Unpopular opinion thread skier's edition

14010954:pinkcamo1000 said:
Sammy C releases the same movie every year
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quoting myself here cause sammy did it again this year and released a project that was objectively good but still totally forgettable
 
14073552:skiitsbetter said:
I looked up some program fees for alpine race teams, and they are like $3000, even for U14. Shit if my parents were forking over that kind of money to ski, I'd be a brat in the lift line and the park too.
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Imagine paying that much to race lmao that's a double loss ?
 
14078370:pinkcamo1000 said:
quoting myself here cause sammy did it again this year and released a project that was objectively good but still totally forgettable
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He's always good and is awesome, but the most stand out thing about this last one was the cinematography not any of the skiing
 
14078952:Rparr said:
Current style = arms everywhere
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14080232:CharlzHub said:
Park setups need to become more creative and new feature ideas need to be introduced more often
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They won't. It's a complex issue most have a hard time coming to terms with.

If you're dedicating acreage to complex and unapproachable setups, you're alienating beginners which are the ones resorts are always aiming to convert to life long addicts. Beginners are families spending money on rentals, lessons, food, hotels, etc..

The fact of the matter is, once a season pass is bought, park people generally don't spend money at a resort.
 
14080232:CharlzHub said:
Park setups need to become more creative and new feature ideas need to be introduced more often
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This can be a double edged sword. My local hill's park crew tires to get way more creative than they are capable of being, and the result is usually a bunch of janky, nearly unuseable features. We're always pining for normal features here at my hill
 
There's too much animosity between complete strangers in the park, like the initial reaction is to judge a person by their fit/style/ability instead of just vibin and hyping each other up.
 
14080359:Rparr said:
This can be a double edged sword. My local hill's park crew tires to get way more creative than they are capable of being, and the result is usually a bunch of janky, nearly unuseable features. We're always pining for normal features here at my hill
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I guess you’re right that new creative features can be shit. But why don’t we still have shit like this?

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14080612:CalumSKI said:
Very nice but most ppl couldn't ski it even if they tried
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How the fuck did you do that to your username

also that feature has maybe 2 possible hits that most skiers would find enjoyable
 
14080602:CharlzHub said:
I guess you’re right that new creative features can be shit. But why don’t we still have shit like this?

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Number of reasons I could give you here but most obvious is because it would take 2 guys on day crew like 20-30 minutes to prep this to photo shoot standards if there was even remotely bad weather, when most places you only get 1-2 hours to open ALL of your parks.

You can have creative setups without them being a huge plaza and also making sure a cat can actually groom around them, but stuff like that is unrealistic unless your park is pretty small or your mountain can have 7+ guys on day crew all the time (doubtful lol)
 
The most gay thing in skiing: people (including pros) thinking that they are old at 25 and starting to gravitate towards pow skiing acting like it's oh so cool to do turns when in reality they are just scared of hitting the park because of late onset hypogonadism...
 
13866282:Jesse_ said:
I don't like daffy butters or @Tophaloaf simply because the trick is ridiculously easy (learnt it in about 10 mins) and I find the hype surounding it as a godly trick kinda annoying.

Might just be me but I don't get how he has such a big following for spamming easy as shit tricks like daffy butters or jumping over box and people will call it insane or "revolutionary"
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Are you the person from on3ps post that threw out the skis?
 
There’s a sweet spot for moisture content when it comes to skiing powder. The driest snow isn’t necessarily the best snow.
 
14080773:surfaceoutsiders said:
NS_GC is evidence against this

Most freestyle skiers are outdoorsy country boys, far from beta males
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Country boys are the last thing I think of when someone says alpha male.
 
14073577:clindblomskier said:
I'd be pissed at my parents for spending that much money on teaching me how to turn
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14078399:surfaceoutsiders said:
Imagine paying that much to race lmao that's a double loss ?
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I wouldn't be bothered personally, it means my parents have some money and my lifes gonna be pretty decent no matter what.

Biased retort being a coach myself but youth sport programs are really what the kids decide to do with themselves and if theyre as committed to getting good as much as their parents are willing to pay that much, then theyre gonna do just fine. I think its the kids who get thrown into ski teams as a giant daycare that end up being problem children, they dont really have the best homelives unfortunately so its a way for them to vent out and unfortunately some ski coaches really arent the listener motivator types.

Yeah a lot of them come from money and yeah these programs cost a lot but they help kids also become pretty community-first individuals and upstanding human beings along with being good skiers as long as theyre committed as well so writing off all ski team kids as just douchey rich kids is pretty unfair, A lot of them come from some pretty great families that just want their kids to be great skiers.
 
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