The Evolution of Newschoolers: Past & Future

trevorwoulddoit

trevorwoulddoit

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I'm going to keep this as simple and concise as possible.

The more senior members of this website can often be found reminiscing about the good old days on Newschoolers dot com, when it was a tight knit community, and trash talking was unheard of and unwelcome.

Unfortunately, these days things have changed.

I am going to safely assume that the average age of the website was much higher back then, than it is now. Now, nobody can deny we’ve seen an influx of a new generation of skiers. While this new generation is our future and essential to our sport, it seems that the state of this website has degenerated quite a bit since its infancy.

So here is my question for you.

Do you think as the average age of the NS population increases, things will drift back to the way they were in the earlier days of this site?

Or, on the other hand, do you think that as our sport’s popularity continues to rise at a rapid rate, there will be no shortage of young punks coming up, and things will just get worse?

You're still herding swine as a profession -Anewmorning

Dont start with me...

Ill get drunk tonite and make posts that will make your eyes bleed -Lord_Piot

But, you can always fall back on your degree in... Communications! Oh, dear Lord!

I know! Is phony major. Lubchenko learn nothing. Nothing!

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling. But in rising every time we fall.

 
Hmm... Seems we have a paradox here. Can't really say for sure, except for, yes...

'...Smoking's bad, smoking killed my dad. Yeah, he was driving down the highway one day and as he was lighting his cigarette, it blew out the window. So he jumps out the door to save it, and ran himself over. Uh, you mind if I smoke?' -Olie Ollaussen, Ski Bum extraordinaire
 
dave i would say you will always have punk... i mean you have em in any sport young and old... jibbing will always be younger age but i would assume it would even out over time and be like a bellshaped curve... but this is online.

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'i like whistler, where you can hit on 14 year olds'- Mr Timmmaty D. (telling me he gets indimidated by 30 yrs old women)

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quit blaming it on the younguns

the real assholes on this site are around 20

wiener, dspin7x, myself

the true champions

 
Nothing online ever makes sense AJ.

I guess what I was trying to summarize when I said punk was the animosity that seems to exist on this site at times.

Maybe that's a little more clear?

You're still herding swine as a profession -Anewmorning

Dont start with me...

Ill get drunk tonite and make posts that will make your eyes bleed -Lord_Piot

But, you can always fall back on your degree in... Communications! Oh, dear Lord!

I know! Is phony major. Lubchenko learn nothing. Nothing!

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling. But in rising every time we fall.

 
Just a thought: You may notice that the 'bad' members are, in fact, louder and more noticeable than the good ones, generally speaking and not always. Accepting that as a general rule, it would make sense that a smaller site with the same proportion of idiots (say, 25%, to be generous), would have less stupidity abound than a larger site with the same proportion. As the site population increases, the quiter, 'good' members are more easily overcome by louder, 'bad' members. Thoughts?

Oh, and if you're hoping the core membership of this site will improve with age, I should point out that MikeE is at least 6 years younger than Dloc... not a good sign.

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In a haze

A stormy haze

I’ll be around

I’ll be loving you

Always

Always

Here I am

And I’ll take my time

Here I am

And I’ll wait in line

Always

Always...
 
Mikee and Linemaverick5(I think he changed his name) give me hope for the young.

You're still herding swine as a profession -Anewmorning

Dont start with me...

Ill get drunk tonite and make posts that will make your eyes bleed -Lord_Piot

But, you can always fall back on your degree in... Communications! Oh, dear Lord!

I know! Is phony major. Lubchenko learn nothing. Nothing!

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling. But in rising every time we fall.

 
Then babies will come onto this site whining about their hot milk. Then we will get to people that are like, -5 years old. Which means we will be shut down for indecent exposure.

 
no matter where u are there are gunna be some pricks, sometimes they make things more interesting, some times its just a pain in the ass, i rekon they make things a bit more fun on here, chill out

 
^You clearly weren't here just over a year ago. Things started downhill right when I joined.

...Hey, wait a minute.

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In a haze

A stormy haze

I’ll be around

I’ll be loving you

Always

Always

Here I am

And I’ll take my time

Here I am

And I’ll wait in line

Always

Always...
 
Its getting worse. When I first started, there was no such thing as posers on skis... Now there's almost as many as on snowboards.

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'Fear is your only god' - Zach Dela Rocha

NS hockey pool champion: 2003

www.theeasyrider.com
 
I think the trash talking has gone down since the times when I used to frequent the site much more, about 7 months ago or so. but it's difficult to tell

Micheal Earl Willard
 
yes, newschoolers has definately gone downhill a lot since i joined. i think that newbs just want to post, without reason. i fined now i post less and less, unless i have something to say. none of this ^word one line post shit. i want to leave, i just find it so hard, and i know i never will.

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If i lived in a perfect world, i would spend my days skiing in the sun, the party never ends in perfect world. Nacho cheese and anarchy, boy that sure sounds good to me, im ready to move into a perfect world.

