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What are people's thoughts on the snowboarder on the homepage?

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tbayskier
Posts: 1145 - Karma: 1,751
Personally I think it's dope, riding with boarders is a good time.  What do people think?
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danderson.
Posts: 6560 - Karma: 5,252
That shot is insane and so is snowboarding. The end.
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.spaghetticat.
Posts: 4283 - Karma: 889
i uploaded the pic......claim

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rudager
Posts: 11336 - Karma: 4,650
Such a sick shot.
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@nonymous
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,365
This. I have no problem with snowboarding and never will. I pity that you are insecure enough to post a thread bout it
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casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,753
I knew this thread was going to pop up, and I can't wait to see the mayhem in here.

I feel like Bishop was bored and is trying to troll the fuck out of SG, haha
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@nonymous
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,365

Excuse my last post I read incorrectly

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Clark_Griswold
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 49
snowboarding is just personal preference i don't see why so many people hate on them. the majority of the guys i ride with board. i also think the shot looks sick
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tbayskier
Posts: 1145 - Karma: 1,751
i was actually wondering the same thing, i kind of thought it was a trap or something to try and stir up some snowboard hate ha
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Saintlysteeze
Posts: 704 - Karma: 67
I was actually there the other day, and I think this dude was there. He was throwing some sick cork 9s. But I didnt see this picture being taken.
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Ribss.
Posts: 3442 - Karma: 3,344
I ride almost exclusively with snowboarders so I usually end up watching snowboarding almost as much as skiing. Snowboarding is sick too though, so what what if I prefer one discipline over the other. Its all a part of snow culture and thats what we love isn't it?
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.spaghetticat.
Posts: 4283 - Karma: 889
its a sick shot
please like this page

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Doug.Dimmadome
Posts: 165 - Karma: 20
this pleases me
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marsh.
Posts: 1173 - Karma: 1,403
cool i guess
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Gameboy
Posts: 2657 - Karma: 127
snowboarding is sick, so creative, it's awesome!
14 years ago
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eheath
Posts: 61949 - Karma: 126,654
Click for larger image
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TheGnarwhal
Posts: 871 - Karma: 49
No problem with snowboarding, it's a sick picture aswell..



But I do get a little board when riding with boarders.. They're a bit too slow with all the clipping and unclipping and sitting around..
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B.Aussie
Posts: 5852 - Karma: 4,531
Sick photo. It got rated really high so it got on. Looks good.
14 years ago
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Skiingsnow
Posts: 1567 - Karma: 797
wait he's unstrapped, so what happens when he lands??
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B.Aussie
Posts: 5852 - Karma: 4,531
He puts his foot down and balances.
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Crispy.
Posts: 6126 - Karma: 7,753
Personally I think it's really cool that we can have a snowboarder on our home page.
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e.will
Posts: 1981 - Karma: 967
It's not just any snowboarder....it's mutherfuckin scott stevens....


Oh and the guy who shot that photo, Aaron Blatt, shot the Keystone photos for Orage's catalog and website.
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FreezerKid
Posts: 744 - Karma: 274
i ride with snowboarders, we can only try and make them aware that they are idiots and do the wrong sport, however until then we can have sweet sessions and share good time on the hill
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MacMahoooon
Posts: 9009 - Karma: 3,305
Its a sick shot!

And now just a reminder, the homepage pictures are chosen by the community now. That page is tied directly into the Photo of the Day, so whatever people rank high enough for that honour also makes it to the front page.
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
one love people !
i have no problem with snowboard content on NS :)

ps, admins, i really love the new photo of the day thingy, i've been downloading most of em and now have em as screensaver/backgrounds :)
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RAEL
Posts: 252 - Karma: 23
this is cool
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DubV134
Posts: 1541 - Karma: 695
site discussion?
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Obie.
Posts: 1741 - Karma: 3,646
^This, share the love of snow. It is an awesome shot.
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whoa-dere
Posts: 10596 - Karma: 7,105
at first i didn't even notice that it was snowflex, such a dope shot. im glad it made it to the front page
14 years ago
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Turnup_swiperigh
Posts: 990 - Karma: 108
thought it was a little weird having a snowboarder but def. a sick shot
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,834
snowboarders suck. so not chill
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General_Ripper
Posts: 3327 - Karma: 189
THIS SHIT IS WACK! FUCK NS TRAITORS

