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Rail skiing is just a fad

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one-love
Posts: 825 - Karma: 15
ever take the time to reflect on railing skiing? there is only so much skiers can do, and the only progression left will have to tap into rollerblading for inspiration.
Sep 24 2006 5:51PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
your mom is just a fad.......
Sep 24 2006 5:55PM
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shrEddie
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i guess that makes sense, but its just so darn fun that i dont see it stopping any time soon. maybe when we put progression before whats really fun, but is that a good thing?
Sep 24 2006 5:56PM
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chrismoJBEATS
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i agree about the "you realy never know" but have you noticed how the videos lately have moved from the park to out of bounds backcountry jumps, ? so he does have a lil point but thats the only way i can try to back the kid up
Sep 24 2006 6:00PM
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BennyB
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its fun, so who cares?
Sep 24 2006 6:01PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
good point, but what will the east coast skiers do wen the sport moves to backcountry jumps?
Sep 24 2006 6:03PM
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juanborlando
Posts: 3598 - Karma: 2,539
there is always going to be more to do. saying that there wont be anything else to do on rails is the same thing as there wont be any more air tricks to do. ppl have new ideas everyday, whether its in the air or on rails.
Sep 24 2006 6:04PM
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fouldsys
Posts: 7404 - Karma: 39
i think the next crazy thing on rails is gonna be a lincoln switch up
Sep 24 2006 6:07PM
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cousinmark
Posts: 939 - Karma: 29
rails are fun but not asthetic (xscuse the spelling) it just looks wak on tape. only 2 mabey 3 guys i can think of throw ill rails and make it look real nasty.
Sep 24 2006 6:12PM
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my_ar5_steeze
Posts: 1314 - Karma: 99
buddy, railing is progressing like mad, think about it, a couple years ago the same thing was said, and now we got wilson pulling fucking mistys of them, people pullin 810..rail skiing will never die, people just have to get creative
Sep 24 2006 6:15PM
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my_ar5_steeze
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https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/244280/
Sep 24 2006 6:16PM
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cousinmark
Posts: 939 - Karma: 29
yes creativity
Sep 24 2006 6:17PM
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selfportrait
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 16
Do you really think that people are just going to stop doing new things on rails just because it's hard? People are already realising that there is more to do on rails than spin on and switch up, and it's only going to keep evolving.

I'm not worried
Sep 24 2006 6:19PM
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TMswitch06
Posts: 987 - Karma: 11
i have an idea, rail skiing will die out the day the east coast starts getting snow in september that lasts until july and all of our 'mountains' grow an extra 2000 ft.
Sep 24 2006 6:23PM
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Grimace.
Posts: 8345 - Karma: 25
saying skiing takes rail tricks from blading is like saying snowboarding is unoriginal because they take snowboard tricks. who really cares who we take are tricks from.
Sep 24 2006 6:33PM
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720laxskier
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nope, shes always gonna be somehting everyone hits. not like chads where its beat after 3 years. but like 30 years from now she'll still be bent over
Sep 24 2006 6:52PM
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dubage
Posts: 1129 - Karma: 692
the fact is that all sports, or sports where creative expansion and progression is possible, or maby just any sport where you can do tricks and create tricks, they all feed off each other for inspiration, so skiing wont just feed off rolerblading, it will feed off everything, and everything will feed off it
Sep 24 2006 7:35PM
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NGA
Posts: 1458 - Karma: 186
skiing is just a fad
Sep 24 2006 7:39PM
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CTD
Posts: 6301 - Karma: 349
rails a fad? im sorry, but you are completely blind. i seriously cannot believe you would say there is nothing left to do! i hinve mountains of new tricks to try on rails this season. and rollerblade stuff is for sure the direction its goin, at least thats where most of my insperation has come from. if anything, id say most stuff has been done on jumps. however, does that mean its gonna be a fad? jumping skis is and has always be fun, and people will always add thier own style to it, and it will always be a staple of the sport, just like rails.
Sep 24 2006 7:44PM
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Black-Bandanna
Posts: 6680 - Karma: 1,603
some deep shit right there....
Sep 24 2006 7:51PM
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*DrewT*
Posts: 7768 - Karma: 481
I personally think rails are the worst aspect of newschool but they're gonna be around for a long time.
Sep 24 2006 7:52PM
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*DrewT*
Posts: 7768 - Karma: 481
and accutllay there's still lots to do on jumps. There's tons of possibilities now that people are doing doubles off stuff other than airiels jumps
Sep 24 2006 7:54PM
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dubage
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yea but its some true shit too
Sep 24 2006 7:54PM
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Black-Bandanna
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word. i totally agree with ya.
Sep 24 2006 7:58PM
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DynastarriderGP
Posts: 8258 - Karma: 214
you're wrong
Sep 24 2006 8:23PM
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jamesmccormick
Posts: 1481 - Karma: 17
true but urban rails have also taken a large jump foward with bc jumps........ and also, i think that talking about progression in skiing is kind of silly because how could you predict??? and why would you want to
Sep 24 2006 8:28PM
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Geoff.
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it seems like rails maily are based on spinning. like people are cork 810-ing onto rails but theres only three comon slides. nosepress, tail press and regular. i guess 50-50 too. but then there are lipslides and stuff so yeah.
Sep 24 2006 8:32PM
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jamesmccormick
Posts: 1481 - Karma: 17
uh okay
Sep 24 2006 8:40PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,143
Way to bite Boronowski there.
Sep 24 2006 8:42PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
Are you stupid? maybe it doesn't appeal to you, but I can't believe that there are only three people that make it look good. 
Sep 24 2006 8:55PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
sometimes I go back and read posts, and i realize how much of an ass I come off as. I'm sorry. Forgive me?
Sep 24 2006 8:57PM
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AhrenStein
Posts: 1941 - Karma: 177
yeah but theres only so much in balet you can make so many rails and do crazy shit on them
Sep 24 2006 8:57PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
shit u figured me out the only reason i slide rails is cause its cool...
Sep 24 2006 9:05PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
haha that would be insane..

