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Snowboarders don't think skiers can press

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jermhy
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The other day I was talking with some of my roommates (I live with 15 snowboarders and one other skier) about the pros and cons of skiing vs snowboarding on rails. Skiers have a much easier time gripping/spinning, but snowboarders can press. I'm not saying skiers can't press or snowboarders can't spin, just saying some tricks are easier done on a snowboard than on skis, and vice-versa. I tried to find a video of a skier pressing, and I mean pressing by snowboard standards. Not sitting down on a rail, pressing the last half, or sliding with the rail a few inches in front of or behind their bindings (no disrespect, those all look dope). I mean a real press, like at least a good six inches away from the binding, locked on for the entirety of the rail. I couldn't find one, and was wondering if anyone knew of such a video. I really want to be able to show my roommates that skiers can press, but i'm afraid that's not the case. Theoretically it's possible, but I've never actually seen it.

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Show me a video of a skier pressing an entire rail, so I can show my snowboarder friends that skiers can press.
Dec 26 2013 5:56PM
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Drail
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wait. you have 17 people living in your house? wtf?
Dec 26 2013 5:58PM
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EMH
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A nice house u got there.
Dec 26 2013 6:00PM
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Schwags
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Beautiful well thought out story thanks for that. Keep getting gifts even after Xmas. Anyway, just tell them type Harlaut in youtube and that should shut their poop tickling dick door lips.
Dec 26 2013 6:01PM
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slav_slayer
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He didn't even mention the people he lives with that DONT ski or snowboard
Dec 26 2013 6:03PM
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LoneWolfe
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It just doesn't work that well to land directly on your shovels or tails. 1st clip in this vid is the closest to what you describe.
I'm mobile so, embed is being funky: http://youtu.be/WkVcxr8blok
Dec 26 2013 6:15PM
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-WZ-
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Your house sounds cozy
Dec 26 2013 6:16PM
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Blynch2
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Kieran Mcslay
Dec 26 2013 6:20PM
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theorolfs
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Just search "tail press on a rail." there are soooo many skiers that can press as good or better than most snowboarders.
Dec 26 2013 6:30PM
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Drail
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HA!
Dec 26 2013 6:33PM
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Puzzled
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One Hot Minute Ep. 4- Korean Hotel Ledge w/ Phil, Henrik, Hornbeck, and Torin from ARMADA SKIS INC. on Vimeo.

Dec 26 2013 6:36PM
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Mag
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This isn't fucking pressing, it's nose/tail/sliding, well, maybe occasionally it's pressing but 99% of the "presses" on rails are simply slides.
Dec 26 2013 6:44PM
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Schwags
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Ease up on the angry pills. Try a nice fucking Chamomile tea.
Dec 26 2013 6:51PM
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Mag
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Dec 26 2013 6:53PM
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jermhy
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Well yeah, obviously. I just used the term "press" to describe any sort of slide that is not under the bindings, such as blunts or nose/tail slides, or actual nose/tail presses. Most people seemed to understand that. My bad if you didn't pick up on it.
Dec 26 2013 6:56PM
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jermhy
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haha yeah, it's an old manor that was a frat house for a short time. It's all apartments now, and everyone that lives there skis or rides
Dec 26 2013 7:00PM
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FulcraMedia
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Dec 26 2013 7:15PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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Yeah, those aren't presses, those are slides.

Presses for us would only really work on boxes and stuff. Like jack borland when he nosepresses boxes or henrik/phil when they do that stuff too.

sadly, we just can't get the same kind of thing as boarders...
Dec 26 2013 7:15PM
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danbrown
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yeah definitely not


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Dec 26 2013 7:17PM
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Mordecai
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"By snowboard standards"?? Snowboarders can't hold presses 6in away from their bindings either
Dec 26 2013 7:19PM
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Lou.
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You should really press charges... sorry I just couldn't help myself
Dec 26 2013 8:28PM
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VD.
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How about the cover photo?
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Dec 26 2013 8:56PM
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John18_6
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I made a bet with a boarder bro that if I could tailpress the entire run, he'd buy me a cookie. Thought I pulled a Kevin Ware, but that cookie was worth it.
Dec 26 2013 9:05PM
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LOLZfajitas
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I'd rather press op's mom into the kitchen counter and rail her, than argue about rail presses
Dec 26 2013 9:08PM
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skiierman
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Yeah with most skiers like this idiot I'm quoting that think this is what constitutes a press, I don't blame your frat bros not knowing that skiers can actually press.
Dec 26 2013 9:10PM
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skier58284
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17 people?
Dec 26 2013 9:31PM
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PM4FreeJiberish
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I'm actually looking for 17 roommates! mind if i move in?
Dec 26 2013 9:36PM
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Plankton
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kieran told me he was working on 50/50 nose presses on rails, but i haven't seen it in any video
Dec 26 2013 10:01PM
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Paul.
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Nah bro, OP wants more press

