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Who are kids gonna look up to for style?

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MaimHelp
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If these mfs start looking up to votaw and Durham jones we are fucked.

Popsicle boner sway arms and slow mo after every landing lookin asses.

these mfs may be cool and Durham definitely throws some hammers (sorry luke) but I can’t stand to watch either of em ski lol
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weastcoat
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Durham knows style just chooses to do some things that are wack (in my eyes) but overall still a super talented rider. Definitely got his own thing goin on tho I can tell when it’s his clips regardless of a kit. That in itself is hella respectable regardless if you fw their riding or not.


fuck luke votaw. Very poor social media presence can make or break someone even if they have a large bag of tricks.


I think kids are gonna start not looking up to just pros or whoever has a bunch of IG reposts but anyone instead. Whether it’s a small name older head at their home hill or a random homie they discovered that just grabs clips for fun.


as it should be.
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Jems
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lmao bruh all these kids gonna look up to @Jems for style cause he mad smooth with it and does all the cool tricks
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dwt802
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Not wrong. Durham grew up a mogul kid (probably with money) and transitioned to freeskiing when he was young and flexed his age for years. He was surrounded by people at carinthia, sugarbush, sunapee, and more naturally acculturated him into a core east coast scene while he also attended ski academy at the same time. Add social media into the picture and all of a sudden he knows exactly what’s cool and what’s not when it comes to what to wear. Meanwhile he learned so fast and in a structured manner resulting in horrible style(imo). He’s probably out of touch as fuck with the real skiing community but appears as if he is it, but because of how he was influenced and appears, kids start to look up to him now as he’s older now and it all makes sense because of all this.

that kinda all sounded negative but no hate to the kid, he’s a dirty skier and was just into one scene but was actually in another and is kinda goofy but so are most skier kids from his era. He’s really not that bad compared to Luke which I won’t go into.

at the end of the day though they both rip and are just having fun so kids looking up to them isn’t the worst thing (assuming they’re good people in actuality) even though it won’t be as good for the culture as to where influence has been now and in the past.

Luckily we got young snow and others emerging too…

**This post was edited on Oct 20th 2022 at 5:01:53pm
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Saucedup
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Hopefully they’ll look to the past if they’re smart.
3 years ago
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Ball_Sacker
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ns moms
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MastePoleWhacker
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gangsta era 2
3 years ago
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_brrett
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You guys can talk shit now but mark my words if Durham chilled out a lil on the 💃🏼💃🏼 arms hes gonna be top 15 in the game style wise in a couple years im telling you. Kids got the sauce

**This post was edited on Oct 20th 2022 at 7:31:33pm
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Raf.Diaz.
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Who?
3 years ago
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sullivano*b
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durham good
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sullivano*b
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votaw bad
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isaacwrong
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BLandzYou guys can talk shit now but mark my words if Durham chilled out a lil on the 💃🏼💃🏼 arms hes gonna be top 15 in the game style wise in a couple years im telling you. Kids got the sauce

**This post was edited on Oct 20th 2022 at 7:31:33pm


Feel like Durham and Dicky have similar style..nothing will top luke obriens inflatable arm man style tho
3 years ago
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goatmaster
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Henrik is still a huge inspiration but probably Matej, Ferdi, EZ Panda, V Morel and a ton more will be a big style inspiration in the future. Child Labor, Buldoz, and other crews like that will definitely inspire a ton of kids also.
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Christian_Bale
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dwt802Durham grew up a mogul kid (probably with money)

Very unusual for competitive skiers
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Farmville420
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Ur kinda inventing things to be mad at, what are you even basing this off of? Insta followers??? I feel like way more kids look up harlaut apparel crew than anyone else atm, or CL, Forre, strictly, the bunch…

The only kid I’ve ever met IRL who was an avid Votaw fan was a fashion reseller who lives in Louisville, CO.
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Casey
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If people start doing more backflips with tweaked mute grabs everything will be fine. Been saying it for years
3 years ago
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Jems
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not sure how many people who relate, but i personally looked up to all the older kids at hyland when i first started out. I didn’t look up to any skiers with a large social media presence. Watching guys like pbone, connor johnson and tom kelley had a lot of influence on my future skiing.
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Professor-Modelo
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dani bacher
3 years ago
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Professor-Modelo
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but the song that durham used today made me want to kill myself or someone else
3 years ago
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GayWolf420
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It's depressing to know that kids only look up to skiers nowadays because they know how to game the social media algorithms.
3 years ago
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sindreplassen
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kids love ferdi
3 years ago
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keagan.karstens
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KIDS MUST LOOK UP TO NATE SHREDZ ITS OUR ONLY HOPE

seriously tho imagine how these kids would feel if they knew a bunch of grown ass adults were online ripping on their style
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bsurf
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Matej?
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_brrett
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Jemsnot sure how many people who relate, but i personally looked up to all the older kids at hyland when i first started out. I didn’t look up to any skiers with a large social media presence. Watching guys like Jems, Jems Johnson and Tom Jems had a lot of influence on my future skiing.

