Why Wallisch should be going to the Olympics
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will_powder
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Actually the olympics used to be only for amateur athletes up until very recently.
skier_07
Member
Anyone see Wallisch's tweet that mentioned injuries? Assuming coaches decided a healthy Joss was better than an injured Tom.
Tom didn't clarify if he had a current injury but based upon his skiing I would say he does.
Personally I think the discretionary pick was designed for TYW situation. Guy who has been injured but should be healthy for the Olympics and his right before injury form was good enough to make the team.
Tom wasn't in TYWs position so for that reason I think the coaches fell back on the regular qualifying results (not a injured person who wasn't skiing for qualifiers but will be healthy for the Olympics).
Plus in most Olympics sports qualifiers what you did prior years doesn't matter. Your current form does because that is what will win current competitions and I'm not sure how freeskiing is any different in this regard.
Tom didn't clarify if he had a current injury but based upon his skiing I would say he does.
Personally I think the discretionary pick was designed for TYW situation. Guy who has been injured but should be healthy for the Olympics and his right before injury form was good enough to make the team.
Tom wasn't in TYWs position so for that reason I think the coaches fell back on the regular qualifying results (not a injured person who wasn't skiing for qualifiers but will be healthy for the Olympics).
Plus in most Olympics sports qualifiers what you did prior years doesn't matter. Your current form does because that is what will win current competitions and I'm not sure how freeskiing is any different in this regard.
Wooooord, then why do you post behind some sick alias, bro?
That post didn't even hate on the comp jocks (unless you're looking at that as a derogatory term), just bolstered Tom for being the fucking man.
Now the only person worth rooting for is Henrik. FUCK YEAH DOLLO.
That post didn't even hate on the comp jocks (unless you're looking at that as a derogatory term), just bolstered Tom for being the fucking man.
Now the only person worth rooting for is Henrik. FUCK YEAH DOLLO.
Correction: ABM is fucking sick as well.
will_powder
Active member
How about Jesper? Kid put out some of the best urban footage in supervention last year.
histonskiah
Member
Forget team usa. Im rooting for Henrik now, Go team Sweden!
I don't follow the comp scene, and I'm not even that interested in watching what happens during the olympics, BUT...
This is a fucking travesty. Absolute travesty.
^what the entire NS community is feeling like right now.
This is a fucking travesty. Absolute travesty.
^what the entire NS community is feeling like right now.
I'm gonna go old school as fuck and throw this guy's name into that team just for fuck yeas.
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When I think of park skiing, the first name that comes to my mind is Tom Wallisch. He's done it all in the past couple of years, and as an ambassador to our sport, he should be in Sochi. It's like if the coach of Team Canada in Hockey didn't choose Sidney Crosby in his team because he had 4 other players with better stats than him. Skiing is more than numbers, and too bad it all comes down to results of the 4-5 last comps to decide who would go to the biggest event in sports, that only comes around every 4 years.
homedinger
Member
It makes me sick to think wally supported North Face wear for Olympics and he isn't joining them.
Kopparplat91
New member
That's it, i am making a twitter account just for this.
Wallisch IS fkin slopestyle. He has done EVERYTHING for the sport and slopestyle would be nowhere today if it wasn't for him. @usfreeskiing made the dumbest decision ever. I am sorry Joss, but prepare for massive hate, you should give up your spot.
Newschoolers will never forget this day. The worst robbery of all time.
I MEAN HOW CAN YOU NOT PICK HIM AFTER ALL THE INTERVIEWS AND EVERYTHING?! MY GOD! The guy is such a class act.
Wallisch IS fkin slopestyle. He has done EVERYTHING for the sport and slopestyle would be nowhere today if it wasn't for him. @usfreeskiing made the dumbest decision ever. I am sorry Joss, but prepare for massive hate, you should give up your spot.
Newschoolers will never forget this day. The worst robbery of all time.
I MEAN HOW CAN YOU NOT PICK HIM AFTER ALL THE INTERVIEWS AND EVERYTHING?! MY GOD! The guy is such a class act.
UncleGerry
Active member
No alias bud, just a NS user name. My name's actually in it too. I'm not much into hiding.
