Hey guys, there's something in skiing that needs to change...

[Dorton_V]

We need to get a little perspective and start realizing that we are all one and the same and that saying negative things to any other human but especially any other skier is akin to shooting yourself in the foot. Think of all the things we have in common and the deep connections we automatically share by being skiers. We are a family and it's time we started acting like it, you don't tell another family member that something sucked even if it wasn't on the same level that you think you could have done it doesn't mean it sucked and if that's all you have to say than just keep it to yourself because it's unintelligent and infantile. If you can't think enough to identify exactly what "sucked" and say something to help the person to hone their skills then kindly refrain from commenting at all. But I thought we were supposed to have learned this in pre-school. And as for women they have a different anatomy, as NS members are so keen on pointing out, so just as a short stockier person might have an easier time with specific tricks than a tall skinny one and visa versa women can surely learn some things faster and some slower than men. I think the biggest difference is most definitely not in skill but mostly that men are built to be able to survive impacts a little better so maybe it actually takes more finesse and natural skill to be a woman skier I don't know. But I don't think the two should really be compared or that any two skiers should be compared in a way of who is better or who wins as skiing to me is art and as they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder so art can never really be judged or even really defined only appreciated or not.

Bottom line: strive to encourage and appreciate skiing on every level and to love all those around you, have empathy, give compliments, and have fun.

I love you all if anybody ever needs anything at all hit me up

If you want to come shred in Bozeman mi casa es su casa

Get stoked for winter!

 

[ty.urlich]

Telling Goepper he skis like a robot isn't anywhere close to the outright disrespect towards womens skiers on here.

There's a pretty big difference hating on an Olympic athlete and dismissing an edit because of somebody's gender.

I understand what your trying to say but I'm not talking about him now after the olympics I was thinking like 3 years before that when he literally had everyone hating on him and now he has showed them all up

 

[PacificRimJob]

I understand what your trying to say but I'm not talking about him now after the olympics I was thinking like 3 years before that when he literally had everyone hating on him and now he has showed them all up

Still has no parallel with what the issue is here. Girl bashing =/= Goepper bashing.

 

[Sendrick_Lamar]

The girl in the opening segment of the new TGR film absolutely rips. That segment was comparable to any big mountain segment from a male in any movie.

 

[SkitheEast802]

Respect us. girls can be better than guys. Just look at how good Sara Burke was.

RIP Sarah Burke we all miss you

 

[kemosabe]

I totally agree. Women and skiing have gotten large amounts of hate. When i was at windells a bunch of dudes were rippin on girls for not being good. Which is why there are girl tramp and skate clinics and ski groups.

 

[SkitheEast802]

I am the only girl who skis in the park at my home mountain, Its tough when you want to compete. Some times i can because they don't have a category that i can compete in. It is so unfair its not even funny. but the pros of being in comps with guys is that you push to get better at skiing to get notices/win.

 

[neutralzombie]

I totally agree. Women and skiing have gotten large amounts of hate. When i was at windells a bunch of dudes were rippin on girls for not being good. Which is why there are girl tramp and skate clinics and ski groups.

which is also a big reason girls never get better. when all you hear is negative, it's easier to live in the negative instead of fight it. guys should be encouraging girls to keep trying, not making them feel like they're on a stage and everyone's always going to laugh at them. that's pretty intimidating.

 

[Bittner]

WAY different. Look at the comments on this video -
https://www.newschoolers.com/membervideo/718227.0/katrina-s--sexualwednesday-vol--3?s=114786&t=6&o=8

Note, these have already been cleaned up some.

Its shit like this:

"honestly, if I ever have a girl, I hope she has the dignity to not reveal herself to a bunch of kids on NS for higher views.

Cool your pretty, learn to ski switch and spin right! Let me know what your parents think of this video...."

I mean give me a fucking break. There's plenty of others in there too, and you can find this shit everywhere there are girls posting. Its misogynistic bullshit.

You can hate on something without being a total ass. Its not hard to be a bit witty, come up with some criticisms and have a grand old time. Its teh spiteful, hateful shit that I think everyone is tiring of.

Of course it was rob dresser who made those comments, kid is soo far stuck up his own ass.

 

[Bittner]

No that wasnt a proactive comment, but hes kluless hahahahah

 

[-emile-]

I think that one aspect of the hate of the guys towards girls is that there's a lot of guys out there working really hard on their skiing and don't have a lot of recognition, and won't really get anything from skiing. As for a girl, from a guy's perspective, it seems a lot easier to get recognition. So there's probably a lot of guys that tell themselves unconsciously "it would be so much easier if I was a girl". But at the same time, no guy would trade his abilities just for being a top women skier.

