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Freeskiing vs. skateboarding’s impact on society

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weastcoat
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Freeskiing is a very small niche within the world. Therefore, it has an even smaller impact on society. But if you take, let’s say, skateboarding, for an example, it has a much larger impact. Such as clothing. You see thrasher everywhere on kids, and everyone is rocking vans. Even tho 99.999% of these people don’t skate. So, will society ever pick up a part of ski culture? Or is skateboarding’s clothing culture the only thing that will reach the surface of society?
Jun 5 2019 1:28AM
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LukeTheWaffle
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Most of society's understanding of skateboarding is tony hakws pro skater.

Most of society's understanding of skiing is dudes in skintight suits.

What is more appealing
Jun 5 2019 1:54AM
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Milz
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You can skateboard pretty much anywhere in the world. For that reason alone, I don't think its possible for skiing to reach that level of impact.
Jun 5 2019 1:56AM
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OregonDead
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People were skiing for about 2000 years before the invention of the wheel. Skiing has had way more influence.
Jun 5 2019 2:49AM
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willysworld
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Skateboarding has the movie grind and lords of dog town.. we have Aspen Extreme and Hog Dog.. clearly we win 🤪
Jun 5 2019 4:21AM
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CalumSKI
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skate3 vs shredsauce
Jun 5 2019 8:59AM
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PsychicMigration
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I rock my 108cm line Steeze robe at the dining hall and everyone loves it. Gonna make tall tees the style at URI.

**This post was edited on Jun 5th 2019 at 9:08:10am
Jun 5 2019 9:06AM
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PsychicMigration
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The other thing I noticed is on campus skateboarders are usually the ones to get more shit from cops especially skating rails and steps. During March when there was enough snow I hit a kinked handrail down the main staircase at the library. The cops and public safety pulled up watched say me lace that shit up and left. Skiing has much more of a setup but seems to be way more acceptable in Rhode Island because it’s so much more rare.
Jun 5 2019 9:11AM
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jakeordie
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MilzYou can skateboard pretty much anywhere in the world. For that reason alone, I don't think its possible for skiing to reach that level of impact.

Agree with this. If you live in a big city like LA SF NY skateboarding becomes part of your everyday lifestyle, and society is forced to deal with it.....skiing will always be an escape from that, because we need conditions we're not gonna find downtown.
Jun 5 2019 9:23AM
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SuckleBrick
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I mean I am starting to see kids who don't ski at school wear some armada stuff
Jun 5 2019 10:20AM
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CalumSKI
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SuckleBrickI mean I am starting to see kids who don't ski at school wear some armada stuff


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Jun 5 2019 10:58AM
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270on420out
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This is more of a question of fashion rather than skiing or skating. Fashion has been ripping off skating for roughly the past decade (Supreme). Who knows what they’ll flock to next.
Jun 5 2019 1:48PM
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GrandThings
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DIRTYBUBBLEThis is more of a question of fashion rather than skiing or skating. Fashion has been ripping off skating for roughly the past decade (Supreme). Who knows what they’ll flock to next.


This x1000. People know tons of skate brands (Supreme, Volcom, Palace, DIME, DC, Etnies) but couldn't tell you the difference between a heelflip and a kickflip.
Jun 5 2019 1:54PM
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a_burger
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When you think about it skiing has a huge impact on society in certain areas where its common/popular. In ski towns it pretty much drives the economy during the winter and is one of the main reasons you see people under 30 in these places, but the impact is pretty much nonexistent everywhere else while skateboarding is just kind of present in an underground way everywhere

comparing skiing and skating culture is like apples to oranges anyways, if people focused on skiing culture/history as it's own thing instead of always comparing it maybe it would be more meaningful
Jun 5 2019 9:35PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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willysworldSkateboarding has the movie grind and lords of dog town.. we have Aspen Extreme and Hog Dog.. clearly we win 🤪


Grind is unreal though

trailer for anyone who hasn't seen:

