Anybody else feel bad for Doug and Harvey that NS bit the dust so bad?

Its simple, NS sold the fuck out. Their parent company is a piece of shit and won't allow them to invest much money into members to create original content for the site, cover/host events, holding regular contests, etc. Look at Pinkbike. They hold legit contests like DH and Crankworx fantasy leagues, they pay a ton of people for content and coverage and they have a strong hold in the industry working with legends of the sport and partnering up with the best and most watched events.

skiermanIts simple, NS sold the fuck out. Their parent company is a piece of shit and won't allow them to invest much money into members to create original content for the site, cover/host events, holding regular contests, etc. Look at Pinkbike. They hold legit contests like DH and Crankworx fantasy leagues, they pay a ton of people for content and coverage and they have a strong hold in the industry working with legends of the sport and partnering up with the best and most watched events.

Wasnt NS doing all that (event hosting etc) years ago?
What company bought newschoolers? Are the founders like Doug and them still partial owners or did they sell NS completely?

DolanReloadedWasnt NS doing all that (event hosting etc) years ago?
What company bought newschoolers? Are the founders like Doug and them still partial owners or did they sell NS completely?

NS is owned by TEN,
The Enthusiast Neteork

I think everyone saying ns is dying formed a self fulfilling prophecy.

No one is stopping you or anyone else from posting cool and new content.

No one is stopping you from making quality threads talking about interesting and important aspects of our sport.

Less membership is a result of a whole host of issues. Forums in general are dying. It's also summer, on a ski forum. Of course its gonna be dead.

It seems like Doug and everyone else is trying to sustain NS for the long run rather than let it die out completely.

Keep complaining or make a change about it.

Everyone’s just getting black/greened out rn to get over lack of skiing, come fall and ns will come back to life, you heard it here first

ns is probably one of the most active niche/sports forums I've seen these days

Another 2 year member posting under a fake account that the "old NS" used to be better.

skiermanIts simple, NS sold the fuck out. Their parent company is a piece of shit and won't allow them to invest much money into members to create original content for the site, cover/host events, holding regular contests, etc. Look at Pinkbike. They hold legit contests like DH and Crankworx fantasy leagues, they pay a ton of people for content and coverage and they have a strong hold in the industry working with legends of the sport and partnering up with the best and most watched events.

This is a terrible take. Pinkbike died ever harder than NS. The PB Photo of the Day (POD) on their homepage used to get 50 comments every day like clockwork, regularly would break 100. The POD today has two (2!!!) comments. The simplest explanation is the correct one - all the PB users get their bike content from instagram now, just like NS and skiing content.

I wish that shows like B&E were still uploaded. I think that a lot of outside people came on NS to watch stuff like that.

Instagram rendered Newschoolers obsolete with regard to content: video and photos.

As far as the forums go, I think it's still the place to go if you want to engage in an interesting conversation about twin-tip skiing. You can't really get that on FB or Insta or Twitter.

but don't feel bad for Harvey and Doug - those two got paid years ago. They made $$$$ off the sale of NS.

Man it’s summer on a skiing website, what do you expect?

conorsuxThis is a terrible take. Pinkbike died ever harder than NS. The PB Photo of the Day (POD) on their homepage used to get 50 comments every day like clockwork, regularly would break 100. The POD today has two (2!!!) comments. The simplest explanation is the correct one - all the PB users get their bike content from instagram now, just like NS and skiing content.

Your opinion is based on how many comments the POD gets? How fucking stupid are you trying to look? PB consistently sponsors the biggest events in MTBing, they've partnered with multiple of the most popular bike parks in the world, they provide high quality daily updates at events with legends in the sport, ex-pros and long-time industry types like Richard Cunningham and as I stated already, they do huge contests with tens of thousands in prizes/money including picture of the year, 30 days of xmas, fantasy leagues, etc.

