REAL funny skiboardsonline threads

TWoods · 2009-06-11 02:20:53

Check out skiboardsonline.com , the skiboarding forums. especially these two: http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=8202 http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=8220 They are blown away by Henrik on snowblades. I think they don't realize what sort of a joke their sport is, when a skier can switch over to their sport for a day (which they consider harder) and ooze more style and skill then their top pros. They don't realize he was doing it to be funny either. The no poles thing too... yea, that for sure came from "skiboarding influence" forcing it's way into skiing. Don't troll, just read. It's funny.

onearmwanderer

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hahaha oh man thats way funny good find. i kind of pitty them in a way

Jun 11 2009 2:31AM

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vzdz

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"Its the pure agility that makes the skiboard end of the spectrum such a delight though, and no poles really adds to that. Certainly in the backcountry you can change your mind about a line and react in a split second, which of course, just encourages you to even more crazy things"

Jun 11 2009 2:34AM

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TWoods

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There are SO many gems on that site, that make me laugh so hard. They really don't have a clue. Read the sticky "how does skiboarding feel different than skiing" thread.

Jun 11 2009 2:39AM

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ThunderousFilms

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i don't know snowboarding is intense and twall was able to switch ova for a day but i do agree snowblading is ridiculous.

Jun 11 2009 2:54AM

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Black.Bird

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haha the no poles thread made me laugh hard!

Jun 11 2009 10:42AM

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iLLbiLLy

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thats sooo sick. im switching over to ski blades for sure

Jun 11 2009 3:36PM

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it's kind of sad how out of touch they are. one guy said he saw "glimmers" of hate on skiboarding. glimmers? try a fucking truckload!

Jun 11 2009 3:43PM

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VT_scratch

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wow

Jun 11 2009 3:48PM

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RICK_ROSS

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whats wrong with them

Jun 11 2009 3:51PM

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Powdered_Donuts

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bahhahaha so sad

Jun 11 2009 4:08PM

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TheClap.

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made my day

Jun 11 2009 4:20PM

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selkirks

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Jun 11 2009 4:23PM

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Yung_Gnarley

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literally everything is

Jun 11 2009 4:36PM

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i.am.a.skier.

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Round 1: Skiing Vs. Snowboarding

Round 2(The Future): Skiing Vs. Skiboards

Jun 11 2009 4:43PM

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JsNeagle

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so true... i browsed some of the other threads and their logic is so backwards...

Jun 11 2009 4:58PM

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sad

Jun 11 2009 5:04PM

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joelle+cowbell

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For me size is important ,, small that is .. there is something way special about how different it feels to be dropping a big mountain line on a 110 Condor then a 180cm twintip even if I drop that twin without poles ...

OH LORD

Jun 11 2009 5:15PM

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SHampson

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I just can't understand where these thoughts come from.

Jun 11 2009 5:29PM

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SkaFreak

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So, what exactly drove you to browsing the skiboarding forum enough to find this?

Jun 11 2009 5:31PM

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RICK_ROSS

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hmmmmmm...

Jun 11 2009 6:13PM

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Calrin

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hahaha

Jun 11 2009 6:26PM

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CoachG

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prob because he thought it was madd fucking funny, most people on NS are aware of SBOL, why not get a good laugh when you're bored?

Jun 11 2009 6:54PM

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HangThePope

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Dam skibladers copied our If You Laugh, You Lose thread. However, ours is much more supierior.

http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=7833

Jun 11 2009 7:08PM

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SkaFreak

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Wow, I didn't know the first "You Laugh You Lose" thread started on NS! This site is so original!

I doubt it was copied from NS. YLYL threads have been floating around the internet long before NS existed. All the stuff posted in either of em usually come from digg, ebaums, something awful, etc.

Jun 11 2009 7:28PM

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You guys gotta stop hating, even though snowlerblading isn't cool at all (imo) they can do whatever they want so get over it.

Jun 11 2009 7:57PM

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McSlay

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best part is they posted this thread saying it is funny

Jun 11 2009 8:10PM

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HangThePope

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Obviously NS wasn't the first one to make one of those threads. I realized that and I was kidding. I just like ripping on the silly snowlerbladers.

Jun 11 2009 8:14PM

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Walkawalka

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"Team II riders are very good and out perform most skiers and snowboarders in the park and on the mountain. They aren't afraid of any terrain and spend a lot of time educating people about skiboarding and skiboarding's place in the snow sliding world."

LOL

Jun 11 2009 8:25PM

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Loges

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hahaha skafreak is just defending his forum (SBOL)

to each his own i guess, i think it looks terrible but if you're having fun, then thats all that matters.

Jun 11 2009 8:38PM

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TWoods

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HAHAHHAHA

welcome to NS... you posted the only thing in either of those threads that made any sense.

I was browsing because I was curious to see if you guys over there had anything to say about Henrik snowlerblading. What I discovered could not have been more golden. How is is that everyone over there ignored that henrik doesn't like snowlerblades and was doing it as a joke? I was so confused as to why people thought he was serious.

