My Theory on the Rise of New Wave

IdahoeMy Theory:
In my opinion, the rise of "New Wave" skiing perfectly coincides with the rise of big air tricks so gnarly that only a select few people can do them. Because of the sheer insanity of some of the tricks people can do nowadays, there is only one thing us pussys can do, ditch the poles and get some mittens. By creating a new style of skiing, these pros don't have to huck their meat, but instead can invent their own tricks and say its a new style. Now, when someone is doing goofy shit in the park, people don't think that they are bad or dumb, but a pioneer of the sport. Thats my two cents.
BTW I got nothing against this sort of skiing, a lot of it is pretty sick, granted there is some upper garbage. This same sort of innovation can only lead to some good stuff to come.

C_dubIts just skiing fam, why does everyone get so worked up about this .

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#ridethenewave #surftheearth

cory.iyoobAlso, realize you hating on everything so much is turning people away from the website.

skiermanOh and anyone who uses the term "fam" can kill themselves as well.

jreillyhaha your still postin on NS and shitting on everyone? how many years now? get a life buddy

.Fryit would be interesting to see the bunch/new wave/whatever you wanna call it translate to comp skiing. judges would have a hard time judging nosebutters off landings and 50-50s on the rails haha.

skiermanwahhh someone hurt my lil feelings! wahhhh

jreillyhhahahahaah nice assumption there buddy

skiermanOMG you're still on here responding to my posts!? GET A LYFE BUDSIES!

jreillylolololol least im not the one whos spent over 10 years wasting time being a troll hahahaha

IdahoeMy Theory:
In my opinion, the rise of "New Wave" skiing perfectly coincides with the rise of big air tricks so gnarly that only a select few people can do them. Because of the sheer insanity of some of the tricks people can do nowadays, there is only one thing us pussys can do, ditch the poles and get some mittens. By creating a new style of skiing, these pros don't have to huck their meat, but instead can invent their own tricks and say its a new style. Now, when someone is doing goofy shit in the park, people don't think that they are bad or dumb, but a pioneer of the sport. Thats my two cents.
BTW I got nothing against this sort of skiing, a lot of it is pretty sick, granted there is some upper garbage. This same sort of innovation can only lead to some good stuff to come.

search4freshiesA decade of trolling, thats fuckin DEDICATION BUD! good on ya skierman.

IdahoeMy Theory:
In my opinion, the rise of "New Wave" skiing perfectly coincides with the rise of big air tricks so gnarly that only a select few people can do them. Because of the sheer insanity of some of the tricks people can do nowadays, there is only one thing us pussys can do, ditch the poles and get some mittens. By creating a new style of skiing, these pros don't have to huck their meat, but instead can invent their own tricks and say its a new style. Now, when someone is doing goofy shit in the park, people don't think that they are bad or dumb, but a pioneer of the sport. Thats my two cents.
BTW I got nothing against this sort of skiing, a lot of it is pretty sick, granted there is some upper garbage. This same sort of innovation can only lead to some good stuff to come.

john18061806Nah, the rise of social media already did that. Instagram is to blame for a lot of the changes going on in skiing and that's the only thing that bothers me about the direction skiing is taking. Everyones all about the insta edits these days, I wish more people would save their shots and put the time into making a full edit. A full edit just has a lot more character and value to it than 5 shots cut on an app to lil pump.

TRVP_ANGEL*hits blunt*

ButteredToast.Wow and here I am thinking I had an original thought.

Copy and pasting from a comment I made in another thread:

In regards to the new wave stuff, I just started paying attention to NS again in like early November after being mostly absent for a few years and it was like I had been plunged into some weird hellish fever dream, but I think I kinda get it now.

After hearing about it ad nauseam on Ski Gabber I looked it up and watched videos of Magnus and Wabs, and I had like a solid hour of this weird surreal experience of trying to get my bearings on this goofy ass trend.

"What the fuck is this garbage? Is this a meme? Is this some inside joke I'm on the outside of?"

