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Idea trend whores (short rant)

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wh@t
Posts: 6204 - Karma: 51
seriously? what the fuck is this? im really getting sick of seeing kids talking about totally riding just like Pollard Mahre and Pep, and then saying 'oh and if you still ski park with poles yur just  a fag and you arent progressing skiing.' do yu honestly give a fuck what i do? go ahead. be cool and ride what yu want, but dont fucking think yur the shit because yu saw idea and yur "progressing" skiing. it doesnt matter, just ski and ride how yu want to. yur ruining the point of idea if yu trend whore the shit out of it. what i saw was skiing; just skiing. thats what made it different than other movies.

and ive seen the movie and i am a proud owner of a pair of new elizabeths. so dont say im just hating. sorry for the rant
Dec 12 2007 11:22AM
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solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
yea, i skid w/o poles last year. and usually the people that hate on it are the people that suck too bad to do it because its harder to balance.
Dec 12 2007 9:11PM
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snowboardersrule
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You forget, or you just don't know, that snowlerblading was the original idea. your most beloved pros started as snowlerbladers. shit, the entire freeskiing industry spawned from snowblading. anyone on here whose old enough to remember snowblading in the xgames will back me up on this one. also the creators of line and siver and any core companies will state this too.
Dec 12 2007 10:00PM
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liquidsword
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i have some hellbents and i say your a CLAIMER.

and i actually saw them go carting in the movie
Dec 12 2007 10:06PM
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nealpgards
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WHO CARES!!!!!!


seriously just ski or whatever you like to do
Dec 12 2007 10:11PM
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ElliottP
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fuck. another one... skiing with poles is sick if you can. most kids just flail and look retarded. though i guess most kids do even with poles.... but still. if you can pull it of rad. but who cares. and no one that i have ever met has said poles are gay. except me when i jam my thumb or some shit cuz of them. and i do think they get in the way alot. grabs feel betee withough them. but yeah. stop posting about no poled.
Dec 12 2007 10:22PM
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ski8990
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Didn't everyone learn how to ski without poles? People saying that you should only drop your poles after you learn to ski with poles have it dead backwards.
Dec 13 2007 12:11AM
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Piste.Off
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i havent seen Idea and i ski no poles sometimes. yay for gay threads!
Dec 13 2007 12:15AM
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liaosongfang
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you are the biggest fag ever.  you will never be "cool"
Dec 13 2007 12:29AM
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Elijah.
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Lots of people skied no poles before Idea came out, and I was one.
Dec 13 2007 12:50AM
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tjski
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no way dude, being cool and trendy is the most important thing in skiing...why else would anyone ski?
Dec 13 2007 1:01AM
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TWoods
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ssearchbar noob!
Dec 13 2007 1:42AM
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AmbushClothing
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wow, what are we doing? Fuckin ski kids, stop acting like a bunch of nancy's. Poles, no poles. Hey im gonna start skiing with vegatables in my hands. who fuckin cares. Ive been skiin for 14 years, raced for 6 and i dropped poles cause i forgot them and i felt mad free. Plus it helps your balence like whoa. haters
Dec 13 2007 10:10AM
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Canuker
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lol, when i read the title for the thread i thought you were doing a rant on shorts.
Dec 13 2007 3:39PM
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snarky
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shldnt y b lvng "y"s t hlf th tm?

(shouldnt you be leaving y's out half the time?
Dec 13 2007 3:47PM
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Pirruccio
Posts: 1301 - Karma: 70
i role my pants up
call me a trend whore but i have tight boots and have to unbuckle them constantly before i get on the lift.
Dec 13 2007 7:17PM
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slimbruddah
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The two times ive gone skiing this year, ive gone no poles, mainly because i dont have any... i still gotta get some. My ones from last year disappeared.

But no poles is super fun. See more free, not having to worry about poles.
Dec 13 2007 7:48PM
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wh@t
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since when did i hate on style? im hating on kids who just assume that they are amazing by looking just like a pro. like arrogantly acting like the shit and hating on everyone else.
Dec 13 2007 10:55PM
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Tclif
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shut the hell and just go ski. its fucking SKIING!
Dec 13 2007 11:15PM
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kolekaine
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 116

YEH KNOW SHIT, HOW IS NO POLES PROGRESSING THE SPORT?!?!?!?! UR JUST DROPPING SOMETHING AND NOT LEARNING ANYTHING, UR JUST SKIING WITHOUT SOMETHING.

