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!

Dumont's new 2-year documentary

profile picture
DangerToes
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 33
Who else thinks he's gonna use the entire idea soundtrack?
Aug 10 2008 12:04AM
0 0
profile picture
hael
Posts: 571 - Karma: 15
yeah..."you can only be friends with people from this list of chill people"
Aug 11 2008 2:58AM
0 0
profile picture
MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
Yeah that really set me off too. And the fact that he isn't too creative and just tries to do things that gymnasts do makes me like him less.
Aug 11 2008 3:15AM
0 0
profile picture
Hovan
Posts: 664 - Karma: 30
yeah exactly, but as much as I dislike him for those reasons, I still respect him for his athleticism, and how hard he is pushing for skiing to be implemented in the olympics, by going on ellen and such. I think it would be great for our sport if it was included in the olympics, I know a ton of you dont want exposure for our sport, but once again, just my personal opinion
Aug 11 2008 3:18AM
0 0
profile picture
solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
Click for larger image
Aug 11 2008 5:14AM
0 0
profile picture
Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
Word...those jumps look epic
Aug 11 2008 8:47AM
0 0
profile picture
snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
Why should he like the Midwest? There is no draw for him to want to go there?

Maybe he didn't like the people since they aren't committed to skiing? (Don't use the cliche: we are so committed, we ski in 10 below, on ice, everyday). If skiing really mattered to you then you would move out west to actually ski. You don't need to be rich for this, you can be broke and bum it hard.

I understand you like the "scene" and being the best at your podunk mountain. Being a big in a small pond works for you, but doesn't help your personal progression. Maybe Dumont just wants to be others with the same drive as him, not one who are "stuck" (mentally, not physically) in the midwest.
Aug 11 2008 11:49AM
0 0
profile picture
schmies
Posts: 2032 - Karma: 505
This thread got WAY off topic and I think that was one of the most ignorant things I have read on here in a while. "If skiing really mattered to you then you would move out west to ski." Shut up.

Aug 11 2008 12:14PM
0 0
profile picture
Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107

dumont is a sick skier, nobody can deny that. your stupid if you think hes not a skilled rider.

but as far as trying to make a movie about himself and hes not even that established, I think its kind of a joke. what does he think he is? he certainly is no travis rice, not yet anyway.

and he just trying to be a business man too which I can respect. but he shouldn't be so quick to jump on "opportunites" or whatever you want to call them. he is going to blow out before he even blows up. its like tony hawk and shaun white, if white wasn't careful and lead the way by hawk, he probably would have fucked up his pro-career, specially business and career wise.

Aug 11 2008 12:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Mahre
Posts: 2507 - Karma: 490
hahaha schmies. by his statement, you truly love skiing.
Aug 11 2008 1:15PM
0 0
profile picture
jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
not everyone can just pick up and bounce out west. you ig'nant fool.
Aug 11 2008 2:07PM
0 0
profile picture
iluvBread
Posts: 1519 - Karma: 38
simon needs to grow a little
Aug 11 2008 2:40PM
0 0
profile picture
snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
That may be an abrasive comment, but I don't see how it isn't true. If skiing is your top priority, why would you stay in Ohio, surrounded by fat, white, subpar intelligence, midwest folk? You would do everything your power to go out west, live on your own and ski everyday, while working some bullshit job for $8 an hour.
Aug 11 2008 3:31PM
0 0
profile picture
jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
maybe some people have commitments where they live, they have to be with family, they have school, etc. you can't assume that people don't move west just because they are too lazy.
Aug 11 2008 3:39PM
0 0
profile picture
gkenworthy
Posts: 779 - Karma: 12,873
I like that edit. I hate the front flip to front full or front to misty7 or whatever it is, but as a whole that edits dope. I didn't know Dumon was making a documentary, but I bet it'll be..... inspirational?
Aug 11 2008 3:58PM
0 0
profile picture
eheath
Posts: 61100 - Karma: 118,256
Everywhere is a piece of shit except where you are from isn't it?
Aug 11 2008 4:05PM
0 0
profile picture
snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
Finally someone who understand. It isn't an elitist point of view when it's correct.
Aug 11 2008 4:07PM
0 0
profile picture
snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
You can go to school other places. It's not like an education in Minnesota is good anyway. Get your GED or move out west, declare residency and go to an instate school.
Aug 11 2008 4:09PM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Your fucking retarded kid, do you actually read what you write. I live in Ohio, and I can assure you that A: I am not Fat, B: I am smarter than you, C: is being White a bad thing now? Jesus you are the single most ignorant kid I know, not only are you ignorant, but you also are fucking retarded. Not only are you stereotypical douche bag like most uneducated people in the world, but you are also an idiot to think that people can just pick up there entire lives to move hundreds of miles away just for the luxury of skiing.

