Denver Post knocks freesking

write an email to the author of the article:

jmeyer@denverpost.com

give him ur thoughts. see what he thinks after everyone here says what is on their mind. maybe he will do another article on the other side

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Misty7 that response of your was perfectly written. Excellent view of things

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As long as your skiing. I think that Tanner should shut the hell up and just ski. Ski racing takes a ton of skill and practice, just like freestyle. I'm not a racer or anything but hey, its skiing. JUST SKI. WHO CARES?

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holy smokes racing grew a whopping 4 percent last year and 11 in the last 3!! theres no way freeskiing could ever match those numbers! oh wait freeskiing is growing at a rate about 20 times that. fuckin asshole

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most high school drop outs arent the smartest

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i think racing and freeskiing both take a ton of commitment to be good. but i have to say, espeacially after watching wski 106, that tanner hall is fucking gay

 
tanner isnt the smartest tack in the box, and that could possibly be the reason why our sport isnt exploding yet is because everytime big media tries and exposes freeskiing he cusses and makes fun of other sports... however rhalves is an idiot too... its the same thing every time? ha, we have new, progressive tricks invented every season, the envelope is pushed every day, jumps and rails are always getting bigger. Racing is the same thing... the same races down basically the same course every time with the same equipment... the only differences is a few hundredths of a second. sounds pretty same to me...

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Mr. Meyer,

When I read your article full of half facts and assumptions, I couldn't resist contacting you. Your hypocricy is so blatently obnoxious, that it made me question your intellegnce. You write an entire newspaper article about how racing is becoming under appreciated, and disrespected by the 'hip' freeskiers of today, then go forth and disrespect newschool skiers everywhere by making ignornt genralizations such as, 'A lot of kids are doing tricks in halfpipes, congratulating themselves on how hip and brave they are-'. You also included Mr. Ralves comments: '-jumping on rails to me is more like Rollerblades. It's not skiing.' and, '-it's the same thing over and over again.' How can people take your want for renewed interest and respect towards gate chasing seriously, when you go right ahead and offend the fast growing (much faster then racing) sport of freeskiing, and its athletes. And still you go and misinform your readers by making up bullshit such as, 'Hall is upset because Bode Miller makes more endorsement money than he does, so he ridicules ski racing.' The one thing that rubbed me the wrong way more then anything else in your article was what was said in your article regarding newschool skiing being '-the same thing over and over again.' Is this a joke? How can someone say that a sport that involves terrain parks (tabletops, hips, quaterpipes, rails, boxes, ect), backcountry riding (lines, cliffs, booters, powder, ect), urban settings (handrails, ledges, drops, gaps, ect), is repetetive. When all of which are home to an extremely wide variety of technical, highly skilled tricks. All of that compared to racing, which dosn't seem to have much variety besides different coloured gates (yes, I know there's more to it than that). I'm sure Tanner understands the skill involved with racing, as he did it for a number of years in his youth, until he realized what thousands of others have: there is more to skiing then the restrictive sport of racing. Yes, racing takes skill. Yes, freeskiing takes skill. So please, I hope you can be man enough to apologize for you ignorant comments. I hope you and your kids have fun watching the races, I know I wouldn't.

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hysterical. i hope that attention stays away so the culture can continue to grow unabated by corporate greed and shit.

 
Dear Mr. Meyer

Your recent controversial article inThe Denver Post is currently being discussed very seriously on an online freeskiing communnity known as newschoolers.com. I am a member of theis online community, an experienced freeskier, and most importantly, an ex-racer. I raced for 9 years and was a member of USSA for 6 years. I competed as a top ten finisher in multiple Junior Olympics and consider myself a legitimate member of the skiing and racing community. I am writing to inform you that your article is not being taken lightly by the freeskiing community for a number of reasons. First of all, you violated a major rule of Journalism by taking a cheap shot at Pro freeskier Tanner Hall by commenting that he is a high school dropout. You know as well as I that such a comment has no relevance to your story and only served as a means of maliciously attacking Tanner Hall. As for respect of the freeskiing community, you showed it none. I respect the fact that you have an opinion about racing vs freeskiing but please, before you comment about two topics again, take time to inform yourself. By interviewing another pro freeskier yourself you may find that you won't have to stereotype freeskiers as Juvenile delinquent, high school dropout, punks, but instead recognize them as legitimate athletes. I am sure that the freeskiing community will greatly appreciate a follow up article explaining your stance on the issue and apologizing for any generalizations you made as well as promising to further educate yourself on the TRUE mentality of todays young members of the progressive freeskiing community.

