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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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UphillIce
Posts: 123 - Karma: 138
I don't even ski park. I'm just here because things at Epic are slow these days.
Jan 11 2014 8:14PM
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Willskiforfree
Posts: 929 - Karma: 3,167
Its my second year and i can 360 off of anything thats not over like a 15 footer, rails i can grind most stuff thats not too insane.. i did a 540 once, and thats pretty much it. I suck and holding straight air grabs.
hopefully ill try a backflip in the back country tomorrow.
Jan 11 2014 8:17PM
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ManicMaverick
Posts: 68 - Karma: 66
First full year skiing park, and I can slide boxes both ways, 180, throw grabs off of jumps, and thats about it. Haha, I don't care though, I always have a good time.
Jan 11 2014 8:37PM
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Substitute
Posts: 1376 - Karma: 2,275
I can 5 and basic rails and boxes. Did my first front 2 ever out of a culvert past weekend.
Jan 11 2014 10:55PM
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ghostface-killah
Posts: 24 - Karma: 435
i wear xxl jacket, xxl pants, 85 cm poles and when trying to do my first switch 5 of a 25 footer in front of 30 people, i broke my femur :),
i hate rails and legit never hit them, but like getting creative on boxes. Style > tricks
I LOVE NEWSCHOOLERS YOU GUYS ARE LIKE MY BESTFRIENDS
Jan 28 2014 4:59AM
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t.dough
Posts: 413 - Karma: 1,090
Second year skiing, can hit most boxes but rails set higher than the lip scare the fuck out of me. Also, park kids are intimidating even if they're 12 so I never hit anything.
Feb 12 2014 8:42PM
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AT-AT
Posts: 3281 - Karma: 3,256
I used to be able to 9 and superman flip.

Now i can only 5 and flippy is out of the question. As for rails i've never 2'd on but i can k-fed and 4 out, and yeah that's about it.
Feb 12 2014 8:47PM
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Abu_Hajaar
Posts: 2749 - Karma: 3,907
I can cork 9 but i can hardly 2 out

I hate rails
Feb 12 2014 9:12PM
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jellomellow
Posts: 961 - Karma: 3,562
I can 50/50 boxes and 180 but that's all


I can't do shit
Feb 13 2014 12:14PM
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powerbong2000
Posts: 737 - Karma: 1,802
Can't seem to get the double on my daffys.
Feb 13 2014 4:10PM
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Wolfgang.
Posts: 807 - Karma: 866
I always get so insecure when theres a kid younger than me thats better than me. I compare myself with others way too much.
Feb 13 2014 4:24PM
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Xanadoo
Posts: 729 - Karma: 1,237
ive been skiing since i was little but ive only been skiing park since whenever i joined this site. my college roommate freshman year got me into it.

on rails im finally just starting to get front 2s landed on a regular basis (by which i mean like half the time) and ive landed a few (like literally three) back 2s in my life (and they were sketchy as fuck.) i also can sometimes body slide and body slide 360 on boxes (although i dont really know if that even counts as a trick since its so easy and dumb)

as for jumps i am god awful. i still fall on straight airs still sometimes. i can (sloppily) 180 alright and have landed a couple 3s (like actually two) but mostly i end up off axis and die. i can frontflip and misty off of a diving board (sometimes) but so far my tiny balls and dick have prevented me from trying it on snow. this is partly due to the fact that i concussed the shit out of myself trying a backflip when i was like 16. i had never really hit a jump before and decided to go full retard with my directional skis

however, i have a lot of fun doing my shitty tricks and i really enjoy making dumb edits with my friends (who are actually decent)
Feb 13 2014 5:55PM
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wild.
Posts: 377 - Karma: 256
ii can do sketch 3's off small jumps and my rail game is ok ( jopefull front and blind 2's tommorow) it's wiered cause im really good at trampoline corks rodeos flats misty's but im too scared to transfer it to snow... ugh but im (insert age claim here) young so hopefully more progression over the years.
Feb 13 2014 6:12PM
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Nylle
Posts: 19 - Karma: 44
I can do THE SWITCH, or the "skiing in reverse fashion" as commentators at the olympics refer to it ;-)
Feb 13 2014 7:39PM
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