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Knowing when you are good

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atentionwhore
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at what point can you tell some one that you are good at skiing like what tricks should you be abil to do

May 18 2008 8:08PM
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coffinparty
Posts: 231 - Karma: 11
impressive ones, ya fuck.
May 18 2008 8:10PM
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jack_weisman
Posts: 2310 - Karma: 169
having a video on top rated made me proud
May 18 2008 8:12PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
thats a dumb question. If you ski to tell people you are good you are in it for the wrong reason. I dont have any video footage, have a rare picture, and am completely unsponsored. If people want to recognize the skills I have and say hey good job, then awesome Im all for it, but I ski and progress and get better because I love skiing more than anything in the world. Id much rather ski a full fun day lapping parks then having to wait and set up for a shot just so I can make a 2 minute show off video. I know Im good so I dont care if other people think so.
May 18 2008 8:57PM
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BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
You know your good when you know you love skiing and will give anything to go skiing

As long as you are out there having fun, killin' it, and makin' some rad friends than your better than most people who don't ski for fun

but that's just me
May 18 2008 9:04PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300
these tricks:

270 pretzel 270 on a down rail
450 off both ways
cork 9 mute
switch 7 critical
flat 5 japan
left and right 7's
9 in the pipe
landing switch in pow
handdrags
rodeo 7
screamin seman
double frontflip
double daffy twister spread
quad kink urban rail
mad butters

then you are good


nahhh just kiddin

dumbest thread ever, but i was bored
May 18 2008 9:20PM
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TheMoostafian
Posts: 4504 - Karma: 9,435
when your name doesnt tell people that you suck
May 18 2008 9:31PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
Winner.
May 18 2008 9:38PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
yea you must have low self-esteem

you are on the fast track to becoming a new Yauch but it depends, when you can do a switch cork octo 14 you are good at park, when you can ski comfortably and stomp a 345 foot cliff in the pow you are good, and when you can beat ted ligety in a slalom race you're good at racing
May 18 2008 9:42PM
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Mr.LemonPie
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 1,625
fucking ridiculous right there...hardest quad there is.
May 18 2008 9:49PM
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spiegel
Posts: 945 - Karma: 7
honestly, it's not the type of tricks that you can do

it's how steezy you can do it.  if you look like a blumbering retard trying to do a 360 that you land consistently but lacking in style, then no one's gonna care for you.
May 18 2008 9:53PM
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smooticus
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 27
I know what hes saying, i mean people at my school always come up to me and go "hey dont you ski, are you good". I never know what to say, i could say im not, but then i feel like an ass cause i sound sarcastic no matter what. If i say yes, well thats just obviously gay. So i always go "AY BITCH, IM THE BEST, I SKI CIRCLES AROUND THE MOON, TANNER HALL, YOUR MOM, AND THEN I SKI BACK IN TIME AND SKI AROUND YOUR NEANDERTHAL ANCESTORS. NOW GET THE FUCK OFF MY DICK BITCH"
May 18 2008 9:54PM
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comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
word. i have like almost no video footage and a couple pics. i am not GOOD compared to a lot of people, but i'd say i can hold my own pretty well anywhere. but really, who cares?
May 18 2008 9:57PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
just be humble about your self,  invite them skiing,  and let them judge you for themselves.  the correct answer for almost every one of us is 'i could be better'
May 18 2008 9:58PM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
WORD
May 18 2008 10:04PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
chris you're good....come on admit it
May 19 2008 12:20AM
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PeteyG
Posts: 2946 - Karma: 49
You shouldnt ever think your good because you should be humble, and go out and kill it and not proclaim your talent everywhere
May 19 2008 12:39AM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
cuz you get all the chicks dumbass!!

and now for a serious answer...
its all with the level of your confidence and skill and your own opinion....
May 19 2008 12:54AM
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jsaya_SagStraps
Posts: 1840 - Karma: 29
who cares? if ur good wat r u just gonna give up or something?
May 19 2008 1:14AM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
once you can backflip you know you are cool because gapers think that is the hardest trick.
May 19 2008 1:23AM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
LOL NEWBSCHOOLERS.COM
May 19 2008 1:40AM
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zesty_buddy
Posts: 880 - Karma: 28
haha word, it is the first thing that they ask you!
May 19 2008 1:40AM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
depends on how much fun your having, if you smiling all the time and having a whole bunch of fun constantly then your pretty much pro, if your a mr. grumpy pants taking everything serious and being totally hardcore mean cocky badass, (simon dumont) then you suck.
May 19 2008 1:45AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
humility is a completely different from thinking you're 'good'; for me it is recognizing that there is always something more to push for, some way to go out and be better than the day before

i'm saying to stray away from the line of thought that even classifies yourself as a particular grade of skiier, and if people ask you how good you are, let them judge for themselves
May 19 2008 2:37AM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
when you can do a backflip
May 19 2008 2:41AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
(With the exception of Cedric's thread)..theres nothing worse than claiming.
Do it for yourself man, not so you can tell other people how good you are. If you are good, then people will notice. But if you tell them how good you are, then people will think you are an arrogant cock.
May 19 2008 2:50AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
the trick is to tell people that you really suck (I see you've already figured this part up), and that you've only been skiing for a little while. Then when people see that you're halfway decent they'll be more impressed with you than with the "good kids" who have been skiing since they could walk.
May 19 2008 3:35AM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
am i the only one who feels really uncomfortable when people say that u are good at skiing.

like random kids come up at school and are like, o i saw u skiing, ur good. its like "uh, thanks" and i just feel like a complete dousche
May 19 2008 3:59AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
^ Its better for it to be like that, than

"Oh thats the guy that walks around talking himself up as a pro skier..."
May 19 2008 4:16AM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
haha yeah... and when people ask you how good you are..."are you a beginner, intermediate, or expert?"  "uhhhh....."  that always happens to me when i'm at the hospital.
May 19 2008 4:17AM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
Yeah, seems anyone who is actually decent at skiing is humble about it, then people who only go skiing once a year or so seem to talk themselves up and be like "yeah dude, I'm pretty good" Then you ski with them and they're shit.
May 19 2008 5:10AM
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feihlination
Posts: 8356 - Karma: 1,084
lol, for all the guys that missed that, the creators name is isuckatskiing1 or something
May 19 2008 5:48AM
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SK1ERDUDE
Posts: 1365 - Karma: 51
This is true.
May 19 2008 8:48AM
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liukangkid
Posts: 3323 - Karma: 82
There are 3 tricks you need dial before becoming pro, or excpect to have a chance at being sponsered

1. tip stands
2. lui kangs
3. worm turns
May 19 2008 10:27AM
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,351
BACKFLIP OR NOTHING.
May 19 2008 10:31AM
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D-HAWK
Posts: 890 - Karma: 10
triple :]
May 19 2008 4:16PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
yeah i feel really awkward when little kids tell me that to, and when on the chairlift they ask stuff like "are u good" and its like, well how am i to answer this?
May 19 2008 4:24PM
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beardstatus
Posts: 800 - Karma: 19
period.
May 19 2008 4:46PM
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[Adam]
Posts: 1937 - Karma: 256
yeah who cares just ski for the love it
May 19 2008 5:17PM
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~Manlenium~
Posts: 43 - Karma: 11
Get your name in your local paper.
May 20 2008 2:22AM
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