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Park or freeride?

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Olo
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actually im nor sure.. booth things are sooo damn fun! maybe park is a little better, but freeride is sooo damn fun too! Specially if it is much powder!
Apr 26 2006 6:50AM
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Tze.C
Posts: 1596 - Karma: 86
i think it depends on what mood your in, but if there was fresh pow id probably go freeride
Apr 26 2006 8:25AM
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iJib
Posts: 317 - Karma: 90
haha on a powder day the park should be completely empty, i really dont understand wasting them, freeride everytime.
Apr 26 2006 8:25AM
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feihlination
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like someone said one here, the whole mountain is a park on a powder day.

if i had the choice between best freeride conditions and the best park on my mtn i would go for the pow pow.

its just more challenging and fun in my opinion.
Apr 26 2006 8:28AM
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SN0WBOARDER
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if there's pow ride it but if its shit, ride park
Apr 26 2006 9:27AM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
Park for the rails, boxes... so much fun
but a day of powder in the BC would really be the shit!
Apr 26 2006 9:53AM
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AKoblitz
Posts: 1201 - Karma: 113
do whatever you have the most fun at, who cares if someone isn't riding the pow and is in the park? more pow for everyone else
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Apr 26 2006 12:39PM
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Mattman
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both
Apr 26 2006 12:42PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Wow, never seen this one before. I would like to add to the record that park skiers are the best SKIERS EVER! If you suck at park you suck at skiing period. I always ski park on powder days, its nice and empty so its great for learning new grabs n stuff. People think freeriding takes more skill, theyve obviously never tried a 360 on a groomed jump before, HA!
Apr 26 2006 12:44PM
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robbieA
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id say free-ride cuz u can icorporate both aspects in i
Apr 26 2006 12:45PM
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$$SPINNERS$$
Posts: 1618 - Karma: 11
freeride at the begining of the season, park when it's spring conditions.
Apr 26 2006 12:46PM
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RastaSkier9
Posts: 1563 - Karma: 15
I think park gets old after a little bit, i would pick freeride any day if there is pow out there
Apr 26 2006 12:49PM
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SunapeeSkier09
Posts: 150 - Karma: 15
powder is sick, but i would do both, cause when no one is in the park and the landings are soft it is a really good time to learn new spins and inverts, i say ski the morning in the pow and then hit up the park and throw down
Apr 26 2006 12:58PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
word
Apr 26 2006 1:38PM
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freestyleskiin
Posts: 1598 - Karma: 9
word squared
Apr 26 2006 1:49PM
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CalShralpGirl
Posts: 449 - Karma: 12
Definitely both. A good powder day is perfect for freeriding, though I love a good sunny day in the park too.
Apr 26 2006 2:25PM
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ski_cartel
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well said
Apr 26 2006 2:30PM
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XXL_Steeze
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Word. In the early mornings till almost closing you run the pow, then the last hour you spend in the park that now has got pow landings and try out new stuff.
Apr 26 2006 2:33PM
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rocktheLPs
Posts: 2095 - Karma: 14
east = no pow this year
groomers get boring
trying new shit in the park is hella fun
Apr 26 2006 3:13PM
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jibyourmom
Posts: 239 - Karma: 26
^word
Apr 26 2006 3:17PM
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clipsdmiles
Posts: 344 - Karma: 10
Here in NY, powder days where limited this season.
Apr 26 2006 3:19PM
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mw1235
Posts: 2036 - Karma: 9
fresh powder means you get to incorporate creative jumps,jibs, and switch riding that take a lot more balls and precision than park.

but what if there is no pow? definatly throw down in the park
Apr 26 2006 3:28PM
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who_cares
Posts: 379 - Karma: 10
ur crazy, why give up a day of phenomonal skiing for park . u can ski park whenever you want it will always be there, a powder day ends after the day really.

and u probably cant ski bumps for ur life cuz ive seen incredible skiers that suck at park.
Apr 26 2006 6:35PM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
I'll ski park on a pow day. I'm just a park rat thats all. Now am I down to session a big gap or kicker in the BC? Sure, but most of the time, I like park even on a sunny pow day. I'm more willing to try shit on jumps.


