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Remember when Pro's hit urban

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bp.lando
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Ya, those were the days, Simon killing rails, Tanner out on the streets, JP doing killer drops and nuts rails, Pep absolutely schooling the urban game.

seriously pop in your ski movies fomr 05 and remember the good old days!

also i need to ee a video with the perfect combo of Urban, Bc, Park like TBC again, will it ever happen?
17 years ago
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Holte
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Guys, when was the last time you hit a feature to push the sport? Or hit a feature as a plan to legitimize your future as a skier? I never have. I ski stuff that is fun and readily available to me. What makes pros any different? Do you really think they plan to be progressive on rails so they can ski pow in a few years? Or do they just ski what's fun and readily available to them? I think that skiing is about enjoyment even when you're a pro.
17 years ago
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gfanuckaa
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no question am kids are holdin it down over the "pros" look at ahmet, martini, and any of wessons shit and as far as rails go the pros are on their tails, i aint ever seen tanner true transfer n spin out or lip fs sw up to pretz fs sw up to 270 out ...but in the long run skiin will get there eventually there will be mad breeds of skiers and just like snowboarding there will be pros who session strictly bc n park shoots and pros who session strictly rails i mean u can watch a snowboard movie with maybe a dozen jump shots n its still dope as hellll
17 years ago
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Dan-Man
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if only there was a skier like Lucas Magoon
17 years ago
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FUUUCK
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The only "pro" left that can really compete with Ams on urban is Andreas.

Tanner is probably going to do some wild creative shit in massive though.
17 years ago
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bigolrig
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sammy brought alot of urban into his JOSS vid, and it was dope as hell.
i thought his was more interesting because it wasn't just all jumps, it actually had different features. freestyle skiing needs urban, if not it will end up like the Olympics, and just having people spin redicilous amounts,like snowboarding..eek..
17 years ago
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grifter
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copy that... more steeze less tech (reminds me of the lolerblading thread)
17 years ago
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ThaLetterM.
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quality icon brian
17 years ago
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bpalmer
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palabra
17 years ago
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JFrel
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gagnier still holds it down pretty damn good on urban... i think he could give most of these ams a run for their money
17 years ago
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chames
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yea i cant wait to see the massive, it should be ill as fuck
17 years ago
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TKMB
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lets talk about a real problem in rail skiing today: the step on.   The outbreak of the step on rail slide is something that is yet to be recognized.  The step on is such a widespread phenomonon most skiers dont even see the difference between an ollie and a step on.  .

if anybody is confused and needs a video clip or something as an example i'll be mroe than happy to provide one.

17 years ago
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chames
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why is the step on so bad? some ppl use it at first when they hit urban, and when theyre more comfortable they switch to ollie on. Or some ppl probably just find it easier and stick with it. ^ 
17 years ago
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rocMALONEYphotos
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***** REALTIME ***** COREY VANULAR  SLAYS RAILS
17 years ago
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Literature
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If I could hit rails or ski pow, there in no question I would choose the latter.

Props to the pros if they can do that. After watching all the superunknown vids, I've had a lifetime's worth of rail footy.
17 years ago
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Schoening
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urban is sucha hassle in WA........

sooo over ice rinks and driving to hit handrails
17 years ago
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tele_tom
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exactly. that's why backcountry shots always seem way cooler.
17 years ago
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49566738265
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He's a fucking idiot.
17 years ago
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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step on lips are the worst
17 years ago
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nellyyy
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i can't really remember the last time simon legitimately impressed me on a rail anywhere

17 years ago
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MattMcGinnis
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perfectly said, except the typos
17 years ago
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Skwirl
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Couldn't have said it better. Pros don't stick to jumps and powder because they can't do rails, it's because rails aren't half as fun. Additionally, rails don't take nearly the skill or the balls that large jumps, pipe and backcountry take. Now, I'm not saying that the occasional rail isn't cool, but I see so many kids these days doing all that ballerina boner steeze shit (aka like 3 switch ups and shit) on rails, but then they can't ski or jump. Don't think that pro skiers aren't willing to risk hurting themselves on rails, because backcountry is way more dangerous. And finally, I would like to see an amature with the bag of rail tricks that Andreas Hatveit has, that dude is a machine.
17 years ago
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Skwirl
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Hah, "just having people spin redicilous amounts,like snowboarding..eek." All people do on rails these days is spin a lot. All of the aesthetically pleasing tricks like presses and shit are nearly gone.
17 years ago
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glass
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the truth can't hide forever
17 years ago
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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this is the problem with skiing right now, everyone thinks rails are some stepping stone to recognition in some crazy cookie cutter routine to becoming pro. 

A pro is someone whos good at something and PAID to do it.

There should be rail pros, along with the jump pros, and the backcountry pros that there are right now. Theres no recognition for it though, so all the best rail riders don't get shit until they flatspin 720 a spring photoshoot table.

Rails are about to get real legit, they're already on the way(i'm talkin street stuff not box combo 360 sw up shit), hopefully the industry will realize this and give some support to the people really pushing the sport in a different area, cause lets face it, with all this jon olsson super engineered jumping, skiing is turning into freestyle mx crossed with gymnastics.
17 years ago
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grifter
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Copy that bro, the industries getting a bit too contrived, why not replace jumps with trampolines and cut out the middle man...

hats off to the guys pushing this sport away from that,

however the massive kickers guys are throwing shit down on now do look pretty impressive, its also gonna encourage more "outsiders" to get involved...