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/934585/Grind--2003--Official-Trailer---Adam-Brody--Mike-Vogel-Movie-HD
Jun 5 2019 9:37PM
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tsingtaofanatic
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I feel like most people are not aware of the "freestyle skiing" culture. They don't know about the baggy clothing, the ski companies, or the style. Like whenever I tell people I'm a freestyle skier they directly associate it with mogul skiing (i don't know why). It just hasn't been exposed as much as something like skateboarding.
Jun 6 2019 2:56AM
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hootsquad
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DIRTYBUBBLEThis is more of a question of fashion rather than skiing or skating. Fashion has been ripping off skating for roughly the past decade (Supreme). Who knows what they’ll flock to next.


this is true but just to be fair to Supreme, they actually started off as a skate shop in NYC before they became the big fashion brand and everything
Jun 6 2019 4:49PM
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SnickleFriz
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I was just thinking about this... skating linked with pop culture from the time of its take off, and it is an accepted form of dissidence. Nyjah Huston is one of the most sponsored/paid skaters and regularly posts interference with cops/security.. sponsors don't care. Skiing is widely accepted as a rec activity for privilege.
$50 for a used deck and you can go skate until you break your board
$1k (?) for a ski setup, gear, and mountain access, transpo, etc.

Skating = sticking it to the man
Skiing = privilege
Jun 6 2019 5:49PM
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clindblomskier
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It would be sick if there was some really good Hollywood movie about some freestyle skiing dude trying to make Olympics or something like that. It would change public perception of skiing and potentially inspire people to try it.
Jun 6 2019 6:05PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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I mean the fact this and other threads keep getting made about comparing skiing to skateboarding gives you the answer doesn't it? By far, skateboarding has had more impact on things than freeskiing has. Everyone in the action sports world want's to be skateboarders whether they know it or not? Why do you think people started skiing urban in the first place?
Jun 6 2019 7:08PM
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MoneyMakerMike
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lipon_blind2It would be sick if there was some really good Hollywood movie about some freestyle skiing dude trying to make Olympics or something like that. It would change public perception of skiing and potentially inspire people to try it.


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Jun 6 2019 10:10PM
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JoeF2661
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OregonDeadPeople were skiing for about 2000 years before the invention of the wheel. Skiing has had way more influence.


Damn wheel!!
Jun 6 2019 11:12PM
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Segsxi
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IMO skiing could focus more on making an impact on science, technology, engineering and math rather than society and culture as a whole. In the past skiing and ski technology has benefited STEM, especially for those living in colder climates, but also those living near large bodies of water. In the future I feel like the tech could improve and we can see the concept of ski to impact STEM better
Jun 7 2019 12:16AM
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Segsxi
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SegsxiIMO skiing could focus more on making an impact on science, technology, engineering and math rather than society and culture as a whole. In the past skiing and ski technology has benefited STEM, especially for those living in colder climates, but also those living near large bodies of water. In the future I feel like the tech could improve and we can see the concept of ski to impact STEM better


Edit: by concept of “ski” I am referring to the design, and the engineering that goes into modern ski technology. Example recreational skis have changed shape in recent decades to accommodate switch riding. Snowmobile (sleds) usually follow suit with ski tech water skis are a category of ski on their own, nonetheless the idea of “ski” is to.... effortlessly glide over snow, water, etc. attached to one or two boards.
Jun 7 2019 12:22AM
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PsychicMigration
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Seems that in most costal New England states especially RI, surfing style like quicksilver/ O’Neil and billabong shirts and vans have been getting ripped of the most. So many people that don’t know what a wave is dress like it or that can barely swim. It would be as if someone that can’t ski pulled up with a 4xl jiberish tall tee for absolutely no reason.
Jun 7 2019 11:40PM
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.Morton
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SnickleFrizskating linked with pop culture from the time of its take off, and it is an accepted form of dissidence.


I think this has to be the reason more than anything, same with why snowboarding became so much more popular for a while. Older people always thought it was dangerous and a waste of time which attracts younger people to it, who then found out that it's actually really fun. Skating has always been about going against the grain even with how popular it's become
Jun 9 2019 3:51PM
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-arc-
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Someone asked me if I'd ever tried ski jumping before...
Jun 9 2019 9:08PM
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Crust_Station
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I think its also fair to mention that we’re talking about a whole sport vs just a subset of skiing. Bowl Skating vs Freeskiing is a fairer comparison. I think skiing as a whole has effected culture even if its in wack rich people ways, but freeskiing (like crusty bowl skating) isnt the part of the sport that had influence
Jun 9 2019 10:11PM
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