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IanAvery-Leafcouldn't give less of a shit about riff raff but its a tragedy Oakley stopped making the eyeshades after the brief 30 year anniversary and followed up with those weird/busy looking windjackets. The paint splatter color of those jawbreakers would be dope on a nice clean pair of eyeshades
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StaticJody movin' on up after PitViper turned their back on him.
BASEDJAHplot twist: pit viper picks up ski boss
GryllzOn one hand he has 1.4 million followers...On the other he sounds mentally handicapped
Park_RangerAnd Spy gave Gus a pro model - of course it's pink and has sparkles on it - when the dude hardly ever skis and does literally nothing to promote our sport to his platform. Meanwhile Tanner, a straight beast that is the epitome of freeskiing and lives and dies with this shit, gets cut. What a time!!
Park_RangerAnd Spy gave Gus a pro model - of course it's pink and has sparkles on it - when the dude hardly ever skis and does literally nothing to promote our sport to his platform. Meanwhile Tanner, a straight beast that is the epitome of freeskiing and lives and dies with this shit, gets cut. What a time!!
eheathI saw you wrote Spy and almost lost my shit, but I'm assuming you meant smith, which is what the photo shows as well.
Park_RangerAnd Spy gave Gus a pro model - of course it's pink and has sparkles on it - when the dude hardly ever skis and does literally nothing to promote our sport to his platform. Meanwhile Tanner, a straight beast that is the epitome of freeskiing and lives and dies with this shit, gets cut. What a time!!
JohnnyDopeBeing gay sure pays off nowadays
JohnnyDopeBeing gay sure pays off nowadays
GANDALFExcept Pit Viper doesnt make outerwear. I'd love to see Tanner on Smith/Dakine
Film.Don't think T-Hall is worried about outerwear considering Armada makes amazing outerwear. The quality on my Armada jacket is so much higher than the Oakley jacket I owned.
skiermanSo does being able to do a 720 switch up at the age of 16.
Park_RangerAnd Spy gave Gus a pro model - of course it's pink and has sparkles on it - when the dude hardly ever skis and does literally nothing to promote our sport to his platform.
SofaKingSickhuh? idk about gus's filming situation but he skied contests like a mad man last year, slope AND pipe at the highest level (does anyone else even do both anymore?). he was super beat up by the time he was skiing Olympic slope
think whatever you want about gus off the slopes but he is one of the best park skiers alive and clearly works super hard for it. don't be mad at him because Smith treats him differently than Oakley treated tanner, that's totally unfair
NPFI said it in the news post, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if ARMADA made a goggle
Park_RangerI get what you're saying. And I don't mean to take away from Gus' talents as a skier by any means - I have long said on here that when it comes to riding a terrian park, there is probably no one better and more technically sound than Gus
skiermanNo one cares what you think, you fucking homophobe.
Park_RangerI get what you're saying. And I don't mean to take away from Gus' talents as a skier by any means - I have long said on here that when it comes to riding a terrian park, there is probably no one better and more technically sound than Gus (although I'm not sure that's still the case - what up A Hall).
With that said - its more than obvious why Smith just gave him a pro model. If it was about skiing, they would have done that years ago when he was a top name in our sport with film segments, edits, tons of competitions, just an all around mainstream household name in skiing. It says everything that they choose to give him a pro model now, when he hardly skis, hasn't released ski content in years, rarely posts about skiing on his social media, and honestly isn't as competive anymore (didn't ride pipe at X-Games, didn't ride big air at X -Games, 6/8 in slope at X-Games, 12th place in Olympics). Gus strictly skis comps for his sponsors. It doesn't seem like he even just goes skiing for fun, to busy acting like a celebrity or something. My guess is Smith, gave him that because he has a million IG followers and a platform. I'm sure his contract says he has to tag them in a post or two a year... he just did and it got 85,000 likes, which is over 50% of Smith's total followers. Is anyone that is actually serious about skiing going to rock those pink donut goggles or whatever? Maybe a few middle school aged gaper girls, but overall Smith isn't looking to appeal to the more dedicated skier with this. If they were, they'd probably be trying to work with a guy like Tanner.
Brings me back to why it's disappointing to see someone like Tanner lose his pro model and sponsor. He still not only films but puts out industry leading segments/movies that are instant classics. Dude is about to start competing in Big Mountain, and is still super relevant with the park scene and younger generation cursing it at Kimbo Sessions and shit. He is fully committed to the sport, the lifestyle, the community, etc. I mean what more do I need to say about the guy, you all already know. Just kind of a shame to see Gus get rewarded with a pro model at this point in his career when skiing is only comps to appease sponsors to him, and a guy like Tanner.
Idk, just my take.
Park_RangerI get what you're saying. And I don't mean to take away from Gus' talents as a skier by any means - I have long said on here that when it comes to riding a terrian park, there is probably no one better and more technically sound than Gus (although I'm not sure that's still the case - what up A Hall).
With that said - its more than obvious why Smith just gave him a pro model. If it was about skiing, they would have done that years ago when he was a top name in our sport with film segments, edits, tons of competitions, just an all around mainstream household name in skiing. It says everything that they choose to give him a pro model now, when he hardly skis, hasn't released ski content in years, rarely posts about skiing on his social media, and honestly isn't as competive anymore (didn't ride pipe at X-Games, didn't ride big air at X -Games, 6/8 in slope at X-Games, 12th place in Olympics). Gus strictly skis comps for his sponsors. It doesn't seem like he even just goes skiing for fun, to busy acting like a celebrity or something. My guess is Smith, gave him that because he has a million IG followers and a platform. I'm sure his contract says he has to tag them in a post or two a year... he just did and it got 85,000 likes, which is over 50% of Smith's total followers. Is anyone that is actually serious about skiing going to rock those pink donut goggles or whatever? Maybe a few middle school aged gaper girls, but overall Smith isn't looking to appeal to the more dedicated skier with this. If they were, they'd probably be trying to work with a guy like Tanner.
Brings me back to why it's disappointing to see someone like Tanner lose his pro model and sponsor. He still not only films but puts out industry leading segments/movies that are instant classics. Dude is about to start competing in Big Mountain, and is still super relevant with the park scene and younger generation cursing it at Kimbo Sessions and shit. He is fully committed to the sport, the lifestyle, the community, etc. I mean what more do I need to say about the guy, you all already know. Just kind of a shame to see Gus get rewarded with a pro model at this point in his career when skiing is only comps to appease sponsors to him, and a guy like Tanner.
Idk, just my take.
TheSmokinLcreating a #cancelOakley culture out of all of us.
SEABURNShove your cancel-culture up your ass - Oakley isn't going anywhere, they made a business decision. Tanner will be fine, he's a fixture in the ski world.
skeirmanRiff Raff doesn't get enough love son.