It's cool if girls ski, it's inspiring for girls and everything. But as a guy, I don't watch women skiing. I don't like it, it's not impressive to me. And it's the same with women sports in general. If you're a guy, watching women sports is not the most exciting thing.

What BWalmser said makes sense. Girls are pretty much victim of cyberintimidation, and it's not cool if they stop skiing. But seriously, there's a few girls out there that you can see are putting the effort and want to progress their skiing, and have a pretty good level. But come on, some girls at the olympics didn't even look like olympic athletes.

Oh and one last thing. We should treat girls skiing park just like anyone else, not like if they're special. No one's really chearing when a guy clears a rail. If it was the same for girls, I'm sure they'd just want to push themselves harder instead of being like "Oh it looks like I'm good I can do front 2s". It seems a bit harsh, but to me, it makes sense.

tru

 

[neutralzombie]

One thing I'll never get is why people are so quick to dismiss the capabilities of the ski community.

I mean look at this thread.... we're out there. We want this thing to go in the right direction - we crave it. Yet, we all spend most of our time blaming these random faceless shitheads for ruining the day... and talking like they own this fucking place.

Well they don't. We do. You do.

Part of making NS a much more community-centric platform was to enable those who wish to see change to have a pedestal to make their voice heard. Sure, sometimes that voice ends up being from a bad person, but why don't the good people out there rise up more and speak out?

So many times the conversation is dominated by only a couple of extremely negative people... yet when something like this pops up it seems like there's support pouring in from every direction.

Why don't people speak up more?

doug, people are the same way in real life. and even less people speak out in real life. kind of like how people on facebook are all "oh this might offend someone, i won't post this petition, better keep my friends on my list." or "i deleted them because i couldn't handle all those animal rights posts."

or people like to ignore problems around them, instead of acknowledging they exist. it's easier to walk away and stay happy in your happy bubble, instead of saying shit is fucked and i need to exercise my freedoms and fight for equality. i see that first hand, a lot.

but within the point, the more people either ignore the stupid, or stand against it, it would probably go away. kind of like if everyone made sandwich jokes, and no one payed attention instead of it being the funniest thing since lolcats, or they got banned, then you would see a shift change the in the attitude. people imitate what they see, and act like it's high school to fit in.

 

[neutralzombie]

I think that one aspect of the hate of the guys towards girls is that there's a lot of guys out there working really hard on their skiing and don't have a lot of recognition, and won't really get anything from skiing. As for a girl, from a guy's perspective, it seems a lot easier to get recognition. So there's probably a lot of guys that tell themselves unconsciously "it would be so much easier if I was a girl". But at the same time, no guy would trade his abilities just for being a top women skier.

It's cool if girls ski, it's inspiring for girls and everything. But as a guy, I don't watch women skiing. I don't like it, it's not impressive to me. And it's the same with women sports in general. If you're a guy, watching women sports is not the most exciting thing.

What BWalmser said makes sense. Girls are pretty much victim of cyberintimidation, and it's not cool if they stop skiing. But seriously, there's a few girls out there that you can see are putting the effort and want to progress their skiing, and have a pretty good level. But come on, some girls at the olympics didn't even look like olympic athletes.

Oh and one last thing. We should treat girls skiing park just like anyone else, not like if they're special. No one's really chearing when a guy clears a rail. If it was the same for girls, I'm sure they'd just want to push themselves harder instead of being like "Oh it looks like I'm good I can do front 2s". It seems a bit harsh, but to me, it makes sense.

i don't know one girl who got it fucking easy in skiing. not one. because all i see is girl push and push and push to get into comps, to get their own comps, to be treated like equals. push to get their own movies.

jen hudak became a laughing stock for standing against posing and the existence of the hottest female athelete article/magazine specials.

lyndsey dyer had very little full scale industry support for pretty faces that she had to use kickstarter to raise money to make the film.

if it wasn't for sarah burke, who knows where women's skiing would be

if it wasn't for companies like nikita, girls would barely have comps across europe.

no one wants special treatment, people want respect, women want respect. specifically because of this mentality that women have to step up their game. kind of like how half of the traveling circus is shenanigans and not even skiing, yeah part of their skiing is sweet, sometimes it's average, and sometimes they're not even skiing, but you watch it. if you don't watch women's edits, you'd never know if they were good. and if you keep encouraging the disregard of women's skiing, it will never get better fast enough. girls will keep skiing because they love skiing, not because they need to impress men. and fine, let the skiing be about skiing.

and i bet you any average skier would trade his abilities to be in a pro woman's skill set. give me a break. i also never met a guy who thought women get it easier in sports. if you think it's so easy, go look what kaya turski had to do just to qualify and compete for the olympics.

