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New Splash with Magazine Pages

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JStrathern
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I dig it. What do you guys think/can you see it?
Dec 16 2010 11:02PM
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gordie.
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super dig it. good job schmuck and all.
Dec 16 2010 11:10PM
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*TURBONERD*
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THIS is the future of NS. Thank you for your vision.
Dec 16 2010 11:11PM
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Black.Bird
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I think it's a great idea, not sure why I never thought about it. I'm not done reading it but it seems like a good read. Newschoolers does it again
Dec 16 2010 11:11PM
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Skipig25
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yeah, that was sick. I'm on my laptop, but I wonder how the mag shows up on a ipad or something like that
Dec 16 2010 11:19PM
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Mr.Bishop
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If you go to the splash page on your iPad and click on the .PDF file, then once it loads click the image. Then select "open in iBooks"...

Its pretty cool. Its not the calibre we want from the eventual iPad version, but lets face it... your average newschooler user doesn't have an iPad. Only older marketing types who are focused on social media have them. ;)

Our bottom line is that we were willing to sacrifice technological cool-factor and ease for free. We wanted to give you guys an extension of what Newschoolers is to us - content that is appropriate to the site but well thought out and free. Especially free and with limited advertising.

Sure its not the most elegant technology... but rest assured if you want us to go in that direction we can and will. Enough of you buy iPads and we'll change the face of media in the ski industry... but we're waiting for you guys to tell us you want it.

Until then, we'll just once in a while sneak out a nice little bunch of content packaged up for free in a neat way for you to enjoy.

Dec 16 2010 11:33PM
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k-rob
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thanks to Dan Brown for getting me in the magazine, too sick.
i do feel like the mag should be larger, or zoomable, to make it a bit easier to read.
Dec 16 2010 11:35PM
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pmills
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pretty nifty, but had some hiccups with the turning the pages, if you could enable the left right arrows to flip pages, it'd really improve functionality.
Dec 16 2010 11:38PM
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I.B
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I like it alot. Its deffinatly an new way to communicate big storys.


MacMahoooon; after reading cover to cover. (skipped the gear stuff) I agree with all of what the orange names have said. I've learned so much off this site. Its a stoke spreader for sure.
Dec 16 2010 11:43PM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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is there any chance that hard copies will be issued/available for purchase?
Dec 16 2010 11:51PM
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Balto
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glanced through it once and probably never will again
Dec 16 2010 11:58PM
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pmills
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Click for larger image
Dec 17 2010 12:07AM
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Mr.Bishop
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We totally get that its not perfect. As I've said in a few other posts, the idea with this was simply to take a part of Newschoolers and improve it. With that idea, we took the splash page, an improved upon the fact that we need more high-quality content.

Meld that all together, make it free and with limited advertising, and you have what we did.

By no means perfect, but a cool way to improve upon a site that is already decent.

Dec 17 2010 12:08AM
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J_Dums3
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dunno about anyone else, but i thought the interview of jf cusson was awesome.
Dec 17 2010 12:08AM
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Mr.Bishop
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No.

Newschoolers has never been about print. We've always been web, and working to keep on top of the current digital trends. We have no need in our minds to print this issue.

Do you guys even read print magazines anymore? Would something like this in printed format be of added value?

Dec 17 2010 12:10AM
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pmills
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absolutely!


And, just so you know, i'm always comparing other websites to how they compare to NS. to say this place is 'decent' is pretty modest.

Dec 17 2010 12:12AM
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MacMahoooon
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Not sure if you noticed, but on the last page of the interview you can download the original interview recording. Its raw and pretty cool to listen to the passion JF still has for the sport.
Dec 17 2010 12:14AM
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ASkierNamedJaymz
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Really enjoyed it, great content, a just an all around fresh view.  A winner for sure! Keep it up
Dec 17 2010 12:15AM
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k-rob
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I read SBC Skier, Esquire, Men's Health. i have my own reasons for buying magazines but i suppose a free online version is almost always better.
Dec 17 2010 12:18AM
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pmills
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not really. there are pop sci mags that come to the house, but i find that i've already read a lot of the articles online before the print copy arrives.

The only value in a print copy is it gives me something to read on the can.
Dec 17 2010 12:22AM
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Smuffy
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I would like to say, this new feature is awesome. Sure, its got a couple issues, but overall I thought it was executed very well.

Also, you guys may have been planning this already, but an archive of NS "issues" would be pretty cool have, maybe for download so people could check them out as they develop. This is assuming it catches on, which I have a feeling it will.
Dec 17 2010 12:26AM
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triebby
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I'm so stoked on this! I haven't read it yet, but just by looking through the first few pages I can tell that it's going to be good when I do. Props to Schmuck, Bishop and all the NS staff that helped this to come together!
Dec 17 2010 12:35AM
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NE.
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I thought it was pretty sick all in all
Dec 17 2010 12:37AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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ok. well to someone like me it would, i can tell you now i would subscribe. but if the general consensus leans towards digital, thats fine. either way, an ns magazine is awesome.
Dec 17 2010 12:46AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Hey man, the world is our oyster. We're looking for everyone's opinion so thanks for sharing!

Dec 17 2010 12:58AM
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p-fo
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i like this

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Dec 17 2010 1:01AM
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FilmingBitch
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I just opened it as a .pdf in Acrobat so I can zoom and make fullscreen etc.

