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Define: Park Rat

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freeskibum82
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Everyone is all concerned what a poser is or what makes someone a park rat.. etc.

ill simplify it all for you..

Park Rat: (english) Someone who can only ski well enough to ski into and out of an obstacle in a terrain park at a resort. They are struck with fear and anxiety when challenged with a mogul field or trails steeper than a green circle or blue square. variants poser, wimp, pussy, mr_dude.. Use in a sentence "That kid is nothing more than a park rat, what a pussy. I bet that poser cant even ski outerlimits.


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Dec 22 2005 2:45PM
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spere
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agree, and when asked why they don't ski anywhere else beside the park they reply "I can do all the other stuff but i would rather hit some jumps dood"
Dec 22 2005 2:48PM
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feezy
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park rats drag their skis in the parking lot, yhave never skied in powder, prefer urban over all else, and are really gnarly looking.
Dec 22 2005 2:52PM
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chapz
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someone who skis only park, when he goes for groomers, he falls and doesnt know what to do
Dec 22 2005 2:53PM
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Lax_Bro40
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agreed but when west coasters call east coasters park rats its stupid because theres not much else we can ski.
Dec 22 2005 2:55PM
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skisquaw@420
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i drag my skis in the parking lot, but its because im lazy, not a park rat
Dec 22 2005 2:58PM
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spere
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there are other places you can ski, like moguls and tree runs. it doesn't have to be all steeps and gnarly cliffs in order for you to not be a park rat
Dec 22 2005 2:59PM
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dirtybryan
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He snow plows into the park at the beginning of the day and snow plows out of the park at the end.
Dec 22 2005 2:59PM
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freeskibum82
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ill let everyone say what they think it is then we'll make one definition and get it sticky'd lol
Dec 22 2005 3:02PM
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Pklink04
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dude what about the midwest, powder is rare, so really all we got is park, but I go out to keystone and when Im there I rarely hit up the park, its all cat skiing and groomers for me there, because we dont have that stuff in MN. So does that make me a park rat?
Dec 22 2005 3:06PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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excuses excuses, before I moved to Utah I lived in West Virginia. The hill there is pretty pathetic, but I still didn't spend all my time in the park. In fact I would only park ski at night, because that was the only worthwhile trail open at night. During the day I would try to ski bumps, chop, poach trees, whatever was available.
Dec 22 2005 3:08PM
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Raek
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the park gets boring especially now where there isnt that much set up..
park rats sideslip down trails...
Dec 22 2005 3:11PM
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pales
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why do you worry about what others are saying about you when you're skiing? the reason skiing has evolved so much is because people have said fuck what everybody else is doing and fuck what they think about me.
Dec 22 2005 3:23PM
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Raek
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true.
Dec 22 2005 3:23PM
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grubix2
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I especially liked how Mr_dude as a varient of the noun "Park Rat".

Mr_dude, we hate you.
Dec 22 2005 3:25PM
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Raek
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who the fuck is mr_dude. i have never seen a post by him .
Dec 22 2005 3:28PM
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fuzz.
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hahah yea i liek the use of mr_dude in your defonition hes a little shit stain
Dec 22 2005 3:35PM
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feezy
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ok, i am sorry, to rephrase:

someone who has the chance to ski awesome powder and doesnt.

shaun white is a park rat.
tanner was a park rat until two years ago.
Dec 22 2005 3:39PM
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wdbo.
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i feel insulted when someone calls me a park rat ehemmm kiana
cus i am way better at skiing steep stuff than i am in the park,

