Jon Olsson speak out about Team America

actually no. he has a point, something rogge pointed out on the ski show a few weeks ago.

this is two weeks of a very short season that these guys base their career off of. unless they win, they dont make money off of joss. the shots they get there really cant be used in movies, because no one wants to see shots theyve already seen 6 months later in a full length ski flick. they already saw it for free, why would they pay for it?

i have no doubt thats part of why there were no really big name filmers there this year, its just doesnt make sense money wise. that time could be used getting last minute bc shots, spring park shoots that no one will see for free before the movie, etc.

so essentially yes, unless you win, you have nothing to show for it, and that time could have been "better spent" (career speaking) elsewhere.
 
There is not like they HAVE to go there, I rather not see them at JOSS next year. Team NS was the shit, stoked and having a great time.

Simon can do a Target movie with Shaun White.

Also there was alot of coverage from JOSS last year, Level 1 Refresh - Henrik Harlaut?

 
I can't believe people are actually trying to defend tom and simon now. "They missed out on valuable time that could have been spent shooting" and all that nonsense. Yes they could have been shooting, but they knew that they would miss that time when they agreed to attend one of the coolest event in sports. They might also have to pay for some of their own shit while on a two week trip to sweden where they get to hit amazing features, attend awesome parties, and hangout with swedish girls. Something they also probably knew before agreeing to go. What they did was super shitty and disrespectful to the contest, and that half assed apology doesnt really make up for it in my mind. Lastly, the argument that they were hungover and couldnt say bye shouldnt be valid after such an awesome experience like that.
 
Yeh but what there saying is, they went there expecting a ski edit contest, worked there asses off and then it turned out that skiing wasn't the most important aspect of it.
 
this is how people should act. they are professional skkiers for crying out loud you should be happy your skiing for your job pretty much.
 
.... he had one shot from joss that i saw. and actually im not even sure that was from during joss, that jump was barely hit.

and yes, its not like they have to go. but lets be honest, that goes both ways, JOSS wouldnt be what it is without the athletes there.

im not hating on Jon in any way, i have the utmost respect for him and the comp. but i can also totally see where Tom and Simon are coming from.
 
People are still defending the fact that they leaked the edit, something they shouldn't have done even if the judging turned out to be different than they thought it was going to be..
 
True, but do you think that they would get more kudos and exposure if they would have been filming some stuff than attend Jons event? Even if they get last place its still all over the web and Jon even have signing 2 times with the riders and partys and stuff going on all the time.

Of course they wanna go there, the exposure they get by attend JOSS is crazy!

And the judging format was on the JOSS page like 8 weeks prior, and btw did PK cry out or doing stuff like this at X-games with the dub front win? No....
 
I agree with you there, these guys are professionals and should conduct themselves as such. They do however have a very valid argument.
 
actually, yes, i seem to remember pk, and several other pros complaining about the format of the contest.

the judging format was not on the page 8 weeks prior. what was on there was something about 32 points and 16 points for the categories, something that clearly didnt happen since the top scores were all 9's....
 
you are an idiot... quit trying to throw shit in the fire!!!! tom broke chugs camera at euro x, i saw the fucking camera. this shit is so retarded!!! i mean jon deserves praise for the event and how hard he works, but it's all about the dollar bills... i remember when it was sweet just to be able and travel and get some ski gear for free. now, we have every little kid wanting to be a "pro", these websites that give every jackass that can strap some skis on a voice, established pros crying about the way jumps are shaped (or not coming in 1st), and dumbass agents signing these guys to every fucking kind of product...

get over it!!!!! i know there is money in the game, but what happened to the love, or even just the fun???

bunch of ego-maniacs... we are not saving lives, or even teaching kids... well, except how to be a hater, a sore loser, and a cry-baby!!!!

fuck this shit, and go ride!!!!!
 
you are such a dumbass. you think youre cool for dissing pro skiers. you arent, and you havent viewed canadas, NS's, or Norways videos either, therefore you can fuck off

 
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I think both parts made mistakes. Team America shouldn't have leaked the edit cause they knew how joss works rom last year. And at the same time i think jon made some assumptions and statements that were not entirely true because he was upset of what the video leak.
Both parts should man up and accept their mistakes truthfully and not only to be OK with the public eye. If they have their differences still, no problem, just do what you want but don´t let this keep going, its not good for Jon, Simon and Tom
 
Yah. No way they're sponsers would dish out money to bring them to one of skiings most important and recognized event ...
 
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