Jun 11 2009 9:01PM

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Funnel

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They are so out of it dude. That one guy thinks he can rip BC lines on his skiblades, bahahaha.

Jun 11 2009 9:02PM

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TWoods

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check out the crud/powder riding questions answered thread vidoes if you haven't. hahaha.

Jun 11 2009 9:03PM

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SkaFreak

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You are spot on that I am defending SBOL (which I am indeed a member of). I would also like to thank you for being one of the few on here that seem to understand that it is all about having fun on the snow. I don't ride em because I think I look cool doing it. I ride em because I like the feel better than I like normal skis. I've actually been interested in trying out some of the half rockered skis because without the tips and tails on the snow, they would feel a bit like long skiboards and in powder would have that little extra float to get you up a little more stability and a little higher up on the snow. I already ride on 130's 160/112/145 boards anytime I'm not in the park (which I will be the first to admit, I suck at).

Even in his interview, Henrik says that he thinks they are ugly, are the most hated sport, and have no steeze, but they are fun. I know many people in the NS scene are overly worried about their image, so if you are, steer clear of riding anything your friends and strangers on the mountain won't be impressed with. For those of you who feel like trying something new, give newer skiboards a try at some point. They are worlds above snowblades and even the old Line skiboards.

Jun 11 2009 9:04PM

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SkaFreak

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Crappy skiblades do ride very much like skis, I will agree with that. However, some of the newer companies boards (Revel8, Loken, Spruce) have fatter boards with a tighter turning radius. The difference in sidecut and turning radius creates quite a bit different feel while you are on edge. They carve more like a snowboard would than like a regular ski does.

Like I said, some skis are starting to get profiles that give a slightly tighter turn radius from moving the front and rear contact points on the edge closer to the center. The best example of something like this for what I would want is the Armada JJ's. As for the reason why I haven't tried them, in all honesty cost and laziness. It hasn't been worth it to me to hunt down somewhere that demos them around me and I can't justify dropping the money just to try them, especially when I have gotten my last few pairs of skiboards for free for various reasons. If someone wants to toss me a pair of JJ's for free, by all means I'll give them a try, and I suspect they will stay in my quiver, but I doubt I would completely give up my skiboards.

Jun 11 2009 9:32PM

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TWoods

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Hahaha.

I agree completely, and unlike any of the other responses I have read from anyone over there you seem to be smart and reasonable. It's all about having fun, and I don't fault you for that.

I just think it's really funny how completely backwards some of the responses are. Like the thread where the guy replaces "snowboarding" with "skiboarding" that's a sticky? Half of that was completely wrong. I mean, go ahead and have fun by all means, I could care less how you do it. but anyone who has it that backwards in any aspect of life is going to get laughed at by me.

Jun 11 2009 9:37PM

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HangThePope

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I'll admit that I actually own a pair of old salomon snowblades and I do ride them every once in a while when I just feel like going out and having fun messing around. However I would never ride them all the time. I just don't see the point of using something that is so limiting to where you can go and what you are capable of doing.

Jun 11 2009 9:49PM

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jonkreation

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Dude, no hate to you at all, cuz I am honestly impressed that you are doing tricks that have been waiting to be done on skis for a decade. I agree for my own aesthetic preference that skis enable better style than skiboards, but lets be real: Every trick you do was done nearly a decade ago in a skiboard flick called Mother's Milk videomag. There were japanese dudes throwin souls that still have more style than any skier doing the trick. Not only that, but Iannick B did royales on them that have yet to be matched.

Not to mention skiboarding gave us Siver, Line, Mike Wilson and OG's like Mike Nick and Jason Levinthal. Speaking of Levinthal, he's on tape saying exactly the type of shit in that forum we're all giggling about. I remember a quote from him saying that Line's ski team is proud to say they have skiboard style, cuz ski style is ass (my translation).

I realize most people on here are too young to remember the early days, but back when Brad Holmes in a Hawaiian shirt was the epitome of ski style, the skibaorders were advancing what we now call "good" style.

So while I've never been more excited for what's happening in skiing, let's have some respect for what came before. So no hate dude, I know its all in good fun, but I see no harm in everyone having their own preferences either.

Jun 11 2009 9:51PM

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SkaFreak

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The salomon snowblades are not a good representation of modern skiboards. They are super unstable, the flex is shot in a day, they have no surface area and can't handle any change in snow conditions, and those plastic bindings break way too easily. Depending on how long you want to go, some skiboards can solve some of those problems. For example, on powder days I ride a pair of 130 cm boards that are 160/112/145. These have a tighter turning radius than skis do (7.2m) but still manage to have about the same surface area as a shorter pair of Prophet 90's. And while I know that Prophet 90's are not the best powder skis on the market, they are definitely still rideable. I have ridden in 4 feet fresh powder at Wolf Creek on them and had no problem, even through the flat parts. On days when I am going to be riding park (which I am terrible at, can't even spin yet) I like having as little weight on my feet as possible so I ride a pair of 101's with non-releasable bindings. It doesn't even really feel like I have anything on.

