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Thoughts about skiing, freestyle, movies, competitions ....

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punk_rider
Posts: 2327 - Karma: 10
the fun of the first years is now gone. riders are kids, nothing new is done, movies look the same, tricks are just spins and grabs ...

the same things everywhere.

i miss the good old time, the beginning of moguls, the first freestylers (cusson (the best), auclair, dorion, ...), i miss fetish, the tribe, i miss the times where every single day a new trick as created ...

i miss the days when I was so amazed seing Cusson and hi swinning in X games (720 fakie to fakie), when i was amazed to see Moseley's 360 mute in moguls, to see morrison's skiing style with straight skis ...

to me, with the riders we have now, the sport is dying ... like snowboard, only people trying to make money on it (how many new ski companies every year? that's crazy!) ... like snowboard, we are gonna die ... they aimed good skiers, then kids, then non skiers, then girls, ... then what, dogS? fuck marketing!

at least will remain the hardcore skiers who were of all new stuff.

I hope i'm wrong and something new is coming, coz i feel like we definitely neeeeeed it!

******************* FACE YOUR FEARS, LIVE YOUR DREAMS!! PUNK'S NOT DEAD! RAILS SUCK! POWDER SKIING RULES! DEATH TO SNOWBOARD-ERS!!
Sep 2 2005 7:29PM
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wilkesyachtingco
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skiing isnt going to die... i mean, if it was ever going to it would have already in the early 90's. if you get sick of the scene that you just described, you dont have to be a part of it. you can buy the skiis that you want, stay out of the park and high in the mountains. its totally up to the individual. i for one know for a fact that im never going to make any money off skiing, so i do it for the fun of it, and for the good feeling when learning a new trick, or the feeling of pulling your boots off at the end of the day, sitting inside your house and watching it snow like crazy, knowing that the next day is going to be rediculously deep... building a kicker in the yard with your brothers or up on the hill with friends... seriously... .theres so much more to skiing than the scene that you described. so much more.

just writting this post made me so excited for the snow to start falling...

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Sep 2 2005 8:02PM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
I was not aware that snowboarding was dead, or skiing for that matter. I'm not sure you really knew where you were going with that post.


and more, much more than this, I did it my way

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Sep 2 2005 8:06PM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
and I'm sorry to break it to you but punk rock is dead. i used to listen to it till i realized it all sounds the same and its all bad. the only good punk rock is from the late 70s and the 80s.

take it from me, i'm Sid_Vicious


and more, much more than this, I did it my way

Bienvenidos a la casa del Cackuii!
Sep 2 2005 8:08PM
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7X
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 365
dude skiing is still progressing you most not be paying
close attention

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dont kill!
Sep 2 2005 8:28PM
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Ptrckroe
Posts: 365 - Karma: 9
people ski for fun, not money (most people at least) as long people are having fun, it wont die

Sep 2 2005 8:33PM
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punk_rider
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i meant, skiing will not DIE, but don't see any progression right now. we get one more spin everyyear and that's it (360, then 540, then 720, then 2453534)

maybe i'm just an old hardcore freeride skier who doesn't like where the industry has arrived ...

or maybe i'm just sick of this endless summer and this horrible city of New York.

Sid_vicious: punk is not dead, YOU are dead

******************* FACE YOUR FEARS, LIVE YOUR DREAMS!! PUNK'S NOT DEAD! RAILS SUCK! POWDER SKIING RULES! DEATH TO SNOWBOARD-ERS!!
Sep 3 2005 9:11AM
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FJibber
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Am I the only one to point out that he just compared women to dogs?

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Sep 3 2005 10:10AM
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t3shellvenom
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i think it definately isnt like it used to be. i used to be one of like 4 guys at my hill with twins actually hitting stuff. now every little kid is in the park doing rails and boosting the pipe like its cake. something has gone wrong and i dont know what!

Sep 3 2005 10:14AM
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punk_rider
Posts: 2327 - Karma: 10
thank you. i feel a little less alone

******************* FACE YOUR FEARS, LIVE YOUR DREAMS!! PUNK'S NOT DEAD! RAILS SUCK! POWDER SKIING RULES! DEATH TO SNOWBOARD-ERS!!
Sep 3 2005 10:15AM
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Phrosty
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what should we do for progresion? any ideas punkrider? mabee the new ssx will help out, soon people will be taking their skis off in the air spinning them through their legs and then puttin em back on. Quit complaining. If you don't like is join the b crew.




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Sep 3 2005 10:23AM
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RoCkTwiNTiPs1919
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yea and notice how he put girls after non-skiers.

in all seriousness.. how can you go that high on a tree without pooping
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Sep 3 2005 11:05AM
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meggers
Posts: 2094 - Karma: 70
yea i noticed too...thanx alot punk sier....just so you kno....ive been skiing since i was 4.....thats 17 years....and i got into freestyle b/c i was skiing through the park one day to watch some cool shit...adn there was a skier in there pullling sick moves...not just snowboards....and i wanted to try it....not b/c of marketing....cuz i saw it on the mountian....so thanx for puttin girls after non skiers....no wonder there arnt alot of girls in this sport....with guys like u hatin on them

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Sep 3 2005 12:00PM
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nilzlet
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yeah i noticed too how you put girls in with non skier people.

Sep 3 2005 12:22PM
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bighit
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i agree 100%...very deep....i have the same sorta feelings on the subject




i like skiing






Sep 3 2005 12:29PM
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twintipteles
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actually dude, its been quite a while since i've seen a 1440 and crs pretty much the only one still throwing 1260's in comps. plus i think it would be sick to see a huge cab 1440 or something, maybe not constantly but its always cool to see something for the first time.

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Sep 3 2005 12:29PM
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punk_rider
Posts: 2327 - Karma: 10
hey! stop with the "girl" things! you really are twisted guys an dgirls! you see evil everywhere. i just made a little history of the aims of marketing (at least in france). yes, brands tried to make non skiers skiing before they started to create skis for girls. the phat luv is not an old concept. stop with it! my sister skis and that 's cool. i don't give a fuck if a skier is a male or a female.

then, ... nothing, anyway, forget that ...

******************* FACE YOUR FEARS, LIVE YOUR DREAMS!! PUNK'S NOT DEAD! RAILS SUCK! POWDER SKIING RULES! DEATH TO SNOWBOARD-ERS!!
Sep 3 2005 12:34PM
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