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What's with the "JESUS" stickers on the wells bros helmets?

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wordzofwizdum
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Are they super god children?

Dec 27 2008 12:55AM
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MEGAZORD
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Divine head collision intervention.
Dec 27 2008 12:57AM
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dave44
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jesus crew
Dec 27 2008 12:57AM
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Piste.Off
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maybe they like jesus?
Dec 27 2008 12:58AM
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Happy.
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possibly?
Dec 27 2008 12:59AM
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Silence
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As far as i know, the Wells family are quite religious
Dec 27 2008 1:26AM
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sick.
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Yes the Wells family are religious. If I can recall what a friend told me that is friends with the Wells the stickers come from some Asian food product and the reassemble the letter so they spell out 'Jesus'. Can't remember what it originally spells but its something like Susje.
Dec 27 2008 3:13AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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theyre religious.
Dec 27 2008 3:18AM
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dave44
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i'm pretty sure jesus crew includes ashley battersby and colby and a couple others, if i recall correctly
Dec 27 2008 3:32AM
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Flarestrike
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What's so bad about it?
Dec 27 2008 5:06AM
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UFOsarereal
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it's just sort of lame.

lol, not to be a total hater, and not that my opinion matters at all, but that's about all I can say about it.

Ski/snowboard specific brands are alright, even kind of cool, mainstream shit like redbull and monster is pretty weak, and stuff like Jesus that is totally main MAINstream is pretty whack, if you ask me, just in terms of how you're representing what you mean on skis.


spark notes: Jesus isn't lame, but spreading the word through sick park tricks? Real X-games.
Dec 27 2008 5:11AM
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Flarestrike
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i guess it is a bit..but still, it's good to see that they're not ashamed of it and will rock it even in comps and at the x-games
Dec 27 2008 5:48AM
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Juho@Kilkki
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Wells bros are tough guyS!
Dec 27 2008 7:18AM
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idontactuallyski
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http://expn.go.com/expn/blog/ski?sort=oldest&post=3313531
Dec 27 2008 9:07AM
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miketheskier88
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""He doesn't pay me, but He lets me go to heaven when I'm done.""

*sighs*
Dec 27 2008 10:39AM
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Larz-the-Ninja
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Dont be hating, Jesus is my homeboy too
Dec 27 2008 10:42AM
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Pippin
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With gold medals from the Nippon Open and US Open, Ashley Battersby is taking over women's slopestyle for Team Jesus.

end wide photo Competitive excellence has adorned TEAM JESUS with enough gold and silver to push a camel through the eye of a needle. Male TEAM member Jossi Wells is on a hot streak, backing up his X Games silver with silver at the US Open big air and the victories aforementioned. Ashley's run this season has proved no less exothermic, winning slopestyle gold in Nippon and earlier this year at the US Open.

I admit that the term "TEAM JESUS" is my own invention. But in an individual sport like skiing, JESUS sticker wearers (which I have been noticing on the hill quite frequently this winter) are much more a team than other brands' "teams." For example, Hall and Dumont are teammates strictly by virtue of their allegiance to the Oakley trademark. TEAM JESUS isn't just a sponsorship. To the insinuation that it is, Jossi's younger brother (and fellow Jesus sticker affixee) replied, "He doesn't pay me, but He lets me go to heaven when I'm done." Thus, the sticker is an emblem of membership to a global team, skiers and non-skiers alike, bound together in this life and in the great hereafter by holy christian brotherhood.

Dec 27 2008 10:47AM
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pikupfulofsnow
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i like santa claus, the easter bunny, and leprichans too. i know none of these characters built the earth in 7 days, but they have some pretty cool traditions.
Dec 27 2008 11:47AM
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Rogge
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I like it. Good for them.


If you'd like to debate the validity of Jesus, please do so in the Non-Ski Gabber.

Thank You.
Dec 27 2008 11:53AM
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Powdered_Donuts
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hehe +1
Dec 27 2008 11:54AM
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Caveman.
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Dec 27 2008 11:59AM
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casual
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 I don't know why love for Jesus is something that needs to be advertised.  Shouldn't someone's relationship with God be personal?  It sort of comes across in a pretentious "Hey, I'm a role model!  Kids need to know that Jesus is cool!" kind of way.  Creepy.

 By all means, practice/belief whatever you'd like to.  However, if you've somehow convinced yourself that you're doing God's work through stickers, bumper stickers, etc., you're a clown shoe.

