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How well did you advance in skiing?

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SkeechyD
Posts: 2026 - Karma: 1,071
just curious how your year went?

did you advance on skills?

this was by far my best year skiing
Apr 28 2009 7:52PM
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Sir_SkrillALot
Posts: 1736 - Karma: 668
Didnt get better at all haha maybe a little but probably my best/most fun year ever so fuck yeah!
Apr 28 2009 7:59PM
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N.L.
Posts: 2420 - Karma: 2,744

 i had one of my most progressive seasons. and im old.

Apr 28 2009 8:00PM
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TimS
Posts: 236 - Karma: 33
didn't learn many new tricks, but had the funnest season ever just messing around.
Apr 28 2009 8:27PM
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Italian.Stallion
Posts: 564 - Karma: 101
I got some stuff down, but i didn't get to go out west at all
Apr 28 2009 8:30PM
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scott23~
Posts: 507 - Karma: 14
well,  i didn't learn much but it was my first year freeskiing, just a few rail things 3s and 1s absolutley the most fun ive ever had with my friends though. hopefully more fun next year, and more learning. everytime i wanted to learn something id tell myself i was to do it and then id bitch out. hah self discipline i guess..
Apr 28 2009 8:33PM
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sklermang
Posts: 2981 - Karma: 1,954
didnt get to ski much pow but it was a fun year and i progressed in the park pretty well
Apr 28 2009 8:35PM
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Twaddler
Posts: 1197 - Karma: 109
skiing with your friends is the best way to progress
Apr 28 2009 8:40PM
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averyshyra
Posts: 1184 - Karma: 731
Hands down, best season i have ever had.
Progressed so much.
not to claim like no other, but my friends always say, "damn, hunter stepped it up this year"
it feels good as hell, and i used to be the kid that wished he was good, but wasnt.
and again not to claim, but i am so stoked on my skiing, and other people around me say so, so i feel soo stoked.
I also picked up some sponsors i used to dream about...so that adds to the stoke
Dont take this the wrong way guys.
im not the cocky, dbag, that wears dew rags when he skis, but i honestly am exponentially stoked.
sorry for the claims
anyone relate>
Apr 28 2009 8:47PM
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bb_Skier
Posts: 158 - Karma: 63
kind of a thread jack from reflections of the 08/09 season
Apr 28 2009 8:53PM
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wheres_my_snow
Posts: 473 - Karma: 11
wouldent take it back i geuss
Apr 28 2009 8:54PM
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dylansiggers
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 6,089
I think i got worse
Apr 28 2009 8:55PM
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BxB
Posts: 809 - Karma: 38

mammoth changed my life

Apr 28 2009 9:31PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
got better in pow thats for sure
Apr 28 2009 9:33PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
Lived in pc for 3 months. Learned tons of shit.
Apr 28 2009 9:37PM
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Gnarwall
Posts: 1180 - Karma: 50
I got good at jumping off shit... That about it. My entire winter consisted of, "lets jump off that" and "do you think I would get pwnd by that tree if I huck this?"


Apr 28 2009 9:38PM
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Funnel
Posts: 7815 - Karma: 1,531
best year yet.  I got so good at pow.  I got a ton better everywhere.  Bigger drops, switch pow skiing, better pow skiing, got better at park.  I'm stoked!
Apr 28 2009 9:47PM
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D_War
Posts: 266 - Karma: 34

i had a similar year. i didnt pick up any sponsors though not that good.

i added a full rotation so now im at 1080. and i started getting  spining with grabs consistently.

i also learned pretzle. and got 630 off.

i came over my fear of big jumps too..... one day in january it just happened

Apr 28 2009 9:52PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
kind of on rails... but not on jumps
Apr 28 2009 9:57PM
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Chickendodo
Posts: 1426 - Karma: 33
EC SHRED.  I got a lot better.  Still can't grab though... or work up the balls to hit big jumps switch.
Apr 28 2009 9:58PM
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Omega2227
Posts: 225 - Karma: 11
Been skiing most of my life and just started freestyle this year
got 3's in the trick bag but still working on getting mute 3's and 5's every time
rails just started, was trying to get a 270 off end of the year but that was about it for me
Apr 28 2009 10:00PM
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averyshyra
Posts: 1184 - Karma: 731
Dude, wow are we the same person?
ahah