If you want to know about me, feel free to PM me. I'd just rather not post my biography on an open forum filled with 14 year old idiots.
If you want to know about me, feel free to PM me. I'd just rather not post my biography on an open forum filled with 14 year old idiots.
hella.sick.skier
Member
no
BdoubleU
Member
This is blasphemy at the very least.
And to the obvious alias accounts trying to justify Tom not deserving this spot...fuck you and your ignorance to where this sport has gone in the past 5-7 years.
In no way should we "disown" team USA here...but god damn these coaches must be seeing something that we aren't?........or they just failed really hard. Yeah, that is definitely it.
AND a big LOL to the "dirty tom" comment. Stupidity at it's finest.
And to the obvious alias accounts trying to justify Tom not deserving this spot...fuck you and your ignorance to where this sport has gone in the past 5-7 years.
In no way should we "disown" team USA here...but god damn these coaches must be seeing something that we aren't?........or they just failed really hard. Yeah, that is definitely it.
AND a big LOL to the "dirty tom" comment. Stupidity at it's finest.
catsRjerks
Member
*********** NEWS **********
It has been confirmed, his great aunty once visited Australia on a booze cruise, and he is now being considered for the national olympic team. Tom may still be able to Slay alongside Russ in the Sochi winter Olympics to many of his fans' enjoyment. High hopes with these atheletes to be the first ever Gold and Silver medalists in the same event for this country.
It has been confirmed, his great aunty once visited Australia on a booze cruise, and he is now being considered for the national olympic team. Tom may still be able to Slay alongside Russ in the Sochi winter Olympics to many of his fans' enjoyment. High hopes with these atheletes to be the first ever Gold and Silver medalists in the same event for this country.
Logan Imlach is about as cool as a barrel of dicks
This is America- To rep the best, you gotta be the best.
Tom ain't the best anymore... style is whack and his dick ridaz Steve and Log-Dawg are sad the gravy train and champagne lifestyle is about to end for them as Tom fades into oblivion ala Scott Hibbert
This is America- To rep the best, you gotta be the best.
Tom ain't the best anymore... style is whack and his dick ridaz Steve and Log-Dawg are sad the gravy train and champagne lifestyle is about to end for them as Tom fades into oblivion ala Scott Hibbert
catsRjerks
Member
this is actually a great idea
hahahahahahahahaha this is awesome
tcgoldman
Member
Why does it say tom is on the team on the website? http://www.nbcolympics.com/team-usa
Sucks Tom isn't on the team.
I want to leave everyone with a great quote by a USA Olympic athlete, and some great comments left by people that more or less represent the general public.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/eleven-named-to-u-s--olympic-freeskiing-team-064129962.html
""This is by far the coolest sport ever invented, and I think everyone's going to be really excited and hyped when they see how cool we are," slopestyle skier Keri Herman said. "And also, we like to have the best time you can imagine. The most fun on the hill, the most fun off the hill.""
Some of the most thoughtful comments.
"What olympics? This has just become one long commercial to raise millions of dollars for the TV networks. And to give the politicians something to talk about. I'll find something better do, like actually skiing myself."
"I liked the Olympics better before they let pros compete and before they tried to become the X Games..."
"How does one score and win in freestyle? Scoring seems to take the "free" out of it, like in figure skating. I bet there is a lot of politicking with regards how to score. Just look at the travesty that happened in our selection of figure skating. The number 3 lost to number 4."
"It isn't a sport. When did the Olympics get so lame? Oh yeah, when the committee became so interest in money."
I understand that incredible athletic ability is required to do some of the stunts they do, this event (like rhythmic gymnastics) should not be an Olympic Sport. Winners and losers are chosen essentially on the opinion of judges, who have been known to trade votes. Let's leave the games to those events that have a clearly defined winner - the person that goes the fastest, throws the farthest, lifts the most, or is the last person standing.
"I wouldn't say it was that cool. My wife had it on for about 20 minutes Saturday afternoon during the slope style competition. It looked like something that belonged in the X games. Another judged competition fully of capable of corruption. We shut it off and caught up on some House of Cards before the start of season 2 next month."