And as for the dick heads who say, "ITS YOUR FAULT! IF YOU WANT IT TO BE GREAT, YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT GREAT!" Yeah bro, that mentality has worked out so well so far. People need incentive to keep it going, there needs to be investment on the side of NS to produce great content, otherwise you get dime-a-dozen shitty "articles" and edits. I never visit the forums on Pinkbike, they're killing it because they're investing back into the industry while NS is trying to leech off it. Its not their fault completely because they have a shitty parent company.

skiermanYour opinion is based on how many comments the POD gets? How fucking stupid are you trying to look? PB consistently sponsors the biggest events in MTBing, they've partnered with multiple of the most popular bike parks in the world, they provide high quality daily updates at events with legends in the sport, ex-pros and long-time industry types like Richard Cunningham and as I stated already, they do huge contests with tens of thousands in prizes/money including picture of the year, 30 days of xmas, fantasy leagues, etc.
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Comments are the lifeblood of an online community. Yeah PB is still still putting out great content and putting their name on stuff but my guess is it won't be for long because the community has evaporated. There's no traffic cause everyone gets their news on Instagram now. It's a ghost town just like here, and if you disagree you clearly have no idea what is was like in its heyday. I would guess they still survive to put out awesome stuff because they figured out how to monetize the events/event coverage they do and are still making money direct from the industry. But the userbase is long gone.

While it may be true that edits on NS don't get as many upvotes and views that they used to, and the forums aren't popping like they used to be, NS is not dead, nor abandoned. And making threads like this certainly doesn't help anything

conorsuxComments are the lifeblood of an online community. Yeah PB is still still putting out great content and putting their name on stuff but my guess is it won't be for long because the community has evaporated. There's no traffic cause everyone gets their news on Instagram now. It's a ghost town just like here, and if you disagree you clearly have no idea what is was like in its heyday. I would guess they still survive to put out awesome stuff because they figured out how to monetize the events/event coverage they do and are still making money direct from the industry. But the userbase is long gone.

articles from today...

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/eurobike-2018-an-air-pressurized-frame-for-an-adventure-bike.html

102 comments

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/rotor-13-speed-drivetrain-eurobike-2018.html

142 comments

Articles from yesterday...

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/final-results-val-di-sole-dh-world-cup-2018.html

145 comments

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/eurobike-media-days-randoms-2018.html

101 comments

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/inside-the-tape-ben-cathro-val-di-sole-dh-world-cup-2018.html

120 comments

Oh yeah bro, its a ghost town!

skiermanYour opinion is based on how many comments the POD gets? How fucking stupid are you trying to look? PB consistently sponsors the biggest events in MTBing, they've partnered with multiple of the most popular bike parks in the world, they provide high quality daily updates at events with legends in the sport, ex-pros and long-time industry types like Richard Cunningham and as I stated already, they do huge contests with tens of thousands in prizes/money including picture of the year, 30 days of xmas, fantasy leagues, etc.

And as for the dick heads who say, "ITS YOUR FAULT! IF YOU WANT IT TO BE GREAT, YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT GREAT!" Yeah bro, that mentality has worked out so well so far. People need incentive to keep it going, there needs to be investment on the side of NS to produce great content, otherwise you get dime-a-dozen shitty "articles" and edits. I never visit the forums on Pinkbike, they're killing it because they're investing back into the industry while NS is trying to leech off it. Its not their fault completely because they have a shitty parent company.

Yeahhh sure money helps but that's true for pretty much anything.

Are you saying that people should only produce good content for cash? I mean jesus dude you've been around for a minute you should know that's kinda the opposite of how the ski world works. Espicially the NS community.

It's not like Nimbus, level 1, or any other production companies were getting massive sums of money from NS at any point. It's not like NS articles were ever relevant outside of the community. The community has dwindled and the media and funding around it has too.

You're welcome to mock me for saying that if we want to see something change we should do it ourselves but I fail to see how blaming TEN, NS and everyone else is doing shit to help.

Dead or not, NS is still my homepage, I check it daily, and still have my big ass NS sticker on my car

I’m gonna keep using this site until it doesn’t exist

codizzleInstagram rendered Newschoolers obsolete with regard to content: video and photos.

As far as the forums go, I think it's still the place to go if you want to engage in an interesting conversation about twin-tip skiing. You can't really get that on FB or Insta or Twitter.

NS and PB are places that offer a centralized community for their respective sports. Instagram has become the most powerful player in content for any action sport, but it doesnt offer a community, or anything that comes along with it. IG caters to the preferences of your account, but the best thing about these websites is that you can browse it, see an edit of someone you haven't heard of, and be amazed. Its really hard to for IG to replace that since its based on views, popularity, related, etc.

I think there will always be a presence in both communities for the simple fact that everyone likes having a designated community. Everyone in skiing knows what NS is. that is saying something about how engrained it is in our culture. Of course IG will be bigger, but it also has an immensely bigger audience.

codizzlebut don't feel bad for Harvey and Doug - those two got paid years ago. They made $$$$ off the sale of NS.

