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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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ParryWithAnEh
Posts: 93 - Karma: 26
I can barely 360 off tiny jumps. I'll 270 out most rails but I hate DFDs and pins so much that I just avoid them. I try to be creative and do some weirder stuff but I generally fail at that too.
Apr 13 2013 3:50PM
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BornyHusby
Posts: 192 - Karma: 607
my 2nd year
I can do 3's and 5's good.
But, I'm actually afraid of some rails at my resort. They're sticky as fuck, so I avoid some of them.
Apr 13 2013 4:00PM
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Tacocat
Posts: 658 - Karma: 356
I am really bad, but it's the most fun thing in the world I can do
Apr 13 2013 5:04PM
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Crehm
Posts: 951 - Karma: 842
so what percentage of ns actually can cork 7?
Apr 15 2013 9:05PM
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NMMedia
Posts: 982 - Karma: 1,700
Yeah im in the same boat, been doing freestyle for 3 years now and up until this year all I had to boast about was 360s and the occasional 540. Im glad to say that this year I managed to start stomping flat 3 and landed rodeo 5 a couple times as well as mastered 720s though! I think my balls finally dropped.
Apr 15 2013 9:15PM
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shitpoop
Posts: 667 - Karma: 1,479
im a boarder....my rail game is superb but my jump game aint no good. im on the east coast btw
Apr 15 2013 9:25PM
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Balbertt
Posts: 1585 - Karma: 4,723
Well I can backflip, and 5. My best rail trick was a 27 on butter 450. I can do basically all the rails, just cant do much on them. I am terrible.
Apr 15 2013 10:22PM
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Posts: 1556 - Karma: 6,418
I have rented twintips once and i can do 180's switch and normal.  i can get sideways on ride on butter boxes but can't do them straight.
Apr 16 2013 9:53AM
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Sillywithmyskis
Posts: 106 - Karma: 34
I can 3 and do some rails nothing to fancy but its my first year
Apr 19 2013 2:34PM
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theo79
Posts: 305 - Karma: 70
This thread is definitely for me. I skied park from 2008-2009. I didn't ski for 2 years due to deployments, this year was my first year back on skis.

I can do very basic tricks (3's 5's and rail slides and some random jib tricks). I'm not scared of big jumps, but it does freak me out to do anything more than a straight air or 180 off anything bigger than 40ft.

It discourages me when I see kids in the park slaying it, although I appreciate the fact that they are just there to have fun like I am.


Apr 19 2013 4:30PM
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EthanScott23
Posts: 203 - Karma: 89
this thread just ruined my image of every ns'er
Apr 20 2013 6:03PM
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JonasJuhler
Posts: 347 - Karma: 1,351
living in denmark so i only get 2 weeks of skiing a year :( Has had 2 weeks focused on park, and can now do small 3's and 270 off boxes.
But im going to canada or usa for a season after high school. SOOOO STOKED!! hope to improve a lot!
Apr 20 2013 6:13PM
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WillyTheKid
Posts: 106 - Karma: 639
Finally got some front/back 270s out this season, still can't do more than an ungrabbed 5 off a jump though. Mostly I just jib around and tap stuff.
Apr 20 2013 6:22PM
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ECSkiier
Posts: 238 - Karma: 198
just finished my second season freestyling and havent gotton very far. I'd say im very proficient in grinding any rail but that's all i can do.. been working on trying to get 2's out but havent really been able to stomp them. also tried a 3 this year and just cant seem to get them. i can usually get the rotation around its just that when i spin im soo off balance
Apr 21 2013 12:43PM
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Posts: 1556 - Karma: 6,418
Well I snowboard and I can tell you that unless it is ride on or a SMALL ass lip I wont hit it.  as for jumps the largest I have ever done is sending a 25ft jump 40ft.  I landed pretty low on the landing
May 2 2013 1:55PM
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mackcamp
Posts: 1207 - Karma: 263
I am the only NS'er who can't K-fed. :/
May 2 2013 2:39PM
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stushoshi
Posts: 32 - Karma: 470
these post are pretty nice since im doing good and thers definetly people better than me but im pretty determined ...second season and i went from 360s front swaps and grinding halfway down flatbars to:
switch lips both ways
270s on both ways
2 450s off
fs bio 7s
cork 9s
flipping 40 ft jumps
270 continued k feds
switch 7s
& more

