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Thug Culture in Skiing

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xoxxooxo
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I am as guilty as the next skier who loves throwing on an oversize Line T-shirt, an Xl Orage jacket, and wearing ski pants that are quite a bit longer than my legs without my ski boots scrunching them up. The thug like culture that transcends traditional skiing and is specific to freestylers however does not represent me off the slopes. If i were to walk into a shell garage wearing such clothing I would probably be suspected of trying to rob the place. Where the fuck has this culture come from? Back when boys like Bob Burns pioneered the "freestyle" ski avenue they were doing cork 5's off of cliffs in onesies. Where has the thug clothing style come from?
Aug 3 2011 1:13PM
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OMGHEDIDNT
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thank god at least someone replied in this thread in a normal way +K
Aug 3 2011 6:46PM
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YoungJah
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If i got $1 for every thread made about thug culture in skiing, i would be a millionaire by now.
Aug 3 2011 7:18PM
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dispatchQ_main
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There would have to be a thread about it around every 2 minutes for the last ten years. I wear the bigger clothes to set myself apart from the regular joe / weekend warrior on the mountain. Oh and I like the way it feels. I've always bought clothes to big tho, i always chose the highest number on the soccer team when i was 6 to have the biggest jersey ahahah.
Aug 4 2011 1:41AM
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BlakeG
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at the end of one of the powder magazine issues ahmet dadali *i think* said that yes it was to get away from the racing, so racers wear tight clothing and to show that ur not a racer you wore baggier clothes
Aug 4 2011 2:01AM
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snowbombz
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guiltyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy somebody find that clip from family guy where peter is gay then he says guiltyyyyyyy and it goes on forever
Aug 4 2011 2:06AM
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Blake.P
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I dont try to be gangster. I dress in haggler clothes because I find them more comfortable and they look good. I used to wear clothes that were fitted, and they just seemed like they restricted movement
Aug 4 2011 2:33AM
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B-runge
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Thug means never having to say your sorry
Aug 4 2011 2:40AM
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xoxxooxo
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I did this +k for making me nostalgic
Aug 4 2011 8:26AM
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schu2122
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yep
Aug 4 2011 9:38AM
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HalfandHalf
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lol
Aug 4 2011 2:44PM
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Utard
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Get fucked bitch
Aug 4 2011 3:09PM
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xoxxooxo
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Hahaha this made me laugh dunno why
Aug 4 2011 4:12PM
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casual
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The irony of course being that the REAL THUG CULTURE in skiing is comprised of tight pants wearing, beer swilling, shenanigans inducing, pseudo-intellectual nihilists. On the other hand, the traditionally "thugged out" skiers are mostly 16 year old posers who would've been wearing airwalks whilst carrying skateboards in my middle school in 1994 who are scared of drugs, parents, and the police. They also play lacrosse and soccer and worry about things like college, jobs, and this thing called the future (it isn't real).

A ski thug is someone who drops out of life to ski and doesn't give a fuck about nothin' 'cept experiences.
Aug 4 2011 4:16PM
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Stang*
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Alright im not racist by a LONG SHOT, but if skiing was thug, how come there arnt any black skiers?
just throwing it out there...

Aug 4 2011 4:19PM
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PON3
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Aug 4 2011 4:21PM
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cultrara
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http://www2.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/615069/
Aug 4 2011 4:37PM
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Stang*
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alright i realize that there are a couple black skiers. I was making a point.
Aug 4 2011 4:47PM
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cultrara
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Aug 4 2011 4:51PM
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Karma_Police
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Really?  Because if it were all about comfort on the hill I would wear a denim vest.....WHICH I DO:

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But seriously I only wear it 90% of the time.
Aug 4 2011 4:59PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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I like this
Aug 4 2011 5:25PM
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CKpolicy
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i find it absolutely hilarious how the wu has become the iconic choice for the "thug" skiers. If casabon and harlaut didnt rep them so hard, i honestly believe that 50% of the kids on NS who claim to love them would have no interest. its not about the music, its about what appear cool.
Aug 4 2011 5:30PM
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YoungJah
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That would be a large majority of NS.
Aug 4 2011 5:35PM
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.frenchy
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NS being afraid of drugs... Nah I dont think so, check out how many members 420 Cult or Grip and Rip Cult have.
Aug 4 2011 5:39PM
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CKpolicy
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weed is not "drugs"
Aug 4 2011 5:43PM
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.frenchy
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It's a Schedual 1 drug according to the DEA.

But yea I get what you're trying to say

Aug 4 2011 5:47PM
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Inline.
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here's a google images search for thug:
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here's a google image search for henrik harlaut "ski" thug
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Spot the difference?
Aug 4 2011 5:58PM
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skiii.
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this i like....a lot
Aug 4 2011 6:00PM
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YoungJah
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Haaa, no wonder the TGR dirtbags hate NS'ers so much.
Aug 4 2011 6:05PM
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That_One_Dude
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Threadz
Aug 4 2011 6:40PM
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wesley.
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weeds
Aug 4 2011 7:07PM
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kthnxbai.
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story of my life right there
Aug 4 2011 7:21PM
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.RYAN66
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i agree with this statement.
Aug 4 2011 8:45PM
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SFBv420.0
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QFT wanna b thugs

I don't get it none of the really great ones were thug

Shane was a jokester and a class act. and about as anti thug as you can get

coombs no 

, plakes more rebel than thug

never saw crj as being real thug

I don't think there will really be anyone remembered as a great thug skier

Aug 5 2011 2:32AM
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Parks.
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i think some people take the whole XXXXXXXXL stuff a little too far sometimes
Aug 5 2011 2:50AM
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C.L
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and until then it will just be a bunch of rich white faggots
Aug 5 2011 4:01AM
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snowbombz
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his mom clearly got a size bigger so he will grow into it. saves money, try it some time!
Aug 5 2011 4:11AM
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Ducky.
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I don't think you quite have a grasp of what "thug culture" really is.
Aug 5 2011 4:11AM
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schu2122
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nope. where?
Aug 5 2011 8:43AM
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casual
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right, and also why I want to choke 70-75% of the kids who post.
Aug 5 2011 1:13PM
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phelps
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anger management dood
Aug 5 2011 3:13PM
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Stickity
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the internet is serious business
Aug 5 2011 3:15PM
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casual
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in therapy, working on it.
Aug 5 2011 3:58PM
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schu2122
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GOOSEFRAHBAH
Aug 5 2011 4:06PM
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Utard
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MFM /thread
Aug 6 2011 2:58AM
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