i think that there is a balance of skill, on one side of the scale there is park and on the other side there is big mount./regular skiing, it just depends on which way the scale tips in your position
Dec 22 2005 3:40PM
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Raek
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does it really matter though.you are out there for yourself and noone else.
Dec 22 2005 3:41PM
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Jwenz
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like the definition
Dec 22 2005 3:45PM
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grubix2
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Mr_dude is the little assfuck who said he hopes CR dies.
Dec 22 2005 3:46PM
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eheath
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Haha mr_dude
Dec 22 2005 3:46PM
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Grimace.
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at my local mountain there are no trees and the only way to not get bored is to hit the park. I"M not a park rat i love the trees more than anyone else but most people that say being a park rat is a bad thing most of the time cant hit a rail or jump. I urban for the fun of it just as someone else might backcountry out with a snowmobile. Its not that we dont enjoy that its more that we cant get to that stuff with out taking a plain.
Dec 22 2005 3:52PM
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freeskibum82
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any1 who says that there is nothing else to do or is defending park rat.. well you're that park rat that i was describing.. you're that person.
Dec 22 2005 3:57PM
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pbandj
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i'm east coast and i'm out of the park more than i'm in it
Dec 22 2005 3:58PM
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Annie.
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as long as they ski who cares..but ya..agreed
Dec 22 2005 4:24PM
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WONTON
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shaun white is a park rat? uhh
Dec 22 2005 4:27PM
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ginNjuice
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You want east coasters skiing groomers so they arn't considered park rats? call me a park rat cause skiing groomers,bumps and whatever BS is available on the east coast is just boring. Park is the only thing unless you do get the chance to ski pow once in awhile. There is nothing wrong with being a park rat!
Dec 22 2005 4:31PM
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johanblaze
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you're a park rat when you ski nothing but park, so it's not that stupid is it? don't be ashamed of who you are.
Dec 22 2005 4:33PM
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fighting_irish
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park rats are rats in the park duhhh
Dec 22 2005 4:35PM
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skiierman
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White is not a park rat. He's shredded more pow and BC than you can ever dream of.
Dec 22 2005 4:36PM
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teamjib
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agree for sure
Dec 22 2005 4:39PM
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feezy
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really?
like in first descent when he gets scared about the powder landing?
Dec 22 2005 4:49PM
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mk2
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unless you ski on a garbage dump hill you have no excuse to ski exclusively park
Dec 22 2005 5:05PM
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bigsoxfan
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someone who does not kno the basics of skiing (turning, holding an edge, using poles, etc.) and simply speed checks through the park all day
Dec 22 2005 5:09PM
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pat-rickdaigle
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ME
Dec 22 2005 5:11PM
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bikerocker
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i'm pretty sure a park rat is someone who just likes to ski park a lot. But really, anybody who says park rat is a bad thing is wrong. Who cares if the kid can't ski the rest of the mountain, maybe park is what got them into the sport, and that's all they care to do. Sure it's good to be an all around skier, but if you get bored with groomers, park is a good alternative. I'm pretty sure the people who sit and watch other people ski, and point out errors in turning form are in the sport for the wrong reasons. I mean that's the same as ripping on the kid who skis gates all day, but that's what he likes to do.
Dec 22 2005 6:30PM
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Aenigma
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Anybody who either owns a fur-hooded coat or considers their skiing steezy, or both.
Dec 22 2005 6:44PM
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cab_D
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someone who skis park on a pow day.
Dec 22 2005 6:45PM
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thejackal1177
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U dont see us park rats going and calling you boys big mountain sloth's do you? I say whatever you do so long as its on skis is just fine
Dec 22 2005 6:49PM
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Jake...
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park rat is someone who enjoys throwing a corked 7 double grab all day. nat, unnat, sw, and sw unnat.
Dec 22 2005 6:50PM
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Aenigma
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If somebody called me a "big mountain sloth" I wouldn't be offended at all, that's just what I do.
Dec 22 2005 6:50PM
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Silence
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haha props on the inclusion of mr_dude in the definition... he's a textbook cock..

i would say if someone sits in the park all day and throws down sw 7's - completely rips it up, but they only ski park, and arent really interested in the rest of the mounting, i would see them as a park rat - and i dont think it is necessarily a bad thing in that context..
Dec 22 2005 7:04PM
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MADmidwest
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do what u want and don't listen to anybody else's shit that doesn't agree with u and you'll be fine
Dec 22 2005 7:50PM
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Matty.
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There ya go...that is the definition.
Dec 22 2005 8:01PM
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freestyler540
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1. Park Rat: (english) Someone who can only ski well enough to ski into and out of an obstacle in a terrain park at a resort. They are struck with fear and anxiety when challenged with a mogul field or trails steeper than a green circle or blue square. variants poser, wimp, pussy, mr_dude.. Use in a sentence "That kid is nothing more than a park rat, what a pussy. I bet that poser cant even ski outerlimits.

2.Mouse that runs across trails in the park to distract other freeriders and people that have no business in the park.

By the way, a mouse once cut in front of me in the park. It was pretty funny.
Dec 22 2005 8:05PM
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hemlockjibber8
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wouldnt that make you a mogul masher, stupid, and a tree skier.


look at me i can label people too.

your saying skiing shitty bump out icy runs is more fun then park?
Dec 22 2005 8:09PM
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bipolarskiz
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park rat is someone who is cooler then everyone else
Dec 22 2005 8:13PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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no Im saying skiing park more than 50% of your time on the hill makes you a park rat
Dec 22 2005 8:15PM
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Aenigma
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That's so true too! The only place on the mountain I ever see people with attitude problems is in the park.
Dec 22 2005 8:18PM
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