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The end of skiing is near

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OCTO_TRUCKDRIVER
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http://community.freeskier.com/videos/video.php?video_id=420

welcome to the end of "free"skiing. can fis judges step in now
Jan 11 2008 8:38AM
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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
uh oh...
Jan 11 2008 10:34AM
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nitsua
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wow skiing is turning into ariels now. thats rediculous. wow.
Jan 11 2008 10:37AM
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ValPow
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not mad keen on it, if he can throw a grab in then it would be quite sick.

personally i prefer smaller spins really tweaked out
Jan 11 2008 11:14AM
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MiniMeDanny
Posts: 1737 - Karma: 2,312
a grab in that wouldn't even look that good, i really hope that's not what he going ot be throwing down this year, he seems like he's got that on lock too so things might be looking shitty
Jan 11 2008 11:21AM
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slashquatch
Posts: 874 - Karma: 17
not cool
Jan 11 2008 11:22AM
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I-Ski-AK
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 22
there is already a thread on this matter...its not the end he could be fuckin around just thrown shit...do YOU ever just mess around? YES.
Jan 11 2008 11:28AM
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vosgcone
Posts: 185 - Karma: 33
the future :
http://www.zapiks.fr/reportage-stade-2-bc.html
Jan 11 2008 11:29AM
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Whitlock
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that was gross.
not cool at all...
Jan 11 2008 11:30AM
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jKutcher
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i dont even know what to say.  i hope he doesnt start bringing that to comp.  soo ugly
Jan 11 2008 11:31AM
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Shorton
Posts: 2889 - Karma: 13
ahh, i dont like like it, and i hope skiing isnt going to go in this direction, at least jons kang flip looks stylish, that had no style and even witrh a grab it wouldnt look good
Jan 11 2008 11:31AM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Whatever, you guys gotta realize. Skiing is changing. People have different styles now. Not everyone is the same like back in the day when every video had the three phils, jeremy nobis, and johnny mosely. The fact that there are different styles will attract more people. We need to accept creativity and be stoked on change. Some people will do different things whatever.
Jan 11 2008 11:31AM
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I-Ski-AK
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You Sir, Need to run for President (if your in the US)
Jan 11 2008 11:41AM
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Chron7sc
Posts: 127 - Karma: 14
uh only if the old graphics look sick. i guess its an opinion thing. hope they do it nice if its happening
Jan 11 2008 11:44AM
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MiniMeDanny
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i agree and usually am stoked on change, but this is a different kind of change - aerialists, its already a sport of its own and it may be one of the few changes in freeskiing that we are trying to veer away from
Jan 11 2008 11:44AM
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Neffer
Posts: 806 - Karma: 38
I bet after he landed that for the first time he had a huge smile on his face and was super stoked because he is having fun and not caring what everybody thinks.
Jan 11 2008 11:46AM
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Jooky
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I bet after he landed that for the first time he had a huge smile on his face and was super stoked because now he has something to compete with a kangaroo flip and maybe he'll win some more judged comps.

Hey if comps are your thing, great, it still looks like poo.
Jan 11 2008 1:09PM
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edmonton_skier
Posts: 3210 - Karma: 110
i hope he reads this and sees thats its hiteous and gay
Jan 11 2008 1:20PM
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skinnylove
Posts: 6807 - Karma: 167
Weird. That's all I can say.
Jan 11 2008 1:27PM
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zaser
Posts: 675 - Karma: 37
that was disgusting. i've lost hope in the future of skiing anyways haha.
Jan 11 2008 2:27PM
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furball
Posts: 64 - Karma: 11
Lame! This thread I mean! Dude was out doing his thing, don't you ever get tired of the same old shit, even if that same old is new to everyone else? He's probably tired of the tricks that some of us consider cool because he was doing them before anyone else was. Relax zit-squeezers, a little more life experience will show you that everything comes full circle.

Hell, 20 years ago, baggy pants were retarded.... 10 years ago baggy pants were back and you got your ass kicked for wearing tight... and now... I see tight again.... wtf!?! Whatever you high school kids consider to be sweet will be lame 10 years from now, accept it! Evolve or die!
Jan 11 2008 2:32PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
I totally agree with you man. Aerials are beat, but if people can make it look good and if some people like it than thats what matters. Maybe something good will come out of all of this.
Jan 11 2008 3:06PM
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IIIIfrnt
Posts: 302 - Karma: 11
aerialist in the park? now that's progression..
what's next?
Jan 11 2008 3:14PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8710 - Karma: 5,615
embed mangs:


WTF Simon?
Jan 11 2008 3:28PM
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golf
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looks retarded, almost seems like he has no control and is flying around.
Jan 11 2008 3:33PM
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strongmark
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yeah dog, when i start feelin wacky, you KNOW i like to pull out the double flips, just for laughs.
Jan 11 2008 3:34PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
I'm glad someone embedded it because those fucking video ads on the freeskier site were messing it up.

anyway, if he wants to do it then cool for him, but from my opinion I think it looks pretty lame. I mean sure you can spin and flip a ton of times and do crazy shit and even land it in control, but it doesn't look that cool. there's too much going on to follow and nothing I could ever aspire to do. I say noooooooo.
Jan 11 2008 4:12PM
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Jared.
Posts: 1465 - Karma: 59
i think its just what the judges have put into the sport and the direction that they are taking things...a couple years ago gagnier's switch 10 in slopestyle x was like OMG...thats amazing, then you go to any major comp now and that trick is almost a given..then your have shillers switch 14 at the open...people are just trying to take things further than the previous person by throwing more off the jump...even with Jon olsons kang..now that trick is overplayed..tons of people and kids are throwing it....with simon's double front flip misty thing, its just another attempt to further progress the sport in the direction that the judges are pulling it...what should happen is:  Yes, judge how many spins or flips are put into a trick, BUT also look at the style more and the technique and the ease a person has in the air when they do the trick...instead of judging by 90% technicality and 10 % style..it should be 60% techinicality and 40% style..Judges stop creating a reason for a person to be a blurr in the air and instead recognize unique style when you see it!!

