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You can resurrect one thing from skiings past, what do you choose?

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.Roockley.
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Been thinking about this a bunch recently on downdays, I'm getting old and feeling nostalgic. So whether it be it a ski graphic, a contest or even a feature, what would you choose to bring back?



I'd probably go with JOSS or yearly movie drops with no leaked footage (premiere hype was insane)
May 5 2022 2:51PM
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freeballer
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Charley Ager
May 9 2022 5:51PM
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willpenguin6
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SofaKingSickhere's another one: longer harder rails in parks. long multi kinks, gaps onto rails, S rails tilted so it's a coaster S

does anyone have like a ~100 foot rail these days? a few places had them here and there in the past but i'm not aware of any these days. never got a chance to try one :(


Hyland had a 152 ft rail this year
May 9 2022 6:49PM
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DominatorJacques
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willpenguin6Hyland had a 152 ft rail this year

As one solid rail, or a combined stuff?
I'll assume they must have joined everything they have to get that length.
May 9 2022 8:54PM
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willpenguin6
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DominatorJacquesAs one solid rail, or a combined stuff?
I'll assume they must have joined everything they have to get that length.


It was 3 different rails combined and the longest of the 3 was 70ft
May 10 2022 12:48AM
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Manskimac
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Parks that aren’t boring
May 10 2022 2:36AM
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theabortionator
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willpenguin6It was 3 different rails combined and the longest of the 3 was 70ft

I hope i never work anywhere with a 70 rail. Anything over 40 is a pain in the ass to move. I guess midwest places are smsller and parks are at the bottom because the top is 10 feet higher. Still though 70 foot rail would give me nightmares
May 10 2022 2:39AM
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DominatorJacques
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willpenguin6It was 3 different rails combined and the longest of the 3 was 70ft

Wow! That's one long rail! Is it a handrail type, or a tower tube?
May 10 2022 10:10AM
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vroskii
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Smaller wait lines
May 10 2022 10:13AM
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ReturnToMonkey
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ManskimacParks that aren’t boring

Yes parks are too safe these days. Bring back the completely uncalculated cheese wedges
May 10 2022 10:23AM
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SuspiciousFish
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theabortionator*Edit One thing, Giant rainbow rails. Where did they go? Sorry got got caught up in nostalgia and made a list and forgot to choose one at first.



Event: West Coast Session, Loon Mtn Hike and Huck

Features: Smith Limo, Giant rainbow rails, halfpipes

Other stuff: Tall tees
Ridiculous outerwear
Lincoln loops?(Not sure the last time I've seen one. Possibly a few years
Life before VR
Abunch of parks from various times in the past that were sick that died or got nerfed.

**This post was edited on May 6th 2022 at 2:52:59am


I actually came here to post this. Giant rainbow and battleship rails were the shit back in the day. Lincoln Loops too although they have kind of been coming back lately in a few SLVSH games.

I miss the days when ski technology had a ton of progression every year. Like suddenly you had these crazy fat Islandic skis or insane reverse camber and side cut. Every year companies were putting out crazy stuff to push the envelope. Now it seems everyone has found the formula that works best and it makes for really good skis but that excitement just isnt there anymore.
May 10 2022 11:55AM
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tcurle
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Frequent rail jams that had big sponsors
May 10 2022 1:49PM
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SofaKingSick
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willpenguin6Hyland had a 152 ft rail this year


willpenguin6It was 3 different rails combined and the longest of the 3 was 70ft


thanks. that's so sick. one day i'll get to try one...
May 10 2022 2:07PM
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Stept. That era was untouchable.
May 10 2022 2:16PM
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galardogod
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4BI9
May 12 2022 11:03AM
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skiP.E.I.
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Becoming friends with anyone who had twintips no matter where you went
May 12 2022 12:32PM
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Brother_trucker
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.Roockley.Been thinking about this a bunch recently on downdays, I'm getting old and feeling nostalgic. So whether it be it a ski graphic, a contest or even a feature, what would you choose to bring back?



I'd probably go with JOSS or yearly movie drops with no leaked footage (premiere hype was insane)


Projector nights with ski movies in ski bars in resort waiting for the latest Greg Stump movie to drop :-) And you thought you were old... Plake and Schmidt invented the ski movie with their segments :-)
May 12 2022 1:09PM
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Brother_trucker
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And bring back Moon Park and DC Area 43 snowparks in Meribel.... 3 Valleys is just useless for park skiing/boarding now.
May 12 2022 1:11PM
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Goretex_Vidal
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Crotched Mountain with two parks and lifts spinning until 3am on the weekends.
May 12 2022 2:35PM
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Frenchibre
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Heterosexuality
May 14 2022 2:17PM
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Kbob94
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KretzschmarNot sure how people haven't said Delorme yet. Haven't seen hide nor hair of the man in years sadly. Last I heard he's up in Montana helping run his dad's farm after his stint in the ND oil fields but who knows for sure.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/784207/Jiberish--Adam-Delorme---A-Walk-in-the-Park-Pt--2

Can confirm he’s up here in MT living a “normal” life. Still skiing harder and better then any of us will dream of skiing.
May 14 2022 10:39PM
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Abomber22
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Yes.Yes.Yes. and yes, long thongs.




