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    Anyone else tired of the so-so skiing(in recent ski porn) in sick Western terrain..

    Is it just me..or is anyone else tired of the lack of quality skiing by the hords of young guys(really at the Intermediate level) on the fat boards in absolutely gorgeous snow....
    Is it the low-budgets of these operations that is driving it all....?

    I mean, we in the East really look forward to this stuff, but when all that a DVD is made up of is a bunch of steep tail-skidding.....
    Granted, skidding on the steeps is needed, but with the absolute DULLNESS of straightlining...is the much unneeded banking...etc... Or am I just getting oldER
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    Quote Originally Posted by steved
    Is it just me..or is anyone else tired of the lack of quality skiing by the hords of young guys(really at the Intermediate level) on the fat boards in absolutely gorgeous snow....
    Is it the low-budgets of these operations that is driving it all....?

    I mean, we in the East really look forward to this stuff, but when all that a DVD is made up of is a bunch of steep tail-skidding.....
    What in the hell are you talking about?

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    this...tail skidding...I need to know more. Is it the next big thing?

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    Maybe the traditional idea of "quality" skiing is gettin a little antiquated for ski porn. Jibbers ain't racers, and racers aren't in porn (with a few exceptions). I get bummed out too when the big production companies grab the young up-an-coming jibbers and heli them around in BC or AK when there are obviously more deserving big mountain skiers who could truly lay it down up there. But those jibber kids are hungry too and are definately leaving some hairball lines down some stuff, even if their turns aren't round and their weight is baa-a-a-a-aaack.

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    Huh? I thought it was the unshaped skis. Or maybe it's the shampoo.
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    Too much Allen's & milk again?
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    What you don't get a measure of is the speed and absolute control with which the skiers slay these lines. That and you're an idiot.

    Three words : P Y LeBlanc

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    Dude, watch better movies. For instance, Team 13 has sick big mountain skiing by guys with MAD style—not tail gunners. It’s out there, find it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greydon Clark
    Dude, watch better movies. For instance, Team 13 has sick big mountain skiing by guys with MAD style—not tail gunners. It’s out there, find it.
    This was about to be my recommendation as well. Team 13's roster in this year's movie showed off some really talented skiers, even if they aren't the heavy hitters like McConkey and Krietler. And yeah, Py LeBlanc fucking SLAYS it!
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    Maybe the problem is being in the east?

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    Un-polled Poll results: I need to be examined..;-) Ok..

    ...need to be examined and need to ski some 80+ waists!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by steved
    ...need to be examined and need to ski some 80+ waists!!!
    <insert appropriate yo momma remark>
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    Clean out your desk.

    Quote Originally Posted by steved
    ...need to be examined and need to ski some 80+ waists!!!
    Steve,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donald Trump
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    Quote Originally Posted by girlski0912
    And yeah, Py LeBlanc fucking SLAYS it!
    PY lives south of heaven and reins blood on the masses. AKA he is SLAYER.
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    I'll agree with the original post.

    We sat through 9 ski movies in three days at the freshtival. This was enough exposure in a really short period to give us a chance to compare and contrast the different segments (so much ski in so little time dulls the emotion a bit, so one can evaluate in a more somber manner).

    In my opinion the only person who skied big mountain with true style was Seth Morrison in his War segment. McConkey and Douglas were close seconds, while most others' lines were of the "let me just set up this big huck here" type.

    An interesting moment for me was in "Hit List", where one can see how Daron Rahlves compares to Abma and Chris Davenport in a big-mountain environment. Especially when they put a couple of gates for good measure anybody with half an eye for skiing can figure out who skis defensively and who attacks the line.

    But that can be just me -- I prefer seeing people elegantly negotiate lines rather than rip them. And Hall skis powder like the mogul skier he is

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    Did Hugo Harrison (tail gunner who is never in the fall line) have any parts in the movies you saw?
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    Guys like Hugo and PY are in the minority these days. There is a lot of just big smear turns in movies these days. Just look at what one of the most popular skiing tool around these parts is.....spatulas. Those things are designed to not carve a turn, but slide the turn instead. I agree with the orignal poster that all those snowboard turns gets old. Give me more segments like Hugo, PY, Kreitler, and especially McGovern and much less Tanner and the like. Just my $.02. Feel free to flame away since I am wearing my Nomex today
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    please tell me thats was tongue in cheek about Hugo, that dude is great to watch and one of the more technically adept skier out there.

    just got done watching Ingrid's part in Yearbook, alot of the top males in the sport can pick up thing or two from her skiing, she may not go as fast ot as big as everyone, but she is by far the "prettiest"(in more was than one) skier on that movie.

    Wow that sounds retarded, but i think you guys know what i mean.

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    Tailgunner or not, those guys haul ass on those lines and it's pretty sweet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BushwackerinPA
    she may not go as fast ot as big as everyone,
    You off your fucking rocker? She *mached* those slopes. My favourite is the one where her sluff hasn't even reached a 1/4 of the slope before she's hit the bottom. Good shit. (And yes, very stylish, too)

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    Yeah, I'm sick of all this filming of sick western terrain. Let's see some Ski Liberty footage, bitches!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greydon Clark
    Did Hugo Harrison (tail gunner who is never in the fall line) have any parts in the movies you saw?
    yes, he was in Hit List. i really enjoy watching him ski.

    i'm sorry, the list of good big-mountain skiers i provided earlier wasn't comprehensive. seth's performance was simply a shining point amongst the rest, and it did help it that the movie we saw just before "War" was Hall's "Pop Yer Bottelz", a rap-filled jib-fest, which Tanner claimed accomplished the compulsory "takin'er to the next level" by having unedited songs with uncensored lyrics.

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