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Old men who suck at park but dress up in the latest baggy attire

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accualyisdolan
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I feel kinda bad for them. Like free sking didn't blossom until they were in their late 20s and 30s. I've seen a few of these old guy park rats. They can't really do much but they are super stoked about park. It's def interesting to meet these guys on the chair. More interesting at least than the typical old guy who thinks park skiers who aren't all about powder suck
Feb 19 2013 11:04PM
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MothaHucker
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Cool
Feb 19 2013 11:05PM
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whateverman
Posts: 335 - Karma: 240
Yolo
Feb 19 2013 11:07PM
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accualyisdolan
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Feb 19 2013 11:08PM
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STAUSS
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sounds like me. i was doin sevs when you were still in diapies though so w/e.
Feb 19 2013 11:12PM
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accualyisdolan
Posts: 3295 - Karma: -192
You don't qualify then
Feb 19 2013 11:16PM
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Mr.Huck
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Isn't this kind of what it's all about?
Feb 19 2013 11:32PM
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*ninja*
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this
Feb 19 2013 11:48PM
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c_roll
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too much truth
Feb 19 2013 11:50PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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how do you manage to make a shittier thread every day?
Feb 19 2013 11:52PM
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stupendous-man
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I was talking to a mid 40's guy on the skibus who was complaining about sagas return policy lol. he had an xl saga suit and hellbents. definitely stoked on freeskiing, he would just stand at the top of the park cheering people on.
Feb 19 2013 11:54PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,458
I'm 23. This describes me perfectly.
Feb 19 2013 11:54PM
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accualyisdolan
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You mad bro?
Feb 20 2013 12:29AM
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accualyisdolan
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No you're too young. In talking about guys in their late 30s and 40s
Feb 20 2013 12:30AM
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johnnyBuz
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Threads for 20 years from now when some up and comer is shitting on accualyisdolan for being shitty in the park.
Feb 20 2013 12:32AM
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steeze-free_lee
Posts: 295 - Karma: 28
ding ding ding!
Feb 20 2013 12:40AM
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Sharko
Posts: 2274 - Karma: 4,101
Accuallyisdolan... Accually is Dolan...Did you spell the word "actually" wrong in your own name???
Feb 20 2013 1:02AM
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Boggs
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While op does suck /facepalm at you
Feb 20 2013 1:53AM
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GarrettB
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Who cares bro? They are the same as us, out there shredding and having fun! :)
Feb 20 2013 1:56AM
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Hctiws_iks
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um last time i checked anyyywhere in your 20's isn't old...
Yes, adults in "trendy" freeski clothing look a little ridiculous
Has it ever occurred to you that is how the rest of the mountain looks at all ya'll??


Feb 20 2013 1:56AM
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RudyGarmisch
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Chances are the guy in line next to you with his Patagonia jacket and indie brand concept ski was a into park when JF Cusson and CR were winning big air contests.
Feb 20 2013 2:01AM
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Zimmy
Posts: 1258 - Karma: -1,327
What's amazing is that the older guy genuinely likes it - the younger guy might just be trying to be cool.
Feb 20 2013 2:06AM
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pow314
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Why do you morons all think skiing only got cool with the "freeski/newschool" movement? You don't think people were shredding around jumping off of stuff and having a great time 50 years ago? The sport always evolves, but it's been giving people the same awesome feelings since the Norwegians thought of pushing themselves around on planks of wood. Stop trying to pretend park skiing saved skiing.
Feb 20 2013 2:08AM
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jdubbs.
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Feb 20 2013 3:21AM
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PeppermillReno
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YEa its rare but in some instances the old people are the most bad ass (talking about old old not 40s.) Here in Arizona the most hardcore fans at the basketball games are the retired old people in the good seats. They always stand and go nuts and the younger people in the cheap ones blow. If you come across an old person being real don't mess with them. Unfortunately most old people these days are too young to have fought in the war so there isn't bad ass associated with them across the board (20 years ago you couldn't dream of fucking with anyone in their 70s because they were almost positively in WWII.) In 2013 the elderly are a mixed bag. I miss my grandparents generation I grew up around as a youngster shame how things change in only 15-20 years and they're now all gone.

At Squaw I have skiied with 2 different bad ass old people who you could tell back in the day ripped it up (and were looking at a broken leg 100% anytime they fell on gnarly stuff.) The younger people seem to be posers I have no clue why noone seriously gnarly my age or younger never seems to be shredding on the mountain days I am (even big dumps.) I mean on this website everyone who does an edit does ill shit in the park I couldn't do I know there are sick skiiers out there but I don't ski bad mountains and I never see them in person, like EVER even powder days.

I never see people going down the headiest terrain and think "oh I wish I could do that" its usually gapers scraping it or middle aged people going down methodically. I'd love to ski with someone better than me would be refreshing and give me a first hand look at someone better (only experience of seeing superior skiiers in the flesh was at states in high school and the 5-10 kids who went first and just fucked shit up and that was 10 years ago.)

Even at golf I like it when I see a legit player but it only happens on the range I'd love to see someone good course so I can see what I am building towards since I suck but hit it 100 yards further than anyone I ever get paired with.
Feb 20 2013 4:02AM
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shr@gler
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Feb 20 2013 4:26AM
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JayB
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I'll be 40 in June, I can't really do much, and I'm super stoked about park so I think I fit the bill even though I have no idea what the latest baggy attire is.

I'm not sure how old you are but if you play your cards right someday you'll be as old as I am so I'll offer
this bit of perspective from a vantage point that's probably something like ~25 years in your future.

I don't have any profound wisdom to share, other than that I've never been more stoked about skiing and I think that's partly because at some point I made peace with the limitations that come along with getting older, accepted that skiing had progressed way beyond the level of skill that I'd be able to develop and the amount of risk that I could tolerate, and just started feeling happy about the fact that I was able to hang onto what I still consider one of the best parts of skiing.

