freewillie
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13725950:Kretzschmar said:
How easy is it for him to be the highest paid skier?
Highest Paid Skiers in the Industry
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How easy is it for him to be the highest paid skier?
FosseBosses
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13727311:Jibberino said:
I meant that Jon is nowhere near their skill level. I have no clue on their money situation but I just guessed Simon, just because. I never meant the others were richer, sorry for being unclear.
arnie_grape
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13727053:FosseBosses said:
jon was on his way out of park skiing when tom and bobby were on their way in. you can't really compare the "talent and skill" of athletes from different eras of a sport. it's situational.
13727457:FosseBosses said:
Come on, you want us to believe that's what you "meant"? Dude, you LITERALLY wrote that he is not the richest skier, why are you denying it? Nobody was talking about skill level, so you want us to believe that you all of a sudden meant skill level when you wrote richest? Please. I'll just leave what you wrote here, for good measure.
"I´d say Simon Dumont, but I don´t know. I like Jon olsson and think its cool what he is doing now with the daily vlogging and stuff but how exactly is he one of the "richest" skiiers? I mean he is nowhere near Tom W. and Bobby Brown, Simon and Sammy Carlson. Just wondering."
13726047:GORILLAWALLACE said:
He has been skiing on the World Cup racing for a few years, although he might not be doing that anymore. He might not be one of the top park skiers anymore but there is a whole lot more to skiing than park skiing. I would like to see the top park skiers today go back to racing and try to make the world cup. He has also won a big mountain contest. He is not just some guy who makes videos, he just is not in the park scene anymore.
hemlockjibber8
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He did not literally write Jon is not the richest. You inferred that from his previous sentence. You could literally kill people with your reading comprehension :0
13727713:Jibberino said:
13728017:hemlockjibber8 said:
I literally used the word literally to underline the fact that he did indeed say that Jon wasn't richer then the afforementioned skiers. You knew what I meant, but I guess it's always fun to be a dick to someone who's being a dick to someone else, I get it. Touché.
hemlockjibber8
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13728120:Jibberino said:
Just to be a dick. He was questioning HOW Jon COULD be the richest which he followed up with "I mean he is nowhere near Tom W. and Bobby Brown, Simon and Sammy Carlson. Just wondering."
Since he did not say in what regards is he not near those skiers, it would be safe to assume he was talking about talent as that is the factor he was questioning in the previous statement. You are, figuratively, out to lunch on this one.
TheDoughAbides
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13726225:FosseBosses said:
take a lap, kiddo.
TheDoughAbides
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13728512:TheDoughAbides said:
and maybe sit the next few rounds...
willysworld
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13727713:Jibberino said:
Jon has more talent than all those guys bar Sammy Carlson.. Dude actually skied everything not just won discipline .. He won pipe comps, races, slope, big air comps and the scandi big mountain championships.. (Which in terms of pure talent is probably the most staked freeride Comp in the world.)
willysworld
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Jon is the fucking man.. He has proven him self 10 thousand times and he went and lived the rich playboy life and made World Cup for racing (something that thousands and thousands of people try to do but fail at skiing World Cup racing for GS is a very very big deal) and now he's coming back to freestyle.
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In Mike Powell's latest podcast I was shocked to hear Colby West recalled his best year being somewhere in the $180,000 ballpark. He mentioned that about half of that was from contests and the other half was from sponsorships.
Therefore, I have to deduce that a Tom Wallisch would have to be at least that. Colby did mention that those were the glory days before the market was over saturated. He admitted that he'd never be worth that in today's market climate.
Therefore, I have to deduce that a Tom Wallisch would have to be at least that. Colby did mention that those were the glory days before the market was over saturated. He admitted that he'd never be worth that in today's market climate.
tris10radeka
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i'm pretty sure most make a normal living and that's it
Rennis_Deynolds
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Gus Kenworthy without a doubt
He's in perfect because none of his sponsors will ever drop him for risk of looking homophobic. Don't believe me? Nike has dropped almost every other ski athlete on their team exept gus.
He's in perfect because none of his sponsors will ever drop him for risk of looking homophobic. Don't believe me? Nike has dropped almost every other ski athlete on their team exept gus.
willysworld
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13730244:Dennis_Reynolds said:
Hahahaha so true.. Suck one dick get labeled for life .. He shreds though.. Not a fan of his style but he's one of the top 5 park skiers for sure
13730244:Dennis_Reynolds said:
I mean he's probably not making his sponsors any money or anything either. I'm sure they were all like "Fuck this guy let's get rid of him" "Oh no we can't because he's gay"
ManesPhoney
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13730341:theabortionator said:
Why would they want to get rid of him. I mean his skiing is stronger than ever which he has just recently proven in the dew tour. On top of that he reaches a really broad audience. I mean look at all the meadia exposure he has.
Jon Olsson might be the highest paid freeskier of all time. Today i guess Candide, Wallisch and Gus take the top spots followed by Sean Petit, Henrik Windstedt, Bobby Brown, Jossi, Henrik Harlaut
13774865:ManesPhoney said:
yeah Gus crushed at Dew, for sure.
I'd bet the highest paid skier is a ski racer, unless we're only talking Freestyle.
One of the closest guarded secrets out there, what these guys make. I don't think we'll ever know. Totally honest with everyone here I have absolutely no idea.
Wallisch has to be doing pretty well, though there's a lot of money in the Backcountry these days, so there's probably guys there doing really well too.
13774883:dadi said:
This article from 2013 on Forbes claims $3mil in a year.
