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What's the biggest influence in your style?

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kalle.
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so, many of us have different styles and i would like to know how you would personally describe your style and the inspirations to it. this means skiing style, not so much outerwear, but if you want to share that too, it's ok by me.

for me, i would say that pool and park skateboarding gives me a lot of inspiration, because they base mostly on flow and linking stuff together, and i've been able to get a few trick inspirations from them as well. i may not have the biggest or techiest tricks but man i love to get natural gaps and trannys!

tell us the origins of your style.
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yungcigsmoker
Posts: 785 - Karma: 5,922
Skateboarding defines my style the most. I prefer a slew of tricks that flow together easily, using the entire mountain as one big feature.
10 years ago
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JGWI
Posts: 2842 - Karma: 7,812
Fear defines my style. You should see my gracefully flailing in the air with my eyes closed, it's really a thing of beauty.
10 years ago
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YUNG_milksteAk
Posts: 1437 - Karma: 4,328
Doing stuff that snowboarders do
10 years ago
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JahLiam
Posts: 2322 - Karma: 7,831
other skiers that are better than me
10 years ago
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lurking
Posts: 2227 - Karma: 6,876
Tappy and hard charging stuff. Not too technical or even that good, but always love to calm tranny, air some side booters, and when I'm not sucking the big one in the park, and occasional nose tap to switch.
10 years ago
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John18_6
Posts: 7313 - Karma: 49,171
I had a flowy style in preseason, lots of arm movement on the landings, now I just bone out all of my landings and yell "dipset" because '09 lives forever.
10 years ago
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goat00
Posts: 240 - Karma: 528
not crashing
10 years ago
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McLS
Posts: 1987 - Karma: 6,455
NS has been and is definitely the biggest influence on my style. I learned everything on here, whether it's a style I like or not. After bang, baggy steeze, hardcore clean as hell comp style, or buttery flowy tranny finding.

Regarding the style I personally aspire to have, I'd have to say a combination of Phil and Henrik's flow and butters (along with simple yet rarely done rail and boxes tricks, especially from b&e a few years back) and an addiction of doing trannys everywhere.

Unfortunately, not being anywhere close as skilled as any of my favourite pros, I probably still look like a flailing penis with a strong racing background when I try to press a rainbow from the side and tranny to the other side...
10 years ago
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
racing and bumps surprisingly. I ski fast (60+mph) and like to hit tranny, ride pipe when its around and not a tube of ice, and bonk/tap features.
10 years ago
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jellomellow
Posts: 961 - Karma: 3,562
I usually straight-line down and use the mountain as one big ass park. I don't really like the park other than the jumps which are nice to hit one in a while.
10 years ago
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Charlie*
Posts: 198 - Karma: 579
Whatever music I'm listening to usually has a pretty big impact on my riding style. Whether i'm listening to something smooth and flowy or fast and aggressive; my skiing usually falls in line with that.
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dispatchQ_main
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 629
comfort and not paying attention to it
10 years ago
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alexissefb
Posts: 89 - Karma: 106
be comfortable and dont feel tight
10 years ago
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gapersarefriends
Posts: 2158 - Karma: 4,270
Probably candide, thall, parker white
10 years ago
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taylor_gang
Posts: 309 - Karma: 260
whatever allows me to have the most fun
10 years ago
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dingus
Posts: 1328 - Karma: 7,879
I had these evil voices in my head telling me to change my style I followed these voices until Tanner Hall came into my head and told the bad evil voices to leave. Thank you T Hall 420 blaz it
10 years ago
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T-Nutcracker
Posts: 1056 - Karma: 436
candide . he made me quit racing in like 2000. seeing him do cork 5 in super park in a movie, was a life changing experience for me.
10 years ago
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.jif
Posts: 441 - Karma: 1,013
Skateboarding in a skatepark cause I love tranny finding. Also downhill mountain biking, I love charging hard and finding big lines.
10 years ago
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SnowshoeThompson
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john18061806I just bone out all of my landings and yell "dipset" because '09 lives forever.


jea
10 years ago
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veng_m
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music and ns
10 years ago
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Pac2
Posts: 800 - Karma: 3,042
I have an older friend more less an aquantince that I ski with sometimes who's very good and has one of the best styles I've seen and skiing with his really has influenced my style. Just watching videos from the b and e show has helped a lot too and to top it off skateboarding.
10 years ago
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shin-bang
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McLSNS has been and is definitely the biggest influence on my style. I learned everything on here, whether it's a style I like or not. After bang, baggy steeze, hardcore clean as hell comp style, or buttery flowy tranny finding.

