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Eleidecker
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Why do it?


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Feb 7 2012 7:53PM
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Aidan-G
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i chuckled
Feb 7 2012 7:55PM
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.AR6rider.
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...because it's fun as hell? I'm sure I could find you hundreds of pictures of skiers that look way more retarded than that snowboarder.
Feb 7 2012 7:55PM
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Dwarftosser1
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Skiing... why do it?

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Feb 7 2012 7:57PM
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hot.pocket
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ZING!
Feb 7 2012 8:00PM
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Montville57
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No. Us snowboarders are a peaceful being and we love skiers. To tell you the truth I enjoy watching skiing much more than watching snowboarding. We all respect one another so why hate. Peace, love, jahh.
Feb 7 2012 8:00PM
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Toasty.
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i think that looks kinda good
Feb 7 2012 8:04PM
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Eleidecker
Posts: 245 - Karma: 119
I don't have anything thing against snowboarding, im an ex-snowboarder myself. I just thought the picture was kinda ridiculous, and funny. No hate intended
Feb 8 2012 3:53PM
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Mike-O
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I wish you could get that in Amped 2.
Feb 8 2012 3:57PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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I'm a snowboarder and agree that kid looks ridiculous but there are skiiers who can look equally as ridiculous. Like kids who wear Multiple brightly colored tall tees to their shins an unzipped jiberish 5xl vest and roll their pants up so you can peep their hot doggers.
Feb 8 2012 3:58PM
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scratchproteen
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Snowboarding is sweet, most of the guys I ride with are boarders.

Last weekend I strapped on a buddies board which I usually do once a season and my first run I caught the toe side edge and it slammed me so hard....boarders take way harder falls than skiers hands down, and just learning how to ski in general is 50 times easier than riding a board in my opinion.

and there are so many more skiers that look worse than the OP's pic.
Feb 8 2012 4:01PM
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Spinoza
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*thread*    wear dumb clothes:   why do it?
Feb 8 2012 4:03PM
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Eleidecker
Posts: 245 - Karma: 119
true, there are some pretty stupid looking skiiers out there.
Feb 8 2012 4:03PM
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REDFRO420
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Look so stupid when kids wear hats like that at the hill like get a winter hat jeeze
Feb 8 2012 4:15PM
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Ruffles
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Haha sorry but that's a pretty big assumption to make just because you caught an edge once. I think both sports are way more similar in learning curve and overall difficulty than people think.
Feb 8 2012 4:21PM
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scratchproteen
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not an assumption it is a fact, both feet are free in skiing if you begin to fall it's much easier to regain your control and prevent a harder fall.
Feb 8 2012 4:32PM
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Simmo
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Snowboarding = funnest way to work out your lower legs = less shinbang, more shredding.
Feb 8 2012 4:34PM
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illadelphlife
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im StartFragmenta snowbo StartFragmentarder StartFragmentand I LOVE ITEndFragmentEndFragmentEndFragment
Feb 8 2012 4:59PM
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Bill.Nye
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It's also a lot easier to destroy your knees for the same reason.
Feb 8 2012 5:01PM
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Lansfield
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Lawlz, nice try Eric, ur just saying that cuz your thread backfired. U mad?
Feb 8 2012 5:03PM
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Pink.Floyd
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I started out skiing when I was little but switched to snowboarding at 13. I just love it. It's like long boarding on snow. I still love skiing though. I feel like the films are better, and the competitions are more entertaining cause it's not always one guy winning (aka Shaun White). I got soo bored of watching snowboarding cause of that.
Feb 8 2012 5:20PM
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Eleidecker
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Feb 8 2012 5:21PM
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Bill.Nye
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Shaun white only wins at super pipe. He didn't even compete in the slope style at X games this year (supposedly because his ankle hurt, though he seemed fine in the pipe the next day), and he didn't go to the best event of the year (Supernatural).
Feb 8 2012 5:23PM
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PJS.
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Feb 8 2012 5:23PM
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Lucas
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Snowboarders shredding powder looks so much better IMO like surfing
Feb 8 2012 5:59PM
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p-nutt
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this exactly, im a snowboarder
Feb 8 2012 6:20PM
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Lansfield
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tuff dude.
Feb 8 2012 8:48PM
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DaffyDaDak
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I agree
Feb 8 2012 9:28PM
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Jew-Jitsu
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apparently this thread is about more the snowboarding
Feb 8 2012 9:30PM
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ChocolateMilk.
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Stupid threads, Why make them?
Feb 8 2012 9:46PM
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Jib-Ninja
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Who did a triple in X?

And yeah, no reason to hate on boarders...for real.
Feb 8 2012 10:29PM
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e_strapp
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Stupid comments, Why make them?
Feb 8 2012 10:31PM
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B-runge
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torstein horgmo (sp?) and someone else both did one

i hear horgmo stomped it
Feb 8 2012 10:31PM
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roddy116
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thats just the most extreme of the two sides
Feb 8 2012 11:44PM
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rareison
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I think that looks sweet and if I started boarding again I would rock that
Feb 8 2012 11:45PM
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Billek
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GAHHH!  Everything in this thread except the OP's picture, and comments supporting it makes me real angry.
Feb 8 2012 11:48PM
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Jew-Jitsu
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he looks pretty steezy to me.
Feb 9 2012 9:32PM
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rareison
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Mark McMorris. He's from my tiny home hill in Saskatchewan (claim). IMO Torstein should have won Big Air, his triple was much cleaner, but McMorris definitely deserved his slopestyle gold.
Feb 9 2012 9:49PM
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Tree60
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How the fuck do you ski when your clothes weigh twice as much as you do?
Feb 9 2012 10:24PM
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Mr.Luke
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I'm a skier. I where stuff that isn't below my knees. Thats Henricks job.

Focus on the skiing. Not the clothing. Same goes to snowboarders.

If you're good, where whatever the fuck you want. If you suck and are trying to get better, who cares what you where? Just focus on getting better
Feb 9 2012 10:34PM
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Lansfield
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This is a paradox
Feb 9 2012 10:36PM
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northeast
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i just don't understand the fascination with wearing your pants down low. i mean when you're bombing down a mountain at top speed, don't you want as much freedom of movement as possible to keep yourself from slamming head first into a tree? just a thought.
Feb 9 2012 11:48PM
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Bill.Nye
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I'm a big fan of bibs/suspenders for this reason. You can keep your pants up without having them tight.
Feb 9 2012 11:53PM
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Shabbathehut
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Dont hate the rest of us because of our side slippers and Shaun White. There just a few bad examples.

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Feb 10 2012 11:39AM
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