Jesper Tjäder has ruined skiing

Idk, last I checked people in the parks were still throwing normal tricks.

Sure everything has progressed, but I haven't been to a park anywhere, where everyone is throwing 810s out of all the rails or rodeos on etc.

Progression is what keeps things alive, it's what has kept the sport growing.

Everyone was bitching that quads were going to ruin the sport, and that skiing wouldn't be fun. Now he drops an edit with all kinds of weird ridiculous creative shit similar to danny macaskill, and people are all riled up any way that skiing is ruined.


The parks are getting cleaner and more well built. A fuck ton of the stock features that everyone loves setup all purty, plus some awesome technical features. Even the tech features are less sketchy.

More people are watching the sport, more money is coming in. I don't see how any of this is a bad thing. Also when people started throwing triples, the dubs got more clean. When people got to throwing 810s out of park rails, the 4's out got squeeky clean.

I was just at a rail jam today and saw a bunch of 12 year old ish kids sending it on a dfd. Not doing anything too wild, but charging pretty hard on some big features, having a great time.

Maybe the big edits aren't your cup of tea, but the sport is growing, and I think there's plenty of room for all of this.

It just becomes like gymnastics after a certain point.

This is such bullshit.
When dollo was the first skier to throw a triple in a comp everyone went nuts for it, there are a select few that didn't, however the overwhelming majority did. Allot of these people are now hating on this kid that is killing it, claiming that he has progressed the sport this way. when in reality it was the skiing community who progressed the sport this way when everyone went nuts for henricks triple or gave any other exposure to people doing shit like that.

Every time I see a thread like this, the same scenario plays through my head.....

(Random Bro)- "Yo (insert big name comp skier), you going to try that Quad today you had Redbull build the perfect jump for? How about that future spin you were talking about yesterday?"

(Big name comp skier)- "Nah man screw that, I wouldn't want to ruin the progression of skiing. I heard some kids on Newschoolers talking about it the other day. I think I'll just stick to nosebutters and cork 3s......"

My point is like how do you expect someone not to do it? Why should a professional athlete not strive to achieve the pinnacle of performance?

Like should every professional skier be required to smoke copious amounts of weed and stop training, so that they could achieve a fluid style like Henrik??

bump even though this thread is dildos

Tree60Well let me be completely honest. I downvoted you, you are objectively wrong about this, and devaluing the free part of freeskiing. Let people do whatever the fuck they want. This edit was creative, dangerous and cool as fuck. Just like Stept, just like B&E, just like real skifi. Why do you feel like you have the right to tell people how to ski in any way? Just because you aren't as stoked on a fucking cork 9 switch up as you are on a tailpress back 2, doesn't mean that Jesper is wrong to push the sport in his direction.

People said the same things about switch 10's and the same thing about double corks, but now people are doing them in incredibly stylish and creative ways. Let the sport progress how it's going to progress, and if you're not actively progressing the sport yourself, then shut the fuck up.

yo you were absolutely right. My thoughts are completely opposite of what I used to think regarding this. I take back everything I said.

wow this thread gives me cramps

tac0.slayerMy point is like how do you expect someone not to do it?

Like should every professional skier be required to smoke copious amounts of weed and stop training, so that they could achieve a fluid style like Henrik??

Yes.

If Jesper made a real ski edit this year he would've easily gotten second and maybe could've gotten gold with the right cameraman and creativity.

nuff said

Wow, one of the most stupid posts I've come across on this forum, and it's got over 700 likes...

wtf Newschoolers

The stuff Jesper does shits on all the gay hipster copying gay hipsters in skateboarding shit the bunch does.. he's nick Goeper with creativity and with out the all American douche bag attitude.. I personally don't love the tech stuff he does but in all seriousness the guy is a fucking creative machine with a skill set similar to Candide .. that double backflip transfer at 9 nights 2 years ago was seriously next level..

I really want to do a lincoln loop swap now beacuse if jesper. Mans got influence