one thing i forgot to say tho is mad respect for most of u guys...a majority of u guys are probably way more into skiing than me
Jun 19 2013 3:43AM
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HolySchimmel
Posts: 1601 - Karma: 1,297
Well this has been my second season and I suck hard on rails, and all I can do on jumps are 360, backflips and frontflips. Really hope I get some progression going next year :P
Jun 19 2013 5:10AM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,662
i'm pretty good on rail, have gotten 7 of 8 switch up 450's out, can front 6, blind 4, 4 on, sw lip, sw lip 2 etc. my rail game is pretty good.

but coming from the east coast my jump game is just not where it should be lol. i can 1,3,5,7 and sw 1,3,5 with mutes, safety, blunt, or tail but i'm not the best grabber either. and i can cork 7 and 9, backflip and frontflip, and that's about it.
Jun 20 2013 12:28PM
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will_powder
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**flat box game
Jun 20 2013 12:57PM
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Ehh...
Posts: 1897 - Karma: 1,423
inb4 Steve Stepp and amature hour
Jun 20 2013 1:33PM
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TheClap.
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Old joke is played, good try doe
Jun 20 2013 1:47PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14490 - Karma: 10,630
I've been skiing park since 05, so this was my 8th year. I'm not that great either. I almost never throw anything more than a 360. Misty 5's when I'm feeling yolo. I'm decent at rails. I'm just out there doing what I can do, not really trying to progress anymore. Plus I just had my 2nd ACL surgery so I'm not going to push myself to learn anything new anymore. It's gonna be 360's, backflips, and lip blind 2's for dayyyys.
Jun 20 2013 1:48PM
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esotericjive
Posts: 1889 - Karma: 1,445
I can do sketchy 3s, and have done a few 2sevs out. Practice makes perfect?
Jun 20 2013 1:50PM
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PNSkier
Posts: 775 - Karma: 169
this.. but i started in 2003. my style is better every year. my rail game by far exceeds my jump game. 3's and 5's are where its at! occasionally ive thrown cork here and there. rails i pretty much stick to natural slides, 2's and 4's out, 2 on, and kfeds. blind swaps are scary! and i only do them on low risk features haha
Jun 20 2013 2:00PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,662
whatever you say bro, check my videos. haha not a flat box in sight
Jun 20 2013 5:50PM
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redking
Posts: 148 - Karma: 437
I'm shit but I'm still the best under 18 park skier in Ireland lol
Jun 20 2013 6:10PM
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Garebear
Posts: 378 - Karma: 4,908
andreas hatveit can do 720 swaps on rails when i can hardly do 180s off kickers...
Jun 20 2013 9:14PM
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Peachbutt
Posts: 623 - Karma: 601
This is about me in the park
Jun 20 2013 11:08PM
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t.dough
Posts: 413 - Karma: 1,090
Update:
First day of my second season. Still not very good at this sport.

Really though I feel like I could progress easily if I weren't so god damn self conscious.
Nov 10 2013 10:19PM
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jkelly
Posts: 430 - Karma: 991
call me? 716-548-9006
Nov 10 2013 10:21PM
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buzzlightyear
Posts: 153 - Karma: 292
So true.
Nov 10 2013 10:46PM
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STwoops
Posts: 2941 - Karma: 5,126
I cant handle not being good anymore. I think at some point I gotta break free of the fear of injury, tryin different combos of caffeine nicotine alcohol and weed are helping. but I cant spin past sev or 270 onto a rail much higher than the ground, so Father, I confess in the past week I havent really pushed myself to try new things, next week I will.
Nov 10 2013 11:35PM
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-WZ-
Posts: 3600 - Karma: 6,582
this will be the year i finally progress
said me 2 years ago

