

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@LANTASKI
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Purpose: This thread is to be a brain dump for us to post Gaperish articles feebling attempting to describe the "ESSENCE" of Freeskiing.

http://news.discovery.com/adventure/extreme-sports/will-sochi-olympics-be-the-most-extreme-yet-140103
Jan 7 2014 3:42PM
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steezburgereddie
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non traditional skiing
Jan 7 2014 4:15PM
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NowBetterTasting
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Oh noes the media is drawing attention to our sport which may increase viewership, make it more popular and god forbid bring bigger sponsors/more money to our athletes! Quick let's try to make fun coverage from outside media sources and call them gapers!

Jan 7 2014 4:50PM
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Blurst
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this post sucks.
Jan 7 2014 4:56PM
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ESB
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Actually, that article seems to be a concise and accurate summary of why "freeskiing" will be appearing in the Olympics. I didn't find much gaper in it.
Jan 7 2014 4:58PM
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joris.blanc
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Yup, was pretty on point and probably is better then many articles to come !
Jan 7 2014 5:04PM
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NowBetterTasting
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Exactly
Jan 7 2014 5:22PM
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Lemuel
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I didn't realize it was still 2001
Jan 7 2014 6:14PM
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Miomo
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Yeah. There wasn't even anything skiing-specific enough.
Jan 7 2014 6:17PM
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casual
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this post sucks.
Jan 7 2014 6:22PM
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ATLskier
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Jan 7 2014 6:25PM
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NowBetterTasting
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You understand sarcasm right?

There's nothing wrong with this article, and increased exposure to a wider audience means potentially more money for our industry.

As long as their not bob costas'ing all over our athletes of course lol.
Jan 7 2014 7:03PM
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GapersGoneCray
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A gaper is to much of a ski term for these suit wearing botoxed fifty something's, I'm fine if they want to speak about the sport but do some reasearch first... I be he is an "all mountain leisure skier........."
Jan 7 2014 7:45PM
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