IF YOU LIKE SNOWBOARDING THEN YOU CAN GEEETTTTT OOUUTTT!
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iggs
Posts: 827 - Karma: 39
i think its sick, skiing and snowboarding are so similar and theres a ton of snowboarders associated with newschoolers (me being one) and its annoying how people try and segregate the sports so much. i ride with more skiiers than snowboarders and both sports have equal amounts of gnar
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a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9243 - Karma: 5,678
i thought people knew this, clearly theres a positive reaction otherwise it wouldn't be on the front page amirite?
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Enstrut
Posts: 1388 - Karma: 361
meh, lol jk
thats one badass fucking picture!
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,008
Yeah its literally chosen by math that calculates out of the way you guys rate it. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with what we want up there. We can't even sway the system without modifying the code right now.

The idea was to put it in your hands - the NS community. You tell us what you like.

So I'm stoked. I think this is totally rad.


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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,550
I like how it says "Skier: N/A"
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General_Ripper
Posts: 3327 - Karma: 189
So technically I can take a picture of my junk and have everyone rate it up so it can be on the frontpage?
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Craigskis
Posts: 6650 - Karma: 1,645
I made my own thread.
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,008
Well, your junk would be deleted because we don't allow nudity.

However, if for some reason we did (or your junk was actually a ski photo) then yes absolutely you could get people to rate it up. We've been pretty careful about the system so it has some pretty solid 'gaming' protection built in... but I'm sure it will get gamed every once in a while.

When this happens, we'll change the system and protect it from happening again.

TBH though, what I really hope is that as a community we can take pride in the quality photographers amongst us. I mean everyone always complains that traditional media never gives enough exposure to the up-and-comers. We're taking that idea to the next level, and we want to give exposure to ONLY up-and-comers.

If we as a community respect our Athletes, Photographers and Video Producers - we will be the next wave of media creators.

So instead of gaming the system, go in there and rate photos, videos, news and anything else you can rate with your best and most fair mind possible. Then NS will have great content, and it will be made for us by us.


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prophet
Posts: 4737 - Karma: 1,096
10 years ago it would've been progressive and started furious debates about whether skiing copying snowboarding was cool or whether or not it really was or... etc. how bout that?
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codizzle
Posts: 920 - Karma: 2,269
not stoked to see that photo there.

i come to newschoolers to follow skiing, not snowboarding.

snowboarding is dope, but if i wanted to see it i'd hit these sites instead:

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/

http://www.snowboardermag.com/

http://snowboardmag.com/

to quote someone earlier in the thread, "NS is my ski sanctuary."
14 years ago
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,550
Has anyone ever considered how weird it is that snowboarding doesn't have an online mecca?
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General_Ripper
Posts: 3327 - Karma: 189
I wish we had more than one online freestyle skiing forum

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james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 464
Well there's TGR... but that's less park, more big mountain and such. I'm happy with just NS though.
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theabortionator
Posts: 52605 - Karma: 174,389
I went huge off that jump the first week it was open claim
14 years ago
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,008
Awwwww.... you no like NS?


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theabortionator
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transworld
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General_Ripper
Posts: 3327 - Karma: 189
Awwww......you no like me no liking NS?

I just think i would be cool if there was another forum to dick around on
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,008
Hah... naw I can handle it. But I do question like everyone else who says this...

If you don't like NS why are you here?

There used to be a ton of different forums. They really consolidated over the years.


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