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The "I'm not very good at this sport" Confession Thread

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03gade
Posts: 856 - Karma: 3,263
So I've been doing freestyle for 4 years. Everyone loves to talk about how good they are with these "edits" and things. I''m here to admit, to all of newschoolers that I suckkk. I don't really mind cause I'm still having fun, but its been 4 years and I only do 360s, off of 20 ft jumps max. And rail tricks, forget about it. FS 270 is about as far as I get.

I KNOW I'm not alone. This is safe place to admit your suckage.
Jan 24 2013 9:30PM
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PON3
Posts: 3817 - Karma: 783
my to go to trick....

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so yeah I suck.

All I can do is super steezy 180's, butters, and jump shit. I dont even touch rails, but im having fun so thats all that matters :)
Jan 25 2013 7:42PM
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newnewschool
Posts: 400 - Karma: 439
Yeah I'm just starting to try 3's. just getting down rails. but its still a blast. Only my second year and I can't wait to have more experience with it.
Jan 25 2013 7:50PM
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Flying_Bear
Posts: 99 - Karma: 117
fuck ya bro im terrible at skiing compared to these nasty teenie boopers throwing down. skiing isn't about how good you are, or the future spins, its about how much you enjoy it.
Jan 25 2013 7:55PM
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Krokodile
Posts: 350 - Karma: 40
Happily gonna join this club.

Jumps, I can land my 3's probably 90% of the time now.  Can't sack up for a 5 and God forbid inverts.

Rails I can front 2 out maybe 40% of the time and that's it.  Just started hitting urban rails so I feel like a bawss when I can stomp one of those!
Jan 25 2013 7:58PM
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jon@wh2o
Posts: 314 - Karma: 158
Since we're talking confessions, I'm scared to shit of rails and going upside down/corked on park jumps.
And no, it's not because I just started. I actually have sponsorships for big mtn skiing.
it's a real mindfuck when I can huck a 50 ft cliff, but can't handle a 15ft rail hahah
Jan 25 2013 8:01PM
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NEIL-YOUNG
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this! this! this! so this!!!!!!
Jan 25 2013 8:09PM
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M.M
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 4,494
im in here too, just now after skiing today on my 3rd year skiing park i have my 3's down with blunt and tail, i can hit just about every rail but no switch ups and i get 270's about 18.372589% give or take if im lucky, just learned to fs switch up and 270 fs and blind on tubes, but i have a great time no matter what. and my steeze is always on point
Jan 25 2013 8:11PM
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a_burger
Posts: 5235 - Karma: 20,715
Someone call my name lol? I've been skiing for about 14 years and I'm terrible at park. Best I've got is shiftys and ski slides on boxes. Still having a great time in and out of park though :)
Jan 25 2013 8:30PM
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Dunnah
Posts: 1215 - Karma: 277
What's afterbang?
Jan 25 2013 8:49PM
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_____alfredo____
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 2,503
yepo
Jan 25 2013 9:05PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
im not to good either but i can do swap to 2 out variations on boxes and some rails. i can also 540 like a 20 and ive 720'd a little hip type thing. but i can 360 anything up to like a 30. im very slowly getting better. but i mainly try to have fun and stay out of concussion trouble cuz ive had a few of those and its not helping my mental health at all
Jan 25 2013 9:10PM
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03gade
Posts: 856 - Karma: 3,263
You just described the best person in my crew to the t haha.

Thanks for making this thread so successful everybody! Thread of the year honors haha. Thanks!
Jan 25 2013 11:34PM
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PON3
Posts: 3817 - Karma: 783
This thread makes me feel better about being a newschooler. I always thought every one was better than me, I'm glad there is a hufe group who is on par with me
Jan 26 2013 12:22AM
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tydan
Posts: 276 - Karma: 78
Good thread

Ive been skiing for about 4 years but still havent been able to do a 3 on a jump ever. Actually I dont even like jumps. If you put a cannon off the lip of a jump I would have more success doing a 2 out either way than me landing a 3. Its so fucked and I just cant figure out my shit when it comes to jumps.

