Erica Durtschi- the lioness of jibbing- peep some realness!

not so sure about that. But that's irrelevant. I'm not hating, I'm merely expressing the fact that that video wasnt anything special. I'm not going to lower my standards just because it's a girl skiing. That's true equality.
 
really good tricks at some points, others not so much. really sketch landings etc on some of those.
 
I suppose instead of just saying "meh", I should elaborate on my opinion as to not be labeled a "dumbass".

The pow skiing was very sick. You don't see that many edits of girls shredding pow, let alone dropping big(ish) cliffs and doing 180's. I enjoyed that for sure.

As for the park shots, poles are needed. Not because skiing no poles "is gay" or whatever 12 year olds on NS say, but because in order to ski no poles and make it look good/unsketch, one needs to be in complete control of their arms. Obviously, she is not. Flailing with poles is far less noticeable than flailing without poles.

However, she was doing legit tricks on some fairly large rail features, most notably that up urban at the end. That rail is much larger/scarier in person, so I give her props on that.

That being said, the rest of the park shots were not impressive to me. There were no real grabs that I saw. She had a clean 7 (with "afterbang". It pains me to use that word), which for a female is pretty banger. Again though, no pronounced grab. The one jump shot I appreciated was the one on the bottom jump in Pick where she does a 5 that looks like she won't get it around, but then does so fairly smoothly (about 0:55). But there are no switch jump tricks and no rightside anything.

As for the "vibe" of the edit, I enjoyed it. It wasn't super serious or whatever, and it portrayed you enjoying/having fun skiing, something that I think is very key in an edit.

Overall, it wasn't bad. There were positive and negatives, but in my opinion, the negatives outweighed the positives. She needs to flail less, maybe do a few more tech rail tricks, and grab on spins. Mostly just work on being smooth. A girl on urban was fantastic to see as well.

You can hate on me and call me a dumbass for expressing my opinion, but at least I did so in an articulate and organized fashion. Also this should have been posted in the video section. It was definitely not deserving of a thread. You can't post a video of this caliber in ski gabber and expect it not to be critiqued.
 
i have never heard this chick claim to be better than anyone. its a sweet edit, enjoy or turn it off.
 
I loved the edit! and that was all filmed in utah it said... why dosent she shred up here in the AK? isnt she tim's little sister?(slandypoo you know for sure?) then there would be some epic big mountian in there, and i like her steeze on that cliff in the beginning, no rolling down the windows like every other girl ive seen haha.
 
no one's comparing her to kaya, you're such a dumbass. everything you say on here makes me want to smash my computer.
 
.Doesnt matter because you have nothing on Tanner Hall, might as well quit.

Really developed style, enjoyed watching this. Chick or not that style was fresh.
 
that's an ignorant form of equality. simply due to body differences they are at a disadvantage so you have to take that into account before you whip out a 'meh'
 
that was really sick! pow shots were dope, nose tap was fire, and that last trick was clean as fuck. props!!
 
Dope.

Way too much hate in this thread for a chica who's killing it in terms of style.

The hand drag 1s, the nose bonk 180, one of the 5s, the 180 on-surface swap on the wide box, and fs 2 out of the uprail were all bangers. Yeah, she could stand to get some grabs on lock for sure, but otherwise, it was looking good. I like that she's not spinning like a top and doing overly tech tricks....it didn't look like she was "training". Basically, I bet she's a blast to ride with and has a great attitude. Keep slaying shit ma.

P.S. I enjoyed watching that much more than a vast majority of the run of the mill edits from the dozens of pseudo thug "pro-ams" that this site blows on a daily basis.
 
erica kills it. its not like her career or anything so comparing her to the best is just dumb. such an ill style and honestly i can't think of another girl that slays switch pow like that.
 
your life sounds like it sucks.

on another note, yah erica! fuck these hater dweebz, they're obviously quite far out of their element.
 
Am I the only one in this thread that thinks this post was plenty intelligent? It's just honest critique, everyone's entitled to their own opinion... And as far as the lioness of jibbing, I'd say that's Battersby, but of course its good to see any girl shredding the park.
 
I support this man.

Not that my opinion is the same, but my view on opinions is (what?)

I thought it was really sick to see some legit afterbang from a girl, so sweet. I personally loved it.
 
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