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Racing vs. Freestyle

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squaw_skier
Posts: 29 - Karma: 10

if you have done both or either have an opinion about reacing or freestyle which would you choose?

May 28 2008 6:28PM
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ChanchoVelez.
Posts: 1029 - Karma: 11
ahahahahahaha...racing..ahahahahahahaha. freestyle fo sho
May 28 2008 6:29PM
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aurora.
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 104
racing is my main thing, and i attempt to do stuff in the park. but for me its all about the backcountry and waist deep powder and face shots...
racing is cool though for me becuase its the reason why i get to travel and ski mountains all over the world and i wouldn't be able to do that if i didnt race.
May 28 2008 6:32PM
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Dr.Scholl
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 47

what is a racing?

May 28 2008 6:34PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300
freestlye

are you aware that 99% of ns is gonna go with freestyle (NEWSCHOOLERS.com)
May 28 2008 7:24PM
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constpapa
Posts: 835 - Karma: 327
Is this a joke?
May 28 2008 7:26PM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
Neither, I choose newschool / freeski / whatever the hell you want to call the art of skiing backwards.
May 28 2008 7:28PM
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Deletedtoday
Posts: 4060 - Karma: 398
freestyle snowblade racing FTW
May 28 2008 7:39PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
Why woud anybody on this site choose racing over newschool?
May 28 2008 7:43PM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 248
my buddy races and does freestyle but we always make fun of him for racing

racings gay
May 28 2008 8:03PM
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.SteezusChrist.
Posts: 2296 - Karma: 276
i race for my school, we just have it on weekdays so i get to ski

i dont like racing, but i like skiing, and any form of skiing i can do i will
May 28 2008 8:11PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
Posts: 3867 - Karma: 20
are kids really still trying to compare the two?

Racing is a facet of skiing that mad kids enjoy, anyone who hates on any aspect of the sport is working against the sport advancing as a whole.

FUCK THE HATERS, ski for the love of skiing.
May 28 2008 8:14PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
I wish I got into racing a few years ago, I think that I would be a better skier because of it.
May 28 2008 8:21PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
Posts: 3067 - Karma: 673
!!  i've seen like 3 fucking threads on racing made by girls wtf!? SEARCH BAR IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW PEOPLES OPINION.
May 28 2008 8:27PM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113

Neither, both are too extreme. I just like to ski. Yeah, that thing called skiing for fun, is it still around?

May 28 2008 8:28PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
Posts: 3867 - Karma: 20
Seems to be an art practiced by only a few of us these days :: )
May 28 2008 8:28PM
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Caveman.
Posts: 9067 - Karma: 330
Thank you for posting what I was going to
May 28 2008 8:29PM
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jayamait
Posts: 2567 - Karma: 1,347
i wouldn't be where i am now in newschool if i hadn't raced all them years. skiings dope either way.
May 28 2008 8:30PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
i havnt raced and i have no desire to,
that should answer your question
May 28 2008 8:34PM
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phishfood
Posts: 2542 - Karma: 298
word. thats why i race, i like freestyle more though.
and next year we get to go out west somewhere for training.
i'm gonna sneak my PEs (they're the fattest ski i own...) in my ski bag and ski pow.
May 28 2008 8:35PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
Posts: 3867 - Karma: 20
no worries, just hatin on the haters man, wish I could get paid for that shit. I'd be mad rich.
May 28 2008 8:36PM
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[Adam]
Posts: 1937 - Karma: 256
freestyle duh
May 28 2008 8:42PM
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_CC_
Posts: 3890 - Karma: 747
haha wow....pretty much everyone here will say freestyle

racing isnt terrible tho, bashing gates is alright now and again
May 28 2008 9:04PM
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dandougherty
Posts: 1002 - Karma: 2,619
racing's boring it's all the same
May 28 2008 9:08PM
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Klick_2_klaim
Posts: 3396 - Karma: 25
Why not do both?
Racing will teach you how to be a really good tech skier, help you with pow technique, you know, the boring stuff, it will also teach you the disiprin! you need the disiprin to learn new tricks and commit to the jumping off of things.

then you can go freeski and rip, and be a stronger skier all around. and do rails. Rails are a very important part of skiing. despite what some people write about in their stupid threads. Jerks!
May 28 2008 9:11PM
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travispersaud
Posts: 501 - Karma: 42
speaking of the search bar its not appeaing on my screen and i wanted to search something is this happening to any body else .. sorry for the thread jack ...... freestyle i'd much rather hit jumps than hit sticks in spandex
May 28 2008 9:12PM
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Earl_Globz
Posts: 1556 - Karma: 823
shit i thought my computer was fucked up! donde esta searchbar!
May 28 2008 9:13PM
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Earl_Globz
Posts: 1556 - Karma: 823
ah see now that you actually admitted that you have seen very similair threads like this one but still posted this anyway well now people will rip on you twice as hard
May 28 2008 9:16PM
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ChanchoVelez.
Posts: 1029 - Karma: 11
because
May 29 2008 1:27AM
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huge-go
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 33
I've never raced, and don't plan on it, but it is a great facet of our sport.  I just don't like the KIDS who race, because they automatically think they're the best skiers on the mountain and they own it or something because they race.  But it also gets undeserved hate.  Especially on newschoolers.  There are so many kids who say it's gay, but I'd be willing to bet that most people who say it's gay can't even carve properly.
May 29 2008 1:36AM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
I race my friends through the park. cuz i'm not a pussy. tits.
May 29 2008 1:51AM
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JEWbacca
Posts: 1391 - Karma: 30
freestyle is more fun but if you luv the speed racing is ur thing.
May 29 2008 10:39AM
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Smuffy
Posts: 4686 - Karma: 3,408
oh yes
May 29 2008 10:59AM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10888 - Karma: 2,184

nail on the head!!


i went from being a racer to a snowboarder to a park skier now back to racing skicross. why the hate?



May 29 2008 12:06PM
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Tortao
Posts: 1292 - Karma: 10
i really like skiing backwards!!!!
May 29 2008 12:21PM
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Mr.LemonPie
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 1,625
Do you mean freestyle like bumps and jumps of freestyle like newschoolers freestyle? Because both are better than racing, racing is fun when you are in a race, but hiking gates is no fun, and the kids are so cocky and mean. Bumps and jumps is good fun but it is a lot of hard work, but the people are generally cool and it is all around a good time, and newschool freestyle is just good fun. Skiing is all about doing what you like most so try it all and figure it out for yourself.
May 29 2008 1:07PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
i can only do the "pizza" so i dont think i qualify for either..



/sarcasm
May 29 2008 1:10PM
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skifiend
Posts: 2063 - Karma: 13
So true bro!

A solid racing background teaches how to actually SKI, not how to make it to the next jump, skidding and sliding the whole way.  It's a shame how many kids I see kill the park, then get them outside the confines of the manucured park, and watch them flail.
May 29 2008 1:17PM
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.hanaski.
Posts: 59 - Karma: 36
I used to race, and I think that Im a better skier because of it, but I prefer freestyle for sure.
May 29 2008 2:12PM
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