THC should have won.
I'm from Ontario, and I still think westward is boring as fuck. I'm always stoked to see edits from people coming out of the same region/hills, but that shit just follows the same lame formula that everyone is copying now a days. It's just weak and uninteresting...
Also, those Hood Crew guys look like they could use the money!!! Seriously, I'm pretty sure most of the westward guys go to college or university, and have parents that finance pretty much everything/anything they want to do. I get the vibe that this whole "westward" thing is just a side project while they are in school, a little phase of their life that will be crumpled and forgotten in a year or two... Just from watching THC's edits, you know they all live to ski, you can see that they've got something westward doesn't. It's just a better vibe. (also the skiing is better, and the filming IMO). Especially that guy forster meeks, his style is really stand-out and fresh, It's got soul, and I could watch it for days. I get the impression that every hood crew rider lives to ski, and I think they could go a lot farther with the money.
The advantages of picking westward would be that there work is more polished and professional looking. It's appealing to a wider audience, and is more approachable. Both traits are very important to media corporations like the one NS is owned by, it makes them more comfortable when they are shelling out $1800. It's a safe and stable business move. That's all it is. What other reasons could their be? It's not like westward has better skiing, they don't have better filming...
I'm not sure how much of a say bishop had is this decision, but I think you need to get a fucking grip.
It's pretty disappointing. It sucks that THC members are responding with such hostility, but I'm not mad considering the fact that I stopped giving a shit about skiing a long while ago.
I think that 1800 dollars and promotional kit is more valuable to the hood crew, and I'm ashamed to see it go to waste. If "the newschoolers community chose the video" than fuck you newschoolers community. Fuck. You.