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Average Ability of Snowboarders

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michiganjibber
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the last 3-4 years the average snowboarder got worse and worse. When I used to board like 5 years ago and before that, most people that did it were pretty good, and hit jumps. Now that so many people jumped on the bandwagon, most people you see suck and there's always people on the verge of running into someone. Maybe it's just where I ski at...





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Feb 8 2005 11:56AM
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littleskibum69
Posts: 414 - Karma: 13
yea 90% of the snowboarders i see suck, and are just a bunch of posers. There is always a few really good ones that i see though, that can do like cab 7's 9's ect. cant make fun of those ones.
Feb 8 2005 11:58AM
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FULLBLOWNAIDS
Posts: 125 - Karma: 10
they do it because its the cOoL thing to do what can i say
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Feb 8 2005 12:14PM
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FULLBLOWNAIDS
Posts: 125 - Karma: 10
i used to snowboard i can 360s but i started skiing lately because of my back, the wrecks dont hurt my back as much because u mostly fall side to side on skis
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they know what im about out here i dont toot my own horn cause i dont have to. You can run your mouth, I don't care But if you get too close, I'm gonna clap you
Feb 8 2005 12:20PM
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pikupfulofsnow
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 9,696
do you know the difference between cab and sw? cab is not a universal term for going opposite; it means switch frontside. sw is for straight airs and sw backside. that's one difference between skiing and snowboarding=spinning frontside looks totally different than backside. unfortunatley for skiing spinning left or right looks the same.
Feb 8 2005 12:45PM
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pikupfulofsnow
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 9,696
obviously style is something different all together when spinning, i am speaking strickly on the symetry of the skiing body...
Feb 8 2005 12:46PM
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Triple_Strum
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you guys are pretty biased now aren't you? how many people do you ski that are HORRIBLE? oh yeah, like 80%. pointless thread


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Feb 8 2005 1:39PM
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PowderCanuck
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yea most skiers and snowboarders suck.



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Feb 8 2005 1:42PM
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mathers
Posts: 1865 - Karma: 490
i just never see average snowboarders, atleast in the park, leik they either are reeley good, or suck hard
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Feb 8 2005 1:49PM
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ECfreeski3
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when a snowboarder is really good and smooth, it looks ridiculously sick, but when i see a random snowboarder coming into a rail, i cant help btu assume he's going to 5050 it and fall off halfway
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Feb 8 2005 3:21PM
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Logchucker
Posts: 1508 - Karma: 16
I ould say your average skiier is pretty shitty too. More tourist and people on ski ruin jumps in the park by just kinda jumping of the sides, as oppsed to snoboarders. I think thats bad, most crumby snowboarders at least try the jump. And my brother rides a board, and on the hill he runs ith 75-85% of skiers.

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Feb 8 2005 3:29PM
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JackBach
Posts: 4155 - Karma: -5
^Logchucker nailed it: there are just as many shitty skiers clogging up the hill as there are shitty snowboarders.

Granted, not many people are skiing because it's the 'cool' thing to do, but MAY change soon. It should be interesting to see how ns skiers react to it if skiing become 'cool' again.
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Feb 8 2005 4:15PM
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Newskoolkavana
Posts: 2098 - Karma: 19
thats cause snowboarders only have the park , skier who arent good at park skiing can go do moguls or race or something else but every single snowboarder spends almost his entire day in the park



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Feb 8 2005 4:17PM
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jflo453
Posts: 1383 - Karma: 26
this difference is though, shitty skiers are nice, theyre not posers. Most kids strap on a snowboard and say look waht a sick nasty punk i am and go be a dick all over the mountain, as opposed to asian tourists who get in teh way, and breath all the white mans air, but at least have manners
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Feb 8 2005 4:19PM
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PowderCanuck
Posts: 2626 - Karma: 10
the way of the future, snowblading!!!

sorry, had to say it.

actualy, now that I think of it, snowblading is kinda in the situation that freeskiing was 4-5 years ago. Back then, the snowboarders had no respect for you. It was 'gay' to be a skier. That's what snowblading is today. So snowblading is actualy more 'core' than skiing today.
But, I'd still never be caught dead snowblading.



