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What do you miss most about old ski movies?

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Big_Spence
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My list:

-Broken grinds on urban rails.
-Rodeo 7's and 9's.
-Puffy (not tall) outerwear.
-Segments with music that isn't thug or reggae.
-Octos, truckdrivers and other double grabs.
-Bigass bomb drops.

List yours.




p.s-D don't give a fuck if you call repost. I searched a few keywords, didn't find anything.
Aug 10 2010 6:10PM
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*simba*
Posts: 9125 - Karma: 512
first./
broken grinds.
Aug 10 2010 6:12PM
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TOK
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the absence of obscene gestures towards the camera.
Aug 10 2010 6:15PM
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2_fadez
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Locals with awesome nicknames
Aug 10 2010 6:17PM
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jeppenator
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i miss the riders sponsor logos in the beginning of a new riders part
And also music titles when new song starts!

Damn i miss those good old movies, can still watch happy days, yearbook, session 1242 and all of those old movies any day and get super stoked!
Aug 10 2010 6:39PM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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truckdrivers
Aug 10 2010 6:40PM
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skinakedfast
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I miss the stoke and vibes of the older movies. Like Level 1's RealTime was so well out together instead of everyone having their own segment it was just a bunch of friends session the features and getting the shots down piece by piece.
Aug 10 2010 6:42PM
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TheHuggyBear
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the fact that they didnt care about money or fame, all they cared about was having fun while doing something they had done their whole lives. O and Steele Spence pushing our sport to unbelievable level with his rails (his scene in yearbook where he hits that crazzzy double trap rail), and .........SHANE SHANE SHANE SHANE SHANE SHANE
Aug 10 2010 6:47PM
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.Duncan.
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yep
Aug 10 2010 7:05PM
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Gameboy
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yes
Aug 10 2010 7:09PM
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deathcookie
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 1,196
Rock Music
The fact that the pros were the best
Videos on the internet couldnt compare to the ski movies
Aug 10 2010 7:11PM
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Style+eeze
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andreas doing all 4 10s in a row.

when i saw that, my mind was blown.
Aug 10 2010 7:12PM
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natty.
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pretty much all this, but especially the music one
Aug 10 2010 7:12PM
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Holte
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Tricks that looked really scary off jumps that weren't perfectly manicured.
Aug 10 2010 7:13PM
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EmperorKuzco
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most pros today do the same thing


oh and watching Colby West take 100 tries to hit the most ridiculous multi-kink rail

Aug 10 2010 7:20PM
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summersover
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I miss everyone being fucking stoked on just straight sliding a sketchy urban or shredding a sweet line
the vibe is so much better in old movies
Aug 10 2010 7:22PM
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RudyGarmisch
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General sketchiness of the jumps, fuck perfectly manicured 30 foot wide takeoffs.

BC booters.

D-spins.

Punk and Swollen Members

Superpark.

Gnarley shit. A switch lip 270 on to k-fed out is sick, but Pollard's rail to 30 foot cornice air... come on, that shit was gnar.

Non-private pipe shoots, where the pro has to stick the trick AND avoid groms.

Credits/crash reels, aka Scott Hibbert's segments.
Aug 10 2010 7:22PM
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danbrown
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david crichton


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Aug 10 2010 7:23PM
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I_Am_Mod
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guys wearing fluorescent spandex, riding 210cm single tippers, hucking and crashing stuff that even a pro by todays standard would have to think twice about ....
Aug 10 2010 7:28PM
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wasatch_rat
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music that isnt thug, reggae, OR techno/rave/electronic - wayy too much techno now for my taste

i miss that every pro segment pretty much had to have at least one backcountry shot, even a bc booter

Aug 10 2010 7:38PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
Posts: 1910 - Karma: 68
Glen Plake,
 JF Cusson

I love seeing old chairlifts, snowcats, skis, boots, and jackets, ITS ALL SO RADICAL
Aug 10 2010 7:45PM
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starsky_hucks
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awesome punk music in segments

Aug 10 2010 7:45PM
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jibjunkie
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WSKI106 nuff said
Aug 10 2010 8:21PM
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I am so glad I got to see that. Love the midget segment.
And for those who have not, I believe it is on netflix.
Aug 10 2010 8:26PM
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willyg0808
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the lack of fun and narration
Aug 10 2010 8:30PM
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50in07
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I miss having Rage films make movies. :(
Aug 10 2010 8:31PM
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Malcolm
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dub cork 12's
Aug 10 2010 8:33PM
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fatherb
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Everything about the park skiing in seven sunny days. TJ's floaty rodeos and the absence of tall tees.
Aug 10 2010 8:34PM
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B-Phelps
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1. Big ass bomb drops

2. Gnarly steep and tall rails

3. Beanies with the dangling strings

4. 80's music

5. Jon McMurray jumping off shit

6. Just the overall vibe

Aug 10 2010 8:45PM
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division.bell
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Kris Ostness
Aug 10 2010 9:19PM
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C-Burg
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Jon McMurray
Aug 10 2010 9:33PM
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Shadows
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VHS's.
Aug 10 2010 9:55PM
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TheHundreds
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when everyone had a SOLD video part

Tanner Hall wearing all white

Backflip were a big deal

When there was only a hand full of skier hitting the park at Hood (01'-04')

and much much more

Aug 10 2010 9:56PM
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rsvp
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this
Aug 10 2010 10:16PM
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FoxRiderAR77
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Shane McConkey and all his antics, and sick skiing and vibes
Aug 10 2010 10:54PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Also, Doo-rags.
Aug 10 2010 10:58PM
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quixotic
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crash segments

amazing shit thrown on super sketchy features

punk/rock music

all the smiles and stoke.. like the filler lifestyle shots.

non private shoots where you can see gapers everywhere

the "homemade" feel to them
Aug 10 2010 11:01PM
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cct_222
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-truckdrivers no doubt

-GORILLA STEEZE

Aug 10 2010 11:01PM
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Balto
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rails in the BC
good music
smooth tricks, not spin to win
Aug 10 2010 11:02PM
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Aton.Jones
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-Scott Hibbert's segment in Forward
-punk/rock music
-bandanas hanging off belts haha

Aug 10 2010 11:05PM
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Moses
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^this
and fast forwarding the boring segments in ski movie, ski movie two, and the game.
Aug 10 2010 11:06PM
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steezerampage
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The reckless vibe movies used to have, funny intros to segments, superpark, and OMG do i miss giant air filled dinos
Aug 10 2010 11:10PM
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eheath
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Don't worry, truck drivers will be back.
Aug 10 2010 11:15PM
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.nasty
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segments with punk music
Aug 10 2010 11:22PM
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dispatchQ_main
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warren millers voice...... scrathc that.
Aug 10 2010 11:55PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Mike Wilson
Aug 11 2010 12:06AM
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Ben.
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or the thing dangling out of ones snowpants.



i also miss

dumont with full well rounded parts

crash segments

and "i thought i was going to dead. but im still alive"
Aug 11 2010 12:09AM
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Blake.P
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Geurilla steeze, cr Johnson, not having everybody hucking dubs,
Aug 11 2010 12:15AM
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prophet
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yep
Aug 11 2010 12:19AM
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prophet
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kris ostness, parental advisory, nick mercon and greg tuffelmire, jf cusson, boyd easley, the fact that this incarnation of the sport was actually still brand new... and yeah, punk music.... and greg stump too.
Aug 11 2010 12:24AM
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