Use of the word "Shred"

mr.airplane

mr.airplane

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Recently saw some lycra-wearing cyclists using the word shred, and describing themselves "shredders". And as much as I don't want to be that guy, and I am an avid cyclist myself, I can't help but feel a little irked by their use of that word. What are they shredding? (Skiers and Snowboarders are of course shredding the gnar) Can mountain bikers shred the gnar as well? Road cyclists?

This got me thinking about where the use of that word in context of skiing and/or snowboarding got started. Growing up skiing in the terrain park I would hear snowboarders refer to themselves shredders and refer to skiers as skiers, but I never felt as if when skiers would use the word shred, the snowboarders would feel in anyway offended.So I guess what I'm getting at is it seemed to come from snowboarding, although this could just be my own experience.

Did snowboarding & skiing get the word "shred" (used in a similar way) from another sport possibly? Any thoughts on other sports using "shred"?
 
The snowboarders at my school hazed the shit out of me during middle school for saying that I shred. Their explanation was that I was a skier, and "skiers don't shred", and that I was a pussy for not skiing a lot of park.

Jokes on them, Now I "shred'' harder than any of their bitch asses. They won't even take me on in the moguls.
 
They are shredding calories and PRs in their time trials brah. Fuck a bike lane if your bike was five grand take the whole lane
 
It's a particular type of guitar playing technique used in fast heavy metal. But otherwise, it's a word to describe snowboarding, go take a look at some old snowboarding magazines from early 90's. But times have changed, I don't even like the word snowboard. I prefer switchblade or carvetram.
 
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