Dec 14 2007 12:43AM
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eheath
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So far this year I've seen multiple different kids (meaning under 18) riding 1-2ft of powder without poles, and it makes me mad. Skiing powder without poles is just dumb. ANYONE who knows anything about ski mechanics know that pole planting is a big part of a turn. I dunno about other people, but I tried shreding without poles (by shreding meaning like steeper stuff and pow) and i found it uncomfortable and unbalanced and not fun. And these kids without poles skiing pow are just riding backseat and ruining their skiing.


I'm not trying to make people change or tell people what to do, but i see powder skiing without poles to be foolish.
Dec 14 2007 12:49AM
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EVAN.F
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lol.
Dec 14 2007 1:03AM
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Casey
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'oh and if you still ski park with poles yur just  a fag and you arent progressing skiing"


not to be an asshole, but has anyone EVER said that to you? im pretty sure the poles community has hated on the no poles community a thousand times more than in the reverse. but seriously, poles or no poles, who cares man, you don't need your feathers in a ruff on this shit, its not even important.
Dec 14 2007 2:50AM
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Casey
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i've skied bc withouth poles and its been some of the sickest days of my life. you get stuck sometimes, and you can't really traverse, but if the terrain allows its so much fun. it shouldn't make you mad, its kind of a sign that you're a big douchebag. no offense.
Dec 14 2007 2:54AM
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I_Am_Mod
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are we supposed to care what others do ?

Dec 14 2007 3:03AM
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liaosongfang
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ya dood. totally bra. for sure mayeng. bro bra broseph bro
Dec 14 2007 11:29AM
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KeithB.
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What do you push with when you get to the bottom? As previously stated people have been skiing without poles for a long long time, so I don't see how it is "progressive". Don't olympic ariel skiers not ski with poles. That niche is old as shit. They dont use poles because they get in the way of manuevers. When most of us learned to ski we didn't use poles. I don't think it matters. I think it is harder to ski without poles these days because I usually have to hike in or out of the run. Back when the norweigans started skiing they used a big wooden staff. It is fun for me to see different stuff on the hill. Not everyone rips and that is ok. If some kid who otherwise would not have skied at all decides to because he/she thought it looked cooler without poles then so be it. Who cares if they suck, they won't be in my way.

Dec 14 2007 4:16PM
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freezed
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Pole planting helps you shift your weight down the fall line in order to initiate a turn, but you don't necessarily need poles to do that. I've skied powder without poles and it was really fun, and I know how to turn.

Or:

Don't worry about what other people are doing, who cares, if they're having fun?

That one's pretty cliche though.
Dec 14 2007 4:21PM
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tsmack
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is it that time of the month?
Dec 14 2007 4:23PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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I'll never get rid of my poles, what then would I use to smack my bro in the back of the legs as I go by or pop his heel piece out while cruising down groomers, I think you guys all forget what poles are really for. Next time your in line with a buddy aside of you stick your pole in the ground on the far side of him and push him towards it, instant larffs.
Dec 14 2007 4:28PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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I love all the hasty like FUCK YOU NO POLES IS COOL. when all he said was that he didn't like how no polers talked shit on him
Dec 14 2007 4:49PM
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ElliottP
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its not harder to balance, its just harder to make look good. its just a placebo of comfort.
Dec 14 2007 4:51PM
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liaosongfang
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placebo of comfort?  what the hell does that even mean?  i suggest sticking to words you know the meaning of.
Dec 15 2007 1:13AM
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liquidsword
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haha owned. i think no poles is pretty f ing ridiculous if your not in pow... seriously you look like a d bag with terrets when you turn
Dec 15 2007 1:17AM
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Avifarer
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people who look like d bags with terrets when they turn probably cant turn in the first place.
Dec 15 2007 1:29AM
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liquidsword
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actually some ski instructors have beginners ski with no poles... so you look like a nOOb skier and a d bag at the same time with terrets
Dec 15 2007 1:32AM
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stingfire
Posts: 315 - Karma: 13
Fuck all of you are trend whores: skiing with skis.  I'm gonna progress the sport and go boot skiing.  Hell  yeah double grab boot-only jumps is all skill  nyah nyah nyah
Dec 15 2007 1:32AM
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michael_bc
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you mean 1915 ski mechanics.

