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10 Reasons Why Skiing is Cooler Than Snowboarding.

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freelowda
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Money baby

http://expn.go.com/expn/blog/ski#
Nov 26 2008 12:39AM
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Silence
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haha i like this one:

"With its cool clothes, big stars and striking resemblance to skateboarding, snowboarding has almost fully replaced skiing as the preferred way for winter-minded teenagers to fit in. Being unique, however, often results in increased coolness. Therefore, by not being as cool as snowboarding, skiing is actually way cooler."
Nov 26 2008 12:51AM
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GreenStezz
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1.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
2.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
3.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
4.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
5.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
6.   we perfected the "afterbang"..............................
7.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
8.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
9.   because we go bigger then snowboarders........
10. because we go bigger then snowboarders........
Nov 26 2008 12:57AM
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spotter487
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pretty funny
Nov 26 2008 1:01AM
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freelowda
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actually, not true:

Nov 26 2008 1:06AM
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Silence
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^ god that was good.
over 6 years ago too...
Nov 26 2008 1:59AM
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mmallender.
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are you serious. you put the ................... after everything. holy fuck thats annoying
Nov 26 2008 3:47AM
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DrStrangelove
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that, the references to all the sweet 80's ski movies, and the part about mammot being "more like a remote snowboard research colony or a snowboard space station, but definitely not a snowboard TOWN" are my favorites...fucking hilarious
Nov 26 2008 8:10AM
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JEWbacca
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I didnt see much after banging in there.
Nov 26 2008 10:28AM
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50in07
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me niether
Nov 26 2008 10:46AM
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ONTerriible
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but skiing is more extreme

Nov 26 2008 10:47AM
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spliff.Life
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that snowboard video was so sick, good music too
Nov 26 2008 10:57AM
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tride
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The movie was made in 2000. It was called "Afterbang" They invented the term, and the definition ("a desperate compensation for lack of style after landing")

Their point was to poke fun at it, and if you ever watch the whole movie (which is a classic) you will get it.
Nov 26 2008 11:04AM
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freelowda
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Yes. And I worded it wrong, we didn't entirely perfect the afterbang, nor is it a new creation, but skiing has given it new life. But that's beside the point of this thread anyway...Symms nailed a home run with that article, funny shit
Nov 26 2008 11:23AM
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soup
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really?  thats so sick never even heard of it i thought the movie was called robot food. 

and those top tne things were killer haha.  except the moguls one who the fuck was thinkning that.  Snowboarder probably wrote that.
Nov 26 2008 11:29AM
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tride
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Robot Food is the film company. They also made Lame, Afterlame, etc. Their movies are awesome.

They (along with the Moonshine Conspiracy) pretty much started the movement of action sports movies focusing on happiness and fun instead of always trying to look super cool and badass.
Nov 26 2008 11:41AM
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coolhandluke
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symms just needs to start his own magazine.  filled with pages and pages of his writing.  i'd buy it.
Nov 26 2008 12:02PM
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sconniestyle
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reason number 11: the friendships you make when skiing

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Nov 26 2008 12:03PM
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T.Spliff
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Although I think skiing is way better than snowboarding, I don't really agree with that list. I think snowboarders send it so much bigger in the backcountry, their jumps are usually huge. and Thats it Thats all was pretty fucking epic, and some of the creative stuff they do is pretty cool. Then again they have more options to do things because they can 50/50 and jumping off of shit or over shit makes for a good shot where as if a skier did it, it would just be dumb.
Nov 26 2008 12:29PM
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titsLOL
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skiers literally it ONE bc jump last year that came close to the size of the jumps travis rice and friends hit all year... soooooo you're dumb. Skiers are dope and so are snowboarders... big deal.
Nov 26 2008 1:30PM
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VT_FLO
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Both skiing and snowboarding are cool, but you're not.
Nov 26 2008 1:34PM
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Hugh_Conway_jr
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I keep finding links and threads back to this crap. At least the guy who wrote it knows how to whore the web for max traffic. Thats about all he knows. His fact checking is garbage ... is the article supposed to be funny? because it seems more like 9-5 water cooler gaper talk.
Nov 26 2008 1:39PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Oh no something on the internet isn't factual
Nov 26 2008 2:13PM
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snowboardersrule
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oh i get it. symms is predicting the next style that will be dressing like middle aged skiers in bogner one pieces and carving up the groomers will be the new afterbang. and deer valley will be the next mammoth. sick
Nov 26 2008 2:18PM
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ECfreeski3
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the movie is called afterbang, from 2002..best movie ever, no joke
Nov 26 2008 4:17PM
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JosephStalin
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thanks for saying it for me.
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Nov 26 2008 4:28PM
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-Ward-
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its NOT. Skiing and snowboarding are two passions with the same mindset- Progress the sport
Nov 26 2008 4:39PM
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coolhandluke
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clearly you don't know john symms.
Nov 26 2008 4:51PM
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Nfld_Jib
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I like skiing more because of the lack of posers if you see a freeskier it is very unlikly that they are a poser they are usually trying very hard to get better. There is alot more drive in freeskiers, you will see soooooo many snowboarders just ride on and off boxes for a full weekend with no progression
Nov 26 2008 4:56PM
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snowboardersrule
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i used to think this was true. but due to the amount of serious posts in this thread, clearly, a lot of 'newschoolers' are out of the loop.
Nov 26 2008 5:04PM
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SDrvpvr
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REason 11 why SNOWBOARDING is cooler than SKIIERS.........

