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Skiing needs more recognition

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liquidsword
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i hate to say it but Mack dawg's new trailer for picture this is awesome. high definition cameras and the whole nine yards snowboarding is going off and i wish skiing was as well known!! there is so much more money in it than skiing. snowboarding is sick don't want to bag on it but can you tell me why White is on Sports illustrated and Simon Dumont isn't?
Jun 20 2007 2:37AM
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eheath
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Snowboarding is popular, period. (to answer the SI question)
Jun 20 2007 2:42AM
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Troop801
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See Title. No it doesn't.
Jun 20 2007 2:46AM
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Worst.NS.Member
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Skiing needs LESS attention.
When sports get 'popular' that means more people buy the gear, which means companies start pumping out stuff. I'd rather have a few core brands who build good stuff than giant monolith corps and a huge influx of 12 year old gaper morons. Let em knuckle drag all they want.
Jun 20 2007 2:49AM
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cofreeskier
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No, I'd really rather have freeskiing have less recognition. I wouldnt really want all these fucktards at my school talking to me about freeskiing, I like it as a smaller, more unknown sport, it makes it more fun I think. I mean, if freeskiing blew up, I still wouldn't stop, skiing is my fucking life...but it certainly does not need more recognition...
Jun 20 2007 2:59AM
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liquidsword
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good point. i guess i meant i want to have as high quality films like the snowboard movies alterna and mack dawg productions not to say msp, poor boyz, tgr, rage, etc aren't. but those board companies have a lot more money to pump into the film making and production of it
Jun 20 2007 3:04AM
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cofreeskier
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Yeah, that would be cooler if more money was put into more "core" companies, I dont think skiing would expand anymore, and all of us would be happy...
Jun 20 2007 3:07AM
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steezyjibber
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definete word.
Jun 20 2007 9:23AM
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VT_scratch
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yea, i hate this! my homeroom teacher was asking what i was doing on the weekend. im like im goin in a ski comp. shes like, lke around the gates? im like no i dont race - i do more like, freestyle. like in the half pipe and terrain parks. "so your snowboarding?" i didnt know skiers did tricks.... it went something like that. but i did end up getting 3rd in the AM division
Jun 20 2007 9:58AM
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poofartpee
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mhmm
Jun 20 2007 3:28PM
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artfullydodged
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plus shawn white prbly can't do shit without a camera on him, and not many people want a life like that
Jun 20 2007 3:32PM
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mcnutty
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i wish skiing was as popular as football
Jun 20 2007 3:56PM
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KG_
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ya its gunna get sold out eventually, some skateboarding companies are liek that, but there are a few that are still great core brands
Jun 20 2007 3:59PM
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zzyzx
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that wold suck then the mtns would be so much more crowded
Jun 20 2007 4:18PM
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ColbyV
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but there'd be more mounains and terrain parks and probably tons of indoor mountains so you can ski during the summer - not that i would really want that though
Jun 20 2007 6:09PM
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FNJ
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yeah for sure. i like it like that. i really hope it doesnt get any more popular than it is.
Jun 20 2007 6:13PM
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TheButterHashira
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wed have more or bigger mountains. when ever theres a ton of people playing tennis they just make more courts same idea
Jun 20 2007 6:17PM
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SHastatahoe
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Skiing is cool cause its so unknown. I don't think we should have olympic half pipe, or whatever. It's cool to have such a small community of people that enjoy it, and its not all mainstream, ya know?
Jun 20 2007 6:43PM
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michael_bc
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There is more money in skiing than in snowboarding, just all the money goes to racing thanks to FIS.

But I think this is irrelevant. MDP are just unearthly good... they just happen to film snowboarding, nothing to do with money or recognition they are just geniusses at what they do.
Jun 20 2007 6:56PM
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invader7
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i agree
Jun 20 2007 9:29PM
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.jon
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i used to think that skiing deserves more recognition, and i still think it DESERVES more recognition but i dont want skiing to become more popular and turn into a highly competitive sport where kids can be on travel teams and wear uniforms or any of that crap, skiing is a sport thats for fun even though it can be competitive, its a sport where you can chose between competition and fun, i personally choose fun
Jun 21 2007 2:04AM
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mcnutty
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no, they've just been making movies longer than anyone who makes skiing videos, except warren miller. more years of experience=higher quality.
Jun 21 2007 10:38AM
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quixotic
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i thought it was a snowboard park?????question???mark?

wait you can jump your skis and slide those metals things!!?1!11!!one!!?!!

Jun 21 2007 1:49PM
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I hope skiing doesnt get as much recognition as snowboarding. If it did, we would have every single 7th grade girl in the country snowplowing down the hill on a pair of Missdimeanors because its the new "cool thing"; just like what is happening in snowboarding today

part of the reasons why I like skiing is because it isn't typicly a sport a teenage kid would do when compared to skateboard, surf, or smoke bud. It gives me a subtle sense of individuality, but at the same time, a feeling of belonging to a small community of some sorts.
Jun 21 2007 3:50PM
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WIllW
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there are travel teams at ski academys
Jun 21 2007 4:00PM
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ScrappyJoeYoung
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yeah theyre trailer for mack dawg looks like 20 times better then any ski trailer ive seen
Jun 24 2007 12:47AM
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sicmainefilms
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This is why the Mackdawg trailer looks better than any other trailer so far..

www.red.com

Oakley Red One camera - brought to you with Terminator styling.
Jun 24 2007 2:37PM
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they didnt shoot with that camera dude. If they did it would've looked soooooooooo much better.

They shot with the Panasonic HVX.

the Red camera is for cinema type shit. Peter Jackson is making his next movie with that camera. Theres no way a snow filmer could haul that thing into the backcountry.
Jun 24 2007 4:43PM
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Sharko
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Oh shit dude, that would be awful if huge companies like Salomon and K2 started making twin tips! I hope that doesn't ever happen!
Jun 24 2007 4:47PM
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Shorton
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i definatly agree, the reason i love skiing is because its deifferent and not as mainstream as snowboarding
Jun 24 2007 5:05PM
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