I took it to 10 as well, only landed 2 tho.
ahah.
pretz 6 out, thats ill!
congrats thug!
Apr 28 2009 10:00PM
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Lake-Dog
Posts: 762 - Karma: 2,900
best season i have ever had except for a few accidents but they werent to major and i had the most fun this season ever, overall a good year
Apr 28 2009 10:04PM
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Nico_G
Posts: 1480 - Karma: 15
got better at rails can now slide both ways and spin off both ways front but not blind yet. Got front swaps

Got 5's this year and hit a 50 foot jump.

Im not amazing but still better than last year and considering I only got 19 days this year.
Apr 28 2009 10:11PM
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BootySpunk.
Posts: 8148 - Karma: 84
Got so much better on everything. Got front/blind 2s out. Got sw ups on this lil box both ways. And got 3s on lock over big jumps(45ft..big for midwest) also got backflips the last day. Cannot wait till next season

/end claim
Apr 28 2009 10:12PM
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MatRich
Posts: 4789 - Karma: 1,813
yah Im pretty stoked on my season. I improved a ton on rails... I just clicked this year for some reason and now I can land anything I think of! I just have to work on doing them on scary stuff like huge rals and handrails but that will be my goal for next season. I also have to improve jumps. I started pushing it during the last little bit of winter but didnt have enough time to land the big tricks I was trying... oh well, it just sets the tone for next year.
Apr 28 2009 10:31PM
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panojibber
Posts: 3382 - Karma: 216

I turn like no other. Seriously put me anywhere on the mountain and my technique can handle it perfectly well. I can do the same short radius turns all the way down the mountain, through ice moguls, crust, pow, dust on crust, groomers, and anything along the way. It may not seem like an accomplishment, but when you get better at turning it just becomes SO MUCH FUN lol.

perfected 3s and 7s, did a cab 5, switch ups, 270s out both ways, cork 7s in the pipe lol, did a few 5s in the pipe.

Spent most of my time coaching, which I would say was overall a good experience.

Apr 28 2009 10:49PM
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danbrown
Posts: 11939 - Karma: 21,826
To be honest, I haven't really gotten better at tricks since I got my twin tips in 6th grade, and I'm 21 now. However, I skied upwards of 50 days this season, met so many people and made so many new friends, and I spent a lot of time behind the camera which was fun too. I'm comfortable with my ability as it is
Apr 28 2009 11:04PM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
i got amazing this year, I guess living in keystone would help
Apr 28 2009 11:11PM
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Turner.
Posts: 1987 - Karma: 11,892

Definately the best season i've ever had.
things got offto a slow start here on the west coast but once the snow finaly came I got more skiing in then any othere season.  I really started riding park seriously and landed threes and started gettin' my boxes and rails down.
all in all, a radtastic season.

Apr 28 2009 11:17PM
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Ian.Ham
Posts: 1687 - Karma: 1,153
i went from cork 9's and straight 1080's to rodeo 7's, cork 10 tails, misty 7, switch 10's fs 810's off. soooo pretty good
Apr 28 2009 11:29PM
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Jballz
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 79
i didn't really learn any park tricks, just got comfortable on huge jumps. i did get really confident in powder, learned cliffs, flips off cliffs, and got some super fun switch pow skiing. and i got some really good pictures, and footage. i would post them but my camera and all my tapes got jacked
Apr 28 2009 11:30PM
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OneLove_skier
Posts: 1175 - Karma: 135
yea true dat
Apr 28 2009 11:47PM
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Alp1ne
Posts: 717 - Karma: 203
I went from a normal casual skier to doing 540s and 720s pencil style and 360s with grabs on jumps.

Then on rails i learned 270s on and off and switch ups both ways and i almost got 450 outs down.


