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NESblowjob
Posts: 1174 - Karma: 41
i think nowadays nobody cares if snowboarding came up with it first

cause skiing is just that much sicker nobody cares where it came from. newschool skiing is where its at.

ya dig?
Feb 21 2009 10:59PM
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cashdebt
Posts: 2383 - Karma: 349
i do dig
Feb 21 2009 11:01PM
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NESblowjob
Posts: 1174 - Karma: 41
although what he said about afterbang i kind of agree with. I dont think your ride a way steeze should be steezier than you trick steeze
Feb 21 2009 11:03PM
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RileySnyderPhoto
Posts: 688 - Karma: 1,451
thats like something Socrates would say
Feb 21 2009 11:05PM
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ShredtillURdead
Posts: 2024 - Karma: 93
another thread where i assume you arent going to back up anything you say, but ill play along....

did you read the article?  everything downey says is true, look at the fucking trends, boarders get G, skiers get G.  boarders get hesh, suprise!! skiers are getting hesh. 

please explain what you mean by "skiing is just that much sicker" be more specific, give criteria.  give examples.  your posts have become a shining beacon of how stupid americas youth are.   "skiing is just that much sicker" does not explain anything.  all you are doing is regurgitating bits of phrases and slang sayings, that sentence means nothing.  im not saying i disagree with you, i prefer skiing to snowboarding, we all do on this site.  thats why we are here.  but "skiing is just that much sicker" is not a valid argument. 

my opinion is similar to yours, i enjoy skiing, but please divulge into your claim of "skiing is just that much sicker"
Feb 21 2009 11:44PM
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SteezyOhio
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agreed that skiing is sicker, and late at night with work at 8 tom i will try to give a reasoning to my "logic"

I believe that as much as we want to deny it, skiing may have been the predicesor, snowboarding is the trend setter. ive seen it at my own mountain, last year snowboarders rocked baggy pants and baggier jackets, skiers are doing it this year, now the holden pant trend, where will that head next?

i think skiing and snowboarding shouldnt ever be compared on the basis that they have such unique aspects and that individually they are so different. but from the snowboarders ive talked to skiing park is undisputably harder. (side note i come from a small hill in ohio, vertical feet 240, not a miss type, and the jumps are alright), but they think that the aspects of doing rails and the switch ups and such compared to the simple 50/50 and grabs snowboarders do is different. jumps is different and im not going into detail.

but in my opinion from what ive seen snowboarders set trends, skier take them, tend to abuse them, but have to be better to do what they do

also has anybody else noticed the large switch back for alot of snowboarders to freestyle skiing again? i have known a few that have
Feb 22 2009 12:13AM
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ShredtillURdead
Posts: 2024 - Karma: 93
well done.


and for future reference, when you write a counter to an article as well thought out and written as liam downeys, who is most definitely (sorry aaron mcgovern) "the mostest smartest man in skiing," you must prove the writer wrong though fact or well explained thought.  not "skiing is just that much sicker"
Feb 22 2009 12:20AM
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Literature
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You can counter all you want, but that article was right on the money. You can't deny that.
Feb 22 2009 12:48AM
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Owl
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where can i read this article?

Feb 22 2009 12:57AM
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TimmyP
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In-Line skating is cool, I don't know what all these wankers are saying. So I am going to start coping those trends
Feb 22 2009 1:01AM
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snowbladesforlife
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This is all just blowback from the super unknown videos. Jon Brogan winning with his forced style and mediocre tricks created a crop of cock suckers who created the exact same video. Hopefully this is the last year that happens. Bring back Corey Vanular.
Feb 22 2009 1:04AM
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NESblowjob
Posts: 1174 - Karma: 41
then go snowboard
Feb 22 2009 2:00PM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
youre an idiot.  bigtime.

and this thread makes literally no sense.  like none.  at all.

youre saying that skiing copied snowboarding because skiing is sick?

makes sense.  for sure.
Feb 22 2009 2:04PM
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nathanielstyza
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ha, another valid point
(sarcasm)
Feb 22 2009 2:06PM
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creighton
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skiing and snowboarding are basically the same sport
Feb 22 2009 2:06PM
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NESblowjob
Posts: 1174 - Karma: 41
no i mean nobody cares if snowboarding came up with it first. what is this the fucking honor code?
Feb 22 2009 2:40PM
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freelowda
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Exactly...all he did in that little article was just state the facts, he didn't pull anything out of mid-air just to stir the pot (which apparently it did). It was simply a piece on the state of snow fashion over the last maybe 8 years. I liked it, and found it fairly on point. It would be interesting to see an expose another 8 years from now.
Feb 22 2009 2:47PM
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SteezyOhio
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do you smoke crack rocks?

if you read my explaination abov, you should see that they are polar opposite such as bmx and skateboarding, yes they cross paths but the concept and eventual reasoning to why people do them is different completely.

skiing copies snowboarding, in the aspect of style and that as much as we want to think skiing originally created park skiing, we learned current modern day moves and style from boarders, afterbang, claim, rails, yes skiing is sick but snowboarding is where we steal our ideas, but they are not at all the same.


Feb 23 2009 10:46PM
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jmcgeady
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Yo i dig like dig dug... the game
Feb 23 2009 10:55PM
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creighton
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polar opposites? really. skis and snowboards are built the same way, used on the same median, use the same chairlifts, live in the same places.

bikes and skateboards are quite a bit different. its easy to notice

and finally

snowboarder steal their styles from skateboarding

thank you
Feb 23 2009 10:59PM
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yellav
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how did you just compare bmx vs skateboarding to skiing vs snowboarding
Feb 23 2009 11:01PM
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rYb
Posts: 944 - Karma: -12
Liam's article was really well done and brought up a lot of good points.

Either way, im STRAIGHT THUGGIN' till i die. ahahaha

Hesh thing isnt for me, but its cool. Its all skiing right? No matter what youre wearing?
Feb 23 2009 11:11PM
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IceCreamer
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snowboarding is way hot right now
Feb 23 2009 11:16PM
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Giorgio85
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Hi! Just saw the thread and was wondering, can you read the interview somewhere online? Thanks!
Mar 7 2009 5:03AM
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feihlination
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greatest post ever
Mar 7 2009 5:11AM
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henrik
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I think you're the one smoking crack here. The reason people snowboard is the EXACT same as the reason people ski. The two sports are alike in so many aspects. I don't know how you came up with this stuff.

And to thread creator:
I have seen your name all over this site lately. And you only post stupid fucking threads like this one. You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. As said above, you can't counter an article like the one Liam made with this shitty thread. Back up your statements and explain what you mean. This shit just doesn't work.

And I have to say I agree with the fact that skiers steal from snowboarding. And sowboarding steals from skateboarding. Lets just hope that snowboarding (might be too late) and eventually skiing turns into the fucking circus that is skateboarding these days.
Mar 7 2009 5:28AM
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