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RE. Pro Skiers lacking style....

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Lilhorsey
Posts: 579 - Karma: 19
After reading that thread, I have become outraged with NS. So much hate, and when you click on any of the 100 style haters profiles you will see one thing in common...... They, themselves, suck at skiing, have no style, or have contributed absolutely nothing to NS.... no photos no videos.....

here is a photo of the creator of the thread ......No grab no poles learning how to ski.

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/pictures/id/249600/

Are these the people that should be determining style??????????????? People who don't have any
of there own style??? Or skills???

Seriously all you little kids need to worry about learning how to ski, not how to hate, because
a majority of you really can't ski at all....and thats not even leaving the park.


Pissed off
lilhorsey
Dec 8 2009 12:50PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
zzzzzzzzzzzzZAAAAPPP
Dec 8 2009 12:51PM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063

agreed.

Dec 8 2009 12:51PM
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.jr
Posts: 5313 - Karma: 356
I didnt find this funny. I only like your funny posts.
Dec 8 2009 12:52PM
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,826
Well said. Know your role.
Dec 8 2009 12:54PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
Honestly, you haven't seen some of lilhorsey's best work, you weren't here.
Dec 8 2009 12:55PM
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futurespin
Posts: 2178 - Karma: 168
Spriggs style is weak tho.. lets be honest
Dec 8 2009 1:00PM
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yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
they're just opinions man. everyone is entitled to one. you don't have to have style to recognize good style, and if you think that your a fucking retard. look at other realms of interest such as art. artists don't own art gallerys, dumb rich people do. you could say "none of you assholes know how to paint anything at all" but they still judge the fuck out of everyone elses work and give it certain monetary values within the market. it's just how it works man. same with music. most fuckers out there can't spit verse or play a guitar or sing a song yet they deem certain styles of music tasteless and others as amazing. its how people consume things that aren't necessarilly materialistic, like cultural contributions. art, music, film, etc. people got there opinions about whose got "style" from watching them over and over in movies and edits and shit. they built a preference to what kind of freestyle skiing they think looks the best in there minds. thats it. so chill the fuck out homie, go listen to your favorite jams and eat a bowl of cereal.
Dec 8 2009 1:00PM
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N.L.
Posts: 2420 - Karma: 2,744
thats why there should be locked forums,  not blogs or cult forums, but an open forum to read, but only contributors can post. and not money contributors, people who know about skiing and are open minded enough to except and share individual opinions.

other than that, i agreed that there are pros that force style or have none, and i wonder why? as well


Dec 8 2009 1:01PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
He's done a couple tricks that got me real stoked (dub cork in EDIAS from heli at windells) was ill.


But "style" is so subjective, it's directly influenced by opinion, hence making it it a topic that is not up for argument but simple just discussion, period.
Dec 8 2009 1:04PM
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,351
Yup.

Fuck the haters.
Fuck Em!
Dec 8 2009 1:06PM
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NickMartini
Posts: 7761 - Karma: 8,356
Style is all personal opinion. Haters will hate no matter what
Dec 8 2009 1:08PM
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natty.
Posts: 857 - Karma: 34
you go lil horsey
Dec 8 2009 1:09PM
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Calb3rt
Posts: 6005 - Karma: 2,203
haha i wish i could tell which angry pro made this thread after getting their style hated on.
Dec 8 2009 1:12PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
obviously style is determined by how big your clothes are
Dec 8 2009 1:12PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
HEADSHOT.
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Dec 8 2009 1:13PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
Posts: 958 - Karma: 33
worst lilhorsey thread yet. calling out kids who cant ski!? sweet
Dec 8 2009 1:14PM
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jksl
Posts: 12727 - Karma: 854
well he aint funny...NEXT
Dec 8 2009 1:44PM
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skodeo7
Posts: 14949 - Karma: 9,234
Truth. People also hate blindly so often on here. Basically that entire thread of "pros with bad style" was completely idiotic and probably should have been deleted on page 1.
Dec 8 2009 1:51PM
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.jr
Posts: 5313 - Karma: 356
Does it make you feel cooler to claim OG status?



this isnt my first account.
Dec 8 2009 2:28PM
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skiseemore
Posts: 988 - Karma: 17
this website has been dead for awhile now how you look is more important now oh well it was only a matter of time i guess people that progress the sport and spread love get hated on its too bad and ps other peoples styles are really none of your concern do your own thing
Dec 8 2009 2:33PM
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deathcookie
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 1,196
Personally, I had no problem with that thread.  It was interesting to hear what people think about each pros style.  Not every thread on this site has to praise pros.
Dec 8 2009 2:44PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
Finally someone fucking said it.  Now can people stop calling each other retarded over different opinions?
Dec 8 2009 2:56PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
heard that before.

and this is my first account.
Dec 8 2009 3:11PM
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MNS
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who cares if they are good at skiing? they still shouldnt hate.
Dec 8 2009 3:13PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
You just made fun of me for OG claiming and then you're claiming you have older accounts. 2 + 2 ≠ 5
Dec 8 2009 3:13PM
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TOAST.
Posts: 7482 - Karma: 36,057
How do you lack style?
Everyone has there own style
Dec 8 2009 3:14PM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
are the hyphy sticks out yet?
Dec 8 2009 3:15PM
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BC.
Posts: 1551 - Karma: 86
hatas want to hate lovas want to love I dont want any of the above...
Dec 8 2009 3:15PM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,010
hate hate hate hate hate hate hate!!!!!!
Dec 8 2009 3:17PM
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jeremy.g
Posts: 4931 - Karma: 459
haters hate. lovers appreciate.
Dec 8 2009 4:24PM
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sneezin
Posts: 632 - Karma: 430
+K

in all honesty though guys I joined newschoolers a month or so ago after having a reason to post being that I was building a rail.