 

[G_Wink]

Respect

 

[KillaSeason]

"kind of like how half of the traveling circus is shenanigans and not even skiing, yeah part of their skiing is sweet, sometimes it's average, and sometimes they're not even skiing, but you watch it.."

This is an absolutely terrible example.... the TC homies do harder rail tricks than 98% of the guys in the olympics did... you cant call any of their skiing average...

 

[youRsmellA]

this isn't a newschoolers forums thing, hardly anyone in the ski industry believes in womens skiing

 

[neutralzombie]

"kind of like how half of the traveling circus is shenanigans and not even skiing, yeah part of their skiing is sweet, sometimes it's average, and sometimes they're not even skiing, but you watch it.."

This is an absolutely terrible example.... the TC homies do harder rail tricks than 98% of the guys in the olympics did... you cant call any of their skiing average...

sorry then we'll switch it to "you still sit on newschoolers in your underwear watching edit after edit by 'jo schmo average trying to get good' because it's skiing, but you pass over the next because it's a girl, because it's less entertaining."

 

[Mr_Mistur]

This is well said, I agree.

 

[304NordMan]

This is an excellent thread. My two cents: I've always thought that when the skiing community stops expecting so little from female skiers and eliminates the gap in stoke between genders, chicks will start absolutely charging. Discrimination cripples confidence more than anything else, and that's the most important thing a skier needs to start hucking. Look at climbing, look at kayaking, look at mountain biking. Women and men are on the same par - and judging this statement based on the ways of the competitive world is total bullshit, of course there will be more men, sexism thrives in the corporate world and we shouldn't look at the product of sexism as validation that men out-perform women. These sports have come so much farther in this issue than we have, they're practically gender neutral, at the recreational level at least.

 

[nate4500]

This problem of disrespecting ladies is not just in the ski community but in society in general. However, instead of conforming to this prevalent trend in society let's lead the way in transforming our ski community and start respecting ladies on the slopes.

 

[_CC_]

You all seem to play nice on the mountain, it shouldn't be any different here. Enough is enough NS.

 

[Daph]

Some really good points in this thread, but I have to stir the pot a bit and call out the ladies.

A lot of sexism and inappropriate comments towards the ladies of this site are overlooked because us women encourage them. Now before I get jumped on for this, every pinkname take a step back and look at how we interact with boys on this site. There are less than 5 actively posting girls on here who haven't been flirty towards members at some point, shit I'm guilty of it too. And for those who will deny it, shut the hell up. You've done it too. And its reaching the point where if we want the depreciation to stop, we have to conduct ourselves better. There are several active posters who it seems like half the shit they say on these forums is a response to some guy objectifying them, and its not telling them to quit. Its getting worse too. I'm going to stop responding to that crap and try to become a more constructive member, and I hope you gals do too. If you want to be viewed as a decent shredder with valid opinions and knowledge, stop posting inane bullshit to up post count/karma. Threads littered with "sup bby, marry me, only for you bae, etc." seems harmless and silly, but in the long run it really just makes us seem shallow. Look at almost any pinkname's feedback, how many of them have bluenames claiming us as theirs and talking about our tits and ass? Too many.

Now I'm sure the feminazis will pull the whole "why should we have to censor ourselves? we can be flirty if we want" thing, but if you really think this way then why the hell should we be punishing guys for doing the exact same thing.

If we want to be viewed as constructive members of the skiing community, we've got to start acting like it. It can't just be an effort on the guys' part.

 

[Lé.Skiing]

I am glad people are looking for this change and I am 100% on board with this.

 

[Lé.Skiing]

Respect us. girls can be better than guys. Just look at how good Sara Burke was.

RIP Sarah Burke we all miss you

sorry for double post,

but there is a reason she was inducted into Canada's hall of fame. She was Amazing!

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/winter-sports/Sarah+Burke+named+Canada+Sports+Hall+Fame+years/9767495/story.html

 

[_CC_]

If we want to be viewed as constructive members of the skiing community, we've got to start acting like it. It can't just be an effort on the guys' part.

Agreed. You can't just ask for what you want without earning it and expect it happen.

