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PJ
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How do you judge if someone is a good skier..like what sort of tricks or ability or style do they have to have?
Jan 13 2006 10:37PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 257
totally depends....its such an open question
Jan 13 2006 10:38PM
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cjgncjgn
Posts: 3023 - Karma: 21
as long as they dont have a huge ego and are chill they are good skiers in my book, oh and if they wont get in the way of other ppl
Jan 13 2006 10:40PM
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^NewYork
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I dont think you have to be able to do tricks to be a good skier
Jan 13 2006 10:40PM
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PJ
Posts: 589 - Karma: 10
Yeah, definately a wide open question. Lemme follow up: What sort of tricks are the better skiers doing at your hill?
Jan 13 2006 10:45PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
Exactly, I know a lot of really good skiers that can't do a 360, you really have to define "skier" to get a response to a question like that. I think a good skier is somebody who can rip up the mountain, consistently land 20-30 foot cliffs, and also throw some big really really really ridiculously good-looking tricks in the park. And if you want to be REALLY well-rounded, you can expand into the realm of flatland and chairlift tricks, those are always fun.
Jan 13 2006 10:48PM
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nickmcnutt
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if you are good at all the skiing fundamentals, can ski switch pretty good, can do an average railslide, will hit a decent jump, can do a 360 or a 540, ski pow, id say your not bad
Jan 13 2006 10:50PM
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lalalalaura
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 68
i think a good skier is someone who can ski most anywhere inbounds with control and comfortability, with well developed technique.
Jan 13 2006 10:53PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Yeah I know plenty of nasty skiers who can't hit park jumps and vice versa. I think being a "decent skier" is someone who goes out and give it their all everytime, wants to get better, exc. I don't think it's a certain trick that can put you in a different category, but I find the really passionate skiers are the ones who rip the hardest.
Jan 13 2006 10:54PM
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forfun
Posts: 4916 - Karma: 66
umm well, some kids are doin sw unnaty bio 9s, quad sw ups, sw 1080s i dunno what else. 630s on and off raillllz. People at Mt. Hood have mad skillz; skilss i wished i possesed
Jan 13 2006 11:01PM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
yeah, the kids at hood make me feel like a crappy skier...but then i realize its just the kids in the park, and i can do everything else better than most of them, which makes me feel a little better.
Jan 13 2006 11:11PM
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poncho
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this is my first year skiing and im doing all that shit plus spins off rails..wow im a good skier..YAY for me
Jan 13 2006 11:12PM
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