The Wildcats' Revenge
Once again I have been showed that people don't like it when you make fun of them,
especially not the greeks. Recently I called a group of Canadian Snowboarders a Fraternity
(and not in the most positive manner), and let's just say, they were less than stoked.
However, in the words of an unnamed industry insider, "They are [a fraternity], a
bunch of drunks with nice clothes." Still, I figure I'll let them have a say in the
matter to. Here's what I got:
- My name is Peter Andersen, and I am a member of the Wildcats you speak so poorly of. You
seem to think that we are a group of fraternity fags that do nothing but booze, and that
we do not actually snowboard. There are Thirteen members of the Cats. All of which are
professional snowboarders. So obviously we snowboard more than you think. We are so proud
of our "Team" because we feel that after dealing with Industry garbage for so
long we are finaly able to ride with our friends, when we want and where we want. We are
about having a lot of fun on and off the hill. Kind of like when we first started
snowboarding. But somehow it got to the point where we would only snowboard if there were
two photographers and a filmer, and it had to be a pristine bluebird day with 2 feet of
fresh. What I am getting at, is that we ride together because we want to, not because some
overwieght marketing executive decided that we made a pretty good "Team" and
they liked our image. As for our standards that you feel no one can live up to, I would
like to think that because we actually go up the hill to have fun, many of the kids in the
Vancouver area see that you have fun first and then worry about how cool their new coat
is, or isn't, later(hopefully never). We all put a lot of time and effort back into the
local riders to make sure they do not grow up into skewed industry whores. Anyway I hope
you do a little more
research next time before you shit talk about people. I can assure you that most people
are not as easygoing in this industry as we are.
Peter Andersen
peterhandersen@hotmail.com
P.S. If you can name the thirteen Wildcats within the next week and e-mail it to me. I
will buy
the first round if we ever meet. Peace
Ed: If anyone can name all of them, I'm sure he'd buy you beer too.
- what a fag.......you don't even know where da wildcats are at.
stop pushin poo and get yo hand off it
peace
substance@xtra.co.nz (The Wildcat from New
Zealand)
- My concern is that you aren't being consistant. You big up the Wildcats on Bluetorch and
then tear us down on Yobeat. It's disappointing to meet someone who's down (at Rob's
house) and
then have you turn around on the Cats like that. Granted it's your opinion and I respect
that, but I'm not sure it's really necessary to be negative towards something that I see
as positive. It is incorrect to say that no one can live up to the cat's standards - where
did you get that from? And its certainly incorrect information to say that half of the
cats don't even snowboard - you posted the list, the riders you don't recognize work on
the industry side of things. I don't mind that you refer to us as a frat, but I do mind
when you associate us with the negative aspects of one. Yes, we're a bunch of friends that
snowboard and party together, and we have shirts and stuff, but we never shut people out
of group, never once have we turned someone away from partying. We don't look down on
anyone else - quite the opposite. We have the a profound respect for most riders in
snowboarding. All we'd like to represent is the fun that snowboarding and friends
can be. We have the same passion and love for the sport as anyone else. For me, the stoke
is still like the first day I strapped on a board. But the stoke gets burned out when
people are negative towards me and my friends. It's fine that you targetted industry
related corporateness and all that other bullshit, but why would you target fellow riders.
Does skateboarding persecute the Red Dragons for having a friend-based team? I don't think
so. In fact, more people back it cause it stems from the riders and their love for the
sport. I just wish that you could see that in us. There's enough negative vibes in the
snowboarding industry, please don't create more.
Peace. Wildcats out.
MJ (Email adress withheld out of fear)
Finally, if you actually care, I've found out the complete membership list and it
is as follows:
Devun Walsh
Dionne Delasalle
Chris Brown
Kale Stephens
Max Jenke
Bjorn Leines
Dave Cashen
J.F. Pelchat
Gaetan Chanut
Jacob McIntyre
Rob Dow
Brad Plamus
Peter Andersen
A view from the outside:
Okay, so I'm the bad guy, but here's what someone else (uninvolved in the Wildcats
had to say about the whole thing.)
- to all you wildcats....go cry to Scott Serfas. He needs some new shit for his xxx.
#%#%ing hypocrites all of you- erosenwald@cva.pvt.k12.me.us
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