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eheathThe difference is the video technology. Back when edits were dope, way less people had cameras. Now everyone can just shoot videos on their phones, so there are more edits, more content that sort of averages out the field from the best skiers only (2007) to every skier has videos online (2017) see what im saying?
snowpocalypseHa ha ha , I love when young bucks think Wallisch and Martini are old school. Damn that makes me feel ancient. When I think of Old School I still think of Wane Wong, Stump and the likes. Remember the NEW Canadian Air force? Freeze the mag.... Mind the Addiction..... Now I'm just ageing myself even more..... Get off my lawn!
CaptainObvious.I have Happy Dayz on VHS. Old guys unite.
snowpocalypseHa ha ha , I love when young bucks think Wallisch and Martini are old school. Damn that makes me feel ancient. When I think of Old School I still think of Wane Wong, Stump and the likes. Remember the NEW Canadian Air force? Freeze the mag.... Mind the Addiction..... Now I'm just ageing myself even more..... Get off my lawn!
eheathThe difference is the video technology. Back when edits were dope, way less people had cameras. Now everyone can just shoot videos on their phones, so there are more edits, more content that sort of averages out the field from the best skiers only (2007) to every skier has videos online (2017) see what im saying?
eheathbest skiers only (2007) to every skier has videos online (2017)
Park_RangerYeah man, this was a good comment and especially this piece of it. For me, something that I've thought about for a while now but don't really know how to put into words is that a major difference from the "golden years" and today is that back then, the "pro skier" side of the sport seemed to be a really close knit group of people (skiers, filmers, some industry folks) that all kind of traveled around and lived/hung/skied together. It was kind of like this big All-Star team of skiers and their different personalities and line ups of sponsors and every single one of them shredded extremely hard... like big progression every year, true pro riding.
Today, because of what you said, it feels like the pro/industry or like insider/ "core" group of the sport or whatever you want to call is just this massive eclectic group of kids that are all over the place in terms of how they ski, how they document it, where they are located, what their attitudes are, etc. I believe that the vast majority of them wouldn't be around if they were held to the "All Star" standards of the "golden age".
There are pros and cons to both era's... but I miss the "All Star" feel that the pro side of the ski scene had back then. Those dudes were god damn rockstars.
You watch a Windell's edit from 2011 and the list of dudes skiing in that shit is insane.... now a days I watch a Windell's edit and its a bunch of kids I've never heard of doing hand plants in sweatpants.
Idk, does any of that make sense?
Park_RangerYeah man, this was a good comment and especially this piece of it. For me, something that I've thought about for a while now but don't really know how to put into words is that a major difference from the "golden years" and today is that back then, the "pro skier" side of the sport seemed to be a really close knit group of people (skiers, filmers, some industry folks) that all kind of traveled around and lived/hung/skied together. It was kind of like this big All-Star team of skiers and their different personalities and line ups of sponsors and every single one of them shredded extremely hard... like big progression every year, true pro riding.
Today, because of what you said, it feels like the pro/industry or like insider/ "core" group of the sport or whatever you want to call is just this massive eclectic group of kids that are all over the place in terms of how they ski, how they document it, where they are located, what their attitudes are, etc. I believe that the vast majority of them wouldn't be around if they were held to the "All Star" standards of the "golden age".
There are pros and cons to both era's... but I miss the "All Star" feel that the pro side of the ski scene had back then. Those dudes were god damn rockstars.
You watch a Windell's edit from 2011 and the list of dudes skiing in that shit is insane.... now a days I watch a Windell's edit and its a bunch of kids I've never heard of doing hand plants in sweatpants.
Idk, does any of that make sense?
Park_RangerYou watch a Windell's edit from 2011 and the list of dudes skiing in that shit is insane.... now a days I watch a Windell's edit and its a bunch of kids I've never heard of doing hand plants in sweatpants.
Park_RangerYeah man, this was a good comment and especially this piece of it. For me, something that I've thought about for a while now but don't really know how to put into words is that a major difference from the "golden years" and today is that back then, the "pro skier" side of the sport seemed to be a really close knit group of people (skiers, filmers, some industry folks) that all kind of traveled around and lived/hung/skied together. It was kind of like this big All-Star team of skiers and their different personalities and line ups of sponsors and every single one of them shredded extremely hard... like big progression every year, true pro riding.
Today, because of what you said, it feels like the pro/industry or like insider/ "core" group of the sport or whatever you want to call is just this massive eclectic group of kids that are all over the place in terms of how they ski, how they document it, where they are located, what their attitudes are, etc. I believe that the vast majority of them wouldn't be around if they were held to the "All Star" standards of the "golden age".
There are pros and cons to both era's... but I miss the "All Star" feel that the pro side of the ski scene had back then. Those dudes were god damn rockstars.
You watch a Windell's edit from 2011 and the list of dudes skiing in that shit is insane.... now a days I watch a Windell's edit and its a bunch of kids I've never heard of doing hand plants in sweatpants.
Idk, does any of that make sense?
BASEDJAHTom Wallisch was the first freestyle skier ever
jib_roniDude, you are fully spot on. Old hood edits were awesome! It would make me want to go to Oregon so bad, now it really doesnt seem as eventful. Thats why they call it the golden age though.
GREEN_BASTARDNot to be a nostalgic little bitch, but the days when most of all content most skiers viewed was ski movies. Everyone would be astonished after waiting an entire year for the next movie. Now pro's drop an edit every week or so.
freeski_ShaggyTeddybear Crisis will forever be my favorite ski movie ever. Man, those really were the good ol' days.