I like whats going on with Hunting yeti and the Nimbus crew, it's a great mix they've got going on there, loads of technical stuff, but they're out hitting BC and looking sick at the same time...
17 years ago
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Skwirl
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So you think you can be a pro skier who isn't well rounded enough to do a basic trick like a seven? I think by definition a pro skier can destroy anything put in there path, which is what makes guys like tanner so good. And I'm not saying street rail tricks aren't already legit, I'm saying that seeing how many spins you can get on a rail somewhere isn't skiing, and it's not that cool. What makes you want to ski on rails in the city anyway? The only reason I can think of is because you can't go actual skiing right then.
17 years ago
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Capurnicus
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Yeah, it's kind of embarrassing that more pros don't kill urban shit. Some hold it down, but not nearly as many as should be holding it down. The Ams are undoubtedly more skilled on rails...no question.
17 years ago
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SlickRick.
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i was watching  a clip from someweher, might have been armada podcast, but it was of tanner doing butters on to urban from 4 or 5 years ago, and i thought it was insane. you dont see people doing tat even now, and tanner was nailing them back then.
17 years ago
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jamiebrowne
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fuck jumps
ya i said it

and when you say that all rails are is spinning like a top, your just watching xgames reruns too much. cause thats all pros can do these days SPINSPINSPIN 
17 years ago
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freezed
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you just dont like jumps because you never hit em!
17 years ago
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Montana-boy
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Jon said that rails were a fad.  . .. .. He was right, and he is the gnarliest skiier out there. 

Not to say that rail's havent been slayed

Opening Shot of RealTime, so sick.  Corey Vanular
17 years ago
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kylecross
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skiing is different than snowboarding and peanut butter is different than jam....start reading anthony b's blog on joystick and think for yourself, thats why snowboarding is so COOL, because people think for themselves and learn new things instead of trying to copy each other.

the plug for joystick was irrelevant but that blog is the sickest thing to happen to skiing
17 years ago
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grifter
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are you saying skiing isn't ?
17 years ago
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Swervasaurus
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hatiet still slays urban like no other and turbo will be sick as hell as well as the new poor boyz reasons or somthing like that
17 years ago
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doritos
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I'm going to withhold final judgement until The Massive, but from everything I've seen there isn't a pro out there who can fuck with Martini. At all. Same with Ahmet, Wallisch, the list goes on.
17 years ago
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glass
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pretty well, i mean

i laugh at everybody in the parks for being such skiers all the time. snowboarders too though, they have a lot of really weird stuff going on with their views on what is sick and stuff (mostly spoon fed "hey this is cool & creative guys!" shit from companies)
17 years ago
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glass
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now what was i going to ask you guys...
17 years ago
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glass
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oh yeah

so are you all really stoked on urban rail transfers? like do you, ns member, think that we should have more of these things in our films and in general? is this the next step for handrails?

explain why
17 years ago
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Franny
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Yeah thats true. This year Simon only hit the gap box at Schweitzer the movie "Yeah Dude" once.
17 years ago
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CHARLES.BRONSON
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you missed the point, many times.

I never said anything about doing 7s, and as the sport progresses and expands, a "pro" will not be able to kill all areas like in the past when skiing was less diverse and less evolved trick wise.

PS hope your skiing tunnel vision gets better soon, best of luck with that


17 years ago
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Skwirl
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First of all you specifically mentioned rail skiers not being recognized until the did 7s. Read your post.

And I don't think I missed your point, I think your saying pros should be able to specialize in one aspect of the sport. I agree, I'm simply saying that they need to be at least solid at all aspects of the sport or else they are not pro skiers, they are pro rail riders or some shit (Skiing is using boards to slide on snow, not metal).

17 years ago
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glass
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that's not it. he said "as the sport progresses and expands, a "pro" will not be able to kill all areas like in the past when skiing was less diverse and less evolved trick wise."

you're seeing it already. pipe and mega ramp jocks like dumont don't dare touch their skis to metal, let alone pavement, anymore. they train to their fullest on one part of the sport and one part only. and, to repeat, it's only going to get worse as things fork and things get more intense in all the aspects of the sport.

it's like in skateboarding now. you don't see bob burniquist and danny way hitting up the streets to skate. they've got megaramps in their backyard for that. these "pros" that make millions and millions every year wouldn't be able to top some of the newest ams on the street
17 years ago
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StanMcStanson
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I love seeing those, I think the only urban transfer I saw in any of this year's movies was Ahmet in Enjoy. I hope those get big, they look sick.
17 years ago
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Peter.
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cough any level 1 movie cough


colby did tons of urban in Long Story Short, my favorite seggy of all time
17 years ago
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jamiebrowne
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truth!
17 years ago
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Silence
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Precisely.

Especially Corey
17 years ago
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grifter
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I havent seen realtime yet, is it good compared to LSS and Shanghai six
17 years ago
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StanMcStanson
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Yes, definitely worth watching.
17 years ago
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grifter
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sweet, I'll get it!
17 years ago
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dangerdad
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all the big pros may have revolutionized urban, but the truth is they don't focus on it anymore. There are some rediculous kids slyin right now. go watch meathead's latest film Wanderland and the rail seg in that movie is rediculous. switch ups, 270 on, 270 off, rail transfers. shit is insane
17 years ago
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