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shradical
Posts: 295 - Karma: 9
does anyone boycott crossing their skis?
i think x grabs are lame. just a matter of opinion, but i think the worst looking grabs are the crossed ones.
pollard and a few others i know try to steer clear.
May 14 2006 2:23PM
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fouldsys
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i completly dissagree
May 14 2006 2:25PM
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4frntSkier
Posts: 4008 - Karma: 143
me to
it can look so dope
and theres quite a few grabs you can do
May 14 2006 2:27PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
Ive thought about it. I think your semi right but I kinda like um. but most of all poles suck!!!
May 14 2006 2:27PM
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TheWallaby
Posts: 297 - Karma: 16
In my opinion any grab can look good depending on how it's thrown and held. Some spins look better with certain grabs. Crossed grabs are fine, they just have to be steezed out. By the same regard, any grab can be ugly as fuck. Depends on the skier, really.
May 14 2006 2:27PM
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7X
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 365
i love the X, i think more skiers need to just do X with no grab like t-halls d-spin 10 in happy dayz.
May 14 2006 2:28PM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
the ability to cross up is what gives skiers so much diversity of style in the air. boarders have more rail tricks, we have more grab options.
May 14 2006 2:32PM
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Billiards.
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i think critical is the sickest grab evvver.
May 14 2006 2:35PM
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shradical
Posts: 295 - Karma: 9
snowboarders have just as many if not a lot more grabbing options than skiers do.
the diversity comes in skiing switch, in my opinion.
May 14 2006 2:39PM
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mw1235
Posts: 2036 - Karma: 9
i think crosses look sick, especially tweaked and off-axis. but none of them look bad unless they arent crossed very much.
May 14 2006 2:43PM
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Stan_Darsh
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 185
no they dont have close to as much as we do. plus snowboarders go switch too im sure its just as hard to learn.
May 14 2006 2:44PM
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Gnarshred
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I dont really care as long as it looks good.
May 14 2006 3:11PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7482 - Karma: 3,607
crossed grabs r the shiz I'm not say non crosses r gay at all I think all grabs r sick cept for the ones when one leg is alot noticably higher than the other, unless it looks sick haha
May 14 2006 3:22PM
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japie99
Posts: 2128 - Karma: 19
x grabs are pretty sick tricks!!!
May 14 2006 3:27PM
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TMswitch06
Posts: 987 - Karma: 11
how can anyone honestly say that somebody like tanner rainville's crossed tail grabs are lame
May 14 2006 3:38PM
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eheath
Posts: 61110 - Karma: 118,350
Leading tail/blunt, Leadng mutes, high/tip mutes, and regular tail/blunt grabs look sick and are fun.
May 14 2006 3:49PM
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SmoothLikeButter
Posts: 399 - Karma: 16
Truck drivers are the dankest thing you can do on skis
May 14 2006 3:58PM
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skiwoj
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 52
i agree, accept maybe mutes, both look sooo sick when done right
May 14 2006 4:14PM
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patrickcowan
Posts: 3713 - Karma: 218
crossing our skis is one of the only things that we didnt steel from another sport. that makes it wicked lame.
May 14 2006 4:19PM
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caro.dillon
Posts: 1229 - Karma: 21
i think its fine as long as it isnt a mogul cross with out a grab. like crossing in a backflip, it looks lame and its pointless
May 14 2006 4:24PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7482 - Karma: 3,607
gaysest thing I heard today, so ur saying since it's original to skiing and not like a board sport thing its gay?
May 14 2006 4:29PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7381 - Karma: 144
i think crossed up grabs are the fukin coolest things, they're the shit on rails
May 14 2006 4:37PM
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TMswitch06
Posts: 987 - Karma: 11
please proceed to set yourself on fire
May 14 2006 4:37PM
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BFINO13
Posts: 1563 - Karma: 14
gangier makkes them look amazing
May 14 2006 4:56PM
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the_zissou
Posts: 927 - Karma: 193
when you're legs and skis are all symmetrical, i think that looks sooo much better than any x grab.
i dont like x grabs, i'm not against them, i just choose not to do them, because i think non-crossed grabs look much better and i feel it requires more skill to stay symmetrical.
May 14 2006 6:00PM
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the_zissou
Posts: 927 - Karma: 193
he means, its obvious when a skier is going switch, where its hard to tell when a snowboarder is. which, i think, makes skiing look a lot more diverse. for once last year i was excited to see skiing out do a snowboard event in the x games, the halfpipe. andreas hatveit going that big switch in the pipe, i dont think snowboarding can touch that right now. and skiing can still progress a lot in that area.

