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SKIS IN HAWAII

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TwinTipWonder
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Kinda crazy, i was just in downtown honolulu... and stopped in the quiksilver store... and for some reason, the had the new roxy quiksilver skis. (made by dynastar) I forgot that rossi owned them too, and now quiksilver owns rossi. Im very interested to see whats to come from them... possibly worth holding your breath.
Jan 15 2006 2:58PM
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skifree919
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the funny thing is you can ski in hawaii if you hike/drive to the top of those volcanos.
Jan 15 2006 3:02PM
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TwinTipWonder
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Yeah, they actually have snowcat tours on the big island. (over 13000 feet!)
Jan 15 2006 3:03PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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yeah mauana kea, its looks pretty sweet. its just like late season corn skiing but it would still be awesome to do. You have do drive up, then you ski down and a buddy drives down, then you can switch or if your friend is a sucker he keeps driving
Jan 15 2006 3:08PM
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ptownshredder
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yeah u can ski on the big island theres just no chair lift, its like mt. Mauna Kea. Their was ppl snowboardin' when i was there.
Jan 15 2006 4:53PM
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gfanuckaa
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thats fuckin dooope i wanna be there
Jan 15 2006 5:49PM
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Edward.
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sanskiinig or something?
Jan 15 2006 8:01PM
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yetigonecrazy
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no you dolt, fuckin snow skiing. dont you understand "13,000 feet"?? those three zeros means thirteen THOUSAND feet above sea level.
Jan 15 2006 8:23PM
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Adamskinick
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hawaii sounds so money right now.
Jan 15 2006 8:27PM
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sander_h
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crazy
Jan 15 2006 10:41PM
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FUUUCK
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Mar 23 2006 10:49PM
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chapz
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is that also a volcano? cause i know they have tons there
Mar 23 2006 10:50PM
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S2daJ
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the experience would be cool, but is it really worth it?
Mar 23 2006 10:51PM
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khem
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Yeah when I was in hawaii over thanksgiving break i was in quicksilver and they had the roxy skis, boots and some poles, it was crazy. they even had on a pair of skis a sold tag. i started laughin, who honestly would buy skis in hawaii
Mar 24 2006 12:39AM
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Billiards.
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If I lived there on the big island I for sure would.
Mar 24 2006 10:49AM
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Cam
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i want to try skiing there next year...just do a day trip or something while on a nice vacation...
Mar 24 2006 10:52AM
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Itsbackfliptime
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they have year round skiing. How sweet is that?
Mar 24 2006 11:01AM
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4ReeL_
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i dont think thoes skis will be anything special
Mar 24 2006 11:01AM
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Erie
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hey kid who started this thread you live in Hawii and ski there?
Mar 24 2006 11:05AM
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japie99
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Haha wow didnt know that was possible. Would be so cool skiing and surfing all the time:D
Mar 24 2006 11:05AM
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Petey.
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maybe they wanna go sand skiing
Mar 24 2006 12:04PM
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mikeno
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I used to live on Oahu - I went to the top of the mountain once, but never skiid there. They didn't used to get enough snow to ski every year, so it's unpredictable, and the top is more or less volcanic rock, so they say you shouldn't use skis that you want to use again.....And unless it's changed, you "can't" drive rental cars to that part of the island.
Mar 24 2006 12:09PM
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japie99
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why cant u drive rental cars there...?
Mar 25 2006 5:20PM
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Powderdayz
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super ruff terrain for starters
Mar 25 2006 5:23PM
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SmoKinSkier
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EXACTLY...

Some of you asking is it worth the trip are morons!! NO you dont plan a ski trip to Hawaii u plan a vacation and take one day out of it to hit the volcano just to say u skied HA...Its not like ur gunna be shreddin pow and massive BC booters!!
Mar 25 2006 5:47PM
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french_fry
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going from 0 to 130000 is tough on your lungs in just a day. Astronomers spend a night at some level to accomodate to the altitude before going to the telescope. And it's the tallest mountain on the planet if you count the underwater distance.
Mar 25 2006 9:07PM
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dweezileast
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yup, like 30something thousand feet
Mar 26 2006 12:23AM
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TWoods
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Every bit of land there is a volcano, so yea.
Mar 26 2006 2:17AM
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Mattman
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thats damn cool
Mar 26 2006 3:27AM
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mikeno
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Yeah, unless it's changed, the rental car contracts say you can't take the cars on the road you need to take to get there. We drove it (didn't see it until it was too late) and it was kinda rough, but not that bad. We drove up to the observatory on top (it was late september and "cold as shit"), but that was probably the 40s or 50s. (There's nothing there (uless it's changed) except an observatory and rocks - lots of rocks......

We checked into the skiing, and the way it worked (this was in the early 90s) was that you could get packages where they would drive you up in a 4-wheeler, and rent you skis. They said they only get enough snow to do it every 3-4 years, but if you're on the island of Hawaii, it would be worth asking about (if it's winter...). Having said that, winter isn't the best time of year weather-wise to visit Hawaii if you want to hit the beaches (can be cloudy for a couple of weeks at a time.)
Mar 26 2006 5:17AM
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mikeno
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Here you go - probably everything you want to know......

http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com/
Mar 26 2006 5:27AM
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Fulton333
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there is snow in the canary islands.on mt tiede in Tennerife. Its the highest point in spain. There is no lift or anything its just a huge volcano.
Mar 26 2006 5:54AM
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Ski_Punx
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I love the big Island..been there many times!

Aloha!

www.skipunx.com
www.mammothmountain.com
www.mtbaldy.com
Mar 27 2006 7:57PM
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steevner
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i just came back from maui and i went up a 10 000 ft. volcanoe (extinct) and they said they'd closed the roads in the past because of sno, once there was 6 ft!!
Mar 27 2006 8:18PM
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MadTrix4Me
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Island Snow - its a snowboard shop with a couple of locations, the main one on the Waikiki strip I think...I always come back to the mainland with a bunch of their dope gear and people are always bewildered by a snowboard shop in Hawaii
Mar 27 2006 8:33PM
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freeskiierboy13
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http://www.bestplaceshawaii.com/tips/big_kahuna/ski.html that is a link to information about when you can ski there and how much snow they get which says a couple meters deep
Apr 25 2006 5:07PM
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freeskiierboy13
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http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/misc/summitview.html and there is a live cam of hawaii by the observatories
Apr 25 2006 5:13PM
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creedman672
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Apr 25 2006 7:53PM
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Irotate360
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www.video.google.com www.weather.com
Apr 25 2006 7:53PM
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creedman672
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Apr 25 2006 7:57PM
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Irotate360
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www.espn.com
Apr 25 2006 8:00PM
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Shifty540
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The finest snow in the world? Hmmmm
Jun 1 2006 4:42PM
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