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I've been seeing all this stuff lately about how quads and triples in the pipe are stupid and skiing shouldn't go in that direction and that this is really bad for skiing. But we gotta chill out because FREESKIING HASN'T EVEN DONE QUADS YET!!! (ariels isn't free skiing) I mean I know snowboarding has done them but skiing and snowboarding are two different sports and from what it sounds like, no one in skiing even wants to do a quad. So you can have your opinions on triples or style or whatever but enough about skiing quads. They haven't actually happened
casey_copeFREESKIING HASN'T EVEN DONE QUADS YET!!! (ariels isn't free skiing)
frank bare and steve corbett tossing quads on a jump they and their friends built is way more "freeskiing" than anything youve ever done. what a stupid distinction to make. and that was like 40 years ago... accept that it's part of the sport
the only thing that is weird is how in a slopeSTYLE competition, the winner has to put down triples and huge rotations instead of maintaining his own style and grabs
casey_copeI've been seeing all this stuff lately about how quads and triples in the pipe are stupid and skiing shouldn't go in that direction and that this is really bad for skiing. But we gotta chill out because FREESKIING HASN'T EVEN DONE QUADS YET!!! (ariels isn't free skiing) I mean I know snowboarding has done them but skiing and snowboarding are two different sports and from what it sounds like, no one in skiing even wants to do a quad. So you can have your opinions on triples or style or whatever but enough about skiing quads. They haven't actually happened
Nope, not chill. Fuck quads. They have happened in the '80s and I hope they never happen again. Though I know I will be disappointed.
Titsandwich11frank bare and steve corbett tossing quads on a jump they and their friends built is way more "freeskiing" than anything youve ever done. what a stupid distinction to make. and that was like 40 years ago... accept that it's part of the sport
Aerials are different than what we do. FREEskiing is more about creativity and uniqueness as well as doing big tricks. If someone did aerials style tricks in a slopestyle comp they wouldn't score high because there of lack of variety, style, and creativity. Also FREEskiing was meant to break away from aerials and those forms of skiing which is also why skiers nowadays always say, "freeskiing shouldn't turn into aerials." And also if aerials were so relevant in freeskiing how come all this fuck quads stuff hasn't been going on for 30 years?
It took Bobby Brown and Sammy Carlson just under 6 months after Torstein landed a triple to do a triple. Quads wil come to skiing soon enough, and when that day happens guess what? Nothing will change because none of the jumps at any comp are big enough to land one
casey_copeAerials are different than what we do. FREEskiing is more about creativity and uniqueness as well as doing big tricks. If someone did aerials style tricks in a slopestyle comp they wouldn't score high because there of lack of variety, style, and creativity. Also FREEskiing was meant to break away from aerials and those forms of skiing which is also why skiers nowadays always say, "freeskiing shouldn't turn into aerials." And also if aerials were so relevant in freeskiing how come all this fuck quads stuff hasn't been going on for 30 years?
free skiing is doing whatever the hell you want. They were doing what they wanted.
Also, the fuck quads thing has been going on for thirty years. Like you said, freeskiing is about being yourself, and it came around because people were sick of aerials and moguls. They wanted something else to do without the judging etc.
S.J.WIt took Bobby Brown and Sammy Carlson just under 6 months after Torstein landed a triple to do a triple. Quads wil come to skiing soon enough, and when that day happens guess what? Nothing will change because none of the jumps at any comp are big enough to land one
You're so wrong. Everything will change! There will be nothing but quads in comps, even in the park at the smallest hills nothing but quads. Hold onto your vhs players because that's the only was you're ever going to see a spin under 2160 again. Quads on jumps, quads onto rails, quads at urban spots near the college quad. The world is going to end. Before that day there will be a few who still resist even when the other 99% of the skiing community has given into the lust for quad corks.
But seriously, we have had dub corks for quite a while, triple corks for a few years, and you barely see anything over a 7 in the parks. There's a whole movement around style and creativity both in the riding, filming, feature design, contest running etc.
