The most exciting moment of the WSI Big Air for me, personally.
May 9, 2009, 1:02 AM
By: John Symms
A few weeks ago, after the WSI Big Air, I was sitting in a Whistler hotel room with a few friends, associates, and competitors. As we relived the excitement of the night's event and basked in each other's camaraderie, I spotted Beyoncé's "Ring The Alarm" EP out of the corner of my eye. Initially I thought I was looking at a photograph of Beyoncé on skis, or posing in some snow bunny get-up, at least. Then my eyes focused a little better on the album art, and I thought maybe she was exercising on a Skier's Edge workout machine.
Photos courtesy of BMG Records, SkiersEdge.com
Album art from Beyoncé's "Ring The Alarm" EP. It makes me think of skiing for some reason.
That excited me, as the thought of large-scale celebrities on skis always does. Once my eyes completely focused on the photograph, however, and my brain properly interpreted it, I realized with dismay that there wasn't much to do with skiing there at all. What I thought were ski poles were actually taut leashes. What I thought was a skiing stance was actually a classic Beyoncé show-them-the-goods-and-the-attitude-uh-huh-uh-huh pose. And there were alligators. And that — you know, pop music, bare skin, and dangerous wild animals together in one place — is cool. Really cool. But cooler than skiing?
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