Is photography ruining skiing?

if you wanna put it that way then photography/video can ruin every sport.
hell i remember back in the days football was underground, back when i was a little wipper-snapper. then those damn photonographerzz came and now its all blown outta proportion
 
btw i know its a spelling error. thats just how my grandman pronounces photographers, thought it would add affect
 
well, first off i'm just gonna say that not all of us wear gangsta shit :p and some of us completely fail at "keeping it hyphy." but, ignoring that, i totally agree with you.
as to mr. postmakerman, you just deserve one, big "fuck you." for elaboration just reread the thread XD
 
what are u taking about if there were no photography and video skiing would not be as big i mean come on how would people document amazing things that happen
 
"i feel like sense the entire sport of skiing/freskiing is based on

photography and video, it has come to a point where everyone wants to

jump on the wagon. does it seem like this to anyone else?

sense there are so many kids shooting everything that happens, nothing

is underground, and the line between pro and am is so blurred freeskier

is struggling to keep up.

discuss"

I read your post kind of quickly so I may have missed the point. I'm

not sure if you were arguing against kids out there on the hill

shooting or not or that you were making a case that Freeskier magazine

was irrelevant because it was only highlighting sponsored atheletes.

Any case, here's my feelings on why photography/videography is

important to the sport:

Our entire culture is based on images: Cave Drawings, Pictographs, Typography, Photography, Videography. It's a creative means of expressing an idea or documenting an event. Art is the hybrid of both.

Ski Photography & Videography is the hybrid that exists between the athlete and the photographer/filmer. Why?

The athlete sees the jump as a means of expressing a thought of motion, between the muscle and the synapse. The filmer/photographer sees a relationship between a moving object (the skier), the surroundings and the lens. They create a photo/edit as they see it. It's a creative process; an art.

The sport is an industry. It's a hybrid between passion and economy and all the good and bad inbetween. Whether one is underground or not, they're still riding on lifts, skiing on groomed parks (or taking sleds to the BC). Chances are, there was some smart marketing rep that bought a photo, slapped it on a brochure or put a video up on RSN. The kid bought a lift ticket, he or she learned to ski. well.

 
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if your photos are half as good as your writing skills.your gunna make it big hahai couldnt agree with you more
 
isnt underground worse than overexposure. In my opinion lessening the gap between pro and am is great for a sport, gives it more of a group kind of feel. as opposed to a sport.
 
wow...... so your basically saying that all of us NSers are a whole bunch of shitheads that take pics every second of the day. NS has so many pics and vids, so apparently according to this guy, NS is bull shit. at least that is my understanding
 
HAHAHA "Is photography ruining skiing" this has to be the dumbest thing i have ever seen, people like you piss me off.
 
the response to this thread is weird,,,,internet isnt real life and its hard to tell whats what who joking and whos for real,,,but this guy dosent have down snydrom....he was just sharing a point which theres is some truth to,,,,its lame how you all shit on him

i agree that its weird, how evrything gets filmed where as befor there was a lot more stuff youd hear on tha streets as oppose to a webcast on the net,,,,,samething in skating,,,,,,the 90sss and 411 was the shit....as far as skate cultre and media,,,,for skiiing i wouldnt trade the 90s for know unless i could go back with a pair of which ever of the dank rockered skis that are out know,,,,,
 
Is photography really ruining skiing? Or is talking about what people think is ruining skiing - that really isn't at all - ruing skiing? There's your double entendre.
 
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