i am sure its been done, but i would like to see a smooth tweaked nosepress, sw up, tail press on a flat down
Sep 24 2006 9:08PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
rail skiing is the only kind of skiing you can do in the city, and its super fun, so no it isnt going to die anytime soon
Sep 24 2006 9:13PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
your just a fad ya freak. Rails are the most fun thing to ski ever. SOooo bomb yo.
Sep 24 2006 9:41PM
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4ReeL_
Posts: 3187 - Karma: 1,563
i believe that there waill alwayse be room for progression
Sep 24 2006 9:43PM
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corey74
Posts: 658 - Karma: 13
are you stupid?
Sep 24 2006 9:43PM
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Myke
Posts: 937 - Karma: 11
Eventually every book will have been written. Not gonna happen for a while so I don't care.
Sep 24 2006 9:53PM
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deleted4
Posts: 964 - Karma: 23
disagree
Sep 24 2006 9:55PM
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friedcheese
Posts: 1245 - Karma: 23
people will ski rails for a long time but I dont really like watching them anymore, theres too many of them in a lot of ski movies and they start getting repetitive for me
Sep 24 2006 9:56PM
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NoTeefa
Posts: 9566 - Karma: 129
so in ski porn Andrea hatveit does 270 on pretzel 270 out BOTH DIRECTIONS on freakin street style rails SICK!!!!
Sep 24 2006 9:58PM
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fcspiteri
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why does it matter if it is just a fad. dont' we all ski to have fun? so do what you have fun doing, whether its rails or bc or whatever.
Sep 24 2006 10:01PM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
rail skiing wont ever go away...its fun...jumps wont ever go away...they're fun...skiing wont ever go away...its way much fun.. with all these powers combined..i grant you the best sport ever
Sep 24 2006 10:01PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
man i like boronowski's skiing but it seems whenever i hear somethign he said/did, im very unimpressed.
"rails are just a phase"
are you fucking kidding me?
Sep 24 2006 11:30PM
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timoski
Posts: 3036 - Karma: 45
you thin you're going to be hittign rails when you're 40?
Sep 24 2006 11:36PM
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FigmentFilmski
Posts: 1639 - Karma: 266
O M G
Sep 24 2006 11:41PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
as long as im skiing ill be hitting rails. easier ones of course...
Sep 24 2006 11:45PM
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steezerampage
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 214
I dont really care whats cool or a fad or what, I am just going to do what I enjoy and thats all around ski.
Sep 25 2006 12:06AM
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one-love
Posts: 825 - Karma: 15
rails were cool but its just a matter of time. skiing was about flying off shit and goin fast not riding metal
Sep 25 2006 2:34AM
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