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Feb 8 2005 4:21PM
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johnnypsunami
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whoa, i completely disagree. The snowboarders in the park here at tremblant destroy shit. They are always so smooth and have mad style, it almost makes me want to become a snowboarder. But not really.









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Feb 8 2005 4:39PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
most skiiers i see on twin tips are damn good. everyone without twin tips suck ass. except the ski patrol.
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Feb 8 2005 4:52PM
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pikupfulofsnow
Posts: 2077 - Karma: 9,696
if you suck you suck. the average person sucks and lives in the concrete jungle.
Feb 8 2005 5:17PM
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wasatch
Posts: 428 - Karma: 62
I don't mind snowboarders. Their spins look sweet.
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Feb 8 2005 5:36PM
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plorr
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snowboardings cool, but a lot of kids just do it cuz its the cool thing to do. i know a lot of poser kids at my mountain that stopped skiing (they sucked ne way) for snowboarding, just so they could look cool. its really stupid
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Feb 8 2005 5:43PM
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johanblaze
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haha down here in so cal 99.9% of the people are snowboarders. they all think theyre badass and that theyre the shit. like there is one skiier for every 500 snowboarders. they sit in the middle of the run after they eat shit and they see a skiier and yell BACKWARDS?! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Feb 8 2005 5:48PM
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JackBach
Posts: 4155 - Karma: -5
^ someone up there mentioned that the 'difference' is that shitty skiers are nice. That's not what the thread is about dipshit. Good job.
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Feb 8 2005 5:50PM
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johanblaze
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 345
i hate how all the fucking noob snowboarders get off the lift and then just sit on their ass right there.
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Feb 8 2005 5:50PM
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johanblaze
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hey douchebag. the thread is about the average ability of snowboarders. isnt it dumbass? not about how bad skiiers are nice. fucking stupid ass piece of shit.
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Feb 8 2005 5:52PM
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FULLBLOWNAIDS
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only faggets say skiboardings gay, thats like snowboarders saying skiings gay
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Feb 8 2005 5:55PM
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Pklink04
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the way i see it is that basicly all snowboards will do fine in a park situation, but not all skis will do fine riding switch and so on. therefore more people with run of the mill boards can go and do more things in the park and someguy with run of the mill carve skis.


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Feb 8 2005 5:56PM
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Chummer3
Posts: 599 - Karma: 9
There are soo many snowboarders at my local hill. Most of them only 50-50 on rails and do 180s the easy way. Rarely do they boardslide. They usually build tiny jumps in the middle of the hill and sit behind it while one will occasionaly hit it. Some boarders are sweet, but most of them just suck.
Feb 8 2005 6:11PM
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^^^skiing has survived and is awesome, snowblading won't make it far because it truely is stupid. skiing requires talent amd snowblading requires goofy snowpants and a gay butthole
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Feb 23 2005 3:18PM
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espen^R
Posts: 2330 - Karma: 192
most skiers i see in my hill suck shit! so does many boarders...like theres a gang of 5 skiers that ski in 'train' all the time.. all they do is to go right after each other and pretend that theyre core and all cool u know... I seriously hate them!
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Feb 23 2005 3:41PM
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powderlvr23
Posts: 163 - Karma: 11
i dont mind snowboarders too much. unless they suck, but think they're good and get in my way. at the hill i ski at most there are boarders in the park who are absolutly horrible, but think they can handle the jumps because they are snowboarders. it sucks. they fall all the time and beat up most of the jumps in the park.
Feb 23 2005 10:27PM
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Jordan_P
Posts: 621 - Karma: 33
what pisses me off is people who drop 1400 bucks on ski shit and not even try to learn anything. ITS KILLING THE SPORT POSERS!
Feb 23 2005 10:44PM
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Sharpy
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I know so many girls who dropped over a grand on snowboard equipment and have been like 5 times

Like a virgin on prom night

You can go on the bottom bunk and finish it yourself

When you guys are on those rails, it's like muah

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Feb 23 2005 10:58PM
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SnowCoast
Posts: 1991 - Karma: 14
Although it may sadden you to see posers ski through the park and not doing anything, their fat wallets are helping the industry grow more than ruining your day. Plus, not everyone has the oppurtunity or talent to rip like some do, but it can get annoying sometimes.
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Feb 23 2005 11:59PM
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skiierman
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You want to see bad snowboarders? Come to my mountain. In the history of skiing here I have only seen 3 good snowboarders. This means they where doing 5's and spins onto the rails. Reguarly, 80% of boarders here can only hit the smallest jumps and strait air, and TRY to 50-50 everything from the flat rail to the box. The other 20% are ok meaning they hit the bigger jump (only 30ft. mind you) but strait air it. Oh and they boardslide the rails, boxes and can 50-50 part of the rainbow rail.





