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The Art of Flight Series (the making of)

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#1 ·
Anybody see this on Netflix yet?

Watched the first 2 or 3 episodes tonight. Meh... :dunno:

Is it just me or do pro snowboarders seem like a bunch of spoiled little douches? :cheeky4:
 
#3 ·
Have to disagree with this in regards to pro snowboarders.

While some pro snowboarders can let the fame go to their head, a huge majority of the pros I've met are chill, laid back guys.

Most snowboard pros work a second job and are just your average local living at a ski resort. Don't confuse the small minority of pros earning big money with the rest of the pro snowboarder population.
 
#4 · (Edited)
Yep, that's how some of them are are. :thumbsup:
Especially Travis Rice, who happens to be in that movie. His Supernatural contest convinced me that he's a "spoiled little douche". I bet he likes rusty spoons.

There are others, though, who are actually really nice and smart people...
Such as Scott Stevens and Jeremy Jones, who are my 2 favorite pros.

Stevens is cool because he's just a flat-out decent person who's not trying to show off or anything, just have fun. He has a great attitude, and at the same time he's by far the best urban/park riders I've ever seen. I swear he's a jedi or a ninja or something.

Jones is also awesome because he doesn't just rely on a helicopter to get around and to him it isn't just about tricks. He actually hikes and climbs the mountains, and then sends it. He's in it not just for the shredding but everything else: the adventure, the backcountry, the friends, the memories. He is a true backcountry rider.

Art of Flight has nothin on these guys!:cool:
 
#8 ·
My kid was lapping copper yesterday with Scotty Lago, Louie Vito and Matt Ladley. They were super cool and waited for him a couple times to ride the quad with them. Pat Moore, Chas G, Eric Willet and of all people White have all been super nice when we meet them. We have ridden with and met them numbers of times. Pat sent him an electric care package last spring too.... Not all high end pros are dicks/douches.....
 
#10 ·
Shaun White uber douche. Others pretty normal guys. But the truth is 95% of all pro snowboarders make less than the guy in the t shirt shop at the base of the mountain and work their asses off to give you video parts to stoke you, contest runs that inspire, and articles on snowboarding. Hell just came back from dinner with a mid level pro for his birthday tonight. Dudes sweating his paypal not going through right now to pay rent.
 
#26 · (Edited)
Perhaps I should quality what I mean by douche.

1. Complaining about how tough and stressful it is to get paid to heli-board in the most amazing places on earth using equipment you didn't pay for with a bunch of people sucking your ass and telling you how great you are.

2. Speaking like a refugee from a 1980's skater movie.

3. Acting like you're in Jackass 5: Revenge of the Fuck-tards and thinking anybody gives a shit...
 
#12 ·
But out of all pro snowboarders, I must insist that Travis Rice is the worst.

Why? Well he had a contest to supposedly find out who the best snowboarder in the world is...
So, Rice spent the summer designing and completely overseeing the construction of the Redbull Supernatural course. He also chose the judges of the contest. None of this would have been a problem if he hadn't entered himself in the contest- which he did.
And of course, he won.

I told my friend about this, and he said what as probably the best way I've heard of describing it: "that's like me designing a maze and then challenging other people to a race through it- of course I'd win because I know the best way."

It wasn't a fair contest. And Rice's name is literally on almost every piece of Quicksilver snowboarding gear. Don' they have any other pros?

I also don't like how every snowboarding magazine seems to talk about him like a god or something every time he shows up, just because he can pull off the biggest tricks. He can do them, that's true, but there's 3 things I always consider that any pro athlete has to have to truly be the best:
1.) Mad skills.
2.) A good, respectful attitude and personality.
3.) Common sense.

Without all 3 of these, you can't be the best no matter how god you are.
 
#17 ·
Art of flight is great for what it is. Very well funded, well shot snowboard cinematography.

That's it, that's all... same thing. If you cant make a great video with Red bull's budget, well.....

Absinthe is a badass film too.

I enjoy watching them all. I wish I had 5% of the skill/balls those guys have.
 
#28 ·
I'll sum it up for everyone. OP is a repressed douche that's jealous. You have no idea how hard work it is to put together a video part or the training it takes. I dare you to go make a 20 second clip of riding with nothing but landed tricks, cliff drops, and pow slashes. 20 seconds that's it. Lets see how much time and effort it takes.
 
#37 · (Edited)
Meh, I dunno... :dunno:

I'm not pissed off, I just think it's funny that I mentioned something to the effect of I think the guys in this movie are a little on the douchey side.

Didn't say fuck-all about skills or fan-boys or anything really. I just noted while trying to watch that fucking series (and turning it of when I coudn't take it anymore) that I would in no way want to hang out with these guys.

