Impact of the Olympics?

[Shenanigans]

I’m getting back into skiing after being out of the loop for about five years. I remember in the lead up to 2014 a lot of people thought that the exposure from the olympics would have a huge impact on freeskiing. Have there been noticeable changes in the sport/industry since then?

 

[TRVP_ANGEL]

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[davetron78]

lol slightly more exposure? i honestly don't think muuuch. the olympic games aren't that profitable anymore, if you are not a member of the IOC or a subsidiary investor. athletes are just pawns and perfect breeding machines

 

[Crust_Station]

More kids can dub?

 

[b0ss]

Wat about literally all of china

lol slightly more exposure? i honestly don't think muuuch. the olympic games aren't that profitable anymore, if you are not a member of the IOC or a subsidiary investor. athletes are just pawns and perfect breeding machines

 

[BlueVillain]

I feel like these days there are definitely two sides to slopestyle skiing.

Tons of kids are now in slopestyle teams and the comp scene is definitely more structured. What I mean by that is: to get to a certain level you gotta win this and this comp to get to that comp and so on. I've seen more and more kids start to huck trips before being able to style out a cork 7.

The second side, you probably guessed, is the "style" one, which I don't feel that I need to explain that much.

As for the impact of the olympics, I think its made skiing a lot more popular than it was before. Everybody is crazy good and it gets harder and harder to define what being "pro" is.

Also you're either a comp skier or you're not. Gone are the days where the most stylish skier in the game was also the one winning comps. At least in my opinion.

What do you guys think?

 

[Kundera]

I feel like these days there are definitely two sides to slopestyle skiing.

Tons of kids are now in slopestyle teams and the comp scene is definitely more structured. What I mean by that is: to get to a certain level you gotta win this and this comp to get to that comp and so on. I've seen more and more kids start to huck trips before being able to style out a cork 7.

The second side, you probably guessed, is the "style" one, which I don't feel that I need to explain that much.

As for the impact of the olympics, I think its made skiing a lot more popular than it was before. Everybody is crazy good and it gets harder and harder to define what being "pro" is.

Also you're either a comp skier or you're not. Gone are the days where the most stylish skier in the game was also the one winning comps. At least in my opinion.

What do you guys think?

Fully agree on the first part.

Nevertheless "Gone are the days where the most stylish skier in the game was also the one winning comps. At least in my opinion." I think it will be the case in few years, maybe less, but for now, when I see A-Hall leading many comps, even if it's with crazy tech tricks, I feel style is still around.

 

[Dilldoes]

Spin to win bitches......

 

[CalumSKI]

Fully agree on the first part.

Nevertheless "Gone are the days where the most stylish skier in the game was also the one winning comps. At least in my opinion." I think it will be the case in few years, maybe less, but for now, when I see A-Hall leading many comps, even if it's with crazy tech tricks, I feel style is still around.

yeah for sure

also many comps these days focus more about the enjoyable aspect like slvsh cup or from what ive heard< the jossi wells inv too

 

[BlueVillain]

Fully agree on the first part.

Nevertheless "Gone are the days where the most stylish skier in the game was also the one winning comps. At least in my opinion." I think it will be the case in few years, maybe less, but for now, when I see A-Hall leading many comps, even if it's with crazy tech tricks, I feel style is still around.

That's true, his dub 16 at X was suuuper sick and Ahall is a dope skier in general.

I can definitely see a switch in the mentality of judges too regarding style over spin-to-win. Which is kinda contradictory to what I said, but that's a good thing. People are trying to be different in comps and that's what skiing needs

 

[Knewnews]

aerials are in lol

 

[PeppermillReno]

Probably a good thing 1/4 years having some extra eyeballs and not just having the X Games as the be all and end all.

Hopefully Sean White is nowhere near the next Olympics or any future ones.

**This post was edited on Sep 16th 2019 at 11:36:08pm

 

[ThatSkiierKidd64]

I feel like these days there are definitely two sides to slopestyle skiing.

Tons of kids are now in slopestyle teams and the comp scene is definitely more structured. What I mean by that is: to get to a certain level you gotta win this and this comp to get to that comp and so on. I've seen more and more kids start to huck trips before being able to style out a cork 7.

The second side, you probably guessed, is the "style" one, which I don't feel that I need to explain that much.

As for the impact of the olympics, I think its made skiing a lot more popular than it was before. Everybody is crazy good and it gets harder and harder to define what being "pro" is.

Also you're either a comp skier or you're not. Gone are the days where the most stylish skier in the game was also the one winning comps. At least in my opinion.

What do you guys think?

Ya I totally agree, I feel like every kid just wants to ski comps and become pro, kids don't care about having fun on the mountain with the crew as much. I feel like it was more social media than the Olympics that did this though, as kids can now get exposure from all over the world by their phones. In the other stance though a lot of the kids who are all for comps right now, could become style gods in the future after they realise skiing is not just about winning and fame. I still focus on my style over everything, and would rather send laps with the boys all damn day, then wait around for two runs in a comp.