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In response to Ed's one banger question I'd like to add that there are many changes happening naturally in snowboarding, there are many changes that NEED to happen in snowboarding and there are some things that should never change.my tangent in this video is just one aspect of snowboarding, competition. I was on the phone with an old friend Taylor Knox yesterday to find out why in the mists of a shitty economy the surf tour is growing, increasing their prose money, audience views and insures all the surfers? Keep in mind, last place on the ASP Tour 40 something place takes home 8g and anywhere from 80g to 300g for first. Now ask yourself…Is snowboarding competitions in balance with what's good for the riders and what's good for the event? What does last place at XGames take home? Dew Tour? TTR? Grand Prix? Olympics? There are too many tours! Many people would say snowboarding is bigger than surfing. I love snowboarding whether I make money at it or not but what I don't love is greed and watching athletes today get completely taken advantage of by events/tours, the Olympics and sponsors. We are losing it!!! I'm not going to sit around and pretend that FIS ( which stands for International SKI Federation), is a good thing for snowboarding!!! WTF!! Why is it that every event we have for snowboarding now is also a skiing event??? It's like having surfing and bodyboarding on the same tour. They just aren't the same and never will be, nothing against skiers or bodyboarders hell, I date a skier that went to the Olympics for GS (on his own dime) and him and all his buddies constantly say FIS RUINED skiing. Fact: FIS just passed a rule changing the size ski's GS racers are ALLOWED to race on. All the ski company's have to product new lengths. What if FIS comes in one day and says all halfpipe riders have to ride FIS regulated board lengths simply because the sport is just getting too dangerous? Terje had it right long long ago boycotting the Olympics when he could have won it. As far as I'm concerned, we don't need these events, they need us but it's al backwards because snowboarders haven't stuck up for themselves. If your interested in organizing a riders meeting on this subject contact me on Facebook and I urge you to watch Scotty Whittlakes Buoloco.com Video! He's right, boycotting would make way more headlines then actually going…that is if your into that kinda thing. Thank you Ed for creating this platform

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