Thread: The Future of Skiing (vid of skiboard carving, 14:31)

http://youtu.be/YA0O7efTJfE

camera: Contour Roam, Tall setting
Dates: 4-24 February, 2012
Location: St Anton am Arlberg, Austria
Skiboards: Summit Marauders 2012, 125cm, 14.7 / 11.7 / 14.6
Skier: Adrian W
chase cam: Philipp S
Boots: Garmont G2 2011
Style: Heart Carving http://goo.gl/ikHwb

This is one of the top ten dumbest posts on TGR. Congratulations.

That is full retard. Are you related to the Rax guy?

You are both out of your minds...this is amazing. Short Skiboards, Backpack on Groomers, Pole Mounted POV, AND Cheesy Euro Progressive Techno???

Sounds like a huge pile of fucking WIN to me!!!

I have three questions
Does your arm get tired holding out your dumb pole cam.
Have you ever harpooned someone with your dumb pole cam.
Do you ever notice the people openly laughing at you.
That's all

- your stance is much much too narrow
- the camera is embarrassing
- 125cm ?? well, that's about the same as using a state of the art rocker/camber ski in terms of effective edge so you could have just skied S7s
No future in this skiing. Maybe PM rontele if you need advice in buying some real skis.

The future of skiing looks pretty dismal. I'll stick with the present, thank you.

I don't mind the negativity - I just had to get it out there.

there's a reason why you're riding alone dood. Surely you've wondered why no one EVER wants to join you.

I ride alone so I don't get held back by dead weights and dead beats. It's not always like that, but I destroy most skiers on the pistes.

That was dope. I wish I could try, but I have degenerative patellar gingivitis, and I don't think my knees could handle the forces generated by such extremecarving.

Originally Posted by adria33

I ride alone so I don't get held back by dead weights and dead beats. It's not always like that, but I destroy most skiers on the pistes.

Quote of the year! Congratulations!

is this a joke?

why are the ski's so short?

i don't see the future

the epicnesss of the poles eye view of the chair lift ride overwhelmed me so much I couldn't bring myself to watch the rest, besides my 93cm Head Liners blow away those jong sticks layin' railroad tracks on the groomers

hmm, the skis are short because they have a really short radius (about 6m) if they were longer with that radius they'd be too bulky. Then, if you have short skis, you can't depend on skidding, edges too short - you're getting better sensations with skiboards in my view. But the future is in the style first and foremost - riding the centripetal forces.

the only thing worse than that skiing is the music that played during it.

but on the bright side, short skis could teach all you backseat riders how to get balanced.

Wait, I've seen this before:

Originally Posted by adria33

camera: Contour Roam, Tall setting
Dates: 4-24 February, 2012
Location: St Anton am Arlberg, Austria
Skiboards: Summit Marauders 2012, 125cm, 14.7 / 11.7 / 14.6
Skier: Adrian W
chase cam: Philipp S
Boots: Garmont G2 2011
Style: Heart Carving http://goo.gl/ikHwb

p.s. you're trying to hard

Most unrad thing ever.

That shit is worse than Miracle Whip.

de gustibus disputandum non est

Originally Posted by adria33

http://youtu.be/YA0O7efTJfE

camera: Contour Roam, Tall setting
Dates: 4-24 February, 2012
Location: St Anton am Arlberg, Austria
Skiboards: Summit Marauders 2012, 125cm, 14.7 / 11.7 / 14.6
Skier: Adrian W
chase cam: Philipp S
Boots: Garmont G2 2011
Style: Heart Carving http://goo.gl/ikHwb

Hi, I am no ski technician, so I am a little slow. What exactly is the innovation here? THese look like snowlerblades... With exception of the twin tips, your invention is what lousy american skiers use to stumble their way down bump lines and break their legs. But I am a fool jong so I don't know, I must be the fool.

Any chance we'll see you in the Olympics?

This guy is really committed to carving, even if it means cutting off little kids, like here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...rwBSu07KU#t=4s
and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...wBSu07KU#t=32s

OP: Can you stick up hill ice?

Olympics - I know you're being sarcastic, but I've never got too involved in racing.. or liked it.. and when it was, it has never been slalom. I should get into slalom.. but Olympics unlikely. I am pretty risk averse. One of the reasons I got into carving was because I didn't want to keep getting a buzz from cliff jumping or steeps (and I never had access to good pow.) Perhaps the high from carving is more endorphin (soul) than adrenaline (fear.) Snowboarding was okay for a while. How about you? What does it for you?