i think that if it was going to be one thing that would put us over the edge of snowboarding, it would have happened a year or 2 ago (cork 810 to rail, switch 9 chads, ext.)...its gnna be hard for someone to pull something more ahead of the times other than that....wats gnna pull us ahead of snowboarding is that snowboarding has already plataued(sp?) and is no longer the cutting edge sport it once was..today u see snowboarding in drink adds, tv shows, ext. so baiscaly, snowboarding used to be the rebelious sport, now it is kinda the conformist sport..if u wanna be cool like the people on Laguna Beach, u gotta snowboard...wat will push skiing over snowboarding will be when we reach the next level of exposure (which could possibly come in the 2010 x-games) which will push us far enough into the lime light that kids wanna ski, because we r the new hot shiat. skiing will be the sport that ur friends all know about that has the "rebeliousl/cool" aspect, just like snowboarding had however many years ago. Unfortunetly, as soon as that happens, the big names will try to get their chubby hands on us. once they have us in their grasp, skiing will head to where snowboarding is now, and fast. So, unless we stay completely true to the core companies who arnt part of the insane grid of buisness ownership, things will be differnt. but ya know, change is inevitable...they say life is alot like icecream, u gotta enjoy it while its still cold, thats why i go skiing, to keep my icecream cold.
_______________~Angus West______
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