Gypsies, Tall Tees, and Afterbang: The State of Steeze

while he makes excellent points and is often amusing, i don't think that article was particularly well written. that's not the point though. i personally think 95% of afterbang looks absurd, and i'm also not a particular twall fan. however, i thought his landings in dew tour slope from n* were fucking awesome. it was genuine perfection, precision and comfort on display and for me, that is the ONLY thing legitimate 'afterbang' can be.
 
I sewed the zipper back into my jacket; I don't even know how to sew. Where does that place me in the fashion scene?

Do I even need to say that I'm being sarcastic?
 
I don't understand the hate on no poles

When did skiing start to have rules? if someone wants to ski without poles and suck at skiing, let them, its about having fun.

I raced for a long time and I k now how to ski. I know how to turn, I know how to pole plant, and all of that jazz. I ski no poles when I cruising the park because falling on poles hurts, and doing handstands and cartwheels is a lot more difficult with poles. I used poles until I broke my thumb and couldnt hold them. despite what people told me, I STILL HAD FUN.

poles are just an extra peice of equiptment that is unnecessary. I use poles most of the time that I ski powder because it makes traversing the flats easier, and I can donate a pole to snowboarders to aid their troubles.

 
i hate not having poles to push if i need a lil extra speed into a rail, etc. not saying anything against you lol, i just feel really awkward without them
 
I'm not sure I understand the point of this article... If he's just going to complain about stuff and tell me things that I already know then I guess that's cool. I would have liked for him to propose a solution to this so called "problem" he is pointing out.
 
Hey guys, just to clarify, I wrote this article to describe some of the funnier trends in skiing and snowboarding to an outsider while trying to appeal to people like you as well. A lot of the wording was heavily altered by an editor in order to make sense to the average Joe, and I realize that some parts sound funny and/or very obvious to someone who knows what's up. Furthermore, I never intended to hate on any one skier group directly, which would be ridiculous since I've been guilty of forced rideaways, afterbang, excessively long shirts, and riding without poles ... if you can't laugh at your own style, you aren't having enough fun.

 
"your local terrain park is already beginning to resemble the extras crew from Pirates of the Caribbean"

does that mean the terrain park rules will become more like guidelines?
 
hahaha marks. English teacher in the house!!!!

Liked the article. This years superunkown really made it final how silly skiing has gotten with trends. "Afterbang" is the most illogical thing to hit skiing EVER.

Props liam. Legit callout.
 
This is hilarious and if you are offended, think it's 'dumb' you take yourself way too seriously, you are not as cool as you think, especially if you are 12-16 years old.
 
This commentary landed squarely between "glorious" and "magical". The tone was affectionate, as opposed to being overly condescending or accusatory.

Thanks for that, it was an excellent read.

This site could use more threads like this...meaning, thoughtful ones.
 
eloquently written. I was going to try and write a short piece on some of the hilarious style trends that have arisen in our industry, but I think that pretty much sums it up. I suppose thats what an english degree from bates gets you
 
there is this red head that is a snowboarder at keystone and has ssuper long hair and has total gypsie steeze. tight levis and a leather jacket. he kills it tho.
 
3 Tall tees from downtown LA near Compton-$30New belt to hold up your XXL pants when you should wear Md. - $10New Bandana to hang out your pocket - $5
there are some things that afterbang and a layered tall tee can't solve.For everything else there is master card.

Priceless article. Sooooooo funny.
 
pretty darn good summary of ski fashion

theres alot of variation that is missing but it's pretty hard to pinpoint everything
 
hahaha that was so great, so true in many ways. ive seen this gypsy steeze a bit, i dont like it. skiers should start a new trend, western outlaw steeze.
 
I had to change my username because of the amount of times i just read steeze in replies. One more time i think i am going to puke

 
i saw a kid on a snowboard over the weekend that's just way ahead of the game... or he lives in a dumpster. one of the two. kid's pants were legitimately at his knees, using a shoelace over one shoulder to hold them up. this was complemented up top by a filthy hippy drug rug with a foreman mills patterned tall t over top of it. to finish off the look, another shoe lace was tied into the kid's hair, and he had a dream catcher and a charm bracelet, among other various odd trinkets, attached to his belt loops, and rode with his torn apart snowboard boots completely unlaced and open. i truly couldn't comprehend what i was seeing.
 
very few skiiers have their own style... some snowboarders do, and more skateboarders do... watch all the top rated videos right now and i imagine 95% will be people wearing baggy clothes/tall tees afterbanging pretzels. people need to mix it up a bit.
 
I wanna see more ROCK N ROLL in the slope!
But how the hell are we supposed to dress rocknroll? Im not a f*ing gipsy, nor a gangster, i want to rock, rock in the slope
 
I thought that was a really well done, interesting look into all the funny shit people wear on the hill. I mean it really is funny when you take a step back and look at it all. And the gypsy skiers are here already, I seen them!
 
It really sounded like he was hating on wallisch when he was talking about no-poles and matching pants and jacket style in 2006.
 
"they can be spotted by their Think Thank-esque noseblocks and bonks and their greater tendency to avoid larger features and jumps"

Would garett russel be considered a gypsie?
 
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