My opinion on Tom Wallisch

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Loner

After watching Afterdark multiple times i cant help but notice something awkward in the way Tom skied urban this year. Not sure if he skied like that because he was hurt or was just trying to change up his "style". Anyways getting to my point we usually see Tom doing the crazy shit on rails like a 2 on dub swap or like a front swap prez 4, well u get it he slays urban. But in Afterdark it seemed like he would only do one switch up or simple tricks, i guess trying to make them more "stylish". I think Tom is better off doing the shit he is known for like pretzels and just rediculous tricks on rails. /rant
The Tom we all miss:

Nov 21 2011 11:10PM

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Nov 21 2011 11:11PM

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Oh btw I love men

Nov 21 2011 11:21PM

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ThaLetterM.

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I am not interested in your opinion about someone who probably isn't interested in your opinion.

Nov 21 2011 11:22PM

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Newschooleri.

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so why do u feel the need to post your opinion if the same goes towards u

Nov 21 2011 11:25PM

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RoofDaRoofieDogg

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But if you are not interested in his opinion, why did you feel the need to respond saying that you are not interested in his opinion that he is not interested in your opinion about someone who probably isn't interested in your opinion?

Nov 21 2011 11:28PM

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NinetyFour

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ONION? Oh opinion. Inb4 rants by 13 year olds about how hood T-Wall is.

Nov 21 2011 11:35PM

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RubberSoul

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i don't see why people talk so negatively about his parts in after dark, he did some seriously sick shit..

Nov 21 2011 11:36PM

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ThaLetterM.

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but why male models?

Nov 21 2011 11:39PM

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gravel

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i literally lost it on that "i didn't read LOL" video...

Nov 21 2011 11:41PM

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eheath

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You obviously didn't see begging for change. You also don't seem to realize the shit people are hitting now days it HUGE and just doing a single swap or spin out is very impressive. Spinning like a top is getting old too...

Nov 21 2011 11:41PM

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Nov 21 2011 11:43PM

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eheath

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Sick alias bro whats your real name.

Nov 21 2011 11:44PM

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This

Nov 21 2011 11:45PM

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i see what you did there

Nov 21 2011 11:46PM

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mccsteezy

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in my opinion, which wont change any one elses opinion because they have their own opinion about opinions, is that you shouldnt ride for or to "entertain" other people. its not what skiing should be about. think about it young ones.

Nov 21 2011 11:49PM

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Some of the features he hit were ridiculously hard though, also lots of it was unatural hits

Nov 21 2011 11:50PM

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dumb

Nov 21 2011 11:51PM

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K-Thomas

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down-C-down rails, or burly ledges into transitions dont require switchups or pretzels. plus,didn't that 2 on, front swap pretzel two in After Dark didn't tickle your fancy? That shit was absurd, and so stylish.

Nov 22 2011 12:05AM

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rareison

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I agree with OP, his part was sick, and it looked like he purposely made his tricks styley.

nowutmsayin? ya dig?

Nov 22 2011 12:10AM

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Nov 22 2011 12:17AM

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Casey

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wallisch is ten times the skier now than he was in that video. I don't understand your point in any way.

Nov 22 2011 12:43AM

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rail skiing is going away from the ballerina switch up contest towards smooth tricks on high risk features. get used to it because most people will agree with me in saying that it is a lot better.

Nov 22 2011 12:48AM

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rareison

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Nov 22 2011 12:50AM

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waaaaaaaay better.

Watching all the pros tossing different switch up combos on the same played rails is boring. I want to watch crews try to find the burliest high risk features around and hit them for the first time.

Nov 22 2011 12:53AM

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Toby.Dickson

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wallisch is sick, i miss the old henrik though

Nov 22 2011 12:57AM

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Purple with white tee underneath haha

Nov 22 2011 12:57AM

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hop on the hipe train that is tom wallischs D. just kidding, tammys got the best steez in the game!

Nov 22 2011 2:05AM

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Newschooleri.

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Loner

Not Saying the things he did was bad, just weird not seeing Tom spining crazy tricks on rails like usual

Nov 22 2011 3:39PM

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Amen. So the fuck what....he didn't spin in, on, and out of every rail he hit.....that shit looks bucked and willy wonka status anyway. I for one couldn't be happier to see skiing move away from rail ballet, that shit looks whack.

Nov 22 2011 3:43PM

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Ski urban < Snowboard Urban

Mainly due to all the long flat bars and no creativity. Although urban is growing at a crazy rate and i personally am glad to see moving away from that.

Nov 22 2011 4:05PM

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Utard

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Down-C-Down. You obviously didn't see BFC.

Nov 22 2011 7:42PM

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So what you are saying is that we should expect this in future Family Vacations? Assuming it snows in the Seattle area, which won't happen because it only rains here anyway.

Nov 22 2011 7:53PM

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rareform

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i haven't seen any non-free 2011 movies [yet]

but im going to be disappointed if his style changed even more from eye trip. i love his rail style from his 07 superunknown and stuff like that. his seggy in refresh is one of my favourites of all time.

but in eye trip it seemed to be a little different, sometimes when he got on the rail it looked like he had a dick in his ass or something. he's still throwing down crazy tricks with style and what not, but i liked how his style was before.

whatever at least he's still bananas at jumps.

Nov 22 2011 7:53PM

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Enstrut

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Tom Was Good Then, Tom Is Good Now! end /thread

Nov 22 2011 8:50PM

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Phansy

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his steeze and style just accents his ability and athleticness

Nov 22 2011 9:25PM

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oil.

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who's tom wallisch?

Nov 22 2011 9:31PM

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TheAfterBang

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Me too!

Nov 22 2011 9:38PM

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willysworld

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That video part was epic... more BC stuff though... would be nice.. Ive never seen him ski a big pillow line or tech big mountain line. I bet he shreds would be dope to see his poppy style getting tech on pillows..

anyways kid... Its called Freestyle skiing for a reason.. the whole idea to be free ... so stop telling people how to ski.. too many switch ups are whack..in my opinion..

Nov 22 2011 9:56PM

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ChuckTesta

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wait are you serial?

Nov 22 2011 10:12PM

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Tom Wallisch all 4+1 from Downtofilm. on Vimeo.

all I'm going to say.

Nov 23 2011 7:18AM

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ya i don't remember much of his seg from after dark. i remember how i felt tho and that was mesmerized. he had a sick seg like always. but then again, there are so many other skiers out there who slay rails better than he does now so maybe your perception is just different these days...idk. tom is, and always will be a dope skier!

Nov 23 2011 9:01AM

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seward

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good eye son

Nov 23 2011 12:13PM

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casual

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after rewatching those two parts from slamina, the answer to op's question is clear: Those rails that he's spinning like a top on are, relatively speaking, pretty much park rails. If you were to throw together a short edit of every urban tom hit in slamina and stacked it up against what he clocked this past year in ad (russia) and beggin' for change, you'd realize that they're on a whole different planet.

Nov 23 2011 12:46PM

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