Thank you,

Patrick Knackendoffel

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all i have to say is, racers don't bash freeskiing, freeskiers bash racing, and usually when people bash a different activity it is because they can not do it. Don't freeskiers realize that more than 80% of pro freeskiers used to be racers, and a while ago in this post somebody said sage cattabriga could probably rip the dh course, he was a racer so he could probably do it. Dh is harder than you might think, when you come off a pitch going 80 mph on a bulletproof course doing 200ft+ jumps on stiff 215 cm skis you get a little more respect for the speed that goes along with this aspect of skiing. and thats what it is an aspect of the sport, everybody has a right to like what they like, no need to go around saying one aspect is better than the rest. And when people claim that racing is loosing popularity, last year at the Hannenkam downhill, nearly 200,000 spectators were on the hill watching and estimated upwards of 8 million were watching it across europe, Loosing popularity huh? either way what it comes down to is freeskiing is helping to move skiing foward, and racing is a solid foundation for skiing to rest on in years to come, respect it

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blame the guy who wrote this

what kind of fool would make an arcticle where the 2 biggest names in each sport talk shit about each other? dumb dumb media

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Well ha, It proves that Tanner Hall needs to investigate and make an informed statement before saying somthing that clearly isn't true. Sorry Hall but, wake up and smell the coffee, and maybe next time you will look into somthing before you open your mouth blatently...

 
I've tried it all from gate bashin to bumps to big mt. to pipes and rails. They all take tons of commitment dedication skills, etc... Top riders in all aspects shoud be respected cuz it ain't eazy to be a top pro. Freeskiing is just the evolution of the sport. Just as all sports go, they all get boring if the limits aren't pushed. It's awsome to see so many aspects of skiing and to see the limits being pushed. But to me freeskiing requires a more diverse variety of skills and is much harder to master all aspects of it. And it's just a lot more fun because of it. I don't know how those racers can just go through the same gates over and over without getting bored. But whatever people decide to commit to more power to ya. To each his own. Let bygons be bygons. Don't be hatin'. Be respecting.

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.... i dont get it. is this NEWSCHOOLERS.com FREESKIINGS online community or fucking RACER.com ?

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i hate how the racer compares us to fruit booters

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Tanner may be a great skier, but he comes off as an ignorant, 'holier-than-thou' jackass. He definitely is no 'God' as phrosty said. He just needs to shut his hole, ski, and quit trying to be a gangsta. It is played. It was cool, for well....no,it was never cool.

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Tanner does himself no favors in that article. He shows exactly why the big companies don't push the freestyle athletes. Twintips do not sell like racfe/carving skis, so the companies need personalities that they can promote without having it bite them in the ass.

 
thats so gay that they let tanner hall symbolize our sport. im mean, hes a good skier, but hes not a role model, and his image is def not representative of new school skiing.

 
'These guys are impressive, they work hard to accomplish these tricks, but it's the same thing over and over again.'

what?? the POINT of freeskiing is that there is WAYYYY more variety than racing. Racers are the ones who are doing the same thing over and over again!!! hypocrite.

but I like Bill Martlon. What he said was chill.

 
'all i have to say is, racers don't bash freeskiing, freeskiers bash racing, and usually when people bash a different activity it is because they can not do it. Don't freeskiers realize that more than 80% of pro freeskiers used to be racers'

wait doesn't that mean that freeskiers CAN do racing if they used to??

 
yeah Tanner doesnt know what he's talking about.