But the whole "park skiers are the best skiers in the world" is retarded. Are you familiar with Seth Morrison?
Apr 26 2006 6:38PM
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invader7
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a little of both
Apr 26 2006 9:07PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
freeride all the time baby.
Never skied more than a day of park and won't ski more than 2 hours in it at a time next year.
You can just do so much more in the BC and in powder. The only thing you can't do are rails, and I can't do those at all.
Apr 26 2006 9:09PM
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scratchskier170
Posts: 443 - Karma: 10
ya if thers pow why the hell would you be in the park
Apr 26 2006 9:11PM
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linds-o-rama
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park in the east, freeride everywhere else.
Apr 26 2006 9:23PM
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sluethi
Posts: 218 - Karma: 10
i freeride most of the time but if i find myself by the park ill hit it a couple times
Apr 26 2006 9:28PM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
Yeah see I'm a jibber at heart, I can hit rails all day and not get tired of it, cause there are always more technical variations or whatever. I mean, I love BC jumps but I can still jump in the park and get my rail fix.
Apr 27 2006 9:44AM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
if you can ski at all then you should know that skiing the steeps of powder, hitting the cliffs, and landing switch in pow without any kickers or tabletops is the essence of great freestyle skiing.
But if you like the park more than a good day where you can try any trick without hurting yourself, that's good with me.
Apr 27 2006 9:57AM
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hiphopopotamus
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 45
freeride till bored then park
Apr 27 2006 10:02AM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
park... and the only time i freeride is when the park is closed or bad
Apr 27 2006 10:26AM
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ineedarealname
Posts: 2658 - Karma: 20
your an idiot


now getting back to the real thread, i like park and stuff, but i hate just spending ALL the time in it. i mean even if its not 1 foot of pow, me and a few friends can have a hella good time just dicking around. to me thats way funner then staying in park all day.
Apr 27 2006 10:46AM
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t4thoroski
Posts: 671 - Karma: 19
PARK!!
Apr 27 2006 10:48AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Yes I am crazy, but honestly you absoutely SUCKKKKK at skiing if you can't snowplow switch in the park and AT LEAST 270 on rails. What says skiing more than standing still on a rail?
Apr 27 2006 10:51AM
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michael_bc
Posts: 1394 - Karma: 751
park in summer
freeride in winter

there's no point in freezing your dick off in the park and, if you freeride in the summer you will die in a crevasse.
Apr 27 2006 10:58AM
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prosnurfer
Posts: 1842 - Karma: 83
sometimes it kinda depends on where u live.. i live in vt and we barley ever get a good powder day so i stick in the park untill we get the snow. i my self ike a good powder day better
Apr 27 2006 11:03AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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this man knows what he's talking about
Apr 27 2006 11:10AM
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michael_bc
Posts: 1394 - Karma: 751
no he doesnt.

freeskiing is not about being the best or greatest or whatever, that shit is for racers.

freeskiing is about fun and fresh powder is the shit.
Apr 27 2006 11:59AM
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AKoblitz
Posts: 1201 - Karma: 113
skiing is about having fun at whatever the fuck you want to do
Apr 27 2006 12:08PM
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andrewg
Posts: 4746 - Karma: 18
freeride, cause i suck in the park.
Apr 27 2006 12:09PM
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powder4breakfast
Posts: 386 - Karma: 69
do what you like - for me, park is fun and i love it in the spring - but i'll take FREERIDING on a pow day ANY DAY! besides, if i rode park all year, i'd have to change my licence plate from 'FREERDR' to 'PARKRAT'.
Apr 27 2006 1:20PM
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Holte
Posts: 10742 - Karma: 7,819
hahaha. between ice-is-scary and jibremix's comments, I haven't lauged this hard all day. gotta love these threads.
Apr 27 2006 2:14PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
hahah yeep.
Apr 27 2006 2:17PM
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canudoa9
Posts: 382 - Karma: 99
i think it dependes of ur sex
Apr 27 2006 2:45PM
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Chris862
Posts: 541 - Karma: 10
CheerS to everytang you've said in this thread, i had a good laugh.
Apr 27 2006 5:42PM
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Mex_LineJib^a
Posts: 3928 - Karma: 65
park of freeride? freeride in the morning and park in the afternoon or night.
Apr 27 2006 5:52PM
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philipc
Posts: 6651 - Karma: 1,286
if its pow, then definately pow, since maine doesnt have many pow days[not this year anyways]
Apr 27 2006 6:26PM
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MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
i'd gladly never slide a rail or hit a park jump ever again if i could have good backcountry conditions every day.
Apr 27 2006 6:35PM
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TheQuailman
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oviously pow is better but the thought of sliding a shiny white box tht goes on forever is amazing
Apr 27 2006 8:41PM
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