DominatorJacquesLeather boots, cable bindings, Head standard skis, and safety straps!
May 15 2022 1:47PM
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PsychicMigration
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Rails 2 Riches
May 16 2022 10:33AM
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PacificRimJob
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Remember when we had dozens of annual ski movie features come out every autumn?

Remember some of these bygone names?

Plehouse. Voleurz. Stept. Field productions. 4bi9. Nimbus. Sweetgrass. Rage Films. Poor Boyz Productions...



Level 1 isn't even making yearly features anymore. it's down pretty much to TGR, Matchstick, and Whatever Warren Miller is doing these days...

I never went, but I always wanted to attend IF3 in Montreal... it was one of my biggest regrets never making it out there during the salad days of our sport... I was lucky to attend my fair share of premieres in Tahoe and Reno though... 10 years ago was sick...

**This post was edited on May 17th 2022 at 1:34:37pm
May 17 2022 1:34PM
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kory.p4k
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Young_pattyCocaine


Pretty sure that never went anywhere
May 17 2022 1:38PM
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kory.p4k
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.Roockley.Been thinking about this a bunch recently on downdays, I'm getting old and feeling nostalgic. So whether it be it a ski graphic, a contest or even a feature, what would you choose to bring back?



I'd probably go with JOSS or yearly movie drops with no leaked footage (premiere hype was insane)


Affordable lift passes for one…. Sheesh
May 17 2022 1:39PM
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skistupid
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May 17 2022 4:42PM
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SofaKingSick
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D.B.


i miss there being a splash page (is that what they're called?) that had a rotating picture, it was fun to see what "made the cover." very possible it still exists and i just hit the same link all the time, idk
May 18 2022 4:02PM
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SuspiciousFish
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I really miss Freeze magazine. It was the perfect blend of skiing news, in your face attitude and rauchy content.
May 18 2022 4:42PM
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hoodratz47
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For real. God. Back in the day. It was like oh this lip is ass. But the right 8 inches are fire .

And flat fucking landing
ReturnToMonkeyYes parks are too safe these days. Bring back the completely uncalculated cheese wedges
May 18 2022 5:46PM
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hoodratz47
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So true. Then one day people became penis wrinkles
skiP.E.I.Becoming friends with anyone who had twintips no matter where you went
May 18 2022 5:47PM
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lastskier
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the THALL v Simon Dumont X games pipe rivalry. I still think that should be a stand alone X-games event, just every year, every single Winter X contest, year after year they wheel the two aging battleships out to talk shit, and throw increasingly less technically impressive pipe runs. I'd pay per view that.


May 18 2022 5:59PM
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hoodratz47
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Didn't a big fight break out at If3 one year
DingoSeanRemember when we had dozens of annual ski movie features come out every autumn?

Remember some of these bygone names?

Plehouse. Voleurz. Stept. Field productions. 4bi9. Nimbus. Sweetgrass. Rage Films. Poor Boyz Productions...



Level 1 isn't even making yearly features anymore. it's down pretty much to TGR, Matchstick, and Whatever Warren Miller is doing these days...

I never went, but I always wanted to attend IF3 in Montreal... it was one of my biggest regrets never making it out there during the salad days of our sport... I was lucky to attend my fair share of premieres in Tahoe and Reno though... 10 years ago was sick...

**This post was edited on May 17th 2022 at 1:34:37pm
May 18 2022 6:01PM
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PacificRimJob
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hoodratz47Didn't a big fight break out at If3 one year


Dunno. Anyone recall?
May 19 2022 7:51AM
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Abomber22
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https://youtu.be/1rvSLOop59A
May 19 2022 9:43AM
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Rparr
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skiP.E.I.Becoming friends with anyone who had twintips no matter where you went


ah man I miss this :(

It's still kind of like this at my tiny Ohio hills. But it's gone the moment I go anywhere larger
May 19 2022 9:57AM
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danbrown
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DingoSeanDunno. Anyone recall?


i went to the second, third and fourth IF3 and i don't remember any big fights
May 19 2022 10:08AM
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hoodratz47
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I just remember seeing some grainy ass video at a NS movie thing and a bunch of homies in hoodies throwing haymakers and shoving and yelling bitch
danbrowni went to the second, third and fourth IF3 and i don't remember any big fights
May 20 2022 5:58PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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lastskierthe THALL v Simon Dumont X games pipe rivalry. I still think that should be a stand alone X-games event, just every year, every single Winter X contest, year after year they wheel the two aging battleships out to talk shit, and throw increasingly less technically impressive pipe runs. I'd pay per view that.




I'm still mad about superman double front flip beating PK Hunder.
May 20 2022 7:39PM
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galardogod
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Ninth ward skis
May 21 2022 1:59AM
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3mania
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White leather straps on Scott WC poles.
May 24 2022 7:18PM
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Colingarnes
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Ahmet Dedali
May 25 2022 11:56AM
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