Paid like how much ballpark?
If its more than my trust fund im gonna shit a brick

lol nothing can incur the wrath of skierman quite like criticizing mountain biking huh fellas

Although he has a valid point. How is it that PB is still doing very well while NS is dying off in two very comparable sports?

Just go look at website traffic rankings. It's pretty obvious NS is doing something very wrong, and whenever it's brought up Instagram and facebook are always to blame which clearly is a weak excuse when comparing it to PB.

Maybe, as he said, the big reason is that PB gives back significantly more to the community. How often do you see NS sponsored content on here that you can't get elsewhere? Very rarely.


Also an aside, for newschoolers.com:

Which search keywords send traffic to this site?






1. egg puns
1.61%


2. shredsauce
1.16%


3. newschoolers
0.91%


4. hennessy
0.75%


5. fish puns
0.60%





Yeaaaaaaa. Maybe it's time to look at how NS is managed as being the problem, not blaming the users.

VinnieFAlthough he has a valid point. How is it that PB is still doing very well while NS is dying off in two very comparable sports?

Just go look at website traffic rankings. It's pretty obvious NS is doing something very wrong, and whenever it's brought up Instagram and facebook are always to blame which clearly is a weak excuse when comparing it to PB.

Maybe, as he said, the big reason is that PB gives back significantly more to the community. How often do you see NS sponsored content on here that you can't get elsewhere? Very rarely.


Also an aside, for newschoolers.com:

Which search keywords send traffic to this site?






1. egg puns
1.61%


2. shredsauce
1.16%


3. newschoolers
0.91%


4. hennessy
0.75%


5. fish puns
0.60%





Yeaaaaaaa. Maybe it's time to look at how NS is managed as being the problem, not blaming the users.

This. It seems rare that we even get content from the contributors anymore. Whoever owns this site does not pay writers to product content. While it would not be the site it is today without its charismatic member base, NS would greatly benefit from hiring true contributors who are passionate about the industry and can product thought provoking articles daily.

VinnieFYeaaaaaaa. Maybe it's time to look at how NS is managed as being the problem, not blaming the users.

I will take all the blame. NS died because of me. The user

Response to OP -

You have to separate out what you're saying. This sentence specifically:

"but i think it must have sucked to see NS flourish when free speech was allowed and then watch it slowly die as the mods kept banning interesting members."

You have to remember that those same free speech type people turned out to be a cancer on the actual skiing parts of Newschoolers. NSG as it got further more out of control led to a number of extremely toxic people ruining conversations everywhere. Death threat PMs, Rape threat comments... all of these things became commonplace and drove away new members.

We strategically made the very difficult decision to clamp down on that, ban those types of members who didn't want to contribute to skiing just cause trouble and accept the huge amount of slowdown this would cause on NSG.

Those "free speech" type members who disagree with this point, I am very sorry but Newschoolers is no longer a place for you. Newschoolers is a place for people who want to talk about Skiing, full stop.

DolanReloadedWasnt NS doing all that (event hosting etc) years ago?

Reminder: Newschoolers has both the Tell-A-Friend Tour, and the Dew tour as events we operate. We sponsor a number of events with swag, coverage and sometimes even money.

I do agree that we could do more, and are planning on ramping up our real-world involvement more every year. We even started a west coast leg of the Tell-A-Friend Tour, and began bringing the event up into Canada.

mason_pachulskiMan it’s summer on a skiing website, what do you expect?

This is probably one of the more important points to realize. NSG used to go crazy with activity in the summer, but again it led to all kinds of toxic behaviour and people who weren't even skiers using the place as a trolling haven.

Ski Gabber as a forum had its activity grow by about 25% this winter, which is an amazing feat in a world where forums are collapsing everywhere. NSG however died off badly, and it was always known in our plans that the summer of 2018 was going to be the worst piece of inactivity ever.

Park.I think there will always be a presence in both communities for the simple fact that everyone likes having a designated community. Everyone in skiing knows what NS is. that is saying something about how engrained it is in our culture. Of course IG will be bigger, but it also has an immensely bigger audience.

There is a huge amount of evolution that has to happen with anyone who was a very popular niche community before social media existed. The tech giants changed the game quite a bit from the True Glory days - because remember in the true glory days of Newschoolers facebook didn't even exist yet.

