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Petition for skiing pros to stop calling skiing "training"

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tbayskier
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Aright here's the deal.  I know the olympics are just around the corner, and some skiers are uber competitive pipe jocks. But please, can we stop calling skiing training? Training is a racing and moguls and aerials term, and it sucks to see it being used in our sport. 
May 14 2012 8:06AM
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youngdtay
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Just because professional skiing is becoming more and more serious, it does not mean that it will directly affect myself and most other kids who have no true aspirations to become pro skiers negatively... Worry about yourself, if you refuse to call the skiing you do "training", don't call it training.
May 15 2012 1:43PM
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Karma_Police
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You're the one that wants to start a petition. 

Whose serious?  That's what I thought.
May 15 2012 2:29PM
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Literature
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Can I be on this team?
May 15 2012 4:19PM
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Age
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The pinnacle of this thread is that the OP has an aerials skier as his icon photo thingy. What a queer bait
May 16 2012 12:44AM
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Skiingsnow
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i take sliding down hills very seriously and spend alot of time training to to do it better, as a result, i get paid to slide down hills 9 months a year. come at me bro
May 16 2012 12:55AM
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MLB
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Heyheyhey......no northern ontario comments. Had it hard enough as it is before i moved......don't throw us all under the bus.
May 16 2012 8:29PM
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Gods_Father
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lol @ op
May 16 2012 9:31PM
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king.tubby
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sick thread.
Jul 22 2012 6:46PM
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heFF
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ha listen to yourself please....who gives a fuck what it's called
Jul 22 2012 9:14PM
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JWoods
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This is stupid
Jul 23 2012 1:50AM
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stickski
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 1,529
you sound like a loser. winning is fun and skiing is fun. if pros can do both at the same time by "training" why wouldn't they? why wouldn't anybody if they could?
Jul 23 2012 1:56AM
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GayWolf420
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Spin hard, win hard. If you're not first, you're last.
Jul 23 2012 12:41PM
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Utard
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give
Jul 23 2012 12:55PM
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TheDavisMobile
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I ski to have fun, and so do most people on this site. But if you got paid to ski, and paid more to win competitions and get video parts I'm pretty sure you'd 'train' too. If somebody sent me a letter telling me I had a chance to be in the Olympics or X-games I'd probably go train too. The bottom line is- Pros that get paid to win are going to train, pros that get paid for style don't need to care
Jul 23 2012 1:21PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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summer NS sucks
Jul 23 2012 1:24PM
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RipeTomato
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I don't know man, you're talking about the Olympics. If i were good enough and had an opportunity to compete at the Olympics, I would train hard and I would call it training. Who wouldn't? It's a chance to be known as the best pipe/slopestyle skier in the world.
All people enjoy skiing in a different way. A select few train and use the word training. Don't let that bother you. You can ski however the fuck you want. I just want to see some crazy shit once the Olympics start.
Jul 23 2012 1:47PM
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kungfusteeze
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Lost at those.
Jul 23 2012 2:07PM
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Jibberino
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Being really good at skiing isn't a prerequisite for working in a ski school. At least not in Europe.
Jul 23 2012 2:33PM
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250r
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yea im just gunna stop running and lifting. that way next year i wont get to ski all the pow i wanted to. great idea! how did i never think of this
Jul 23 2012 3:28PM
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whipple
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hahahaha i mean if you want to be pro in anything your going to have to "train," especially in skiing. How can that upset anyone
Jul 23 2012 7:26PM
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B-WASS
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its chill this kid can do triple cork


legit tho
Jul 23 2012 11:30PM
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EARL
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It's a sport... People "train" for sports, To become "better" at sports, To do "well" in sports. "Training" has been around loonngggggg before the Olympics, it's not a new "term" being introduced to our sport.
Jul 24 2012 3:36AM
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Downtofilm
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Hes way far ahead of three dicks:
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Looks like hes training with a log
Jul 24 2012 4:02AM
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Aiden-P
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what hope was there for this thread. either people are going to love it, or hate it. theres no way its going to become a "petition" even if it was, what pupose would it serve?
Jul 24 2012 4:43AM
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.Roockley.
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this.
Jul 24 2012 4:51AM
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TheGnarwhal
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petition to get OP banned
Jul 24 2012 5:58AM
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VT_scratch
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this
Jul 24 2012 10:21AM
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tbayskier
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CUZ
Sep 8 2012 12:44AM
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charcharbinks
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COOL STORY.... BRO
Sep 8 2012 2:05PM
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acc
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OP is a moron. I train for winter too. Stronger you are the better.
Sep 8 2012 2:06PM
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futurespin
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When you are getting paid to ski professionally (and assuming you partake in the contest circuit), there are certainly days when you have to push yourself to get new tricks dialed in. Staying on top of your game is your job, it is how you make a living. There are days when you hike a kicker repeatedly to learn a trick right before a contest. That is training.

Sep 8 2012 4:39PM
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Ducky.
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Who cares?
Sep 8 2012 5:04PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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OP is master troll.

everybody mad
Sep 8 2012 5:16PM
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HamFaceGirl
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LOL OP sucks
Sep 8 2012 5:28PM
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Master_Debater
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Major thread back fire lol.
Sep 8 2012 5:28PM
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VT_scratch
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hahahaha just messin
Sep 8 2012 9:16PM
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B.Aussie
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Does that mean you don't think skiers are athletes?
Sep 9 2012 2:21AM
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Stose
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yep, i do core and leg work outs 5 days a week in the off season
Sep 9 2012 10:47AM
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dayinthelifepc
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I agree that skiing should be fun and the word training doesn't usually give an image of fun, but it is training. They are trying to get better at what they do and that is what training is. I mean, everyone has to train for their sports, why should skiing be different?
Sep 9 2012 11:17AM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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making a thread like this: either stupid or trying to troll.
bumping your own thread like this after two months: either really stupid or really trying to troll.
Sep 9 2012 11:24AM
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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my opinion. and people should stop caring, you kids have to much time. /thread
Sep 10 2012 5:45AM
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joshua
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BBBBBBBB-TTTTEEEEAAAAAAAMMMMMM

Sep 10 2012 7:46AM
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infedel_one
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for anyone who competes at all in skiing, working on new tricks and dialing in everything is considered training. your point invalid.
Sep 10 2012 8:41AM
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