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Snowboarding VS SKiing...... Rails
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I remember Doug talkin in an interview about where skiing is going on rails. Whether it was going towards a agressive skating aproach or a snowboard approach. I believe that the end result was basically whatever makes the skiers happy and do wut feels good. Anyway with refernce to snow boarding Doug said that he wanted to see some more presses and that cause the way skis are designed that skiers wont be able to press like a board because of the leverage boarders have. I can agree.
To the point here about wut skeirs can do and borders can do on snow is alost identical in the air, except we can cross skies and i havn't seen a boarder to a 1440 yet i dont think (could be wrong). But boarders have rail presses and we have basically switch ups i guess.
But i do not believe tht boarders can PRETZLE. well maybe a little, for example rotating the lower body, but not really good. I just think that skiers can do mad pretzles like Matt Walkers 450 on 450 off pretzle (i think) and Tom's in his Superunknown Edit.
That is another thing we have on boarders in my opinion
agree? disagree?
anyways skiing is still the shit anyway
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man everyone has got to shut the fuck up about goddamn pep fujas and andy mahre. like jesus christ. you see 1 video of them riding park on some hellbents and everyone thinks they are god.and its not the first time anyones ever tried it. im sure at least 1 person hit park on a pair of spatulas before either of them. and so far the only dual camber thing ive seen were on snowboards. they have reverse camber snowboards to so uhhh if your saying rockered skis will make nosepresses easier for skiers, rockers boards will make it easier then it already is for snowboarding. which means they can still do more presses and stuff like that then skiers! how can style change as a whole? everyone has their own style which makes the rider unique. of course the whole snowboarding style hasnt changed because there is no snowboarding style!same with skiing, style hasnt changed, but the riders have, which incorporates new style from different athletes. soooo yeah. shutup.
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goontown shits on skiing rail tricks in every way possible... same with jake devin
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Well no one is stopping you or any other skier from getting even better. Both skiers and snowboarders alike are trying to take their sport further and further. But you're still enjoying the same thing, sliding on rails. And you do it in different ways. Because you are on different equipment. Therefore they are different sports.
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i thought you were a skier... But yeah, skiers do put down snowboarding too much. though this is a skiing site...
I bet any snowboarding site would be calling skiing gay.
Seriously, though, spatulas weren't designed to be park ridden, hellbents partially were. i think skiing has a long way to go on style tricks on rails, and snowboarding is slowing down on the progression of rail style. Maybe boarding is going more tech, but skiing is going both directions.
Sure there is no "skiing style" or "snowboard style", but it's the overall style of the sports that people mean by skiing's style.
Anyway, that's all i can say.
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Is this even a serious thought that ran through your mind? How are skiers more into there sport? And snowboarders don't snowboard becuase everyone does it unless there a giant tool. There are people like that but don't put everything way out of proportion. Thats like saying people who play football are more into football than baseball players. It makes no fucking sense. Skiers don't have to try to stay away from 80's back scratchers either. Both snowboarding and skiing have evolved since then. People who don't ski or snowboard may have that perception about skiing more than snowboarding just becuase there ignorant but thier fucking morons. Anyone who has a slight appreciation for both sports know that skiers kill it and boarders do the same. Snowboarding may be a more main scene sports but that doesn't mean they don't try. I've seen many boarders throw down harder than a lot of skiers, but on the other hand I've also seen a skier throw down better than a ton of boarders. So don't make random generalizations about an entire group of people.
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i think if a skier can do a press and can do it right then it looks dope
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yes i am a skier but someones gotta stick up for them and teach these board hating homos what snowboarding is.
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this kid actually knows his shit. I snowboard. in snowboarding a pretzel implies doing a noseslide and then an oppo 270 out. In skiing 270 on then oppo way 270 out (that's what I understand from my brother), which would be virtually impossible to do at all, not to mention with style. I watch a fair amount of snowboard vids and keep up on the action and am not aware of this trick ever being done on a snowboard (l 270 on r 270 out)
each sport has its own pros and cons because they are anatomically different. I imagine its far easier to ride switch on a snowboard than on skis especially when you start doing right and left spins and have to look over the opposite shoulder. with that said skiers can generally carry more speed. my brothers a fair bit smaller than me, but always starts lower for jumps. I personally think skiers grabs are a lot sicker, especially when combined with corks and some of the off-axis stuff.
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i ski and snowboard i think they both have steeze. i think there are some things on rails snowboarrding like back lips and nollie front boards and stuff have tons of steeze, but skiers can do better switchups and stuff so really there both just as good the styles are gunna be similar no mater what cuz were all doing the same rails and just trying to do what we feel looks cool.
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a pretzel on a board does not mean it has to be a noseslide, but yes a pretzel on a board is just 270 out. you either 270 to danish or 270 to pretzel. il try and find the video but it is possible on a board to rightside 270 on and leftside 270 off or vis versa.
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omg!!! get over the whole skier vs snowbaord thing gosh!!!!
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