Personally I think it has been a great challenge to go through this transition and figure out what people want out of a niche community. I'm sure that the guys over at Pinkbike feel exactly the same way. With any business that exists for as long as these two have, you need to adjust your plans to fit into the modern world.

VinnieFAlthough he has a valid point. How is it that PB is still doing very well while NS is dying off in two very comparable sports?

Just go look at website traffic rankings. It's pretty obvious NS is doing something very wrong, and whenever it's brought up Instagram and facebook are always to blame which clearly is a weak excuse when comparing it to PB.

Maybe, as he said, the big reason is that PB gives back significantly more to the community. How often do you see NS sponsored content on here that you can't get elsewhere? Very rarely.


Also an aside, for newschoolers.com:

Which search keywords send traffic to this site?






1. egg puns
1.61%


2. shredsauce
1.16%


3. newschoolers
0.91%


4. hennessy
0.75%


5. fish puns
0.60%





Yeaaaaaaa. Maybe it's time to look at how NS is managed as being the problem, not blaming the users.

Pinkbike has actually always been radically bigger than Newschoolers. If your tools can look back to 2005, you'd see roughly the same pattern.

Also the search keywords to the site change quite a bit mid-winter. Those terms you see there are legacy of the strength of NSG - where people were using it for all kinds of weird threads that were coming out of 4chan. When the winter SEO searches go away, our good ol' NSG searches jump to the top once again.

It is still only overall a small portion of traffic, it just gets bigger in the summer. We have considered blocking NSG from search results to clean that up entirely, but it isn't negatively affecting us so we have left it for the time being.

The one comment I do really agree with is that NS needs to start producing way more content. We actually did spend a massive amount of money doing view-based revshare with a ton of producers for many years. It was a great system, but failed for a number of reasons.

We have a large budget for creating content as well as buying the rights to 3rd party content which is in play for the 2018-2019 season.

TGraham9This. It seems rare that we even get content from the contributors anymore. Whoever owns this site does not pay writers to product content. While it would not be the site it is today without its charismatic member base, NS would greatly benefit from hiring true contributors who are passionate about the industry and can product thought provoking articles daily.

This statement is entirely false. We have a team of writers - both staff and Freelance who are regularly paid for their news contributions. We have true contributors who are passionate about the industry and were writing thought provoking articles at least daily - sometimes 5-6 of them in a day.

Did you miss the entire news program, or are you saying you didn't like the content?


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To everyone else: I highly suggest dialling down your visits to Newschoolers in the summertime. We have made the decision that we want to be a Ski-focused site, and that means things aren't going to be as bumping in North American summertime.

Just stop by when winter gets rolling, and you should be pleased with how much more the Winter and Skiing focused plan is coming together.

I think it's more symptomatic of the overall decline of skiing, snowsports, and specifically park and half pipe skiing. I will be here until the end of myself or newschoolers, whichever comes first.

"We have a large budget for creating content as well as buying the rights to 3rd party content which is in play for the 2018-2019 season. "

Good to hear.

skierman"We have a large budget for creating content as well as buying the rights to 3rd party content which is in play for the 2018-2019 season. "

Good to hear.

Yeah, we have certainly heard the calls for more original content.

Mr.BishopYeah, we have certainly heard the calls for more original content.

Yes! Stoked to hear this!

Yeah Bishop said it best when he pointed out that forums like this were popular pre facebook theres been a demographic shift. The younger generation will likely stumble over here and read a thread or two that pops up when they google something but they are unlikely to be frequent posters and regular contributors to the community.

The people who raged NS 15 years ago are likely in their 40s and don't want to talk about skiing and getting fucked up like they did when they were younger. I didn't start posting until I was able to ski a lot in my mid 20s. Not to mention its over moderated and people get banned for saying anything funny.

Mr.BishopYeah, we have certainly heard the calls for more original content.

Let’s collab on an east coast video event. Joss/wcs vibes. Give me a budget, let me flex on some resorts with ur social reach, and I’ll put together a couple crews to make edits you have all the rights to.

-DanLet’s collab on an east coast video event. Joss/wcs vibes. Give me a budget, let me flex on some resorts with ur social reach, and I’ll put together a couple crews to make edits you have all the rights to.

Not a bad idea, Hit me up. We're working on some similar concepts in other regions too - though nothing concrete has come together yet.

-DanLet’s collab on an east coast video event. Joss/wcs vibes. Give me a budget, let me flex on some resorts with ur social reach, and I’ll put together a couple crews to make edits you have all the rights to.

