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  1. 03-04-2011, 12:57 PM #1
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    NY Times Says Snowboarding More Extreme than Skiing

    Wakeboarding is to water skiing what snowboarding is to downhill skiing — in other words, the extreme version of the sport

    http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/03/06...s-orlando.html
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  2. 03-04-2011, 01:04 PM #2
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    Has the NY Times ever been known for its in-depth snow sports analysis?
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  3. 03-04-2011, 01:05 PM #3
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    Who really gives a shit....
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  4. 03-04-2011, 01:11 PM #4
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    Thats it, I'm switching. Wouldn't want the NYT thinking I'm not totally gnarly brah.
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  5. 03-04-2011, 01:36 PM #5
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    are we still supposed to hate snowboarders? i didn't get the memo.
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    No, now you're supposed to hate wakeboarders.

    NYT is also giving lessons on how to waste a winter trip to Chamonix:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/tr...=me&ref=travel
    This is why I don’t ski, I thought to myself as I sipped my mojito and turned away from the extreme-sports videos on the overhead television. The cozy confines of the wood-beamed L’Équipe bar in Courchevel, a ski village high in the French Alps, was a far more agreeable spot to appreciate the Alpine lifestyle than in the bone-shattering temperatures on the icy slopes outside.
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  8. 03-04-2011, 02:26 PM #8
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    Awesome! Now that this is settled can we get back to the freaking stoke?
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  9. 03-04-2011, 03:13 PM #9
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    I've always been bugged by the X games--what x games sport comes close to the downhill, or even Super G as an extreme sport?

    But if we judge extremeness by risk than the Times, tragically has a point, given the number of snowboarding deaths we've seen this season. Seems like it might be time for boarders to start pushing for and using some kind of quick release bindings--probably more important than a helmet. (Might as well hijack the thread for something useful).
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    (Might as well hijack the thread for something useful).
    You didn't.
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    this belongs in gaper quote of the weekend thread

    "Wakeboarding is to waterskiing what snowboarding is to downhill skiing--in other words, the extreme version of the sport"
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    Ripping fresh lines and enjoying an active lifestyle is to drinking every night until 4am, sleeping in and sitting around doing nothing until you go back out to bars is what a ski town is to New York.
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    well i set my watch to the nyt!
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    I think any outdoor activity is "extreme" for folks in NY, NY.
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    Where do they put the RAX in the equation?
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  16. 03-04-2011, 06:36 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by prophetman View Post
    Has the NY Times ever been known for its in-depth snow sports analysis?
    These days the New York Times has little analytical depth on any subject
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  17. 03-04-2011, 07:47 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toecutter View Post
    I think any outdoor activity is "extreme" for folks in NY, NY.

    Well said.
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    Quote Originally Posted by turboLT View Post
    Ripping fresh lines and enjoying an active lifestyle is to drinking every night until 4am, sleeping in and sitting around doing nothing until you go back out to bars is what a ski town is to New York.
    This was an actual question on my SAT...
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    Quote Originally Posted by turboLT View Post
    Ripping fresh lines and enjoying an active lifestyle is to drinking every night until 4am, sleeping in and sitting around doing nothing until you go back out to bars is what a ski town is to New York.

    That's the story that should have been done.

    Print media is generated from a google app that takes a bunch of keywords and algorithms semi-coherent sentences wrapped around randomly assigned plot points for the ultimate in generic enjoyment.
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  20. 03-05-2011, 12:16 AM #20
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    Fuck New York Times, you uninformed panzys

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    We all know some dumbfuck writer for the NY Times knows more about skiing than us that actually live for the sport............right.

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