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Japan grabs.....so lame/OVER RATED

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-eat
Posts: 434 - Karma: -9
so yeah i pretty much think they are the easiest, and ugliest grabs. but everyone has a bonner for them.
Jun 22 2008 8:04PM
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Rubio
Posts: 169 - Karma: 180

did you drink your haterade this mornin or are you just PMSing

Jun 22 2008 8:06PM
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East.
Posts: 2314 - Karma: 128
Well, you spelled boner wrong.


And what video's have you been watching? Sammy, TJ, and tons of other people are tweaking the shit out of their japans, and I'd rather watch that than watching mutes and truck drivers all day.
Jun 22 2008 8:09PM
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-eat
Posts: 434 - Karma: -9
^both, also i just watched one of john syms pipe runs. john syms= cool japan grabs= lame
Jun 22 2008 8:09PM
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andy_boy
Posts: 4434 - Karma: 107
I'd probably agree if the only one that I had ever seen was done by you, but

have you ever seen Tanner do them? Have you seen Sammy doing them this year? Christ if I could do them like Sammy did during the X-Games.. I don't think I'd ever do a different grab again.
Jun 22 2008 8:10PM
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-eat
Posts: 434 - Karma: -9
I like sammys alot but they are just to used these days, also who cares how you spell shit in threads this isnt English class
Jun 22 2008 8:14PM
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nonexistant
Posts: 428 - Karma: 27
japans are sick, only time i dont like em is with 180s.
Jun 22 2008 8:14PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451

we should take away grabs completly. go back to our roots and do crazy aerial shit all over the mountain like onto rails and shit. then, when one person does a japan grab well kill him because well all have guns instead of poles

Jun 22 2008 8:21PM
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InitialG
Posts: 1505 - Karma: 14
Fun and easy grab that I think looks pretty good, especially tweaked out, why hate so much?
Jun 22 2008 8:23PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
jeeze, i think im never gonna do them again just because you dont like them
Jun 22 2008 8:24PM
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East.
Posts: 2314 - Karma: 128
You're wrong this is newschoolers. It's always English class.
Jun 22 2008 8:31PM
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JaphyRyder
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i see where you're comin from. Some, like sammys, look good, but I agree that they look like shit with, for example, Jon's rodeos and kangflips....not coool
Jun 22 2008 8:32PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
a subtle japan thrown into a spin is the best looking thing out there.
Jun 22 2008 8:39PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445

i think japans look nice with rodeos or lincolns. sometimes i like seeing japans because i get tired of seeing skis crossed up in every trick

Jun 22 2008 8:39PM
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-eat
Posts: 434 - Karma: -9
^yeah or when people do them as double grabs, like mute to japan. I understand that is is mad hard to do grab combos, and i am not hating, i thought newschoolers was about discussing different peoples opinions of skiing in order to get different perspectives. i am not telling people to not do them, just saying that i dont like japans
Jun 22 2008 8:39PM
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the420skier
Posts: 569 - Karma: 11
dam ur an idiot, talk about overplayed grabs

1.Truckdrivers, 2. Mutes, 3. tails, 4. saftey, 5. Criticals

noob
Jun 22 2008 8:41PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
Better than an octograb. At least japans are real.
Jun 22 2008 8:44PM
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Kev
Posts: 7411 - Karma: 35
Damn right.

You gotta Samurai that shit.


Jun 22 2008 8:46PM
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natedogg789435
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 9
If your going to hate on a grab, then hate on the kang
Jun 22 2008 8:50PM
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nickmiles
Posts: 1070 - Karma: 844
japan, blunt, critical. period. other grabs need to be used. the occasional mute is legit
Jun 22 2008 8:58PM
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Franny
Posts: 3980 - Karma: 77
is japan grab opposite foot and inside? can't recall what it is.
Jun 22 2008 9:00PM
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dweezileast
Posts: 9661 - Karma: 276
^yeah. change your mind about japans, without them, a rodeo 9 mute to japan would just be a rodeo 9 mute
Jun 22 2008 9:12PM
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frampton
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 77
two words: japan kang
Jun 22 2008 9:14PM
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Scott~
Posts: 2551 - Karma: 49
hate on the kang?
BLASPHEMY~
Jun 22 2008 9:21PM
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Karcher
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same here dude theyre kind of lame with 180s
Jun 22 2008 9:35PM
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.Capn.
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 152
They are soo sick with flatspins. Like Ian Cosco does I believe.
Jun 22 2008 9:57PM
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invader7
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japans are fucking pimp
Jun 22 2008 10:01PM
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JTL
Posts: 2275 - Karma: 338
.
Jun 22 2008 10:19PM
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MrJesseHealy
Posts: 927 - Karma: 96

Mix it up a bit then. Double grab it and make it a Cruton or Japical.

Jun 22 2008 10:43PM
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NWFlow
Posts: 1557 - Karma: 61

not much looks better than a big switch five with a japan in the bc

Jun 22 2008 11:59PM
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Eric_D
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if anything japans are underated.
Jun 23 2008 12:14AM
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Rip
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the most over rated grab is the mute grab.   way  too many people do them with every trick.
Jun 23 2008 12:19PM
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doritos
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Japans are dope shit, stop hating.
Jun 23 2008 12:35PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
most overrated= mute
easiest= safety

japans have so many different tweaks and every skier does them a little different, i dont think they look bad or that they have gotten old
Jun 23 2008 12:38PM
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BEARS.
Posts: 5380 - Karma: 696
japans = hottt
Jun 23 2008 12:49PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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we need pics
Jun 23 2008 12:50PM
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GhostfaceKillah
Posts: 3398 - Karma: 10
or it didnt happen
Jun 23 2008 12:57PM
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jimmer
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get off this site. now.
Jun 23 2008 1:27PM
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SnowRidgeParks
Posts: 2146 - Karma: 88
lame and overrated? more like totally super excellent... especially in the above mentioned rodeo 9 mute to japan, so tasty.
Jun 23 2008 1:56PM
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Kevski
Posts: 7056 - Karma: 2,785
I agree that they look bad with flips and flatspins and those types of tricks, but with a stylie 5 or something kinda corked, mmmmmmm, they look tasty.
So fun to do as well.
Jun 23 2008 2:44PM
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Krongos
Posts: 5214 - Karma: 47
japan grabs are sick you guys are haters
Jun 23 2008 3:05PM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
if you think that japan grabs are over rated, then you don't understand skiing air manuevers. the japan is an essential position, a crucial accessory to flatspins and rodeos. also, the japan grab is particularly useful in switch cork 5's and 7's
Jun 23 2008 3:47PM
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Krongos
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agreed, flat 3s and 5s look coolest with japans
Jun 23 2008 3:54PM
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jksl
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bite your tongue.
Jun 23 2008 4:53PM
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Sholte
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japans are so sick, like if u can hold them really long, or do them with double grabs and stuff and tweak them, i love em.
Jun 23 2008 4:59PM
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richards
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 11
uh oh
Jun 23 2008 5:07PM
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Burkski
Posts: 859 - Karma: 524
i agree that they are over used but they really look sick with cork 5's and 7's. its just 1's,3's and rodeos that people over use them in.
Jun 23 2008 5:10PM
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walcott
Posts: 319 - Karma: 39
i kinda would think the opposite
Jun 23 2008 5:38PM
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chad1234567
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YAH JAPANS!
Jun 23 2008 5:53PM
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sandybov.ill
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cause they always look good ;
Jun 23 2008 5:59PM
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