On a scale from one to dead, how dead is this website?

Yah, its getting pretty empty to me imo, maybe because I'm on it a lot and I've outgrown the content. Im stoked for videos to drop and stuff, but the forums is pretty dead, NSG is doing ok compared to SG which is how you know summer is here

on a scale of 1-summer how stupid are you?


give it 4 months

this site is deader than a fucking door nail

Removing upvotes and down-votes is making it less enjoyable for me. That's like all the forums had left.

sampsihoyosSorry to all who have worked so hard to make this site better, but I've been here 5 years for forum talk. There's nothing here left for me. We all grow out of NS, Bishop, do you feel like your senior year is groundhogs day or are you making enough to travel and enjoy life?

fuck off

Swandog7Yah, its getting pretty empty to me imo, maybe because I'm on it a lot and I've outgrown the content. Im stoked for videos to drop and stuff, but the forums is pretty dead, NSG is doing ok compared to SG which is how you know summer is here

fuck off

supermagician__on a scale of 1-summer how stupid are you?


give it 4 months

yes

TheFlyingJewthis site is deader than a fucking door nail

fuck off

SconnieRemoving upvotes and down-votes is making it less enjoyable for me. That's like all the forums had left.

fuck off


there's already a 4 page thread on this

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/843903/Is-NSG-dead-

It's like terry schiavo "eating" carrots through a tube waiting for someone to finally win a fucking lawsuit and end it.

idk like a 1?

supermagician__on a scale of 1-summer how stupid are you?


give it 4 months

It was exactly like this all winter too

supermagician__on a scale of 1-summer how stupid are you?


give it 4 months

.Hugo.It was exactly like this all winter too

ns was way more exciting last summer even.
Al least in my opinion.

Op (like many 18 year olds) is just trying to deal with the realization that he isn't good enough to become a pro skier like he thought he could. So he tries to make it seem like he's too old for the site while in real life he's deciding to quit skiing cause he can't be in the x games.
So long Op, may mainstream society treat you well on your journey of becoming a adult.

This site cannot and will not die ever

What do u guys expect people to post? This is a skiing website , and it's summer. Besides people should be out side surfing, skateboarding, and enjoying life. Not sitting in a website all day talking about how much they miss skiing . Just my opinion

idk ask your mom

SconnieRemoving upvotes and down-votes is making it less enjoyable for me. That's like all the forums had left.

Had "left"? You joined halfway through last season...

DeforestationHad "left"? You joined halfway through last season...

That's what you think m8

Shoey-SkiWhat do u guys expect people to post? This is a skiing website , and it's summer. Besides people should be out side surfing, skateboarding, and enjoying life. Not sitting in a website all day talking about how much they miss skiing . Just my opinion

There is an entire section of the forums (probably the most active section) dedicated to non ski topics. Your logic is flawed.

I think some of you guys have it backwards. NS was always a shitshow during the summer when skiers weren't busy skiing. It was winter that was slow because everyone was out skiing and got their ski fix in person as opposed to on NS. The fact that it's this dead in the summer is scary to me.

Bishop- I feel like I've been pretty consistently active since 08/09 with some short breaks here and there and don't ever remember it being this dead. Have there been times in the past where traffic slowed similar to what we're seeing now?

Randy_QuenchThere is an entire section of the forums (probably the most active section) dedicated to non ski topics. Your logic is flawed.

I think some of you guys have it backwards. NS was always a shitshow during the summer when skiers weren't busy skiing. It was winter that was slow because everyone was out skiing and got their ski fix in person as opposed to on NS. The fact that it's this dead in the summer is scary to me.

Bishop- I feel like I've been pretty consistently active since 08/09 with some short breaks here and there and don't ever remember it being this dead. Have there been times in the past where traffic slowed similar to what we're seeing now?

Like I've been saying for like two years now, the forums side of the Internet is moving over.

Theres neverending, easy to find, satisfying ski media literally everywhere now. Less of the old people are hanging around, and a lot of people think this site is boring, slow and have moved on. This summer isn't much worse than most since I started lurking anyways.

sampsihoyosSorry to all who have worked so hard to make this site better, but I've been here 5 years for forum talk. There's nothing here left for me. We all grow out of NS, Bishop, do you feel like your senior year is groundhogs day or are you making enough to travel and enjoy life?

I mean for me this site has been one gigantic piece of constant evolution. When I first started working on here, literally 98% of the traffic was forums. It was a forum, that was basically it. Even in about 2007, we were still about 90% forums - though that is roughly where the transformation began.

The media sections of the site have outgrown forums, and forums as a form of internet communication have struggled massively. This is a major turn-off for many people, and a major opportunity for others.

