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Karl Fostvedt aka Crazy Karl Q&A

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ON3P
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Karl Fostvedt. Crazy Karl. 'Nuff Said.



Ask this man all the questions you want. What was the sketchiest experience in Detroit? What is it like to win (3) awards with your first promodel ski? Who makes the best skis in the world (though we already know the answer to that question)?

More importantly, why can't you 360 venom grab??!!!
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/742945/S-K-A-T-E-on-snow---Vincent-Gagnier-VS-Karl-Fostvedt---semi-finals-Vars-Tournament

He will be live to answer this upcoming week. Ask away!

**This thread was edited on Aug 26th 2014 at 3:57:57pm
Aug 21 2014 11:42PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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favorite person to ski with/film with
Aug 25 2014 6:38PM
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Karl_Hungus
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how many pairs of skis did you use this summer at hood?
do you miss having a cambered ski?
Aug 26 2014 12:58AM
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danbrown
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when the fook are you back in salt lake brother
Aug 26 2014 1:11AM
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perryhunter
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Did it come to your life that you were being scared/hesitant of doing new tricks??
Aug 26 2014 4:43AM
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perryhunter
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Have you ever been scared/hesitant in doing some new tricks in your life?
Aug 26 2014 4:57AM
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Heart
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Are you a tits man or an ass man?
Aug 26 2014 10:29AM
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ON3P
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Karl will be live answering question your questions at 8pm MST.
Aug 26 2014 9:33PM
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crazy_karl
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Ah the hospital story.. We accidentally ended up at a building that was staked out by the Detroit Highway Gang. We showed up at 6am and started importing snow and stacking rubble to build a stall on the awning of the hospital. By 9am 2 people in trucks showed up telling us to leave.. after a little controversy we started packing up the truck. When we pulled out a 3rd truck pulled in and charged strait at us attempting to block the exit.. we got past, but Nate Abbott wasn't as lucky. We thought he was all packed up, but as he dropped the rental van in gear, he realized that he forgot to close the trunk. When he got out to close it, he forgot to drop the car outta gear and was ghost-riding-ca-whip as he closed the trunk. He made the move pretty quick, and then busted a U-turn and hit the back exit as the truck chased him out.The back windows of the truck were down revealing 3 dudes hidden by masks. We all rendezvoused a few miles away. Nate booked it to the airport and the rest of us went to a half frozen creek and where we set the winch up on a bridge for some waterskiing.

I think skiing with all the 4bi9 crew is where my rail game really developed. Its crazy to go out and ride with the likes of Cheddar, Detox, and the gang. This year's movie is called Burn. If you liked All Damn Day, you're gonna like this. AJ, Tuna, and Napes have been upping the production value like crazy these past few years.
Aug 26 2014 10:23PM
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crazy_karl
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steezy.stewWhat inspires you to try a new trick? Do you focus on how it feels or how it looks?


I think its real important to let the terrain dictate the tricks. I don't plan very many tricks ahead of time, but i do get stoked on trying new rotations when I'm playing skate. Its also sick when you're sessioning with a bunch of your friends and someone ups the bar and throws a new trick. Immediately everyone knows they gotta follow suit
Aug 26 2014 10:31PM
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crazy_karl
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JaznewtWhat do you see yourself doing in 10 years?


Skiing Pow!
Aug 26 2014 10:32PM
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crazy_karl
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dgraveswhat is your favorite sun valley urban spot/bc location?


The 511 Building. It was the first handrail I hit. This was over a decade ago. Collin Collins and a couple other guys were hitting it, and inviting me along. They pull-whipped me in, and I greased it after a couple hits. We got kicked out for hitting it back then, but things have since mellowed out so much that they actually have a rial jam on this rail its so damn perfect.
Aug 26 2014 10:42PM
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crazy_karl
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KeithyDPowder, park, or urban?


why not all 3?
Aug 26 2014 10:44PM
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crazy_karl
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ParryWithAnAHow are you so good?


I watch a lot of Traveling Circus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ3PAZBus3o
Aug 26 2014 10:46PM
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crazy_karl
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GrizzlyBurrWhat do you eat for breakfast?
What about lunch?
Dinner?

How did you get to be such a bonafide badass?

Will you ski with me at Snowbird?


Hahaha good questions. I eat so much food its insane. During a good week Ill have pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. During a week when Im posted up with LJ on the west coast of costa rica, we do beans and rice covered in lazona sauce glazed with Toña.

If you knew some of the people I kick it with in Idaho you'd think I was the softest dude in the game. People are crazy up here and it rubs off.

Ill ski with you, if you're buying the ticket, and you better be able to keep up
Aug 26 2014 10:51PM
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crazy_karl
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max61195You've tried the 1170 onto a rail, do you think you'll every stick it, and if so, do you think you'll ever surpass that rotation?


The race is on for the 1170. Next chance I get I'm going for it. Im gonna try to grab blunt
Aug 26 2014 10:58PM
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crazy_karl
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Mr.BishopWhat inspires you to find wacky lines and hit them?


As far as the lines at Windells this summer, the amount if vert that you get to ski off a rope tow is so limiting. Everytime I get to the top, I try to think of a new way down cuz I get really bored hitting the same features the same way over and over. That plan has backfired a lot though, cuz some of the lines i try to link up end up taking all day to perfect. More than anything, I just get stoked watching what other people are doing.. guys like Candide, JP and Taner that can link up lines in any type of terrain. 2 hits are always better than 1
Aug 26 2014 11:04PM
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crazy_karl
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Bo_bot9boats or hoes?


can't have one without the other :(
Aug 26 2014 11:08PM
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crazy_karl
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SteedsShardWhat did you think aboutthe olympic ? Good or bad ?


