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  1. 03-22-2006, 03:51 AM #1
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    Old School...

    I grew up oblivious of skiing. By the time I actually learned what people could do on skis, sparking an irrervable obbsession with skiing the fat ski revolution had taken place, half pipes were cut by pipe dragons, the park became a hang out for skiers and the countless other inovations in the late nineties had already happened. I missed the golden age of skiing a time when to ski powder you had to be in shape, a time when the people in the movies were constantly back seat, a time when snowboards didn't have twin tips and skis where straiter then yards sticks, and almost as skinny.

    I missed a lot of skiings history things that I nw take for granted, like floating through powder with ease, when new lines were taken down in bounds, when bg mountain comps were small and were held on moguled corn.

    I got Groove by Greg Stump in the mail from netflix today and realized that the movies today lack soul, lack stories, lack IN YOUR FACE POWDER for more then half the movie. I look forward to watching P tex lies and Duct Tape, and Blizzard of Ahhhs soon I hope, then on to the 1990s with MSP and TGR starting up. I'm getting educated on our great sport and its about time.

    My point is simple respect the old school, while they weren't throwing 100 foot backflips, doing 1440 d spins, or logging more backcountry turns then heli turns, the skiers of old skied things with strait skinny long skis that I wouldn't like to try on my 188 bro models. Respect to the old school.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
    I missed the golden age of skiing a time when to ski powder you had to be in shape
    Oh Sweet Jesus, I'm dying here.

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  3. 03-22-2006, 04:00 AM #3
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    Dude I can ski powder, I am not in shape, I am a fat lazy bastard, fat skis make it so so so easy.
    Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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    Come one Roo. Lots of displacement, lots.
    How could you not know that?
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    roo!, blurred has proof that he's got a snorkel strapped to hispack
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    Schitzo... Have you guys noticed that when 0BerhardFranz is active on the board, AKPM isn't, and vice versa? Coincidence? Or the SAME PERSON?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
    Dude I can ski powder, I am not in shape, I am a fat lazy bastard, fat skis make it so so so easy.
    AKPM, Does your school at Juneau offer free conseling? It might help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bbirtle
    Schitzo... Have you guys noticed that when 0BerhardFranz is active on the board, AKPM isn't, and vice versa? Coincidence? Or the SAME PERSON?
    It's true - I've never seen them in the same room at the same time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Svengali
    roo!, blurred has proof that he's got a snorkel strapped to hispack

    Nice, fuckstick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy_B
    Nice, fuckstick.
    Was that comma a typo?

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    Akpm .. as much as I do really appreciate your desire for stoke ... please ... at least use a spell check before you post. From my experience one still has to be in shape to ski. To really ski, not just slide with all the other joeys.
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    has anyone jumped on a pair of their old boards lately? wholly shit! its amazing we could even turn 'em by comparison. after two runs it does come right back to ya and then your ready to switch right back to todays technology.
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    this thread sucks, I thought we'd be discussing

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    Quote Originally Posted by jackstraw
    has anyone jumped on a pair of their old boards lately? wholly shit! its amazing we could even turn 'em by comparison. after two runs it does come right back to ya and then your ready to switch right back to todays technology.
    I ski my 217 DH boards at least once a season, just to remind myself I stll can. I certainly wouldn't want to go back in time. Most of the great boards held fondly in memory are best left there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by edg
    Was that comma a typo?

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    That was good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
    Dude I can ski powder, I am not in shape, I am a fat lazy bastard, fat skis make it so so so easy. Syntax and grammer on the other hand are a whole different story. Usually I waste everyone's time on this board with my useless drivel about skiing, being fat, and car accidents. When I try to explain it I use the worst english ever. I have no idea how to spell nor any idea about comma use or other forms of grammar. My idols are Ullr907 and 0BernhardFranz. Now those mags have a command of the english language
    Patrick, you must learn to spell.
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    Great post AKPM if you ask me. Make sure you take a look at License to Thrill if you can as well.

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    But it's more fun to waggle your dick when you just killed the gnar with skinny skis.
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    what the fuck! do you have to be a fucking english major to post on this dumbass board now? fuck off pansies!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jackstraw
    what the fuck! do you have to be a fucking english major to post on this dumbass board now? fuck off pansies!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jackstraw
    what the fuck! do you have to be a fucking english major to post on this dumbass board now? fuck off pansies!
    Surely you meant to say:

    What the fuck?! Do you have to be a fucking English major to post on this dumb-ass board now? Fuck off, pansies!

    (And yes, I'm bound to have got something wrong, because you always do in Grammar Nazi posts.)

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  24. 03-22-2006, 02:35 PM #24
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    Ak, I think you should sell your computer to afford car payments. That way you won't post, and you might actually ski.
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    check out "the white room" by rap films.
    also, "The Scot Schmidt Story" by Warren Miller Productions.

    you are on to it AKPM...the skiers pictured were extreme before "extreme" became an industry logo on fat skis and skullcaps.


    also, forget the blah, blah, blah re: typos and spelling. it is coming from a few up-tight, high-crust english*.
    they would like to bring "proper english grammatical rules" to cyberspace!?!
    i am old and old-school. believe me, it was never a requirement to participate in cyberspace.


    * i did not write "brits" as most welsh and scots i have met are much more laid back. flame-away mates!
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