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Powder 8?

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Skiing_Is_Fun
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I was watching this documentary about heliskiing on Discovery HD theater and there was a segment that had a powder 8 competition in it. This was the first time I had ever heard of powder 8. Its goes like this: two teams of two skiers go down the mountain in untouched snow and try to make perfect 8s with their turns. Whichever team finishes first and has the best looking 8s wins.

Anyone else ever hear of this?
Jan 5 2009 3:23PM
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sklermang
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haha sounds like synchronized swimming on skis, but less fruity
Jan 5 2009 3:25PM
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Caveman.
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Are you from the midwest or southeast by chance?
Jan 5 2009 3:30PM
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BootySpunk.
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Did you just get done watching Aspen Extreme by any chance?
Jan 5 2009 3:36PM
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Taydawg197
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T.J. Burke and Todd Pounds (who replaced the late Dexter Rutecki) Won the 93 powder 8 championships beating Franz Hauser and Rudy Zucker. You didnt get that memo?
Jan 5 2009 3:36PM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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nah, im from the best place in the world for skiing:
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Jan 5 2009 3:41PM
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charmander
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fail
Jan 5 2009 3:43PM
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carbon.pulse
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Are you a gaper?
Jan 5 2009 3:51PM
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Skiing_Is_Fun
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haha, just reppin hard for my state is all. its all jokes really. no need to freak out.

anyway...back to the purpose of the thread.....
Jan 5 2009 4:00PM
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coolhandluke
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the purpose of this thread is you demonstrating you have 0 knowledge about the legacy of our sport.  sorry.
Jan 5 2009 5:17PM
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oldskewl
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i have heard of this and so have many others. the reason for the flame throwing is it is like asking if any one has heard of a contest where you ski down a hill and turn around red and blue poles and the fastest time wins
Jan 5 2009 5:47PM
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Chickendodo
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I was at Waterville last year (dopest jump line ever) and I saw a man and his wife (I'm assuming it was his wife) synchronized skiing.  They were like spinning around eachother on little snowblade-like things but not twin tipped, and it was one of the strangest things I have ever seen.  props to them though they were intense, but I just found it ridiculous.  do a lot of people do that stuff?!
Jan 5 2009 5:50PM
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inthewoods
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watch the movie
Jan 5 2009 5:50PM
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dylansiggers
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really? youve never heard of pow 8s? weak sauce man, weak sauce
Jan 5 2009 6:01PM
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Schoening
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this dude knows.
Jan 5 2009 6:17PM
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skifree179
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its a really cool type of comp
Jan 5 2009 6:22PM
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Drail
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I know some dudes that one a powder 8 once. I was talking with my buddy the other day about going to Fernie and Lake Louise to enter. It'd be jokes for sure.
Jan 5 2009 6:47PM
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ASkierNamedJaymz
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never heard of it but pretty cool i guess
Jan 5 2009 6:47PM
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eurotune2
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ha ha quality movie
Jan 5 2009 6:58PM
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WhiteBurd
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they do a comp at local ski resort where i live(BridgerBowl). there should be team that does is switch and see what the judges have to say
Jan 5 2009 7:04PM
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00000000
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Don't think it'll be as funny as skiing down main run handcuffed to someone who is far from sober and weighs about 40 more pounds than me!

Good times for sure.
Jan 5 2009 7:08PM
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A.P.
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really, i cant believe you have never watched aspen extreme.
Jan 5 2009 8:23PM
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ski_ENDUB
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And claiming to be from Colorado too, come on man.
Jan 5 2009 8:28PM
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Blandct
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so the term "you open i close" means nothing to you
Jan 5 2009 8:47PM
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Taydawg197
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Ive seen these 2 as well. pretty hillarious
Jan 5 2009 9:18PM
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LOVEPOW
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It's pretty cool actually, it was held a long time ago in J-Hole at the Cody Bowl.
Jan 5 2009 10:28PM
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KJones
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You mean you have never done it? I did pow 8's with one of my buddies the other day. There actually pretty fun, you should try it
Jan 5 2009 10:43PM
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jayhood
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It used to be a pretty big deal to skiers, it seems it's not all that big anymore.
Jan 6 2009 3:41AM
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