Things You Haven't Seen In A While

Maximumsushi · 2013-12-23 11:59:13

What are some things you haven't seen at the hill in a few years? I can't remember the last time I saw someone in the terrain park with those bent racing poles. The bandana out the back pocket has been absent for years.

humpty

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A half pipe

Dec 24 2013 12:19AM

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Good contest judges

Dec 24 2013 12:51AM

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John18_6

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Landings that don't end your season when you fall on them.

Dec 24 2013 12:53AM

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methscratchface

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Bolle Aliens? worst goggles ever. havent seen them in at least 15 years.

Dec 24 2013 1:32AM

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Drail

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huntony grabs!

Dec 24 2013 1:38AM

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Michael Deschenaux

Dec 24 2013 9:16AM

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caderobinson

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Seriously? You gotta love trains

Dec 24 2013 9:51AM

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Oakley Wisdoms. And for good reason.

Dec 24 2013 9:54AM

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quebecfreestyler

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I still ride my suits everynow and then.

I miss those glory days

Dec 24 2013 10:26AM

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notorious_candy

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Remember this one time sombody said "...on my slope..."

Dec 24 2013 10:46AM

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HalfandHalf

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not around these parts

Dec 24 2013 11:16AM

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galardogod

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A quade

Dec 24 2013 11:17AM

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Riley.Webb

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"I can't distinctly remember seeing an overflip (down hill underflip, a variation on a misty 5) in a long time. But, I have to give it up for skiing (mostly the scandos) for bringing back a lot of old tricks and spin axis"

saw a guy at keystone last week doing overflips, fist time ive acually ever seen one in person

Dec 24 2013 11:46AM

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e~b

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i forget who, something like shay, did one of those in the super unknown segment of partly cloudy

Dec 24 2013 12:18PM

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slav_slayer

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The FroYo hut at little gap :(

Dec 24 2013 12:21PM

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geosom

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GoPros are slowly going. Everybody now has a t3i or whatever they're called

Dec 24 2013 12:22PM

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FreezerKid

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its a snowboard term, meaning switch frontside spins

Dec 24 2013 12:26PM

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lewis10123

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Haven't seen a GoPro mounted on the side of a helmet for a while, or a Contour on the top of a helmet

Dec 24 2013 12:27PM

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Morriski_

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Ive not seen a black guy on the mountain for as long as i can remember

Dec 24 2013 1:17PM

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CrotchKiller

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No

Dec 24 2013 1:49PM

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dbchili

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he was at the orage masters last year and all over the freestyle.ch coverage

things i do miss that aren't here anymore:

- beavertails at the mountain. Like seriously what people just stopped liking beavertails? Doubt it

- drops based on respect. You used to wait for the best person to drop and then it slowly widdled down until you were left to fall on your 180 attempt. No one in the park now seems to give a shit

- Plehouse.

- the original lines with the tips that were like 10cm off the ground. Those things shot the biggest rooster tails you've ever seen. Select pairs were also virtually indestructible. Also skogen sprangs - best graphic ever on a ski

things I don't miss

- freeski colonies. That site was horrible. It would never have created the web based community NS has. Big ups to NS

- flat landings. seems most places have figured it out by now

- foam core park skis. such a terrible idea

Dec 24 2013 1:58PM

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-Robert

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Trains are awesome!

Dec 24 2013 3:59PM

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Bad Lieutenant helmets

Dec 24 2013 4:27PM

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Snow... still furiously waiting for it to come back down.

Dec 24 2013 4:41PM

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Theskiingguy

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basketball jerseys, been at least a few years

Dec 24 2013 4:51PM

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.Asain-Skiier

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I haven't seen someone with big ass headphones on while shredding in a while.

Dec 24 2013 5:14PM

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freestyler540

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People who shred moguls. The past 10 years, I have yet to see someone ride moguls like a world cup athlete...or very close. All I see it backseat skiing and snowplow in moguls.

Rear entry boots. Seriously, props to the tourists for finally ditching them.

People who ski with their child in a backpack. It was a common practice in Quebec 5 years ago.

Skiers who ride with expensive goggles on their heads while sporting cheap sun glasses. My parents still do it, but I havent shared a ride with them in a long time.

One piece ski suits...in fact a kid with one on passed me a few days ago on the hill. But its been a while.

Drew rags. "Gotta wipe off yo dew". I saw many imitations such as goggle cases and t-shirts.

Plehouse movies. Some of the best stuff to get stoked on skiing when you arent too good.

Dec 24 2013 6:06PM

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wasatch_rat

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mute grabs in small spins. really, besides in comps mute grabs have seriously declined. now everyone does blunts, safeties and japans as their go to grabs, but i haven't seen a regular cork 5 mute or backflip mute in a long time. also, looking over one shoulder when hitting a jump switch, then spinning the opposite way.