Flirting gets flirting, respect gets respect, dickheads get banned.

 

[Wampire]

As far as I know, no one has told Brett fisher to show his dick and prove his worth.

The difference is the sexual context that is used when males attack females.

but no one wants to see a dudes dick. dicks are gross

 

[hank.ski]

I have to put in my two cents on this one...

I think that you are doing something awesome for the community by posting this, and even more for actually reprimanding sexism and slander on the site, but I also think that you are missing out on a few things that contribute a lot to the nature of this kind of behavior.

1. Yes, girls ski, and some ski well. Some catch hate and even more catch an mtv/porn corrupted version of admiration that usually comes off more than a little rape-y. But saying that they are hot chicks that can ski isn't doing any women a single favor man. They are people. They are skiers; of course they can ski! Don't you think that the initial distinction between men and "hot chicks...some of them even better than you" is in itself a bit demeaning? Yeah, I know we are men, and if you are heterosexual, it's almost impossible not to see women through a sexual lens. But after acknowledging our primal instincts, maybe we should also do our due diligence as fellow humans and recognize that calling them hot chicks that can ski would be no different than prefacing every male ski video directed comment with "hot dude".

2. Being sexual is fun for girls and boys! Sometimes it is totally inappropriate to make sexual comments, especially on a website that really has no context in sexual behavior. However, it would be completely ridiculous to ignore the fact that almost guy and every girl on this page is probably between the ages of 15 and 40, and reasonably horny. With this in mind, is it inappropriate to post a "hottest skier girl" thread, or find yourself pausing the end of Katrina's season edit 10 times in a row? No! It's human nature, and it's a compliment to whoever the man or woman holding your attention may be. Context is everything, and as long as you aren't detracting from skiing ability, you aren't doing any harm with a genuine compliment, or even an appropriate and polite gesture of flirtation! This is especially pertinent in humor. To reiterate, if you are commenting about how bad you want to stick your dingaling in some girl on her season edit (be it good or shitty), you suck. If you acknowledge that you are a fan of her skiing, and that she is also drop dead gorgeous, you are probably fine (though we are all lame ass dorky skiers that don't deserve attention from women at all tbh). If you comment on any ski videos that were edited to ray j...everything is pretty much in the clear.

3. Sorry I know my rant has gotten way too long already. Last thing. This is the internet. I recently made a thread that was kind of condemning the culture of freeskiing, and whining about why we are all so mean. After a few days, the responses stopped, and scrolling through, I realized that they were almost all really really positive and encouraging, or at least analytical and intelligent. On Maad Maude 3 (you mod's may have done some cleaning up on this so correct me if my data is inaccurate), there are some 45 comments or so. There are only two or three that aren't directly complimenting her skiing or giving her props for something non sexual. The only sexual comment states "U cute girl". I mean I know that isn't what Maude is looking for when she puts out an edit that she worked really hard for, but it's not like it was mean or demeaning to her video...it just states that someone thinks she's cute. No big deal. Kinda nice actually. What I'm getting at is that for a website stuffed to the brim with hormonal middle to upper class white boys, we're not so bad. In fact, I would wager that we are in the top 5 nicest and least sexually aggressive forum sites with our kind of traffic on the internet. This is coming from someone who thought the exact opposite like a month ago, and was totally served by everyone's reciprocal kindness and lack of trolling.

Anyway, sorry this rant got so out of hand, and I'm not trying to say that you are wrong, because you are totally right. I think it just needs to be acknowledged that this isn't a black an white issue, and that working towards a culture of equality is better promoted by positivity (and a little troll banning) than feeling like we are all one out of line comment away from kissing ns goodbye. Just my thoughts, let me know if I'm an idiot internet!

 

[whipple]

This is what's wrong here, you shouldn't have to avoid something just because it might antagonize shitty people. She doesn't deserve hate because she did something provocative. When you tell someone not to do something because it might provoke shitty people, you are saying that shitty people are here to stay and we need to adapt to them, when instead we can try and get rid of them.

Hopefully my point is clear, it's not always easy to express yourself on a forum.

yea you shouldn't have to avoid it but you have to expect it given the context of that edit. Comments like that on a nonsexual women's edit however should be unacceptable

 

[ANDR01D]

yea you shouldn't have to avoid it but you have to expect it given the context of that edit. Comments like that on a nonsexual women's edit however should be unacceptable

You're wrong, no one should have to endure some of the comments she gets on her videos. Take some time to actually read the mean things people say, and keep in mind that is after they were cleaned up. Pull your head out of your ass and maybe you'll realize that "the context of that edit" is not an excuse for people to act like disgusting douchebags.