After figuring out that these riders are totally serious with their hands waving fucking everywhere and doing weird shit I kinda started to understand. I think what happened (and this is my best guess at it) is that a few very talented riders saw what the competition scene was starting to look like, and started seeing what people like Henrik were doing in their videos and basically recognized that they were absolutely never in a zillion years going to be that good. And rightfully so – that level of skiing is absolutely nuts. It's a superhuman god-tier level of athleticism, agility, and gymnastic skill. The soon-to-be new wavers were talented, but they were never going to be the best of the best, and they knew it. I'm not trying to talk down on their skills because I will never be as good as they are, I'm just speaking realistically.

So instead of trying to be the best of the best, they had to do something to stand out and get recognition. What better way to make yourself stand out than dress like a goddamned jerry and do the most bizarre stuff you could think of? I am almost entirely convinced that this started ironically and then when it took off they just embraced it and now it's a meme gone too right and they're just going with it. Maybe now they're totally serious and fully enjoy skiing and dressing like that, but at the beginning I doubt it was a serious "this is who I am now" thing. Just look at Magnus' Superunknown edit from whatever year that was – he's all thugged out.

So, new wave came into the game and became a sanctuary for those who could not or were unwilling to go big and put their own flair on it. For most, it's a super low-consequence style of skiing. The irony is that it started as a way to buck the trend of bigger and bolder tricks in order to stand out, and now a large chunk of skiers are just blending into that trend wave as well.

There's nothing wrong with that and you can ski however you want and dress however you want. That said, I'm still allowed to think that:

A) you look stupid as hell with your track pants and hood under your helmet

B) The trend is an excuse for sloppy low consequence skiing

C) The style is absolutely terrible because you don't look like you're in control

But hey if they're having fun, that's fine.

Whew ok I had to get that off my chest, this new wave shit has been confusing me ever since my return to NS. I feel better now.

sauceboss420Magnus did take gold in x games real ski though. Im not saying that im on board with the trend or not, but that is pretty heavy shit.

BigPurpleSkiSuitThat's because magnus is actually a good skier. He just chooses to ski new wave because he likes to. All the kids who try to ski like him are like people trying to imitate picasso because they can't draw for real whereas picasso can actually draw realistically if he wanted to

sauceboss420Id agree but all I'm saying is that its unfair to hate on his skill, butteredtoast had mentioned that he is talented but saw the competition scene was getting nuts and did his own thing, but xgames real ski is a legitimate competition and he did compete against big talent like henrik and take gold. I think the kids completely copping his style though are some sort of poser in comparison though, especially if they have no skill on top of it. I know of a few kids at belleyre NY that have on3p and make edits, but ive never seen a single rail trick over a slide to switch or jump trick over 3 but they put a clip a them skiing with their arms tossing about in slo mo and call it new wave and skill.

BigPurpleSkiSuitThat's because magnus is actually a good skier. He just chooses to ski new wave because he likes to. All the kids who try to ski like him are like people trying to imitate picasso because they can't draw for real whereas picasso can actually draw realistically if he wanted to

BigPurpleSkiSuitAll the kids who try to ski like him are like people trying to imitate picasso because they can't draw for real whereas picasso can actually draw realistically if he wanted to

sauceboss420Id agree but all I'm saying is that its unfair to hate on his skill, butteredtoast had mentioned that he is talented but saw the competition scene was getting nuts and did his own thing, but xgames real ski is a legitimate competition and he did compete against big talent like henrik and take gold. I think the kids completely copping his style though are some sort of poser in comparison though, especially if they have no skill on top of it. I know of a few kids at belleyre NY that have on3p and make edits, but ive never seen a single rail trick over a slide to switch or jump trick over 3 but they put a clip a them skiing with their arms tossing about in slo mo and call it new wave and skill.

ButteredToast.Hey may have won real ski but the man could never win a slope competition, which is more what I meant. I kinda forget real ski is a thing lol