Petition: Luke VanValin for Olympic Announcer

EARL · 2013-08-09 23:29:18

Our friend Jen Hudak has started a legitimate petition to have LVV be the announcer at the 2014 Olympic Games for Slope and Pipe. We NEED this. We need someone who not only knows the athletes but can call the tricks properly and be a recognizable voice for freeskiing. Please please please sign this petition and have your friends sign it also! LVV is the best person for this job. THANK YOU! Petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/nbc-luke-vanvalin-to-announce-freeskiing-at-the-2014-winter-olympic-games We love you Jen :) [IMG]651046[/IMG]

t_rob

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Lol. Jen Hudak.

Aug 9 2013 11:29PM

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Aug 9 2013 11:48PM

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will_powder

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noooooooo. LVV and Speedman, but as drunk as they were during War of Rails. That shit was hilarious.

Aug 10 2013 1:40AM

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animeallstar

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signed yessir

Aug 10 2013 1:44AM

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if only they could use pros that arent competing....

Aug 10 2013 2:43AM

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I vote for JacquesPierre for stoke factor!

Aug 10 2013 5:21AM

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In Denmark we'll probably have someone who calls every off axis spin a cork like we had at x games...

Aug 10 2013 5:29AM

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Signed.

Aug 10 2013 5:43AM

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joris.blanc

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Signed,

I'm don't know who is going to comment it here is Switzerland, but it may be pretty funny

Aug 10 2013 6:38AM

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Gfunkrussell

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please no-

Aug 10 2013 7:30AM

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+1

Aug 10 2013 8:25AM

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michel fervac larose pi big ben ouellette tabarnak

Aug 10 2013 10:07AM

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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/704206/

Aug 10 2013 10:40AM

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damn

Aug 10 2013 11:12AM

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no dude, Shawn white should do it

Aug 10 2013 11:26AM

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Signed

Aug 10 2013 11:59AM

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montanan

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done .

Aug 10 2013 12:09PM

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Forcillo

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Signed. We don't need another Sal Masekela. We need someone who knows what the fuck they're talking about.

Aug 10 2013 12:22PM

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sighned

Aug 10 2013 2:32PM

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ndye

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Sal is actually a whole lot better than what we may see for the Olympics.

Aug 10 2013 2:51PM

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I wish LVV could announce for the CBC (Canada). I think it would be great if the CBC and NBC could share his announcing for the freeski events. I fear it will be Mike Douglas but if NBC nabs him, then I really really hope LVV is scooped up by CBC. Mike Douglas and Uncle E were terrible announcing for Euro X -- I actually think they have gotten worse. Aside from not getting the tricks right, they seem to think that their job is to 2nd guess the judges....it is almost funny when they get it wrong. "That isn't going to be good enough to improve their score to be on the podium...Oh, and that score will put them in the lead and guarantee a podium spot." They often have inane conversation during a person's run. They tend to just spout off their opinions about the skiers. Mike Douglas also has a very noticeable bias for Salomon skiers and skis and that makes him the wrong choice. LVV does it up right -- he is enthusiastic and generally positive about all the skiers. He has done his homework. He knows the tricks. He talks with all the skiers during training so he can say something interesting, not just his opinion. If you aren't an expert about the freeskiing events, you'll probably learn something from his announcing. No, he isn't my friend (I've never met him) but I think his announcing is solid. I've heard he announces for other events and does really well with them too -- he does his homework and remembers the details.

Aug 10 2013 3:28PM

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This for the olympics

Aug 10 2013 4:04PM

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This for the olympics

Aug 10 2013 4:04PM

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signed

Aug 10 2013 4:08PM

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signed! 91 to go

Aug 10 2013 4:27PM

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he is the worst!

Aug 10 2013 4:30PM

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Prepare for every athlete to be referred to as a cat.

Aug 10 2013 5:13PM

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Absolutely. Signed.

Aug 10 2013 6:02PM

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Signed, on a side note, I can't wait to see Henrik barking about wu tang on international tv.

Aug 10 2013 6:02PM

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signed. can't wait for all these cats to throw down

Aug 10 2013 6:09PM

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signed.

Aug 10 2013 6:18PM

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Signed.

Aug 10 2013 6:28PM

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Signed yo!

Aug 10 2013 7:05PM

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Signed

Aug 10 2013 7:44PM

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SIGNED. i want a switch dub cork 10 japan to be announced like "ohh and tom with the switch dub cork 10 japan" not "well uh mister wallisch just spun 1,080 degrees and became inverted twice while grabbing the back of his left ski with his right hand"... WE NEED LUKE!!!!!!

Aug 10 2013 8:20PM

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signed.

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Signed just because of this comment. So true. We need a true announcer at the Olympics

Aug 10 2013 8:57PM

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Exactly! Thank you so much to everyone who has signed it makes a huge difference! Any chance we could get this thread sticky'ed? I feel that this is such an important thing for the sport especially as this will be the first impression for a majority of the people watching in February. We need to show them that this is our sport and this is how it needs to be announced. Again thanks everyone!

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