 It just seems completely inappropriate.  Not in the "stifle religious freedom, we're a pagan nation!" way, but wouldn't it seem odd or out of place to wear a "Free Palestine" sticker on your helmet...during an EXXtreme skiing event?  Maybe they're both good causes, or maybe they're silly, either way I'm not really a fan of advertising highly personal things in such a brazen way.
Dec 27 2008 12:01PM
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casual
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preach.
Dec 27 2008 12:29PM
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ja.
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thats the point man. what a great way to spread the news about Him to tons of people, many of whom dont know anything about Christianity or dislike Him.
Dec 27 2008 12:40PM
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Sheldon
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Right, because fairy tales and prophets are the number one thing I want to hear about at the ski hill.
Dec 27 2008 12:45PM
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UFOsarereal
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well put.
Dec 27 2008 12:51PM
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flatspinner
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Perhaps they want people to know that they are christians. I mean, people will gladly represent sponsors by stickering everything, wearing everything ever produced...etc. Not saying that Jesus is a sponsor, they just might like to represent. Or maybe they like to incite conversation...
Dec 27 2008 12:51PM
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Dukeybrains
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But bumpin all sorts of rasta shit is cool cuz that religion is hip right?
Dec 27 2008 12:57PM
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Dustin.
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Jossi wearing a Jesus sticker because he likes Jesus is no different than you wearing an NS sticker because you like NS.  I don't think it's necessary to voice your opinion on someone's religion just because he skis.  He is awesome, and so are his little brothers.
Dec 27 2008 1:09PM
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skieast720
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HAHAHA that one quote at the end was some funny shit about letting them into heaven, its funny because I bet neither of them has ever read the bible, god is a fucking asshole, and dont tell me otherwise just read the old testament
Dec 27 2008 1:19PM
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spqr
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...exactly what I was going to say.
Dec 27 2008 1:20PM
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Elg
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I would say that it slightly different. The people wearing rasta colors are wearing it mainly because the colors look cool, not because they belong to that religion. It's not like the wells brothers are putting Jesus stickers on their helmets because the stickers are cool.
Dec 27 2008 1:31PM
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Dustin.
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It's not different.  Your perception of it is different, but I don't know why.
Dec 27 2008 1:45PM
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colin13
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but when it comes down to it we know jack shit about why they are wearing that sticker and people can put whatever they want on their helmet and i wont care as long as it isnt blatantly offensive
Dec 27 2008 1:46PM
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Girays_Brother
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wait i must be missing something, who is this jesus guy?
Dec 27 2008 1:56PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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I wear rasta shit to distinguish myself as a pot smoker so if someone sees me in the woods they'll say "Hey that kid has a ratsa hat on.  Wanna puff?"  For me their is no religious affiliation.
Dec 27 2008 1:57PM
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PeteyG
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Or maybe its just there to remind him that, in the midst of his success, that Jesus is still the center of things? just my thoughts
Dec 27 2008 2:07PM
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notomatoplz
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whether you believe in god or not, we all know that jesus was not a fictional creature...
Dec 27 2008 2:08PM
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UFOsarereal
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hahahahahaha

maximum truth.
Dec 27 2008 2:13PM
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Happy.
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There is ZERO proof jesus actually existed.
Dec 27 2008 2:23PM
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Dukeybrains
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It's not different at all.

Both are blatantly religious whether you choose to wear either because you are religious, a pot head or a poser.
Dec 27 2008 2:24PM
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notomatoplz
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well there isnt any evidence that i know of but i think most people would agree that he existed whether they are religious or not and even if they dont believe that he did everything that the bible says he did
Dec 27 2008 2:50PM
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Dukeybrains
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What about the countless number of written eye witness accounts....

Dec 27 2008 2:54PM
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miketheskier88
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I think the issue people are finding here is that they are coming across as being preaching. And when wells' bro says something like "He will let us in heaven for this" it just comes across as ignorant and ill-educated.

By all means they should sport it. Everyone should be free to sport what religion they believe in, but there's a thin line between being open in what you believe in and preaching.
Dec 27 2008 2:56PM
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Casey
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I agree. I would never presume that my relgion is so righteous that I should try to convince others of what I believe. Thats my only problem with stuff like their Jesus stickers. I have no problem with Jesus, I have problems with people that glorify whatever it is that they happen to be doing as being God's work. In short, its more the attitude of the followers than the religion that bothers me.
Dec 27 2008 3:14PM
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Silence
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Dec 27 2008 4:05PM
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Sheldon
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I saw him too, so add my name to that list.
Dec 27 2008 5:10PM
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Vinci
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Heard some people in Austin saw some UFOs the other day...
Proof that UFOs exist.

I BELIEVE (with Tanner obviously)
Dec 27 2008 5:27PM
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summersover
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yeah i think youve come close on this one, like the NS sticker its saying "this is what i like/believe in so anyone else who is like me feel free to come up and talk to me about it" im reasonably religious myself and i wear my cross whenever i ski and though no one sees it if you see me wearing it off the hill it shows what i support. its like those "vote obama or mccain" stickers you put on your car to show your support, some people will get pissed of that you dont vote/believe in what they do and others will say "hey this guy is like me" but when it comes down to it if you dont like it then dont talk about it and dont preach your beliefs because they dont want to hear it (if you dont have something nice to say...you know how it goes) i respect jossi and his brothers because theyre not afraid to show what they believe in and its cool how "team jesus" isnt really a sponsor but a way to unite people who believe in Him all over the world together as a team...that was slightly longer than i hoped but you get the idea
Dec 27 2008 5:30PM
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Dec 27 2008 5:51PM
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