Doug, I read print magazines still but only because so much of my articles for school and work are online. Staring at a computer all days bugs my eyes out and I get afterimages... So everything else I read I print or buy print versions, so I can lie in bed and read under a pile of blankets where its uber cozy. I guess that part wasn't relevant...

Great work over all though, it's like having Freeze return for free and more in-depth! I will give more feedback once I have finished reading it all...
Dec 17 2010 1:10AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Hey I have nothing against quality shit in Print. I totally get the idea of cuddling up with a wicked piece of content... but I will say "do you own a tablet device?"

Because I took this bitch in .pdf format and read it on my (gasp yes I'm sorry I got one) iPad and it was totally awesome.

Now our thing is crap compared to Wired on the iPad, but when I read a quality digital magazine on a tablet device.... I see the future that blends what you and I are talking about.

Dec 17 2010 1:16AM
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DrZoidberg
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Reading the first article now, my brother facebook messaged me (well didn't I just prove the pint of the first article) and was like did you see the NS mag. I was like that sounds sick. I read powder, and if I still had a subscription to a skateboarding mag I'd read that too.
Dec 17 2010 1:17AM
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FilmingBitch
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Whoa there!! Haha no I don't have an iPad.. I've gone through stages where I hated it, then I loved it, and then I realized I could read articles on it while cuddled in bed... but my eyes would still bug out hahaha. So for now, no iPad. I'll get it in a few years when it has been perfected. It will be like in Star Trek TNG - I'll carry it everywhere.

Regardless, I think it's great as a web-based magazine and you should leave it that way (not that you were considering otherwise). It has a very clean appearance and has been toughtfully laid out. So what, there are glitches, I know you guys will fix them next time - but as to making one specifically for iPad etc., I don't think enough people on here have them. There are plenty of iPhones though?

Dec 17 2010 1:28AM
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DrZoidberg
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Wow, this is much longer than I thought. Gonna finish the rest tomorrow, but I was paging through and the Japan part looks sick. Especially with all the proverbs or whatever at the beginning of each section.
Dec 17 2010 1:44AM
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gnarles.
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sorry i couldnt read it the writing sucked and the articles but really cool i liked the video in it
Dec 17 2010 1:45AM
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squibble
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ya nicely done, PRAISE

now the sb lol
Dec 17 2010 2:04AM
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HIT
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where is this?
Dec 17 2010 2:31AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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main page
Dec 17 2010 2:56AM
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liukangkid
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so sick, really like all the interactive stuff you can do with the magazine. I this going to be a monthly thing or what?
Dec 17 2010 5:04AM
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.frenchy
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such a great idea! I'm about to read it
Dec 17 2010 6:39AM
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soulskier
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what ik skimmd was looking good! hoping to read it all tonight on my computer
Dec 17 2010 8:49AM
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Mr.Bishop
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All good... the idea is to let you digest it over however much time it takes.

Some people on here might not even enjoy the format, but thats normal for this site. Not everyone likes absolutely every part of it, so we work to have a wide variety of options that are tailored to a wide variety of tastes.

Dec 17 2010 8:50AM
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Dhane
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this site has been going downhill ever since i can remember.
this magazine, however, gives me a reason to actually log on to Newschoolers now. truly phenomenal job guys, i loved every word.
Dec 17 2010 10:00AM
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FilmingBitch
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How fast do you think they can write and interview? haha. I feel like this took much longer than a month...
Dec 17 2010 10:51AM
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fatherb
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I really like the idea, I definitely prefer print though...
Dec 17 2010 3:13PM
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skier_boy26
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Too bad many kids won't heed to, or appreciate, the wise words of Cusson. Shit was brilliant nonetheless.

Love the digi mag. Great read, great access. I can only see it getting better.
Dec 17 2010 4:12PM
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liukangkid
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haha ok maybe two months, and the first ones going to take longer anyway. I was just wondering if there was any schedule for these to come out.
Dec 17 2010 4:18PM
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k-rob
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yeah that dan brown article, i think he interviewed me for that like 3 or 4 months ago haha
Dec 17 2010 4:20PM
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-justice-
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Wow NS.  Edition 1 of NS Magazine set the bar high.  I'm impressed with the depth and thought behind the articles, and especially the interviews.  I remember seeing bits and pieces of JF Cusson in Plehouse films, so it's nice to hear his take on newschool skiing, and get a unique, removed perspective on the scene that the rest of us have our faces pressed into. 
Dec 17 2010 9:42PM
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onenerdykid
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the NS mag is straight up awesome. good work everyone!
Dec 18 2010 10:35AM
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BMskier
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it was a great awesome suprise when i logged on today!
Dec 18 2010 1:50PM
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J_Dums3
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no i didn't see that! thanks thats sick!
Dec 19 2010 12:12PM
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General_Ripper
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Looks sick. A liittle too much writing in the first article. Where can you download it?
Dec 19 2010 3:53PM
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jaytay
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There's a link right at the bottom to download the .pdf version of it so you can open it in Acrobat. I'm pumped about this, I used to have a subscription to a couple of ski magazines but most of the stuff in them is about resorts and things like that. This was definitely a sick idea, a breath of fresh air. I wouldn't wanna read 47 pages on my iPhone or iPod touch though, especially that small. Just keep it to the computers for now, I would say.
Dec 20 2010 12:40PM
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