Ur right, Jems is the best skier on the mountain
3 years ago
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-Dan
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Op assumes everyone’s feed is the same as their’s. Or even that the feed is skiing at all. Kids are gonna be fine, don’t you worry.
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PsychicMigration
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Siver has great style and his energy seems infectious.

**This post was edited on Oct 21st 2022 at 8:09:01am
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ski_salmon69
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Jemsnot sure how many people who relate, but i personally looked up to all the older kids at hyland when i first started out. I didn’t look up to any skiers with a large social media presence. Watching guys like pbone, connor johnson and tom kelley had a lot of influence on my future skiing.


I looked up to a lot of the older kids at my mountain. They weren’t actually too much older but they had been skiing for a lot longer than me but their style on rails was just so cool to me. A lot of them were in the street film Capital Punishment that dropped earlier this year

Like all of them moved away to utah now and there’s less people on hill bringing that same energy. Just a ton of 12-14 year olds who all they wanna do is 4 swaps on a fat tube all day.
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MaimHelp
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ski_salmon69I looked up to a lot of the older kids at my mountain. They weren’t actually too much older but they had been skiing for a lot longer than me but their style on rails was just so cool to me. A lot of them were in the street film Capital Punishment that dropped earlier this year

Like all of them moved away to utah now and there’s less people on hill bringing that same energy. Just a ton of 12-14 year olds who all they wanna do is 4 swaps on a fat tube all day.


Those kids you looked up to were those kids that only wanted to do 4 swaps on a fat tube all day at some point
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ski_salmon69
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MaimHelpThose kids you looked up to were those kids that only wanted to do 4 swaps on a fat tube all day at some point


True, gotta be an inspiration to the younger generation, everyone starts somewhere
3 years ago
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Lonely
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Why do we hate that Luke kid again? I've barely seen anything of his
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Jems
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LonelyWhy do we hate that Luke kid again? I've barely seen anything of his

twp influencer that flexes designer clothing

probably the most cringe skier i’ve ever come across
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3mania
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As long as Antti Is still putting out tons of content , we’re alright
3 years ago
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FATHERULLR
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I’d hope that younger kids start looking to Parker White for style. The guy makes it all look really good but also really fun.
3 years ago
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RIP_leos_shack
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Kids come and go. Like 2 years ago we had the Fagan twins and where are they now? Maybe the same will happen to Votaw.
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Jems
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RIP_leos_shackKids come and go. Like 2 years ago we had the Fagan twins and where are they now? Maybe the same will happen to Votaw.

votaw will be chillin as long as he doesn’t say any racial slurs
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Grom
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Jemstwp influencer that flexes designer clothing

probably the most cringe skier i’ve ever come across


Pretty pathetic that you spend your day sitting inside griping on a kid whose just tryna make edits and have fun enjoying the sport that all of us love.

Grow up and have some maturity. All of us have had phases in our lives that would be deemed cringe. They will figure out their style in a few years.
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Jems
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JShredzPretty pathetic that you spend your day sitting inside griping on a kid whose just tryna make edits and have fun enjoying the sport that all of us love.

Grow up and have some maturity. All of us have had phases in our lives that would be deemed cringe. They will figure out their style in a few years.

i don’t think skiing needs people purposefully flexing designer clothing worth more than people’s entire setups

you’re making it sound like i’m some middle aged mf shitting on a minor when we’re the same age
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FastGreyGlasses
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parker white is for the children
3 years ago
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KilaTsunami
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As old heads, we should let the youth take the wrong path on purpose to preserve our style
3 years ago
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Timby
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me
3 years ago
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clindblomskier
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the only people who are avid luke votaw fans are 12 years old and are on tiktok for 15 hours a day
3 years ago
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Pakanaka
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p white henrik noah and b dog will always be the goats of style.
3 years ago
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Guys 😫

Its over. OVER! Skiing is dead. We have no more role models since Tanner Hall decided to stop smoking weed and wearing dreads 😣
3 years ago
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ColoradoDogfart
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Jake carney should be one of the only right answers and if you don’t agree w that your wrong
3 years ago
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BigmoneyMatt
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I feel bad for influencing young children to buy vishnus.
3 years ago
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WoFlowz
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goatmasterHenrik is still a huge inspiration but probably Matej, Ferdi, EZ Panda, V Morel and a ton more will be a big style inspiration in the future. Child Labor, Buldoz, and other crews like that will definitely inspire a ton of kids also.


ferdi the smoothest mfer out there rn.
3 years ago
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Goretex_Vidal
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BradFiAusNzCoCaGuys 😫

Its over. OVER! Skiing is dead. We have no more role models since Tanner Hall decided to stop smoking weed and wearing dreads 😣


YouTube Algorithm after watching one game of SLVSH: 🧢
3 years ago
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_jam0__
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Professor-Modelodani bacher


i second this
3 years ago
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asparagus
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I think kids mostly look up to local styles. European kids will look up to European skiers. Quebec is pretty locked in style-wise. Of course kids near ski areas with academies will see lots of awful comp styles. Idk what you guys see in your feeds but Votaw isn’t it for me.
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860media*
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Anyone who still hits street.
3 years ago
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_brrett
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860media*Anyone who still hits street.


Absolute roasting hot take I think street skiing is overrated AMA
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