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skiing as a subculture

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sector9
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how can you tell if i skier is NOT part of the newschool subculture: like going on NS or respecting skiing and its roots. basically, how can you tell average joe skier from soeone who knows what is going on in the ski world and knows what skiing is about, are there any real parameters?
Jun 9 2004 11:04AM
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sector9
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its for a paper...

Jun 9 2004 11:10AM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
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they put an emphasis on the tricks they can do and try to impress others with that fact.
- Mike

'i'm guessing that when you say 'drinking', you mean you snuck one of your dad's O'Doules out of the fridge.
and by 'had sex' you mean 'beat off to an episode of The View'.' -Str8LaceFan
Jun 9 2004 11:15AM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
You rather be in the park or pow then on groomed slopes. Your skis are twin tips or wide pow skis. Backs are for back conutry and to impress the oppiste sex, not for regular use. Daffys, spreds, twisters ect... are for fucking around or used can be used with a grab, like polard and DC.










Chris Knight : So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan : Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris Knight : Not right now.
Susan : A girl's gotta have her standards.

'Those things look like they have been stuck in the vaginal cannel for 3 years'
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Jun 9 2004 11:16AM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
o yea if you get kicked out of some place you go find another spot or come back latter, never give up.










Chris Knight : So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan : Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris Knight : Not right now.
Susan : A girl's gotta have her standards.

'Those things look like they have been stuck in the vaginal cannel for 3 years'
- My ecnomics teacher
Jun 9 2004 11:17AM
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Ski_Instructor_Mike
Posts: 6146 - Karma: 73
just to clarify what I said it's people that get on the chairlift with you and ask 'so what tricks can you pull?' right away.

oh.. and cheese dicks. cheese dicks should definitly not be considered as newschool skiers.
- Mike

'i'm guessing that when you say 'drinking', you mean you snuck one of your dad's O'Doules out of the fridge.
and by 'had sex' you mean 'beat off to an episode of The View'.' -Str8LaceFan
Jun 9 2004 11:20AM
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Bhayter10
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I think the only real qualification is having twin tips, being willing to try tricks, and have a passion about skiing. Oh, and you have to say 'sick' a lot.

(Kidding about the sick part of course)



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Jun 9 2004 1:41PM
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SwitchPollard
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^ Yes. Sick, Dank, Steezy, Hot, and Sweeeeet are a must.
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Jun 9 2004 2:57PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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im with misty7.....but twisters spreads and daffys are the fuckin shit...if you cant do a good cosack then you shouldnt be alowed to ski....you gotta know the style and the roots


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Jun 9 2004 3:02PM
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skiierman
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^ yeah, and you cant really use twintips to tell them apart anymore cause everyone is now buying them.



If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Jun 9 2004 3:10PM
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GeneralButtNaked
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not just any twin tips, people with core company skis.





i was going to go for a quad daffy but i was like, why huck? -mommy
Jun 9 2004 3:13PM
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skiierman
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oh ok.



If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
Jun 9 2004 3:29PM
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TimmyP
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newschool is not a subsulture, pot-smoking teleskiing is


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Jun 9 2004 5:27PM
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404404
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no a good way to tell if some one is new to freeskiing or isnt that good at it, is they ask you what tricks you can do.










Chris Knight : So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan : Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris Knight : Not right now.
Susan : A girl's gotta have her standards.

'Those things look like they have been stuck in the vaginal cannel for 3 years'
- My ecnomics teacher
Jun 9 2004 5:38PM
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ski8990
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If they know what they are talking about. if they ask you if you saw that guy do a dinner roll they dont know what they are talking about



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Jun 9 2004 6:16PM
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Justo8484
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posted by ridetweaks: not just any twin tips, people with core company skis. atomic is a core freeride company right? they dont dump the majority of their profits into racing, do they? what brand of skis someone skis on has no bearing on whether they are a skier, or just someone who skis, you cant judge someone on their skis, becuase not everyone has $600 to shell out on armadas or 4FRNTs or line's pro models
Jun 9 2004 6:19PM
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Logchucker
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Honeslty, its a guy whose stoked on skiing, in any aspect. They may suck at park but ski it, hit any run on the mountain and just all around have fun skiing. Glenn Plake is an excellent expample
The smart man does not know everything, rather the smart man admits when he knows nothing.
Jun 9 2004 11:29PM
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powder99
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logchucker put it perfectly
'proud citzen of the NS Isle'
BE YOURSELF
Jun 9 2004 11:39PM
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powder99
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im watchibng glen plake on Warren Miller's Storm ( not to big of a fan of the movie but im bored) and he is the man, just goes out and has fun. That guy is just so stoked on skiing its awesome
'proud citzen of the NS Isle'
BE YOURSELF
Jun 9 2004 11:43PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
I think ridetweaks was being sarcastic. This whole thread is sarcasm.