 

[neutralzombie]

]I have to put in my two cents on this one...

I think that you are doing something awesome for the community by posting this, and even more for actually reprimanding sexism and slander on the site, but I also think that you are missing out on a few things that contribute a lot to the nature of this kind of behavior.

1. Yes, girls ski, and some ski well. Some catch hate and even more catch an mtv/porn corrupted version of admiration that usually comes off more than a little rape-y. But saying that they are hot chicks that can ski isn't doing any women a single favor man. They are people. They are skiers; of course they can ski! Don't you think that the initial distinction between men and "hot chicks...some of them even better than you" is in itself a bit demeaning? Yeah, I know we are men, and if you are heterosexual, it's almost impossible not to see women through a sexual lens. But after acknowledging our primal instincts, maybe we should also do our due diligence as fellow humans and recognize that calling them hot chicks that can ski would be no different than prefacing every male ski video directed comment with "hot dude".

2. Being sexual is fun for girls and boys! Sometimes it is totally inappropriate to make sexual comments, especially on a website that really has no context in sexual behavior. However, it would be completely ridiculous to ignore the fact that almost guy and every girl on this page is probably between the ages of 15 and 40, and reasonably horny. With this in mind, is it inappropriate to post a "hottest skier girl" thread, or find yourself pausing the end of Katrina's season edit 10 times in a row? No! It's human nature, and it's a compliment to whoever the man or woman holding your attention may be. Context is everything, and as long as you aren't detracting from skiing ability, you aren't doing any harm with a genuine compliment, or even an appropriate and polite gesture of flirtation! This is especially pertinent in humor. To reiterate, if you are commenting about how bad you want to stick your dingaling in some girl on her season edit (be it good or shitty), you suck. If you acknowledge that you are a fan of her skiing, and that she is also drop dead gorgeous, you are probably fine (though we are all lame ass dorky skiers that don't deserve attention from women at all tbh). If you comment on any ski videos that were edited to ray j...everything is pretty much in the clear.

3. Sorry I know my rant has gotten way too long already. Last thing. This is the internet. I recently made a thread that was kind of condemning the culture of freeskiing, and whining about why we are all so mean. After a few days, the responses stopped, and scrolling through, I realized that they were almost all really really positive and encouraging, or at least analytical and intelligent. On Maad Maude 3 (you mod's may have done some cleaning up on this so correct me if my data is inaccurate), there are some 45 comments or so. There are only two or three that aren't directly complimenting her skiing or giving her props for something non sexual. The only sexual comment states "U cute girl". I mean I know that isn't what Maude is looking for when she puts out an edit that she worked really hard for, but it's not like it was mean or demeaning to her video...it just states that someone thinks she's cute. No big deal. Kinda nice actually. What I'm getting at is that for a website stuffed to the brim with hormonal middle to upper class white boys, we're not so bad. In fact, I would wager that we are in the top 5 nicest and least sexually aggressive forum sites with our kind of traffic on the internet. This is coming from someone who thought the exact opposite like a month ago, and was totally served by everyone's reciprocal kindness and lack of trolling.

Anyway, sorry this rant got so out of hand, and I'm not trying to say that you are wrong, because you are totally right. I think it just needs to be acknowledged that this isn't a black an white issue, and that working towards a culture of equality is better promoted by positivity (and a little troll banning) than feeling like we are all one out of line comment away from kissing ns goodbye. Just my thoughts, let me know if I'm an idiot internet!

yea you shouldn't have to avoid it but you have to expect it given the context of that edit. Comments like that on a nonsexual women's edit however should be unacceptable

You're wrong, no one should have to endure some of the comments she gets on her videos. Take some time to actually read the mean things people say, and keep in mind that is after they were cleaned up. Pull your head out of your ass and maybe you'll realize that "the context of that edit" is not an excuse for people to act like disgusting douchebags.

chicks oggle hot skiers all the time, the difference is we keep it to ourselves.

focusing on a woman's looks after she put hard work into something, instead of the hard work she put into something, is demeaning, and that will never change. accept that, move on.

 

[zoaster]

At my home hill not only am I the only female park skier but I am the only park skier. The snowboarders have been way more supportive and encouraging of me than anyone on newschoolers. Skiers should be helping skiers. We both have skis on our feet and are out there for the same reason. So newschoolers help us.

