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Skier Superstitions

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littlebski
Posts: 117 - Karma: 13
i have never heard of any!!!

does anyone know any?
Nov 4 2008 8:45PM
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Rainbow*Stylin
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 24
the curse of last run... obvi
Nov 4 2008 8:46PM
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.SteezusChrist.
Posts: 2296 - Karma: 276
dont EVER call last run
Nov 4 2008 8:46PM
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eheqth
Posts: 124 - Karma: 12
or last time you will hit a jump
Nov 4 2008 8:47PM
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ECski
Posts: 976 - Karma: 13
Never, I dont even do it on my longboard or anything, NEVER
Nov 4 2008 8:53PM
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mBall
Posts: 1690 - Karma: 2,827

ur i dono. But if i say last time on box i always screw up and hurt my self

Nov 4 2008 8:56PM
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littlebski
Posts: 117 - Karma: 13
is this really the only skiing super stition out there? huh
as for the last run one ok, thats happened to me, getting hurt after.

im just curious is all, bc theres so many odd ones out there for everything else.
Nov 4 2008 9:01PM
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fsscott
Posts: 4684 - Karma: 114
same thing as everypost in here haha
Nov 4 2008 9:02PM
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east_toast
Posts: 479 - Karma: 16
I dont even like to think last time let alone say it. 
Nov 4 2008 9:05PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
i just ski till the lifties tell me to go home. NO calling last run!!!!!
Nov 4 2008 9:11PM
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4frnt_or_die
Posts: 780 - Karma: 3
i always put my skis in the right order...  like i would never put my right ski on my left foot

(i got 4frnt msps 07 so i got to follow the mountain)
Nov 4 2008 9:12PM
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brogilvie
Posts: 2607 - Karma: 123
Before I leave the house to go skiing, I always make sure I have absolutely everything I need. So I go through a mental checklist. Not really a superstition, but I Do It Every Time.
Nov 4 2008 9:23PM
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Codfish.
Posts: 529 - Karma: 22
i always use the same poles in the same hands
Nov 4 2008 9:24PM
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StanMcStanson
Posts: 2773 - Karma: 11
Same, I point to various parts of my body, and say "Coat, Pants, Gloves, Helmet, Gogs, etc." And I've crashed a shit ton of times after I called last hit on a rail or jump....never doing that again.
Nov 4 2008 9:28PM
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chairdawg
Posts: 1422 - Karma: 36
take two skip the last is the only way you can call last run.
Nov 4 2008 9:30PM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
i always adjust my goggles before i hit a jump or rail but i think its more of a nervous habit then anything else
Nov 4 2008 9:37PM
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4frnt_or_die
Posts: 780 - Karma: 3
haha same as me!
Nov 4 2008 9:38PM
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jstan4
Posts: 177 - Karma: 46
i always put my right ski slightly foward of my left one when going out at the begining of the day
Nov 4 2008 9:40PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
always put the same ski on the same foot, even when i have the same graphic on each ski, i put a sticker on the left to signify

i always stretch before my first run

never put my hands through the loops in the poles
Nov 4 2008 9:42PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
shit never call last run, it hood they made us call it so i would always ski so slow just trying not to get hurt
Nov 4 2008 9:43PM
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ch@se
Posts: 790 - Karma: 71
I always take a big ol' whiff of my ski boots after a long day.  But I think that;s just more me being a weirdo.
Nov 4 2008 9:45PM
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JQ89
Posts: 432 - Karma: 10
agreed, i also like to always leave the park on a good note, stomp a jump or grease a rail at the end of the day, always makes me feel accomplished leaving the park like that. also if youre workin all day on something, a new rail, new trick etc it always feels good to stomp it and leave on a good note
Nov 4 2008 10:13PM
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gab_mori7
Posts: 1099 - Karma: 55
when i take off my skis to hike or go inside, I always knock them on eachother
Nov 4 2008 10:16PM
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notime_for_jokes
Posts: 554 - Karma: 11
i broke my shoulder and ended my season 2 months early last year calling "last HIT" of the butter box. i will never even so much as think the words last run again while im shredding so long as i live.
Nov 4 2008 10:17PM
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tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
hahaha dude i do that ALL the time.

