haha, yeah. he left a gig paying him 30-40K to look for something else....right. son, they dropped him like 3rd period french.
you don't leave a situation like that in our industry. he was the highest paid salomon athlete (yes, more than sammy and charles), and in the freeski world their aren't many better options. read the oct issue of freeskier for all of you little kids who don't believe that is no longer a part of salomon.