It's also partly because there are other dimensions to the sport that open up as you get older that are even more satisfying than being able to lay down the nastiest tricks in the park in many ways. Meeting the woman I went onto marry and teaching her to ski and being able to share the one of the things I love the most in life with the person I love the most, looking forward to teaching our daughter to ski, taking ski-vacations that were totally out of reach when I was young, getting into aspects of skiing that I didn't even know existed when I was younger like mellow touring and ski mountaineering , etc, etc, etc.

There's just so many more incredible things that skiing encompasses these days that it's easy to be at peace with having a tiny bag of tricks that's 15+ years out of date - at least for me. Hopefully you'll also be even more stoked on skiing when you're 40 than you are now, in which case there will be no reason for the young guys firing it up to feel bad for you either.


Feb 20 2013 7:11AM
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LukasSchroeder
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Bad thread good replys
Feb 20 2013 8:25AM
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Huck_Norris
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It must be hard being so fucking amazing and having nobody to look up to. 

Feb 20 2013 8:37AM
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freeskibum82
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not quite sure what you are trying to get at. Im going to be 31 and still ski park. why would you go and say you feel bad for them but then go and say they are super stoked about park. Without people like us, who pretty much started the movement, whether be at our own mountain or making it big like moseley and thall, you wouldnt even have a park.

I remember getting the first pair of dynastar twins off proform back in 1998, the concepts. I remember getting kicked out of "snowboard parks" because i was a skier. I remember poaching the halfpipe at bromley because i wasnt on snowblades or a snowboard.

people like you need to respect people like us who are still going out and killin it, whether you think we are good or not.
Feb 20 2013 8:52AM
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Huck_Norris
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No, people like dolan need to just shut the fuck up because they're idiots that talk out their ass simply because they're bored. 

Feb 20 2013 8:55AM
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SKIU4EA
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so if i'm 30-40, wear XL Saga, and good in park  that is acceptable to you?  as opposed to shunned if i'm not so great?

What exactly was your thought process to come up with this gorilla logic?  Fuck you. 

Feb 20 2013 8:55AM
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EvanMeyer
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Feb 20 2013 9:35AM
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Mr.Bishop
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I think its rad if people are stoked, even if they just like to watch. I mean this is how things grow - you gotta have fans that buy product at full retail to keep pros paid and clothed.

I'm old, don't shred like I used to and still wear all the park gear.

Feb 20 2013 9:41AM
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CKpolicy
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they look bad at you and feel bad because they know you cant turn.
Feb 20 2013 10:10AM
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accualyisdolan
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When did I shun anybody?
Feb 20 2013 10:36AM
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accualyisdolan
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Waht if I tlod u...
Feb 20 2013 10:41AM
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GayWolf420
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I tend to avoid old guy hate (unless they're dicks then its fair game) because a majority of them were sending it when my parents were in diapers most likely. It's cool when they're decked out in the latest and greatest though. Means they're stoked on it still. They're the ones with the biggest grin at the bottom of the run.
Feb 20 2013 11:08AM
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Blurst
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best post.

I love seeing dudes with that rad raw aggressive old school style shredding through the park every once in awhile. Its great to see some dudes who were around my age 15 years ago during the birth of modern day park skiing.
Feb 20 2013 11:12AM
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freeskibum82
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uh oh. OP bashed bishop.. Get em!
Feb 20 2013 11:41AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Plus we would be nowhere without our elders. :)

Feb 20 2013 11:55AM
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jdubbs.
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Preach
Feb 20 2013 12:30PM
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Stainr
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............... wut

Feb 20 2013 12:41PM
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ILLinoisance
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sharko, pls.
Feb 20 2013 2:11PM
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Shifties4Dayz
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Looks like we in the same boat. I get shown up by 14 year olds daily. Lol
Feb 20 2013 2:24PM
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Willgum
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See, I'll bet this guy has more fun than alot of kids in the freestyle movement. Who cares how good someone is or even what they're wearing, fun takes precedence over everything else for me.
Feb 20 2013 2:54PM
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YoungJah
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I don't ski park anymore, and still wear saga. What dose that make me?
Feb 20 2013 3:00PM
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Lucas
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I just don't think I'm gonna have any interest skiing park when I'm older, probably just gonna stick to touring and hippie pow.
Feb 20 2013 3:02PM
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powerslide
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I'm 38. and I believe that the key word here is stoke.
I'm stoked on skiing - stoked on life - stoked on getting my kids skiing, stoked on skiing with people that feel the same and they can be 4 or 65. And to all the fucks that i could give - well i don't. It's all about that infectious gasoline that drives us - stoke.
Feb 20 2013 4:43PM
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midwestpowhunter
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To OP
When you have OLD MAN responsibilities, a real job, and more injuries from this sport than seasons youve riden, then you can give people shit about being too old to dress baggy and sucking at park. Myself included in this. I used to be much better at park. I have taken my progression to other aspects of the sport but that in no way means I dont love to see kids throwin down in the park, nor does that mean that I am some how disqualified from lapping the park just to get some grabs on the jump line. I was wearing baggy clothes before you were wearing clothes. Skiing is about fun, no hate, its about helping ur buddies progress, giving positive energy to the people in the park. Gapers, other sick riders, and us all washed up OLD MEN in baggy clothes. Stoke and positivity push this sport and negativity drags it down. Go have fun and be the best you can because soon you will have responsibilities, a real job, and more injuries than years some trash talking punk kid has had years on skis.
Feb 20 2013 5:17PM
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Sharko
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Thank you sir, I did my research and with your help I learned something today. Tip of my hat to you Accualyisdolan
Feb 20 2013 8:39PM
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