JOSS CHRISTENSEN

Stash's his gold medal in a 4bi9 beanie. Thats what I think about the Olympics.
Aug 26 2014 11:11PM
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crazy_karl
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BROLFHow did you get into park skiing?


Just thought it was the coolest shit ever since I was a kid. My older brother was friends with some guys at Freeze Magazine, so we always had the latest issue as soon as it dropped. When I learned backflips, my brother took a pic of me upside down and got it published in Freeze. That was the coolest thing that had ever happened to me at the time, and it gave me a lot of motivation to send it on a daily basis
Aug 26 2014 11:24PM
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nickmcnutt
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What was your favourite ski movie segment growing up? What did you like about it so much, and how has it influenced your riding?
Aug 26 2014 11:37PM
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crazy_karl
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hawaiiansteezeCan you explain the concept of how life is a circle of cleaning and offering to the kids? They would be stoked.


4bi9 operates at two different levels, cleaning and offering. There's is a constant alternation between the two, but at any given time the crew will be in one mode or the other. cleaning entails all kinds of acts, from hiking to shoveling to logging shots to actual cleaning, cleaning is basically a come up and a hangover all in one. offering is the preferred level to be offering on. offerings include jump sessions, partys, waves, fresh pow, stories, spirits, vomit, sneezes, phone calls, edits, movies, the list goes on.

As far as the circle part, you gotta envision it like the yin and yang.

To quote wikipedia: yin and yang are concepts used to describe how apparently opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.
Aug 26 2014 11:41PM
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crazy_karl
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ScriptumWhen will you do switch up 7?

Who is your biggest influence on skiing?


As soon as I get the chance to do it without the spin being too rushed
Aug 26 2014 11:44PM
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crazy_karl
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yellavtoña or toña?


Rule #1: Nothins better than a Toña
Aug 26 2014 11:45PM
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JAHn
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Why you so crazy Karl? Why?
Aug 26 2014 11:52PM
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griz_lee
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how did you get the nickname cooter??
Aug 26 2014 11:56PM
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crazy_karl
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-emile-how many pairs of ON3P do you go through in a year ?


The first board I broke this year was a surf board in May. My park ski setup was 1 pair of Kartel 106's, and 2 pairs of Kartel 98's (1 for urban, 1 for park). The urban pair saw hell in the streets of Bosnia, but since our edges and bases are so thick we were able to grind them til they were like new again. We had to import snow into everything we hit in Bosnia, so the skis were getting thrashed. If you see TGR's new film Almost Ablaze, I think you'll be in disbelief to know that I was riding that exact same ski at Hood this summer.
Aug 26 2014 11:57PM
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crazy_karl
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Alex_Ghave you ever done switch dub lincoln


I brought it around, but haven't ridden out of it. It's on the radar this season.
Aug 26 2014 11:58PM
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crazy_karl
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Dr.Prof.JiberHave you ever broken anything or had any large injuries? If so how and when.


Broke my back at Snowbird 4 years ago. Overshot the White Wave by about 40 feet, crumpled, and rag dolled into rocks.
Aug 26 2014 11:59PM
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crazy_karl
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asfdfadsdoes windells get mad when you hit their jumps wrong?


The cat driver, Caleb, and all the diggers are hyped on it. They purposefully put trannys in the side hits just to see how people will approach them. Caleb's the man.
Aug 27 2014 12:01AM
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DarthVaderWhat is the sketchiest feature you have hit so far in your career? Whats your favorite/best line/feature you have skied, to date?


The Re-direct is still holding it down. We're going to build a bigger one though, so its reign may soon be over.
Aug 27 2014 12:02AM
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crazy_karl
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Mr.BishopWhat is your take on Style vs. Technicality?


Pep Fujas
Aug 27 2014 12:04AM
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crazy_karl
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-emile-My question to you is how often do you ski in a mellow fashion ?

everytime I've seen you on hood you were charging really hard


I have an all-or-nothing mindset, so its hard for me to go up and just chill. Even if its a crummy day, you gotta get in the moment and get the session going. Guys like Mike McLeod and Jasper Newton are so damn good at filming that they can make pretty much anything look cool. You gotta embrace that and know that you'll be stoked you went for it when you're watching the shots later.
Aug 27 2014 12:12AM
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crazy_karl
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nickmcnuttWhat was your favourite ski movie segment growing up? What did you like about it so much, and how has it influenced your riding?


CR's seg in Focused just because he was so on it that year. He was doing the cleanest cork 3's both ways, which was too much for me to comprehend. CR was the king of style. Him, Pep, Tanner, and Candide set the standard back then, and that still resonates industry-wide today.
Aug 27 2014 12:46AM
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Thanks for taking the time Karl!
Aug 27 2014 7:17AM
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I put all the questions and answers in a news article in case anyone cares to check it out!

https://www.newschoolers.com/news/read/The-Karl-Fostvedt-A
Aug 28 2014 5:51PM
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TurquoiseGrizzly
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crazy_karlHahaha good questions. I eat so much food its insane. During a good week Ill have pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. During a week when Im posted up with LJ on the west coast of costa rica, we do beans and rice covered in lazona sauce glazed with Toña.

If you knew some of the people I kick it with in Idaho you'd think I was the softest dude in the game. People are crazy up here and it rubs off.

Ill ski with you, if you're buying the ticket, and you better be able to keep up


HELL YEAH I'll buy your ticket man and yes, I can keep up I swear. I work there as a snowmobile guide so you wouldn't have to pay anyway. Your Welcome.

I'm going to start my pizza diet today. I'm stoked. Thanks for answering the questions brother.
Aug 29 2014 9:06AM
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favorite sub at subshack?
Aug 30 2014 12:59AM
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