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Sponsor and ski length

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mike_e
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im gonna try to get sponsored next season by icelantic but does anyone think i can get sponsored if i cant do stuff switch and also what would be the right length ski for someone about 5'5''
May 22 2007 6:57PM
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Joan
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dont they make snowblades or something?
May 22 2007 6:58PM
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ESfreeridepa
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yeah dude. def. i would say like 143 cm.
May 22 2007 6:59PM
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theoz
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ICELANTIC MAKE SICK SHIT my best friend Cory Zila is on the team and he oves there skis.... there making bigger ones for next year there skis are fukin off tap
May 22 2007 7:01PM
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mike_e
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 3,066
143 is way to small for me lol thats all i kno im thinin 161-166 depends how high they go on me
May 22 2007 7:05PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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^^ tghats about rightg
May 22 2007 7:15PM
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philipc
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f your sponsored theyll only give you 183s

May 22 2007 7:18PM
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quebski6
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wait, you want to get sponsored but dont even know what size skis you should have?? sounds like an oxy-moron to me..
May 22 2007 7:18PM
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chickenwang
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^haha yea i love when noobs come on looking to get spancersized
May 22 2007 7:20PM
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DANETRON
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and too top it off cant even hit switch

May 22 2007 7:29PM
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ThePoopSock
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first off all kid
go ski for fun, fuck getting sponsixcxcered
the only way you will get good enough to get sponzickgored is to just go out and ski for yourself, not caring and just having fun
plus it sounds like you have never even skied icelandic so why would you want to be sponsizeredged by a company that you dont even know if you like their products or what they are about
last
go ski for fun cause if your just skiing to get sponsizerfewed you may as well quit cause your ruining the sport

SKI FOR YOURSELF
May 22 2007 7:43PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
depends on how good you are. id say for 5 5 149 or 150s whatever
May 22 2007 7:46PM
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woolymammoth
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dude man up and get some ski length
if you are good enough to be sponsered then you should know how to actually ski and should atleast be on some 170's but i would go a little longer if i were you
May 22 2007 7:47PM
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TannerCoulter.
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no. im 5 1 and i ride 151s
May 22 2007 7:53PM
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CTD
Posts: 6300 - Karma: 348
word. you get sponsored by accident. you skills should be at the level that people talk about you, and eventually the reps hear about it, and you get free shit. and judging by your lack of knowledge on common things like ski length, im almost certain you have no business even talking about sponsorships. go out and have fun.
May 22 2007 7:56PM
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asfffffffffdd
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exactly
May 22 2007 8:02PM
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Alkyy
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you cant ski switch and wanna get spizonsored?? unless you can do crazy shit on rails and spin both ways with amazing style i would say give it a few years
May 22 2007 8:02PM
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TheButterHashira
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it depends i think alot of pros go on 180s even if they are only 5 8 or 5 9
May 22 2007 8:15PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
getting spancereorzerored is just icing on the cake, ski because its fun
May 22 2007 8:16PM
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Sholte
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hahaha, funny, you should know this if you trying to get sponsored but anyways you should get 170's
May 22 2007 8:44PM
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splooshie
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dude, your never gonna get a sponsor if you cant do tricks. but if you somehow do, just tell them your freaking ski size and WHAMMO! new skis. at least thats how it was for surface, dont know bout other companies
May 22 2007 8:45PM
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Daniel.
Posts: 2068 - Karma: 12
Corey fucking killed it this year at Kwood. dude fucking rips
May 22 2007 9:12PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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dude, this kid also made the thread about "how do you do a switch up"

sorry bro, but you will not get sponsored.
May 22 2007 9:22PM
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DaysToCome
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really cause id say 165 - 170 if you wanna shred
May 22 2007 9:37PM
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quixotic
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sounds like circumsized LoLz0rZ
May 22 2007 9:49PM
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matty_chaines*
Posts: 177 - Karma: 11
ya u should use 211cm race stock skiis cause dumont jr. uses them and can do switch 7 high nose grap and hes sponcered bu volkl
May 22 2007 10:37PM
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skiminnesota
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hook this brother up with some 131 ar3s or somthing:)
May 22 2007 11:01PM
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invader7
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word just ski and have fun and the spawsirorzation will come to you
May 22 2007 11:18PM
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s.jeff
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Im pretty sure nowadays you have to be ab le to do switch stuff
May 22 2007 11:23PM
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SHastatahoe
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haha, spancerized. I love it.
May 23 2007 12:50AM
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ride-rider
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agreed!
May 23 2007 1:03AM
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MadSteezin
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lol! so true!
May 23 2007 1:33AM
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[~_~]
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I disagree. Getting sponsors is totally rad! I don't mean it as in "oh yeah, free shit" but it is cool to be a part of a team and rep a certain group of people in the industry.