I love skiing, more than most people, but that doesn't mean next year when I am off to college that I am going to spend an additional 80 grand just so i can go to college out of state for the sole purpose of skiing. Not only is that selfish thought; because it would force my parents to work even harder to pay for something that they don't have the money for, but it is also illogical. Why would anyone spend so much more money that they don't have, go hundreds of miles away from family and friends, just to go ski, while they could get a equal if not better education 30 to 40 minutes away from where they right now live. Of course if you are very talented, and if you believe you have the chance to make it big in the industry, than that is a totally different situation.  Now if I had the choice to go to school out west, and didn't have financial problems doing it, I would do it a heartbeat, and those are the people from East/Midwest who do so. Also ski bumming is not a logical solution, and I don't feel like ranting on anymore so well keep it at that.


Conclusion: You are an idiot, don't talk about shit that you don't know.    
Aug 11 2008 4:32PM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
agreed
Aug 11 2008 4:54PM
0 0
profile picture
jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
well done sir.
Aug 11 2008 5:06PM
0 0
profile picture
snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
You're going to college in Ohio and you say you're smarter than me. That's funny. You are just out of high school and you say that you're smarter than me? If your parents can't pay for college. Move out west for a year, work at a resort, declare residency. Keep working, go take online community college for $240 a semester. Transfer to an instate school, with instate tuition. It should be the same price as your previous state's instate tuition. Though if you are so fucking brilliant no school in CO or UT will do. Take loans out for that or get emancipated and get financial aid. It isn't that hard. I understand you don't want to leave your friends and family, but if they're from the midwest they probably aren't that sweet anyway.
Aug 11 2008 5:31PM
0 0
profile picture
BASS_PRO_SHOP
Posts: 1519 - Karma: 52
why hate on him? i mean ive only met him twice and both times he was a normal, chill dude. not a dick or anything.
Aug 11 2008 5:33PM
0 0
profile picture
icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Thank you for reassuring me of my statement saying that I was smarter than you. I'm not even going to try and argue with you, your an embarrassment.
Aug 11 2008 5:36PM
0 0
profile picture
snowbladesforlife
Posts: 2033 - Karma: -3
I don't want some long lecture, so I just skimmed most of that.

No one is arguing that Dumont isn't a douche, that's an excepted fact. But if I were training for comps or wanting to make a solid video part I wouldn't want to take time out of my schedule to ski some icy hill in bumfuck nowhere. He owes it to his sponsor to go there and be nice. Maybe he was hung over, I wouldn't want to deal with 150 kids when I'm hung over.
Aug 11 2008 5:36PM
0 0
profile picture
jimmer
Posts: 3586 - Karma: 80
shit son, that was fucking unnecessary.
Aug 11 2008 5:48PM
0 0
profile picture
ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,612
I know that since you're of an elite class of non lazy people who love skiing enough to move out west, you're not going to read a long paragraph..so I will keep it short:

Hundreds of kids showed up to Spirit Mountain in Duluth, Minnesota, to ski at Jib Academy and to see someone as skilled as Simon ski.

he was a cocky dick who didnt coach any kids and complained the WHOLE time

thus, making him an asshole.

in conclusion, I sincerely hope you die a horribly painful death.
Aug 11 2008 6:36PM
0 0
profile picture
ghosfacekilla
Posts: 533 - Karma: 72
are you serious? is he serious?
Aug 11 2008 8:32PM
0 0
profile picture
landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385

dumont is pretty sweet.  the keystone edit is very dope and i don't see how you could hate on it.  its so sick.

Aug 11 2008 8:53PM
0 0
profile picture
jfoley019
Posts: 929 - Karma: 95
Actually he does slay Pow, during Candide comp, it snowed a ton and he went out and slayed pow the whole day. I dont know how to imbed but  here is the pic from Shay Williams.

http://community.freeskier.com/photos/photo.php?photo_id=6755

About his doc, I think it is really cool., most of the time you see movies that doesnt show what pro skiers go through. It just highlights their skills and what not. This will give all of us a in depth look at two years of a skiers life. 

 
Aug 11 2008 9:02PM
0 0
profile picture
DangerToes
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 33
hey, thread creator here, so i just checked to see if anyone commented on my thread since i made it and wow, quite the scene its caused. I just want to say that i made this thread to point out the humor in dumont using idea's music in a couple of his edit, which i mean, makes sense because they have the same style of skiing and everything... anyways, wasnt hating on the edit, i love the jossi and colby parts because they make everything look super easy and fun, i do personally think dumont and snowbladesforlife are douche bags, but that really wasnt the point here, asian allen had a very touching little essay that i enjoyed reading and i just want you all to know that I love my life, i love skiing, and i love you. except the two i mentioned earlier. end.
Aug 11 2008 9:12PM
0 0
profile picture
Aerozol
Posts: 1124 - Karma: 488
Ahh, the hard life of being a pro skiier.

