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Powder or park

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El_Rick
Posts: 50 - Karma: 99
i live in connecticut and powder days are rare especially becasue your chances of catching one in vermont or new hampshire. i already have twin tips should i just give up on powder and learn rails and jumps or should i just keep waiting for snow?
May 12 2006 4:34PM
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D_Mezz
Posts: 1382 - Karma: 16
learn rails and jumps an on the rare occasion of powder days go up and ski the pow pow!!!
May 12 2006 4:39PM
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ARMADA-SKI-NZ
Posts: 307 - Karma: 10
go 4 the park
May 12 2006 4:39PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
You dont have to give up powder just because you have twins tips man!

Shitty day=park
Snowy Day=Powder

Its easy to figure out.
May 12 2006 4:41PM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
do both ?
May 12 2006 4:41PM
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snoopy
Posts: 5240 - Karma: 30
if the snow is shit, ski park..


half decent+ = powder
May 12 2006 4:44PM
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brogilvie
Posts: 2607 - Karma: 123
"Non Ski gabber or Ski gabber"


Haha, sorry, I dont really care. I just thought it was a good thread to put that in.
May 12 2006 4:45PM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
i am from ontario and i treasure the rare powder day
May 12 2006 4:45PM
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rossiscratch04
Posts: 680 - Karma: 10
go for the park, that way you have more confidence if you fall
May 12 2006 4:56PM
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skiinscotland
Posts: 644 - Karma: 10
haha, i only skied park 6 times this season, the rest were powder days or backcountry booter hits.
iv got publics and they work perfect in the pow because im not that heavy, im going to get a pair of the new seths when they become cheaper tho.
May 12 2006 4:58PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 147
damn you! i was gunna say that

I live in nj so powder is rare and if its there, its normaly to flat of a mtn. to move in. however i do go on 2 or 3 ski vacations where im skiin almost all pow so i just use my park skis
May 12 2006 4:58PM
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ejoy
Posts: 524 - Karma: 43
Defo don't give up on the powder! Just do a bit of both, more park if bad snow.
Spending all your time in the park will get you better at freestyle but not improve your general skiing.
May 12 2006 4:59PM
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kbrando
Posts: 1208 - Karma: 904
ski powder when it is deep and hit jumps when it is shitty
May 15 2006 8:27PM
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7X
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 365
park bitches
May 15 2006 8:36PM
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TRIppEN
Posts: 1603 - Karma: 18
def both, they btoh fun int ehir own ways
May 15 2006 8:37PM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
Posts: 832 - Karma: 171
why do u hafta choose????
but if i had the choice id ski pow for sure and build the occasional booter
May 15 2006 9:00PM
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ARMADA-SKI-NZ
Posts: 307 - Karma: 10
mmmhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm
May 19 2006 4:35AM
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cab_D
Posts: 1602 - Karma: 51
do both, ski pow when it's there, ski park when there's no pow. Best of both worlds.
May 19 2006 6:11AM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
wow man, you do know that you can do both right?

ski the park when the snow is crap and when the mountian gods give you the pow pow ski that shit
May 19 2006 10:47AM
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espong1321
Posts: 763 - Karma: 10
yea, pow is a park
May 19 2006 12:36PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 257
i personally love park. like pow is super fun just going out on a fresh day with friends, but i've done soo much of that in my life that i feel like you can't progress much in pow (unlike park)
May 19 2006 12:42PM
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hoodratz47
Posts: 12020 - Karma: 9,475
the best thing is when its pow pow and the park groomers only groom the lips of the jumps and the run ins.... thats tonar
May 19 2006 12:43PM
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d-loc
Posts: 7479 - Karma: 15
why not do both, they are both fun and have their days
May 19 2006 12:46PM
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dan4060
Posts: 1458 - Karma: 847
Living in connecticut you will not have many powder days. Ski the park, but also ski bumps, maybe do some racing. Bumps and racing will help with your fundamentals and help you become a better skier for when you do get to ski big mountains. I would not look at it as an either or. Ski what you have available, but do not spend all day in the park.
May 19 2006 1:57PM
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evtic
Posts: 1713 - Karma: 16
move out west
May 19 2006 2:04PM
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japie99
Posts: 2128 - Karma: 19
If u got fresh snow u probably have to work a little harder than ppl out west. Just go hiking and go very early. But def not give up on the pow. I dont know what the problem is with park or pow coz u can easily do them both...
what kinda ski do u have?
May 19 2006 2:23PM
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[lineskier]820
Posts: 923 - Karma: 11
twin tips are def not just for park, seth, and most bc use twins, but if you want best of both worlds, get some semi fat twins
May 19 2006 3:35PM
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BFINO13
Posts: 1563 - Karma: 14
both for sure dont just do park cause u will suck at skiing period even if ur good inside the park
May 19 2006 3:38PM
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[TheWuTangClan]
Posts: 343 - Karma: 10
ski to what the conditions are. What i mean by this is if there is powder ski it. If the trails look like crap hit up the park. Ski it all, you dont have to be committed to one or the other.
May 19 2006 4:30PM
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SmoothLikeButter
Posts: 399 - Karma: 16
no question park straight up
May 19 2006 4:41PM
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fugative1800
Posts: 163 - Karma: 9
park
May 19 2006 4:42PM
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invader7
Posts: 5756 - Karma: 49
park but if there was some storms and there is some sick powder go for it
May 19 2006 6:50PM
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Petey.
Posts: 5736 - Karma: 4,885
i enjoy park but there is no feelingin the world like powder
May 19 2006 8:06PM
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philipc
Posts: 6651 - Karma: 1,286
if theres a storm, powder, if its a day or 2 after a storm, a little park, some powder, other than that park
May 19 2006 8:11PM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
powder.
cuz we dont have a park at my mountain!
May 19 2006 8:42PM
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fouldsys
Posts: 7404 - Karma: 39
ski park when there isnt any pow and ski pow when theres is
May 19 2006 10:56PM
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xnick11
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 171
If theres a BC booter...i would ski it over park but I would rather ski park then powder.
May 19 2006 11:58PM
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JibEarth
Posts: 753 - Karma: 26
if you ahve twins ski in the powder switch hah and also its an unwrtten rule of skiing when its a powder day ski powder
May 20 2006 8:34AM
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sluethi
Posts: 218 - Karma: 10
thats what i do
May 20 2006 4:19PM
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