i think it might be good for skiing to be in the olympics, if it doesnt change things. but if we have to sacrafice our style and the soul of freesking, and we all end up (like freeskier97 said) stuck behind people because they think its now "the cool" thing to do, screw the olympics. i mean, sure more money into the industry is great and all, but where i ski (in the midwest) the park is already 1/2 full of little kids who ski/board there because they want to look cool and people who wouldnt give a penny to see the sports progress. all they want is to look cool infront of their little friends. and if the olympics will increase the amount of people going into the park just to sit around and be there - to be there - not really supporting the sport at heart, id rather not have freesking involved in the olympics.
and to whoever said snowboarding hasnt changed - the sport itself hasnt, maybe it has progressed some because of all the media and magnitude of the olympics, but how many kids do u see nowadays in the park, just sitting there, doing nothing except getting in peoples way, pissing off people who want to be there to progress themeselves and sometimes, making boarders look bad because of the idiotic attitudes some people take (not that skiing doesnt have those people as well...) anyway, yeah..
yeah im bored, i wish it was winter again