Apr 29 2009 1:33AM
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Jamie_Baril
Posts: 2196 - Karma: 2,513
claim thread...it was a good season tho
Apr 29 2009 2:02AM
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ThunderousFilms
Posts: 674 - Karma: 2,317
i couldnt do a box side ways at the start of the year and i had fischer race skis now i am in addict pro i can do fronts backs 270s 3s 5s switch up and disaters. but i broke my collar bone on an overotated collar bone so i lost 3 weeks in the middle of the season
Apr 29 2009 2:03AM
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lineC88
Posts: 409 - Karma: 27
best year EVER!!!
Apr 29 2009 2:06AM
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Clarkes
Posts: 153 - Karma: 10
my first season skiing...started at about late january...got rails dialed 270 off...1s 3s and almost 5s down. mute tails down...HUNGRY TO GET BETTER
Apr 29 2009 5:05AM
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steezemunkey
Posts: 99 - Karma: 16
best year yet.
Apr 29 2009 5:13AM
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nathanielstyza
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 38
id say i had a pretty season overall.
shit was pretty hectic at first. just got outta rehab, started college in a new city, and the season started all at the same time. i didnt have my car so i could ride nearly as much as i would have liked.
but all in all, i learned a couple tricks, took all my tricks bigger, learned my love for pow skiing, and some other shit as well that i cant think of at the moment.
Apr 29 2009 6:01AM
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funkynuggz
Posts: 353 - Karma: 197
smoked on some dank nuggz
Apr 29 2009 9:36AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
same here

got 270's onto boxes, switch ups kindof, and consistent spins off

but the only thing i've really done on jumps is zero spins, which are easy
Apr 29 2009 9:43AM
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ilikeplants
Posts: 1868 - Karma: 17
Last year I skied without poles and only skied like groomed runs, didn't even ski park. The beginning of this year i was side slipping down bump runs and black diamonds. Now I can ski those pretty well and ski all over the mountain without question.

I kind of stopped pushing myself to go further towards like January because I just wanted to ski and not really push to get better until next year. Baby steps, don't go too fast, don't go too slow.
Apr 29 2009 9:46AM
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J-Wallz
Posts: 1264 - Karma: 54
early in the year i pushed myself pretty hard to progress learing flips and 540 but then slacked off as i got injured.. but still by far my best year ever
Apr 29 2009 9:49AM
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kiwisdontbounce
Posts: 663 - Karma: 12
Didn't ski much early season. Had a sick POW week in Killington a few weeks before Xmas. That and a week after new years were the only 2 weeks i got in before February. Didn't improve then (maybe a little in pow since i rarely ski pow). But March was really a month to remember. Last year i threw my first 360's on the last day of the year. This March/some april I really dialed those in and did some other stuff. Sacked up and threw my first 540 (stomped it and dialed it in really easy), dialed my 3's and 1's, got grabs with them, and got comfortable on:

boxes- flat, battleship, flat down, down
Rails- Flat, down

Going to COC this summer, so I hope to get better there.
Apr 29 2009 10:12AM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
I had a pretty decent year. I'd have to say last year was more progressive but fuck it. I learned bios, corks with grabs, rightside spins, tried a couple rightside corks, 270s onto boxes (my home mtn has no park), and overall just had a bunch of fun charging and shredding da powda! Crazy weather but fuck it, it was a great season.
Apr 29 2009 10:28AM
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kiwisdontbounce
Posts: 663 - Karma: 12
damn son, thats a great season in my book. I can't sack up and go big...whats your secret?
Apr 29 2009 10:43AM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
smoke weed. errryyyyday

haha jk jk I have some weird brain wiring problems so I guess I get less worked up when I go to try something new. and once you go big, you never go home.
I learned all my stuff off cliffs or relatively lippy BC booters so when I got to ski park for the first time consistently last year I kinda said fuck it, I have 5 days of park skiing this year might as well use it. rails I'm still horrible at though lol and my style isn't really all there yet but whatever its all fun stuff.
Apr 29 2009 10:49AM
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