I've never seen a snowboarder need to pole plant.
Dec 15 2007 5:21AM
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fatbastard
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Not true.  Granted, some skiers who are still top pros (Pollard, Wilson) were snowlerbladers.  But what the Canadians (Douglas, Cusson, Szocs, Vinny, JP) were doing at the same time snowlerblading was at its peak was not inspired by snowlerblading whatsoever.  Most skiers (at least everyone I know) was fully embarrassed by snowlerblading and wanted no relation to it.  Anyone who had a clue saw the full limitations of where the sport was headed.  It was like snowboarding on a lunch tray.  Anyone could stand there and spin around on those things.  Of course, they landed about 10% of their tricks because they had no platform and seeing them off of groomers was pure comedy.

By the way, you're not alone in this one, but the term "freeskiing" was spawned well before snowlerblading even existed, and before skiers skied backwards.  It came from skiers who were sick of steep skiing being called "extreme".  Somehow people now think "freeskiing" suddenly began in 2001 or something and strictly defines freestyle.  That's not the case.  It defined skiing just for fun outside of a race course.  Of course, that discussion's worthy of a whole other thread. 


Dec 15 2007 1:06PM
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Avifarer
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i think they do that so you dont become reliable on your poles.
i actually learned how to ski with no poles.
Dec 15 2007 5:45PM
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woolymammoth
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No poles is a great style and a great way to progress your own skiing. 
but if you drop your poles and immediatly your turns become angles instead of carved arcs and you're so far in the backseat that your butt is on your tails then don't do it

idea wasn't progressive because they were skiing with no poles,  you can do the same tricks and have the same style with poles it's really jsut a preference thing

Dec 15 2007 7:01PM
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CJHski
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do what ever you want, i usually ski with poles, but usually i ski a few runs a day without poles. i do like skiing in the park without poles
Dec 15 2007 7:18PM
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nauseA
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You're just starting a trend about hating on no poles. You're just stupid to bring out the hate like that.

The last time I went skiing some one screamed: No poles no style!
and it made me fuckin mad, first the guy was in the chair, and who the fuck is he to judge other people's choices. The hate makes me mad, not the fuckin trends, see, there's trends in life and everyone seems to live with them. So if you feel bad in your skin, then just shut the fuck up the next time.
Dec 15 2007 8:39PM
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I_liketobutter
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i ride elizabeths and dropped poles, does that make me a trend whore?

chill out, who cares
Dec 15 2007 9:44PM
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drewishish
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i ski with out poles when im at my local moutain which happens to have nothing but park, but when i go somewhere else that i need poles in, then i use them, im not gonnna rag on anybody that still uses them, and im not gonna tell anybody that its cool. i like it in the park, its fun. i dont care what other people do.
Dec 15 2007 10:08PM
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eastAR5
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i stopped giving a fuck a while ago

Dec 15 2007 10:18PM
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pfutz
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The application of the word works in that case, placebo meaning something that is of no actual value but is simply used to give comfort. 
Dec 15 2007 10:38PM
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Edward.
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i remember when i used to ski with no poles my first year in the park back in like 04-05 and i thought i was the shit just because nobody else was doing it and everyone hated on me because i sucked too
Dec 15 2007 10:53PM
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popNfresh44
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yeah i agree, now everybody that sucks is gonna try to go no poles and do ugly hand drags off everything and such (not saying i dont like hand drags). but if you really want to do it, whatever.
Dec 15 2007 11:24PM
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coolhandluke
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yes you are weird.  you need to be more constructive with your time and start telling other people what to do. 
Dec 16 2007 1:13AM
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televback1
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exactly right most of us and sorry if im speakin out of turn but my family was taught to ski by my dad without poles so that u gain enough balance to turn and have an egressive stance. once i would do this well and ski everything at te great divide(this mountain i learned to ski) i was given poles. for anyone that skis really steep and variable snow u would not that a good pole plant is esssential to make and turn and saving your life in a no fall line. skiing without poles makes ur wight shift back wards in a turn and therefore with variable condidtions u will feel as if ur skis are coming out from under yourself. the same is true in powder it will just not happed so fast because u will be so far back and the snow is helping holding you. pep and eric can do this because they are amazing skiers they mastered skiing stepp without poles and now they have progressed the sport to a different level

im not saying stop skiing without poles just something to consider when thinking outside of the "trend"
Dec 16 2007 1:51AM
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