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STOP THE FLAIR

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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
It's 2007 and pro skiers are still doing flairs in their halfpipe runs. You don't see tricks from the late 90's in slopestyle. Why does that shit fly in halfpipe? If you need more flair, hang a bandana out of your pocket, or wear a fanny pack for Christ's sake.
Feb 28 2007 4:45PM
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i+am+ghetto
Posts: 711 - Karma: 17
can somebody translate that shit =)
Mar 1 2007 5:37PM
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TotesMcgotes
Posts: 413 - Karma: 39
haha. no shit. Thats what a flair is. If you're talkin about simon's cork 5 trucks first hit, that in no whay looks like a flair.
Mar 1 2007 5:43PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
that's all wrong. what he really said is that he would like everyone to debate the existence of the cork 180.
then NPM asked me to make out with him. NPM, I would like to respectfully decline. however, perhaps mr. favre would lower his bandana and give you a kiss.
Mar 1 2007 6:51PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
haha faux you are so gay....what laurent said is faux_real is hating on him for wearing bandanas, and doing flairs, and then laurent said that faux was an asshole and that he had no balls.

then i said i agree with laurent, that he did a good job owning faux, and that i think faux is hating on flairs because he cant do them. and then i said, you know you really got owned when a pro comes online and owns u.
Mar 1 2007 7:18PM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
Kent Kreitler also does 540s. Maybe we should stop doing them. The funny thing about this whole thing is you can do a flare that doesn't look ugly. Fuck, you can do a flare that looks fucking awesome. Just because a lot of people do ugly-looking flares doesn't mean that it's a bad trick. It's also an inverted trick, which is something that a lot of people do an entire pipe run without.

I like how this kid seems to think that doing a trick that people were doing in the late 90's is "unstylie" or "uprogressive." Good thing people didn't do straight spins or cork 7's or 9's in the late 90's. Because then spinning would be "easy" and "uncool." While you're talking about how flips are easier than "newschool" tricks, think about this: if you overrotate a spin, you can just revert another 180; you can't, however, just add another half of a flip. Why do you think that every fucking kid at the US Open can do a switch 10 both ways, yet most of them are afraid to do a straight backflip?

So faux, I know you can probably do a shitty-looking flare a couple of feet out of a little halfpipe. And I know that Josh Loubeck and Kent Kreitler and Brad Holmes did some shrimped out flares in little halfpipes back in the day. That does not make the flare a gay trick. Nor does it make the flare an easy trick. The flares I do don't look anything like the flares that Kreitler did in the 90's, so step the fuck off, faux_real. If you want to ban "easy" tricks from pipe contests, how about you ban cork 9's? Cork 9's are way easier than flares.

PS, people don't do old tricks in slopestyles? People don't even fucking CORK anymore. It's practically just straight up spinning these days. Maybe people didn't do straight up spins in the 90's.
Mar 1 2007 7:35PM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
switch 7 into a switch straight air in the pipe, eh? i'm glad to see that you've put a lot of thought into where you want pipe skiing to go. i've always wanted to put a flat-bottom revert into my pipe run, too. but i haven't yet gotten around to it.
Mar 1 2007 7:41PM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
switch 7 into a switch straight air in the pipe, eh? i'm glad to see that you've put a lot of thought into where you want pipe skiing to go. i've always wanted to put a flat-bottom revert into my pipe run, too. but i haven't yet gotten around to it.
Mar 1 2007 7:46PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
flairs rule, espicialy with a tweaked japan...u just jealous that u can do them.
Mar 1 2007 7:46PM
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simmers
Posts: 1004 - Karma: 397
fucking word.
Mar 1 2007 7:51PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
i think people should do twisters, spread eagles, and daffys in the pipe.
Mar 1 2007 8:25PM
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tride
Posts: 1038 - Karma: 26
So true, it's amazing how many kids like to talk about how backflips are either "lame" or "the easiest trick ever", yet they would never try one on anything bigger than a 20-30 ft jump.

Everyone should be picking up what simmers just put down.

Long live inverts, and the flair!
Mar 1 2007 8:33PM
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Malarky
Posts: 349 - Karma: 11
flairs are the shit
backflips are the shit
'nough said
Mar 1 2007 8:50PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
looks like i hit a nerve.
Mar 1 2007 10:27PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
i tried to make a square deal with monsieur favre . . . i'll stop posting if he stops wearing the bandit's mask.
Mar 1 2007 10:31PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
why the hell do you care so much are you queer eye for the straight guy? let whoever wear whatever they want.
Mar 1 2007 10:44PM
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word
Mar 2 2007 12:01AM
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LOLO_FAVRE
Posts: 432 - Karma: 2,052
hey asshole it's me or you are really stupid.you seem to have a really good personnality to make deal like you try to do with me. how old are you 11 12 years old
the way i dresse is just for me and i'm not going to change for a dushbag like you the only thing i can say is that your thread is stupid and useless like you
Mar 2 2007 4:22AM
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SkierX
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I give this thread 10 out of 5 stars.
Mar 2 2007 4:36AM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
Fuck you man. It's on of my favorite tricks.
Mar 2 2007 5:43AM
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i+am+ghetto
Posts: 711 - Karma: 17
owned... :)
Mar 2 2007 7:16AM
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i+am+ghetto
Posts: 711 - Karma: 17
that proved you´re a complete retard.

