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Skiercross

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T-Time
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who here does skiercross
Jan 16 2008 8:14PM
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BMskier
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i want to try it but there are like no races on the east coast...looks hella fun.
Jan 16 2008 8:17PM
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slashquatch
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I think im going to try it this year it look like fun and i dont know where you are east but there are a few in ontario
Jan 16 2008 8:18PM
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T-Time
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at sundayriver we have one that im thinking of doing
Jan 16 2008 8:19PM
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colin13
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im for sure hitting that up, i love going fast over random humps.
Jan 16 2008 8:25PM
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B.Aussie
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I do. I'm doing a Europa Cup on the weekend.
Feb 4 2009 1:25PM
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highflyer21
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yeah, same here. that looks intense!
Feb 4 2009 2:16PM
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oldskewl
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I used to race skiercross over in europe.
Feb 4 2009 2:42PM
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theblacktaco
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the last run all the way to the left was a skier cross park ... now its a crazy park that no one noes aboiut
Feb 4 2009 2:55PM
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tride
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Used to do it before all the retired racers came in and took out all the transitions and moved the gates so that nobody even uses the berms.

Now its just a 4 man super G with some highspeed "jumps" that everyone absorbs.

They need to put some berms, tight trannys, and wu-tang booter shit back in that sport.

It should be like a motocross, not a freaking super-G.


Feb 4 2009 7:45PM
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MatRich
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I always wanted to do a 7 on the last hit during a race, someone pleaz do it, we dont have any mountais with a run like that around here
Feb 4 2009 7:47PM
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Ickis
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amen brother. it was cooler when the jumps and turns were for real not just bumps that make you bend your knees more.
Feb 4 2009 7:48PM
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Jballz
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i have don it a few times, it gets hectic
Feb 4 2009 7:51PM
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Sklar
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Skiercross is sweet i started this year, there are races all over the USASA sanctions a ton of races
http://www.usasa.org/
May 16 2009 10:21PM
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concept311
Posts: 1936 - Karma: 73
the ski area i work at in wisconsin has one thats up almost the whole season its so much fun and a bit hit everyone loves it
May 16 2009 11:02PM
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Pipe_Munky
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i'm getting back into it next season after spending this season on the DL from competing. I spent the winter training with the Ontario team and coaching a couple of grassroots camps.

Stoked for a couple races across Canada next winter!

May 16 2009 11:21PM
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666slayer
Posts: 53 - Karma: 11
Tride said it best. Skiercross is no longer a challenge because all the former racer's who are doing it complained enough about how freaking rough it was. Now it's just a HOLE SHOT and hang on. Here's a good one for you. Who can tell me who started skiercross? Bet you a million dollars no one will have the right answer. I know.
May 17 2009 1:19AM
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Malcolm
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was it the indians?
May 17 2009 1:30AM
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jasontheredhead
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least favorite event of all time
May 17 2009 1:34AM
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lelandsdad
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Burke MT in VT used to run a race in the 70's called the Burke mountain stampede. It started on a flat at the top you had to pole/skate up to "hole shot" entrance of a narrow windy trail that ran to the bottom (possibly an access road) and finished with a steep straightaway at the bottom. I think there were at least six skiers in each heat.

May 17 2009 6:54AM
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Ickis
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i've mapped and skied that. it was fun.
May 17 2009 4:11PM
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frstyl46skier
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idk where you live but i know there was one up at gore mountain this past season...me and a bunch of my buddies were going to do it but things got in the way and i think it was pretty expensive to enter anyways
May 17 2009 4:24PM
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