Regarding the style I personally aspire to have, I'd have to say a combination of Phil and Henrik's flow and butters (along with simple yet rarely done rail and boxes tricks, especially from b&e a few years back) and an addiction of doing trannys everywhere.

Unfortunately, not being anywhere close as skilled as any of my favourite pros, I probably still look like a flailing penis with a strong racing background when I try to press a rainbow from the side and tranny to the other side...


This is so true, I've learned everything on this site. Except .lencon taught me how to ski and am still a noob
10 years ago
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op14
Posts: 1769 - Karma: 4,586
Outerwear wise I get a lot of inspiration from B-dog. Skiing wise I like to try and match Black Steve, I'm not even close to as good as him but i love his style and the way he skis.
10 years ago
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new_fresh_prince
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fresh_p
10 years ago
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Thom4s
Posts: 213 - Karma: 1,079
Andy parry and downhill skating "Longboarding"
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losh
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Thom4sAndy parry and downhill skating "Longboarding"


The skiing equivalent to longboarding is like super G probably so............ your a racer? And andy parry and longboarding is Like a complete contradiction.
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Thom4s
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jlens05The skiing equivalent to longboarding is like super G probably so............ your a racer? And andy parry and longboarding is Like a complete contradiction.


I was thinking more of just attempting the impossible really slowly on boxes and going crazy fast with a couple speed checks when I'm not in the park.
10 years ago
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Gapper_gene
Posts: 55 - Karma: -160
cheerleading/gymnastics/motocross somehow all mash cheer/gymnastics for my aireal awarness and motocross i guess for amplitude and balls? but im also 6'2 and really awkward looking skiing but it adds to my funny style i guess
10 years ago
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californiagrown
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the biggest influence on my style is doing whatever i can to land on my face and ride away. This typically involves karate-like leg kicking, and the use of imaginary manual windows.
10 years ago
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cornholio
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californiagrownland on my face and ride away


i would like to see this please
10 years ago
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californiagrown
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cornholioi would like to see this please


And this is why you don't do drugs, kids.
10 years ago
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B.Quincy
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I learned how to lencoln from b fish
10 years ago
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KENDOZER
Posts: 408 - Karma: 1,150
Name dropping... Id say Asian Allen, Skier Steve, and Craig Weiler have the had the biggest impact on my skiing. I've been watching them ski for years.
10 years ago
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McLS
Posts: 1987 - Karma: 6,455
JustGoWithItFear defines my style. You should see my gracefully flailing in the air with my eyes closed, it's really a thing of beauty.

your icon is the best thing i've ever seen.
10 years ago
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
McLSyour icon is the best thing i've ever seen.

troll science is best science.
10 years ago
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taj.
Posts: 397 - Karma: 1,059
Snowboarding
10 years ago
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Martgiblin
Posts: 101 - Karma: 153
Does anyone feel that style varies between continents? I grew up skiing in Europe but moved to Canada and I always chat to my buddies about the differences in style. I personally feel here in North America the skiing is a lot more style-orientated. I think it's more flowy... and I think I prefer it. Europe I feel is maybe a little behind, but more clinical / techy. I may be way off as I haven't skied Europe for about 3 years.

So yeh I feel style is massively influenced by the people skiing around me, and that varies across the world
10 years ago
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shepux
Posts: 470 - Karma: 1,630
b fish is my biggest influence
10 years ago
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Park.
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 4,587
I have no influences on my style that I know of, I just ski and whatever it looks like is whatever I got. I wish I looked like john ware and will Berman when I don't have poles though, but I definitely dont
10 years ago
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Aenomaly
Posts: 96 - Karma: 177
Lots of snowboarding and skating stuff, also Riders like Daniel Hanka, Jossi or Max Hill
10 years ago
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