Tired of Rainbow-Presses

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linus_deboss

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Is anyone else tired of seeing nose/tail "presses" on rainbow rails?

most of these pics are just screenshots of miliseconds of a press, it might look sick but it's just not a real press, plus we've seen it a billion times now...

Am I the only one?

inb4 op is gay/op is the only one
 
for sure, if the ski isnt flexin you aint pressin,

doin full presses on a down bar is probably the hardest, but just like snowboarding had to develop tech to perform, we are still waiting for the proper setup to start jibbing to full potential.
 
Yea man. Totally. I get really up in arms about the frequency that people to certain tricks on certain features! Down with the fairy rainbow presses!11!!!
 
13086440:Railersailer said:
Its like snowboarders saying "I got a tail press" when really they just lifted one foot for .00004 phemtoseconds
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You tried really hard, but it's "femtosecond"
 
Quite frankly any sort of press on a rainbow rail is somewhat cheap. Since it's parabolic, a skier just has to find the right speed to jump and stay evenly over the rail, effectively "canceling gravity." So there's not as much skill required to press a rainbow rail because the rider doesn't need to actually fight the torque of his weight being so off-center.

That said, if it's done right and it looks sick, it really doesn't matter if it's easier to press a rainbow than any other feature.
 
Some people take skiing too seriously. Seeing people shred the park doesn't make me angry. Maybe there's something wrong with me.
 
13086433:N.L. said:
but just like snowboarding had to develop tech to perform, we are still waiting for the proper setup to start jibbing to full potential.
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What are you talking about?
 
before the rocker snowboards came out, only ill ass snowboarders did sick presses. than everyone started pressing shit out easy with the new snowboard tech and people said it made it too easy. prior to that there were ill ass shredders like lucas magoon that were grime steezy on regular camber boards.

in my opinion, freestyle jibbing has yet to "evolutionize", but we are getting some buttery planks that are shredable
 
13087453:N.L. said:
before the rocker snowboards came out, only ill ass snowboarders did sick presses. than everyone started pressing shit out easy with the new snowboard tech and people said it made it too easy. prior to that there were ill ass shredders like lucas magoon that were grime steezy on regular camber boards.

in my opinion, freestyle jibbing has yet to "evolutionize", but we are getting some buttery planks that are shredable
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wow your posts just get more and more stupid
 
If it bother you so much don't call it a press. I don't think it's a press either unless the ski bends, but it looks co either way I think. But it should not be a "main trick", just a little something that has lots of style.

On another note, I remember I thread a while ago complaining about people jumping on to walls in urban. So first we complained about that, now this. What's next?
 
The centrifugal force from sliding along a curved surface allows for the illest presses much like how the best butters happen along nice knolls. I get that everyone and their mom is doing it, but its all in the name of fun. I challenge all skiers to try to grind along the tippy top tips of their skis.
 
I'm tired of seeing blunt grabs on jumps. Most of these pics are just screenshots of miliseconds of a blunt grab, it might look sick but it's just not a real blunt, plus we've seen it a billion times now...
 
What's with the hate threads of late? First hsndplants now this, people always say have fun while skiing but if you actually have fun, you're hated on.
 
I'm not saying people should stop doing them or shouldn't have fun or hating on them, nor does not calling them presses solve anything (plus I ain't mad cuz I couldn't press, just don't like doing half-assed tricks, see Steve Stepp's statement...)

what I was going for: we've seen sooooo many of these pictures, it's getting old, keep doing them, but come up with new photo material now and then! :)
 
13087453:N.L. said:
before the rocker snowboards came out, only ill ass snowboarders did sick presses. than everyone started pressing shit out easy with the new snowboard tech and people said it made it too easy. prior to that there were ill ass shredders like lucas magoon that were grime steezy on regular camber boards.

in my opinion, freestyle jibbing has yet to "evolutionize", but we are getting some buttery planks that are shredable
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This I agree with. The farther you go back the stiffer the boards were and everything was cambered. I still ride regular camber and sometimes if I'm on one of my stiffer decks I'm struggling to get a decent press where as riding on a reverse you can ride flat base and just lift up a foot sometimes.

Not mad though. I could choose to ride one of those boards but I like something that can hold a big edge on big jumps and dropping lines.

Maybe I'll try and buy something in the middle since I pretty much just stay in the park and won;t have any XL jumps at the mountain I'm at in the states.

The advantage for boarding is that you're leaning side to side in your bindings where you have a lot of room to flex and get out there. On skis you're trying to move lean forward and backward in your boots which are already tight and not really flexi. Def makes it harder to get that lean out and get your skis pressed well. Would be interested to see where ski boot technology goes as much as the skis themselves.
 
most ski presses are not even presses if your comparing to snowboarding, a snowboarding press is 50-50 where as most skiers call a press when you railslide on your nose or tails. true presses like pimpin, aint easy

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13088009:theabortionator said:
This I agree with. The farther you go back the stiffer the boards were and everything was cambered. I still ride regular camber and sometimes if I'm on one of my stiffer decks I'm struggling to get a decent press where as riding on a reverse you can ride flat base and just lift up a foot sometimes.

Not mad though. I could choose to ride one of those boards but I like something that can hold a big edge on big jumps and dropping lines.

Maybe I'll try and buy something in the middle since I pretty much just stay in the park and won;t have any XL jumps at the mountain I'm at in the states.

The advantage for boarding is that you're leaning side to side in your bindings where you have a lot of room to flex and get out there. On skis you're trying to move lean forward and backward in your boots which are already tight and not really flexi. Def makes it harder to get that lean out and get your skis pressed well. Would be interested to see where ski boot technology goes as much as the skis themselves.
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im glad someone understands, i was beginning to feel stupid (bahahahaha)when it comes to reverse camber skis, presses look more flexed to begin with!

there is a movement
 
13088197:Steve-Huffnagle said:
most ski presses are not even presses if your comparing to snowboarding, a snowboarding press is 50-50 where as most skiers call a press when you railslide on your nose or tails. true presses like pimpin, aint easy

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your skis are not flexed enough for that to be a proper press. try again.
 
The posts here about skiing not having evolved enough in the ski tech is completely absurd. Skis and snowboards have the exact same tech going into them these days and if we wanted to make a ski that was only good for butters and presses we could (and some exist) they would just suck to ski anywhere else on the mountain
 
13088663:JeremyH said:
The posts here about skiing not having evolved enough in the ski tech is completely absurd. Skis and snowboards have the exact same tech going into them these days and if we wanted to make a ski that was only good for butters and presses we could (and some exist) they would just suck to ski anywhere else on the mountain
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SKis and snowboards work completely different for this though. You're placement is different the way you need to lean is different.

On a board you can lean and lift up your opposite foot. On skis all you can do is lean. Plus the ski boots are much firmer than snowboard boots.
 
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