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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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Slowbro
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NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal

A powder day (pauses for 3 seconds while brain attempts to load)... is like... a fresh canvas man... and the skis are my paintbrush... yeah.

Every ski movie from before 2012
Nov 22 2022 5:07PM
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Jems
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NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal

could easily make a good essay on the changes in park skiing culture overtime if you know enough or care to research
Nov 22 2022 5:08PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal

Speak for yourself, I only slide on concrete and gurneys
Nov 22 2022 5:51PM
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TournevisRond
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henrik and friends need to learn to communicate with words
the barking and gun shooting is getting out of hands and they just sound retarded
Nov 22 2022 6:49PM
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CT_CREW
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NeonGreenSharpiehenrik and friends need to learn to communicate with words
the barking and gun shooting is getting out of hands and they just sound retarded


I thought u didn't want to hear any words about skiing, cause its just sliding around? barking should do just fine.
Nov 23 2022 11:14AM
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Farmville420
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Companies when the athletes they sponsor ask for more than $500 in their project pitch:
NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal
Nov 23 2022 11:25AM
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a_burger
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NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal


if poorly written yeah, but alternatively pretending you don't care about something your passionate about like an edgy nihilist is just as cringe "yeah skiings cool i made important life choices based around it but its not that important or anything its just this dumb pastime"
Nov 23 2022 3:13PM
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armchair_skier
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Jemscould easily make a good essay on the changes in park skiing culture overtime if you know enough or care to research


The problem is a lot of people in the world (like at least 66%-75% of people) have no capacity to recognize artistic or creative values in things.
Nov 23 2022 4:03PM
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bootspace
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everyone has their own style, but future spins look so terrible. most spins above a 4 that aren’t off a big feature look ugly and penciled.
Nov 23 2022 4:24PM
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slimginter
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MarkusFinNothing compares to spring skiing and hitting sidebooters, not even deep pow.


Spring slush is unmatched for steez
Nov 23 2022 4:48PM
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Whackson
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A sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.
Nov 24 2022 11:09AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.

Catch me in my Cleveland Browns jersey throwing pencil 360s all year
Nov 24 2022 11:19AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Getting a grab for a tenth of a second looks worse than not even trying a grab
Nov 24 2022 11:21AM
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fredyferl
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.


Sports jerseys are sick. My friend was wearing a Habs jersey at Windells, and Will Berman was wearing a Blackhawks jersey, and they started trash talking in the lift line

**This post was edited on Nov 24th 2022 at 11:28:05am
Nov 24 2022 11:27AM
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Christian_Bale
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NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal

I think some people can be pretentious about it but skiing is pretty important to me and to lots of people, and I appreciate all the people who take time to write stuff. Skiing is pretty silly when you think about it, but it's still important to me regardless.
Nov 24 2022 12:23PM
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Slowbro
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.


I will wear my molson Pilsner hockey jersey until it falls apart
Nov 24 2022 1:20PM
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STEEZUS_CHRI5T
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NeonGreenSharpieessays trying to portray skiing as something deeper than it really is are fucking stupid
we're just sliding on snow and metal

By that logic what’s the point of anything? Is going to space or racing a car just sitting in a chair with buttons and levers?
Nov 24 2022 1:23PM
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steez_apprentice
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fredyferlSports jerseys are sick. My friend was wearing a Habs jersey at Windells, and Will Berman was wearing a Blackhawks jersey, and they started trash talking in the lift line

**This post was edited on Nov 24th 2022 at 11:28:05am


that one armada jersey quonn had in his slvsh against harlaut was so sick
Nov 24 2022 4:06PM
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nmwninjart
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.

Also band shirts/hoodies.
I've gotten more comments on my Tool hoodie than anything else I've worn
Nov 24 2022 5:09PM
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TOAST.
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.


Only hockey and baseball
Nov 24 2022 9:07PM
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Farmville420
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TOAST.Only hockey and baseball

Basketball >

Scrappy joe used to wear a trailblazers jersey and it was honestly swaggy as hell
Nov 24 2022 10:40PM
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SchizoSkier
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Yeah my “I’m schizophrenic and have a gun” hoodie and “I hate fat chicks” hoodie I ordered off a drop shipper on tiktok has gotten me a lot of comments as well
nmwninjartAlso band shirts/hoodies.
I've gotten more comments on my Tool hoodie than anything else I've worn
Nov 24 2022 10:42PM
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Farmville420
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SchizoSkierYeah my “I’m schizophrenic and have a gun” hoodie and “I hate fat chicks” hoodie I ordered off a drop shipper on tiktok has gotten me a lot of comments as well


My friend has the “I’m schizophrenic and have a gun in my backpack” shirt it’s insane
Nov 24 2022 11:00PM
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TOAST.
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Farmville420Basketball >

Scrappy joe used to wear a trailblazers jersey and it was honestly swaggy as hell


Too played. Everyone wore those back around 2010, think they look lame af now.
Nov 24 2022 11:11PM
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GayWolf420
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.

sports jerseys are the ultimate "frat bro/college group out on a ski trip" kit. I see kooks in all sorts of shit all the time and 90% can't edge or do shit worth anything.
Nov 24 2022 11:18PM
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Farmville420
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TOAST.Too played. Everyone wore those back around 2010, think they look lame af now.


Eh, that’s also his team. IIRC he’s from the Portland area right? Repping your city is never played, if the whalers existed I’d be swagged out of my mind rocking a Keon jersey every day of my life, same with same lillard if I lived in Portland lol
Nov 25 2022 12:24AM
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SchizoSkier
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The henrik harlaut mcdonalds jersey was hard asf tho I’m slvsh against quimm wolferman
DeebieSkeebiessports jerseys are the ultimate "frat bro/college group out on a ski trip" kit. I see kooks in all sorts of shit all the time and 90% can't edge or do shit worth anything.
Nov 25 2022 12:25AM
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S.J.W
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WhacksonA sports jersey when riding park is an acceptable fashion choice.


