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Who else is getting extremely sick of truck drivers?

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yetigonecrazy
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the first few truck drivers to come around were cool, but now that everybody is doing them off every jump, its starting to get really old.

it doesnt look steezy, it looks like youre playing Johnny Moseley Mad Trix.

are we going to bring back the backpacker grab too? because its about as steezy.

truck drivers are whack. if youre not simon dumont then dont do them.
Apr 16 2006 11:35AM
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yetigonecrazy
Posts: 931 - Karma: 10
ha ha ha word...

thanks for all the support from people, my personal disgust at the "truck driver" grab is notwithstanding; i was trying to throw the point across that suddenly its the only trick people throw anymore...

all those people who said theyre played out knows whats up...lets see some different grabs and not a whole line of jumps ALL with truck drivers.
Apr 16 2006 4:02PM
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alh10
Posts: 1502 - Karma: 15
truck drivers r so sick man idk y they r gettin old
Apr 16 2006 4:08PM
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telestar6
Posts: 2102 - Karma: 44
Yeah I'm tired of all these supposed hard grabs that look lame and everyone does 'em. I like stuff that looks clean.
Apr 16 2006 5:07PM
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spere
Posts: 6105 - Karma: 248
i still love em
Apr 16 2006 5:11PM
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SensayMaster
Posts: 435 - Karma: 23
now i liek you mr. yeti. Its good to c kids mixing it up a little bit here and there. I totally know what your saying. Sure truckers look dope and stuff, and i imagine they are hard as fuck with a cork 9 or whatever, but they are so played out its not even funny. I think people need to bring back the body position no grab tricks. Like when t-hall does his no grab cork 3's. I think in general grabbing is over rated unless your grab flows with the trick. A grab i like doin for cork 3's is a left side spine with a critical, but grab right ski with left hand and take it up to true nose. Thats some dank shit
Apr 16 2006 5:27PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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some look good. if you grab high and bend your knees it looks good
Apr 16 2006 5:33PM
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yetigonecrazy
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word, no grab status like eric pollard shit that just looks fucking steezy....tanner does dope as no-grabs too.

but thats not to say all grabs are weak. i honestly dont like the mute grab much anymore, because like the truck driver, its getting played out. thats why people like charles gagnier are so sick, the true nose is wicked sick. but he doesnt throw JUST that, he also throws whatever the space between true nose and mute is, tails, mutes, etc....he doesnt spend his whole time doing switch 1080 truck drivers, because as we all know, switch 1080 truck drivers = the weakest thing in skiing since jonny moseley mad trix
Apr 16 2006 5:59PM
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almostaskier
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or replace "as we all know" with "i think that"... there you go, a valid opinion.
Apr 16 2006 6:07PM
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snocompton
Posts: 2014 - Karma: 268
truck drivers are just whats hot right now. so get over it.
Apr 16 2006 6:39PM
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yetigonecrazy
Posts: 931 - Karma: 10
your mom is whats hot right now but i got over her really quick so why cant we get over truck drivers really quick
Apr 16 2006 7:43PM
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Paperclip
Posts: 162 - Karma: 10
haha
Apr 16 2006 8:02PM
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zmanalex
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Nah i totally agree with whoever started this thread. They were fresh when dumont started doing them last year, now its just like there overplayed and boring. Id rather see a japan or critical over a truck any day.
Apr 16 2006 10:09PM
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who_cares
Posts: 379 - Karma: 10
i'm repeating a lot of opinions, but so were a lot of ppl.

i think truck drivers r cool and they look cool
Apr 17 2006 4:34PM
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D_Mezz
Posts: 1382 - Karma: 16
i still like truck drivers a lot...and i think they are pretty tuff with out a shit load of air...keep doin em!
Apr 17 2006 4:38PM
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flippintricker
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 9
this is directed to most of the critics:

you fuckers think you can tell the sport where to go? if you want to see something happen, get your skis on and show us. you hate the direction the sport is going? how about telling us a direction youd like to see it go?