If this doesn’t happen I’m quitting newschoolers forever

Mr.BishopNot a bad idea, Hit me up. We're working on some similar concepts in other regions too - though nothing concrete has come together yet.

I can tell you know trollhaugen has open arms

Chubz.If this doesn’t happen I’m quitting newschoolers forever

Ok, but what if we have a Killington re-union?

If you didn't come, I'd cry myself to sleep.

Swandog7I can tell you know trollhaugen has open arms

I've heard consistently that Troll is a pretty unreal place. Andy says that on the tour, that place has more energy than almost anywhere else on the planet.

do something with bear, socal needs more skiers and the park is always good.

Mr.BishopOk, but what if we have a Killington re-union?

If you didn't come, I'd cry myself to sleep.

I've heard consistently that Troll is a pretty unreal place. Andy says that on the tour, that place has more energy than almost anywhere else on the planet.

If we had a killington reunion ill cry tears of joy the second I walk into the condo. I haven’t seen you in 3 years Doug!! Its been wayyyyyy too long. We need Sam Kruggz, jwenz and dan in the mix.

Dont get me hyped up, this needs to happen.

Mr.BishopOk, but what if we have a Killington re-union?

If you didn't come, I'd cry myself to sleep.

I've heard consistently that Troll is a pretty unreal place. Andy says that on the tour, that place has more energy than almost anywhere else on the planet.

Is it a bitch and a half trying to get something worked out with resorts out west here with a lot of them being such big players in the resort game? Like honestly, Its boring seeing the occasional World cup freeskiing event at Park City and even more boring seeing mogul and aerial world cups here in Utah every year. Snowbird has some freeride comps every season, or used to have really major ones, but I really want a "for skiers, by skiers" event without any of the watered down corporate bullshit, ya know?

Seems like events like Orage masters really overstayed their welcomes and resorts took notice.

Chubz.If we had a killington reunion ill cry tears of joy the second I walk into the condo. I haven’t seen you in 3 years Doug!! Its been wayyyyyy too long. We need Sam Kruggz, jwenz and dan in the mix.

Dont get me hyped up, this needs to happen.

Hah yeah sorry man, I went and had another kid so I've been locked away in baby mode for 3 years. Happens...

Good news is that once they're two you can get right back to partying, so lets see if we can set something up this season. :)

DeebieSkeebiesIs it a bitch and a half trying to get something worked out with resorts out west here with a lot of them being such big players in the resort game? Like honestly, Its boring seeing the occasional World cup freeskiing event at Park City and even more boring seeing mogul and aerial world cups here in Utah every year. Snowbird has some freeride comps every season, or used to have really major ones, but I really want a "for skiers, by skiers" event without any of the watered down corporate bullshit, ya know?

Seems like events like Orage masters really overstayed their welcomes and resorts took notice.

I mean everything is a bitch and a half. It totally depends on what you're trying to do - but if you act like a semi-responsible business person then resorts are willing to play ball.

As a matter of fact, that is sometimes the good part about having a big company like TEN on your side for us... we get a shit ton of clout when talking to resorts. We also have a massive insurance policy, which takes us like 24 hours to get 10 million in liability... which goes a long way.

Vailresorts is an entirely different animal, but anything is possible with enough money for them. So at least, you know where you stand.

Can you describe to me your perfect event?

A lot of the ‘news articles’ that are featured on NS are absolute trash and lack depth compared to the content put out on pinkbike. That’s why I quit reading them.
I feel like a 5th grader opening up a scholastic news article when I read content on NS.

TGraham9This. It seems rare that we even get content from the contributors anymore. Whoever owns this site does not pay writers to product content. While it would not be the site it is today without its charismatic member base, NS would greatly benefit from hiring true contributors who are passionate about the industry and can product thought provoking articles daily.

I’m looking for work NS...

SkibumsmithA lot of the ‘news articles’ that are featured on NS are absolute trash and lack depth compared to the content put out on pinkbike. That’s why I quit reading them.
I feel like a 5th grader opening up a scholastic news article when I read content on NS.

This. Over the last two years I've read a lot of posts by NS staff members championing the original content/articles being produced. Quite honestly, most of them seem rushed and pretty weak. Many are no more than three paragraphs.

