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Unpopular opinion thread skier's edition

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270on420out
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Gloves look ugly on every skier even pros
Dec 10 2017 12:52AM
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SuckleBrick
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3maniaQuebec has to be in it's own sub region. There is def some shit in the water there that breeds some kind of super skier. and very hot chicks.

Fax and easy girls evan mceachran kinda ontario skiier
Apr 15 2020 7:17PM
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clindblomskier
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Padagucci1920New wave skiing in anything similar looking to track suites needs to die and stay dead. (killing it with fire and a massive 5 kink DFD disater curb stomp while in a xxxl tall t in spring conditions would make a good extermination method for those up to it)


This again?
Apr 15 2020 8:56PM
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ASSholebomber22
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Gogglestraps or hats under the helmet is wack
Apr 15 2020 9:15PM
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Rparr
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BiffbarfGogglestraps or hats under the helmet is wack


Mega uncomfortable for me, goggles always over the helmet here
Apr 15 2020 9:18PM
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Kevski
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BiffbarfGogglestraps or hats under the helmet is wack


Easy there dad. Jk but not really.
Wait I guess that’s been a signature style in park skiing for like 15+ years so maybe it’s a dad thing to rock hemets that way now? I remember first seeing Sammy C back in probably ‘05 in a skate helmet with gogs and toque under. Shit was rad.
Apr 15 2020 9:38PM
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Jpurd
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Kids who ski park before they learn how to actually ski well shouldn't be in the park.
Apr 16 2020 12:10AM
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CharlzHub
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tophaloaf has an unwatchable style. don't get me wrong he is a very good skier but those daffy butters and whole '180 swerve around on your tails and then stare directly at the camera as if you just did the best trick of your life' thing just doesn't do it for me. and i swear he does that in every single shot
Apr 17 2020 4:56PM
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shinbangclan
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BiffbarfGogglestraps or hats under the helmet is wack


The benefit to this is that they never get yoinked off your head if you wipe out. It also looks better imo, one detail to help differentiate yourself.
Apr 17 2020 5:24PM
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CalumSKI
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air.bubblemidwest skiers are way sicker than east coast


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Apr 17 2020 5:31PM
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Padagucci1920
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clindblomskierThis again?


Yes, are u upset about it? If so please read the thread name, then proceed to try and argue with me. I am so sure your "opinion" is much much more valid than mine be it unpopular or not. Good luck buddy have a good day and don't forget to pray to Tod Walnuts daily.
Apr 17 2020 7:16PM
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clindblomskier
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Padagucci1920Yes, are u upset about it? If so please read the thread name, then proceed to try and argue with me. I am so sure your "opinion" is much much more valid than mine be it unpopular or not. Good luck buddy have a good day and don't forget to pray to Tod Walnuts daily.

man I respect your opinion, but it’s so overplayed with the whole “new wave bad” “tracksuit bad” stuff. If you want to hate on “new wavers” then go find one of the literal hundreds of threads dedicated to just that.
Apr 17 2020 8:12PM
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little1337
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CalumSKIcap


midwest skiers be like

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Apr 17 2020 8:23PM
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rubberpantaloons
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Padagucci1920New wave skiing in anything similar looking to track suites needs to die and stay dead. (killing it with fire and a massive 5 kink DFD disater curb stomp while in a xxxl tall t in spring conditions would make a good extermination method for those up to it)


honestly dont recall seeing any major "new wave" skiers wearing a track suit in the past year or so, tall t style is over played and quite honestly new wave is probably the major change skiing needed. Of course its gonna receive critisicm but hey people used to criticize tall t shit. And you cant even lie some of todays best skiers (e.g. A-hall, Kai mahler, syrja) all have a New wave-ish style.
Apr 18 2020 1:27AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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air.bubblehonestly dont recall seeing any major "new wave" skiers wearing a track suit in the past year or so, tall t style is over played and quite honestly new wave is probably the major change skiing needed. Of course its gonna receive critisicm but hey people used to criticize tall t shit. And you cant even lie some of todays best skiers (e.g. A-hall, Kai mahler, syrja) all have a New wave-ish style.

Probably has to do with skis evolving. The trend has gone to wider, more flexible skis with new shapes that allow for the same tricks to be stomped as before, but also allow for playfulness and new creative techniques that perhaps were much harder with narrow, uber camber skis
Apr 18 2020 3:21AM
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hi_vis360
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clindblomskierman I respect your opinion, but it’s so overplayed with the whole “new wave bad” “tracksuit bad” stuff. If you want to hate on “new wavers” then go find one of the literal hundreds of threads dedicated to just that.