 

[JUM]

this is good

 

[whipple]

You're wrong, no one should have to endure some of the comments she gets on her videos. Take some time to actually read the mean things people say, and keep in mind that is after they were cleaned up. Pull your head out of your ass and maybe you'll realize that "the context of that edit" is not an excuse for people to act like disgusting douchebags.

cool down man, I never said it was an excuse, I'm saying I'm sure Katrina knew those comments were coming and she does not take them seriously. Don't get so butthurt

 

[BWalmer]

cool down man, I never said it was an excuse, I'm saying I'm sure Katrina knew those comments were coming and she does not take them seriously. Don't get so butthurt

No one could see what some people post on her videos coming...some of them get quite vulgar, they're just not seen as much because they get deleted quickly. I don't remember whose video I deleted the comment from, but there was a comment suggesting forced anal sex...that's just straight fucked up. And still, it shouldn't matter what her content is, she should still be treated with respect. Katrina is exactly what the NS community seems to want, a female skier who rips and is comfortable with her sexuality and willing to put it out there...but she doesn't deserve to feel like and be treated like shit because of that.

 

[neutralzombie]

No one could see what some people post on her videos coming...some of them get quite vulgar, they're just not seen as much because they get deleted quickly. I don't remember whose video I deleted the comment from, but there was a comment suggesting forced anal sex...that's just straight fucked up. And still, it shouldn't matter what her content is, she should still be treated with respect. Katrina is exactly what the NS community seems to want, a female skier who rips and is comfortable with her sexuality and willing to put it out there...but she doesn't deserve to feel like and be treated like shit because of that.

not to be a giant arse, but no shit newschoolers wants boobs. that's why you made this thread.

 

[whipple]

No one could see what some people post on her videos coming...some of them get quite vulgar, they're just not seen as much because they get deleted quickly. I don't remember whose video I deleted the comment from, but there was a comment suggesting forced anal sex...that's just straight fucked up. And still, it shouldn't matter what her content is, she should still be treated with respect. Katrina is exactly what the NS community seems to want, a female skier who rips and is comfortable with her sexuality and willing to put it out there...but she doesn't deserve to feel like and be treated like shit because of that.

well she definitely shouldn't feel like shit like you said NS loves her content and she rips. It sucks how many kids leave messed up comments but unfortunately I don't think that immaturity can be avoided on sites like this, especially when a lot of users are young teens. This thread will hopefully help bring attention to it, and any comments like the one you referenced should just result in an ip ban, that's absurd. All women skiers deserve respect, and I'm always stoked to see more pinknames throwing down.

 

[Zimmerman]

At iF3 so many people left the theater when the Pretty Faces showing happened.

no .02 here just adding info to the thread

 

[ModMommy]

At iF3 so many people left the theater when the Pretty Faces showing happened.

no .02 here just adding info to the thread

Which was a shame, because the women's films were banger.

 

[hank.ski]

chicks oggle hot skiers all the time, the difference is we keep it to ourselves.

focusing on a woman's looks after she put hard work into something, instead of the hard work she put into something, is demeaning, and that will never change. accept that, move on.

Uhh no, you don't. I hear girl skiers talk about attractive male skiers allllll the time. It's usually about pro male skiers, which is actually very similar to the way men as a demographic direct their attention to female skiers. And I agree that purely focusing on it is demeaning. But acknowledging it is fine. Think about this for a second. If Gus or Banks or one of the male pro skiers that get recognition for their looks had an intro like Maude's to their edits, that showed them accentuating their smile, eyes, things that people generally recognize as attributes to a good looking person, their would definitely be comments from girls (and probably guys too) acknowledging it, or saying flirtatious things about them. And that would be fine, just like it is in one of Maude's edits. The line is crossed when attraction is used as a platform to direct negativity towards someone's gender, skill, relevance in the sport, etc.. And that isn't something that women really do to men, and it's something that some men need to stop doing to women. Equality can be sexy if everyone respects each other.

 

[neutralzombie]

]Uhh no, you don't. I hear girl skiers talk about attractive male skiers allllll the time. It's usually about pro male skiers, which is actually very similar to the way men as a demographic direct their attention to female skiers. And I agree that purely focusing on it is demeaning. But acknowledging it is fine. Think about this for a second. If Gus or Banks or one of the male pro skiers that get recognition for their looks had an intro like Maude's to their edits, that showed them accentuating their smile, eyes, things that people generally recognize as attributes to a good looking person, their would definitely be comments from girls (and probably guys too) acknowledging it, or saying flirtatious things about them. And that would be fine, just like it is in one of Maude's edits. The line is crossed when attraction is used as a platform to direct negativity towards someone's gender, skill, relevance in the sport, etc.. And that isn't something that women really do to men, and it's something that some men need to stop doing to women. Equality can be sexy if everyone respects each other.

