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Tom Wallisch Sellout

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gbrunch
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Guy has sold out right?
Feb 20 2013 1:25PM
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quixotic
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what's he selling?
Feb 20 2013 1:26PM
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CrotchKiller
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he should implement more low inventory warnings so he doesn't run out of product agin.
Feb 20 2013 1:27PM
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joshua
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Pretzels, afterbang.
Feb 20 2013 1:27PM
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a_burger
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will buy
Feb 20 2013 1:27PM
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Stickity
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Feb 20 2013 1:28PM
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TOAST.
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some people are pissed because they won't be getting their orders until the restock, which who knows when that will happen.
Feb 20 2013 1:31PM
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BK
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haha, in teh best ways possible. came from an extraordinary east coast ski spot (Pennsylvania!?) blew everyones minds with his skiing during Superunknown era and now cashes checks to ski with some of the best style in the game. Fuckin American dream. You actin' like you would do something different if you were him!?
Feb 20 2013 1:41PM
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gbrunch
Posts: 115 - Karma: -7
I guess what I'm saying is we only see him in comps and north face commercials. Hopefully he can get that superunknown swagger back with his new urban thing he's doing
Feb 20 2013 1:43PM
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Tacocat
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Well, he gets more money from North Face and Scott than he did from Amplid and Sweet. Of course it sucks and I like Amplid and Sweet more, but he didn't "sellout". I doubt you would stay with smaller companies instead of the big companies that make such as good products as the smaller ones
Feb 20 2013 1:44PM
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Session
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He's being smart as fuck by leveraging his talent in to a viable, and sustainable career.
Feb 20 2013 1:46PM
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.Brink.
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this thread sucks.

he wants to make a living skiing, earn his own money and not eat ramen and live in his parents basement posting dumb threads on NS like you. what is wrong with that?
Feb 20 2013 1:50PM
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gbrunch
Posts: 115 - Karma: -7
I'm not saying he is a sellout for making money and getting big sponsors. I feel like he has been absent within "the community" where as someone like henrik and phil are the heart and soul. He puts out sick edits w/ 4bi9 ccasionally but they are scarce. And wallisch wenddays are on point with bobby's life at this point(shits gay)

I like tom as much as the next skier no homo but doesnt anyone agree?
Feb 20 2013 1:54PM
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theblackrod
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this.

seriously OP?
Feb 20 2013 1:55PM
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riddsicle
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^
Feb 20 2013 1:55PM
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gbrunch
Posts: 115 - Karma: -7
I don't think I'm hating, I just think I'm pointing something obvious out as someone who grew up watching tom and idolizes him like the rest of you twats
Feb 20 2013 1:58PM
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Holte
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yeah, kinda like Candide. That dude is never putting out edits. Focusing his stupid time on "big" projects. And Seth Morrison! And Travis Heed! Makes me sick.
Feb 20 2013 2:07PM
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TOAST.
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sellout is usually carries a negative connotation.

In my opinion no he didn't sell out. Sure he is sponcered by larger companies, but he still sticks to his roots well.
Feb 20 2013 2:07PM
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.Brink.
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I agree henrik and phil portray the sort of "soul" of skiing more in their edits. Wallisch loves skiing just as much as they do but he's just in a position to get more sponsors and make more money out of the deal. who wouldn't want to be in his position? Don't attempt to judge the character or attitude of someone you have never met from the impression you get of them online.
Feb 20 2013 2:16PM
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gbrunch
Posts: 115 - Karma: -7
He has fore sure lost his online presence. I've seen him at pc and he never falls so he can probably make a sick edit in an hour or some shit. It would be sweet to see some silly edits on a more consistent basis. The shit that made us all fall in love with him in the first place.