and arguing about who has more grabs, skiing vs. snowboarding is lame. its the same and if it isn't who cares.
May 14 2006 6:04PM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
than why do u have a crossed up grab in ur icon...






idiot
May 14 2006 6:06PM
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gregor
Posts: 1069 - Karma: 83
I am a fan of the tweaked mute. It has been the shiznit since the beginning! Although I love lazy japan spins.
May 14 2006 6:07PM
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mathers
Posts: 1865 - Karma: 490
grabs suck anyway...they're just a fad
May 14 2006 6:15PM
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Alkyy
Posts: 2839 - Karma: 149
candies crossed blunts are sooo sick
May 14 2006 6:38PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
if its tweaked out as hell, then its nice, if im watching a video and i see five billion of them then the video gets boring
May 14 2006 6:38PM
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JibEarth
Posts: 753 - Karma: 26
you can make so many more variations with the X i am all for it!
May 14 2006 6:43PM
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DietCoke
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um....true tail?
May 14 2006 6:44PM
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breck-love
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umm yeah
May 14 2006 8:42PM
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breck-love
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http://www.freeskier.com/freeskier/photo_popup.php?mm_id=2629&news_id=511


ummm yeah again
May 14 2006 8:43PM
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7X
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 365
yes fuck x grabs, boot grabs all the way!
May 14 2006 8:48PM
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forfun
Posts: 4916 - Karma: 66
hood grabs are the sickest. crossing should only be done by certain ppl
May 14 2006 8:58PM
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nauseA
Posts: 448 - Karma: 10
I'm a big fan of pollard's way of never x'ing, but sometimes it feels good to see gagnier's x's.
May 14 2006 9:13PM
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Beamer12
Posts: 3227 - Karma: 46
i agree t-rain does the sickest crossed grabs..like in shanghai off of that up rail
May 14 2006 9:49PM
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TAFapparel
Posts: 1033 - Karma: 2,754
it only looks dope if its straight up crossed like this --> +

all four angles of your skis crossing are 90 degrees, or else it can look gay and oldschool
May 14 2006 9:52PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,184
can ANYONE detect sarcasm?
May 14 2006 9:56PM
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r.w
Posts: 3489 - Karma: 18
i would personnaly rather steze and tweak out a non-crossed grab than a crossed one.
May 14 2006 9:58PM
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S2daJ
Posts: 919 - Karma: 10
my guess is that grabs on skis originated from skateboarding, and when spinning in a halfpipe on a skateboard you pretty much have to grab to keep it with you.
May 14 2006 10:00PM
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dwalk
Posts: 1023 - Karma: 21
x grabs is what made freeskiing what it is today
May 14 2006 10:05PM
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mathers
Posts: 1865 - Karma: 490
my guess is your a tardbag
May 14 2006 10:06PM
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mathers
Posts: 1865 - Karma: 490
what i meant to say was...grabs have been around in every sport that involves an extra piece of equipment that you ride on, to say it comes only from skateboarding is just silly
May 14 2006 10:08PM
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the_zissou
Posts: 927 - Karma: 193
no. mutes were one of the first grabs, but just the concept of grabbing is what was innovative.
so far this has been 2 yea vs. 49 nay.
come on, more nay people!! x grabs are lame they dont look half as smooth as symmetry.
May 15 2006 2:19AM
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Afen
Posts: 461 - Karma: 106
dude X grabs alone are like the heart of freeskiing... those tricks make freeskiing pretty badass in my opinion

ex. crossed up nose mute = badass
May 15 2006 7:59AM
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shradical
Posts: 295 - Karma: 9
parallel symmetry.
"steeze" is vague and a stupid term.
May 15 2006 11:13AM
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Pklink04
Posts: 5608 - Karma: 392
Pollard doesnt cross his skis
May 15 2006 11:15AM
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