Okay, well maybe you should have titled your post Kristi sucks. Any time that I have skied with her or competed with her she always had some sort of lame excuse for why no-namers were showing her up. But, not all girls are like that.
And secondly, no shit that her career is based primarily around her looks, but that's not her fault. It is the fault of all of the males in the sport. If you take a look at the top women in freeskiing right now, you will most likely realize that very few of them are unattractive. Sarah Burke, Michelle Parker, Grete Eliasen, Lisa Solberg, Jess Cumming, Marie Martinod, Virginie Faivre...they are all hot skier chicks and they are the best at the sport right now. Why? You may ask...because the guys in this sport are more welcoming and encouraging of the hot girls so they stick around longer and end up better than some of the less attractive skiers who are intimidated by the comments of fellow guy skiers. So, maybe you should keep that in mind before criticizing Kristi for what she cannot control. I am not a Kristi fan and I don't thing that she's going to last much longer in this sport, hence why she wasn't invited to the Women of Freeskier shoot this year, but she still paved the way along with Sarah for the rest of the women that will ever be famous for freeriding.
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jen