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Watching powder vs park

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A-Style**
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I had a thought the other day about why i prefer watching park skiing to powder skiing and i just curious if anybody else agrees with me on this

first, powder is amazing to ski, dont get me wrong. and watching backcountry skiing like thalls massive and hunting yeti and that sorta stuff is fuckin sweet as hell but it makes me want to go ski that stuff so bad, but then i realize that I cant. I dont have access to snomobiles or a cat or endless lines of pillows and pow, and so then i kinda just feel like im watching somebody that i cant relate to. big mountain is even worse. watching sage rip down ak mountains is insane, but i know that i will never be there doing that, so it just kinda seems unreal and non-personal.

but when i watch park skiing, i see what these kids do and think about how i could do that. all i need is some rails and jumps, which most mountains have. i can relate to park skiers because i can actually go out there and attempt that stuff, and it makes watching it much more enjoyable.

maybe this is just me, but i was just thinking about the differences between watching pow and park skiing.

call me a loser or whatnot its just my thoughts. any1 care to share theirs?

Mar 19 2009 12:49AM
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AALT
Posts: 1775 - Karma: 60
i like to watch hunting yet iand en route, and pow, i like park the park stuff, but i think the pow stuff is a lot more amusing to me.
Mar 19 2009 9:29PM
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mtbakerteacher
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Watching pow reminds me of certain days that I won't talk about. Park is sick to watch, but it doesn't get me stoked like watching pow does. It's a different feeling watching each.
Mar 19 2009 9:33PM
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tbayjibber
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personally i like park, but it has to be good park or urban, it gets repetitive with multiple shots of the same features
Mar 19 2009 9:33PM
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Aaaron.
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depends on the edit for me...
like the feel and the song.

Mar 19 2009 9:41PM
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skihood
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I get so stoked on powder. Mostly BC. I hate AK big mountain shit. When i see people boosting off of natural jumps in the bc and when there throwing insane tricks it gets me so stoked. I just wanna head to the mountain and start shredding pow. I really like watching some sick stuff in edits out in the bc. Sure Big mountain/AK is hard and not everyone can do it, but its boring to watch. Amazing skiing. Boring to watch.

I wish it snowed everyday in the winter and it was chest deep all through winter. Then i could have some nice spring skiing out in the park once winter is over.

I only got bored of watching bc once and that was in the movie claim. I fucking hated that movie. So so repetative.
Mar 19 2009 9:54PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
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Because i live on the east coast and dont get any powder, i like watching park and urban way more. I just cant relate to powder skiing plus it gets too repetitive.
Mar 19 2009 10:00PM
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ct_steeze
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Mar 19 2009 10:01PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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Hunting yeti was amazing to watch. But i also like watching park.
Mar 19 2009 10:03PM
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FoxtrotSport
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Backcountry top-to-bottom runs get boring, yeah.  But mute 10s get boring too.  Obviously anything done to excess is bad, but I have to say I prefer to see pros doing park jumps and rails, becuase everytime I'm skiing that's what I'm doing.  I just dont have the same access to powder. 

If i had to choose, the bigger the jump the better.
Mar 19 2009 11:10PM
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coolhandluke
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And all you do is simple. All you do is drive a crotch rocket to a pool and do some spinny flippy things off a diving board.
Mar 19 2009 11:14PM
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coolhandluke
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like super deep baker days with skinny little park skis?

every time im feeling depressed, i think of that day, and get happy. thanks for cheering me up.
Mar 19 2009 11:16PM
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LockyK
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watching people ski pow makes me sad coz i can't go out and do that as well.

so i prefer park edits, coz i see things and think, hey, i could do something like that, and i give myself a goal.
Mar 19 2009 11:31PM
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Z_rob
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I love skiing powder and i love the nimbus crew. they slay and find some of the sickest stuff ever.

but ya id love to see some powder in ski movies but a ski movie without any park id get rather bored of after awhile.

if i had to choose one to watch forever it would be park, although they are both great and i highly respect the people that can do that kind of stuff in either one
Mar 20 2009 1:17AM
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mtbakerteacher
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i hate you will.
Mar 20 2009 1:59AM
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factory81
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I like watching backcountry skiing, or if not that...big air / superpipe.

I watched a video lately that had what seems like more rails then anything and I thought it was very one track minded.

Rails look boring thats all I am saying....


Mar 20 2009 3:00AM
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Steezius_Maximus
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watching park is much funner than watching powder but its the opposite when riding...
Mar 20 2009 11:14AM
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kiwisdontbounce
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i agree
Mar 20 2009 11:28AM
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