Transitions towards TikTok skiers.

[mediumwell]

TikTok has blown up in popularity since the start of quarantine. Content on TikTok has a much higher potential to propel a video into viral status when compared to Instagram. Recently a lot of skiers have been dipping their toes into TikTok, and I am curious to know how people feel about this.

On one hand, I feel like those who want to "bring back the ski edit" and frown upon Instagram ski culture are probably not stoked about this. On the other hand, no publicity is bad publicity, and TikTok is definitely contributes to a larger viewership of ski content.

Pro skiers from countries who are a part of TikTok's creators fund have a few really good reasons to put their content on TikTok. Firstly, there is a financial incentive which Instagram does not offer, and additionally there is an opportunity to make it to the screens of viewers who would otherwise never see their content.

I think it's great that TikTok exposes a larger audience to our sport, however I suspect that as the TikTok era of internet skiing evolves, we will be further pushing the envelope for what it means to chase clout a la double cork.

I would love to hear some opinions.

 

[Aidan.Okelly]

TikTok has blown up in popularity since the start of quarantine. Content on TikTok has a much higher potential to propel a video into viral status when compared to Instagram. Recently a lot of skiers have been dipping their toes into TikTok, and I am curious to know how people feel about this.

On one hand, I feel like those who want to "bring back the ski edit" and frown upon Instagram ski culture are probably not stoked about this. On the other hand, no publicity is bad publicity, and TikTok is definitely contributes to a larger viewership of ski content.

Pro skiers from countries who are a part of TikTok's creators fund have a few really good reasons to put their content on TikTok. Firstly, there is a financial incentive which Instagram does not offer, and additionally there is an opportunity to make it to the screens of viewers who would otherwise never see their content.

I think it's great that TikTok exposes a larger audience to our sport, however I suspect that as the TikTok era of internet skiing evolves, we will be further pushing the envelope for what it means to chase clout a la double cork.

I would love to hear some opinions.

tik tok is the natural evolution of social media and therefore skiing content

**This post was edited on Dec 18th 2020 at 12:46:43am

 

[.Roockley.]

Bring back the hype of seeing tricks you didn't know were landed the season before until movie season!

 

[r00kie]

I refuse to join TikTok. This is my hill and I will die on it.

 

[BigPurpleSkiSuit]

I will join you

I refuse to join TikTok. This is my hill and I will die on it.

 

[SWRTOFFICIAL]

Yea fuck tiktok, I deleted it a while ago. I know its probably just the natural evolution of media but that app is just so dumb and its popularity and trends are aggravating

 

[snowfinder]

tiktok skiers are going to bring back ski ballet

 

[armchair_skier]

Tik Tok promotes the type of skiing I hate to people I hate.

 

[SWRTOFFICIAL]

Tik Tok promotes the type of skiing I hate to people I hate.

All ive seen on ski tiktok was "what your ski brand says about you" and 14 year olds talking about "skiing extra fast and spraying snow for their crush".... I fucking hate it

 

[Bended_Toenail]

All ive seen on ski tiktok was "what your ski brand says about you" and 14 year olds talking about "skiing extra fast and spraying snow for their crush".... I fucking hate it

Haha yeah. I saw one of the what your ski brand says about you ones that said Volkls are stoner skis and ON3P is for posers.

Tik Tok is the kryptonite of skiing and life.

 

[SWRTOFFICIAL]

Haha yeah. I saw one of the what your ski brand says about you ones that said Volkls are stoner skis and ON3P is for posers.

Tik Tok is the kryptonite of skiing and life.

Lmaoo what?? thats backwards as hell

 

[tannerc]

All tiktok skiers are jerries or comp ski fuckboys. Al summer they talked about skiing and how much they miss it then post a vid and they can’t do shit

 

[CLQ]

It's sorta like vine, it'll die out eventually and something else will replace it that requires an even shorter attention span

The only reason Vine died was because Twitter didn’t see a way to make it profitable. I’m sure people also thought that Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and snapchat would also die out. TikTok is here to stay unless trump bans it.

 

[-Dan]

I been getting familiar with TikTok the last few weeks. Any gripes people have always seem to be about the content on there and not with the platform itself. So it becomes a question of whether or not people start posting cool shit native to TikTok. Not cringy trend shit applied to skiing but actually dope skiing related video/commentary/whatever it may be.

In my opinion , the platform itself seems way better than the latest iteration of Instagram. My impression is that more people feel comfortable being real on TikTok vs how polished people feel the need to be on IG.

if y’all wanna stay back a lil longer I don’t blame you. I’ll let you know when it’s Heating up over there. I’m hopeful now that the season is underway.

 

[r00kie]

I will join you

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Hey now. I'm a tall guy too.

 

[MiIfHunter]

Shut the fuck up kid. Tik tok is dumb af

 

[Grom]

its a weird app odds of getting views are super high compared to anywhere else

**This post was edited on Dec 19th 2020 at 8:55:03pm

 

[JmckR]

The fagans use tiktok.

the end.

 

[theabortionator]

I dont have tiktok so this doesn't impact me. Go post ski videos and shitty dances i don't care.

Probably still better than google plus.