Tales of the early years of newschool skiing

oldmanskiAh, all this brings back many memories!

Getting kicked out of the park and getting a ticket or pass pulled for being in there. Parks use to be snowboard only and if you were caught with skis in the park it was a big deal. It didn't last to long though but it sucked while it did.

Trying to have skis center mounted. Trying to talk a shop guy into mount a ski dead center was difficult, a few times I talked them into doing it only to show up to pick up my skis to see that they mounted them in the traditional point.

Freeze magazine was the best thing at the time to show what was happening in the ski world.

evaroniFor real, if you saw someone with twin tips you were instant homies. And if you saw someone with lines they were your idol because the tip and tail were the same height.

D.B.

Coochieman7Boomer

evaroniFor real, if you saw someone with twin tips you were instant homies. And if you saw someone with lines they were your idol because the tip and tail were the same height.

freeskibum82Jiminy Peak use to kick me out.

.frenchyhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/779889/exact-science-mickael-deschenaux
edits like this is what got me into skiing

btw: does anyone remember the days where you had to call your drop at the terrain park? or is that a connecticut thing?

weastcoastAlways wish I was alive to see this era of skiing

SuspiciousFishJust ran to the basement to take some shots. This was literally my setup from 2006:

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SuspiciousFishJust ran to the basement to take some shots. This was literally my setup from 2006:

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weastcoastAlways wish I was alive to see this era of skiing

mystery3Dude, you're a hoarder. Why do you still have that shit?

TnskiHoarding. Still have all passes. Boots skis etc.
This is just the left side of my ski shrine

SuspiciousFishThey dont do that anymore? I thought it was general park etiquette to call "DROP" before you go so two people dont snake each other.

SuspiciousFishThe only difference now that is kinda shitty is kids are focusing too much on filming and how they look on Instgram instead of just skiing for the moment.

pghjibberI just miss when every ski movie had legitimately zero talking from the athletes (until maybe the credits/humor section) and it was just pure rider segments. Also amazing was the punk music = requisite soundtrack for 50% or more of ski segments. Finally, can we please bring back studded metal belts, basketball jerseys, Oakley puffy pants and sag rags. That is all.

weastcoastAlways wish I was alive to see this era of skiing

207might be a tiny bit past the "true early years" but anyone remember when bandanas were the wave in skiing? Everybody was rocking one, fuck man what a throwback

SuspiciousFishLol the funny thing is I still rock that jacket every time I ski even to this day. The pass is flipped over but its actually a 2018 day pass to Monarch Mountain. I emailed 686 about it a few months ago and they were stoked and forwarded it to all their employees and gave me a 40% coupon. I dont typically hold on to stuff normally but I have an issue getting rid of any ski gear. For me, its not just an old pair of skis but literally represents an era in my life ie: Pockets Rockets- High School, 4FRNT VCT- College, 4FRNT CRJ- Memory of CRJ and post college career. It wasnt until recently that I realized that the Pocket Rockets are actually a somewhat important part of history for skiing as they were really the first twin tip pow ski produced.

TnskiHoarding. Still have all passes. Boots skis etc.
This is just the left side of my ski shrine

Young_IPMCDo you have any wild stories from being part of Roundtop Riders?

evaroniImagine The Wolf of Wall Street, now add skis, XXL clothing and a few cameras from Circuit City.

It was a wild time.

SuspiciousFishJust ran to the basement to take some shots. This was literally my setup from 2006:

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3maniaDynastar Candides, my first twins, Predator pants, and Fulltilts so OG that they are Raichles

.frenchyhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/779889/exact-science-mickael-deschenaux
edits like this is what got me into skiing

btw: does anyone remember the days where you had to call your drop at the terrain park? or is that a connecticut thing?

KevskiMan, the whole vibe where you could ski up to anyone with twins and just ride together was the best.

Oakley puffy pants in antifreeze - people would get pay so much for torn-to-shit and rail-stained pants. "Size small but fits like xl"
Trading out crowbar parts.
Helmets with visors.
Being the token skier in the crew.
Ice rink snow to ride sketchy homemade rails in the summer (are kids still doing this?)

SuspiciousFishI still rock my Giro G10 MX from 2007. It came with a super early version of the Skullcany Tuneups that actually had a CD case and a set of adapters to plug into the different phones of the era so you can use it as a headset if someone called. Double points for those here who remember what a Sony Ericsson is:

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Young_IPMCWhy didn’t you join 4bi9?

evaroniI had to go to high school in PA then tapered off the scene. But it was so rad to see the dudes I grew up with skiing out in UT blow up like they did.

And I didn’t own any firearms.

SuspiciousFishI still rock Double points for those here who remember what a Sony Ericsson is:

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