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Travis Rice makes skiing look foolish

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bret
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I guess technically this is old news but FUCK, i just watched Absinthe Films' "Pop" for about the 1000th time, and Travis Rice pretty much singlehandedly makes our sport look dumb. If you haven't seen the movie, check it out: he does all the stuff skiers have been talking about doing for the last 5 years... backside 180's in the middle of GNAR lines into sw. cork 5's off really tall cliffs and windlips and stuff, crazy butters, manuals and tricks off double stage cliffs etc! Not to mention the double rodeo over Pyramid. Not to mention being the first snowboarder to ever hit Chad's and then proceeding to make children cry as he killed the gap harder than any skier EVER (sw cork 7's, big cork 5's and rodeos etc.) like seriously, until tanner sw 9'd chad's i thought there was no hope for skiing. Maybe there is, but until we catch up, Travis Rice is making us all look silly.





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Jul 27 2005 9:34PM
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Sk3bUm
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travis is an excellent snowboarder, but i don't recall him ever doing an 810 to rail or boosting 20+ feet out of the pipe

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Jul 28 2005 1:08PM
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USA
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^yeah snowboarders dont go 25 ft out, or 37 feet out of a hip

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Jul 28 2005 1:09PM
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matthasaurusrex
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yep, they do you should actually watch a board movie before making those remarks.


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Jul 28 2005 1:10PM
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powfoka
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the one on the left is the sw5 the right is the dub cork!

look at the fucking jumps

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Jul 28 2005 1:10PM
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kendrick
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OK, fine. Pyramid. Maybe the snowboarders should correct the mistake, as it seems to be a common mistake presently.

Jul 28 2005 1:10PM
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powfoka
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^ ya think!

skiers own hands down!

candide was the man years ago with a dspin 7!

now the current skiers destroyed everything that had previously been done!

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Jul 28 2005 1:13PM
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USA
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actualy since 37 feet out of a hip is a record, i dont think a snowboarder has done it, and they barly get to 20ft out in the xgames man, dumont was going 25

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Jul 28 2005 1:13PM
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skifiend
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This is a retarded thread. Kids worry WAY! to much about where we stack up against other sports. This pecking order of snowsports is retarded.

Racers at the bottom
Then snowlerbladers
Then skiers
And on top is snowboarders.

Skiing is meant to be fun. Fun should be worry free. Worrying about what tricks snowboarders are doing and skiers aren't is a waste of my mental space. I respect and give props to snowboarders for what they do, I respect and give mad props to tele-jibbers for what they do, and I love my sport: skiing. Grow up kids


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Jul 28 2005 1:21PM
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USA
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The truth is, you really can't compare skiing and snowboarding. The two have such different aspects that might be more natural or easyer, causing for them to be "better" at something. This thread is stupid.

no me gusta acls


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Jul 28 2005 1:23PM
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Marg
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i just believe snowboarding dominates our sport at this moment and time but not for long and i disagree i do not think snowboarding has a switch riding advantage we have just yet to master our switch pow riding capabilities

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Jul 28 2005 1:29PM
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jibbajabba2
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YOU and everybody like you make skiing look foolish you fucktard. If you don't like skiing and would rather spend all of your time on snowboardings dick, then do the sport a favor and get the fuck out. Seriously. It's retarded.

Jul 28 2005 2:55PM
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pag
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i think that on freestyle snowboarding have a huge advance in the park but it's just a question of time.
(I mean do you se a bs nose blunt on 50 stair handrail in movies?)
but that Skier are going bigger on stuff if you want to generalise.

just like the riding skiing is much more techy for riding if you compared to snowboarding. it's just a question of time. Snowboarding has get way more technical than it was before. but it's still 2 different sport overall

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Jul 28 2005 3:37PM
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GrippinGs
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im with the ugly canadian goose on this one. Rice and the rest of snowboarding in general are ahead of skiing for sure no matter wut. not that im saying this like its news to anyone. but thats the fun of our sport right now, snowboarding does something super sick and we kinda take a look at our own progression and try and push each other harder.

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Jul 28 2005 3:46PM
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bmxican_89
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are you saying that it makes him good because he fucked up and overshot chads? i could over shoot chads too, but i prefer to not eat hardcore shit.

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Jul 28 2005 3:49PM
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3-6
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you have to understand that switch for boarders is a thousand times easier. think about it, what skier do you know is naturally goofy? switch for skiers is a lot more foreign

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Jul 28 2005 3:56PM
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skierman_number1
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No skier has overshot Chad's to the base? Lean your skiing history before you outlandish remarks like that again you grom.

