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Ski culture project help

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sfkelsch
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hey ns, I am doing a project for school and I need some secondary sources for the project relating to the culture/history of skiing/slopestyle skiing. If you guys could share some ideas to help out that would be great.
Mar 8 2022 8:44AM
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sfkelsch
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stuff like interviews, articles, videos, informative stuff like that
Mar 8 2022 8:46AM
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Shh-Rammer
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/909251/GNAR-The-movie-Unofficial-Networks
Mar 8 2022 9:40AM
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X_MEMESWERVE_XX
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copy and past newchoolers threads onto a powerpoint and explain how 20 years of bullshitting on ski forums degrades ones brain cells
Mar 8 2022 9:51AM
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Treegrabber
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/991604/ZOOTSPACE
Mar 8 2022 9:55AM
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jompcock
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Wrote an ethnography paper on skiing and used threads from this site as some of my sources. I found threads about peoples opinions of changing ski designs and trick name origins the most useful. Try going to ski gabber page 2000-3440 to see what skiers were talking about back in the day. Idk if you're looking for the origin of newschool skiing, comp skiing or freestyle itself and how it came from hotdogging but this site is a great resource for anything 2004-now. If you wanna see hotdogging from the beginning look up Wayne Wong.
Mar 8 2022 10:37AM
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mountaindewgirl
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When covid hit, the libraries responded by making a national online "Chat with a librarian" service. You can find a link to it on most library homepages (like at your school or community library).

If you can't find one, use Oregon's at answerland.org . They don't care if you're not from Oregon, and you don't need a library card or anything.

Tell them the name of your class and that you're looking for scholarly sources on ski culture, and those people will get you the goods.

If you send a link to your college's library web page, they have a master login that allows them to dig through the online resources and even check out the books for you so you just pick them up.

It's far superior to Google scholar.
Mar 8 2022 12:58PM
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Andi_G
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1035316/Embed-Code

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/847008/Like-a-Lion---The-True-Story-of-Legendary-Skier-Tanner-Hall

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/761985/Few-Words---A-Candide-Thovex-Film---Full-movie

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/902838/When-Skiing-Met-Hip-Hop


These have some good background. The first part of the docs have some good history before focusing on the skiers. The last is more contemporary.
Mar 8 2022 1:08PM
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mountaindewgirl
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And in general, don't be shy to drop in and talk to your local reference librarian.

If you tell them exactly what you're looking for, they can get it for you.

Even if it's a journal article, theyll still be happy to sit down at the computer and help you navigate.

Find the info you actually want and tell the story you actually want to tell. Don't just settle for whatever's the least crappy crap that Google Scholar or Wikipedia 'References' section drags through the door.
Mar 8 2022 1:11PM
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BarryMcKockinner
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sfkelschhey ns, I am doing a project for school and I need some secondary sources for the project relating to the culture/history of skiing/slopestyle skiing. If you guys could share some ideas to help out that would be great.


Tanner Halls documentary "Like a Lion" talks a lot about the early culture of free skiing
Mar 8 2022 1:14PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Mar 8 2022 1:50PM
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Quadkinky
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Zoopspace probably
Mar 8 2022 1:59PM
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zoots_place
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please just play zootspace in front of the whole class
Mar 8 2022 2:17PM
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mattm7
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https://vimeo.com/344646513

level1's first movie Balance
Mar 8 2022 2:33PM
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Casey
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When skiing met hip hop is pretty cool but they kind of just missed the mogul scene completely. Yadda yadda yadda JLev invented the twin tip and here you go. No way, Moseley at Nagano was the most iconic display of Newschool that anyone had ever seen. Then you have Auclair, Douglas, Cusson, Dorian etc getting Salomon to make the first 1080 overnight Salomon had like a third of the best park skiers on the planet they were dominating everyone in terms of progression.
Mar 8 2022 2:57PM
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bbridge
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I think you should find the history of a part of skiing. Slope, Mogul, Racer, etc... I can help with mogul just because it's very big here in montana don't quote me but i'm pretty sure it started somewhere close to here. But long story short theres lots of films like Mavericks (The new pbs doc), Legends of Yellowstone, or any other local bridger film could be beneficial. That older T Hall doc would be awesome for origins of freestyle too.
Mar 8 2022 3:23PM
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sfkelsch
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bbridgeI think you should find the history of a part of skiing. Slope, Mogul, Racer, etc... I can help with mogul just because it's very big here in montana don't quote me but i'm pretty sure it started somewhere close to here. But long story short theres lots of films like Mavericks (The new pbs doc), Legends of Yellowstone, or any other local bridger film could be beneficial. That older T Hall doc would be awesome for origins of freestyle too.


So I am actually focusing more on slope style culture, but I also skied moguls at one point so theres that, I was also thinking about incorporating some history of mogul skiing because it goes under kind of the same category with freestyle
Mar 8 2022 3:28PM
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bbridge
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sfkelschSo I am actually focusing more on slope style culture, but I also skied moguls at one point so theres that, I was also thinking about incorporating some history of mogul skiing because it goes under kind of the same category with freestyle


yea, totally watch Mavericks and Legends then. It'll help fs
Mar 8 2022 3:36PM
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Hoffhound
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Shane McConkey documentary is pretty good
Mar 8 2022 5:11PM
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Toona
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T hall's doc called "like a lion" is pretty interesting and informative
Mar 8 2022 6:17PM
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BearsOnKetamine
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I wrote a paper in 7th grade abt how j lev changed skiing and the construction of skis idk if this helps. Watch his Ted talk
Mar 9 2022 11:16AM
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Abomber22
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you wanna see hotdogging from the beginning look up Wayne Wong.

Mar 9 2022 11:21AM
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dwt802
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BearsOnKetamineI wrote a paper in 7th grade abt how j lev changed skiing and the construction of skis idk if this helps. Watch his Ted talk


This is some genuinely good advise, good job bearsonketamine!


Yeah J lev Ted talk, tanner hall documentary, level 1 refresh might be good stuff as well.

**This post was edited on Mar 9th 2022 at 1:37:26pm
Mar 9 2022 1:36PM
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Casey
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sfkelschSo I am actually focusing more on slope style culture, but I also skied moguls at one point so theres that, I was also thinking about incorporating some history of mogul skiing because it goes under kind of the same category with freestyle


How are you defining slope style culture? Like purely competition scene? Idk that’s kind of a weird thing to write a paper about.
Mar 9 2022 11:34PM
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Jems
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CaseyHow are you defining slope style culture? Like purely competition scene? Idk that’s kind of a weird thing to write a paper about.


why do a project on this when you can do one on smelly 23 year old bumfucks making banger street content
Mar 9 2022 11:49PM
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BearsOnKetamine
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dwt802This is some genuinely good advise, good job bearsonketamine!


Yeah J lev Ted talk, tanner hall documentary, level 1 refresh might be good stuff as well.

**This post was edited on Mar 9th 2022 at 1:37:26pm


Changing my ways truss 🙏
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