First of all I don't race but going fast and getting some speed on a groomer is fun. Tanner saying the guy cant do anything in a halfpipe should try to race a real downhill course and see how he does. I think he's giving a bad image to the sport.

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just cause hes talkin shit about racing doesn't mean T is giving freeskiing a bad image, hes just supporting it. it's human nature to hate on others. If i see a miniskiier in the park I'll talk shit about him to, maybe to his face depending on the situation, even if he is minding his own buisness. we all do it.

'Sorry to all those racers out there,' Hall said, 'but in 10 years you guys ain't going to be nothing.'

 
why to they have to bring in he dropped out? the make it seem like he cant add, for chists sake he had on month left and was on his way to graduate but didnt because of his killer ski skills.

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sure its human nature to hate on other ppl, but its a bad part of human nature, and the idea of being social is to fight against that human nature and respect others. t-hall is giving freeskiing a bad image because he's showing that freeskiers can't fight against that human nature, can't be respectful, can't be civilised. unfortunately, its true for a lot of us. we need to be better than that. east AR5, you're what people commonly call a 'dickhead' because you succumb to human nature so easily.

but i def agree with what that last guy said.

 
This seems a lot like the old ski v snowboard debate, but thats changed and skiers and snowboarders respect each other now. It should be the same between freesking and race skiing, hey its all skiing. I love going in the park but also don't mind screaming down a nice groomer or two.

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This article should be renamed 'Tanner Hall disgraces the freeskiing commmunity.' I love tanner and his skiing ability, but his comments were out of line. Racing prolly takes just as much discipline as freeskiing.

 
haha, what a fucker

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eastAR5,

Just stop. You are an idiot. It doesn't have to be a 'RACER.COM' site to not talk shit about something you have no idea about. STOP POSTING.

Tanner was out of line, Rhalves reaction was out of line. It's over, hopefully this clown who wrote the article will do a follow-up, and interview a couple freeskiers from different backgrounds. Jon, or Sage would be prime examples as they have had experience in both aspects. Then interview someone who just races, and someone who just freeskis, never raced and never will. Tanner could be ok for this, but he needs to understand that respect is key if he wants his sport to gain popularity, and not be hated.

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Tanner is the perfect spokesperson for the sport... I don't want some tight ass person who is going to go up and suck up to anyone they want... tanner said his opinion and didn't hold back... isn't that waht freeskiing is all about? making your own choices, doing waht you want to? if he wants to get high or get drunk 7 times a week let it be. I don't even say I'm going skiing anymore ebause I don't awnt to be associated with anything but park and having fun. yes I ski everywhere but you know what when I ski i still spin off ever lip and butter down slopes and just have fun, beause it doesn't take much to make some turns down a pitch and then your done...

we ride now, fuck the rest, freeskiers, riders, newschool skiers, not plain old skiers anymore... taht just not us...

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No t-hall is not representing our sport perfectly. our sport is about doing what you want to do. but in this case, t-hall's opinion is flawed. sure, i agree he can get high and drunk 7 nights a week. but he shouldnt diss other sports...the guy can't even put up a sensible argument, all he does is cuss and point fingers. cussing is cool but when you cuss at other people just because they're doing something different??? i mean, its one thing to cuss at someone because they've done something to offend you. but t-hall has no reason to be a dick in this case.

bottom line:

FREESKIING IS ABOUT PUSHING THE LIMITS, NOT ABOUT BEING DICKS.

 
i really hope for that writers sake that that article was on the opinion page of the denver times. if it wasnt, i would say he loses any credibility as an objective journalist by so obviously interjecting his opinion on tanner and freestyle skiing in general.

beyond that id like to say that tanner handled it pretty well, he only slipped up by making that 'wait 10 years' remark. the sad thing is that his career which is based on the indestructibility of youth is much more likely to have burned out before a racer's.

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I hope someone sent him a link to take a peek at the stir his article caused around here.

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there are some differences in the quotes in this article between this post and the other one, one of those reporters is changing words around

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