ohwell atleast in the summer i made a backyard setup so it should help alotthis season
Nov 10 2013 11:37PM
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WU-sconsin
Posts: 565 - Karma: 1,301
Yeah i pretty much suck too, most people cant cork and double and shit otherwise they'd be pros. Two years ago I sucked a lot more, I figured out that if you just try shit you eventually learn it, I just accept that I will fall
Nov 10 2013 11:47PM
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danderson.
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This so much.
Nov 11 2013 12:46AM
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danderson.
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This so much as well.
Nov 11 2013 12:46AM
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TRASHTALK
Posts: 324 - Karma: 493
not true. haha I'm sure there are plenty of people who can't kfed
Nov 11 2013 1:16AM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 1,989
I used to take progressing in skiing seriously, but then a couple things happened. Most of my buddies had been skiing their whole lives whereas I had started when I was 13. I could keep up with them in the park and progressed at the same level until they started getting formal training. Most of my ski buddies progressed way faster than I did after that, and I got really discouraged. As much as I tried to just huck, I simply stopped being able to keep up with the things everyone else was doing. Skiing for me and skiing for them also turned into 2 different things. I treated it as more of a "go out with some pals" thing, whereas the my friends wanted to go bigger and progress. Also, with my friends now skiing competitively, our original small group grew and grew with people from their teams/competitions. I did not get along with these people, as my easy going/fuck around attitude towards skiing conflicted with the new skiers. I got in a couple of conflicts with them, made a few enemies and ultimately got kicked out of my group of friends. I kept skiing alone and with random people here and there for a while, but without a group of friends to push me anymore and with my passion for the sport dropping, my progression came to a halt.

Now I have a group of people to ski with, although they are not particularly good and have a pretty laid back attitude towards skiing as well. Maybe with a group of constant friends again I'll be more inclined to improve.

Tldr: I suck and lost my skiing crew because of it, which made me lose interest and stop progressing.
Nov 11 2013 1:55AM
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.Asain-Skiier
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As someone who's from West Michigan, Moguls and sleep and deep skiing is a love hate relationship for me because I really never have encountered them. Hopefully I'll progress and get some fat skis for when I move out west.
Nov 11 2013 2:04AM
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tgm
Posts: 278 - Karma: 325
Same
Nov 11 2013 12:10PM
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Posts: 1556 - Karma: 6,418
/claim ... also, now I hate you
Nov 11 2013 12:32PM
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ANDR01D
Posts: 1181 - Karma: 3,319
That moment when you realize everyone posting a confessional is better than you at park skiing.... At least I'm pretty rad elsewhere.
Nov 11 2013 12:41PM
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Forcillo
Posts: 3801 - Karma: 3,580
3's, 5's, blind/front 2's out, front swaps on boxes. Come at me bro.
Nov 11 2013 1:37PM
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FuckAllOfYou
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 2,518
You are a gigantic douche. With how you talk about skill, to be good at park skiing you have to be pro - level. Why aren't you making frontpage?
Nov 11 2013 4:02PM
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cool_name
Posts: 4295 - Karma: 3,131
my confession would be that even the smallest of boxes freak me out. Double black? no problem. Small straight box? Hell no!
Nov 11 2013 4:26PM
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Duck_Sauce
Posts: 288 - Karma: 4,002
yo just have fun with it. I mean, try new things obviously but lapping the park laying down some easy tricks you have down pat feels amazing regardless. Ian comptons rail game is bonkers, air game not so strong. just do what you enjoy
Nov 11 2013 4:47PM
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robotdna
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I'm awful at park skiing. I can barely 3 off anything and I slide rails while flailing my arms around.

I guess I just feel more comfortable on steep pillows or in the race course.



Nov 11 2013 4:50PM
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Crispy.
Posts: 6112 - Karma: 7,690
Anyone ever watch an edit and over estimate how good they are? Like I'll be watching an edit and be like..."yeah I could probably do that". Or "that was so sloppy" on like a switch cork 7
Nov 11 2013 5:14PM
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mski
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I wish I was better at skateboarding, and cork 7's I'm always backseat with those.
Nov 11 2013 5:17PM
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