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Alpine Skiing 2021 - 2022 Discussion Thread


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1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

American sport in general is very strange in that lots of people do alpine, cross-country, mountain biking, canoeing etc etc without being in the least interested in the professional version of those sports.  Even in athletics this year we saw that USATF has to include high school races in the middle of international meets in order to get a stadium  audience 

 

I assume NCAA supports indoor sports which helps to boost some of these winter events. Practicing half-pipe tricks isn't much different than gymnastics but canoeing or alpine skiing are outdoor sports so a different story. The lack of depth is probably linked to the decline of escaping poverty through sports. The same happens in boxing or combat sports in general. I presume all cycling-related hype died after the Lance Armstrong scandal.

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12 hours ago, NearPup said:

Apparently Shiffrin made about three million dollars in sponsorship in 2021, so almost half a million dollars in prize money isn't pocked change for her.

 

Shiffrin isn't very well known in :USA though, alpine skiing is extremely niche outside of regions that have a big ski industry. It's a sport that's relegated to a second rate streaming service the vast majority of the time, so outside of the Olympics alpine skiers are almost unknown to 99% of the country.

To be fair, being 'not very well known' and still raking in millions of dollars in sponsorship deals a year....nice :lol: 

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10 hours ago, heywoodu said:

To be fair, being 'not very well known' and still raking in millions of dollars in sponsorship deals a year....nice :lol: 

That is the perk of being an athlete in America - even when you participate in a niche sport there are still a lot of fans.

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Tessa "or rather Elsa :p" Worley GS small globe celebration :p

 

 

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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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Maribor has finally been removed from the calendar for next season. The problems and uncertainties there are just too big. Whether the races will return again in 2024 or later is open. 

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