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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
If you're a big mountain skier post here. I wanna see how many don't only ski park. No offense, but its not real skiing.
Jan 26 2006 9:28PM
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squawshredder
Posts: 129 - Karma: 15
I do. I grew up skiing on the squaw valley freeride team, but now i get to move out to slc and ski snowbird/alta. Fuck park, slushy spring days are for touring and mountaineering
Feb 26 2012 11:59AM
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Otherside
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52 inches in the last 7 days, we have gone to this from around 15 inches total in the village. Looks like another no show sumer.
Feb 26 2012 11:59AM
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-ShredTheGnar-
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 111
Big mountain for the win.

for me it goes big mountain>tree skiing>park
Feb 26 2012 2:09PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
LOL @ this bump
Feb 26 2012 2:23PM
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fghtoffyrdmns
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 6,867
OMG REAL SNOW ON REAL MOUNTAINS ON REAL CLIFFS





seriously, lets not just hate on how people like to slide down the mountain.
Feb 26 2012 3:44PM
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E@STCO@ST
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Feb 26 2012 3:52PM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
im a little mountain skier
Feb 26 2012 4:29PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
People who have been skiing for two years are better park skiers than I am. REAL mountains for life!!
Feb 26 2012 4:48PM
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DubV134
Posts: 1541 - Karma: 690
much prefer big mountain skiing than park...

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photo: Zach Paley
skier: Lee
Feb 26 2012 4:58PM
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TheGnarwhal
Posts: 871 - Karma: 49
big mountain/backcountry be the only dwelling for me
Feb 26 2012 5:02PM
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Squaw6
Posts: 469 - Karma: 50
right here
Feb 26 2012 5:20PM
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MrChevyCelebrity
Posts: 509 - Karma: 406
I'm really not a fan of park skiing, and the shitty attitudes of some park rats, but..... WTF is wrong with Tanner Hall? What a fairy.
Feb 26 2012 7:11PM
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ShredMasterPlus
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Killer shot dude, Yee, big mountain is where its at for sure. Parks cool too but nothing beats a good huck
Feb 26 2012 7:40PM
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rsvp
Posts: 1516 - Karma: 2,611
well usually I'm a big mountain skier...but this lack of snow in Tahoe has forced me to ski park all year
Feb 26 2012 9:09PM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
im sure most people would big mountain every day but very few can so park is another fun option
Feb 26 2012 9:15PM
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GayWolf420
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Steep pitch + evenly spaced pine trees = prejac before I drop in.
Feb 26 2012 9:15PM
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250r
Posts: 2276 - Karma: 1,013
story of my day today, deeeep blower in blackcombs sidecountry all the way down to fitz creek
Feb 26 2012 9:20PM
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jeR.
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 58
park when theres no snow, trees when theirs snow. unfortunately i live in maine so its park 85% of the time. i am competing STEFT next year along with some rail jams so i dont know what that makes me? a skier?
Feb 26 2012 9:25PM
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ben_jammin
Posts: 140 - Karma: 74
big mountain skiing is definitely where it's at...there's finally enough snow in colorado to start hitting some decent natural airs
Feb 26 2012 9:30PM
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.skiwi.
Posts: 898 - Karma: 40
Yeaa i love skiing big mountain! You dont get powder in the park. But i do like skiing park too
Feb 26 2012 9:34PM
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ALaw
Posts: 2616 - Karma: 1,552
me!
Feb 26 2012 9:38PM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
herro

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Feb 26 2012 9:53PM
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Crocodile
Posts: 281 - Karma: 11
Why am I so immature!
Feb 26 2012 9:54PM
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ktd619
Posts: 927 - Karma: 96
When im out west, its all i ski.
Feb 26 2012 10:02PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,662
don't act like your big mountain skiers are "above" park skiers or something like that. skiing is skiing, and have you ever considered that some people just don't have access to big mountain? i live in CNY, a mountain over 1000' vertical is several hours away. the ski patrol at my mountain clip passes if you go out of bounds. we haven't gotten more than 3 or 4 inches at a time this year, and my mountain grooms out most of it anyways. our "glades" are several hundred feet long and hardly ever have enough coverage (there's been dirt showing more often than not this season).


these are the reasons i ski park.
Feb 26 2012 10:07PM
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californiagrown
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no one in this thread cares. did you not read the thread title? why the fuck did you post in this thread?
Feb 26 2012 10:45PM
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jdubbs.
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I lol every time at that tanner vid, but yes... Big Mountain For Life. it just doesnt get any better...

