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BBC World news article about urban skiing

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Blurst
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I was just browsing my twitter and all of a sudden I see a news article posted by BBC World, (a twitter account with 5.5 million followers) talking about the hazards of urban! They even quote none other than Krazy Karl, Sandy Boville and Logan Imlach talking about how they are poor as piss.

To be honest this article is better than any single one I saw come out of the olympics, there are certainly some gaper ish terms but if people want "the other side" of the sport to be showcased ths is doing just that.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26297175
Feb 25 2014 11:05PM
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DNK
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Damn. Beat me to it. Good article!
Feb 25 2014 11:08PM
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.GaperMan.
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BBC can go fuck itself
Feb 25 2014 11:09PM
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*TURBONERD*
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That was actually moderately informative. Nice.
Feb 25 2014 11:20PM
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DrZoidberg
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I don't think it was that bad at all. I sort of got the feeling they're trying to portray us as rebels or similar to how they'd portray skateboarders. Just a bit, I don't think they were strongly in any direction other than being informative.
Feb 25 2014 11:22PM
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yangumane
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^^ don't forget Sig, he was mentioned as well
Feb 25 2014 11:23PM
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FrenchFry
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Aha bbc should talk to stept
Feb 25 2014 11:36PM
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t_rob
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I am uneasy about how on point that was.
Feb 25 2014 11:39PM
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-WZ-
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cant believe they forgot stept

Feb 25 2014 11:49PM
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-wakes-
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I was impressed by the article. Nice find!
Feb 25 2014 11:51PM
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Bumblesteeze
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This article is actually on the front page of BBC, I thought I was on NS for second haha.
Feb 26 2014 12:15AM
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Hyphie
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"gnarly" kids and their slang these days. Word was popular before 2000..
Feb 26 2014 12:45AM
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ricosuave
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that was actually not a bad article they used good references and explained it well to people who wouldn't know anything about urban skiing
Feb 26 2014 1:00AM
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Filmore
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I love how they defined wu tang
Feb 26 2014 1:17AM
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Alexhiglo
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This is a great article. especially in light of the recently retarded Inside edition article
Feb 26 2014 8:57AM
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*DUMBCAN*
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I'm not sure if you can see the accompanying video in the US, but Level 1 are stacking urban shots. Some of what they're doing looks so sick.
Feb 26 2014 9:05AM
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270on420out
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I also enjoy sliding across a railing before dropping backwards onto a ledge, then forwards again to the ground.
Feb 26 2014 9:11AM
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John18_6
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I feel special because I know where the spot where the first picture and last 3 pictures are from.
Feb 26 2014 10:27AM
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jwhopp
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Phalen close out hollaaaa!
Feb 26 2014 10:28AM
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thedanimal
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I am impressed by this article
Feb 26 2014 10:41AM
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Blurst
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I dont think they "forgot" step, they did only mention four athletes all who happened to be on a trip with level one at the time.

This article wanst meant to be a comprehensive look at all urban skiing. I think they did a great job at exposing the general public this side of our sport in a simple concise way, while at the same time making us look like bad asses.
Feb 26 2014 11:05AM
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BROSEIDON
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Wow, not bad. Hats off to BBC.
Feb 26 2014 11:13AM
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MLJ
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The author of this must be an NSer. Alright own up, who was it?
Feb 26 2014 11:33AM
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rudager
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Why? Did you even read it?

It was a pretty good article. Wasn't talking down the sport or anything. Just an informative article on a trend that is growing is skiing.
They did a pretty good job on it, sounds like they talked with the skiers about stuff so they were well informed.
Feb 26 2014 11:43AM
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sandybov.ill
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It was actually a correspondent from BBC. They sent out a reporter and a videographer to follow us around for 2 days. It was definitely interesting but I think the end result turned out quite well. I mean it could have been better if Khai Krepela hadn't "declined to ski one day because his "mood" wasn't right." hahah
Feb 26 2014 11:47AM
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mski
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Now that the public is taking notice, do you think it will be more difficult to get out and do urban?

Also, I wonder how many more people are doing Urban now-a-days vs. 5 to 10 years ago.
Feb 26 2014 11:48AM
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Mr.Sloth
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Hey BBC if you guys want to talk shoot me an email
Feb 26 2014 11:54AM
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*DUMBCAN*
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In the video it was noticeable how the filmer improved at filming urban over the trip haha

Some of his shots were dreadful, but some others were almost the kind I'd expect to see in a movie.
Feb 26 2014 11:56AM
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jwhopp
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Have I met you before? Because I feel like I have...
Feb 26 2014 12:06PM
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CheddarJack
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Street skier's lexicon
  • Gnarly: Big, scary, dangerous
  • Tranny: Angled landing
  • Wall ride: sliding bases of skis along vertical surface
  • Mashed potatoes: Wet and thick snow
  • Butter: Rotating on only edges, noses, or tails of skis
  • Wu-Tang: Gradient of a jump (e.g. "this jump has a lot of wu-tang")
  • Burly: See "gnarly"


lol.

Feb 26 2014 12:07PM
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John18_6
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Possibly, but I still have no idea who you are after stalking your ns profile.
Feb 26 2014 12:31PM
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cheener12
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never heard "wu tang" before ha
Feb 26 2014 12:39PM
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jwhopp
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My slave name is Peter Lehmann
Feb 26 2014 12:40PM
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Orrin
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How long have we been referring to the gradient of a jump as wu-tang hahah?

The article is suprisingly on point though. Good exposure.
Feb 26 2014 12:50PM
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John18_6
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Once again maybe, most likely not, PM me for more!
Feb 26 2014 12:52PM
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lilvg22
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pretty good actually!
Feb 26 2014 1:53PM
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loganimlach
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Haha that came out way better than I expected. It was cool though, the dude that wrote it was genuinely intrigued by what we do, and you can tell by that outcome.
Feb 26 2014 1:53PM
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*DUMBCAN*
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Doesn't that ruin the point? That is, unless it was something like 'X games real ski street'.

Half the point of urban is finding your spot, seeing what you want to do and then build it to do exactly that. I don't quite see how that would happen in an organised comp. Call me a hipster, but I think urban should stay just as it is, underground. More people following = more money which is good; but hell we don't want lots of people following, because that means lots of money, which means there are people that do it for the money. I often ask myself the question "why do I like freeskiing?" and normally it boils down to the fact that almost no-one, if anyone at all, is in freeskiing for money.
Feb 26 2014 4:17PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Agreed, best report on skiing yet. I was very happy with the way the portrayed urban as sometimes illegal, but also included the respect level that skiing community and law enforcement usually have for one another.

Maybe the Olympics weren't as bad as people thought they were going to be? I never thought I would be seeing an article constructively explaining urban skiing to the non-skiing community on BBC. On top of that, some style-based riders are getting the right exposure from this as well. This is pretty cool to me!
Feb 26 2014 4:23PM
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joshua
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This is actually a really good article. Most of the articles/videos that have been written about skiing during/since the Olympics have been pretty cringe worthy, however this actually pretty simply showed what urban skiing is all about, without any weird commentary. That video was good, great interviews, pretty good shots as well.

The side bar on urban slang was kind of gaper, but hey, overall that was by far the best coverage on skiing I've seen since we got famous.
Feb 26 2014 4:30PM
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joelski
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its cool that logan is on his homemade skis
Feb 27 2014 12:03AM
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blindside
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Solid article. Too bad Khai wasn't in the mood to hit urban that day though. Skiers can be so moody.
Feb 27 2014 12:15AM
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nutz.
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I'm in awe that you guys told them the truth about the wu-tang
Feb 27 2014 12:17AM
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