Nov 4 2008 10:20PM
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tuna.
Posts: 2627 - Karma: 111
never ever ever put ski pictures on your binders until ski season starts
Nov 4 2008 10:22PM
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Sean...M
Posts: 2450 - Karma: 14
i can never have snow on my topsheets. i hate it. especially on the lifts
Nov 4 2008 10:44PM
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miralas
Posts: 584 - Karma: 10
i never wash my gloves. i just let them die out... WAY bad luck to wash ur gloves..
Nov 4 2008 11:32PM
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DDrem.
Posts: 3552 - Karma: 24
i always put every last piece of clothing on left to right. left sock, pant leg, boot, shirt, jacket etc. and i always have the same ski on each foot
Nov 4 2008 11:34PM
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currentwestman
Posts: 3292 - Karma: 330
i always put my boots on the same foot.
Nov 4 2008 11:37PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
Posts: 2544 - Karma: 79
what??
 thats crazy i should try that sometime does it work?
Nov 4 2008 11:41PM
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Bob_Gnarley
Posts: 1583 - Karma: 0
I always make sure my poles are facing forward (wtf?), like the trigger part where you put your index finger is forward and not backwards.
Nov 4 2008 11:42PM
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scratchproteen
Posts: 5173 - Karma: 286
i'm the same way i have a L and an R under my boot on my ski...its weird but i know if they are on the wrong feet so i'll get to the top and switch em

and yes never ever call last run...i broke my collar bone doing that.
Nov 4 2008 11:42PM
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currentwestman
Posts: 3292 - Karma: 330
Yup! I NEVER lose my feet!
Nov 4 2008 11:43PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
Posts: 2544 - Karma: 79
word man im definately tryin that next time
Nov 4 2008 11:46PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
never call last run, GLORY! and left ski always goes on first on the left foot, never right foot.
Nov 4 2008 11:46PM
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kris.....
Posts: 759 - Karma: 43

- NEVER EVER CALL LAST RUN (tore my acl mcl and meniscuse when i did that 3 years ago) i will stop skiing even if i hear someone say it.

- adjust my pants before i hit a rail or jump.

- and lol allways put the same CD in at the begining of a grooming shift lol just habit

Nov 4 2008 11:47PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385

oh and you have to call dropping and you never snake or something bad will happen.

Nov 4 2008 11:47PM
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miralas
Posts: 584 - Karma: 10
samezees. also make sure the back of my jackets pulled all the way down.
Nov 4 2008 11:51PM
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iluvBread
Posts: 1519 - Karma: 38
if im hittin somethin really big ill usually make the sign of the cross right as im droppin...but thats all i can think of..not really superstition though for me
Nov 4 2008 11:55PM
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Billups
Posts: 3960 - Karma: 329
Same ski always goes on the same foot, same pole in the same hand, and never call the last run, hit, jump, whatever.
Nov 5 2008 12:23AM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 247
same here dude haha
Nov 5 2008 12:29AM
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mtsteez03
Posts: 748 - Karma: 122
skis allways gota be on the same feet every time and never call LAST hit or run on anything
Nov 5 2008 12:30AM
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littlebski
Posts: 117 - Karma: 13
so prettty much just skiis on the correct feet and no "last run"

what about when it comes to snow/snowing?
Nov 5 2008 12:35AM
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punkrock32
Posts: 1183 - Karma: 21
Skis on the same feet everytime, and last run really doesn't matter, sometimes I call it, sometimes I don't.  A big thing for me is I can't wear anything besides boxers under my ski pants, I have gotten hurt everytime I wear basketball shorts under my pants.
Nov 5 2008 12:55AM
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Corben
Posts: 710 - Karma: 49
before something sketchy i always do the catholic cross on my chest or whatever, but i say specticles,testicles,wallet and watch.... im prolly going to hell for it though cuz im sorta cathoilic. ill just repent. watever
Nov 5 2008 1:14AM
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chicken.
Posts: 289 - Karma: 587
if your having a shitty day skiing, switch your poles, like left pole to right and and such and it will make the day ripping
Nov 5 2008 1:22AM
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dat_ski_dude
Posts: 554 - Karma: 15
before dropping into a run or the park i always click my poles together a couple times
Nov 5 2008 1:39AM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
I can't believe nobody has said clicking your poles together before dropping. Everybody knows it's good luck.
Nov 5 2008 1:42AM
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jayhood
Posts: 144 - Karma: 11
me too but I think it's more of an obsessive compulsive deal
Nov 5 2008 3:44AM
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Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
i dont have a choice but to call last run, my parking lot is halfway down the mtn so we have to decide before we get on the chair( double) and no no...no snow on the topsheet ever.
Nov 5 2008 3:48AM
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