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Quote in October Issue of 'Skiing' Making fun of Orage Masters: Thoughts?
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Hey Guys,
Stumbled on this Quote in this past October issue of "Skiing" Magazine:
"Lions and Tigers and Bro's, Oh My!" "We love "Progression" and all forms of new-schoolery. But a closed-to-the-public bro-fest full of so much self-love that it verges on a circle jerk? Thats where we draw the line. Such was the 2006 Orage Masters Competition held last May in Mammoth, California. Advertised as "skiing's anti-comp", it featured 9 pro teams, who dressed in elaborate costumes to help them revel in their own radness -if you think The Wizard of Oz is Rad." This blurb was followed by a photo of Simon Dumont boosting out of the pipe in a Lion costume with the caption: "Simon Dumont: In Search of some Courage."
Now everyone before the all-out massacre of Skiing Magazine that I'm sure is to follow this post ensues, I'm trying to keep a subjective and balanced viwepoint here, do you think this is just Skiing magazine being overly harsh and disrespecful, or are they making a somewhat valid (if poorely stated) point? As easy as it is bto dismiss "skiing" as a stodgy close-minded magazine for rich middle-aged bald guys from the midwest with Condo's in Beaver Creek, they do occasionally produce some great articles and photos, some of which I dare say almost compete with Freeskier. So what are everyone's thoughts on this? Regardless I think we can all agree that Simon Dumont is farrrr from needing to find some Courage. I'd like to see the author of that article sack-up and pull a cork 5 out of the pipe in a LION SUIT nonetheless!! :) :)
Best regards,
Phil.
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ummm...maybe not 17th...but def. not top ten dude, I love PC, but if i was lookin to ride powder, i probly wouldnt head out there, jackson, sundance, mammoth, jay peak, squaw, sun valley, june mtn, the list goes on, but when i compare pc and like mammoth, with the last few years conditions, i would have to agree that PC hasnt been gettin the greatest dumps
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uuuuuuuum that thing about dumont searching for courage is from the wizard of Oz
cause in the movie they are all looking for somthing and the lion is looking for courage (casue all loins have courage) and dumont is dressed as a loin so its just a joke
i just wanted to clear that thingy up
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Again.
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i cant believe that skiing magazine used the word circle jerk...usually their readers get pissed off about any sort of profane or radical notion
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SkierX thanks for agreeing with me on this one.
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That's probably the most retarded thing I've ever heard. How did that actually get to print? They consider themselves a serious publication?
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hahahaha
"circle jerk", such a quaint choice of words for describing such an event
and really, if you think that was written for any other reason except to elicit a reaction, you're kidding yourselves. This isn't some carefully calculated bashing on newschool skiing as a whole, it's merely saying "uh... why were you kids dressing up and being weird when you don't need to be?"
Like it or not, tons of people think we're gay, both involved with the sport and without. Like, I fucking love skiing and all, but you're kidding yourself if you didn't think that one of the biggest names dressing up as a pussy cat would recieve some negative attention....
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I would support that 100% if that was directed towards skiing mag, not us
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