Jun 11 2009 10:05PM

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I don't post at all i tend to just read and chill on the sidelines but i figured i give my 2cents

Just so you know where i am coming from here is a little background info. I am one of those old school skiboarders who rode with the likes of Niel Lyons, Jarvis, Brinton Gunderson and others from the Canon crew. So i know where skiboarding has been and where it stands as i skiboard still to this day. I have also seen the decline of skiing and the rise of twin tipped/freestyle/newschool skiing

Has skiing surpassed skiboading in style, technology, and progression?... YES!
Does the skiboard community care? No not really. Can you switch from skiboarding to skiing and vice versa?? Yes... cuz they are practically the same just the length is different.

Is either sport gay or ridiculous and has no sense in style?? Depends.. It depends who you are asking.
If you ask a mature person, they would say neither are gay or ridiculous. As long as they are doing what they want to do, not because all their friends are doing it and its the coolest thing to do. You ask some immature person who knows nothing but what is in front of him (which makes up for more than half of the people who posted negitive comments on this thread and SBOL's about either sport) you'll get the "oh their gay or they are copying our style, what a dick he's making fun of our sport, oh they don't have a clue" I say get a life, respect one another on the hills and for what each person is doing.. How about instead of making fun of each other work together in progressing and improving both sports as i'm sure us Skiboarders can teach you skiiers a thing or two and same would go with you skiiers showing us a thing or two.

Either way its nice to see some constructive posts from SkaFreak, jonkreation, and Twoods (only on his latest post. )

anyway ride hard

peace
Mike W.

Jun 12 2009 2:39PM

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Thenowhereman42

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YLYL threads, like everything on the internet, originated at 4chan.

By the way they linked this thread in that first thread, which I thought was funny. I don't really get the skiblade hate anyway though, its all skiing, and they look a little silly but who cares? Plus the little bastards are actually pretty fun on a fucking around day.

Jun 12 2009 8:16PM

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Thenowhereman42

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Plus you all sound like snowboarders hating on skiing for no reason right now.

Jun 12 2009 8:21PM

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Shewlur...

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http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=7282

oh god

"I will firmly say that you are NOT missing anything... enjoy your skiboards.

I come from skiing and more skiing.... then I bought skiboards.... and I would bring my long ski's with me to the slopes thinking I would use them; did this for about 3 seasons and only ONCE did I use them!!! For the first half of the day I used my long ski's and HAD to force me to use the first! After mid day I switched back to my skiboards and right then and there I knew I'd never use the long ski's again. FREEDOM=SKIBOARDS.

The ONLY thing I THOUGHT I was going to miss with long ski's was the squatting way down low, holding those poles out behind me and just letting myself cruise fast on them nice long blue runs.... well, I have had those days enjoying that, sure, but I will never go back to those normal long ski's again. Skiboards have way more advantages and the fun factor beast them hands down... beside, I can still squat down low and cruise on skiboards if I want too.

Hope that helps you not wonder anymore about learning and dealing with long ski's and poles and hassles!!!!! Enjoy the ride on your skiboards, trust me!"

"I have to agree with you guys. I skiied for years, never very often, or nearly as often as I skiboard now, but did it for some time. I never truly did ski that much, maybe for the feel or whatever, but now with skiboards thats all I want to do. I am addicted to snow slidding and have that giddy feeling every time I slide down the hill that I did the first time I learned to ski.

Skis, to me personally, were too long and combersome and I never enjoyed them that much. I never felt I needed the poles, but it's hard to skate with Skis, or at least harder than it is with skiboards.

I haven't missed skiing one time yet since I've been on skiboards. In fact, from the first time I've skiboarded I've been on skis once. And then shortly after I got back I sold my skis.

So for me, I don't miss a thing, not many people here do, but there are others here who still do both, or even snowboard as well.

Just because you slide down the hill on one type ala skiboards, doesn't mean you can't pick up a pair of skis and try them again and come back to skiboards. As long as you enjoy yourself it's worth doing, but for me, skiboards is what I enjoy and that's what I'm riding."

"I twin tip ski and skiboard and my opinion is that you are missing nothing. My twin tips get almost no use compared to my skiboards. I find lugging around the giant heavy skis and poles isn't worth it and when going down the hill my skiboards are more maneuverable and fun."

"I figured I should probably add my input here as well... I was a skier for 20 years... Mostly getting to the snow once or twice a season for weekend trips and day so I didn't really have a chance to perfect my form, though I was no amateur.

I always loved the idea of skiboarding and when I actually got a chance to give it a shot this year I'll never go back to skiing. NEVER! [IMG]skiboardsonline.com/vbulletin/upload/images/smilies/tongue.gif[/IMG]"

this is both entertaining, and sad at the same time.

Jun 12 2009 8:33PM

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