Jul 28 2005 4:08PM
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GrippinGs
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all u fuckin talk like u were there for every chads and pyramid session ever. fuck u you werent.

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Jul 28 2005 4:15PM
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espen^R
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not weird they almost overshooted it. look at the size of that booter.

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Jul 28 2005 4:58PM
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STAUSS
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^ thats fukin nuts... the fact is that skiing is still becoming what it will be , snowbaording has kind of leveled out , more than skiing at least , give skiing time and have faith




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Jul 28 2005 5:12PM
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iLLbiLLy
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when it comes down to it its not even the same sport.. and plus the way skiing is progressing right now were goin to blow snowboarders away in the future, just 2 years a ago seein some switch up a rail on this site was the sickest thing ever, now its not a good video if it doesnt have a decent switch up in it

Jul 28 2005 5:25PM
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Marg
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learn how to read this is what i wrote douche chads gap which is a whooping buuck 20 nor has a skiier redickulously over shot chads gap to the base of the landing pad. see the NOR there ass munch

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Jul 28 2005 5:30PM
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Marg
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i highly dout that you could even make chads gap led alone over shoot it

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Jul 28 2005 5:32PM
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Al_Smith
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landing switch or doing anything switch is just so much harder for skier than it is for snowboarders. tanners switch 9 in chads was more impressive than rice's double cork

Jul 28 2005 5:40PM
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grubix2
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I agree there really shouldn't be a major comparison between skiing and snowboarding, but c'mon, don't you get a little satisfaction out of knowing that our sport is just as good, or even better than snowboarding in the public's eye. Nothing will even make me wanna stop skiing, I do it because I love skiing. But you know I do get a little pissed off when someone views me as a loser because I'm a skier. The Public hears the word ski and thinks "yeah he's a tool".

Whats really awesome about our sport is that we have all of these awesome skiiers that totally tear shit up... but the only thing keeping us from outside respect is a leader. Someone who throws down a little bit harder than everybody else.


Ok feel free to cut up on my ass now.






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Jul 28 2005 5:51PM
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GrippinGs
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travis rice > all of skiing

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Jul 28 2005 5:55PM
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thejackal1177
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Yea because ya kno not like skiers are doing things like sw rodeo's onto rails or ya kno cork 810 tails or nething

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Jul 28 2005 6:05PM
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sim
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Maybe some of you forgot to read my post the first time. Worshipping snowboarding and all it's betterness no longer makes you look like you know skiing and are that much more core of a skier. We get it. It may have worked five years ago.

Plus, who here keeps saying switch isn't harder on skis? Either you are forgetting what skis look like or you actually don't know how to ski switch.

Quit comparing the two. They are both good.

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Jul 28 2005 6:10PM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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I watched pop this morning, and even though rice and demarchi threw down some good tricks on paper, watching them wasnt that impressive, rice's style sucks

Then i watch tanners cab cork 9 over it

shiiiiiiiiiit



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Jul 28 2005 6:24PM
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wannabegangster
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pollard overshot chads to the bottom. unatural 180 i believe. dont know what the fuck he was thinking but it was sweet. skiings cool. so is snowboarding.




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Jul 28 2005 6:26PM
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Marg
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skiing switch is def harder than on a snowboard but if we stop saying it it will be less likely harder its physcology man focus on a more postive outlook and landin switch in 4 ft of freshies will be a walk in the park

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Jul 28 2005 6:30PM
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sim
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Unfortunately psychology can not overrule physics.

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Jul 28 2005 6:44PM
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skierman_number1
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http://www.tetongravity.com/cotw/cotw43fast.htm

There's your overshoot. Now proceed to shut the fuck up.

Jul 28 2005 7:19PM
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Phrosty
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this is a stupid argument. yes travis rice is very very good, what does that have to do with skiing? I mean if he one day put skis on and did all those tricks, then that would be something. As far as snowboarding being better than skiing, I'd say they are on an equal level all things considered. I haven't seen a snowboarder do an 810 to rail.




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Jul 28 2005 9:10PM
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shradical
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in my opinion you can't compare skiing to snowboarding by what tricks are being thrown...maybe in the past but skiing has caught up. skiing will excell in some areas and snowboarding will excell in some areas. what really matters is the atmosphere of the sport, and snowboarding is kicking skiings ass in that area. skiing needs to be more individual and ecclectic (look up the definition since most of you 15 year olds are lacking). snowboarding is winning because skiing looks like we're trying to follow snowboarding. we need to stop following all these trends and having so much attitude. just have fun, do your own thing and stop worrying so much about image.

