When will racing skis graphics get cool?

nilzlet · 2005-01-27 13:03:02

I mean honestly, do racers really like the graphics on there skis? is atomic, salomon, volkl etc gonna ever make a cool looking race ski? what did that post make you think of me?

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no

Jan 27 2005 1:03PM

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why does it matter to you?

Jan 27 2005 1:04PM

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just wondering.

what did that post make you think of me?

Jan 27 2005 1:05PM

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are u a spy?
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Jan 27 2005 1:07PM

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salomon's new stuff isn't so bad. K2's stuff is hideous.

Jan 27 2005 1:07PM

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They're skiing too fast to be looking down and admiring the pretty pictures on their boards.
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Jan 27 2005 1:08PM

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it's a valid question... why not make all ski graphics creative? actually... even if we forget about racing skis, why do so many all mtn. skis have lame graphics... the rossi B4 and the rest of the series for example.
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Jan 27 2005 1:09PM

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The answer is... We need cool graphics to buy the skis. The average race buyer couldn't care less what they looked like. Plus they are generally older.

Jan 27 2005 1:13PM

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grafics asr cool but at the same time im poor i nead skis to be cheap if a company spends time and money just making there skis look cool well then.. thats going to drive up the price

Jan 27 2005 1:15PM

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even ugly graphics cost money.
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racing graphics will get cool when racing does

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^haha
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racing skis will get cool graphics when racers throw the skinny sticks in the trash and go get some twins

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racers have skinny skis? ^

Jan 27 2005 3:12PM

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i think i have the answer,

unlike most people on here, racers could really give a fuck less about what their graphics look like. if their skis will win them races does it really matter? same with park skis, if you like the way a ski rides, does it really matter what it looks like?

oh wait....silly me, you closed minded fucks wouldn't even try a ski if it didn't have a good looking graphic on it. my bad

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^ No ski NEEDS a good graphic... but if any object can be a vehicle for expression, why shouldn't it? I'm glad that the people who make and ride twintips have a love and appreciation for art and creative exression. putting art on skis gives jobs to artists, progresses art, and progresses the culture. by your logic, nothing needs to be beautiful, and everything should be plain and ugly as long as it still functions. that's a bleak point of view.
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When the graphics on their skis will make them faster, other than that it really really doesn't matter. Only thing that matters the performance.

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Ski racing is a totallty different type of atmosphere than freestyle. I dont think a crime scene or whatever would really look good or suite that style of skiing. Its not that hard to figure out.
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ya i doubt they care about the picture on their skis...alls they care about is the prformance of the ski...lol
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Skis are like women, there has to be some physical attraction to them. If you like the way the look then by all means give them a test ride and see if they are a keeper.

Jan 27 2005 4:57PM

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I really don't understand why race graphics are so bad. I would think someone like bode would want cool graphics to reflect their personality, then again, maybe the current ones do....

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since when did racing graphics become not cool? i personally like the design of those skis. the sexpistol skis are way too busy looking and they have pink in them....that says enough. Racing skis are sleek and fast looking with a classic design. that may be why we ski so much faster than you guys.

Jan 27 2005 5:53PM

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^hey, are you still trying to get 'sponcered'

what did that post make you think of me?

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they will become cool when racing is cool,i.e. never

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never think about it its racing

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racers dont care about the tops of thier skis, they care about underneath.

and they wear spadex..eww
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grsphics on racing skis are more about like new materials, so they show these skis with new textures(salomon and touch the atomic carving skis)and they promote their technology too, I think they re okay, just not too creative.

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'racers have skinny skis?'

If your park ski is even close to as skinny as a race ski, then you need a new ski.
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i think itd be cool if it was like a material that you could draw on. and like erase it and stuff if you wanted too. like so it would be like 'custom'

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yeah b-wald is right. mogul skis are skinny. racers have way more of a shovel for carving.

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^ Moguls and gates are two very different things.

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no kiding...but race skis are NOT skinny

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Haha, man I know that. Been around racing for a little bit now haha.

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and i've been around moguls for quite a bit now too (and some racing because my sister was one for a looooong time)

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mogul skis are skinny and short

Jan 27 2005 8:22PM

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racing skis arent allowed to have any graphics other then checkered flags and crazy geometric color schemes.

how can people skiing between gates on a set course create a creative pattern?

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duh, racers express themselves through what color spandex they wear and how areodynamic their helmet is...not with their skis!

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