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Charlie Owens Quitting Urban?

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brend
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I just picked up the Freeskier Resort Guide and in it there was an interview with Charlie and he said that he has had to many injuries and is not skiing urban anymore. I dont know if he was just being sarcastic or what but I always thought he was a insane urban skier and had one of the best segments in the eighty six and mutiny.
Nov 12 2013 9:45PM
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d00d
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I don't blame him one single bit
Nov 12 2013 9:47PM
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Chubz.
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i always liked his park skiing a lot more
Nov 12 2013 9:51PM
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Blake.P
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uhh, i have the magazine in front of me. he says he enjoys hitting big mountain more and would like to make that transition in the future, hopefully with stept, but he wont be riding urban his whole career. he's not exactly completely abandoning urban
Nov 12 2013 9:54PM
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TimRiley
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This makes more sense. I couldn't see Chuck quitting urban all together, maybe just taking less risks at this point.
Nov 12 2013 10:00PM
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walterson
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this. chuck aint quitting shit yet
Nov 12 2013 10:02PM
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wameron
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While he's at it he should probably start wearing helmets
Nov 12 2013 10:07PM
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cyberginger
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He's taken some good hits. I dont blame him.
Nov 12 2013 10:08PM
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Pmoore
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go home.
Nov 12 2013 10:08PM
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wameron
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Sorry I don't want to see another skier die, I can remember the exact second I found out about CRJ and Sarah's deaths and how heart broken I was to hear about 2 of the people I have looked up to my entire life's deaths
Nov 12 2013 10:14PM
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Parks.
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this^^^

No one can ski urban for their whole career, its to rough. sooner or later some dope backcountry sounds nice to everyone

Nov 12 2013 10:17PM
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MothaHucker
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i would fucking love to see what chowens has to bring to the big mountain game, would be some sick stuff forsure
Nov 12 2013 10:31PM
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Nate.Dog
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The hit in mutiny was painful to watch..
Nov 12 2013 10:32PM
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milk_man
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Might just be me but in Mutiny it didn't seem like he was too stoked to go out and ride urban..
Nov 12 2013 11:41PM
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p-fo
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Stept is gonna move towards big mountain. I'm calling it right now.
Nov 12 2013 11:56PM
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life_is_hood
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and so ends the urban lifestyle of Charlie Owens. He will now make use of his pitiful 401(k) and live a sedentary life, debating which type of tofu tastes the least awful with the whole foods hippie crowd.
Nov 13 2013 12:20AM
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John18_6
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"NICK PUT YOUR FUCKING CAMERA AWAY"
Nov 13 2013 11:11AM
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GetPitted
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Sarah and CR were both wearing helmets when they had their accidents. Wearing a helmet isn't a guarantee in anyway. It definitely helps protect your head. It would be stupid to argue otherwise. But it's even more stupid to try and force people to wear helmets like it's the answer to all head injuries. Let people do what they want to do. Stop being so soft.
Nov 13 2013 11:23AM
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BWalmer
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While I understand your point, and have nothing against helmets, I would like to point out that both of them were wearing helmets at the time of their accidents. Again, not disagreeing with you, just saying those are bad examples for your cause.
Nov 13 2013 11:26AM
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milk_man
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Haha that was great
Nov 13 2013 11:55AM
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Turkelton
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Does anybody find him to never be stoked? Like ever?
Nov 13 2013 12:39PM
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Tonetti.
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TRU
Nov 13 2013 12:41PM
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Session
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I know right, I would prefer to see him keep stepping up his urban game, and getting a debilitating injury before the age of 30. Like a boss.

Nov 13 2013 1:02PM
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Shredsterr
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He's definitely not working at Whole Foods this winter....
Nov 13 2013 7:24PM
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Big.Bird
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if this ever happens it will be legendary
Nov 14 2013 12:39AM
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skiierman
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Urban is fucking dumb, that's why.
Nov 14 2013 9:32AM
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John18_6
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Shaddup
Nov 14 2013 10:19AM
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JAHBRADOR
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I swear i will find you and fucking kill you.
Nov 14 2013 3:55PM
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JAHBRADOR
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You mean form the 0.00000000000000000000000000001% of his life you have seen in movies and edits?
yeah d00d totally.

Fuck you.

Nov 14 2013 3:58PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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i wonder what your knee feels like 2 acls later
Nov 14 2013 4:27PM
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milk_man
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I would love to say that you're wrong, but I'm not sure if you've ever been wrong..





Except for faunt hahahaha
Nov 14 2013 5:29PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I don't blame anyone for not wanting to do urban. Even failing on the most basic rail is extremely painful. The Stept crew is actually putting their health at risk, not that BC isn't, but the bails in urban are so unforgiving.
Nov 14 2013 5:33PM
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broto
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like a knee after it blew 2 acls
Nov 14 2013 5:53PM
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Bateman
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its okay. you can just let it out. just cry forfucksake if you have so much anger inside of you<3, ill hold you but i wont breathe through my nose cause im afraid you might smell funny.
Nov 14 2013 6:03PM
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CatdickBojangles
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p-foStept is gonna move towards big mountain. I'm calling it right now.


Not gunna say you called it but the trailer for "salute" looks like they have... Also wheres Chuck now?
Nov 5 2019 3:03PM
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GMB
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CatdickBojanglesNot gunna say you called it but the trailer for "salute" looks like they have... Also wheres Chuck now?


Lol Stept definitely didn't "move toward big mountain" dude...They're working on a lot of projects and it looks like Henrik asked them to help shoot his film. I believe they helped shoot Bobby's backcountry short film but they're by no means shooting skiing/big mountain stuff.
Nov 5 2019 4:17PM
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John18_6
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GMBLol Stept definitely didn't "move toward big mountain" dude...They're working on a lot of projects and it looks like Henrik asked them to help shoot his film. I believe they helped shoot Bobby's backcountry short film but they're by no means shooting skiing/big mountain stuff.


they moved towards like under armor clout and making commercials n shit, but they all bang
Nov 6 2019 7:33PM
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funkynuggz
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john18061806they moved towards like under armor clout and making commercials n shit, but they all bang

this^^^...... hard to make money off ski movies when everyone stops buying the disc and buys it off iTunes. make more money and getting your company name out in the world when you step away from jus filming skiing.
Nov 7 2019 3:52PM
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funkynuggz
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Owens had loads of talent & style but when you have injuries year after year. or even get broke off at the beginning of the season. start ask your self is it really worth it. when you hit a certain age and companies aren't looking at you anymore cause of injuries. gotta start searching for something else that will pay the bills.
Nov 7 2019 3:57PM
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GrandThings
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"Hmm why are we such losers? ....Actually, I guess we're not that big of losers" - Chuck Owens

Still my favorite ski-movie quote of all time
Nov 8 2019 12:51PM
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sindreplassen
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CatdickBojanglesNot gunna say you called it but the trailer for "salute" looks like they have... Also wheres Chuck now?


He's shooting commercials in NYC
Nov 9 2019 4:04PM
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