I didn't say we don't vocalize it, we just do it differently. And no women aren't devoid of the actions of sexual oppression. My point is that women less likely say "lemme sit on your face" or something to the effects, whereas boys on Ns want sandwiches and butt peeing and then some.

 

[hank.ski]

I didn't say we don't vocalize it, we just do it differently. And no women aren't devoid of the actions of sexual oppression. My point is that women less likely say "lemme sit on your face" or something to the effects, whereas boys on Ns want sandwiches and butt peeing and then some.

You're right that you do it differently. Most women do it the way that men should. Also, most men do it in the way that men should. Keep in mind that the vast majority of this site and this sport are men, and it sucks, but that means that there is a higher number of shitty men than shitty women, just statistically speaking. So yeah women are less likely to be found saying things like that, but men the majority of men also aren't going to be found saying things like that.

also side note, I know that there are trolls out there and some of the things that men say to women in inappropriate situations are serious bullshit, but for the record, I think that the "pee in her butt" thing is actually a joke addressing how immature men can be, the punchline being men that actually say things like that, not women. And "lemme sit on your face" is actually kind of one that girls made up to jeer men...I mean that or it was made up by men with serious anatomic confusion. I'm with you on the sandwich one...it was invented by dickheads and continues to be used by dickheads.

 

[Jane6]

we need more girls that are good AND show boobs like katrina

I reckon youre joking, but I just couldnt let this one slide. We need more girl skiers that are good, yes. No to the boobs part.

Its so fucked how people treat girl skiers, and like BWalmer said there all fucking hot as shit (Coming from my home mountain Whistler Blackcomb) its like most of the NS community still believes in cooties

I really like the thread initiative by Bwalmer, but I have a huge problem with the phrasing "these are hot chicks who FUCKING SKI". I just dont understand why you would adress the issue of sexism in a thread just to end up say something sexist about girls. If girls are hot or not shouldnt be relevant in this context at all.

Its very annoying as a girl to first and foremost always be evaluated and judge based on your appearance and/or sexual promiscuity. I am fully aware of that guys are judged along societies gender norms too, but as a girl you are pretty much worthless if youre not deemed as attractive. I'm so fucking sick of seeing girls on here be treated as objects. Its very rare to see positive comments in the comment section that are not about whether the girl in question is hot or that you (bluenames) wanna tap that. Sure, its youre way of complementing them, but its also stupid and sexist.

Stoked for you if you find someone on this site you think is attractive, I really am. But keep it in your pants. Everyone who are rad enough to put together material and upload it on here deserve a high five, not to be reduced to a pair of tits.

 

[onenerdykid]

But this happens CONSTANTLY. Since becoming a mod I'm constantly getting requests to have comments deleted that are sexually abusive and demeaning to women, I'm noticing it more and more. And that absolutely FUCKED up part...these are hot chicks who FUCKING SKI!!! Some of them even better than you. These are girls you could potentially hang out with on the slopes and have a good time with. But instead, we hate on them and call them a slut and ask them to show their tits. Not only do you make her feel bad, but you make yourself look like an ass AND you ruin it for everyone else.

TL;DR: Stop ruining skiing for girls. Grow the fuck up. Start treating girls with the respect they deserve and be stoked that they enjoy the same sport as you.

This is so true. Anyone guy on here would be beyond stoked to have girls in their crew to shred and hang with. Yet, for some reason, they hate on the girls on the internet. Never understood it, and I am super glad that NS is taking more of a stance to make the hate go away. Good work!

 

[hank.ski]

I really like the thread initiative by Bwalmer, but I have a huge problem with the phrasing "these are hot chicks who FUCKING SKI". I just dont understand why you would adress the issue of sexism in a thread just to end up say something sexist about girls. If girls are hot or not shouldnt be relevant in this context at all.

Its very annoying as a girl to first and foremost always be evaluated and judge based on your appearance and/or sexual promiscuity. I am fully aware of that guys are judged along societies gender norms too, but as a girl you are pretty much worthless if youre not deemed as attractive. I'm so fucking sick of seeing girls on here be treated as objects. Its very rare to see positive comments in the comment section that are not about whether the girl in question is hot or that you (bluenames) wanna tap that. Sure, its youre way of complementing them, but its also stupid and sexist.