Fuck it though, thats why I stick to rails.
Jan 26 2013 1:08AM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
im okay at jumps (spin up to 7, frontflip, switch threes on jumps up to 40ft) but im AWFUL at rails. 270's on are easy for me but i cant spin off a rail to save my life. i can barely get 270s around and have never 4'd off
Jan 26 2013 6:23AM
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razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
After 3 years of park i'm marginally better than your average british park rider. I worked hard to get to where i am now but i just enjoy lapping the park so its not like "training". Hitting any size of kicker switch still scares the utter shit out of me. Ive only just sacked up and learnt switch onto boxes. Although i can rodeo 5 ive never attempted a front or back despite what i might tell people (im a liar, and a bad person). I like to try and learn something every time i go skiing no matter how minor and i feel this keeps it fun rather than "i have to step up today and do this new trick". Outside the park ive gone from being a lazy back seat punter to somebody who can carve well down almost any piste and have a solid pow technique and building confidence on riding steep and technical stuff.
Jan 26 2013 6:44AM
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Nicko1981
Posts: 527 - Karma: 180
Get out of this thread Alex.
Jan 26 2013 6:50AM
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razors-chaz
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Haha ok i suppose i dont really belong here and my first sentence gives that away. In that im better than average. I just feel there are parts of my riding which are lacking in comparison to others and considering how much i ski for a brit, i sometimes imagine i would be better by now.
Jan 26 2013 7:28AM
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Kimbo~Slice
Posts: 522 - Karma: 194
My Guess is that Evan Auidi has taken upon himself to create another account and post 391 times to make it look like it's a real person, just so he could make this thread and confess that he is shit.

I take comfort in the fact that there is at least one person on this site (Without reading any other posts(OP (Evan Auidi))) that I am better than.
Jan 26 2013 7:39AM
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JWeinstock
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haha same. even though its only my second year i can only do 3s, 2 outs, i have done a back side swap, and thats really it
Jan 26 2013 9:14AM
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katie.
Posts: 2833 - Karma: 874
I suck. I land 3s 75 percent of the time and have yet to grow the balls to hit a rail that has more than one kink in it (aka DFD rails). I can land slow and smooth 180s but anything bigger than 25 feet is a hesitant straight air for me. Nevertheless I still hold the title of best (and only) female park skier at my hill. WORD
Jan 26 2013 9:46AM
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MasterDebater
Posts: 992 - Karma: 27
Huck cliffs all day bro.
Jan 26 2013 10:13AM
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EthanScott23
Posts: 203 - Karma: 89
sooo basically you're a cocky little faggot
Jan 26 2013 1:29PM
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loganimlach
Posts: 5132 - Karma: 14,054
i can't 2 pretz 2 for the life of me and haven't spun over 5 for the past two seasons.
Jan 26 2013 1:35PM
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cornholio
Posts: 3952 - Karma: 3,057
I belong in this thread
Jan 26 2013 2:02PM
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wasatch_rat
Posts: 1772 - Karma: 2,951
haha this just goes to show its not about what tricks you do, its about where when and how you do them. nobody needs to spin past 5 for a banger rail edit.
Jan 26 2013 9:37PM
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Gameday
Posts: 274 - Karma: 89
Can ride them rails alright and I'm very good out of the park but I can't jump for shit
Jan 26 2013 9:48PM
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grown-ninja
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 175
Skiing/ boarding late 90's early 00's and I blow big time
Jan 26 2013 9:55PM
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FuckAllOfYou
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 2,518
ok what is the definition of good in this thread then? after reading this, i thought i was pretty good and now I just feel awful.

I can 5/sw3/3/ on jumps (in my defense my home hill doesn't have any so yeah), I can consistently front/back 2, front/back swups on most rails, almost get some 4's out and i can disaster some stuff... also, i can bfed and kfed certain rails... 2's on are sketch at best if they aren't on any sort of box.

i kinda think i'm good...

but also I'm not just a park only kid (my friends might disagree but fuck'em) and i can shred the whole mountain, plus i race. that has to count for something


Jan 26 2013 10:02PM
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rememberscott
Posts: 1291 - Karma: 5,201
Why is everyone saying they aren't good? What are you comparing yourself to? There are so many types of skiing and you don't have to do a double cork to be considered "good".

I'm still working on my 7, 4's out of rails, and other stuff in the park so am I "good"? no... but skiing is my love and it's what I'm best at. I strive to be the best all around skier, wether it's downhill, trees, bumps, groomers, cliffs, backcountry or park, I love it all and I want to ski everything on the mountain.

