Jt_Midwestbanger
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haha. So sick steve stepp stompin it! Link
http://www.4bi9media.com/08/view_video.php?name=The%20Gypsy%20Edit
http://www.4bi9media.com/08/view_video.php?name=The%20Gypsy%20Edit
New 4bi9 Gypsy Edit!
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summersover
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skiing is about being different and not having fun. the gypsy edit.
ThunderousFilms
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i saw it within ten mins of it being on line!
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baethoven
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here we are.
By Liam Downey
Let me begin by saying I've been an avid fan of both freeskiing and snowboarding my whole life; consequentially, I have also fallen victim to several of the trends that I’m about to make fun of. As I type this, I’m wearing a wool, XXXL Lebron James Nike Hoodie over a pair of suspenders which sag pea-green Spyder pants below my ass. I’ve still got these on, along with a hunter orange bandana, despite the fact it's been a whole four hours since I left the hill.
Despite my own fashion follies, my close proximity to both skiers and snowboarders over the last few years has made me a bemused observer of the various stylistic overtones these two youthful winter sports have given birth to. Let’s start with snowboarding, which plays the role of freeskiing’s big brother when it comes to trend setting; a brother whose example is inevitably followed against all reason. Around 2003, snowboarding coopted NBA and NFL merchandise, along with mainstream hip- hop couture, to launch itself into its “gangster” phase. F.O.D.T. crew members like Bittner, Bennee, and McCarthy started rocking jerseys and even golden Jesus Pieces in park, urban, and even backcountry locales. The Tall Tee quickly followed as a requisite as an underlayer to the jersey, hoodie, or jacket. By the winter of 2006, snowboarders and skiers had collectively discovered that different color Talls could be stacked on top of each other; we were -- and are, still -- unaware that the layered t-shirts gave the illusion of long striped dresses.
Perhaps in rebellion against the Tall Tee/jersey movement, many snowboarders decided tight-pants were the only way that they could really look like skaters. If snowboarding is freeskiing’s big brother, then skateboarding is the poster child that big brother pins to his bedroom walls. Anyway, the shredders took the next step, which was to raid their sisters’ jean collections and layer up on what looked like spandex-y long underwear. Worried that Levi-Strauss had cornered the clothing market, outerwear manufacturers like Airblaster (formerly a leg bag and sticker company) responded with unisex lines of waterproof bell-bottom-ish-tight-pants with clasps and buckles to cinch them even tighter. In the spring of 2005, a rare genus of Park City snowboarders bridged the gap which had formed between the "gangster" and "girly-pants" groups by wearing Tall-Tees and tight jeans. This, predictably, led to the derisive "lampshades" reference.
Around the same time that the Park "Silly" snowboard scene was most mixed up, skiers started dropping their poles in what seemed to be an attempt to be more like snowboarders (in reality, it only made them more closely resemble aggressive in-liners). This trend may have been initiated by freeskiing’s elite with Fujas and Pollard, but its main proponents in the public sphere remained those who either didn't know how to turn or those who somehow found the concept of pole-planting irksome. Unfortunately, the no-pole fad arrived at the same time as tight pants and just before matching pants and jacket suits phase, which would lead to even more confusion. Rocking skintight jeans sans poles, even a talented freeskier can be easily mistaken for a weekend warrior, shuffling and wedging through lift lines. Still, nothing compares to the no-poles, matching-pants-and-jacket-park-skier, who is indistinguishable from a Texan wearing a Bogner suit.
Skiers not only have the misfortune of inheriting snowboarding’s worst modes of dress, we also get its second-hand terminology. For instance, whereas "tindy" is an old school snowboard grab that is neither tail nor indy, it has become skiing's "cool new grab", where it is similarly grabbed half-assed. Perhaps the greatest misappropriation of a snowboard term is freeskiing’s love of the word "afterbang". Popularized when Robot Food dropped their 2002 freshman film, Afterbang, the term connotes an effort to make a sketchy trick look better by forcefully puffing one's chest after landing. The greater ski community never received that memo however, and six years later we have successfully changed the word-meaning "whipped cream on crap" to "the icing on the cake". Skiers everywhere are now thrusting out their hips and arching their backs while trying to appear relaxed as they ride away from a trick — two ideas which are as counterintuitive as they sound. On top of all this, the Tall Tee and "afterbang" movements have unified their fronts. Literally. Between rail features, groups of skiers often "afterbang" by forming a slope-descending circle and grabbing onto each other’s garments — all with the intent of properly stretching out their Tall Tees. Really.