If you go further up the rankings on the team, you get to participate in events and meet all sorts of people, which helps you progress greatly.

Not "fuck sponsixcxcered", more like praise it; although I do see what you are getting at. Nobody should only ski for recognition or for sponsorship, but being sponsored most definately is a great thing.
May 23 2007 2:27AM
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SeanK
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well i dout you can get sponsored just becasue its real hard to get sponsored these day...i would get 175's
May 23 2007 11:21AM
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skiracer-steez
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if you are such a newb that you dont know what skilength you need you probably wont get spankered. usually more exeranced peopl get hooked up.
May 23 2007 11:54AM
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ski_cartel
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the man speaks the truth
May 23 2007 12:46PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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omg im gonna get spanana'd and go brag to my friends
May 23 2007 5:32PM
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ecsm.
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haha dont you mean spanzored
May 23 2007 7:25PM
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theoz
Posts: 2379 - Karma: 128
COry is the next Seth..... and he can do cab 9s, and he can 270 on 450 out both ways on a rail, is getting top 10 at world big mountain events, and got 2nd at the 04 us open rail jam, killer now He rides for Icelantic wait till you see his shit next year ..
May 23 2007 7:47PM
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T-KR3W
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.........off tap..........haha i havent heard thats shit before. thats funny as hell
May 23 2007 11:01PM
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EL_FINRE
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first of all get a ski that is up to your eyes. second of all dont make getting spanced such a big deal. just go out and progress everyday and eventually you will be worthy enough to get free shit. but for now i wouldnt worry about it
May 23 2007 11:08PM
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Sholte
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i kind of agree and disagree with you, because

1)skiing is a really fun sport, kids should not only be thinking on getting sponsored, but they should be looking at how fun it is, and all the aspect est of skiing. because in the days when i used to only think about getting sponsored, i always got so pissed when i heard about some kid younger then me getting sponsored, or doing better tricks, something like that. kids should just have fun skiing, not worry about other things in the sport.

2) many kids are not good enough to get sponsored, i mean sure they should try to get better, and set goals, and once they are good they should think about getting sponsored, but not if they are not good.

3)i do agree with the sponsored thing is totaly rad, and its fun and all.
May 24 2007 12:41AM
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ThePoopSock
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 22
I totally agree with you
i just dont think people should ski TO get sponsored
they should ski TO have fun
but i mean if a company wants to sponsor me no way am i gonna turn it down, but im not going to ski just to get sponsored
May 24 2007 12:44AM
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Sholte
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dont get me wrong, but being sponsored is a great, but those are just my views on it
May 24 2007 12:46AM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,386
Everyone should probably stop replying... 

this guy is obviously an alias

noone is going to not know what size skis they want if they are good enough to even think they are going to get sponsoerereeddd. 

May 24 2007 1:21AM
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StReEtPIRATES
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 138
I'm 5 fot 4 and i ski 169 public enemys. And ski for fun and don't worry about gettin spancerized.
May 24 2007 1:40AM
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carbon.pulse
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I reko 129's. My m8 is about 6'10 and he skis them and they are a good size
May 24 2007 1:45AM
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Luckyscs
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I ski because I love it.
I am to get better because...
Getting good = sponsorship
I want a sponsorship because...
sponsorship = more skiing and a job
I want to have the freedom to ski whenever I want.
I would rather just ski than ski and have a seperate job.
May 24 2007 11:47AM
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[~_~]
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haha yeah but I said the same thing in my last sentence.
May 24 2007 1:36PM
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Jake...
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icelantic came up to my the first run ever at a ski hill on boot blades and sapcnaeocnsoersided me .. so it pretty easy dude.
May 24 2007 2:03PM
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mike_e
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well its cause i cant fuckin convert inches into centemeters im in math C lol
May 26 2007 10:56PM
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