NMU Alpine Boarder Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Terje Haakonsen still thinks so... Is this really any different from the original arguments that happened in the 1990's when the sport was first introduced to the Olympics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnuts514 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Damn, getting a bit long winded Terje. Cliff notes please...so I took a quick glance, he is bitching about missing out on a paycheck at other events while trying to qualify for olympics? please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Read the first paragraph, didn't bother with the rest. Suck it up Terje, the IOC won't spin on it's heel because you think this or that is wrong. Sidenote, a triple by Wescott would be a hell of a lot better than tomato face getting 2x in halfpipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtslalom Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Well Terje has a point but I don't think it really matters. I think what ever contest the IOC judges to be a qualifying competition for the sport to be considered into the olympics, they will instate slopestyle competition regardless. I think Tarje is getting to wrapped up in the details of the sport. Ofcourse it would be better to showcase the top echelon of riders for the IOC to view at the Dew Tour but I'm sure other competitions with maybe the middle top riders will do just fine. My guess is we will see slopestyle competitions at the next olympics in both skiing and snowboarding. Now I'm sure there are some great athletes in womens ski jumping but the popularity is just not there, at least not for this country. However snowboarding is. Even in the countries where womens ski jumping is popular, so is snowboarding. No matter how unfair it may be to the ski jumping women, it's olympic event probably won't get 1/4 the viewers as slopestyle events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I wonder; do more people watch ski jumping or snowboard racing? I assume it's ski jumping for the "OMG, how do they do THAT?!?" factor. That doesn't bode well for snowboard racing. Then again; who watches discus or shotput in the summer olympics? They're not going anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 of course not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 A little confused ... isn't it up to the individual country's sanctioning federations to set the qualifiers for their athletes? And name their team on that basis? Then what would stop Snowboard USA setting qualifiers as any FIS event during the Olympic year, and not necessarily hosting a special event? I thought that was what they do for halfpipe and BX now. Sure, pulling together a last minute event this year isn't very cool, but it's not going to affect the IOC's decision at all. They're perfectly capable of looking at the TV like the rest of us. I hope if they put snowboard slopestyle in the Olys, that they include ski slopestyle as well. The skiers are so much better to watch. Rock on next weekend - "is glued to ESPN" Sidenote, a triple by Wescott would be a hell of a lot better than tomato face getting 2x in halfpipe. Fact fail for Terje - Shaun White winning gold in Sochi would make it a triple for him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 A little confused ... isn't it up to the individual country's sanctioning federations to set the qualifiers for their athletes? And name their team on that basis? Then what would stop Snowboard USA setting qualifiers as any FIS event during the Olympic year, and not necessarily hosting a special event? I thought that was what they do for halfpipe and BX now.Sure, pulling together a last minute event this year isn't very cool, but it's not going to affect the IOC's decision at all. They're perfectly capable of looking at the TV like the rest of us. Fact fail for Terje - Shaun White winning gold in Sochi would make it a triple for him too. No, you aren't confused. That was Terje's "inner diva" on display, as in the IOC would never select slopestyle without the best riders on display. Whatever I agree that Shaun's success makes his success easier. Shaun is the household name, Terje's is not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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