as for seeing too many truck drivers out there, why do people still bother doing mutes? havent you seen enough of them?
oh, and go fuck yourself
Apr 17 2006 5:36PM
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Aclique_Clothing
Posts: 1807 - Karma: 19
thats my dad
Apr 17 2006 5:37PM
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mattwalker
Posts: 5063 - Karma: 2,478
man, dont hate the grab... a well done trucker in anything will never be gay or played, the only time its gay is when somebody does nothing but truckers in everything, that goes for any grab too... just everybody vary it up
Apr 17 2006 5:56PM
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D^evils
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you must be kidding with this one, cause everyday i go to classes with only one thing in my head, Mad Trix is home waiting for me
Apr 17 2006 6:26PM
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JsNeagle
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you're just jealous cause it looks like shit when you do them... and most of dumonts truck drivers are double safeties
Apr 17 2006 8:09PM
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cgroves
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no you're just part of the 90% of people on this site who post stupid opinions and wait for people to disagree... just to hate on what popular.... i bet you really suck at skiing
Apr 17 2006 10:40PM
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twinturboz9
Posts: 163 - Karma: 11
man i love drivin my truck. and if you dont well you can go ... do something else. lol. im not gettin tired of them im just gettin tired of people being ignorant about what a truck driver actually is. i.e. grabbing double mute with thier legs tucked. but when its done right with an off axis spin....ohhh its heaven.
Apr 17 2006 11:10PM
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4frntSkier
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i think west deserves the most credit for a dope truck
Apr 17 2006 11:12PM
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DavidStewart
Posts: 247 - Karma: 416
no, not gay!
Apr 17 2006 11:42PM
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shea.
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im not sick of truck drivers... im sick of threads dissin truck drivers
Apr 18 2006 12:34AM
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CJHski
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ur peice of shit and u cant do one so u made this thread
Apr 18 2006 12:38AM
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Stan_Darsh
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 185
you are fucking stupid. they are a difficult trick and make everything look nice. every other grab is used just as much or way more like mutes and blunts and safetys are you getting sick of those too? and johnny mosely doesnt have shit to do with truckdrivers adn neither do backpakcs, those are old, this is new so eat a fucking dick fag
Apr 18 2006 12:56AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
You're sick now?? Wait till this year's movies come out. I still think they look tight in the pipe but they were massively overplayed this season.

I just want someone to throw a double kang. THAT will be steezy.
Apr 20 2006 2:41AM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
I dunno about you guys, but in every post I see yetigonecrazy post, he's just hating on one thing or another.
Apr 20 2006 3:19AM
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minihef
Posts: 813 - Karma: 781
Exactly, and as for who throws the sickest trucks it has to be jon olsson, in teddy bear crisis he holds them forever, only lets go just before he lands and in the bonus footage he tweaks one out to the side, it looks sick as fuck. They only look good off axis though, on normal spins they just don't look right
Apr 20 2006 6:19AM
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DietCoke
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so much steeze.
Apr 20 2006 10:10AM
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DietCoke
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i love truck drivers, but id be just as happy if people started throwing true noses, i.e.

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Apr 20 2006 10:15AM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
Actually for someone with short legs, like myself, double true noses are waaaay easier to get than a truckdriver with straight legs up close to your bindings. thats the technical shit. I guess they look good corked with straight legs but thats it. A flat truckdriver is pretty gay.


Although, anything behind you(true tail for example) is fucking waaaaay harder. Take a long look at Rainville and Candide. End of story.
Apr 20 2006 10:35AM
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SteezePatrol
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here, agreed https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/content/pictures.php?img=74744&
Apr 20 2006 11:40AM
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STAUSS
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hahahahaha PNWD
Apr 20 2006 12:06PM
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triebby
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they look pretty sweet, but they are becoming played out and turning into a money trick, like the switch 10
Apr 20 2006 12:20PM
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[~_~]
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hahaha I was thinking the same thing...
Apr 20 2006 1:46PM
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Thug_Scout
Posts: 116 - Karma: 89
i think maybe you should grasp world politics before you make hooligan accusations like that.
Apr 20 2006 1:54PM
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almostaskier
Posts: 13809 - Karma: 93
careful... the concept or irony might blow his mind.
Apr 20 2006 2:21PM
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JamesB
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yup uhm steezy as shit with say a nice cab rode 5 or corked shit but uhm no the little kids who are doing the flat 3s with it. shits just getting played out and ugly. grab should only be aloud when corking yup.
Apr 20 2006 2:36PM
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steezin4areason
Posts: 393 - Karma: 20
I like how grabs can now be "played." The mute grab has been around since the beginning of time, almost every pro does them in the movies, almost every kid does them on their hill. But the mute grab isn't played, I guess.

The truckdriver comes along and really starts to show up this season, thanks to the Dumont. A few pros start doing them, and a bunch of kids try doing them, and suddenly its completely played.

I'd also like to see these legions of people doing truckdrivers. Where are they? From the vids I saw, they weren't at the Candide Invite or the JOI. I think they really aren't there. I think that just because its a new trick, it stands out. I bet in any given park there are more people doing mutes and true tails than truckdrivers.

For the record I think they look sick as fuck when the person is corked and completely boned out, but they are kind of lame if you are regular. I'd like to start seeing them in rodeos and flatspins.
Apr 20 2006 3:47PM
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Skiboy360
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shea flynn is amazing at them, and he's a young gun
Apr 21 2006 11:26AM
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7X
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truckdrivers are sick but way over done
Apr 21 2006 11:39AM
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freestyler540
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They are only sick in switch cork 5s
Apr 21 2006 11:59AM
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Beamer12
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i dont really like straight air truck drivers but add a spin to it and it looks sick in my opinion
Apr 21 2006 1:00PM
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SHastatahoe
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truckers are sick. fuck you bitches who think otherwise. You are going to hell to burn with satan and lawyers.
Apr 21 2006 1:14PM
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hedgehog
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trucks can look sick. looks better when you bring your legs out to the side and grab the tips, rather then just bending at the waist and grabbing the binding area.
Jan 10 2008 12:23AM
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