eheathI've never "ran" this site, I used to shoot videos and help out with large advertising projects, along with other projects like the NS awards. I think you just called skiers I have filmed wealthy, which is beyond false and if anything, NS appeals to the least wealthy segment of skiers (18-35). If you think filming skiing is unproductive idk wtf you're doing on NS.
Regardless, appealing to people with money is how you operate a business, there is nothing entitled about running a business.
Making a thread (that you backtracked on) to complain about a small ski company not releasing some fucking ski in july during a pandemic is entitled.
Okay you're right NS may be the less wealthy demographic of skiing, but almost no one grows up skiing who needs food stamps, sleeps in a tiny bedroom with their 2 brothers and 3 cousins, or fear for their life if they get the flu because they can't afford healthcare. Maybe there are some exceptions, but the large majority of skiers grew up with means to get to the mountain, buy tickets/passes, and gear. Spending that much on a luxury like skiing is a sign of expendable wealth. All the people who then fall in love with it and struggle to find a bed, eat food from the garbage, and sneak onto the mountain so they can ski all the time have brought that on themselves and I respect it. They still aren't the ones who are being murdered by police and oppressed by society. They aren't the ones who activists have in mind when they're trying to make change.
I literally said filming isn't productive
except for entertainment. I understand how that drives sales, reputations, etc and its positive repercussions elsewhere. I love it so much and think that you have done a great job, but it isn't doing anything for those in need. It isn't doing anything outside of our nice little niche we have.
How did I backtrack on this thread? I still stand by what I said: ON3P hasn't released their new skis they said they would on the 6th. Does that make me think anything bad about them? No, they're still my favorite company in skiing and I hope they will still support me as a customer despite making this thread where I gabber about skis on Ski Gabber. My bad for doing that. How is my post any more entitled than any literally other post complaining about anything?