Even if I was along for free getting free private lessons from top pros and staying in sick lodges with free heli trips, I would still rather be elsewhere. That's all... They just seemed more than a little "douchey".

Somehow that's now about who is a snowboarding god, who is klinger's butt-buddy, and how many times I've been snowboarding?... :dunno:

Whatever... :rolleyes:
 
#44 ·
I really don't understand your stance Olddog.

You talked about pro snowboarders being douchey, so some other posters talked about examples of the big pros they'd met who were nice guys and you say they're name dropping? That makes no sense.

Also, just because some pros like to have fun and screw around when they film filler clips, doesn't means these guys don't understand how lucky they are to be doing what they do.

Don't watch a 5 minute segment that was meant to be for fun and think that's the in-depth look into the full lifestyle of a pro snowboarder. That'd be like reading the first page of a book and assuming you know the entire story.
 
#54 ·
It's not about whether or not you are "nice" to some fan-boy who is trying to suck you off. It's about whining about how hard your job is as a pro snowboarder. It's about bragging about how much money you spend on alcohol and firearms on a show that kids who idolize you watch. It's about tossing around loaded firearms while drinking, it's about being spoiled douche bags in general. It's about affected speech patterns that are associated with an activity (woah totally gnarly man...).

Meh, whatever... This is like complaining about criminals in a prison. I should really learn to recognize my audience. :dunno:
 
#45 ·
Jed don't bother trying to understand this guy he's a 37 douche bag that made horrible choices in life and hasn't found freedom from those bad choices that he made. Snowboarding could be an outlet but as he doesn't understand it or the work the pros take to do it he'll sit here pissed off having never actually ridden and try to talk shit.

When you put down a 100 day season there buddy talk to me about the gripes these guys have.
 
#48 ·
It doesn't matter have if Rice built the course. No one has the chance to ride the course until the day of the competition. Everyone gets a chance to take a look at the course for a few days and plan their lines if they wanted to. At the end of the day Rice put down the best run of the day.

"Stevens is cool because he's just a flat-out decent person who's not trying to show off or anything, just have fun. He has a great attitude, and at the same time he's by far the best urban/park riders I've ever seen. I swear he's a jedi or a ninja or something."

So Rice is not cool, not having fun, and doesn't have a great attitude by doing big backcountry jumps, backside 720s on Alaska lines, and dropping off from a heli?

And how do you know the guy's a douche, you haven't even met him.
 
#50 · (Edited)
old dog and Gdog - you both sound like bitter, clueless, retards.

Any pro snowboarder from today's era is basically doing things that literally risk their lives for a cool-looking video clip.

not to mention the fact that you're both noob bitches who have absolutely no concept of what snowboarding is. you have no clue how much work the people who have put themselves in these positions have done to get there. you have no clue the injuries they deal with. you guys are completely clueless - so shut the fuck up. the more you say the more stupid you come off as.

no one comes around your job and bitches at how easy it must be to suck a dick now do they?
 
#61 ·
UMad bro?... :laugh:

So let me get this straight, once I've snowboarded for a few years then I can have an opinion on who is and who is not a douche?... :dunno:

Wanna talk about people who risk their lives everyday?

How about cops, soldiers, fire fighters, S&R, etc... and they all do it for shit cash and no nut-huggers and fan-boys like you.

Meh, again why do I bother...

Never did I say these guys didn't work hard to get where they are, never did I say they didn't deserve it, never did I say that I gave a fuck one way or the other. They just come off as spoiled douches. That's it...

The difference is a pro football player who scores a TD, drops the ball and trots back to the huddle like a real pro, and the moron like TO who has to do his "I've never been in the end zone before douche bag dance".

I wasn't trying to bring your idols down a notch and I'm sorry if you missed a stroke yank'n it to a TRice pic on your bedroom wall at your mom's while you typed up that reply. :D
 
#67 ·
I have something I'd like to say.
I take back what I said about Travis Rice being a douche. You guys (except the Burton fanboy and that other pissed off asshole) have convinced me that Travis Rice is not a douche, just another honest, hardworking guy. It wasn't really fair of me to judge him like that just because I didn't like the way his contest was set up; that just made me look like a douche, not him. My apologies to Travis. If I ever meet him, I'll buy him a beer!

I still don't think that contest was fair though. But that doesn't matter. I'll just keep quiet about that.

But don't think you two get off. You've both only proven to me that you're both complete retards: just a couple of teenage kids on the internet trying to brag about their "experiences".
If Travis held a Red Bull Superdouche contest, I'm not sure which of you two would win, but I know one of you would. You're just that skilled. He'd definitely come in last place though.
 
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