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Well I mean pro is short for “professional” and the definition of professional is “engaged in a specified activity as one’s main paid occupation rather than as a pastime” - and with a YouTube base a following and ads and sponsors he clearly is making some sort of paid living from this. Maybe he’s not xgames pro sponsor level or a signed pro like some other but by definition he is a pro 🤷‍♂️ He’s just living his best life doing what we all love which is boarding. Kudos to him for making a living out of it even if he is a kook
 
The difference is the revenue stream. Take the ladies that make dumb amounts of money on Twitch cause they game in bikinis...pro gamer? Stripper? Which are they pro at? The answer, they're pro at Twitch. Streaming. Same shit for Jonny Dumbhouse. He is a YouTuber. Take his channel away and he'll get.... what? Yeah that don't make you pro.
 
The difference is the revenue stream. Take the ladies that make dumb amounts of money on Twitch cause they game in bikinis...pro gamer? Stripper? Which are they pro at? The answer, they're pro at Twitch. Streaming. Same shit for Jonny Dumbhouse. He is a YouTuber. Take his channel away and he'll get.... what? Yeah that don't make you pro.
Exactly, he's not a professional snowboarder, he's a professional Youtuber. Actually other that referring to himself as a pro snowboarder the guy doesn't bother me too much.
 
I stumbled upon one of his videos, because of my recommended feed. He is claiming to be a Pro snowboarder, which made me laugh. After seeing his riding not even being close to the actual pro's. Then he was endorsing some pro signature amazon goggles that look like cheap garbage. Funny to look at the comment section on his videos and seeing his fanboys defend his bs.

The Kook vibes, I get from his videos are extremely strong lol.
I think a good example of someone who deserves the a major following is Casey Willax (if you know him), he doesn’t have a tiny following but it’s definitely not as big as Johnathan. Major props to this guy cuz he’s nuts and if you don’t know who he is you should 100% check him out.
 
I think a good example of someone who deserves the a major following is Casey Willax (if you know him), he doesn’t have a tiny following but it’s definitely not as big as Johnathan. Major props to this guy cuz he’s nuts and if you don’t know who he is you should 100% check him out.
Tell me you're Casey Willax as this is your first post! :D

Checked out a video, not bad!
 
Mega weird..., 1st post and introduces himself with a big plug for CW???
It got me kooked out.
Casey's good, but I have no interest in watching park riding, him running errands, surfing, skating, fist-bumping the homies etc...
He is a pretty solid park rider, by the looks. Waaaaay better than I'll ever be lol.
I respect those who dominate in the park, just not on my radar, as I don't bounce so easily any more.

Casey does have a really positive attitude, and rolls pretty well with whatever is happening in his life, and that does make him stand out from many others in youtube land, who love to have a whinge about how the world doesn't revolve around them.
 
Kookhouse just casually breaking rules again in his latest video. Even describing the title as "Can Pro Snowboarders Break Ski Resort Rules". Having followed that guy when he started, quite dissapointed he turned out to be yet another krook on YT. Not linking the video as I don't want him to get more clicks.

He's actively hurting the community especially on a small mountain where decided to pull that shit.
 
Kookhouse just casually breaking rules again in his latest video. Even describing the title as "Can Pro Snowboarders Break Ski Resort Rules". Having followed that guy when he started, quite dissapointed he turned out to be yet another krook on YT. Not linking the video as I don't want him to get more clicks.

He's actively hurting the community especially on a small mountain where decided to pull that shit.
just report the fucker. he films a sign prohibiting flips, then straight away films one of his cronies doing a flip/ inverted aerial. he is an absolute dumbcunt. :rolleyes:
 
Kookhouse just casually breaking rules again in his latest video. Even describing the title as "Can Pro Snowboarders Break Ski Resort Rules". Having followed that guy when he started, quite dissapointed he turned out to be yet another krook on YT. Not linking the video as I don't want him to get more clicks.

He's actively hurting the community especially on a small mountain where decided to pull that shit.
Agreed. We're all impressed that you can do inverted aerials, but the rules are the rules. Unless you're ducking a rope while hunting powder - that falls under "product testing." ;)
 
I like watching his videos personally. mainly because I have the snow bug bad and he makes a new video everyday... His vids are easy to watch until he starts slanging merch but all the youtubers do it. I would say he is a pretty dang good boarder but definitely not nearly as good as actual pro's. I think he is considered a pro because he 'snowboards' for a living essentially.

I can't find a reason to hate on the guy myself....
 
I like watching his videos personally. mainly because I have the snow bug bad and he makes a new video everyday... His vids are easy to watch until he starts slanging merch but all the youtubers do it. I would say he is a pretty dang good boarder but definitely not nearly as good as actual pro's. I think he is considered a pro because he 'snowboards' for a living essentially.

I can't find a reason to hate on the guy myself....
Too much park shit for me.
 
I think he is considered a pro because he 'snowboards' for a living essentially.

I can't find a reason to hate on the guy myself....
He considers himself pro, that's why people hate on him. He hasn't earned that status, he makes money from YouTube, not because he's of the upper echelon of riders.

He can chuck his meat in the park but can't carve or freeride for shit, so his arrogance puts a lot of people off. Kook status for sure in my mind.
 
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