Stoked for you if you find someone on this site you think is attractive, I really am. But keep it in your pants. Everyone who are rad enough to put together material and upload it on here deserve a high five, not to be reduced to a pair of tits.

Thiiiiiis

 

[Cyanicenine]

As a pink name posting on this site I generally try to walk on eggshells. If I say anything slightly controversial or disagreeable I feel like I am much more open to ad hominem attacks then if I were posting with a blue name. It's so much easier to be dismissive of something someone says because they happen to be female, then it is to do the hard work of dismantling the merits of their argument.

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Women will never be as good as men at sports. Testosterone is the reason. Men naturally produce more of it which greatly aids in the production of muscle. Comparing women to men is akin to comparing a regular joe to a guy doping steroids. The regular joe is never going to have the performance gains of the guy doping. That doesn't mean the guy not doing steroids isn't trying as hard, or his accomplishments aren't as hardwon, but he is working from a disadvantage. Testosterone is a performance enhancing drug. In fact the main effect of anabolic steroids is increased production of testosterone.

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It's hard to say how much of the gap between men's and women's skiing is due to differences between the sexes, or simply due to the fact that the ratio of men to women on the slopes. Men greatly outnumber women in skiing, which means there is a much larger pool of candidates to bring best a brightest to light. I have a hard time finding other women to ski with because there aren't very many. Another gal mentioned in this thread she couldn't compete because her mountain couldn't get enough women together to hold a comp. The same is true where I ski. We need to get more women involved in the sport and stop complaining that they aren't as good as Tom Wallisch. There will probably always be a gender gap, but up and coming skiers like Kelly Sidaru are showing us that it might not be as wide as we thought if we give more young girls a chance to succeed in this sport.

 

[Yaraelpoof.png]

I was just about to make a thread like this. I could not agree more

 

[BWalmer]

I really like the thread initiative by Bwalmer, but I have a huge problem with the phrasing "these are hot chicks who FUCKING SKI". I just dont understand why you would adress the issue of sexism in a thread just to end up say something sexist about girls. If girls are hot or not shouldnt be relevant in this context at all.

Its very annoying as a girl to first and foremost always be evaluated and judge based on your appearance and/or sexual promiscuity. I am fully aware of that guys are judged along societies gender norms too, but as a girl you are pretty much worthless if youre not deemed as attractive. I'm so fucking sick of seeing girls on here be treated as objects. Its very rare to see positive comments in the comment section that are not about whether the girl in question is hot or that you (bluenames) wanna tap that. Sure, its youre way of complementing them, but its also stupid and sexist.

Stoked for you if you find someone on this site you think is attractive, I really am. But keep it in your pants. Everyone who are rad enough to put together material and upload it on here deserve a high five, not to be reduced to a pair of tits.

I understand what you're saying, and the wording might be a bit off, but I view every girl who skis are "hot." I didn't necessarily mean it in the physical sense, but more in the "you should be attracted to girls who share your passion" sense. So to me, any girl on this site who is showing their love for skiing should be deemed "hot" no matter what they look like. I guess I should have made that more clear or worded it differently, but I guess since I was talking about female skiers as a whole, it was inferred that they're all hot.

 

[SFBv420.0]

i still don't see this as a big as a problem in skiing outside of this little e bubble that doesn't really comprehend that the majority of people who ski

don't even read it let alone post

no one disrespects female patrol, lifties, bartenders, etc at my home mountain.

I don't see it at sia or OR other trade shows. sure there are some scantily clad marketers of goods but that's a trade show given.

Liz aka betty dee was a great person here are her tr's

wheres the hate? where's the sexism? where's the prepubescent teen comments??? they aren't there nor are they in any of klars fine tr's or any other magggettes skiing threads.

Some of you would like it to be there to lend creedence to your denial of where this problem really lies.

Bishy luvs to harp about how harsh the tgrz is but it sure as hell don't happen in tr's.

i can't find this hate or sexism on the gapic ski nor did it exist on the t-tips.

where's this problem on vimeo, facebook, or other social media?

The other thing is so mindboggling is many of you think that tricks, skillz or spansership is what the hokey pokies about

it aint

it's about so many other things

maybe i don't see it cause ive always been blessed to tour and ski and have always had great chicas in my posse

site discussion thread needs smilin females stoke o scroll bomb of skiing to go w/ the gabbers

 

[SFBv420.0]

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/search.php?searchid=6456408

 

[lurking]

You lost me