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Mogul skiing was the route of all freeskiing

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skiingmcmurray
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my coach mark shimko skiied bumbs back int he day with chris turpin
Dec 22 2005 10:30PM
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lalalalaura
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Yes. That's the general concensus.
Dec 22 2005 10:31PM
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Dakoulas
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How far back in the day? I was led to believe that Turpin first strapped on a pair of skis no more than 6 or 7 years ago.
Dec 22 2005 10:40PM
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mathers
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wow thanks for enlightening us with this unknown truth, your a god
Dec 22 2005 10:44PM
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KeegLove
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racing... so many of the skills from racing are used in freeskiing you just dont realize it ;)
Dec 22 2005 10:57PM
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mathers
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^ true say, just the overall sence of balance you gain helps an insane amount
Dec 22 2005 10:59PM
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Matty.
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Partially true...I think that applies more to the big mountain? Most jibbers butter groomers and ski switch most of the time anyways to use the racing technique.
Dec 22 2005 11:00PM
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Petecanski
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wow. simply amazing.
Dec 22 2005 11:01PM
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skisf4x4
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racing is purest form of technical skiing skill. its no surprise it's advances have helped every aspect of skiing as a whole.
Dec 22 2005 11:17PM
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Literature
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If you can ski steep bumps well, you can ski anything. Look at the number of pros that skiied moguls before they became freeskiiers. Moguls teach the rythum of lead change, which is the foundation of both forward and Switch skiing. Moguls teach you to remain forward, because if you get backseat you loop out and land on your ass. Racing teaches the same essentials of skiing. I will certainly not say that I am an expert, but my mogul skiing has made my skiing so much better, regardless of whether I am hitting a bc booter or maching through trees in the crud.
Dec 22 2005 11:31PM
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1080bio
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fyi turpan dosnt no who to ski hes a roller blader
Dec 22 2005 11:33PM
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1080bio
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know* how*
Dec 22 2005 11:34PM
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Dakoulas
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What are moguls?
Dec 22 2005 11:38PM
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BillyGoteMan
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tru, watch in search of steeze
Dec 23 2005 12:00AM
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MNS
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i agree the more solid you are in the bumps the better you will ride anything else. i still dislike mogul jumps though.
Dec 23 2005 2:11AM
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-d-
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Definately not.
Dec 23 2005 2:33AM
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skisf4x4
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bitch, are you retarded?
Dec 23 2005 3:33AM
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eheath
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T-hall was all about the bumps.
Dec 23 2005 3:44AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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that is a retardede answer to his retarded post, that like combating AIDS with a massive bloody penis.
Dec 23 2005 4:05AM
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7X
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i dont think it matters if you race or freestyle first but i believe its so important that people learn how to turn before rails and jumps. when you are to old to hit jumps or rails you wont have anything.
Dec 23 2005 8:59AM
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7X
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i dont think it matters if you race or freestyle first but i believe its so important that people learn how to turn before rails and jumps. when you are to old to hit jumps or rails you wont have anything.
Dec 23 2005 9:00AM
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sicmainefilms
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Freeskiing = Ski Ballet + Aerial + Ski Jumping + Steeze

And technically all "free" ______ (fill in the blank) sports originated from surfing anyway.

..with that in mind skiers look pretty stupid grabbing equipment that is attached to your feet. Surfers always grabbed because they needed to keep the board under their feet.

Grabs and skiing are dope but its something to think about.
Dec 23 2005 9:57AM
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Grimace.
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so true
u look at seth morrison and his entire stance is one of a racer
he has a waist with feet, hands out in front, and uses pressure to angle his skis when he turns
Dec 23 2005 12:22PM
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BillyGoteMan
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theres the equation
Dec 23 2005 12:23PM
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Grimace.
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dont forget red bull
also what happened to johnny mosley?
hes what got me into freeskiing
Dec 23 2005 12:25PM
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skisf4x4
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i dissagree. thats the equation for jibbing maybe, but hardly freeskiing as a whole. freeskiing includes big-mountain stuff (lines, not booters).

i know very few of you are old enough to remember this, but a few years before the twin-tip revolution a MUCH larger revolution took place. It came in the way that skiers skied big lines. they used to jump-turn and billygoat down them. skis finally got wider and people started hauling ASS and riding big mountain like a GS course. Figure 11s (straight lines) became the cool thing for several years. McConkey would do like 3 mile long AK straight-lines. it was SICK.

the reason that revolution is bigger is because it effected every skier on the slopes today. there are no skinny skis sold, the way the average joe turns basically changed 180 degrees.

you can thank racing and its technowlogy for a lot of it. their form for most of the rest.
Dec 23 2005 12:30PM
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*DrewT*
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not really they never really worked that well for him thats why he quit.
Although he obviously didnt hate them cause he did go to a sports school so he could do them more. Moguls, Racing and Ariels have all contributed to give us the best type of skiing there is
Dec 23 2005 3:58PM
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eastAR5
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no. i hate when people say that
Dec 23 2005 4:12PM
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Sarah_eats_snow
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So true....it helps the balance
Dec 23 2005 4:47PM
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sicmainefilms
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Word, alot of pro "freeskier" and jibbers have racing backgrounds..
Dec 23 2005 9:54PM
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