There is no way to telemark (ghey) on a SNOWBOARD.
Nov 28 2008 3:02AM
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BK
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oh my god I MISS ROBOTFOOD! most epic video clan in action sports to date without a doubt.
Nov 28 2008 4:44AM
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m0nr
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haha that's hilarious, u got a bigger one? wanna show my boarder friends :P
Nov 28 2008 5:23AM
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PAINE_IN_MAINE
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because snowboarders have to take five minutes when they get off the lift, to put their snowboard on, skiers can just go, snowboarders also cant ride on flat ground, unless they hop.
Nov 28 2008 5:58AM
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7-11_Slurpee
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Im not against snowboarders. we all go out to the mountain for the same reason. im just against the ones that talk shit, totally suck. and just sit down in the middle of a jump. But otherwise snowboarding is pretty cool. I have just as much respect for them as I respect skiing.
Nov 28 2008 7:53AM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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ya same with me, i hate the ones that talk shit to you and try to show off.But they really suck.

The snowboarders that are chill and throw down are the cool ones.

Nov 28 2008 10:30AM
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ben_southworth
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10 reasons why this is a stupid thread anyone?
Nov 28 2008 10:48AM
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bsmith01
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I think everyone on this site thinks the same way including the writer of the article, john symms.  It was just for fun and I really enjoyed reading it.  I did have one problem though, Out Cold was better than any blockbuster ski movie ive seen.
Nov 28 2008 10:55AM
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cashdebt
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ah, that was great. Made my day
Nov 28 2008 11:15AM
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HamFaceGirl
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i can think of 100000000001 reasons
Nov 28 2008 4:37PM
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Malcolm
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that was a little uncalled for...
Nov 28 2008 5:08PM
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soaringconchord
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are we limited to only 10 reasons?
Nov 28 2008 5:13PM
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albatross.
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best movie to come out of snow
Nov 28 2008 5:27PM
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constpapa
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FTW
Nov 28 2008 5:34PM
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Lemuel
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one reason why your a fucking retard. search teleboarding on google and then come back and talk shit about how telemark skiing is gay. some people like to telemark, and its what they want to do. i have seen people teleboarding, and i think its pretty cool
Nov 28 2008 6:15PM
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summersover
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yeah pretty much what the above guy said and have you ever tried telemark?
go for it and then tell me how "ghey" it is. it bet you'll look "reallycool" landing on your face
on another note for some reason i really like this cossack its such a cool trick
i dunno i like mogul tricks sometimes theyre old school and offer a nice change
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Nov 28 2008 6:28PM
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skivt12
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#12 Skiing has Scott Vail
Nov 28 2008 8:00PM
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skiP.E.I.
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haha every time someone talks about afterbang I think of that movie first. I thought it was from 2004 though for some reason. maybe thats when i first heard of it.
Nov 28 2008 8:14PM
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snowboardersrule
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Nov 29 2008 12:41AM
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yellav
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GOD DAMN ROBOTFOOD IS AWESOME
Nov 29 2008 2:14AM
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TheWorst
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i still think snowboarding is cooler than skiing.
Nov 29 2008 4:35PM
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