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Groomers...What are they?

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juantru540
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I´m spanish, just want to know this to understand some ski reviews

thanks

Dec 4 2007 4:58AM
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iFlip
Posts: 4543 - Karma: 19,132
A groomer is where the grooming machines have gone over basically every inch of a run. Think corduroy all the way down the run.
Dec 4 2007 5:00AM
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Silence
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Dec 4 2007 5:33AM
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Silence
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i'd say basically any trail that has been prepared by machinery for skiers/boarders to ride on
Dec 4 2007 5:34AM
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JaySkier107
Posts: 288 - Karma: 29
big magical machines that eat powder
Dec 4 2007 7:01AM
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skiing_monkeys
Posts: 166 - Karma: 28
 umm groomers are what europeans call piste's or run's, not sure if the same for u dudes in spain.
Dec 4 2007 7:47AM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300
trails where the snow is groomed into a flat surface, instead of powder, bumps, or ice
Dec 4 2007 8:17AM
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skiburger
Posts: 34 - Karma: 10
Yap, we call that piste. BTW Hi guys on NS, my first post...
Dec 4 2007 8:35AM
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timmi
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oh hello!
Dec 4 2007 9:15AM
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kyle_w
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that would be a groomer grooming the snow
Dec 4 2007 11:05AM
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Shorton
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yeahyeah, they're called pistes over here, but i still call them groomers
Dec 4 2007 11:25AM
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snwbrdmilf
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I love this photo, I think someone on NS took it...I could be wrong though.

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Dec 4 2007 11:36AM
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twintipteles
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waite, but moguls are still considered on-piste skiing in europe right? or not?
Dec 4 2007 11:36AM
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skiing_monkeys
Posts: 166 - Karma: 28
yea moguls are considerd on piste, but only if there is a row of poles either side of them. are moguls on piste in the USA n canada?
Dec 4 2007 12:06PM
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SkierX
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Well, we don't really have the terms on/off-piste skiing here in North America.
Dec 4 2007 12:21PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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pow, BC are off piste
groomers, park are on piste.
Moguls are usually on piste unless it is just some moguls that got created in a area that was formerly powder and n00bs tracked it out, then it's just gay.
Dec 4 2007 12:25PM
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forfun
Posts: 4916 - Karma: 66
haha
on-piste: groom, park, in-bounds
off-piste: where the men are separated from the boys
moguls: gay
Dec 4 2007 12:42PM
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triebby
Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,190
hahaha well said
Dec 4 2007 12:55PM
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SteveStepp
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Dec 4 2007 1:10PM
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sdfjklioeur
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haha^^
Dec 4 2007 1:21PM
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Holte
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Those pictures just make me want to bomb down some groomers. Switch.
Dec 4 2007 1:22PM
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CoachG
Posts: 2546 - Karma: 448
haha i thought the same thing but you got to it first, props.
Dec 4 2007 1:31PM
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hemlockjibber8
Posts: 5977 - Karma: 3,549
what the hell? I posted a photo of a groomer here, like second post. where did it go?
Dec 4 2007 1:42PM
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snarky
Posts: 498 - Karma: 13
idiot.
A: in bounds does not equal on piste
B: moguls are as legit as any other aspect of the sport.
Dec 4 2007 1:47PM
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