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steezmuffin
Posts: 82 - Karma: 10
I raced with ski culb vail for 4 years and Im a really good all around skier. I absolutely hate it when kids say "I HATE RACERS". when people say that they are basically saying "im a park rat who cant ski for shit"!!!!. Im appreciate people who do moguls though cuz moguls are sweet and they make you good, but lets hear some comments.
Mar 9 2006 9:06PM
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bcjibs
Posts: 175 - Karma: 10
im a racer and i cant stand other racers, most of the ones ive met are bitchy, they think they are too good for the mountain and think that people should part to let them on the lift line.
Mar 9 2006 9:11PM
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III
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 22
yeah, people associate racing with the kids who are obsessed with their school's team and are really competative and aggressive. But i race, and a bunch of my friends race and its just a fun way to challenge ourselves. And we ski the park and all mountain too, not just run the course.
Mar 9 2006 9:13PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
i fuckin hate when they go in the ski school line, i stand in line for hours with my classes waiting for them
Mar 9 2006 9:15PM
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steezmuffin
Posts: 82 - Karma: 10
yea I agree, I also hate it when other racers think they are the best, I mean racing makes you really good at skiing, but you shouldnt feel like you're the best after doing it.
Mar 9 2006 9:16PM
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milkdud951
Posts: 960 - Karma: 21
a lot of the racers at our mountain idolize the freeskiers, they all want to quit and join the park rats (us)
Mar 9 2006 9:32PM
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wazzucrewskier
Posts: 2269 - Karma: 151
exactly, i do it to hang out with cool people that rip. i have so much fun just hanging out with the people that it makes it worth it to smash gates for a day.
Mar 9 2006 9:33PM
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TrouBle_MaK3r
Posts: 54 - Karma: 10
Ya I race on a side thing for my school, I enjoy it because its something else to do then just stay in the park, Ya but I hate when hardcore racers think they are the shit when they see us in the park
Mar 9 2006 9:43PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
ive skiied with a racer before, hes cool, he saw me around and said that i was good and he was a nice guy
Mar 9 2006 9:45PM
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skitoggrob
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 22
i used to race....and i miss it..


but when i was a racer i barely skied park..i did...but not a lot..my parents mad me stop and it deff helped me become a much better all around skier..


and i my rents made me stop...casue we are poor..and its a rich mans sport..especially people that do it for fun...for the most part..
Mar 9 2006 10:13PM
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skiermw
Posts: 1297 - Karma: 30
i dont mind racers, i just think that shin guards are for pussys
Mar 9 2006 10:16PM
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-nija-
Posts: 590 - Karma: 10
I HATE RACERS!!!!

AND NOT CAUSE IM A PARK RAT, BECAUSE I CAN SKI!!!!

BHILL IS A FATTY!!!!!!!!!!!Evan,
Mar 9 2006 10:16PM
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-nija-
Posts: 590 - Karma: 10
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Mar 9 2006 10:17PM
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-nija-
Posts: 590 - Karma: 10
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Mar 9 2006 10:17PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
why hate racers? a lot of them can actually ski better than any park rat
Mar 9 2006 10:19PM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
why hate racers they know how to ski and most hit the park too. i use to race and its a good way to learn how to ski properly
Mar 9 2006 11:21PM
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jd_1260
Posts: 1192 - Karma: 293
I just stopped racing because the coaches were blamin so much shit on me cuz i almost always do it. But it was fun except for rules and early early mornings
Mar 10 2006 2:35AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
Posts: 0 - Karma: 87
There might be a couple pros out there who didn't come from some form of racing background, take that as you will
Mar 10 2006 2:46AM
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dman1260
Posts: 899 - Karma: 13
I used to race and i wasnt that great at speeding through gates so all the other racers thought they were way better than me and then we would go down a steep line with a cliff and some powder and I would leave them in the dust and they wouldn't know what to say, so they would immediately revert to saying I sucked at racing. Same thing would happen in the park. For this reason and many others, I quit racing, and really dont like most racers.
Mar 10 2006 3:01AM
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papasteeze
Posts: 12055 - Karma: 913
You are correct. Something to think about.
Mar 10 2006 8:15AM
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DynastarriderGP
Posts: 8258 - Karma: 214
it's because i quit first
Mar 10 2006 8:26AM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
I raced in college - UC Boulder

and it was insane, the level of fitness and drive you need to compete on a division one team was crazy. But I got to race Super G and GS on some of the nations best courses. I only stayed on the team for two years...the early morning stadium stair runs in august got to me.

I was distracted from racing when I caught a ride to summit country one day with some guys who were some big-mountain "free skier" up n commers who also attended or lived near UCB when I was there (one of them has some crazy new reverse camber planks and another used to have a pro-model from k2)...soon after I was entering IFSA events rather than NCAA events...but the foundation of balance and skills I learned from racing helped me immensly...

don't be so quick to hate on racing, it just shows complete and utter ignorance about your knowledge of our sport.
Mar 10 2006 1:12PM
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AMcCraw
Posts: 845 - Karma: 703
^^exactly
Mar 10 2006 1:18PM
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skitoggrob
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 22
yeah hes got it down
Mar 13 2006 8:25AM
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evan25
Posts: 931 - Karma: 20
i wish i could have raced as a kid because i probly would be way better than i am i would just look better i think.

but i totally agree some racers are just ass holes who think there better because they have 10 pairs of skis and have a trail to themselves.

