Sorry, but reading the actual interview only confirmed to me what I posted earlier. Let take a look at look at what T-dawg said here:
1) 'People are so blinded by ski racing that they kinda block us out'
The whining of a child. Newschool is huge in the US! while the older crowd still knows more about racing, I think the younger crowd definitely follows the progressive/newschool thing alot more, so why is he whining about being in the shadow of racers? Do you guys feel like racing is a huge presence here?
2)'Sorry to all those racers out there, but in 10 years, you guys ain’t gonna be nothing, man. '
Huh, interesting comment coming from a guy who's sport has been around less than 10 years. Anybody remember ski ballet? Not saying that will happen to newschool, but it's pretty ignorant to say your new thing is going to take out a sport that has been around for a century.
3) 'But the way it works with the contracts and the big companies is bullshit. '
Reason Bode pulls down so much isn't because of our country! It's all euro money and interest in the sport that justifies his contract. Doesn't Tanner get that? and if he does, than why is he bitching about something that's basically going on in Europe? Does he expect the Euros to all start buying the stuff he sells?
3)'all they do is ski down one icy-ass run.'
This speaks for itself. Anybody can appreciate that doing a downhill at 70,80,90 mph is exciting for some people to watch and takes a huge amount of dedication and skill.
aussiepimp - Being stoned might be a funny excuse for doing/saying stupid shit when we're haning out with our friends, but I can guarantee the grown-up world of professional sports don't think it's very amusing, and don't think too much of someone who gets high and then runs his mouth off to an interviewer.
chowbox - Think aboout what you just said. You're an idiot.