Why are park skiers so small?

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donnie85

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it seems like a lot of the good park skiers are small-- is that cause they're young-- or cause small people have a higher propensity to be good in the park?

I'm 5' 11" 160--- and that's bigger than the av... I'm not a big guy by any means.
 
It's because when they stomp sick tricks, their bodies compress slightly. Over time, they just shrink until they are miniature.
 
first off you spin faster when you're smaller and a lot of park skiers are younger like me

and im 5'5 and i drop cliffs too
 
thye aren't all that small... i'd say most of them are like 5'6 - 6'1 or so... besides like spong, dumont, and other young kids.. but like rory, tj, andreas, peter, michael, d-dawg, cr, kristi, and aton others are all of good size
 
smaller people have a higher rotation easieness (that was scientific). anyways its easier for them to huck their bodies in the air and twirl around bc they usually have less mass and length of limbs to make it easier and quicker to grab. its easeir/quicker for a guy that 5'9'' to pull his knees up to his chest than a guy thats 6'3'' just purely on size/length alone
 
they arent small. you only notice when they are small though. Plus everyone wears such baggy cloths that they look short.
 
well he is talking about the good park skiers and most of them do wear baggy clothes.....he isn't talking about the everday skier such as yourself
 
who would you consider a really good park skier? u havent even seen me ski so dont be calling me an everyday skier ok? i know what you're talking about though im just ranting
 
im 6'3"

i wear baggy clothes (for my relative height, its hard to find shit that's baggy on me)

haha im really bad in park though. so dont count me.

i guess ill just tell people its not my fault and that i suck because im tall.
 
Rant away, I was just clearing up what he was referring to, so its not really my topic to elaborate on.....but I would guess really good means

1. Someone who is sponsored

2. Someone we have herd of

3. A skier who places high in good comps

4. Seen in magazines and movies

5. and....Someone who wears baggy clothes!

I know this list sucks but someone else can define "reallly good" for him.

P.S. the fact that you are taking offense to being called a everyday skier is hilarious. I also live in the PNW and I see plenty of baggy clothes. And I am an everyday skier (meaning not fitting most of my list above)
 
it's true, all of them are short........ but it doesn't matter cause skillzzz are skillzzz, and the tall people are going to destroy. the reason being everything is way smaller when your tall, especially rails....
 
im 6 feet, and i ski alot of park. its just harder to be more compressed and stylie in teh air, but i deal with it. look at pete olenick, for example. he is tall, and has alot of style too. just takes practice.
 
with a lower center of gravity, it is alot more easy for guys to spin and slide rails...it gives them better balance.
 
center of gravity is relative. It's in about the same place in the body for tall and short people.
 
well you see, i believe in equilibrium. there has to be some sort of balance in the universe. that having been said, smaller guys have bigger balls, whereas taller guys have smaller balls, thus preserving my theory of equilibrium.
 
I'm 6'1".

I can never get enough rotation on my spins though...

Its probably more my fault for sucking than it is my height...
 
i don't think there is ne thing different between a tall and short skier cept the ski size john spriggs 6'4'' threw the same switch 10 as everyone else dave chrition 6'2'' he is one of the sickest skiers ever

im 6'3'' and i can spin off jumps and rails and do everything plus some of wut my shorter friends can do

it's all good with height just as long as a 6 ft guy aint rocking ne thing smaller then a 180
 
shortys just dont have ups and if you watch them hand railing they got a mogul air on to the rail

short people also cant play any other sports unless you want to horse race
 
ill prove you wrong: I ski, play lacrosse, swim, and play soccer, tennis, karate tourneys, etc. I'm 5'5". So be quiet about how short people cant do shit. Cuz we can.
 
im 16 and 6,1. I think tall people can be thugin to, look at the olnicks. to bad msot comps dont make xxl clothes cuase we need it
 
I hate being tall, whenever you do a trick it looks way smoother on a short person. You can see everything when I flail.
 
^hahah yea, everyone in the NW wears massive clothes. come over to the Hood and see for yourself
 
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