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Skiing or Hockey Fights?

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jdubbs.
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Hi NS. As a senior, I have to do a year long project of intensive research on a specific topic. Right now my two top choices are The evolution of Freeskiing in America or Fighting in Hockey. Let me know what you think.
+k for helpful responses.
Cheers
Sep 24 2012 4:28PM
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edai
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Well there really hasn't been all that much evolution is skiing so...fights
Sep 24 2012 4:29PM
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BROSEIDON
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fighting in hockey would honestly be easier, and you could do a powerpoint with some awesome vids
Sep 24 2012 4:30PM
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El_Barto.
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Write about my grandpa. He has the most penalty minutes in portland bukaroos history. We have the sports page showing a guy he put in the hospital. The dude was all beat to shit and was trash talking my granpa from the stretcher.
Sep 24 2012 4:34PM
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mmallender.
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my guess is he means progression of skiing, so basically the history of skiing? and i bet you could have a pretty killer powerpoint/sick videos for your skiing one haha. but seriously, i think fighting in hockey might be a little easier?
Sep 24 2012 4:34PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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writing a paper on skiing is a terrible idea. there's just not a lot of good reliable source data on which to base your research. i mean, i get it that everyone here is passionate about sliding on snow, but that doesn't make it a good topic for school.

definitely do it on fighting in hockey. it has evolved SOOOO much over the past 40 years and there is quite a bit of data to use in your research. Plus, as previously stated, it'll make for a kick ass presentation...punny punny, i know.
Sep 24 2012 4:35PM
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DizzyG
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Kinda true, yet MSP just based a movie on it. (its sick btw)
Sep 24 2012 4:37PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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fighting is cooler
Sep 24 2012 4:42PM
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Holte
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If you're excited at all about hockey fights, do it on that. You'll find a lot more readily available quantitative data on hockey fights, which should be the majority of your report. To go the skiing route, you'd need to interview various ski comp organizers, judges, and iconic filmmakers because there just isn't very much info out there, and this doesn't sound like a project that will reward subjectivity very highly.

Plus, you'll probably hate this project after a few months, and you don't want to hate skiing.
Sep 24 2012 4:49PM
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elemeno89
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hockey fights, works well with concussion issues and brain trauma. not to mention the history of fighting in hockey as a preface.
Sep 24 2012 4:56PM
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Petey.
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Sep 24 2012 4:58PM
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cornholio
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skiing fights

Sep 24 2012 5:05PM
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a_burger
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this is the first thing I thought of when I read the title.
Sep 24 2012 5:13PM
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tightbhole
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how is this a question hockey fights are so much better
Sep 24 2012 6:04PM
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qeefmasterflex
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snow hockey?
Sep 24 2012 6:07PM
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corona
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are you joking? history of freeskiing goes back nearly a century now.
Sep 24 2012 6:09PM
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_Garagely_
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OP could do a report on Cam Riley when he gets pissed.
Sep 24 2012 6:10PM
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jdubbs.
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+k given. So far it looks like the majority vote is for hockey fights. but fighting in skiing could be interesting....
Sep 24 2012 6:23PM
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Aidan-G
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Fighting. Definitely fighting. Especially if you can show video examples or power point slide pictures or something like that. Really any visual representation. Definitely hockey fights
Sep 24 2012 6:29PM
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fujarome
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and absolutely nothing credible or academic has been written about it.

Remember the freeskiing wiki? It said the first freeskier was some prussian general who used 2 broken sleds and mustache wax to fashion skis, then threw a 1440 off a cannon.

Sep 24 2012 7:38PM
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Malcolm
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haha that's awesome
Sep 24 2012 7:44PM
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profa_212
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Anybody down for a Chinese Downhill?
Sep 24 2012 7:48PM
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MR.DERP
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ski
Sep 24 2012 7:49PM
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DUCKS
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Hockey skiing. Most definitely.
Sep 24 2012 7:49PM
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___ASP___
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i honestly think you could get a linger, more in depth paper on the evolution of skiing. what is there to write about fighting in hockey? its part of the sport, thats pretty much that paper done right there
Sep 24 2012 7:52PM
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SargeMcLarge
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Hockey fights. Its only the greatest rule in sports ever.

Sep 25 2012 6:43PM
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Malcolm
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The last one is embarassing
Sep 25 2012 7:18PM
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E__
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That has got to be the shittiest video I have ever seen about hockey fights.
Sep 25 2012 7:33PM
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Juicy-J
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A+ first post
Sep 25 2012 7:39PM
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Ac31stuff
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whate de fuck is a chinee downhirr
Sep 26 2012 12:39AM
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Amadeus.
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my personal favorite. I wish we would get some hockey so I can watch him on the rangers this year.

Sep 26 2012 1:04AM
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Aidan-G
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That video is a joke. Not a single Scott Parker fight? Come on
Sep 26 2012 1:13AM
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Tinga
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here is an awesome story about Derek Boogard's career and death in the NY Times. It's a great read. It shows how fighting got Derek a job in the NHL and how the fighting was a part of his untimely death. Great read even if you're not doing a project about hockey fights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/sports/hockey/derek-boogaard-a-boy-learns-to-brawl.html?pagewanted=all&_moc.semityn.www
Sep 26 2012 1:17AM
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Downtofilm
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Knocked the F' out
Sep 26 2012 2:14AM
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Aidan-G
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I love the celebration. Hands down my favorite fight
Sep 26 2012 2:17AM
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VT_scratch
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my good friends dad, dennis playfair used to be one of the biggest fighters in the NHL. show some clips of him!
Sep 26 2012 2:19AM
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jdubbs.
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loved that fight so much. +k
Sep 26 2012 3:25AM
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Stainr
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Hockey fights, fur sure
Sep 26 2012 6:35AM
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Bar_Down
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This is probably the worst hockey fights video I've ever seen...
Sep 26 2012 8:01AM
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geteducated
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what is the class called that you have to write this paper for?
Sep 26 2012 8:28AM
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applejuice.
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Hockey!
Sep 26 2012 9:09AM
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jdubbs.
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It isn't a class. It is an independent research project that all seniors are required to do on a topic of their choice. And in april we all have to present on our topics.
Sep 26 2012 12:23PM
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willy_baller
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Sep 26 2012 2:58PM
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skijunkiedtm
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It's amazing how often this thread gets made.

*Note to all highschoolers, skiing sucks as a topic for research papers as there is virtually no academic writing on the subject, especially free skiing.
Sep 26 2012 3:05PM
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