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Who learned to ski on straight skis?

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JsNeagle
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I keep meeting more and more people who have only been skiing for a few years, but still rip the park and are solid overall skiers and it's got me to thinking.  I probably skied on straight skis for the first 8-10 years I skied or so.  Who remembers skiing on straight skis? Think there's a significantly different learning curve?

Did anyone on NS learn to ski in leather boots?!  That'd be sick.

I think my first pair of skis with sidecut were K2 Enemys...  Yours?
Apr 14 2009 10:40AM
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AlexMartini
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i forgot to mention that the park was a SNOWBOARD PARK, dont know if people remember the days when parks were for snowboarders only, and they had just a half pipe that was cut but not groomed ontop so it was super gnar and then one jump, we would charge down then cut into the woods so we didnt get our passes pulled for going down a snowboarder only run
Apr 15 2009 10:13PM
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caucasian_chad
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These Mickey Mouse K2's were the rentals that I learned on escept they were really short, because I was like 5:
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Apr 15 2009 11:14PM
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no_steeze
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i learned on straight skis but started using carving skis when i was like 5
Apr 15 2009 11:16PM
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PatSul
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thoughs are amazing
Apr 15 2009 11:18PM
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sack
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no, I'm a noob, I learned on shaped skis haha
Apr 16 2009 3:27AM
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sick-as-aids
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i had Heas skis like this, but covered in clowns, so pimp
Apr 16 2009 3:57AM
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saskskier
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I don't know what I learned on, but they were definitely straight.  My first pair of skis where my great uncles 185 Blizzards when I was 10 or 11.  I think I learned threes with those.
Apr 16 2009 12:34PM
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neon1peace
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I did
Apr 16 2009 12:36PM
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jmason
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I was just going to ask if anybody remembered the snowboard only runs.... terrain parks, half pipes, etc.

Then for a while they would let skiers into the half pipe only (not the park) on sunday afternoons only. Then it moved to the park also. Then it was all sunday. and then full time.

Deeooooopppeeeeeee
Apr 16 2009 3:20PM
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