While that brings us up to speed on the wonderful world of ski fashion and terminology, snowboarding has recently co-opted one trend which skiing has yet to adopt. This new rave is that of "the gypsy", a hybrid that takes everything vagrant, hessian skater, and metal head and straps this aggregate low-life to a snowboard. Essentially, they’re the Ali Boulalas (a one-of-a-kind, pro-skateboarding hessian-ista) of wintersports. While many of these "gypsies" may drive Audi’s to the hill, they offset reality by wearing leather jackets and ripped black jeans on snow (blouses optional). Into their now-rarely washed hair, they twist various gypsy trinkets, dreamcatchers, and bottle caps. In the park, they can be spotted by their Think Thank-esque noseblocks and bonks and their greater tendency to avoid larger features and jumps altogether. While gypsy steeze might hurt your off-hill game anywhere that's not, say, Portland, Oregon, chances are your local terrain park is already beginning to resemble the extras crew from Pirates of the Caribbean.
It is only a matter of time before the freeskiing gypsy will make his appearance. It will be only then that the "ski bum" of the '70s will have come full circle; proving once and for all that while fashions may be short-lived, any and all trends will be recycled, and, unfortunately, make intelligent, decent people appear as anything but.
By Liam Downey
Let me begin by saying I've been an avid fan of both freeskiing and snowboarding my whole life; consequentially, I have also fallen victim to several of the trends that I’m about to make fun of. As I type this, I’m wearing a wool, XXXL Lebron James Nike Hoodie over a pair of suspenders which sag pea-green Spyder pants below my ass. I’ve still got these on, along with a hunter orange bandana, despite the fact it's been a whole four hours since I left the hill.
Despite my own fashion follies, my close proximity to both skiers and snowboarders over the last few years has made me a bemused observer of the various stylistic overtones these two youthful winter sports have given birth to. Let’s start with snowboarding, which plays the role of freeskiing’s big brother when it comes to trend setting; a brother whose example is inevitably followed against all reason. Around 2003, snowboarding coopted NBA and NFL merchandise, along with mainstream hip- hop couture, to launch itself into its “gangster” phase. F.O.D.T. crew members like Bittner, Bennee, and McCarthy started rocking jerseys and even golden Jesus Pieces in park, urban, and even backcountry locales. The Tall Tee quickly followed as a requisite as an underlayer to the jersey, hoodie, or jacket. By the winter of 2006, snowboarders and skiers had collectively discovered that different color Talls could be stacked on top of each other; we were -- and are, still -- unaware that the layered t-shirts gave the illusion of long striped dresses.
Perhaps in rebellion against the Tall Tee/jersey movement, many snowboarders decided tight-pants were the only way that they could really look like skaters. If snowboarding is freeskiing’s big brother, then skateboarding is the poster child that big brother pins to his bedroom walls. Anyway, the shredders took the next step, which was to raid their sisters’ jean collections and layer up on what looked like spandex-y long underwear. Worried that Levi-Strauss had cornered the clothing market, outerwear manufacturers like Airblaster (formerly a leg bag and sticker company) responded with unisex lines of waterproof bell-bottom-ish-tight-pants with clasps and buckles to cinch them even tighter. In the spring of 2005, a rare genus of Park City snowboarders bridged the gap which had formed between the "gangster" and "girly-pants" groups by wearing Tall-Tees and tight jeans. This, predictably, led to the derisive "lampshades" reference.