Also, I know you guys post old articles to Facebook as a way to generate more traffic to the site. Doing that, in my opinion, just reinforces the notion that NS is kind of outdated and irrelevant. Until there is more quality, original content I will be forever bummed that the forums died out. I know you guys say you wanted to reign in the forums in order to refocus the site to strictly skiing. Honestly though, I think the park community thrived between 2006-2012 and the forums played a huge role in that. Sure, NSG was a shitshow but it brought people to the site and kept them there. Those same people were probably checking SG, GT, cults, etc. regularly as well. It kept people engaged in the community which is just something I don't see anymore.

To add, I think it's important to keep in mind that the trolls and shithead kids on the forums were just that - kids. Sure, there was skiierman and a few other rogue losers. By and large, the most active posters were high school aged. Of course, when a sizable number of members are 15-16 you will have some issues. The mods alienated this entire age-group in their attempts to clean up the forums. That's why it's frustrating to be continually told that IG is the reason Newschoolers died. Perhaps the content, threads, and posts simply appeal to an older demographic now...

I would guess that the average age of NS' membership has jumped a few years since the site's hay day. Most of the frequent posters now are guys who have been around the site forever. Forum activity has surely declined across the internet. However, I can tell you as a current college student who joined this site when I was quite young, plenty of people my age still post in forums. As someone said above, we shouldn't always blame intangibles when the reason NS died out is readily apparent. People my age just aren't interested in what NS has to offer anymore, aside from the skiing clips they post.

**This post was edited on Jul 10th 2018 at 9:13:16am

Mr.BishopGood news is that once they're two you can get right back to partying, so lets see if we can set something up this season. :)

Probably oughta come ski out west then....

I would like to note that I think that mountain biking is simply a bigger sport than Newschool skiing, which caters to a smaller niche. Pinkbike attracts a lot of older and younger people while NS is aimed more at the young guys. I know that there are some people who are older on NS because they grew up with it. I think NS would enjoy more success if it was able to expand outside of park rat scene it dug itself into. I know that there is content that is not just park skiing but to a lot of people when they think of NS just think of a bunch of parkrats. It will be very difficult to shed that image and become known as a more well rounded ski site though. This is just one part of the issue I see. Getting consistent usership is a multifaceted issue.

Shewlur...However, I can tell you as a current college student who joined this site when I was quite young, plenty of people my age still post in forums. As someone said above, we shouldn't always blame intangibles when the reason NS died out is readily apparent. People my age just aren't interested in what NS has to offer anymore, aside from the skiing clips they post.

**This post was edited on Jul 10th 2018 at 9:13:16am

You are correct in your demographic assumptions, and that people still do post in forums... but what you and everyone else in this debate misses is the fact that the forums which are still active today for the most part are ruthlessly moderated.

Ski Gabber saw the most activity this winter it has seen in 2-3 years, and the app side of the forums usage is growing every single day. We now have over 17,000 installs, with more than 5,000 of those people opening the app multiple times per month, 1,500 opening it multiple times per week and about 1,000 opening it multiple times per day.

Moderation is actually the way to get activity towards your core activity. It is counter intuitive, because it alienates a large section of the current audience... which is what we did do.

The crazy part is that the NSG shitheads weren't teenagers. In almost every single case we researched, it was angry people in their mid-late 20s posting on aliases pretending to be teenagers. The actual teenagers don't tolerate that shit, because they are used to a social media world where they can just block people and ignore things.

I'm quite confident in the amount of research we did regarding this whole turnaround, and sure if in a few years time I'm unemployed because I was the cause of ruin for Newschoolers - I will gladly publicly apologize.

However, in the meantime I'm extremely confident that the current strategy is the correct course.

Do realize though, Newschoolers will be extremely dead in the summer. That is a choice we made.

The amount of content this thread has gotten in the last 48 hrs makes me giggle

NS definitely has shrunk in the past few years but I feel certain parts of the site still see good activity. Non-ski gabber is shit these days, so boring...wish media and arts was still Poppin. But I really enjoy still going on ski gabber. I think NS has a shitty reputation amoung alot of non-park freeskiers which is alienating. I know a tun of kids arouns Montana who will post their edits or photos on NS but never actively use the site and participate in the community side of things. I believe there is a disconnect of everyone wanting their content to be seen on NS, but not viewing others.

Do miss the days when you could roll up to the park in NE and see a bunch of NS stickers. Or have good funny threads in the regionals.

I think it'd be cool if NS offered a amateur video contest or something that gave incentives for crews to come together and make something happen, whether it's a contest or a video. It'd bring people together and be NS centered.