In terms of people visiting the site - this summer is absolutely no different from any other, and in fact its about the 2nd or 3rd ranked summer for people visiting the site of all time.

The forums are another story - they're down massively. Those who used to log in with their laptops to troll NSG and shit-talk, are whipping out their phones and snapping away. The people that reacted to this shit-talking and trolling have left us for places where they don't have to deal with so much shit. This is common across every forum on the planet - they have struggled to keep up because the format is simply a thing of the past for the masses.

We've seen this coming for years though. It isn't surprising at all, which is why we've put so much effort into the media portions of the site.

Every year is an evolution for us, and every year we dump huge amounts of time and effort into this site. I think that the forums will follow a natural curve where the masses just coming here to do stupid shit will naturally leave (as they have been in droves for years) and the focus of the site will be much more on skiing. Content around skiing, talking about skiing, telling stories about skiing.... that type of a thing. More events that get people together in person, more premium video where we get what you want - and more opportunity for the average skier to make a name for themselves on the national stage.

A new Generation of NSers would love to find a place that is a skiing oasis. Before NSG ran rampant, that is what this site was all about.

So I'd expect things to be really dead this summer, as we go through the final stages of the largest transition the site has gone through in a decade.

Starting next winter, a phoneix will rise from the ashes.

Newschool skiing is pretty fucking dead right now.

Seriously, when was the last time anything impressive happened? It's just a bunch of dumb videos of dumber kids doing skateboard level tricks on skis.

Once kids started doing triples people stopped giving a fuck about jumps since it honestly all looks the fucking same, so you started watching boring edits of kids in playgrounds and in the streets.

You're on skis, hit a fucking jump, ski down a mountain or at least get back in the pipe. your ground game is boring. New school Skiing is boring.

Mikaela Shiffrin is the most exciting thing going on now.

cobra_commanderNewschool skiing is pretty fucking dead right now.

Seriously, when was the last time anything impressive happened? It's just a bunch of dumb videos of dumber kids doing skateboard level tricks on skis.

Once kids started doing triples people stopped giving a fuck about jumps since it honestly all looks the fucking same, so you started watching boring edits of kids in playgrounds and in the streets.

You're on skis, hit a fucking jump, ski down a mountain or at least get back in the pipe. your ground game is boring. New school Skiing is boring.

Mikaela Shiffrin is the most exciting thing going on now.

you sound out of touch old friend.

GORILLAWALLACEyou sound out of touch old friend.

Nah that grumpy old prick is actually right. If you were around for 05-08' and compared it to now the balloon has been popped. Freeskiing is pretty dead overall .

PachankzNah that grumpy old prick is actually right. If you were around for 05-08' and compared it to now the balloon has been popped. Freeskiing is pretty dead overall .

if you think freeskiing is dead you must not be riding very much. more skiers in the park than ever. freestyle programs are growing every year. just cause professional skiing has hit a plateau in some aspects doesn't mean it's a dead sport.

you dumbasses still use this site lol? also what happned to upvote/downvote probably pussy mods wanna make sure kids aren't gonna cry when they get -1000 votes.

SFByou dumbasses still use this site lol? also what happned to upvote/downvote probably pussy mods wanna make sure kids aren't gonna cry when they get -1000 votes.

sfb leaves site for a few weeks

sfb comes back onto site and makes numerous posts

sfb calls people dumbasses for using site

sfb is a dumbass for using site

PachankzNah that grumpy old prick is actually right. If you were around for 05-08' and compared it to now the balloon has been popped. Freeskiing is pretty dead overall .

No way is freeskiing dead. If anything it is snowboarding that's taking a serious hit. More and more young guns are picking up skis instead of a board, and with the amount of media attention (olympics, social media, and now hollywood [XXX]) more and more outsiders are getting involved in winter sports, specifically freeskiing.

I think you guys are just stuck in the past. 05-09 were indeed the glory days. The overall vibe of skiing was better. But to say that freeskiing is dead because times have changed is ignorant.

27 members online makes me sad. Hopefully we will see more come back for the winter

Randy_QuenchNo way is freeskiing dead. If anything it is snowboarding that's taking a serious hit. More and more young guns are picking up skis instead of a board, and with the amount of media attention (olympics, social media, and now hollywood [XXX]) more and more outsiders are getting involved in winter sports, specifically freeskiing.

I think you guys are just stuck in the past. 05-09 were indeed the glory days. The overall vibe of skiing was better. But to say that freeskiing is dead because times have changed is ignorant.

Pretty sure snowboard sales grew more than ski sales last winter. If it hadn't been for backcountry skiing, the difference would have been larger. No official numbers, just based on observations, and talking to folks in the industry.

I dont even know what to say..