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I have a LOT of respect for tHall, and love him for what he did to freeskiing, but i think his time is over. A lot of kids ski better in park (not Halls field, iknow) but i think a lot of backcountry skiers are better as well
*DUMBCAN*I've fucking loved everything that tanners put out this year. His park edits back at the start of the season were pretty sick, and it looks like his part this year is going to be mad, he's been going massive:
Crystal.Carv[getting cut off by weird html bug] I have to wonder how many 20 year olds go skiing and they call their parents saying they are in hospital with a broken ____ and the parents had no idea that the son/daughter was in a terrain park, or even knew what that was. This matters when the parent is bankrolling the ski holiday and medical bills - why? -- because families will just end up keeping away from skiing.
How many of these injured folk knew that their ski heroes (that they saw in the Olympics) wore back and hip protection under their ski clothes? How many of these terrain parks have warning signs or coaching available? Perhaps surveys could be run at skiing hospitals to get information on the how, why, what of injuries. Even NS could run an injury survey. All these top freeskiiers have significant injuries (Candide, Hall, Gagnier, Dumont, Dadali, Mahler..and these skiers are just the well-known ones... how many people know that??)... terrain park is like living in the hood... just a matter of time before death or jail, or rather the hospital and season-ending injury with a nasty debt pimp on your back and a pain in the groin.
Even the snow hoes, sponsorship and fame is not guaranteed in any way - and who would do it for that anyway?? Are the risks worth the benefits??
Imagine if NS had a large matrix of ski injuries vs skier name. People would wake up to how dangerous this Tanner Hall era is.
I don't know why I give a f### so much. I guess it's justifies my own skiing approach more, and it also irritates me when (good) people get (bad) injuries.
Really? Jesus christ man. You sound like you work for a lame ass insurance company.
hemlockjibber8Really? Jesus christ man. You sound like you work for a lame ass insurance company.
There are tons of people here with injuries, talk to them if they think the cautious approach would've been better than being impetuous. Mr White is 27 and remains injury free, right? Simon Dumont, about same age, hardy fella at that, but ripped his wrists and ankles apart recently and retired right?
... so who is the more macho? And all those guys I mentioned in last post, how much pain do they ski with? Screw that.
Crystal.CarvThere are tons of people here with injuries, talk to them if they think the cautious approach would've been better than being impetuous. Mr White is 27 and remains injury free, right? Simon Dumont, about same age, hardy fella at that, but ripped his wrists and ankles apart recently and retired right?
... so who is the more macho? And all those guys I mentioned in last post, how much pain do they ski with? Screw that.
What the hell are you talking about? I can't tell if you're serious or not.
Crystal.Carv[getting cut off by weird html bug] I have to wonder how many 20 year olds go skiing and they call their parents saying they are in hospital with a broken ____ and the parents had no idea that the son/daughter was in a terrain park, or even knew what that was. This matters when the parent is bankrolling the ski holiday and medical bills - why? -- because families will just end up keeping away from skiing.
How many of these injured folk knew that their ski heroes (that they saw in the Olympics) wore back and hip protection under their ski clothes? How many of these terrain parks have warning signs or coaching available? Perhaps surveys could be run at skiing hospitals to get information on the how, why, what of injuries. Even NS could run an injury survey. All these top freeskiiers have significant injuries (Candide, Hall, Gagnier, Dumont, Dadali, Mahler..and these skiers are just the well-known ones... how many people know that??)... terrain park is like living in the hood... just a matter of time before death or jail, or rather the hospital and season-ending injury with a nasty debt pimp on your back and a pain in the groin.
Even the snow hoes, sponsorship and fame is not guaranteed in any way - and who would do it for that anyway?? Are the risks worth the benefits??
Imagine if NS had a large matrix of ski injuries vs skier name. People would wake up to how dangerous this Tanner Hall era is.
I don't know why I give a f### so much. I guess it's justifies my own skiing approach more, and it also irritates me when (good) people get (bad) injuries.
this is like the craziest post ever im so confused haha +k