sorry for the rant..i get carried away..o and simon's flip probably isn't finished yet and will have a grab in it eventually
Jan 11 2008 4:24PM
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rocktheLPs
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itd be sick with a truckdriver
Jan 11 2008 4:45PM
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edmonton_skier
Posts: 3210 - Karma: 110
brutal.... just brutal..
Jan 11 2008 4:54PM
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beardstatus
Posts: 800 - Karma: 19
i think it's sick
Jan 11 2008 5:31PM
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triebby
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if he's not just messin around, i'll slap him
Jan 11 2008 5:35PM
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freestyler540
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Its not up to the judges what you can do and cannot do. just because one guy is lauching aerial tricks doesnt mean you have to do it. corks are still cool


Jan 11 2008 5:36PM
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Jacob-T
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Holyshit.... What's with all the hate over a trick. He could be dicking around or hes working on that trick. I personally think its actually pretty cool if he put in a grab. I just looks really really fluid. The title "The end of skiing is near" Has to be one of the dumbest things i have read in a long time.
Jan 11 2008 6:49PM
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SkiMN
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That's not the end of skiing bro. It may just be somebody decided to dick around. It may well be the future. People will have to try different things. People bitched about spin to win, and instead of making the 14 a standard trick some people have moved on to other things. You have to keep progressing somehow, and if they want to stop throwing one thing you have to throw down something new and go from there.

Remember a while back when people would practically stone to death  any skier without poles? No poles is common now. I know kids who throw down cork 10's and all kinds of gnarly shit without poles and look good doing it.

Our sport is changing. What do you want,  the same stuff forever? People will move on and randomly try stuff because thats what our sport is about.

Are you trying to tell me that when the first twins came out everybody was like "Wow, those are very good looking, I have nothing against this new concept and I feel it will catch on quickly and be successful."  ??
I bet way more people said something like "What the fuck are those things?"

Change is a part of our sport. So is individuality. Something changes and not everybody likes it, big deal. Pull the stick out of your ass and live with it. If you want to have your ideas at the forefront of the sport get your lazy ass out there and throw shit down instead of sitting on NS bitching about what somebody else did.
Jan 11 2008 7:34PM
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OCTO_TRUCKDRIVER
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bro, chillllll
Jan 11 2008 7:34PM
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skiblandford
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penciled but still woooooooow
wow indeed
that was sick
was that you
Jan 11 2008 7:40PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 269
haha simon dumont messing around and having fun????  he is a good skier and all but he skis for money and to show off.  if there is any skier that doesnt ski for fun its him. 
Jan 11 2008 8:11PM
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skiing_monkeys
Posts: 166 - Karma: 28
 
kinda looks like this, 32 seconds in http://http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=dPDt2d18SF0 but in the air.

this is taking freestyle to close to arial skiing without putting some grabs in or tucking his body up to make it look well like the second bit of the word freestyle. but it is progresion none the less, but lets take some inishative from surfing mand keep it smooth.
Jan 11 2008 8:14PM
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.Capn.
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I rele hope you were kidding with that last line. Please read the thread if you were not.
Jan 11 2008 8:53PM
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CooksCorner
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I dont know about you guys, but I want to see competitions that mandate you can only do 360's, all those other spins are too hard.
Jan 11 2008 8:53PM
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Karcher
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uh that wasnt penciled dude. but seriously that isnt going in the wrong direction at all. Thats simon dumont he can do whatever trick he wants. im sure he doesnt care that a bunch of kids who are younger then him are telling him thats not cool
Jan 11 2008 9:22PM
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Bees_Knees
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your an idiot. So when Simon first stepped on skis he knew he wanted to become a pro freeskier? Im pretty sure no so why would he only ski for money if hes been skiing for so long? Tell me one reason you think he doesnt ski for fun. Nice igonorant comment you stupid bitch.
Jan 11 2008 9:46PM
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Sholte
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maybe if he threw in a grab. but that was really gross
Jan 11 2008 9:55PM
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finnafuckyobitch
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eeewww gros. so arealist steeze. if he threw in a truckdriver on the misty it might look a little better but i hope he was jst screwin around and isnt gona bring that to comps
Jan 11 2008 10:04PM
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Canuker
Posts: 4730 - Karma: 165
fuck that, tho whole park thing started when kids were tired of fucking ariels and wanted to do tweaked shit, and now were going back into ti. GAY
Jan 11 2008 10:11PM
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B.Snow
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ewwey
Jan 11 2008 10:12PM
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Silence
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or at least someone tells him that NS is up in arms about it hahahah like he'd give a shit, he just wants to impress judges
Jan 11 2008 10:22PM
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Roy
Posts: 1982 - Karma: 1,240
That looked gay even tho its super hard. I think he could seriously fix it by going front flip to cork 7 or 5 if he doesn't wanna sneak that spin out at the end. I done those on a tramp and they're pretty hard but do-able.
Jan 12 2008 1:16AM
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jayamait
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40% tech, 40% style, 20% epicness
Jan 12 2008 1:38AM
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