Around the same time that the Park "Silly" snowboard scene was most mixed up, skiers started dropping their poles in what seemed to be an attempt to be more like snowboarders (in reality, it only made them more closely resemble aggressive in-liners). This trend may have been initiated by freeskiing’s elite with Fujas and Pollard, but its main proponents in the public sphere remained those who either didn't know how to turn or those who somehow found the concept of pole-planting irksome. Unfortunately, the no-pole fad arrived at the same time as tight pants and just before matching pants and jacket suits phase, which would lead to even more confusion. Rocking skintight jeans sans poles, even a talented freeskier can be easily mistaken for a weekend warrior, shuffling and wedging through lift lines. Still, nothing compares to the no-poles, matching-pants-and-jacket-park-skier, who is indistinguishable from a Texan wearing a Bogner suit.
Skiers not only have the misfortune of inheriting snowboarding’s worst modes of dress, we also get its second-hand terminology. For instance, whereas "tindy" is an old school snowboard grab that is neither tail nor indy, it has become skiing's "cool new grab", where it is similarly grabbed half-assed. Perhaps the greatest misappropriation of a snowboard term is freeskiing’s love of the word "afterbang". Popularized when Robot Food dropped their 2002 freshman film, Afterbang, the term connotes an effort to make a sketchy trick look better by forcefully puffing one's chest after landing. The greater ski community never received that memo however, and six years later we have successfully changed the word-meaning "whipped cream on crap" to "the icing on the cake". Skiers everywhere are now thrusting out their hips and arching their backs while trying to appear relaxed as they ride away from a trick — two ideas which are as counterintuitive as they sound. On top of all this, the Tall Tee and "afterbang" movements have unified their fronts. Literally. Between rail features, groups of skiers often "afterbang" by forming a slope-descending circle and grabbing onto each other’s garments — all with the intent of properly stretching out their Tall Tees. Really.
While that brings us up to speed on the wonderful world of ski fashion and terminology, snowboarding has recently co-opted one trend which skiing has yet to adopt. This new rave is that of "the gypsy", a hybrid that takes everything vagrant, hessian skater, and metal head and straps this aggregate low-life to a snowboard. Essentially, they’re the Ali Boulalas (a one-of-a-kind, pro-skateboarding hessian-ista) of wintersports. While many of these "gypsies" may drive Audi’s to the hill, they offset reality by wearing leather jackets and ripped black jeans on snow (blouses optional). Into their now-rarely washed hair, they twist various gypsy trinkets, dreamcatchers, and bottle caps. In the park, they can be spotted by their Think Thank-esque noseblocks and bonks and their greater tendency to avoid larger features and jumps altogether. While gypsy steeze might hurt your off-hill game anywhere that's not, say, Portland, Oregon, chances are your local terrain park is already beginning to resemble the extras crew from Pirates of the Caribbean.
It is only a matter of time before the freeskiing gypsy will make his appearance. It will be only then that the "ski bum" of the '70s will have come full circle; proving once and for all that while fashions may be short-lived, any and all trends will be recycled, and, unfortunately, make intelligent, decent people appear as anything but.
sirskizalot
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Having fun is for pussies.
Uncle.Badness
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now watch as gypsy edits pop up everywhere.
Billiards.
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That was the funniest shit I seen in a while.
ski_DC
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yeah that was pretty funny. stepp actually could make a decent gypsy.
i think gypsy skiers sometimes have more fun than thugged out ones. i mean, thug skiers (some) just try and act hard, and yeah, it looks good and smooth, but look at someone like bronson christensen. he is gypsy, weird as hell, but just has a great time. check the edit.
i still think the 4bi9 edit was funny as shit, and stepp did nail some of the gypsies, but i think that gypsy boarders at hood are more like that than the skiers.
i think gypsy skiers sometimes have more fun than thugged out ones. i mean, thug skiers (some) just try and act hard, and yeah, it looks good and smooth, but look at someone like bronson christensen. he is gypsy, weird as hell, but just has a great time. check the edit.
i still think the 4bi9 edit was funny as shit, and stepp did nail some of the gypsies, but i think that gypsy boarders at hood are more like that than the skiers.
asian_andy
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props on the post killer
ilikeplants
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no, everyone who skis has fun. some wear baggy stuff to have fun and some wear tight pants to have fun
dylansiggers
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skiing is not about having fun
loveyoursneakers
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Looks Dope
zerospinskier
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Makes sense. Skiing shouldn't be fun, that's what homework is for.
inthewoods
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shit's funny. I loved his "piece of mother nature" hahah
Hey what is the trick he does after hitting the first downrail after his comments on being gypsy?
