No Style In Real Time?

2013....amateur rail jams....

haha. eat it. You're missing the point

let's see those kids at 'amateur rail jams' do a lincoln wallride

don't get your panties in a knot. I used them as examples because they are sick as fuck and use a lot of subtlety in their tricks to make them unique, versus hopping around like a ballerina. Just saying I'm curious as to what it looks like in real time. Do you notice half of it?

plus, leighs just a dirty brit who fries spam

it looks exactly the same, just faster

...and they used to do grabs on 720s in 1999, just faster

I'd be positive that these days JP Auclair, Eric Pollard and Seth Morrison would all get beaten at amateur rail jams. There's probably lots of guys who would.

We don't like these guys because they practise ballerina changeup spins on a backyard setup all day every day. We like them because they go out and create a video segment in their respective strength areas. We like them because they explore the beauty of skiing, and explore new areas to express their tricks in.

The video segment and editing are part of that whole process, and the slow motion definitely enhances the experience.

Sometimes you need slow mo to appreciate the complexity of a trick. When it happens super fast in real life, you can see it if you were there - but that never seems to translate to video. In video you want that slightly surreal experience, and to have a closer examination of exactly what went down.

This actually makes me happy, it means skiing is starting to appreciate guys for creativity and style. Of course some of the guys who go out and create the best video parts are going to lose to spinny tech ams...
If you look at skateboarding, that is obviously the case all over. There are loads of top pros with pro model shoes/boards who you could take to any (large) skatepark and find a kid who could beat them at S.K.A.T.E. Fact is that being able to spinny whirly bird becomes irrelevant when enough people can do it, sure there will always be a handful of guys pushing the technicality but there will come a point when so many people can do all the dubs that it won't get you noticed and it will take creativity, work at finding spots etc to set yourself apart from the crowd.

You know, this is actually probably less true than most people think. Just because a pro doesn't do crazy tricks in their video segment, doesn't mean they are unable to do them. They just choose not to.

Most pros are freaking amazing. Its so easy for an am to sit there and say "Dude I could beat you in a rail jam." - but 99% of the time if you actually put that to the test it wouldn't be true.

These guys are amazing athletes. That is what got them there. I'm sure there are cases where it would be true, but so often it wouldn't be.

the truth.

further evidence...video contest winners, including a 6'8 sharpshooter who was on Syracuse last year, getting destroyed by the "worst" NBA player of the past decade (allegedly, i argue the man is a legend and far better than he ever got credit for)

I know a few times ive seen a pro or semi pro skier do some insane trick perfectly and be like, ' oh lol never tried that before.' The point is if you are elite at any aspect of skiing you can kill it anywhere if you wanted to.

Alright. You guys are kind I missin the point. This has nothing to do with amateur rail jams. I just like to joke with Leigh that I beat him back in the day. Obviously he is way the fuck better. Back to the point.

What do a lot of these tricks look like in real time? You might no even be able to notice some of them and some might just look stupid when they aren't all warped by some grippy motion adjusting. Fuck, they could be sick a hell too. Like I said, these guys are two of the best and there are many others killing it in the same way. Let's see an edit in real time. You never see it anymore and I would like to. Eheath? Leigh? Can you guys release an old edit in real time?