NS ARMY, whatever is right below the General

 
back in the day, when andy lempke used to still post... i think he was lineskieastcoast.... life was good. then there was bryan gallant. little fucker grows on ya. now things have changed so much. i dont even see andy working at stop n shop anymore. its weird! everyone is an asshole too.

im in need of sleep. excuse the incoherence.

T'as pas d'amis. C'est con pour toi.

 
There is not that many people on NS that are old members, I am one of them.

Matts a whore and we all know it haha- Lateralis

I almost broke my penis once, i fell down my gfs stairs naked and with a boner, i was never so scared in my life - Lateralis

I have nothing, I dont save anything from ns, i have mostly porn on my comp tho- Lateralis

If I was a fat black chick, id live in a zoo- Lateralis

Hi, My name is Matt and I'm a postaholic

NS Historian
 
i don't like some of the older newer guys. they can be cocky asshole who think they have answers to everything.

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Future Canadian
 
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Some people talk it, some people live it, some people walk it-some people give it... deal with it.

D-Loc AKA Shaky Bones... Original, Unique, and One of a Kind.

land of the free???@#! haha right... free to the power of the people in uniform

skiin', smokin', snackin', sexin', sleepin'... all anyone needs in life
 
im an old member, but until now, only posted when absolutely necessary. mainly i was here to chat with a few folks back in CO and meet folks around here. 4 years ago i thought it was safe to meet people just like that from this site and ski with them.... then i ran in to bryan gallant a few years ago. oooh boy.

T'as pas d'amis. C'est con pour toi.

 
^ aaaaahahah

yeah, so, i guess i'm a 'middle aged' NSer? I joined back in the day of late 2002 i think.

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~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~

'Ha, I guess I do rock. I jumped out of a plane in a cow suit on halloween.' - OZSkier.com
 
I think that the maturity of this site will increase with age, and that our next genereration will be much smaller than the present one, considering the cancelation of our prime media, freeze, so the spread will be diminished to word of mouth.

C-Man
 
There is hope. If you go by the 'newschoolers ratio' then 1 out of every 100 posts will be worth it. However, there does seem to be evidence that this ratio might change because ski season is knocking on the door and most people will only start posting intermittently. Maybe this will weed out some of those 'bad' users. I mean I'll only be posting every now and then, so it's gotta get better right?

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-Ryan

www.wolfcreekski.com

I'm still waiting for the one I'm waiting for
 
Its kinda like the economy ...there is always ups downs recessions and depressions...time changes most things no matter what. I wish i had been here in the start to get a better idea of what you are really trying to say. I've only been here like for a year or less i dont really know.

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Is it something i said so fuck you to.
 
Cocky wanna be funny people like spam man are annoying. I must say this site has taken a turn for the worse.

IIIIFRNT
 
I must add my two cents to this post. I'm only 23, but I've been an NSer since the 'good old days', and have been working in the ski industry for the past 8 years.

I'd say the most frustrating thing has to be the focus on image now that has been brought into our sport. As a kid my hero was Glen Plake, who had an extremly flamboyant personality, but the focus was on skiing, not the skiis themselves, or his jacket, or his pants, etc.

Blizzard of Ahh's was my first ever ski flick, and it was 100 percent sick skiing, there were no guys flashing gangster signs, no trash talking, no thuggery, and there wasn't one close up of a logo on a ski boot or a helmet covered in logos. They didn't even wear helmets back then!

I guess what ticks me off the most about this site now is kids on here who post all these 'lifestyle shots' but never post any of them in action. It really isn't cool to wear your ski gear in your living room if you cant rip it outside.

The other issue that ticks me off is a lack of respect for other skiiers, kids on here who spend all their time in the park, can't carve a turn, and come on here bashing Jeremy Nobis cuz he skiis big mountain instead of the park. Lately I find I have been riding with boarders becuase many of the kids on skiis now have so much attitude that I am ashamed to be a skiier.

But hey, skiing is cool again and posers come with the territory. On the bright side, the industry is booming now and the quality of ski gear had improved exponentially in the past 10 years, along with a drastic reduction in prices. Whether a kid rides his skiis or not, hes still a consumer, and that means he's good for the industry.

WE TAKE THESE RISKS NOT TO ESCAPE LIFE, BUT SO THAT LIFE DOES NOT ESCAPE US
 
I do agree with you CanadianSkibum, but I'd like to take your point a little bit further. I was talking to a friend the other day and I was talking about how I saw a video clip of Bode Miller droppin' a 40ft cliff in Alaska and straightlining the rest of the run. I was impressed to say the least. I did some research and found out that Daron Ravhles (sp?) is also a super good big mtn skier. The same is true with almost all the US Ski Team members. While I agree that FIS isn't the best judging organization, it's weird that people dog on them. It's skiing and I'll support skiers, and I think it's awesome to see stuff that makes you look at things differently. I dunno, I just think that racers get a bad rep for that they do, even if it is a means to do something else with their skiing.

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-Ryan

www.wolfcreekski.com

I'm still waiting for the one I'm waiting for
 
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