Feb 26 2012 11:56PM
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MothaHucker
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Feb 27 2012 12:40AM
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Squaw6
Posts: 469 - Karma: 50
Only thing that beats a good huck....a fresh pillow line.
Feb 27 2012 12:51AM
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wrichmond
Posts: 562 - Karma: 369
Pow and cliffs are where it's at. Being scared elevates my skiing.
Feb 27 2012 1:22AM
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Bill.Nye
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I can ski medium mountain

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Feb 27 2012 1:32AM
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-Alpha2-
Posts: 355 - Karma: 96
If big mountain counts as 300+ feet, im still 10 feet short.
fuck.
Feb 27 2012 1:40AM
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BskiP
Posts: 1369 - Karma: 223
big mountain skiers are above park skiers! its a scientific fact. there are guys that can put it down in the park that can barely ski back to the chairlift. is that really skiing? that is more like fairy gymnastics compared to some hairy burly mountain man hucking their meat over a massive rock face where they could legitimately get FUBARed if they mess up. Im not hating on you, but real skiing is not on the east coast. Why do you all move out west if it was there? not trying to hate, just stating the facts.
Feb 27 2012 2:29AM
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easiestEC
Posts: 2471 - Karma: 489
moved out west and traded in my jib sticks for some fat planks.

haven't touched a rail since
Feb 27 2012 2:36AM
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special-J
Posts: 1572 - Karma: 4,477
Can't believe I'm involving myself in this, but shut up. Who do you think you are... Sorry I can't do any real skiing in Pennsylvania. Some aren't as fortunate as you in their birth location, but still try their asses off to be the best skiers they can be, and the only way to progress with anything here is in the park. (or racing...)
Feb 27 2012 2:40AM
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Squaw6
Posts: 469 - Karma: 50
I ski almost entirely big mountain but this is pretty pretentious. Most park skiers I know are great all-round skiers as well, and not everyone is fortunate enough to live in areas where big mountain skiing is really an option. Skiing just involves two sticks, snow, and good times. There is no "real" or "fake" skiing.
Feb 27 2012 3:22AM
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so_gangk
Posts: 530 - Karma: 94
if you havent skied cham you havent skied big mountain so dont claim it unless you have skied down mount blanc
Feb 27 2012 3:26AM
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Dr.Gnar
Posts: 896 - Karma: 197
Try not to cringe when I say the words but park skiing is simply acrobatics while big mt. skiing is more navigation down a fall line.
Feb 27 2012 3:36AM
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Rosbif
Posts: 2543 - Karma: 930
Some of the skiing in Cham is really easy, some is fully gnar, the same as a lot of other places. Skiing there doesn't mean anything at all.
Feb 27 2012 7:17AM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,662
you are categorizing all park skiers, saying they can't ski anywhere else. many of us grew up in the east on small hills and, once we grew older, became bored with the groomers and moved to other parts of the mountain i.e the park. i didn't even touch park until after i had been skiing for 7 or 8 years. as i stated in my previous post, you simply can't find powder or tree skiing and out of bounds is completely off limits. dudes throwing double corks or even cork 9s and stomping their shit on landings as hard as concrete isn't real compared to your "hairy bulry mountain men" jumping down rock faces? you need to stop putting labels on skiing. skiing is skiing, it doesn't really matter what you're doing. i am planning on moving out west once i get out of my parents household (i'm still in highschool yeah make fun of me all you want) but until then i have no choice but to ski a shitty east coast HILL.


to californiagrown - because i enjoy skiing big mountain, i just can't all the time. so i clicked on the thread to see some discussion about it or something, only to find some douches sitting on their high horses because they live in an area that enables them to ski big mountain like that.
Feb 27 2012 3:15PM
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NakedNoodle
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Ski the fish everyday all day
Feb 27 2012 5:52PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
I hope people realize that I am an avid park skier, 6+ years after posting this thread.
Feb 27 2012 5:57PM
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Skiingsnow
Posts: 1567 - Karma: 797
hiked flute bowl on whistler today... zomgitwassodeepanddry!!!
Feb 27 2012 6:18PM
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YoungJah
Posts: 1106 - Karma: 66
Nothing like pointing a 1000+ straight shot with a nice mandatory air on the exit.
Feb 27 2012 6:48PM
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HomieJon
Posts: 621 - Karma: 134
Hahaha! This is humorous!
Feb 27 2012 7:20PM
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Lucas
Posts: 4881 - Karma: 1,575
I hope you realize saying park skiing isn't "real skiing" is a stupid thing to say..... So claiming you ski park doesn't change the fact that
Feb 27 2012 7:21PM
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Ducky.
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Sup
Feb 27 2012 7:22PM
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Lucas
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You just disrespected everyone who does ski park....
Feb 27 2012 7:22PM
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pnels
Posts: 117 - Karma: 13
any tips/advise on getting sponsored for big mountain skiing?
Feb 27 2012 7:23PM
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Bill.Nye
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Be really good. Get video of you being really good.
Feb 27 2012 7:24PM
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