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Spin to Win, or Style for Smiles.

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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
Pretty self explan. you like the whirrly bird 1440 to washout lander, or the steezmongrel 5 to reverse stompstatus? 450 disaster the last 1/4 inch of the rail, or a buttery ass switch frontboard with salt on the pretzel? place your bets.
Aug 13 2006 3:26PM
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WeeLilMen
Posts: 318 - Karma: 10
stylish tricks in the air but the 450 disaster is so much more manly than a frontboard pretzel out
Aug 13 2006 3:57PM
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Geoff.
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def style. i would rather see a super slow 3 with a japan or bus driver or soe ill grap than a hucked ten
Aug 13 2006 8:09PM
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Geoff.
Posts: 2378 - Karma: 12
grab*
Aug 13 2006 8:09PM
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NFproductions
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Aug 13 2006 9:35PM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
manly, maybe... but one might argue that a 1440 is harder than a 540, and argue competently. the question is, what would you rather be good at, throwing down the most wild and crazy kenieval shit, or some straight shyne po shit. steeze, or cheese.
Aug 14 2006 7:31PM
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Redstar
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 9
Spin to win is fucking stupid. That's why the Air and Style comp is sweet, they have a "style run" where you cant do anything over a 5.
Aug 15 2006 12:24AM
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WeeLilMen
Posts: 318 - Karma: 10
wut if u can make that 1440 super stylie, well not likely but how about a stylie 10 and if the rail is long enough ive seen some of the most stylish 450s on ever
Aug 15 2006 1:05AM
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Redstar
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 9
Nothing, NOTHING will ever come to the awesomeness that can be a stylish backside 180. THey are the sickest looking things ever. Especially a slow one over a huge gap.
Aug 15 2006 12:55PM
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WeeLilMen
Posts: 318 - Karma: 10
better than a slow 180, the fs shifty bs 180 so sick
Aug 15 2006 2:16PM
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Alexander_Keith
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its all style
Aug 15 2006 4:19PM
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gnustreetfool
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you gotta love big spins in the older snowboard movies but deff style
Aug 15 2006 5:53PM
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cracko
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gotta be the style. which is why i think theres so much shaun white hating in snowboarding right now.
Aug 15 2006 8:59PM
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Geoff.
Posts: 2378 - Karma: 12
i bet a lot of people will disagree with me but i think shaun white has good style. for anyone who went to/watched the US open, his stalefish 5's were awesome. although chas gouldemond should have won the slopestyle
Aug 15 2006 9:03PM
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Redstar
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 9
^^ some of his stuff does. Yeah those 5s were dope. But his other stuff was ehhhhh.
Aug 16 2006 12:44AM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
i cant think of anyone who can throw a textbook spin like shaun white. it may not ooze of steeze, but he has his own unique style where everything is just the way it needs to be.
Aug 17 2006 6:17AM
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cracko
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also, for everyone arguing steeze, you have to admit, a huge 1080 looks sick sometimes.
Aug 18 2006 11:41AM
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icecoastn
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oh definitely... watch revenge of the grenerds... danny kass's fs 270 into the pipe to back to back 10s is in it, and that looks sooo steezy, and also rahm klampert throws a massive 1260 that looks ridiculously sick.
Aug 18 2006 6:14PM
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Geoff.
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yeah both those shots were wicked nice
Aug 18 2006 6:43PM
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Redstar
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Yep, his 1260 was pretty sweet. But the backcountry one he threw in Smell the Glove was balls. It was so ugly.
Aug 19 2006 1:16AM
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cracko
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i just watched eero throw the dankest 10 in from__with love. so steezy,
Aug 22 2006 9:52PM
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ineedarealname
Posts: 2658 - Karma: 20
for sure style, ive just discovered the steezy danny davis, kid is SICK
Aug 23 2006 11:51PM
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akerbacker
Posts: 2827 - Karma: 8
style fo sho
Aug 24 2006 3:58PM
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-Schmitty-
Posts: 414 - Karma: 11
style for smiles.... thats gotta a certin ring to it
Sep 9 2006 5:59PM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
i know, i pitched a tent coming up with the thread label...siiiiick
Sep 13 2006 11:38AM
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bigmtn4ever
Posts: 373 - Karma: 22
STYLE 4 miles
Sep 13 2006 11:52PM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
haha wooorrrdddd
Sep 14 2006 8:34PM
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cracko
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pretty sure no one honestly thinks spin to win. except x games judges.
Sep 15 2006 12:21PM
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Geoff.
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word. X games have gotten to be meh over the years. Someone will have a sick run and the announcers will be like " it was nice but there should be tens and spins" and what not
Sep 15 2006 3:39PM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
spinning a 10 with style is arguably harder than a 5 with style, but i agree, id rather see 4 diff spins in 4 diff directions than a few 9s and 10s and like..450 disasters
Sep 15 2006 7:59PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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shaun white spins tens better than some guys at the open spin 7s hes amazing
Sep 20 2006 6:00PM
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Redstar
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He can 10 better than I can 360, so what?
Sep 20 2006 6:07PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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no i mean other pros i watched him at the open and it looks like hes honestly not trying at all, it looks like hes even holding back alot i think he could probably do a 1260 smoothly
Sep 20 2006 6:28PM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
people can do big spins smooth, but a smooth 12 will never look as smooth as a steezy 5. its just not possible, theres too much rotation.
Sep 27 2006 2:27AM
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konariderz05
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what is a bus driver grab
Nov 9 2006 8:32PM
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Geoff.
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like a indy and mute at the same time
Nov 9 2006 10:10PM
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Prorider2themax
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this is like the chicken and the egg question. style vs. progression whats better. who wants to watch a 1260 whirlybird true but who wants to watch every single am throw a bs 5 mute eighty times in every video. for me it comes down to this, riding on the hill i would rather see people throwing down the dope steez but in movie parts style is so stock that pros have to do step their game up to get noticed and this is easiest with progression. i have watched a lot of snowboard vids and i enjoy seeing something new style is just a bonus
Nov 10 2006 5:22PM
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seemeski
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I agree fully. Slow 1's and slow cork 3's are amazing.
Nov 12 2006 12:43PM
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PiNKY_headwear
Posts: 188 - Karma: 11
style fo' sho'
Nov 12 2006 6:45PM
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Avi
Posts: 52 - Karma: 10
STYLE all the way

but... I bid on the super stylish and slow 1440 off of a cliff then pull the chute!.. thats how u make a 1440 have style.
Nov 19 2006 7:36PM
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1Mofro1
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I completely agree. When you and your boys are throwing down, having a sesh, style is super sick, but in videos where you have a few months to come up with 4 minutes of tricks and lines, you'd better step it up a notch.

Nov 20 2006 5:54PM
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