Don't try to compare yourself to the pros like Wallisch, there's more to skiing than just park. If you can shred a zipper line or send it big off a cliff, your good at skiing in my book.. Just have fun and try to progress at whatever feels most natural.
Apr 11 2013 6:40PM
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JORMUNGAND
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I am on your boat OP. I'm awful but i have fun!
Apr 11 2013 7:53PM
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steezburgereddie
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I'm not very good but that's mostly because my whoppong 237ft hill (that used to be a mountain millions of years ago) is so shitty. We don't even have an actual terrain park unless you count two boxes, a tube and one pile of snow that's only big enough to 540 a terrain park. I was trying to huck 720s but even spinning as fast as I can I still couldn't get enough. rotation. There was one jump earlier in the season before I could 540 that could have been big enough for 900 but some old douchbag that's way too old to hit jumps complained saying that it was to dangerous and they got rid if it the next weekend. Sorry I changed the topic there.
Apr 11 2013 10:00PM
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a_lurker
Posts: 255 - Karma: 121
i just got my first 3 the other day , i can 7 flat boxes , but i stay away from rails so it looks like i belong in this thread
Apr 11 2013 10:15PM
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airic
Posts: 720 - Karma: 16
I'm scared to spin, I ski backseat, and I get really nervous in social situations. /CLAIM
Apr 11 2013 10:17PM
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Shredsterr
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 6,930
You sound like you need to hurry up. At 14, you're almost at your prime for skiing, so you need to improve drastically over the next couple of months. Good luck!
Apr 11 2013 11:04PM
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shaftoflife
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alla you niggas suck.

Apr 11 2013 11:16PM
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stupendous-man
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switch zero spins for life.
Apr 11 2013 11:22PM
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pow314
Posts: 424 - Karma: 111
Hahaha you guys suck. I'm fucking rad.
Apr 12 2013 12:03AM
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WaffleMaster
Posts: 661 - Karma: 5,565
Posted this on the parody of this thread first but,
It ain't about who's better, it's bout how ya express ya style and flow creatively through what the mountain has to offer, and whoever has the most fun and biggest smile on their face through a day of shredding.

That's what skiing means to me at least?
Apr 12 2013 12:07AM
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LukasSchroeder
Posts: 1460 - Karma: 2,683
Same. Still have trouble bringing 3's around, and 2's out are rare. And im sitting here on NS and YT watching a 12 yr old lip 4 back 2 on a battleship. Then an Aspen Spora edit pops up and im going prone bawling.
Apr 12 2013 12:18AM
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MollyNicole
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I started skiing last december, but i still suck. I only have ski buddies that are way better than me which is good but it also lowers my confidence. I have yet to even land a 180. I can barely ski switch, I can go down Double Blacks just fine but only if theres no trees or other people around. I can also handle tree runs fairly well but other than that my form just sucks. I ski with my feet to far apart. Thats about it other than that i can bomb groomers and Im good at powder too :)
Apr 12 2013 12:23AM
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1kewldewd
Posts: 796 - Karma: 1,147
I can 3 and 1 and almost 5 and switch one. And I can sometimes K fed a box.
Apr 12 2013 11:01PM
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JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,176
Yeah I'm not that good in the park. I've thrown like one clean 3 and have hit a corigated pipe culvert thing and boxes but no rails yet. I'll prolly attempt those next season...I'm more into the steep and deep.
Apr 13 2013 1:19AM
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Lou.
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I built a dope summer setup and have gotten awesome at my pvc rails but im still to nervous to try any of the cool things on the mountain haha, and big jumps? forget about it.
Apr 13 2013 9:02AM
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03gade
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i just wanna say on march 31st i finally hit a 50 footer, and it was awesome.
Apr 13 2013 1:57PM
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qeefmasterflex
Posts: 662 - Karma: 1,522
I feel hella gay cuz steezy grabs are hard so I look like a gook
Apr 13 2013 2:38PM
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wild.
Posts: 377 - Karma: 256
i know im only 13 and shouldnt be whining but i wish i could do this stuff my friend is the same age can do 7s frontflips curve rails and has the balls to go off anything ive been skiing the same amount of time but fun is what matters
Apr 13 2013 2:47PM
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Brule.
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3 years skiing park. i can only do 180s both ways, never hit a rail in my entire life, can slide a box sideways (occasionally tailpress), and do a switch tail butter 3. i can ski the upper mountain just fine and rip it like it's nothing, can ski switch just fine, and i can ski steepes alot, even though there haven't been a lot of powder days this season that i've gone skiing on. I suck :(
Apr 13 2013 3:05PM
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