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So who's planning to watch Apres Ski?
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COchick
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Well I will say that the helicopter ride to the hot spring looked pretty dang sweet. I'd do that in a heartbeat! But not with a... concierge... So that was cool.
And yeah... city girl or not, you would think ANYONE with a grain of sense would know that heels & snow do NOT mix! LOL.
And yeah... city girl or not, you would think ANYONE with a grain of sense would know that heels & snow do NOT mix! LOL.
Christy
Angel Diva
I hate it when people accuse someone--whether it's a musician who sold a song for a commercial, or Lynsey doing this--of "selling out." I think it was Tony Bourdain who said that you've sold out the first time you accept money for something you'd rather not do, and who hasn't? For most of us that's the very definition of work. And athletes like Lynsey, or musicians, artists, etc, don't exactly have guaranteed career paths and a 401K. If they feel good about the opportunity, no one should judge them personally. (Though I'm all for judging this show
)I'm surprised she was allowed to talk about this at all--usually there are confidentiality agreements.
climbingbetty
Angel Diva
Yup, I got say, it was super easy to judge Lyndsey for this. Disturbing easily. But in the two articles I've read where she explains her choice, I gotta say that I've ended up having even more respect for her. She tried something. It didn't work. So what???? Don't we tell people all the time that it's better to try and fail than to never try at all? And why do we have to keep repeating that platitude? Because failing in front of others is HARD. It's embarrassing. But I really love Lyndsey's attitude about this- she's OK with trying something and it not "working out" per se. She's willing to take a risk to reach a larger audience. SheJumps, the organization she helped found, has stickers and banner that say "What would DARE to accomplish if you knew SUCCESS was the only option?" I think she's living that mantra and I gotta give her mad props for that.
sibhusky
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
In the first series she barely appeared to be involved at all. I liked that she supposedly didn't recognize who her boss was.
ellae
Certified Ski Diva
I was initially excited to see her on the show, but I agree with you that the interviews portray that her desire to do this was for a great reason. The episode last night (I've watched all of them because I still have so much hope for it) featured her standing up for guests that expressed their desire to hit the slopes, which their boss fully dismissed. It also showed her encouraging a scared guest to ride the mega zipline. She's a really positive person on the show, and so drama-free, while their boss is the quintessential Bravo personality. She is such a great role model, and if this show results in lots of parents bringing their children to the mountains, and then those kids falling in love with the snow, then GREAT!!
There's a world full of winter-haters out there and we need to make them understand that 1) there is plenty to love about winter, and 2) winter is in danger. Lynsey is a part of the POW (Protect Our Winters) riders alliance, so I hope her presence on the show is able to draw attention to and raise awareness of Protect Our Winters.
EDIT: I would also like to add that they should consult a videographer who has experience filming skiing/snowboarding. Whenever they're on snow, it makes me motion sick.
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Christy
Angel Diva
I'm at Whistler right now and reading the local paper today, I saw a letter from a family from London who have vacationed here for the last seven years. They are so appalled at the show that they say that next year, in protest of the kind of behavior exhibited on the show, that they'll be going to Banff instead. Quote: "We hope Whisler re-brands itself back to a winter wonderland resort where skiing and family fun are priorities over drunken stupidity."
ellae
Certified Ski Diva
The worst part about that is they'll probably do nothing, including not addressing the family, hoping that the show piques the interest of viewers. I wish they would show more of the actual mountain. They do a terrible job capturing one of the most raved about mountains in the world.
snow addict
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
It sounds like the show is not aiming to advertise Whistler for tourists but rather to attract younger crowd by showing some rather stereotypical ski resort shenanigans. Or maybe not even to attract anyone but to show the part of life in resorts that visitors don't always see. I can see how families might be not very happy about it, but I am not sure if it's at all possible to address families in a show that's advertised as showing professional and personal lives of basically a chalet company's employees with some skiing involved and not as a ski movie or movie about skiing. Not watching, so can't tell how close to reality it is, probably it's full of silly dramas and exaggerations, but then again many things do happen in ski resorts.
snow addict
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
^this is what happens in the ski resorts too and this is what some people's jobs probably involve. I suspect the point is, as with much of the television, to give people something to kill their time with.
Christy
Angel Diva
I came to the same conclusion. I wonder if W-B had the idea then shopped it around to producers, and if the company was invented just for purposes of the show. There's so much product placement in the show (in terms of restaurants/bars/businesses that are shown) that it's definitely an ad.
