Seeing all the hate pouring for him and SLVSH has me feeling really disappointed by our community.
Haven't been on NS much in the last years I'd forgotten why I stopped coming on, what a powerful reminder from some of you.
SLVSH is by far the best thing that has happened to our sport ever, they've steered its direction towards creativity, community, and freedom, all through passion-driven hard work to deliver FREE content and opportunities for riders around the globe based on an appreciation of style, consistency and constructive competing. They've pioneered 3 new formats that have inspired riders at every snowpark to see freeskiing as a celebration of different visions and skills to be shared and built on each other.
They're the very reason we don't have to only watch robot ski gymnasts doing the same rotation every direction and being rewarded for spinning an extra 180. Don't get me wrong, it takes immense skill to compete at FIS and X-Games level and I very much appreciate the technicality and consistency required to get podiums, but I came into this sport for flow, creativity, style and freedom. Without SLVSH, we would not have it be represented at pro level, and the sport itself might look very different, with things like style points and knuckle huck probably not existing. SLVSH has kept the spirit of freeskiing alive. Thank you.
To see one of the best examples of this approach to freeskiing being hated on so hard for doing exactly what this approach celebrates is so disappointing and shameful. Noah is such an amazing rider, pushing forward his own vision with something unique and creative. He's been riding for years alongside one of the goats, putting out some of the most beautifully crafted edits. To insult such a well-respected rider on his home turf for setting his classic tricks is baffling to me. If you can't 2p2 while holding safety oozing steeze how dare you diminish his approach to a gimmick. There's a reason he's winning games, these tricks are hard and it takes someone that's honed their vision over years of practice to consistently be able to put them down. Writing this from Scotland, I was rooting for Chris and his super clean pretz. Yet i'm delighted to see Noah take the win by giving us a taste of his unique style, and I'm sure both riders he faced off were stoked to try some new tricks that don't require hucking yourself at the speed of light and focus on adding style.
So here's to Noah, and SLVSH for giving a platform to all riders like him who have always tried to innovate and share their unique take on freeskiing with us. I hope they know how lucky many of us feel to have them part of our sport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ_QXRncG2w
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/958531/Noah-Albaladejo--REAL-SKI-2020---World-of-X-Gameshttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/896181/Most-Villain---Henrik-Harlaut--amp--Noah-Albaladejo
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