but thats an opinion
Mar 13 2006 9:09AM
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tito_skier
Posts: 1219 - Karma: 24
i race i like it i get to ski everday because of it and i still ski more than enough
Mar 13 2006 10:29AM
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BusyJohnSohn
Posts: 3483 - Karma: 29
it helps me cuz that way u dont look like a tool when ur goin in to hit a jump. I hate watching guys who can do like switch 10s and stuff who cant even ski properly
Mar 13 2006 2:06PM
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shagalabagala
Posts: 2101 - Karma: 10
yeah, i'm a soon-to-be ex racer, and kids like the ones you described ere a big part of my quitting,
and the tight spandex
Mar 13 2006 2:12PM
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pesja
Posts: 806 - Karma: 148
you dont have to race to be good, i never liked it, so stricted... you can just hang out in the slopes and push yourself... i ski alot of slopes to get comfortable in high speed. ( mostly ski them switch tough)

i never raced when i was little like everyone else, i just had fun and skied until i didnt want to anymore....
Mar 13 2006 2:32PM
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skiRay
Posts: 7558 - Karma: 926
i raced for 4 years and learned not only haw to race but also haw to do other usefull and sick stuff
Mar 13 2006 2:50PM
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LTP
Posts: 241 - Karma: 171
i went to a race in alberta wit my sis, and i was riding the park, and when the whislter racers were done racing thye threw on there twin tips, man they can ski park very well, fuckin sick rippers, but im not a fan of wearing spandex so pretty much why i quit ahah but i do miss the trips
Mar 13 2006 2:54PM
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billy092
Posts: 1202 - Karma: 12
word, i used to race and i cant imagine skiing without the training, the whole reason that i started to ski was because i wanted to go fast, and now i ski a lot of park and i kinda lost that feeling, and its fun to take urself to the next level with your friends and not have to worry about throwing switch 10's to be cool
Mar 13 2006 5:12PM
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skitoggrob
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 22
spandex..as long as it makes you faster and win.ill do it..i used to race and loved it..but the coed hotel trips were the best..never forgoten..i bet ya bode could do a ab 10.
Mar 13 2006 5:46PM
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whitewater413
Posts: 528 - Karma: 215
i am a park rat who cant ski for shit outside of the park but in the park id like to think im pretty good and FUCK racers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mar 13 2006 9:18PM
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billy092
Posts: 1202 - Karma: 12
robby, shutup, you are not poor, you have your own snow gun and Rossi Z9's, your not poor, oh yeah, you have a boat, comp. in your room, T.V. in your room, oh yeah, and your getting a Land ROver, your not poor
Mar 13 2006 9:29PM
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1440ski
Posts: 2049 - Karma: 1,110
We always challenge the racers to races but they puss out.
Mar 13 2006 9:31PM
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sexy_skier_babii
Posts: 2490 - Karma: 15
i race. but thats all im saying cuz theres no need to have another controversial forum about this.
Mar 13 2006 9:31PM
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grambo
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 93
waynewong nailed it. I used to race, didn't even get to FIS, but the skills I learned helped my freeskiing so much. You can tell just by looking at someone's turning if they have raced before.
Mar 13 2006 9:56PM
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ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,613
i am an excellent skier and i freeski and i admit i am a park rat but that doesnt automatically mean i suck at regular skiing. stop stereotyping douchebag
Mar 13 2006 10:03PM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
when skier-x first started up, I was invited to compete at telluride for the first x-games...It was nuts, x world cup racers from europe, huge herman meir types with way to much muscle...

mad respect to those who know...going 100+++kph is pretty dam fun
Mar 13 2006 11:34PM
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ssk
Posts: 1306 - Karma: 695
i personally have no problem wit racers. like any sport there are always gonna b the kids who r cocky and dicks, but we find that not only in racing but also in freestyle. but the majority of racers r fine
Mar 14 2006 12:02AM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
i use to race and i hate racing/racers/ that whole side of the sport
Mar 14 2006 12:19AM
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prophet
Posts: 4734 - Karma: 1,007
how long ago was that that you got to race SG in NCAA?
Mar 14 2006 12:45AM
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forfun
Posts: 4916 - Karma: 66
better a park rat than a n00b in tight pants. i mean park rats are better at (1) rails (2) jumps (3) pipe) (4) urban than racers while racers are better at (1) goin fast (2) skiing better. but i guess whatever floats your boat and what you have fun doing. i just dont see how you can have fun racing when the only progression is beating your previous time by .304150159 seconds. progression in park skiing is endless
Mar 14 2006 12:50AM
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LTP
Posts: 241 - Karma: 171
fuck that about skiing faster, i bet i could go down the hill faster then like most racers out there, but i guess, i did race in my past so i guess im not considered a park rat then, but i admit racing program makes u a way better skier
Mar 14 2006 12:59AM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
I raced speed events in 94 and 95...my best experience was forerunning the birds of prey course at Beaver Creek and the ford DH at Squaw
Mar 14 2006 1:26AM
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reggyboy
Posts: 1608 - Karma: 13
ye but people wid racig backgrounds will allways go bigger in the pipe cause of their abilty to use their edges, thats my theory anyhow
Mar 14 2006 3:13AM
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KeegLove
Posts: 10166 - Karma: 55
i used to race and i learnt a HELL of alot from it, i am sure glad i did it, although now i am glad to be free of the gates:P
Mar 14 2006 3:18AM
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gregor
Posts: 1069 - Karma: 83
I have a lot more respect for people who can do both. People who just race are missing out on some serious fun times and people who only do park are missing out on actually being able to ski.
Mar 14 2006 7:47AM
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ztiski360
Posts: 32 - Karma: 19
there is a big diffrence between going fast and going fast in gates. i hate most of the kids i race with they are cockey as hell. but the best racers i know are pretty good in the park so they kinda complament eachother
Mar 14 2006 9:31AM
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BusyJohnSohn
Posts: 3483 - Karma: 29
ive seen guys who race go and pull off threes and theyve never even tried vefore, i guess its cuz they are more comfortable on their skis
Mar 14 2006 10:49AM
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