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Feb 24 2005 12:11AM
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Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe
Posts: 1506 - Karma: 58
what i hate is snowboarders come into the park sit there and talk shit and brag how good they are and how skiings gay. then they just ride thru it not hittin one rail or table or pipe. it just pisses me off.
Feb 24 2005 12:20AM
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KeegLove
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what ever man its exactly the same as skiing its just that skiing is still progressing where as snowboarding is at its prime.. i expect that we will see taht in a couple of years
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Feb 24 2005 12:22AM
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sharkey
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Snowboarding is the reason that freestyle/freeride skiing is around. You guys need to respect your roots. If it wasn't for snowboarding, you wouldn't be around. I've never snowboarded in my life...so I am not biased at all...but I at least appreciate the reason I never switched over!
Feb 24 2005 5:56AM
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skiierman
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^ Skiing has been around for decades before snowboarding. Like-wise has twintips. Twins just have never caught on, or been an actual part of skiing, until snowboarding came along. Maybe it's you who needs to check out your roots.





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Feb 24 2005 8:57AM
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All in all, the average snowboarder HAS gotten worse.
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Feb 24 2005 9:46AM
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FUUUCK
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lots of snowboarders at my mountain suck, but almost everyone on twins kills it, espeacially the kids that are 5 years younger than me, theyre amzing
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Feb 24 2005 10:42AM
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almostaskier
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the average snowboarder doesn't suck at snowbaoarding per se, they carve and stuff just fine i feel, at jumps its a different story, it has gotten worse, but the average skiier is a jerk and big time dumbass on the slopes i feel... but over all, snowboarding is sweet as heck, check the halfpipe this year at x and shaun white especially..
also, alot of skiiers don't have any style skiing, and snowboarders do: i would rather watch a snwoboarder carve and butter then a skiier...
but yes, overall, i think they have gone down, just because so many kids go to it and stink it up for the few that are any good...

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Feb 24 2005 10:58AM
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nsnski240
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^ most of them can't actually ski either... we had a few good ones where i ski. One of them (forum77) switched to skiing... he's pro at that too
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Feb 24 2005 1:57PM
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Anathema
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all most of them are good for is scraping the snow off the runs and fucking up landing with their ugly spins and shit. the dudes that are good though are pretty fuckin dope.
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Feb 24 2005 3:01PM
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Spam_Man_1500
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OH I SNOWBOARD AND I CAN DO A WHOLE RAINBOW RAIL! omg i must be like the top 70% at northstar!
Feb 24 2005 4:08PM
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Prospect
Posts: 202 - Karma: 10
i snowboard and ive entered in a few comps im nothing great though considering im only 13 and i broke my collarbone last year but yeah most snowboarders suck
Feb 24 2005 4:19PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
yeh most boarders do suck but it also depends where u r located.where i live in south ontario, it all boarders. the only goos skiers around are us instructors.
Feb 24 2005 4:48PM
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Ghst
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in our park all we have are shitty snowboarders and 40 year old shitty snowboarders
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Feb 24 2005 5:56PM
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publicenemy411
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Yeah man almost all of the snowboarders in my terrain park absolutley SUCK except for this one guy that looks like jesus that is there like almost every day he can throw corked 9's
Feb 24 2005 6:05PM
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most can't clear tables and ruin the park at ma place except for alex curry
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Feb 24 2005 6:31PM
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JockinJLoads
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why is there so much hate in this thread?....some people need to chill
Feb 24 2005 6:50PM
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*Neil
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If you arnt good there is no rule saying people who spend there hard erned money to buy nice stuff are posers. Man i have decent equitment and im not the best skier but im no poser, iv been skiing before i was walking. I just chose steel all my nice gear from my poser friends who never use there nice shit
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