Been going here around every week or so for a year though and not 100% positive, but the date you joined doesn't give you a larger penis. You're acting as if you're superior to these people, but truth be told, lately, you guys have spent more time bitching and hating on the haters then actually contributing yourself. And for that reason, you're just as bad as them.

Go ahead, -K me, see if I give a fuck. It's an online forum.

My suggestion is to dilute the hateful threads by contributing useful threads. There always has been and always will be hate in the world and on newschoolers.
Dec 8 2009 6:01PM
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RockyMountnHigh
Posts: 990 - Karma: 14
ya but how do u create something like that. I don't have many posts or contributions but maybe I know lots about skiing, or maybe I have tons of videos but im not contributing them. You can never know for sure whether or not someone knows a shit load and even if you did how would you police it? You would have to spend hours finding n00bs it would be a waste of time so just deal with it. there are annoying little kids everywhere and unfortunately we can't just find them all and castrate them.
Dec 8 2009 6:03PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
even a bad style is a style...

and what is "a bad style"? or what is "a good style" ?
it's different for everyone, it's personal, this shouldn't even be discussed....
Dec 8 2009 6:21PM
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.jr
Posts: 5313 - Karma: 356
claiming ≠ informing.
Dec 8 2009 7:34PM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
Exactly. Define "good." Define "bad." It can't even be defined, because different people have different definitions. I say delete both threads because the discussion is focused on a logical fallacy.
Dec 8 2009 7:37PM
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griffin.paisley
Posts: 1520 - Karma: 38
2011 tom was on prototypes.
Dec 8 2009 7:41PM
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p-fo
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lol i sigged the penis part
Dec 8 2009 7:50PM
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dwags222
Posts: 91 - Karma: 26

its kinda like saying art critics have to be good artists . . . it just doesn't make sense.  you don't have to be a good skier or have good style to have good aesthetic sensibilities.

Dec 8 2009 8:02PM
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HankTheTank
Posts: 286 - Karma: 17
I agree that someone's personal style really can't be good or bad, it is just style, but there is another trend that bugs the shit out of me and i guess could be considered as bad style more than any of the other examples people were giving in the other threads.

When people just copy other people's style and can't really pull it off themselves.

I remember watching the superunknown edits this year and getting so bored after watching a couple because every single one was a copy of what wallisch looked like a couple years ago, just sloppier and goofier. it was completely clear that they were not skiing with their own styles, they were just going with what was cool and hip at the time.

I've noticed lately some pro's jumping on the bangwagon, notably Simon Dumont, and also some of the up and coming jibbers. I got bored watching alot of EDIAS because almost everyone's style was the same generic semi gangster afterbang style. The technicality of the riding was top notch but it all looked the same to me.

My point is that if people are being true to themselves in their style and not trying to copy someone, then you cannot really define their style as good or bad, but if they are just trying to copy someone else's style, then it is super lame because they are never going to be better than the original.

Be yourself, ski the way you want to, fuck trends and go have some fun.
Dec 8 2009 8:05PM
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Chronic_
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what? hate? i thought summer was over.....oh well

Dec 8 2009 8:08PM
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hellomynameisjef
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Dec 8 2009 8:09PM
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chickenwang
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skiing is fucked.
Dec 8 2009 8:09PM
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reBlocke
Posts: 762 - Karma: 1,502
The skiing community is, for the most part, agreed on what style is.  Things like grabbing the tip of your ski, keeping your arms calm, landing cleanly and easily...  whether people realize it or not, everyone has a pretty similar definition of style.  Nobody has a problem saying that 5 years ago, Mikael was ahead  of the game in terms of style.   And for all I love watching Spriggs ski, I have no problem saying that Wallisch has better style.   All that means is that Wallisch is better at doing the things that, as a whole, skiing deems to be good style. 

BUT, what the creators of the other thread forget, and what Lilhorsey called them out on is that EVERY skier that is good enough to be in a major ski movie works REALLY HARD on their style.  It's easy to forget how hard it is to make a trick look good, especially if you don't constantly see yourself ski.  But I bet if anyone in that thread saw themselves ski compared to Spriggs they'd be like "Wow, I suck".  Spriggs is REALLY stylish, but it's easy to forget that when you are comparing him to the absolute best in the world. Even if he (or anyone else who got called out) isn't the absolute best, he's still in the top 1% of all skiers... and a lot better than you or me.

Go watch Propaganda or any other old movie ,and you'll appreciate the level of style that all of those skiers are at now.  They all deserve way more respect than they get on here.


Dec 8 2009 8:11PM
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i8van
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he also stole and bastardized my icon!
Dec 8 2009 8:12PM
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dweezileast
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for the very first time (ever I think), I agree with you
Dec 8 2009 8:14PM
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cool.
Posts: 3457 - Karma: 1,724
agreeeeeed. even though style is an opinion (basically) people shouldn't be so quick to jump on the hate train when it comes to questioning whos got style.
Dec 8 2009 8:16PM
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Triple_Strum
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Agree OG. "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Dec 8 2009 8:27PM
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mr_shifty
Posts: 316 - Karma: 16
shit he is sponsored by Oakley. Check out the jacket and all the stickers.
Dec 8 2009 8:37PM
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traylortrash
Posts: 1935 - Karma: 2,450
exactly...
Dec 8 2009 8:45PM
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reedwj
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Have you seen reasons? John kills it.
Dec 8 2009 9:18PM
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