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Taps = Stupid

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raull
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heres an example of why taps are stupid.

i bet most of you have already seen this video so its the game of skate video with matt walker and some other guy ive never heard of who keeps tapping his way to victory. tapping looks ugly, doesnt add difficulty, and makes skiing look gayer with each one completed. also, doing "50-50's," and "180 ons" is also gay. oh, so is that thing where they wash out on the landing after a rail...dont think they do it in this video, but that shit is gay as hell.

discuss.

S.K.A.T.E on Snow - Matt Walker vs. Maks Gorham from Stept Productions on Vimeo.


Dec 24 2011 6:31PM
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KyleJski
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People will do whatever fucking tricks they wanna do, hence the name, FREESTYLE you fucking idiot
Dec 26 2011 8:11AM
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raull
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i never said anything about telling people what tricks they should or should not do. im just saying I, personally, in my opinion, think taps are gay. let them go ahead and tap everything! i just think it looks stupid. doesnt mean i am in any way preventing them from doing what they think is fun.

good argument btw...the whole its "FREEstyle" thing.
Dec 26 2011 10:51AM
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QuinnBestwick
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shut up maks is so good and taping adds difficulty wat ru talking about u said u cant make them look good that there is difficult
Dec 26 2011 3:15PM
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jksl
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since we're on the subject of things that are stupid...

i think that skiers trying to butter onto rails is pretty god damn stupid most of the time...here's two good examples of atrocious "butters" onto rails..

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Dec 26 2011 6:15PM
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84891jnf92048
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this thread is terrible.
Dec 26 2011 6:19PM
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dompuch
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please leave OP
Dec 26 2011 6:23PM
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wasatch_rat
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i'll agree that a lot of butters onto rails are really just reverts just as your getting to the lip, but why does that make it stupid? it adds some difficulty to the trick and feels really fun. it just makes real butters look that much more stylie in comparison

i honestly don't understand why people have to hate on tricks that they don't personally choose to do. if you think it looks bad, or should be scored poorly in competition thats one thing, but isn't the whole point of park skiing just doing stupid unnecessary maneuvers for the sake of fun?

and op, try a switch nose tap tails over on an urban style rail and tell me it doesn't add difficulty.
Dec 26 2011 6:48PM
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Vino
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Skiing should only be about tricks that are in the ''book'' . Switch ups, spins on, spins out. OP is right
Dec 26 2011 7:09PM
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84891jnf92048
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I hate to actually take part in this thread, that is full of shit, but this is really bothering me. Here is a list of tap tricks that are harder than their non-tap counterparts:

tailtap front 2
tailtap front 4
nosetap bind 2
tailtap disaster
nosetap on
nosetap lip on
tailtap on
nosetap off to regular
tailtap off to switch
nostap 360
nosetap 540
tailtap 360
tailtap 720
(^all over some sort of jib)
nosetap 2 on


and the list goes on.
Dec 26 2011 7:11PM
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PJS.
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I have a list of tricks that are made more difficult by adding taps:



All tricks.

bitch.

Dec 26 2011 11:37PM
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MRoden
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this thread is now about...
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Dec 26 2011 11:38PM
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84891jnf92048
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basically what i was getting at. but I got bored of typing them out, plus I can't name all the tricks off the top of my head.
Dec 26 2011 11:51PM
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PJS.
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word.
Dec 27 2011 12:00AM
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hot.pocket
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Thank you for saving this thread.
Dec 27 2011 5:55AM
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montanan
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that RMU guy is sick as fuck man? with style for days, and that was a not a jump edit duuude, and he can do shit both ways watch another vid man, and wow you can do all those tricks eh? thats great dude props, there was some really hard tricks done with great style. you must be really good budy. hats off to ya
Dec 27 2011 7:17AM
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bdowning
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I'll tap asses all day and see street credit fa life.

Joke. I like taps though. Stylish.

Dec 27 2011 12:09PM
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jksl
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what's the point in doing a trick if you're not even going to do it right?

in my mind, butters like those are pretty much the same as missing a grab in a jump trick. fail.
Dec 27 2011 4:27PM
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ButteredToast.
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All that guy did was fucking 180s and taps pretty much. I don't hate taps nor do I hate 180 ons but jesus that was annoying
Dec 27 2011 5:20PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Taps and shuffles require very precise timing and spatial awareness to complete successfully. These are two of the most important aspects of most sports, and when practiced, are often what separate professional athletes from recreational. Whether or not you like them, they are inarguably an excellent advanced exercise, which may account for their popularity. The best aspects of every trend in tricks will survive in some form and become part of the rich tapestry of skiing, making it yet richer and more appealing to all.
Dec 27 2011 6:01PM
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rareison
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OP + this thread = stupid
Dec 27 2011 6:03PM
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hot.pocket
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Gotta learn somewhere, but yes, it shouldn't be your banger in an edit if you do a butter on correctly.
Dec 27 2011 6:17PM
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Zimmerman
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i think taps look sweet. just more creativity. it's okay not to like them but don't hate on others for doing them
Dec 27 2011 6:26PM
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5oup5teeze
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idk man, personally i like taps and those 180 ons. just my personal preference, but i'm not gonna hate on you like some of the other people on here just because you're speaking your mind.
Dec 27 2011 7:18PM
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tommyk141
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Hey dumbass when you say "tapping his way to victory" none of the letters that matt walker got were from taps.
Mar 11 2014 11:51PM
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RubberSoul
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didn't watch video and taps are fun as hell but it is pretty dumb when people act like it's adding any difficulty to a trick, i gotta admit that
Mar 12 2014 10:24AM
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McLS
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op shut up. If 2:12 in the skate vid doesn't give you skigasms then i feel so sorry for you. Taps are awesome unless they're overdone, and saying they don't add difficulty is just stupid, course a straight air and straight air tap (on some radom box) are the same level of difficulty, but cork9 is much easier than cork3tap->cork7

taps fo daayz
Mar 12 2014 10:47AM
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KingGeedorah
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Well, that's all dependent on the tap you're doing. 180 tail tap on a box is nothing impressive, but a nosetap with a 2 out is tough.
Mar 12 2014 12:08PM
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chicken
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op is a homophobe
Mar 12 2014 12:51PM
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chicken
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or at least was in 2011
Mar 12 2014 12:51PM
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RubberSoul
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yeah youre totally right, when i wrote that i had in mind back when it was really in to do a little tap on the end of small rails, and lots of those shots were included alongside real tricks..

but yeah there are some amazing ones nowadays, tap rodeos, large blind spins with taps in the middle, ABM's insane thing at the olympics...

when youre right youre right

Mar 12 2014 1:35PM
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Karma_Police
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You sound super intelligent. I'll believe anything you say.


Mar 12 2014 1:53PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Taps look great and your opinion is wrong. But I kinda have a problem with winning a game of skate by using the same gimmick over and over. For example of I knew my opponent couldn't butter and I could, I would get my letter on him and move on to more tricks. But also, I'm not a pro skier so they may see it differently haha
Mar 12 2014 5:59PM
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mski
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OP can't do taps

People only h8 if they can't do things for sure
Mar 12 2014 6:01PM
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SnowshoeThompson
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ur stoopid
Mar 12 2014 6:41PM
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L0gan
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50-50's are sick on rails! try a skier slide on a closeout. I like to see people doing more original things than just spinning as many times as they can off/on a rail. (which can be sick too.)
Mar 12 2014 6:44PM
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