one of the worst posts i´ve ever read on ns
Mar 2 2007 7:18AM
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dom_uk
Posts: 1560 - Karma: 12
ban this man
Mar 2 2007 1:08PM
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Craigskis
Posts: 6650 - Karma: 1,645
Flairs are the easiest trick in the book, but that's where your style and the way you throw them comes into play. I have about 3 different ways i can throw the exact same trick that look different
Mar 2 2007 1:29PM
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c+ald
Posts: 830 - Karma: 46
i like flairs, they look fun and cool sure its an easier trick for the pros but whatever
Mar 2 2007 1:37PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
if you truly object to things that are "stupid and useless," than why do you wear the bandit's mask? you puzzle me monsieur favre.
Mar 2 2007 2:03PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
ban the flair and the bandit's mask.
Mar 2 2007 2:06PM
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=nick=
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???????
Mar 2 2007 2:07PM
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Ender
Posts: 2348 - Karma: 112
i wish i knew french.
Mar 2 2007 2:10PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
shut up, stop being a tool box.

this is one of the dumbest threads in NS history
Mar 2 2007 2:13PM
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Craigskis
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Mar 2 2007 3:32PM
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PatVigorito
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when someone busts one out of the pipe im like Fuck Yeah! they look sick but if you dont like em dont do em
Mar 2 2007 3:41PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
[img]http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/29110/2004_07_25_bandit.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/South_America/Brazil/photo278534.htm&h=800&w=600&sz=176&hl=en&start=21&tbnid=kq5khAdNlwNlZM:&tbnh=143&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2Bbandit%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN[/img]
Mar 2 2007 3:58PM
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*SNOWPRO*
Posts: 230 - Karma: 10
one of the best tricks in skiing. It looks cool and besides you don't have any pics so you probably are like 10 and ski in a wedge.
Mar 2 2007 4:12PM
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LOLO_FAVRE
Posts: 432 - Karma: 2,052
i think i'm allowed to wear bandana on my neck when i'm riding and if you hate that i don't give a fuck about what you feel. and it's not because i'm wearing a bandana that i am or i look like a bandit you have to stop posting bullshit.
and if you really have a trouble with bastard next tiùe you'll see me we wil speak together asshole.
but i think you are way too young to undestandor you are just really stupidto have reaction like that.
next time think a bit before posting
Mar 2 2007 4:22PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
you cast the first stone homey. can't i toss one back? i just tried to point out a weak point in your ensemble.
i will think before posting if you think before accessorizing. this looks just as silly on a human:
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Mar 2 2007 4:28PM
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faux_real
Posts: 984 - Karma: 250
you don't have to be that old to understand what's going on here. i have a right to my opinion on the flair, just as you have a right to dress up how you choose. if you dis me, and tell me to stop posting my opinion, that's fine. but i get to dis you back. and the bandit's mask is fair game.
Mar 2 2007 4:50PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
just shut your fucking mouth
Mar 2 2007 4:54PM
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mckeeman
Posts: 2674 - Karma: 122
you go throw a 15 ft flair and tell me it isnt sick.

better set up trick than a straight air.

or just shut the fuck up you little bitch.
Mar 2 2007 6:48PM
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PeteyG
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flairs that high are sooo sick man word this guy
Mar 3 2007 1:57AM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
amen
Mar 3 2007 3:09AM
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SIX
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omg... so much ownage on this thread it's epic!
Mar 8 2007 10:51PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
if being sick at pipe didnt take ten million times more skill than any other aspect of skiing, i might agree with you
Mar 8 2007 11:15PM
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s.jeff
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flairs are sick
Mar 8 2007 11:20PM
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seider
Posts: 958 - Karma: 23
could someone translate this
Mar 9 2007 12:32AM
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tha_CF
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 328
.... He you know what espece of idiot you talk about a tricks that everyone does but then in this case says also has arreter everyone to do rodeos and upright rotations!!!  and apres the facon of which I get dressed looks at only me then goes biente to do screws but bin seen that you speak francais and that you know that I wrinkle with a bandanna on the mouth you must see me to wrinkle therefore the next time that you see me one will speak maisje thinks that you has not any couille and that you has a big mouth and that you goes remain hides it derriere your pseudo as a small tapette
Mar 9 2007 1:01AM
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dweezileast
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you translator speaks very poor french. try again
Mar 9 2007 1:28AM
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tha_CF
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haha it was free translator dot com, so it was the best I could do. haha theres some parts in there that are right. idk.... Je parle un peux français... sumthing like that.
Mar 9 2007 1:30AM
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