This all being said he is doing that urban project which will probs redeem him, but in the meantime get eheath's ass to troll you around pc all day
Feb 20 2013 2:19PM
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SkiThe603
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He isn't a sellout, he just got alot of sponsors and gets paid to ski all the time. OP you are just mad jealous that u ain't tom wallisch and making bank
Feb 20 2013 2:30PM
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bardissono
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why would you even say this?
Feb 20 2013 2:35PM
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eheath
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selling out is the new core
Feb 20 2013 2:44PM
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SamMcChesney
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Feb 20 2013 2:45PM
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blindside
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Can a career as a professional athlete really be considered sustainable?
Feb 20 2013 3:58PM
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Mr.Sloth
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There's only so much after bang one man can handle, after all
Feb 20 2013 4:14PM
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Jewschoolers
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if you make enough money and dont blow it then yes it certainly could
Feb 20 2013 4:18PM
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infuser
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he over-rotates the landing in the north face ad... it annoys the shit out of me

Feb 20 2013 6:04PM
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Parks.
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cant wait to purchase whatever he is selling.... he has some bargains!
Feb 20 2013 6:07PM
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SFB
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i heard he was starting a cat dealership and he sells all types of cats, orange cats, grey cats, spotted cats you name it he has it.
Feb 20 2013 6:09PM
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Session
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Why can't it be? Especially if you can parlay it in to something else meaningful within the industry once you are done competing and filming. Look at guys like Mike Douglas, and Seth Morrison.
Feb 20 2013 6:20PM
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skodeo7
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Totes past his prime.
Feb 20 2013 8:34PM
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LukasSchroeder
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+k for anyone who can figure out which site i used as a template for this!!

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Feb 20 2013 9:44PM
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alvy.
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^OP
Feb 20 2013 9:52PM
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alvy.
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Fuck mobile. ^^^OP gobbling up some cum
Feb 20 2013 9:53PM
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DeRizzo
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I'm making my steve stepp purchase right now
Feb 20 2013 9:55PM
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TOAST.
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bad choice, its going to lose all of it value with a year.
Feb 20 2013 10:04PM
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Bateman
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go fuck yourself
Feb 20 2013 10:23PM
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LukasSchroeder
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Lol.
Feb 20 2013 10:27PM
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-emile-
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abstract mall ??? ???X?A ??FA?SD?F? ?WRH
Feb 20 2013 10:28PM
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Stose
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sellout? yeah definitely, but it doesn't take away from the fact that he is arguably the best skier right now
Feb 20 2013 10:38PM
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Powdered_Donuts
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shit lmao


Feb 20 2013 10:54PM
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LukasSchroeder
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Its a longboard website. They love KE$HA if that helps. Which it does if you know them.
Feb 20 2013 10:54PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Don't forget the 'blew up on Newschoolers' part of that whole thing. That kid was famous on here before anything else.
Feb 20 2013 11:11PM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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free country...free expression....whats wrong with you?? go and make some logos
Feb 21 2013 12:25AM
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GayWolf420
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Eh he gets paid a shitload but he's not like princess Shaun white who gets paid a shit load to only show up to a handful of comps a year whereas toms in game 24/7.
Feb 21 2013 7:26AM
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MaryO
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Is this a record low score for a thread?
Feb 21 2013 8:31AM
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nagger
Posts: 1576 - Karma: 882
you can't really sell out in freeskiing because once you stop producing edits or winning comps, you kinda just fade away into history.
Feb 21 2013 8:39AM
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Stickity
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not even close. i think one got to around -200
Feb 21 2013 9:06AM
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MaryO
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Oh haha. I don't really pay attention, more read all the threads ha.
Feb 21 2013 10:32AM
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dweezileast
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Lord Finesse had some interesting words to say when he was accused of selling out. Being underground doesn't pay the bills, so in order to further your own craft you have to sell out to a certain extent. In using corporate money wisely, one can push the development of the underground.
Tom wouldn't have been able to do a fraction of what he's done for the sport without the money brought by corporate sponsorships. Anyone who has met Tom before will tell you that the sponsorship money isn't the reason he's skiing.

For those who don't know- Lord Finesse is a producer and Emcee from New York who formed the DIggin in the Crates Crew (Big L. Fat Joe, etc). He's been on a global stage in Hip Hop since the late 80s and hasn't slowed down at all.

Ask yourself this- A young freeskier picks up a copy of 4bi9's Keep Looking because it has a Tom Wallisch segment in it. While watching it, he sees Brady's segment and realizes that futurespins aren't everything.
Feb 21 2013 10:55AM
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