Dude if you read back a bit this is THE thread for dudes to complain about the new wave, just let them have it. Honestly it's a style of skiing that's been around since like 2013, it's been main stream for almost just as long, yet every season it's presented by the hater as some brand new thing dumb little kids do. It's because they're so out of touch that they don't realize that "new wave" is just the way tons park skiers ski now.
Apr 18 2020 6:33AM
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Non_State_Actor
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The gold colorway Pivots are awful as well as pretty much everything else gold. They will clash with almost all skis, boots, and outerwear kit.
Apr 18 2020 1:27PM
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Youngm_IPCME
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mystery3The gold colorway Pivots are awful as well as pretty much everything else gold. They will clash with almost all skis, boots, and outerwear kit.

Gold would go well with all black. But I’m more surprised you’re not criticizing the gaudiness of forza or the flouro-orange colors
Apr 18 2020 2:44PM
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SofaKingSick
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mystery3The gold colorway Pivots are awful as well as pretty much everything else gold. They will clash with almost all skis, boots, and outerwear kit.


Okay you are no longer invited to my birthday party

seriously tho those things are gonna be fire with my setup (almost entirely black) 🥰
Apr 18 2020 4:10PM
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oldmanski
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SofaKingSickOkay you are no longer invited to my birthday party


That is a great show!! Watched it last night, thanks for the recommendation.
Apr 18 2020 4:15PM
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Non_State_Actor
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Young_IMPCGold would go well with all black. But I’m more surprised you’re not criticizing the gaudiness of forza or the flouro-orange colors


SofaKingSickOkay you are no longer invited to my birthday party

seriously tho those things are gonna be fire with my setup (almost entirely black) 🥰


Contrary to popular belief gold goes well with nothing, not even black. One could argue it goes best with white but this would be nitpicking as both look poor.
Apr 18 2020 5:10PM
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Youngm_IPCME
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mystery3Contrary to popular belief gold goes well with nothing, not even black. One could argue it goes best with white but this would be nitpicking as both look poor.

That is really unpopular
Apr 18 2020 7:32PM
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iSkiLines
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AndbrerBeginner skiing lessons are a waste of money, your friends can show you how to put a boot on, put your weight onto the front of the skis and snowplough in about 30 minutes, beginner ski lessons sliding around the flat with one ski on is a waste of time and money


Lmfao im a park skier and also an instructor to get my free pass each year, i laugh at the idiocy of the twats who sign up for lessons
Apr 19 2020 12:02AM
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rojo.grande
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Orange juice and bacon > milk and cookies. Fuck your milk and cookies defense.
Apr 20 2020 8:12PM
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dwt802
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When the landings to pow boogers are beat as hell, it kinda makes the shot look less sick then if the landing was fresh.
Apr 24 2020 2:06AM
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OCoffey
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evan.schuOrange juice and bacon > milk and cookies. Fuck your milk and cookies defense.

Can’t dip your bacon in orange juice
Apr 24 2020 2:38AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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dwt802When the landings to pow boogers are beat as hell, it kinda makes the shot look less sick then if the landing was fresh.

Unless its part of a 2 minute long edit of straight bangers on the jump and you watch the progressive destruction of the landing
Apr 24 2020 2:57AM
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Mactonight
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OCoffeyCan’t dip your bacon in orange juice


Are you gonna stop me?
Apr 24 2020 9:29PM
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dwt802
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ConesForBreakfastUnless its part of a 2 minute long edit of straight bangers on the jump and you watch the progressive destruction of the landing

I can agree with that
Apr 24 2020 10:35PM
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JmckR
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I honestly have zero interest in snowboarding or even watching snowboard edits/movies. Skiing is just so much better in every single way. Style, variety, practicality, progression... you name it. Some of my closest friends are snowboarders and in honesty I prefer riding with skiers who I'm not so particularly close with
Apr 26 2020 6:53AM
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a_burger
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the revision talisman was one of the funnest park skis ever made


semi related and probably not to unpopular among people over 6 feet but Armada having most of there park skis top out at 180cm is a joke
May 2 2020 1:41AM
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r00kie
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TheMailManI honestly have zero interest in snowboarding or even watching snowboard edits/movies. Skiing is just so much better in every single way. Style, variety, practicality, progression... you name it. Some of my closest friends are snowboarders and in honesty I prefer riding with skiers who I'm not so particularly close with


I largely agree with this. Im sure some of it is just bias of being a skier but there is more room for variations with skis, especially with grabs. Snowboards you have all the spins but not as many grabs. That being said boarders who can lean a crave over so far that they are just about laying down is sick.
May 2 2020 6:58AM
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firecrotch
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TheMailManI honestly have zero interest in snowboarding or even watching snowboard edits/movies. Skiing is just so much better in every single way. Style, variety, practicality, progression... you name it. Some of my closest friends are snowboarders and in honesty I prefer riding with skiers who I'm not so particularly close with

This is a series of edits everyone should watch who slides on snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p_Nu4AHM6Q&t=183s
May 2 2020 4:19PM
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JmckR
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firecrotchThis is a series of edits everyone should watch who slides on snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p_Nu4AHM6Q&t=183s


I thought you were going to link the 2015 Peace Park shot then. Gotta say that was pretty dope

