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Skiing vs..... jumping.

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Powforbreakfast.
Posts: 2226 - Karma: 417
Aight guys, just want an idea cleared up here... I know for a fact that tons of people on here can rip some hardcore ass with the freestyle. But how many people can actaully ski... as in Glen Plake? Personally, i'm not that good at freestyle (basic flips and 720's)... but anything outside the park is game for me. I never really jam in the park. How 'bout you guys?
Oct 14 2005 2:32AM
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wgjibber
Posts: 232 - Karma: 10
I like skiing in the park, and out, depends on the day and the mood i'm in i guess, my mountain is small an shitty so usually it is the park for me but not all day.
Oct 14 2005 2:39AM
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downhiller52
Posts: 722 - Karma: 11
Skiing vs. jumping????????? can you have one without the other?? i've never sat in a park all day, i just do a few fly by's throughout the day...but i'd say for jumping i go at least twice as big out of the park! if some of you left the park once in a while you could find "the real jumps"
Oct 14 2005 5:05AM
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doitbig
Posts: 4818 - Karma: 315
i like jam on on toast?
Oct 14 2005 10:54AM
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cork5_thovex
Posts: 1068 - Karma: 8
same here, but some of the runs are fun to cruise around with some buddies. i mainly ski park when i have time, but skiing some groomers is always fun too.
Oct 14 2005 10:55AM
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wskibum176
Posts: 1536 - Karma: 13
skiing pow and lines is what its all about
Oct 14 2005 11:00AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I usually do about 3 or 4 park runs per day, unless its spring in which I might hang out there for a few hours
Oct 14 2005 11:03AM
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JAYTRON
Posts: 2373 - Karma: 16
mixing it up is the way to goo
Oct 14 2005 11:33AM
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canadianskier
Posts: 601 - Karma: 184
i just try and ski the whole mountain
Oct 14 2005 11:59AM
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rxvcgiii
Posts: 690 - Karma: -19
I prefer all-mountain stuff to the park... but since the closest hill is pretty much 100% park (Mt. High), I've had to make due with what I have.
Oct 14 2005 12:25PM
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XxLibertYxX
Posts: 1452 - Karma: 28
my perfect day is skiing powder. I would much rather ski some dope lines with kickers and cliffs then park. But i still love skiin park alot soooo i dunno but i believe i can rip outside of park...
Oct 14 2005 1:13PM
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dawilltoski
Posts: 1649 - Karma: 10
depends. im usually in the park, but i grew up skiing out. i love bombing cruisers and just buttering around on natural shit and carving switch. if the snow falls i dont even think about the park.
Oct 14 2005 1:16PM
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whattheshit
Posts: 6562 - Karma: 107
i actually ski. and im damn good at it too. park is another story. i like all mountain- hunt for those world cup rollers and get some good distance while freaking out the gappers.
Oct 14 2005 1:22PM
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straytblunted
Posts: 264 - Karma: 11
skiing is dope
Oct 14 2005 2:06PM
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stinkypoodangle
Posts: 1322 - Karma: 33
i ski from the top of my mountain down to the park at the bottom.
Oct 14 2005 2:13PM
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forfun
Posts: 4916 - Karma: 66
every thing you do on skis is skiing. IF you RIP at big Mountain but cant ski park, you suck! if you RIP at park and can't ski powder or big mountain, you suck! if go ski powder all morning and hit up gnarly lines and then when it gets tracked you go throw some switch cork 5 truckdrivers followed by an urban rail later that night, then your good
Oct 14 2005 2:17PM
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coordy12
Posts: 1285 - Karma: 10
^that is the bestestest way to ski a day on the hill for sure, mixin it up and seeing it all
Oct 14 2005 2:50PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
I love skiing in and out of the park... I'm good at ripping up the icy steeps but when it comes to park, I've still got to develope some more in there so really I'm more towards outside the park but going to train inside this year.
Oct 14 2005 2:53PM
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Powforbreakfast.
Posts: 2226 - Karma: 417
Haaaaaha. That's exactly me.
Oct 14 2005 2:53PM
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under_achieved
Posts: 1164 - Karma: 14
the park is fun in the spring time but nothing is better then standing ontop of a peak, looking down about to drop, well maybe boobies are better but not by much.
