Member of the Month

PartyBullshiit
March, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

"dead-sexy" Dumont gets exposure

profile picture
madrvrskier
Posts: 15 - Karma: 10
Today the Boston Globe has an article about skiing's new dominance on the slopes and the decline of snowboarding's 'coolness'.
The article particulary highlights Dumont, saying "skier Simon Dumont rides his four edges as well as anybody, and his fans know it. Out near the halfpipe were two young ladies ogling Dumont. Partly because he can throw a 1260 degree spin and partly because he is "dead-sexy" and "steezy", which means he has style with ease." Gotta love it. The article was actually very well written and informative to the average reader/skier/snowboarder.

Most interesting quote noted that "snowboarding is now mainstream, which means, virtually by definition, that it's bound to become uncool."

Any thoughts? Should we protect skiing's radness right now from the establishment, or is it inevitable?
Feb 3 2007 1:48PM
0 0
profile picture
DiamondC
Posts: 1529 - Karma: 28
everyones just realizing that it looks better to have two skis on ur feet than a board, thats all
Feb 3 2007 1:50PM
0 0
profile picture
madrvrskier
Posts: 15 - Karma: 10
heres the article: http://www.boston.com/yourlife/articles/2007/02/03/doing_a_360/
Feb 3 2007 1:55PM
0 0
profile picture
-+Siver+-
Posts: 1902 - Karma: 12
hell yeah
Feb 3 2007 2:13PM
0 0
profile picture
mmmmm...Pie
Posts: 673 - Karma: 15
https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/278282/
Someone beat ya to it.

As much as I like hearing skiing is cooler than snowboarding, I'd almost rather not hear it because that means every single little kid out there is gonna try and be a skier. In 5 years, it'll be skiers crowding up terrain parks and disrupting people. Honestly, I want to continue blaming that on snowboarders.
Feb 3 2007 2:18PM
0 0
profile picture
Mattman
Posts: 19108 - Karma: 16
Again, this should be sticked! great article
Feb 3 2007 2:25PM
0 0
profile picture
Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
jea its about time.
Feb 3 2007 2:33PM
0 0
profile picture
alexL
Posts: 512 - Karma: 28
yeah i still like the feeling when im the only skiier in a park full of snowboarders, but thats pretty rare these days
Feb 3 2007 2:58PM
0 0
profile picture
Mr.Bell
Posts: 272 - Karma: 28
thats funny...a 1260 degree spin..they make it sound so funny by like putting steeze in quatations and wwat not...wat noobs haha
Feb 3 2007 3:01PM
0 0
profile picture
hans_aschim
Posts: 1188 - Karma: 11
good thing that journalist used mostly 12 year olds as sources. i think skiing and snowboarding should stop being portrayed as competitors and start being seen as coexistent.
Feb 3 2007 3:16PM
0 0
profile picture
futurespin
Posts: 2178 - Karma: 168
awesome article
Feb 3 2007 3:23PM
0 0
profile picture
dman1260
Posts: 899 - Karma: 13
darn, i thought this thread was going to have sexy pictures of smion dumont.
Feb 3 2007 3:43PM
0 0
profile picture
EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
i think it is retarded how they asked 12 year old kids, little kids usually have the most misguided information and believe whatever they hear. they should have been asking people who can actually be diehards in the sport, because at 12, most likely u rely on ur mom to get u to and from the mountain and arent very independent, they should ask people who are 16 and up cause they are independent enough to get to the mountain by themselves, and are more mature on their vews.
Feb 3 2007 4:02PM
0 0
profile picture
crazyfuck
Posts: 5968 - Karma: -7
they're also the future of the sport, so you might want to pay attention to what they're into.
Feb 3 2007 4:41PM
0 0
profile picture
the_friesz
Posts: 1007 - Karma: 18
Great to hear this from someone other than the guys at the ski shop. I think it was pretty evident watching the x-games that the stoke factor on skiing is heating up. Anyone crying about there being a chance they won't be the only skier in the park look at your lift ticket next time you go to the mountain. It ain't no country club, the more exposure we get the better off we'll be.
Feb 3 2007 5:03PM
0 0
profile picture
grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
good article, and i think there right
Feb 3 2007 5:27PM
0 0
profile picture
whitewater413
Posts: 528 - Karma: 215
skiing can kick snowboardings ass we should just have a huge brawl to settle this

Where and When should it be
Feb 3 2007 5:42PM
0 0
profile picture
Melvs
Posts: 15174 - Karma: 480
skiing isn't cooler then snowboarding, nor is snowboarding cooler.. they're the same fucking thing and we all ride together because we love it, so everyone claiming one or the other is cooler, get a fucking clue.
Feb 3 2007 5:55PM
0 0
profile picture
j2darizzod
Posts: 31 - Karma: 10
haha exposure like this...good?

who knows.
Feb 3 2007 7:44PM
0 0
profile picture
ilikeplants
Posts: 1868 - Karma: 17
Dumont's the man!
Feb 3 2007 8:03PM
0 0
profile picture
theoz
Posts: 2379 - Karma: 128
Snowboarding is maing stream but so is skatting and thats only getting bigger and bigger yes more people are starting to ski but snowboarding still has skiing in publicity, overall riders, and on rails. Snowboarding will never be uncool,
Feb 3 2007 8:07PM
0 0
profile picture
bp.lando
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 1,495
yo. i already posted this


serachbar?
Feb 3 2007 8:07PM
0 0
profile picture
BusyJohnSohn
Posts: 3483 - Karma: 29
props to the author, very well written
Feb 3 2007 8:39PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4)