Dec 24 2013 6:16PM

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FP_rida

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good try. skateboarding term coined by steve caballero (caballerial)

if a skier says "cab" they almost always mean backwards. same with "switch," although both are technically wrong if you use the real definitions of those words, but no one really cares. i say switch, even though the word that should be used is fakie... cab and switch refer to direction of travel AND how the rider is standing. as skiers and boarders are bolted to their gear, our stances dont change, just direction of travel. oh man i hope i just started an argument with someone

Dec 24 2013 6:51PM

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SkeechyD

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daffys .. first trick i ever learned

also jeans

Dec 24 2013 7:16PM

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.squirrely.

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fur on hoods, og steeze
big rainbow rails
spk boots

Dec 24 2013 7:32PM

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p-fo

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One of my homies frequently rocks a jersey from our university hahaha.

Dec 24 2013 7:40PM

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Lemuel

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No skis today make rooster tails like they did 10 years ago. My 1260's shot a rooster tail so damn high and long it was incredible. No because of early taper and all that the rooster tail does not fly high.

Dec 24 2013 7:50PM

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SnowshoeThompson

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I haven't seen anybody rocking a Salomon g suit in quite some time, that thing was pretty ridiculous.

Dec 24 2013 7:51PM

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Lemuel

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Truck drivers
kangaroo flips
G10 MX

I would like to see the OG Trouble Maker and Mojo 80 come back. Classic skis from brands that have fallen off the scene. Although I do think Head is making a comeback.

Dec 24 2013 7:54PM

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This thread is glory nostalgia: couple of these were mentioned

Companies:
Siver Cartel
Sublux

Riders:
Anthony Boronowski
Vincent Dorion
The 3 Phils
Dash Longe
The original big mtn pioneers: Kent Kreitler, Stian Hagen, Collins bros, Jeremy Nobis, etc.

Culture
Freeze magazine (still have a bunch of the old copies)
Eric Pollard always riding ridiculously wide park skis
Plehouse Films
Eric Iberg Films that don't star Tanner Hall (please make another, Eric)
Mammoth Mtn being the Park Mecca

Dec 24 2013 8:23PM

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ATLskier

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Is it bad i still rock one of these?

Def have to reiterate about plehouse. They made the best ski films every year. Nothing got me as stoked to ski as redtape, whiteshine, and skimatic.

And to whoever said dash longe...hasnt he just been in tgr movies recently?

The think i havent seen recently and thing i miss the most is knowing that anyone with twins was a park skier. You could go up to anyone and be like,"yo, are those vinny d pros?" And then youd schred the park together for the rest of the day learning 180s 360s and shit. Anyone with twins was a serious park skier and down t chill. Now theres just too many people and too many skis for this. It was kinda cool while it lasted.

Dec 24 2013 9:46PM

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Maximumsushi

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Fur hoods is a great one. Those were the hottest shit.

It's funny that back in the day, everyone couldn't wait for a huge population of freeskiers on the mountain and now that every little hill has a ton of people on twins, it seems that's cursed by the people who were pining for that for years.

Dec 24 2013 10:19PM

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elliotness

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this... not since about 05

Dec 24 2013 10:30PM

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John18_6

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Come to the midwest (specifically hyland) and all you'll see is mute 3s, 5s, and 7s. I don't understand backflip mutes though, I imagine they're extremely hard, and i feel like a backflip looks better without a grab.

Dec 24 2013 11:12PM

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casual

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Came to post the bandana in the backpocket, hahaha. How about studded belts? Or, what about the knitted hats with the dangly bits on either ear?

Also, blenders. You know, looking over your right shoulder coming in switch, then spinning left. Misty 5 truckdrivers, like Pete O always threw. Used to see everyone doing those.

Haven't seen any bball jerseys in a few years (amen)

Dec 24 2013 11:21PM

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Plankton

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first drop

Dec 24 2013 11:28PM

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CrotchKiller

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Richie paradise for blender king!

Dec 24 2013 11:38PM

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casual

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I love how I only look at the OP, and literally all of my contributions were mentioned....sick post, Chris.

For originality...

Riding with suspenders ahem....sagstraps down.

Remember when everyone...everyone...had a dialed rodeo 5 late shifty? Used to see that trick as everyone's go to "style" trick. Now it's the tweak safety or lead uncrossed blunt 180's, or lazyboy 180's. Basically 180s.

Urban rails with lips built so that they're pretty much ride on. Rails setup to be hit on the "outside", or from alongside the steps.

Slope courses used to have one small "setup jump" and they also used to mix in a rail/jib feature much lower, and breakup the jump line. Now, you almost never see a jib after the first jump. Maybe as the last feature, but never in between two jumps.

How about sketchy, hand-shaped 12ft pipes? I honestly think if resorts built small half pipes that weren't ice walls of death that are basically only built if there's a chance of hosting a major comp or attracting "training" athletes, you'd see a lot more pipe style and "progression" in terms of creativity. I know they're a huge effort and cost to maintain, and I guess that's why you never see them.

There's a lot less "novelty" features in parks these days I feel like. It used to be mandatory to have like a school bus, or some kind of car, or just something visually unique that people kind of never knew what to do with.

Really tall, really skinny rollercoaster rails. They used to be everywhere.

Dec 24 2013 11:41PM

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