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Ski Terminology or: do "blunt"slides exist?

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linus_deboss
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What do you think of them? I think it's stupid and wannabe skaterslang... there are no trucks that define what is what underfoot....

I think we should just stick to normal slide, lipslide, tailpress, nosepress, 50-50... that's it, we should adapt more..

btw most "blunt"slides look just like wobbly uncontroled slides...
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therealjalty
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blunt is when you tailpress but instead of going lipslide onto it you jump frontside almost all the way over.
noseblunt is a nosepress but instead of jumping on frontside you lipslide onto it.

the different names are because they are different and more difficult versions of the original nosepress and taillpress.
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linus_deboss
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thanks I know what they are.

but I don't like calling it like this at all like... of course tailpresses are hard, but "lip tailpress" woul d just fit better for ski terms than "blunt" since that only truly exists in skateboarding
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weedski
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can anyone explain lipslide. this originally came from skateboarding or maybe surfing??? but does it have meaning?
if skiers made up their own terminology NO ONE would ever get it. the bases of some tricks is the same for many sports, renaming them would be wrong
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fredyferl
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In snowboarding also they don't have trucks and it's been a while since they call it bluntslides and noseblunt, and skiing is a new sport compare to skate and snow, so it's normal that there's new words for new tricks
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CrotchKiller
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Blunts truly exist in snowboarding. Lip-tailpress sounds dumb and doesn't accurately describe the trick
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weedski
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claimers name tricks after doing them
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QuinnBestwick
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I was under the assumption that blunt was jumping straight into your tails and holding it like that through out the rail.
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edai
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This and B-dogs/Henriks are the truest of true blunts.
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linus_deboss
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agreed it sounds dumb. but it accurately describes it. you lift your tails over the rail and press on them during the slide... what is not accurate about it?
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bigerbob
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pic related, truckin blunt?
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linus_deboss
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lol how the heck could you do a slide in surfing? especially a lipslide?

i guess you are asking what the "lip" means, not what the actual trick is...

about the terminology... of course there are some basics... but I don't think that you can just adapt everything...

two sports, two styles, but one love haha... (at least that's what it's for me)
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linus_deboss
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jup that's what people call it
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linus_deboss
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that's what I mean with there is no exact defintion... if they would slide the whole rail like this, ok

but they just jump on it like this, then most of those "blunt"slides are normal slides...

(not denying it looks sick)


but what I can tell from all my skate buds: everyone finds it totally ridiculous how skiers dare to claim the do blunts... in that part I agree with them about skiing (lol they hate it)
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edai
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More important question.

Who the fuck cares?
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jwv
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For all you guys trying to post pictures of bluntslides, it is very difficult to tell if a trick is a bluntslide or tailslide with only a picture. A bluntslide is a regular on to tailpress. A tailslide is a lipslide to tailpress. By looking at a picture, you can't tell if something is a lipslide or not, therefore you cannot differentiate between a bluntslide and a tailslide in a picture.
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aquinn
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lipslide is wicked simple, and i believe matches the use in skateboarding and snowboarding.

The uphill, or following tip goes over the rail first. So going normal, your tails would go over the rail first, and switch, tips over first.
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Kjell
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There should be a "Tricktionary" on NS, like a section of the site dedicated to naming and describing all the  grabs and tricks accurately and with pictures.  It would help those who aren't sure, and explain things like the difference between a blunt slide and tailpress amongst other things. 
I think it'd be a pretty cool thing atleast....
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linus_deboss
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at least I am 100% shure... I just don't like blunt slide

to they guy of who the fuck cares: I do a little bit haha

to the guy with the picture thingy: true story... same as with board/lipslides on skate photos^^
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Heart
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and it would be filled with arguing over the difference between flat 5's and rodeo 5's, whether or not cork 180's are possible, underflip vs cork 5, and bluntslides vs tailslides
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Ben.
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Sure theres bluntslides. Its similar and its a hell of a lot better than the stupid names skiers have given tricks. Ill take bluntslide even if its not quite a true blunt before ill hear k-fed and not gag.
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CrotchKiller
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dis
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Kjell
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Well they should get pros who actually do the tricks to define them, it would be definitive so that everyone here can see what the people who really do dub cork 12s think instead of just your skimovie buff that knows every trick from a camera lens' perspective but can't do a 360 tail. I think it would be a good idea, people will argue over everything and anything anyway.
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linus_deboss
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so if blunt is better than kfed...

tell me what you think about "salad grins" in skateboarding haha.... about as related to skateboarding as kfed to skiing (wherever the fuck that name came from, anyone can explain?)
12 years ago
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kevin_k
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Salad grinds are raised feebles. Afaik, they were named after a guy who's last name was Dressen, since his last name sounded like dressing. They're kind of boring on coping, which is probably why they get a lot of hate, but they're pretty tricky on a rail.
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linus_deboss
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I knew what they are but not where the name came from haha... sounds legit though
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Jewschoolers
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bluntslides are easy as fuck on a skateboard
12 years ago
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Mr_Bump
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I will nosepress your box if you lipslide my rail


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