Oct 14 2005 3:52PM
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chapz
Posts: 10182 - Karma: 66
park is sick if its a good one, if its a shit park, i go groom it up or go loook for powder
Oct 14 2005 6:14PM
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MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
i ride park pretty much all the time, but before anyone says shit, its because i live in ohio and there really is no point in skiing outside the park. however, when i go on vacation, i usually don't even go to resorts, i spend most of my time hiking for my turns.
Oct 14 2005 6:16PM
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hartig
Posts: 8192 - Karma: 10
yeah im good outside the park, but i cant go too big inside it, i just like floatin 1's
Oct 14 2005 7:34PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
I have a lot more fun having to think about lines on the mountain than looking at the obvious ones in the park. An actual hill allows you to be creative and throw your tricks off of a 30 foot cliff into powder instead of going off a perfect 40 foot table where you know exactly what it's going to be like. I just don't think any terrain park can compare even to mediocre big mountain terrain.
Oct 14 2005 7:39PM
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ThePoopSock
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 22
seriously where do u guys ski that get 40 foot cliffs with amazing lines all dat everyday, ive never been to a resort like that before, so tell me where ur hitting this stuff, and my park is at the bottom of my hill, right before where i go to get on the lift, so i ski bumps or groomers down to the park every run usually, unless there is pow
Oct 14 2005 7:42PM
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strato144
Posts: 869 - Karma: 10
both
Oct 14 2005 7:43PM
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Fatboypowderplus
Posts: 22 - Karma: 10
I like to ski the mountain more, and just hit some jumps that are natural or built on the way down. Not a park, just like booters or built up natural lips. As long as you learn to ski the mountain before you ski park, its cool... otherwise you will be a par rat forever.
Oct 14 2005 7:46PM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
i like both but nothing is better than fresh snow...normally most time is spent in the parks though..
Oct 14 2005 7:51PM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
I live at alpine meadows and ski there nearly every day...last season had over 50 SICK!! "epic" pow days and I know atleast two-doze safe easy 30-40 footers withing easy skiing range from the lifts..there is even a "safe" 90+footer that is way huckable after big dump - marhankas rock anyone...huck and chuck at alpine
Oct 14 2005 7:52PM
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Anti-Hero
Posts: 1269 - Karma: 339
i mostly ski all over the mountain and hit the park close to the end of the day when its less crowded
Oct 14 2005 8:19PM
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AKFREERIDE
Posts: 1718 - Karma: 11
here in alaska, charging hard and freeriding is the way to go. we have like 2 or 3 good man made tables and a shitty ass park. but we have snow and steeps that are orgasmic. and thats why i freeride.
Oct 14 2005 8:19PM
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Mahre
Posts: 2507 - Karma: 490
im the dopest of the dope ski riders. but park. shit. can barely get enough speed for a jump or rail
Oct 14 2005 8:45PM
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zepscratch
Posts: 3517 - Karma: 36
i started skiing the park because i live in ct and theres no challenging terrain here. i would much rather ski the mountain if i lived out west.
Oct 14 2005 9:08PM
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zmanalex
Posts: 452 - Karma: 10
Parks the shit, but i only hit it if the rest of the mount is shit
Oct 14 2005 11:57PM
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rynmartn
Posts: 2697 - Karma: 21
i ski all over the mountain...and my mountain has 8 parks...so its easy to hit them up in between ripping it in the trees
Oct 15 2005 12:51AM
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casimiro
Posts: 1350 - Karma: 15
I did three park runs last year, so i guess that sums it up. of course i'm lucky i live in colorado so the mountains don't suck so im spoiled.
Oct 15 2005 1:00AM
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feihlination
Posts: 8356 - Karma: 1,084
1. if there is pow, ski pow

2. if there is no pow, go skiing groomers and park

i find it easier to reach 75 mph while carving on my ar5s than throwing down a 540. but i know that some park rats never get faster than maybe 50 mph. at least the ones i know. i am happy that i actually can ski, however i suck in the park.
Oct 15 2005 9:49AM
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