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Urban skiing sucks

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schoeski
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To be honest urban skiing is lame. And it's really sad to see that all the latest movies theses days are full of it. There are only 1 or 2 segments in the park and backcountry and the rest it is urban. It's driving me insane. Anyone agree or disagree?
Dec 27 2014 6:53AM
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JGWI
Posts: 2842 - Karma: 7,812
To a point, but I wouldnt go so far to say it sucks.
Dec 27 2014 6:56AM
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pj21
Posts: 400 - Karma: 4,635
This thread is stupid. I have as much respect for urban skiers as I have for any one else pursuing the sport they love. It takes just as many balls to hit some sketchy ass street rail as it does to huck a 50ft cliff.

I don't care if you do this:



This:



This:



or Hell even this!



Urban skiing is just as important to the sport as BC and Park skiing are. You are very wrong sir.
Dec 27 2014 7:50AM
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jason...
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are you fucking retarded?
Dec 27 2014 9:48AM
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LamieJ
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I think you should try urban first, then you'll realize the hell these guys go through to get the shots they do
Dec 27 2014 10:14AM
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cory.iyoob
Posts: 736 - Karma: 5,370
I'm just going to leave this here...

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/692101/Clayton-Vila-MUTINY-Edit
Dec 27 2014 10:15AM
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Dwayne
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Urban skiers have nuts
Dec 27 2014 10:24AM
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suup
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Not sure if troll, or retarted.
Dec 27 2014 10:54AM
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Mingg
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Have you ever hit an urban rail? It's way harder than a park rail. There's more consequence and it's sketchy as shit. I'd rather watch an urban edit than park edit to be honest sometimes. There's way more that goes into it and it takes a lot more commitment from the skier and the crew in general.

Not to mention how much more there is that you can do. There's only so many ways you can hit a rail at a park. But with urban you have a lot more freedom to build what you want and make a feature your own. Hell check out keynote skier if you haven't. You think a park edit compares to that? There's soooo much creativity packed into that edit. It's ridiculous.

It's also a fun ass time. If you've ever gone out at midnight and filmed/ rode with a group of friends you'd understand. It's a different kind of vibe than at a park. At least in my experience that is.
Dec 27 2014 12:04PM
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DubV134
Posts: 1541 - Karma: 690
Urban is ghetto
Dec 27 2014 1:32PM
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MartianMan
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Urban skiing is far from lame, but i understand what OP is trying to say.

Let's take Level 1's Less for example. 85% of the movie was urban shots. There was a few minutes of park shots, and a couple scenes of powder, but the majority of movie was urban. About halfway through I got a little bored of it and had to take a break. In my opinion (which I know differs greatly from others on this site), is in order to have a well put together ski movie, a balance needs to be in order. I thin mixing in one or two urban scenes with big mountain and powder skiing gives a movie a nice varied offering. Just my $0.02.
Dec 27 2014 1:38PM
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nhskier1414
Posts: 107 - Karma: 1,363
Disagree
Dec 27 2014 2:01PM
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linus_deboss
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rather watch crazy ass handrail wizardry in urban environment than just yet another park edit.

but I get the other point. movies need a well rounded mix of urban, BC, massive booters, little park and lifestyle... still, urban is where the creativity is unlimited
Dec 27 2014 3:11PM
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Drail
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Stop watching urban centric videos?
Dec 27 2014 3:20PM
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Drail
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shit. I just saw the 'normal skiing sucks' thread. I got trolled.
Dec 27 2014 3:21PM
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veng_m
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yep op is a pm_me_ur_lip_balm alias
Dec 27 2014 3:57PM
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Myko55
Posts: 134 - Karma: 251
#urbanisbest
Dec 27 2014 4:07PM
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Daski
Posts: 658 - Karma: 2,316
I can't get enough urban in movies and edits, but that's just me. Everyone is gonna have their preferences on where/how to ski, and what type of edits to watch. You don't have to watch urban movies and edits OP, there's plenty of BC and park content out there
Dec 27 2014 4:27PM
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lurking
Posts: 2220 - Karma: 6,786
If it drives you insane, you should probably stop watching it.
Dec 27 2014 5:06PM
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shin-bang
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 6,997
well....i just got trolled on two threads today.... thanks op...thank you very much
Dec 27 2014 5:49PM
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FreeStylah
Posts: 49 - Karma: 788
as sick as it is, i wouldn't do it myself unless there was loads of snow, that tarmac/concrete grinding ruins your skis
Dec 27 2014 7:03PM
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FreeStylah
Posts: 49 - Karma: 788
as sick as it is, i wouldn't do it myself unless there was loads of snow, that tarmac/concrete grinding ruins your skis
Dec 27 2014 7:09PM
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jackdonovan
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1/10 not amusing
Dec 27 2014 7:35PM
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brookepotter
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There are some crews that focus on mostly urban, and some crews that focus on mostly backcountry. If you hate street skiing, you probably shouldn't be watching 4bi9 or stept movies- they have always had a ton of street in their films.

Also in my opinion, there is not one thing lame about urban… it's one of the most high risk and challenging types of skiing out there.

Cheers!
Dec 28 2014 9:29AM
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wbinette88
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Urban has definitely changed our sport for the better. Segments with urban in them are way cooler and different than seeing the same gay pros hitting the same gay features. Urban has an infinite number of features to hit, and every shot is different. not to mention its much more difficult to hit most urban features than park features. You cant say urban sucks, there's no way you can possibly back that up.
Dec 28 2014 10:30AM
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freestyler540
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Urban is super hard to do. It takes massive balls to send it and pure skill to not get hurt. I find its an aspect of the sport where the consequences of a crash are insane. Mad props of the guys who enjoy it; I tried, but getting hurt really sucks.
Dec 28 2014 6:03PM
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Afronaut
Posts: 190 - Karma: 558
Dude! It sounds like you never hit a urban rail! Plus check steptproductions! You won't find amy park movie with so much style
Dec 28 2014 6:54PM
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Zimmy
Posts: 1258 - Karma: -1,327
So dumb to ruin your skis like that. And flamboyant too. Also, a lot of pissfarting around.

k, so it's an art for some. Freedom for all.
Dec 28 2014 8:25PM
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Girays_Brother
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Yup, definitely needs to be more park segments in movies....
Dec 28 2014 8:35PM
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