Be seen doing one unfashionable trick in public, and you're all over the place.

It's kind of like the celebrity 'getting out of the cab crotch shot' of the skiing world.
Aug 11 2008 9:12PM
0 0
profile picture
cottonwoodarmada1651
Posts: 1734 - Karma: 40
Soooo....5 hours of the exact same pipe run over and over again? 

No one's arguing that he's not a very skilled skier.  He just seems like a douchebag and everyone that's spent any time around confirms that.  And the fact that he's making a 2 year documentary about his life says a lot about what he thinks of himself.  As other's have said, Simon Dumont is NOT the Travis Rice of skiing.  If anything, he's the Shaun White (in more ways that one coughTargetcough)...though honestly I think higher of Shaun White than that.


Aug 12 2008 3:14AM
0 0
profile picture
Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107
yes he does seem a little cocky for sure. but afterall he his an x-games champ, world record holder, and did overshoot a jump like 200 feet at PC and came back to kill it, so obviously he is dedicated and has the right to be a little cocky. I certainly know if I ever beat t-hall in a pipe comp I would be a little cocky too. but I still don't think he deserves a 2-year movie-hes not that sick. I would rather see another movie about seth, shane, jt, or even collins. simon is just too much of a booter rat with generic style for a movie about himself. seems like he is just trying to seperate himself more from other skiers, but is doing it in the wrong fashion.
Aug 12 2008 2:50PM
0 0
profile picture
DangerToes
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 33
^you should watch steep
Aug 12 2008 4:00PM
0 0
profile picture
Shpadoinkle
Posts: 10437 - Karma: 84
Spot on, ole chap, spot on.
Aug 12 2008 6:31PM
0 0
profile picture
richards
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 11
i'd much rather see a documentary of someone like pep... or anyone other than simon.. theres nothing really interesting about him
Aug 12 2008 7:12PM
0 0
profile picture
AMG.
Posts: 867 - Karma: 21
Am i the only one who thinks it looks like he trys really hard to appear like the "chill skier" but because he trys so hard he will never actually be a chill skier, and therefore appears fake?.. I'll be honest, i dont really like his skiing, not saying it isnt good, i just dont like it. also in any edit or podcast i see where he is talking, i actually cant stand to watch him, he always seems like hes putting on an act for the camera. i would never go out of my way to see the documentary, because if it is a documentary and not an extended film segment, it no-doubt will have him putting on his act in front of a camera....and why do i need to know about simon dumonts life anyways?
Aug 12 2008 7:49PM
0 0
profile picture
albatross.
Posts: 4380 - Karma: 772
doesnt matter what he does, he is and will always look like a skiing gymnast.

when i saw him in strike 3 i thought he might grow out of it haha
Aug 12 2008 9:00PM
0 0
profile picture
ECski
Posts: 976 - Karma: 13
I very rarely completely agree with what you said, however hat was a good argument and i whole-heartedly agree
Aug 13 2008 12:23PM
0 0
profile picture
albatross.
Posts: 4380 - Karma: 772
ahaha that bronze salomon helmet was a keeper, and still suits our little flying huckstar.
Aug 13 2008 4:44PM
0 0
profile picture
Switchin_Dirty
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 107
I agree. but simon still puts together some sick segments that I haved loved watching for years. he needs to go back to his old self and just do some more riding.

I see a future movie about pep, just give him more time. he is still in his prime
Aug 13 2008 6:08PM
0 0
profile picture
Drew.C
Posts: 1757 - Karma: 39
tanner is so much better than simon its not even funny, all simon does is spin left and get big air
Aug 13 2008 10:50PM
0 0
profile picture
EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
he cant grab it, in order for him to do that trick he has to move his arms to change his direction so if he reaches for a grab it will change the trick
Aug 13 2008 11:06PM
0 0
profile picture
iridepc
Posts: 434 - Karma: 577
dumonts best segment of all time was in ready fire aim what a gangster
Aug 13 2008 11:57PM
0 0
profile picture
huckaberry
Posts: 993 - Karma: 14
I read the whole thing and after i was done i forgot i was on newschoolers.

I think your jealous because you seem like the kind of person who would want to get sponsored and move out from the midwest. With the promo's and stuff, why would you make one? Why would you want to get sponsored and stay in the midwest? Stop making promo's if you don't want to leave and just lap your park all day and have fun.
Aug 14 2008 2:52PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4)