Hey what is the trick he does after hitting the first downrail after his comments on being gypsy?
*Nefarious*
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Goblin, just quit being steezy and go full gypsy, cuz that shit is so damn hilarious i almost pissed myself.
And I just had to read Liam's very well written article about 3 times because it was so damn glorious. spot-on...spot-on
And I just had to read Liam's very well written article about 3 times because it was so damn glorious. spot-on...spot-on
snowboardersrule
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sick front full
tight pants... please dear lord let this be the last time we see tight pants in skiing. Its not like its changing for the better. In terms of economics they are less efficient. colder, cuz they trap less air, constrict movement, and just look stupid, there is nothing good about them.
wait? now the gypsy kids dont have fun? im not sure what the difference between gypsy, hesh, or just plain old tight pants is, but seriously, every tight pants skier or snowboarder i see is usually just fucking around and having as much fun as possible, while its the hard, thug kids riding around with 5 layers of tall t's that are getting pissed and throwing their poles when they forget to afterbang their forced tricks.
thats why i ride with snowboarders, all the skiers i know suddenly get into ass hole gangster mode as soon as they put their G wardrobe on. or maybe they are like that all the time? i dont know.
but really i ski with airblaster and heshy snowboarders cause they arent out there all day trying to stomp their sick comp run and show off their hood style and attitude. all they do is have as much fun as they can.
though there are those hardcore gypsy skeirs who seem to have a shitty attitude, kinda like a, "i spent a month shopping around for a wardrobe that makes it look like i dont care, and i spend 5 hours each morning putting it on" but the same can be said about the hardcore technine snowboarders and super thug skiers who honestly think they just turned black and joined a gang everytime they put on their big ass goth pants. anyway i find it funny that stepp is making fun of people for skiing to not have fun, since every edit i see him in he's trying to act all hard, like he's the fuckin shit for shopping at compton mart.
thats why i ride with snowboarders, all the skiers i know suddenly get into ass hole gangster mode as soon as they put their G wardrobe on. or maybe they are like that all the time? i dont know.
but really i ski with airblaster and heshy snowboarders cause they arent out there all day trying to stomp their sick comp run and show off their hood style and attitude. all they do is have as much fun as they can.
though there are those hardcore gypsy skeirs who seem to have a shitty attitude, kinda like a, "i spent a month shopping around for a wardrobe that makes it look like i dont care, and i spend 5 hours each morning putting it on" but the same can be said about the hardcore technine snowboarders and super thug skiers who honestly think they just turned black and joined a gang everytime they put on their big ass goth pants. anyway i find it funny that stepp is making fun of people for skiing to not have fun, since every edit i see him in he's trying to act all hard, like he's the fuckin shit for shopping at compton mart.
OhMyBosh
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im sorry but this edit is retarded...
first of all, im pretty sure gypsy/hesh/whatever you call it skiiers are the ones who go out and have fun and dont care about fashion, and all the guys in 4bi9 are the ones who go out and try to look as thug as possible and take sh*t seriously.
also, these guys werent really skiing gypsy for half the edit, they were even afterbanging most of their tricks...
The difference between this and the hyphdog killyonaire edits and whatnot is that in those edits, theyre taking exactly what wannabe thug gangsta kids do and exaggerating it... whereas in this they just make up some BS about gyspy kids not wanting to have fun, when in fact its all they really do...
this thread = facepalm.
inb4 karma rapage.
first of all, im pretty sure gypsy/hesh/whatever you call it skiiers are the ones who go out and have fun and dont care about fashion, and all the guys in 4bi9 are the ones who go out and try to look as thug as possible and take sh*t seriously.
also, these guys werent really skiing gypsy for half the edit, they were even afterbanging most of their tricks...
The difference between this and the hyphdog killyonaire edits and whatnot is that in those edits, theyre taking exactly what wannabe thug gangsta kids do and exaggerating it... whereas in this they just make up some BS about gyspy kids not wanting to have fun, when in fact its all they really do...
this thread = facepalm.
inb4 karma rapage.
