Warren Miller is a moneygrubbing asshole

[powpowpowderwheels]

Went to the chicago ski show today, and right as i walk in the door, look who is at a booth... Warren Miller. i figure, what the hell, might as well get an autograph, his movies were good, and whether you guys like it or not, he is a skiing legend. So i pay the $8 for a poster (proof #1- arn't these supposed to be free?!! It's a promo.) And he signs it.

Obviously not caring, he signs the poster with "Good luck [powpow]" and hands it to me without eye contact. I go to shake hands with him, and he doesn't even put his pen down. Keep in mind that there are only 3 other people at the booth. He shakes my hand, with pen in hand, looks me in the eye and says (this is the best part) "You gave the money to him (other person at booth), right?" Fucker. Here I am, glad to have met him (until then) and he is a dick for absolutely no reason. (proof #2, he must be worth millions, what is another friggin $8 to him?!!)

Unbelievable.

He sure talks a good fight about the soul of skiing, but i think we all know now why he does what he does...

[ak_powder_monkey]

huckasoreass would never do that you otta be ashamed mr. miller

That Being said

I do get 2 free lift tickets to Alpenglow and Alyeska, so I'll go see journey anyway

[powpowpowderwheels]

Well next time you hear his jovial pseudo-friendly voice, you can remember my experience.

[ak_powder_monkey]

And I will, then I'll go skiing onhis dime

[DINMS]

Heh, your a insensitve dick. He has to sign 3000 of those fucking posters and you are complaining becuase you paid 8 buck for it and didn't get eye contact? He's like 80, give he's hand and mind a break.

[Plakespear]

Wow, DINMS makes sense for once. But still, you'd think the guy would be a little bit more outgoing. That is pretty weak on his part.

[Dexter Rutecki]

DINMS may be talking some sense in this case, but I also have to say that this is a pretty rare occurence, in the world of skiing, based on my experience. Maybe that's why it's surprising--we sort of expect our icons to be more accessible and down to earth. It does surprise me that Miller would act that way.
But he's old and been at this for a long time, so...still, I think Stein's got a few years on Miller, and he was as nice as a guy could be.

[mntlion]

Originally posted by DINMS
Heh, your a insensitve dick. He has to sign 3000 of those fucking posters and you are complaining becuase you paid 8 buck for it and didn't get eye contact?.

$8.00 * 3,000 = $24000 not bad for a night!

[BradyCU]

Originally posted by mntlion
$8.00 * 3,000 = $24000 not bad for a night!

Tickets $16*3000=48,000
Posters $8*3000=24,000


$72000 IN ONE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, think about how many shows he does, and most of them are full here in colorado

[Steven S. Dallas]

Maybe he's pissed because he's old and his dick can't get hard no more. That'd do it for me.

[mtbakerskier]

Originally posted by BradyCU
Tickets $16*3000=48,000
Posters $8*3000=24,000


$72000 IN ONE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, think about how many shows he does, and most of them are full here in colorado

Uh dude he dosent see that mouch a night, no way no how, havent you ever heard of EXPENSES

[Steven S. Dallas]

Also, he doesn't own the company any more- I think he sold out to his son. Poor Warren Miller, being pimped out at 80 by his ne'er do well seed.

[Dexter Rutecki]

Originally posted by mtbakerskier
Uh dude he dosent see that mouch a night, no way no how, havent you ever heard of EXPENSES

Assuming those attendence figures are accurate, though, which they're not, he'd still be raking it in. No way expenses are that much compared to what we're assuming here (which is ridiculous, but whatever--Alex P. Keaton is dishing it out hot and spicy today).

[The AD]

If you don't call Warren Miller an asshole this year, you'll be one year older when you do.

Actually neither Warren nor his son owns the film company anymore. Warren handed it over to his son, who subsequently sold it to AOL-Time Warner. Have you noticed how Skiing and Ski magazine keep having stories about the resorts shown in Journey? It's no coincidence.

I thought the movie was o.k. But it's getting more and more like a big advertisement. Product placements are ubiquitous and the resort segments seem more like ads for the resorts than segments about skiing.

[BradyCU]

Originally posted by mtbakerskier
Uh dude he dosent see that mouch a night, no way no how, havent you ever heard of EXPENSES

He may have expenses but he also has a shitload of sponcers who get lots of plugs during the movie who probably pitch in quite a bit of those expenses, If aol owns his yellowstone club ass then who knows how much he gets, but somebody is getting loaded.

[The AD]

There's absolutely no question he's loaded, but I'd say he's truly earned his dues. As he likes to say at his movies (as we all know he has a tendency to repeat things year after year!) "thank you all for supporting my lifestyle."

It's too bad he was a dick to you powpow. Hopefully that was out of character for him.

[Alkasquawlik]

Warren Miller is the only company that pays for athlete heli-time.

[BradyCU]

Originally posted by Alkasquawlik
Warren Miller is the only company that pays for athlete heli-time.

So your saying that everytime some films with msp and tgr that they shell out 3grand for a couple days of filming???

[Steven S. Dallas]

Yeah, I think so...Maybe not the uber-rock stars, but everyone else pays their way. That's what the sponsorship money's for. If you have enough of that to pay for your season and then have some left over, then so much the better, but a lot of guys don't. Not a lot of dudes getting rich hucking their meat.

[DINMS]

Have you guys forgotten that the theater has to get alot ofthat from the tics. AOL gets all the swag from the DVDs. And doesn't the basterd desearve to be a rich basterd in the first place?

[powpowpowderwheels]

Like i said, people weren't stacked up around his booth... def did not sign more than 500 that night.

[crstlextrm]

could the 8 bucks been for charity?

[Bum Z]

I can't believe people pay $15 to see Warren Miller films.

Paying $8 for a poster is total bullshit. All of the athletes I've dealt with are happy to sign posters for people.

It sickens me that people are shelling out all sorts of money to Warren Miller when TGR, MSP, Team13, and others are putting out better ski films.

As for athletes and Heli-time, their sponsors pay for it. I don't know any athletes that could afford it, otherwise.

[laseranimal]

anyone who slept in an unheated trailer so he could ski everyday and paid for his ski tickets by taking pictures of guys and girls sitting on the deck and then charging $1 if it was the guy and his wife and $5 if it wasn't the guys wife is ok in my book

[Pinner]

Originally posted by Dexter Rutecki
DINMS may be talking some sense in this case, but I also have to say that this is a pretty rare occurence, in the world of skiing, based on my experience. Maybe that's why it's surprising--we sort of expect our icons to be more accessible and down to earth. It does surprise me that Miller would act that way.
But he's old and been at this for a long time, so...still, I think Stein's got a few years on Miller, and he was as nice as a guy could be.

This is due in large part to your own kind nature.