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/963672/It-Only-Took-Three-Takes-to-Nail-this-Insane-Snowboarding-Followcam---Peace-Park-2015
May 2 2020 6:27PM
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little1337
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TheMailManI honestly have zero interest in snowboarding or even watching snowboard edits/movies. Skiing is just so much better in every single way. Style, variety, practicality, progression... you name it. Some of my closest friends are snowboarders and in honesty I prefer riding with skiers who I'm not so particularly close with


Tweaked melon grabs are the only grab that looks good on snowboards imo
May 5 2020 8:56AM
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270on420out
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little1337Tweaked melon grabs are the only grab that looks good on snowboards imo

FS Crail looks amazing on a hip or in a pipe when done properly.

With that being said I think methods on skis look better tbh.
May 5 2020 11:13AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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TheMailManI honestly have zero interest in snowboarding or even watching snowboard edits/movies. Skiing is just so much better in every single way. Style, variety, practicality, progression... you name it. Some of my closest friends are snowboarders and in honesty I prefer riding with skiers who I'm not so particularly close with

I am closer to some snowboarders and i agree i prefer to ride with skiers who I dont know as well because they tend to be better and i don't have to wait for them.

Having two planks instead of one means more than double the edge length to grab, each ski can move independently, and your body is alligned differently, allowing for much more control and style on all terrain and in the air. I could argue that the best boarders are on par with the best skier, which is impressive, but there are far fewer of them who are actually that good
May 5 2020 11:45AM
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FruitBootPro
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DIRTYBUBBLEFS Crail looks amazing on a hip or in a pipe when done properly.

With that being said I think methods on skis look better tbh.


What exactly is a method on skis? Safety grab with your legs bent back, skis sideways, and your body in a method position?
May 5 2020 2:45PM
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Mactonight
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I kinda envy snowboarders for the whole one (or both) foot out of the bindings thing they can do. I think that all the plants and creative tricks snowboarders have are really neat.
May 5 2020 2:54PM
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saucy+steve
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Christian Numendal has such an ill style, even tho he's a comp skier.
May 5 2020 3:04PM
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270on420out
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FruitBootProWhat exactly is a method on skis? Safety grab with your legs bent back, skis sideways, and your body in a method position?


https://www.instagram.com/p/BdZ7a8agd1V/?igshid=1s2hhgfxqhfa8
May 5 2020 3:21PM
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Johnnyskiguy3
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Full tilts look like ribbed condoms lowkey
May 5 2020 4:23PM
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FruitBootPro
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MactonightI kinda envy snowboarders for the whole one (or both) foot out of the bindings thing they can do. I think that all the plants and creative tricks snowboarders have are really neat.


Yeah but skiers don't even need that to have our legs free. I feel like half the reason we've never really seen someone do a fastplant is just because nobody's thought to try it before.
May 5 2020 4:26PM
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hi_vis360
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FruitBootProYeah but skiers don't even need that to have our legs free. I feel like half the reason we've never really seen someone do a fastplant is just because nobody's thought to try it before.


hasn't sami ortlieb done a trick that is essentially a fastplant? he has that whole "loose ski" segment in glacier days where he does a bunch of weird shit
May 5 2020 5:43PM
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Mactonight
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pinkcamo1000hasn't sami ortlieb done a trick that is essentially a fastplant? he has that whole "loose ski" segment in glacier days where he does a bunch of weird shit

I get that one foot stuff is possible on skis, but imo it looks kinda dorky and doesn't really have the same potential as it does on a snowboard.
https://youtu.be/_Ze6W3bsiwY
Stuff like the flip at 0:22 or the ender
May 5 2020 6:58PM
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oldmanski
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FruitBootProWhat exactly is a method on skis? Safety grab with your legs bent back, skis sideways, and your body in a method position?

Back Scratcher
May 5 2020 7:27PM
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hi_vis360
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MactonightI get that one foot stuff is possible on skis, but imo it looks kinda dorky and doesn't really have the same potential as it does on a snowboard.
https://youtu.be/_Ze6W3bsiwY
Stuff like the flip at 0:22 or the ender

yeah I fully agree the snowboard 1 footers are cooler

any ski trick where you take off your skis intentionally is wack imo haha I still love sami though
May 5 2020 7:39PM
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saucy+steve
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old school style is lowkey way cooler than new school style
May 5 2020 8:40PM
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Ryanvdonk
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saucy+steveold school style is lowkey way cooler than new school style


old school as in 70s hot dogging? or just the classic baggy g'd out park steeze?
May 6 2020 5:22AM
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little1337
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Ryanvdonkold school as in 70s hot dogging? or just the classic baggy g'd out park steeze?


Nah the 50's wool knit sweaters style
May 6 2020 9:08AM
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OCoffey
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Skiers dress way better than snowboarders. Snowboarders don’t seem to wear anything baggy
May 6 2020 1:31PM
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