Ice hockey jerseys look sick whilst riding. NBA and NFL jerseys look pretty wack.
Nov 25 2022 1:07AM
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PeppermillReno
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S.J.WIce hockey jerseys look sick whilst riding. NBA and NFL jerseys look pretty wack.


NBA jerseys always look good if you aren't wearing anything under them. If you are they look horrible. Don't really see anyone rocking one with nothing underneath on warm days ever.

On that note here's a nice juicy unpopular opinion...

If its over 50 degrees and sunny and you are still wearing a helmet and goggles you look like a fucking cunt.
Nov 25 2022 7:37PM
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asparagus
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Jemsthe last person to do something interesting in a big air comp was probably vincent gagnier

eddy T switch bio 18 dub seatbelt + 30 foot afterbang + breakdancing was pretty interesting
Nov 25 2022 8:21PM
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clindblomskier
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PeppermillRenoIf its over 50 degrees and sunny and you are still wearing a helmet and goggles you look like a fucking cunt.


Jerries love to pull up to ski in >50 degree weather wearing a full ass
Nov 25 2022 9:17PM
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bootspace
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PeppermillRenoNBA jerseys always look good if you aren't wearing anything under them. If you are they look horrible. Don't really see anyone rocking one with nothing underneath on warm days ever.

On that note here's a nice juicy unpopular opinion...

If its over 50 degrees and sunny and you are still wearing a helmet and goggles you look like a fucking cunt.


if you wear goggles on anything but a pow day, you’re the jerry
Nov 25 2022 10:09PM
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ASSholebomber22
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bootspaceif you wear goggles on anything but a pow day, you’re the jerry

200ft vertical trashhill moment
Nov 25 2022 10:43PM
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TOAST.
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bootspaceif you wear goggles on anything but a pow day, you’re the jerry

Goggles fucking suck, don't know why people like wearing them.
Nov 25 2022 10:45PM
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3mania
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bootspaceif you wear goggles on anything but a pow day, you’re the jerry


If you can't throw enough snow around to get a face shot on a non-powder day. you're the jerry.
Nov 25 2022 10:54PM
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CT_CREW
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TOAST.Goggles fucking suck, don't know why people like wearing them.

I love wearing sunnies, but at a certain speed/ hitting jumps the hat or sunniest are gunna fly off.

also pow days.
Nov 25 2022 11:45PM
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Slowbro
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TOAST.Goggles fucking suck, don't know why people like wearing them.

I feel more comfortable wearing them. It's also cold as shit here
Nov 25 2022 11:52PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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TOAST.Goggles fucking suck, don't know why people like wearing them.

It seems impossible to avoid getting snow all up in my sunnies no matter the conditions. They fog up and are impossible to clear.
Nov 25 2022 11:59PM
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MastePoleWhacker
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bootspaceif you wear goggles on anything but a pow day, you’re the jerry


Sunníes get cold air blowing in my eyes making it hard to see. Guess I just ski too fast
Nov 26 2022 12:08AM
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CT_CREW
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MastePoleWhackerSunníes get cold air blowing in my eyes making it hard to see. Guess I just ski too fast


Is your whole user name a typo?

mr.polewhacker?
moistpolewhacker?
PastePoleWhacker?
Nov 26 2022 12:32AM
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r00kie
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ASSholebomber22200ft vertical trashhill moment


I was gonna say. In the Midwest I'll rock the sunglasses unless it's real cold but anywhere else it's full googs.
Nov 26 2022 12:40AM
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GayWolf420
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If I see another kid with an NS sticker on the helmet who "doesn't use the website", I'm gonna smack you.
Nov 26 2022 12:44AM
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ASAPCarter
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DeebieSkeebiesIf I see another kid with an NS sticker on the helmet who "doesn't use the website", I'm gonna smack you.


Saw one the other day at mammoth and asked what his username was and all I got was “you mean like my instagram?”
Nov 26 2022 1:07AM
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TOAST.
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DeebieSkeebiesIf I see another kid with an NS sticker on the helmet who "doesn't use the website", I'm gonna smack you.


I refuse to put the "new" logo on anything, still ripping the old one, got like 20 of these left so good for a while.
Nov 26 2022 8:27AM
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SchizoSkier
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Y’all really aren’t gonna like this one

i honestly don’t really care if someone side hits in the park, I don’t get why ppl get so mad at people for jumping off the side
Nov 26 2022 9:17AM
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snomaster
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hypertunnel was more of the same. not impressed.
Nov 26 2022 10:04AM
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GrandThings
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How tf do you even get a NewSchoolers sticker if you aren't on the site? Are people really that passionate about instagram pages?
Nov 26 2022 11:05AM
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r00kie
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GrandThingsHow tf do you even get a NewSchoolers sticker if you aren't on the site? Are people really that passionate about instagram pages?

I counted two DrinkButter hoodies yesterday.
Nov 26 2022 11:24AM
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icy_park_jump
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At my home park they usually have only 1 booter and it's pretty big, and for the people who are new it's really tough. 90% of people who try it end up casing it and it's pretty painful to watch. Side hitting is pretty much the only option for ppl who are new.
SchizoSkierY’all really aren’t gonna like this one

i honestly don’t really care if someone side hits in the park, I don’t get why ppl get so mad at people for jumping off the side
Nov 26 2022 11:26AM
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GrandThings
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r00kieI counted two DrinkButter hoodies yesterday.


I'm gunna throw up
Nov 26 2022 11:27AM
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