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Switch is Fackie

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steezeninja
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If you have read SKEEZE Magazine then you know what im talking about. If you havent then you need too, because there is no such thing as skiing switch. Switch is a skateboarding term, where there is a particular front foot. It is impossible for skiers to have a front foot, therefore it is impossible to ski switch. Micah Abrams (a former editor of FREEZE magazine) made a good arguement on this subject in SKEEZE magazine. You should read it.
Feb 21 2006 9:31PM
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Ski_Unit_19
Posts: 8188 - Karma: 38
i believe that it was pep but i could be mistaken. but guess what? IM AM GOING TO CALL IT WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT TO!!
Feb 21 2006 9:33PM
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Tze.C
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 86
all the 'terms' have been taken from one sport to another, get over it, who gives a fuck?
Feb 21 2006 9:33PM
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-nija-
Posts: 590 - Karma: 10
Just because one person says it in a mag, doesn't mean we have to do it. Fucking shit, people should say what they want to. I hate this shit like "OH THIS GUY SAYS THIS", who cares? say what you fucking want, cab, fakie, switch, backwards. Skiing backwards has NOTHING to do with skating or snowboarding, we have our own names for shit.
Feb 21 2006 9:34PM
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switched
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
Actually, the proper term in this case is "SEARCHBAR"
This has been discussed at least ten times in the last three months. Please get over the term usage already.
Feb 21 2006 9:35PM
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BCKicker540
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switch vs. fakie was so october.....then we all started skiing and nobody cared anymore
Feb 21 2006 9:58PM
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nickmcnutt
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cab, fakie, switch, backwards, reverse, whatever you want to call it
Feb 21 2006 10:02PM
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RKF
Posts: 1527 - Karma: 342
I agree the article was really interesting, not so much on content, but on the fact that it seemed like a big enough 'problem' in skiing to write about in a magazine. personally if everybody knows what you mean i dont see why it matters what it is actually called. you can say backwards for all i (and im sure most others)care. the point of language is to express an idea, not to be cool or have your own sport related lingo.
Feb 21 2006 10:03PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
^completely correct.

and to the guy who started this thread, concentrate on what u do, not what other people do.
Feb 21 2006 10:04PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
reall who gives a fuck its all the same
Feb 21 2006 10:05PM
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OGSlopewatcherAssassin
Posts: 393 - Karma: 16
fakie came from no one knowing whether your goofy foot or regular. When you're riding backwards on skis, no one is wondering if that's your natural stance.....IT'S SWITCH BITCH. NOW STFU!
Feb 21 2006 10:31PM
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steezerampage
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 214
yeah I read it too. But I think Switch sounds better and I hear lots of pros say it all the time. I'm stickin with switch.
Feb 21 2006 10:34PM
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skiermw
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^true that
Feb 21 2006 10:36PM
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twix_182
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words have many definitions. if u look in a dictionary u will notice that 1 word can can have more than 1 definition. pretty crazy eh. we must live in the future or sumthing, but i can't guarantee we live in the future, it's moe of a bet. now we fight to the death with hershey syrup bottles and bags of frozen corn
Feb 21 2006 10:39PM
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