We can bitch all day about how people are spinning over 180s but it's not going to change shit. Maybe you're bitter, but it doesn't really matter. You can ride, only spinning 90 onto rails, never spinning on jumps, never throwing a grab that was invented after 1993, it doesn't matter.
As far as the spins, the 3's 5's and 7's people are throwing today are a million times cleaner than the ones being thrown 20 even 10 years ago.
I love the old school stuff. I still have movies from the 90s-early 2000's. I don't even want to see quads everywhere. It's just understanding that not everyone everywhere is going to do quads. You aren't going to take your kids to the sledding hill and see quads all day off the little shitty 2 foot jump.
IMO the hate is kind of childish. I get different opinions, I get that you don't like it, but the vigor with which people are lashing out against quads is insane. As if this is the worst thing to ever happen in the world. I do agree on one point. Poverty, natural disasters, clean water, and starvation are all pretty bitch ass compared to the real life struggle of having to hear about other people potentially throwing quad corks on skis at some time in the future.
As stated, I don't even care to see dub corks out of the once in a great while for a photoshoot or maybe xgames big air(Which is about all we'll see them) but the amount of hate this whole thing has drawn, and the amount people have put into getting fully worked up about this shit is ridiculous. Smoke a bowl, watch some planet earth, fly somewhere cold and build a snowman, just accept that other people are going to have fun on skis their way(that realistically doesn't even impact you), and move on with your lives.
casey_copeAerials are different than what we do. FREEskiing is more about creativity and uniqueness as well as doing big tricks. If someone did aerials style tricks in a slopestyle comp they wouldn't score high because there of lack of variety, style, and creativity. Also FREEskiing was meant to break away from aerials and those forms of skiing which is also why skiers nowadays always say, "freeskiing shouldn't turn into aerials." And also if aerials were so relevant in freeskiing how come all this fuck quads stuff hasn't been going on for 30 years?
youre missing the point. what you don't realize is what you see as "aerials" was basically what we do, but 30-40 years ago. corbett's was a quad backy fuckin SENT on a whistler windlip, and bare's was basically that era's version of a quad cork--back then, flipping perfectly straight and on axis with your arms out was cool just like being off axis and grabbing is cool now. it's just trends and what's "cool." those quads were tossed, things changed, other stuff became cool, hell, 15 years ago a lot of people shrugged off dubs and trips as "circus tricks."
quads have happened, they will happen again, deal with it. i like "style, maaaan" more as well but the people trying to dictate what should or shouldn't be pursued in freeskiing are just a different brand of the people "newschool skiing" arose to escape
Titsandwich11youre missing the point. what you don't realize is what you see as "aerials" was basically what we do, but 30-40 years ago. corbett's was a quad backy fuckin SENT on a whistler windlip, and bare's was basically that era's version of a quad cork--back then, flipping perfectly straight and on axis with your arms out was cool just like being off axis and grabbing is cool now. it's just trends and what's "cool." those quads were tossed, things changed, other stuff became cool, hell, 15 years ago a lot of people shrugged off dubs and trips as "circus tricks."
quads have happened, they will happen again, deal with it. i like "style, maaaan" more as well but the people trying to dictate what should or shouldn't be pursued in freeskiing are just a different brand of the people "newschool skiing" arose to escape
I think some people are missing my point. I don't care what skiers do. Quads are sick and they take lots of skill and massive balls. I'm just saying there hasn't been a FREESKIER who has done a quad so let's stop acting like that we have and its the end of the world as we know it
casey_copeI think some people are missing my point. I don't care what skiers do. Quads are sick and they take lots of skill and massive balls. I'm just saying there hasn't been a FREESKIER who has done a quad so let's stop acting like that we have and its the end of the world as we know it
building a jump on a windlip and sending it 160 feet with a quad backy isn't freeskiing... okay write that down everyone, casey cope said so
youre making an erroneous claim to support some meaningless distinction. just drop it dude
Titsandwich11building a jump on a windlip and sending it 160 feet with a quad backy isn't freeskiing... okay write that down everyone, casey cope said so
youre making an erroneous claim to support some meaningless distinction. just drop it dude
