thanks for standing up for your beliefs and in my opinion the beliefs of the majority. i'm sure this isn't the only reason not to accept military advertising but it hits closer to home for those of us on this site. we all support the troops and are glad they made the decision to defend our country but they can only obey orders and those orders are misguided.
i ain't no democrat
sure ain't no republican either
i only know one party
and that is freedom
i am a patriot....
jackson browne

i am surfing this site on my phone (i know how "khul!", huh?), so i cannot get the link.

all i gotta say is there is no difference in predatorial tactics of drug pushers in highschools and military advertising in magazines that target youth.

Craig Kelly Forever.

support our troops....not the war.

bring them home!!!!!

I'm with you all in what you have expressed in this thread. Snowboard mag, thank you for choosing not to run military ads in the mag and on this wonderful site. Military ads in snowboard magazines have always bothered me. Especially the ads on snowboard websites, they seem to be on every page you go to or they have little pop up window that won't go away unless you close them, only to pop up again when you go to the next page (very annoying). Once again, thank you.

From a european point of view it always strikes me how much advertising TWS and Snowboarder have in comparison to our mags . . . i remember when i first saw a military advert in TWS, my heart sank as nothing exemplifies selling out to me more than the appearance of this ad, and whilst i appreciate advertising pays the bills, a line has to be drawn somewhere. People often slate core companies for selling out when they become too big, or Shaun White or someone else for selling out for taking money from mountain dew etc, all of which have been debated to death on this site, however military advertsing is just too far removed from our sport, and the nature of the adverts too much of a lie as to what military life involves and means, that it just leaves a nasty taste in my mouth.

I have nothing against the miltary, and have the utmost respect for anyone who puts their life on the line for their country, but what pisses me off is the military trying to portray signing up as akin to participating in an extreme sport. In britain their have been a series of adverts recently that basically portray joining the army as participating in the ultimate extreme sport, which is about as far from the truth as you can get.

On a side note the British army actually has an annual snowboarding championship, encompasing both alpine and freestyle disciplines, and a couple of my mates who are in the army spend on average 2 months a year shredding as part of their training ! Does the american Military actually alow you to Snowboard if you sign up, or do theyforce you on to some lovely telemark skis ?

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