DHarrisburg

I clicked this thread to post this.

I think I'd rather pay $10 for a blank AA tee.

They're made by Scott if I remember correctly.

Looks like CB is looking to make a bunch more two foot jibs.

Hence my attitude towards USASA and FIS events. If you compare skateboarding to snowboarding and the level and types of competition that are available for young kids one thing is blatantly apparent: parents of snowboarders are willing to drop copious amounts of money on their kids so that they can compete, and all it does is fund organizations that push for a more homogenized snowboarding world. I applaud Volcom, Dragon, Rome, Forum, and many other companies that are willing to hold amateur snowboarding contests with focus on fun and style over hucked spins and shoddy judging

Stick me in a motel for a month and I'll shoot portraits until my finger falls off, then take off to the mountains for the winter.

I heard that a resort in Pennsylvania has the steepest trail on the East Coast CONFIRM/DENY Hahaha I was not trying to be a dick if that's what you're asking.

Yeah, I heard shooting senior portraits pays pretty well, I might have to look into that I thought I already answered that in another thread; I can't afford medical. Thank goodness for Medi-Cal. If I get hurt I'll most likely end up in the hole for a few years. I miss my full benefits from the hospital.

I'm not touching that with a ten-foot pole. And trolled a normal user. Isn't that why Rob had his staff privileges taken away?

Once again you're making gross assumptions about me that are completely unfounded. What makes you think that since I didn't go to college immediately after High School I will never go? I'm looking forward to futhering my education but I feel that this isn't the best time for me to do it. I'm one blown knee from getting surgery, three months of rehab, and then being back on the snow. To be quite honest I'll take snowboarding every day from a box in Tahoe over crunching numbers for JP Morgan 9-5 any day.

What fun is life if you always take the easy road?

Oh man, you're right! You know what, I bet it's all my parents fault, those bastards. Have you ever heard the term "clutching at strings?"

If CB wants to have a real sick 3 day USASA event and get membership to their new program then I hope they have a solid slopestyle course and a freshly-cut pipe with near-flawless transition. Personally I could really care less about what prizes USASA contests offer because there is no way I would compete for that organization. If CB wants to have private competitions that have nothing to do with bloated, overpriced, spin-to-win competitions run by former soccer moms then they're going to have to pony up some decent prizes if they want serious talent to show. There is an installed base of competetors for USASA and I don't think that there is much that would chip away from that base. When Mom searches Google for "amature youth snowboard contest" she's going to find USASA* and little Billy is going to be hucking no-grab tens for the gold in no time. * and a bunch of porn sites, apparently

You know, I hate the whole "Me vs. PASR" mentality that Rob has sometimes but when you post shit like this it really doesn't help

And people don't snowboard to get free gear. What's your point? You're comparing an entire team sport to individual competition that maybe a half a percent of snowboarders are a part. If snowboarding competition is all about gear then why does it continue to flourish while most people who played Pop Warner football won't even look at a football after high school/college unless it's being thrown by a guy being paid $25 million a year? Who's really in it "for the love of the sport?" You're also ignoring the fact that kids under the age of 18 are capable of many things that people twice their age are doing. If a 12 year old kid is doing the same tricks on the same features as a 24 year old why shouldn't they receive the same rewards? Should we limit what they receive simply because they are young and should be competiting for reasons other than monetary gain or free gear? You'll never see a 14 year old in any major professional sport (outside of soccer) in the US, yet minors are popping up in pro snowboard comps with a terrifying frequency. I agree with that, but it'd be nice to watch you say it without tacking "p.s. you suck at parenting lol" at the end of it. Historically any experiences that I've mentioned on this forum has been immediately cut down, trivialized, then ignored by you, so I won't bother talking about parenting. What I will ask is this; do you have ANY experience in freestyle skiing or snowboarding competition? Unless you've entered or judged one you aren't terribly qualified in that part of the discussion, so please stop shitting up this thread. Oh, and to respond to your first post in this thread; kids who want to be the best are turned off by lack of prizes because those contests usually have a less competitive field when compared to contests with better prizes. ahahahahahahahahahahahahah holy shit ahahahahahaha

When little league baseball requires activity as dangerous as sliding down a metal rail with 30 steps under it I will fully understand someone not wanting to play soley for "the love of competion and the thrill of winning." oh hay what do you know '999 calling people bad parents on the internet again where have I seen this before

FIS judges are a joke and every FIS event is notoriously spin-to-win. FIS has nothing to do with snowboarding and it shows. Imagine '999 judging a pipe contest. Welcome to FIS competiton. P.S. If I remember correctly they banned Chad Otterstrom from competition for taking his prescribed ADD mediation. WTG FIS.

Rob, you're playing too many videogames

You're confusing ski racing (or any other sport, for that matter) with snowboarding. There are infinite ways of proving your superior skills, and competition is only one of those methods. Trying to compare the areas of judging in a slopestyle or pipe contest to "get to the bottom as fast as possible" is apples and oranges. If I can "prove that I am the best" by filming locally what is the point of traveling anywhere from one to twelve hours to a contest? I'm not going to say that prizes are the only reason to do contests, but they are definitely a major deciding factor on what contests I enter.

FIS Hope you can do 1080s.

Please, no grabs off rails

Doubt it, but I'll check. My Burton and Rome connection stopped working at my pizza shop and his phone was disconnected, so I haven't talked to him lately. I'll try to head into Incline and find out what the hell is going on sometime in the next few days.

I still haven't decided if I'm going to go with Burton or ThirtyTwo this year :/

lollin' in this thread