Don't know where the numbers come from, but I assume these guys are good at estimating athletes?
13774865:ManesPhoney said:
I was being sarcastic. Because a lot of people were talking bullshit like that over the last year.
His skiing is on point, and he's definitely reaching people all over, which is what sponsors want.
TheDoughAbides
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13774928:skiznuts said:
andy parry was married to beyonce or oprah for minute (cant remember) so yeah, definitely him.
steezewonton
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Torin and Simon made BANK from their target contracts and I bet tom kills it with northface. The olympic skiers all crushed it
ThaHater
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How do you make a million dollars skiing?
Start with two.
Jon Olsson didn't make his money skiing, he inherited it. This is a rich white person sport, most of your top pros aren't from the streets like they like to portray, they're from rich mountain town communities.
Do you know how much it costs for coaching and competitions/races to make it to an elite level? Tens of thousands a year.
Most of your top earners are world cup racers.
The big ski companies have euro roots and racing is king in Europe. Skiing is bigger in Europe than North America.
Start with two.
Jon Olsson didn't make his money skiing, he inherited it. This is a rich white person sport, most of your top pros aren't from the streets like they like to portray, they're from rich mountain town communities.
Do you know how much it costs for coaching and competitions/races to make it to an elite level? Tens of thousands a year.
Most of your top earners are world cup racers.
The big ski companies have euro roots and racing is king in Europe. Skiing is bigger in Europe than North America.
13775139:ThaHater said:
Jon has made a ton of money. He might have inherited some but he is a huge star in Sweden and Red Bull/J. Lindberg and some of his other sponsors make big money. If he inherited money please provide a link. He has legitimately made some cash.
Most people who live in mountain towns are not rich. It is the people who own those homes who are rich, not the people who actually live in the towns. Mountain towns are not rich communities, the vast majority of the people who live in Tahoe don't make much money and will never afford to buy a home there.
Some of the guys mentioned in this thread are making multiples of 100k. There are guys who have legitimately made 7 figures and Jon is one of them. Candide makes a lot too although I don't know if he is quite in Jon's class.
Most pros make very little, but there are some guys who have made some cash.
13774880:Mr.Bishop said:
Every time these threads come up, the best/most accurate response is "less than you think" or "not much." Never have gotten a numerical answer from a "reputable" source. whatever the fuck I mean by that hahaha. It makes sense why it's not talked about too much but I'm still so curious lol.
shredasaurus
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probs tom or joss. (for freestyle)
13775139:ThaHater said:
You got any sources for those bold claims? Judging by what you see in Jon's various blogs, he seems to come from a pretty average, albeit higher middle class, swedish family. Skiing is definitely an expensive sport, but since we Scandinavians have set up some pretty good societies where the wealth is way more spread out than for example the US, skiing is accessible to pretty much everyone. Especially when you come from a place like Mora, where you have some of Swedens best skiing within a 1 hour drive.
You should probably read up on stuff before you start talking.
I should add that I've also read that Jon and Windstedt are HUGE stars in Sweden, a country without many big athletic stars. Given how big he is over there it makes sense that he would make a killing. He is much bigger over there than he is here. A buddy of mine is married to a Swedish girl and all of her friends know who Jon Olsson and Windstedt are and they have skied maybe 10 times in their life. They don't know Tanner Hall and the sure as hell don't know Tom Wallisch.
13775312:dan4060 said:
Exactly. I think Jon even won a poll asking who the biggest sport star was.
Just look at Jons list of sponsors:
Red Bull
LeoVegas (big gambling site)
Odlo outerwear
Head
Hestra
POC
Swix
Part owner of Douchebags
All of them pretty much industry leaders in their respective fields. Jon makes bank, and as far as I know, he hasn't inherited any money.
TheDoughAbides
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13775401:Jibberino said:
Betfred?
jstan4
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13775233:SammyDubz said:
Here is a (although somewhat unreliable) source that talks about olympic athletes as a whole.
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-much-olympic-athletes-really-get-paid-2012-7
willysworld
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13775139:ThaHater said:
You are a dumb ass Jon made all his own cash.. His dad is a cop .. And police don't get paid Well do some research before you talk shit
willysworld
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13775139:ThaHater said:
You are a dumb ass Jon made all his own cash.. His dad is a cop .. And police don't get paid Well do some research before you talk shit
13726019:PeteMahn said:
This is a wildly inaccurate claim. While at the top end F1 guys (alonso, hamilton) may make more than Dale Jr or Jimmy Johnson (~$20-$25M a year) , most NASCAR mid-packers and even back markers are still pulling in a few million per year. Most back marker F1 guys are making in the multi six figure range if any at all ( alot of drivers buy their ride and don't get a set salary from teams).
Also Wonderbread is not and has never been a Nascar sponsor.
Its much easier and lucrative to be an average NASCAR (Cup) driver than an average F1 driver
Since Marcel Hirscher is the highest paid athlete in the world, he’s probably also the highest paid skier.
https://en.mediamass.net/people/marcel-hirscher/highest-paid.html
https://en.mediamass.net/people/marcel-hirscher/highest-paid.html
snowpocalypse
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Alberto Tomba makes more in residuals a year then 99% of the top park skiers combined. You forget how much money flows into World Cup over in Europe. Especially in the late 80's.
Tomba's net work 8 mil
Vonn 3mil
Jonney Moseley 5 Mil
Hermann Maier Net Worth 21.5
Hermann for the win
Tomba's net work 8 mil
Vonn 3mil
Jonney Moseley 5 Mil
Hermann Maier Net Worth 21.5
Hermann for the win