"What ever happened to the highest, fastest or most goals? We don't need another sport where subjective judging determines the winner."
"Is the winner picked by judges? Yes . . . then it's an art not a sport. It's still athletic, still cool . . . but it's not a sport and really shouldn't be a competition."
"people have been doing tricks on skies for decades. Not anything new here.
Hell even I can do a helicopter and I'm damn near 40. Been doing it since I was in my teens.
People acting like the invented sliced bread. Just lame.
If they really wanted the coolest winter sport this would have been a click to a story about free snowmobiling. Which is undoubtably the coolest sport I have ever seen."
"If a "sport" has judges, then it doesn't belong in the Olympics. That includes Figure Skating and Gymnastics. Judges are too easily bought or show immense bias. That's isn't competition, that's an auction"
"There should never be any sports in the Olympics that are decided by judging. It should either be a score or a time that decides the winner."
"look these guys have athletic ability sure..but let's look at the amount of money and energy wasted so these losers can ski down a hill while jumping..I sincerely hope that the U.S. NEVER spends another dime supporting the Olympics. The events only purpose is to let the "athletes" stroke their egos for an international audience..then sink back into obscurity in the real world, because in reality..no one cares if you can flip while skiing..."
Funny comments.
"Have they selected the team for the freestyle waking up & getting dressed in the morning competition yet?"
"These events are more and more just gymnastics on snow, and ever more dangerous."
"I went to a bachelor party many years ago and we had races liking whipped cream off of the nude entertainment ladies. No judging, no style points, just who could do it fastest. I would say that sport was much more fun.
This article is nonsense. Freeskiers don't have #$%$ on the curlers. I went to a party with a bunch of curlers and these guys did enough drugs to kill an elephant. Snortin' coke off strippers, hangin' from chandeliers like a buncha monkeys, dancin till the sun came up, you name it. Yea they tone it down for the olympics but make no mistake about it if you want to party find your local curling club. Don't forget to bring some antibiotics and a hockey mask bc it's gonna get wild.
I always lost.
Well, I was the last to remove the whipped cream anyway. Losing is subjective."
"Next will be the bong smoking competition. See who can smoke the most in a short time without laughing."
"As much as I like watching sports like this, I can still admit they're basically modern-day circus acts."
'Why not make farting an Olympic sport?"
"Wow. It looks like the Whitest sport ever invented. Like a NBA basketball team photo negative."
"Guns should be allowed at the Olympics!"
I want to leave everyone with a great quote by a USA Olympic athlete, and some great comments left by people that more or less represent the general public.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/eleven-named-to-u-s--olympic-freeskiing-team-064129962.html
""This is by far the coolest sport ever invented, and I think everyone's going to be really excited and hyped when they see how cool we are," slopestyle skier Keri Herman said. "And also, we like to have the best time you can imagine. The most fun on the hill, the most fun off the hill.""
Some of the most thoughtful comments.
"What olympics? This has just become one long commercial to raise millions of dollars for the TV networks. And to give the politicians something to talk about. I'll find something better do, like actually skiing myself."
"I liked the Olympics better before they let pros compete and before they tried to become the X Games..."
"How does one score and win in freestyle? Scoring seems to take the "free" out of it, like in figure skating. I bet there is a lot of politicking with regards how to score. Just look at the travesty that happened in our selection of figure skating. The number 3 lost to number 4."
"It isn't a sport. When did the Olympics get so lame? Oh yeah, when the committee became so interest in money."
I understand that incredible athletic ability is required to do some of the stunts they do, this event (like rhythmic gymnastics) should not be an Olympic Sport. Winners and losers are chosen essentially on the opinion of judges, who have been known to trade votes. Let's leave the games to those events that have a clearly defined winner - the person that goes the fastest, throws the farthest, lifts the most, or is the last person standing.
"I wouldn't say it was that cool. My wife had it on for about 20 minutes Saturday afternoon during the slope style competition. It looked like something that belonged in the X games. Another judged competition fully of capable of corruption. We shut it off and caught up on some House of Cards before the start of season 2 next month."
"What ever happened to the highest, fastest or most goals? We don't need another sport where subjective judging determines the winner."