Most people with twintips/old guys with duct taped gloves and 2000 dollar skis know what's up with skiing.


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Jun 9 2004 11:43PM
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*scotty
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^^^^ true that log chucker

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Jun 9 2004 11:47PM
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mission-m1
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'Storm' has the sick BMX seg with the sickest song
weekdays are for healing your back and neck after hucking hard on the weekend
Jun 10 2004 1:34AM
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skisfly2
Posts: 94 - Karma: 10
I think if you think about skiing when you are not skiing, and if you dream about skiing, then you are a true skier. Doesnt matter if you are shit, you just gotta have a passion for it and respect other riders, (and in my opinion other boarders too)..
ONce skiing takes over your life, like so many of the Newschoolers.com community then you are a true skier, all you wanna do is have fun with two skis strapped to your feet...
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Jun 10 2004 2:28AM
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*scotty
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well put^

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Jun 10 2004 2:33AM
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ibjibba
Posts: 596 - Karma: 13
i agree with ^^ but also you can tell with such things as stickers on skis, how there goggles fit how comfortable they look or if they can ski switch without bending conciderably at the waist. if there out there smiling trying little goofaround stuff on anything
cant expect everyone to see shit the way i see it cant expect anyone to be dope the way i be it.

I expected the rocky mountains to be alot rockier, that john denver is full of shit!

Please Ski Colorado
Jun 10 2004 2:39AM
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Kotelet
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I would say that Newschool IS a subculture. How many users does this site have? It's the BIGGEST site for newschooling on the internet.

In Denmark, where I come from, we have 500.000 members of the Danish Skiing Society (about 10% of population) but we only have about 5-10 known freestyle skiiers. Denmark is indeed behind in the development, but it shows that this sport is still in progress, still not known by a LOT of people in the world.

The definition of a newschooler, in my oppinion, is a person who continually likes to develop skiing into something different than traditional skiing (racing, slalom etc.) A person who skis a slope (or park) in a creative and indivdual way, adding tricks as jumps or jibs, and developping personal style. But also a person who is openminded towards other sports in effort to encourage the spreading of the word 'Newschooling' and the sport itself.

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Jun 10 2004 4:16AM
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sector9
Posts: 24 - Karma: 10
^thats almost exactly what my paper is based on




....you gotta know the style and the roots - Bristolrider
Jun 10 2004 9:55AM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
Justo8484 i havent paid more then 200$ for a pair of skis. I skied Mike Nicks last year got them for 200$ and i have skogens now witch i got for 150$.










Chris Knight : So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan : Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris Knight : Not right now.
Susan : A girl's gotta have her standards.

'Those things look like they have been stuck in the vaginal cannel for 3 years'
- My ecnomics teacher
Jun 10 2004 11:51AM
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jibberjason
Posts: 1087 - Karma: 10
You said you're doing it for a paper right? So that means for some sociology class or something? Well a subculture has its own vocabulary, dress, accepted norms, etc.... So people who can use 'switch 270 on', 'gorilla steeze', and 'jib' in sentence show that they know the skiing lingo, if they have armada or line tshirts and wear bandanas and have long hair have some ski style (you can argue with that if you want, its an example), and if someone thinks that a powder day is the best thing ever and its totally worth missing work for, or that being a ski bum is ok, even though everyone else thinks its a waste of money then they have differnet values than mainstream culture. These are just examples. I'm not writing the essay. but look at what subculture means to answer this.
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Jun 10 2004 12:00PM
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Nine_Milla_Killa
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I did a paper on this too. Its cuz we are trying to break free of constraints. Fighting againt the norm. We broke free from freestyle which broke free from regular skiing. Basicly we are a subculture of a subculture.
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Jun 10 2004 12:21PM
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Kotelet
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Wow... Subculture of a subculture... I like it.

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Jun 10 2004 2:11PM
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