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Dec 26 2013 11:17PM
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p-fo
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He already does it on boxes and his nose press to blind 2 kinda ends up being a sw 50 nose press. A matter of time.
Dec 26 2013 11:23PM
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CrotchKiller
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no presses skiers do will look as cool as a back 1 to switch nose press on a snowboard.
Dec 27 2013 1:08AM
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myllhouse
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this isn't 100% relevant, but show them this and tell em to fuck off
Dec 27 2013 2:55AM
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Saga.
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and

https://vimeo.com/50320533
Dec 27 2013 5:28AM
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caderobinson
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seriously... sausage fest much?
Dec 27 2013 9:26AM
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Huck_Norris
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He's got me beat, my most packed ski house was 12 people. 2 bathrooms... lol.
Dec 27 2013 9:27AM
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dom_daq
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Kieran McVeigh // Mt. Hood Summer 2013 from jeff kohnstamm on Vimeo.



He's deffinately starting to get them. I know there is also a keystone edit where hes doing them even better but I cant find it right now.
Dec 27 2013 11:51AM
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milk_man
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Skiers can't press in all the situations that boarders can, because boarders can pretty much press any rail.. But skiers presses look sick when there's a feature that works for that!
Dec 27 2013 12:09PM
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CrotchKiller
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hey bebe
Dec 27 2013 12:13PM
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ski.cats
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show me someone doing this on a snowboard
Dec 27 2013 1:31PM
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FP_rida
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its a leverage thing. on a snowboard, you have 2 feet one one board, so you can use your weight (leaning) to get your nose or tail up, AND pull up on one foot while pushing down on the other. on skis you have one foot in the middle of the ski, so theres no leverage, nothing to pull up with, so ya gotta do it ll with weight/leaning.
Dec 27 2013 1:41PM
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albatross.
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alright i kinda get where your friends/most snowboarders are coming from when talking about tail slides and noseslides/nosepresses tailpresses cause for the most part they are still a gimmick trick in skiing

for some reason skiers love doing tailslides and noseslides for photos way more than they do for video

whenever you check the front page of ns there is a photo of some kid doing a "tail slide" over a rainbow or some shit sitting on his bindings (or noseslide a down rail) but slides/presses are few and far between in edits

there are a lot of slide variations that have been done and are being done on downrails and handrails that I think look way better than a lot of the shit people are filming but noone seems to them other than casabon. i think natural and unnatural slide press variations are when skiing on handrails looks best personally

truth is 270 pretzel on a downrail or nosebutter 270 or whatever is a lot easier than a good tail danish and looks way more impressive

and god damn i hate when kids do nollies out of skier slides. if you wanna nollie out of your trick on a handrail do a noseslide.




Dec 27 2013 3:05PM
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BdoubleU
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I like how your group of 15 frat boys makes up the consensus that "all snowboarders" think something.

Dec 27 2013 6:21PM
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Paul.
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That video was almost all jumps, there was hardly any pressing at all
Dec 27 2013 8:31PM
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CrotchKiller
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It's a lot easier to make a press look good for a split second in a photo then a full video clip
Dec 27 2013 10:18PM
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Saga.
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But the few in there were all that was needed.

Dec 28 2013 12:12AM
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extravert
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I was thinking its because people are coming off early
Dec 28 2013 12:22AM
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Bagina
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Can we just see how big your house is?
Dec 28 2013 10:57PM
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hot.pocket
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He's right though.
Dec 29 2013 11:44AM
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Turkelton
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show house pics please, then vids will appear
Dec 29 2013 11:46AM
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hot.pocket
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Show me.
Dec 29 2013 2:19PM
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CrotchKiller
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Naa he's right
Dec 29 2013 2:20PM
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