"Is the winner picked by judges? Yes . . . then it's an art not a sport. It's still athletic, still cool . . . but it's not a sport and really shouldn't be a competition."
"people have been doing tricks on skies for decades. Not anything new here.
Hell even I can do a helicopter and I'm damn near 40. Been doing it since I was in my teens.
People acting like the invented sliced bread. Just lame.
If they really wanted the coolest winter sport this would have been a click to a story about free snowmobiling. Which is undoubtably the coolest sport I have ever seen."
"If a "sport" has judges, then it doesn't belong in the Olympics. That includes Figure Skating and Gymnastics. Judges are too easily bought or show immense bias. That's isn't competition, that's an auction"
"There should never be any sports in the Olympics that are decided by judging. It should either be a score or a time that decides the winner."
"look these guys have athletic ability sure..but let's look at the amount of money and energy wasted so these losers can ski down a hill while jumping..I sincerely hope that the U.S. NEVER spends another dime supporting the Olympics. The events only purpose is to let the "athletes" stroke their egos for an international audience..then sink back into obscurity in the real world, because in reality..no one cares if you can flip while skiing..."
Funny comments.
"Have they selected the team for the freestyle waking up & getting dressed in the morning competition yet?"
"These events are more and more just gymnastics on snow, and ever more dangerous."
"I went to a bachelor party many years ago and we had races liking whipped cream off of the nude entertainment ladies. No judging, no style points, just who could do it fastest. I would say that sport was much more fun.
This article is nonsense. Freeskiers don't have #$%$ on the curlers. I went to a party with a bunch of curlers and these guys did enough drugs to kill an elephant. Snortin' coke off strippers, hangin' from chandeliers like a buncha monkeys, dancin till the sun came up, you name it. Yea they tone it down for the olympics but make no mistake about it if you want to party find your local curling club. Don't forget to bring some antibiotics and a hockey mask bc it's gonna get wild.
I always lost.
Well, I was the last to remove the whipped cream anyway. Losing is subjective."
"Next will be the bong smoking competition. See who can smoke the most in a short time without laughing."
"As much as I like watching sports like this, I can still admit they're basically modern-day circus acts."
'Why not make farting an Olympic sport?"
"Wow. It looks like the Whitest sport ever invented. Like a NBA basketball team photo negative."
"Guns should be allowed at the Olympics!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqyN4FzvHc0
This sport is based on style as well as uniqueness, I cant help but say" flawless" and "effortless" are words I would use for Tom . The sad thought is some of the people on this forum are asking "Does he have the " TRIPLE GAME" ? ". Are all of you implying that RIP Speedy , if he was to be here he would be an amazing freestyle slope -athlete with the way these contest are going ?
The concept of skill and talent is really shown in snowboarding , Danny Davis's first hit is a Switch - Method straight AIR. Which is getting a lot of props . Would a sick switch straight air get any love in skiing ? I don't think so .
The Olympics are based on showing your countries athletic ability as well as the drive and personality of the competitors . Tom is not only a godfather to the new error of skiing but also the best ambassador to the sport itself .
#TOMWALLISHFORUSTEAM
This sport is based on style as well as uniqueness, I cant help but say" flawless" and "effortless" are words I would use for Tom . The sad thought is some of the people on this forum are asking "Does he have the " TRIPLE GAME" ? ". Are all of you implying that RIP Speedy , if he was to be here he would be an amazing freestyle slope -athlete with the way these contest are going ?
The concept of skill and talent is really shown in snowboarding , Danny Davis's first hit is a Switch - Method straight AIR. Which is getting a lot of props . Would a sick switch straight air get any love in skiing ? I don't think so .
The Olympics are based on showing your countries athletic ability as well as the drive and personality of the competitors . Tom is not only a godfather to the new error of skiing but also the best ambassador to the sport itself .
#TOMWALLISHFORUSTEAM
NedStark
Member
How the fuck are Mike Jankowski and Skogen Sprang coaching anyone. "Hey Gus that was a great dub 1620.", "Thanks coach how can I make my run better?" "I don't know Gus, I guess you need more spins." How the fuck their supposed to coach these guys when they can't dub or do half the rail tricks that Tom does.