Jul 28 2005 9:31PM
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grubix2
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Holy shit, who was that skiier that bomb-dropped chad's landing? He had to be hurt for sure.




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Jul 28 2005 9:37PM
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matthasaurusrex
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if i was dope at boarding. Id probly be boarding. But im not.


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Jul 28 2005 9:44PM
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powfoka
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rice doublw corked PYRAMID to whoever keeps saying its chads!

second who gives a shit if he overshot chads it shows nothing other than he fucked up

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Jul 29 2005 12:25AM
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Marg
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but he did a front flip how gay is that he should have been shot down in the air that was an awful disgrace to skiing

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Jul 29 2005 1:02AM
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stuffy55
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This thread is so dumb. A couple other people have said it, but I just wanted to reiterate that...ya.

Jul 29 2005 1:17AM
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knotbox
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skiing really is gay if i was good at snowboarding i would do it but im naturally better at skiing. Rice is sick and to everyone saying there are better skiers..........uh uh sorry but the proof is there in POP he is the undisputed champion of all snowsports. Also switch in a snowboard isnt the easiest thing in the world doing a 180 to butter 5 off a double stager shits on anything that has been ever done in skiing and that was last season imagine what rice will be doing in future proof. dont get me wrong i really like skiing and where its at and where its going its just that snowboarding is better. Also i believe that sage did a frontflip over chads to land on the flat i can remember watchingtaht somewhere






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Jul 29 2005 1:53AM
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stuntmanjeff
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First of all, Chads is 120,130 feet at best. If Rice went 210, he overshot the landing by about 80-90 feet, Im betting thats not true, as he still can walk.

Second of all, No I have never seen a skier do 180's off a spine and then a cab 180 off another spine. However, I have yet to see a snowboarder do a backflip or rodeo off a cliff at 60+mph like Seth Does.

Last but not least, sure snowboarders have finally hit Chad's and killed it, but they hit it 5 years after Candide smoked it. The year after Sage and Tanner sessioned it. They did it the third time that skiers hit it, and skiers landed cab10's and switch rodeo 900s, not to bad at all...........

Jul 29 2005 9:26AM
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SensayMaster
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ya dude i have a dc poster of travis hitting chads and it has these little sub titles that says, First Attempt: Travis cleared the landing of chads buy 80 feet.

Regardless of how different landing switch is on skis or whatever, it is still possible to land switch in powder, so i really dont see why people arent throwing more shit to switch in powder. One man who does accomplish this very well is march andre belliveau or whatever, that cork 9 over that road gap, pretty fuckin sick. We all can land switch, its just we gotta sack up and huck it, thas the only way we will get to they style of riding travis does

Jul 29 2005 9:27AM
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stuntmanjeff
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Hey, its true, happen in 2004. Everyone standing in the peak chair line was blown away. Watching him throw the 180, looked like suicide, then he pointed them and did the cleanest cab540 out. Landed it and charged straight for the cornice below and to skiers right of AirJordans. He hucked a pretty sweet front flip of the cornice, turned left and dissapeared down towards Red Chair.
THe chair line was going crazy, but nobody knows who it was...
Sickest thing I have ever seen....

Why does everyone think that Rice did something good by overshooting a landing? I can point it, take way to much speed and overshoot anything, but I really dont want to. And as if you are trying to tell me that a skier cant boost higher and farthur than a snowboarder, thats just common knowledge. Skiers go bigger.

Jul 29 2005 9:42AM
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GrippinGs
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all it takes to get good at riding switch in pow is to actually do it. practice makes perfect

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Jul 29 2005 9:43AM
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gimmehead
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hahaha, comparing switch skiing to riding switch on a snowboard is the most retarded comparison i've ever heard. it's soo different. landing backwards on skis is harder because knees don't bend that way, so basically, the comparison is stupid.

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Jul 29 2005 10:00AM
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GrippinGs
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how is the comparison stupid? yes its different form but y cant u master that form? are u saying we'll never be as good riding forward as switch? and TOWNSEY THAT CLIP IS OF PYRAMID NOT CHADS!

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Jul 29 2005 12:12PM
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sim
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This should be inherently obvious to you. I'm kind of concerned that it is not. Tell me, are you as good at driving a car in reverse as you are forward?

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Jul 29 2005 3:29PM
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bret
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when did skiers land cab 10's over chads?




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Jul 29 2005 3:59PM
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skierman_number1
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Shush up. They don't know that... ;)

Jul 29 2005 4:23PM
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knotbox
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skiing is gay full stop






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