Stupid question: TGR? - Page 2  

You, sir, are an idiot. Anyone knows that a racing background is a positive in your quest to become a complete skier. Not a necessity but a positive. I dare you to find one person on TGR who would argue this point. I DARE you, Sir.

And the HoneyBlonde thread was damn funny for a while. It got old. Much does.

You, for instance.

Take the stick out of your anal cavity and live a little.

Come on, you can do better than this.

Digging out the idiotic thread on racing would be supremely difficult for an old feeble brained guy like me. Just take my word that it existed.

Growing old beats the alternative. And please, that is a doctor's scope up my backside, not a stick.

And thus was born the infamous enduring feud between the Punani and Squawman and their various nefarious aliases that defined a whole era of douchbaggery. But I digress.

Hall of fame for TGR for sure and uniquely suited to that forum. Nice to see ya chilin' here FDG.

Would it be fair to tell you to tie your own damn Shoelaces? I've heard rumours...

BTW, the quote function on this board is weird.

TGR demonstrates how long dumb luck can keep someone alive in a dangerous environment like the mountains.

MORE line Generation FKNA

TGR helps people get back to being upstanding citizens

summit I think we need pics of said shitty skiing I know you have some.....

Its interesting that philpug has almost 1200 posts on TGR.
For being as well respected as he is, I can't believe you all hang out with that hooligan!

Some of these comparisons are gold.

Speaking of people who can't ski.....
The image for your ESA last year was... gasp... a Maggot! Skiing.... Gasp.... Fat Skis! in Powder..... OHHH THE HUMANITY!

Yeah someone who would not benefit from ESA at all......

All this talk about the differences, yet the things that stand out are...........

• Many of us post on both forums and get along just fine
• All of us have a passion for skiing
• When Maggots and Bears happen to get together, a good time is had by all

Even the best of us fall off the wagon.
TGR is a great place, I go over there every day to see what is going on. Besides...what makes you think I am 'well respected'? I think most of the time I am being laughed at and not with.

REPOST FROM 2005
There is a world of difference between here and TGR. I used to be an avid reader of Epic ski. Daily, hourly, Heck, every minute. I tried TGR, thought they were crazy, always bickering, couldn't stand it.

I tried again about a year later. This time I really sat and read for a while and everything started to make sense with time. What I realized is that TGR is more about friends giving each other some crap. What they have is a community. A super close knit group of friends who ski together, hang out together, eat Thanksgiving dinner together. They open their doors to anyone and are excited (stoked) to get out and make turns with fellow mags (maggots, forums members).

Its true, they don't do alot of things that goes on here on epic. They don't constantly talk about technique and the up-unweighting. They don't rely on administrators and time outs when people get out of hand. From what little I've been reading here I've gathered that Gonzostrike and wbroun have had to take some time off. Thats petty, childish even.

The age is, on average, younger at TGR. There are, however, Moms and dad's and older rippers. There are College Kids, Ski bums and highschoolers. You might think TGR is irrational, but when a highschooler complained about his parents they gave him very real advice. The members are also of a different mindset. Their knees can still take harsh landings. They run Extreme ski camps (Gordy Peifer) They have tons of pictures posted in magazines (Grant Gunderson and others). They have lurkers (just hang out and watch, don't post much) like Chris Davenport, Kent Kreitler. There are many more industry superhero's who I don't know about and who probably don't want to be named because what they are, when the lifts close, are skiers. Nothing more, nothing less.

Now, I can only try to read epic ski. I was a supporter and I have a hard time sticking around this place. Why? Because every post is about the same thing. You try to do a good thing like the free gear thread from TGR and people mess it up by having conversations. Its a listing of free gear that no one can see because people ask questions and dilute the information. No wonder no one posts in it and it gets lost.

The language maybe different, but the words mean the same thing. You may think they are arrogant or mean to newbies (new posters), Gapers (same thing, people who stand around with their mouth hanging out staring at things) JONGS (Jerk off newbie gapers). But thats how they police. Instead of making Dchan move half the threads on the General ski page, they flame. People learn where to post. Around here it seems that people thinly veil snide remarks with a hint of kindness and its PC enough to slip through the moderator radar.

Is faster better? whats your favorite shell? Come on people. How many times can these questions be asked without them getting old? Honestly. Tell them to do a search, don't let people be lazy. Best wax for ESA? Softening Boots? DO A SEARCH JONG.

Its two different worlds. You may fit into this one, they (we) might fit into that one. You like your metrons, they like their Bro Models. You like Resorts with nice hotels, they like backcountry. You read ski, with its refined tastes, wine lists, car reviews and instruction. We like Powder, with its powder, Trip Reports, and amazing photos.

Its neither here nor there.

They live to ski. People here ski, but do you LIVE TO SKI? Forget about making a perfect turn, forget about how fast you are going, what color your coat is and does it look good on camera.
Go jump something, Go straight for a bit. Turn if you want to turn. Do what you want, not what your instructor wants, not what epicski wants.

Just go out and ski.

Fixed it for you from another point of view.

Not to be a hater, but to update a George Carlin quote for this application...

Wow Summit, you really nailed it. After all, who in their right mind would want to ski that deep, fluffy, fly-in-your-face powder when you can angulate on machine groomed snow wearing padded tight pants? Summit has jumped the shark!

You are retarded......................

TGR is simply a place where people can express their opinions, share and gather info and feel like they are part of a community. Less moderation and control, but a place that encourages freedom and expression. When you have that freedom, you have to take the good with bad. Wasn't this country based on those values?

You seem pretty damn ignorant there buddy.

This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard

is there like a requirement this comes up annually?

maybe both sites do it intentionally to boost traffic after all the lurkers plan their ski trips?
who knows.

both communities have changed and evolved, I think both not for the better, but towards the stereotype that people here and there like to hang on the other.
a self fufilling prophecy if you will.

s'alright. I wouldn't trade the friends i made here and there or the times generated from them in the last (gasp) 8 years for the best ski forums in the world.
Happy New year y'all.

... I love it when people mess up the spelling on MORONS... I almost peed myself when I saw this.

And Summit is what happens when you spend all your time thinking you know everything and turn into a bitter, angry person.

Yes, they like to laugh as much as they like to ski. The humor is probably the best part, hence the poopenhausen jokes about Summit's mom- which were hilarious, BTW.

Yep.

There was a mag there this year too... On midfats, Mojos I hear... Way to ride the fence!

Generation FKNA it is! Or generation poopenhausen. I like that one too, it sounds funnier.

FOR ALL THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, STOKE IS A RIVER THAT FLOWS FROM TGR! You better axe somebody!

You = stokeless blabbering asshat

This pretty much sums up my reaction to TGR. It's fun to visit once in awhile, but I don't want to live there.

B-CAW!

Epic is mostly people that ski, while TGR is mostly skiers.

On Epic they discuss short, skinny skis that suck, while on TGR they talk about long, fat skis that truck.

Epic is whine & cheese, while TGR is beer & peanuts.



flame away!

Priceless!

...and full of hungry mama bears!

What an ubelievaly naive and rude post.

I read both forums and actually prefer Epic but there are great skiers on TGR, there a great skiers here. Sure lots of the guys on TGR do climb mountains. I know I do and I'm positive that I know how to properly carve and can ski very well. I think the attitude over there is terrible, they waste too much time attacking newbies, they take vulgarity to a rather impressive level.

By the way, I skied some cliff bands yesterday and it is skiing