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Do you listen to music while riding?

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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
Hi guys,

I was wondering wether you like to listen to music while riding, and if yes, what kind?

As for me, my best investment of the year (except for my skis!) was the 130€ spent on helmet speakers. It changes everything!! And I love to listen to dancehall. You?
Jun 21 2009 12:42PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
Riding? What are you a knuckledragger or something?
Jun 21 2009 12:44PM
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Sky.
Posts: 1158 - Karma: 287
Yes i listen to music while i ride. I don't have helmet speakers i just use my ear buds. I listen to Techno, Trance, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Rap, Crunkkkkk, basically anything with a strong beat that gets you pumped.
Jun 21 2009 12:47PM
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Marissa.M
Posts: 450 - Karma: 61
Yes indeed I listen to music while I ski. Mostly rap, electronica, and mashups my friends have made. Gets me pumped. But yeah, anything upbeat with a good tune works.
Jun 21 2009 12:51PM
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T-Nutcracker
Posts: 1056 - Karma: 434

Yeah, from time to time, but I use normal headphones. I listen to basically anything that gets me pumped.

Jun 21 2009 12:51PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
Well English is obviously not my mother tongue so what the hell does "knuckeldragger" mean?
Jun 21 2009 12:52PM
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PaleCelery
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Jun 21 2009 12:53PM
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~~JEFF~~
Posts: 1045 - Karma: 301
in the park its fun to have music, but i like riding pow w/o headphones.
Jun 21 2009 12:54PM
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bananasteezy10
Posts: 34 - Karma: 11
biggie, nas, e40, Wiz khalifa, just basicaly all rap
Jun 21 2009 12:56PM
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THUGwife
Posts: 1909 - Karma: 301
i really hope you're not referring to black people
Jun 21 2009 12:57PM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
I hope you're not serious.

knuckledragger = snowboarder
Jun 21 2009 12:59PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
Yea upbeat stuff for the park is awesome but riding the pow, I prefer to listen to "calm" music exactly like the Candide Kamera soundtrack.
Jun 21 2009 1:00PM
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Loges
Posts: 1928 - Karma: 21
in the park i'll listen to hip hop or some hard rock

when im cruising around i put on some reggae
Jun 21 2009 1:02PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
Okay now that I know a knuckledragger is a snowboarder, why did you say that? Sorry I don't get it Grandma :)
Jun 21 2009 1:05PM
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Marissa.M
Posts: 450 - Karma: 61
Agreed. I like to take it down a notch in the fluffy stuff too.
Jun 21 2009 1:06PM
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onearmwanderer
Posts: 1153 - Karma: 31
ya i listen to music almost every time i go up skiing, i have speakers in my helmet and i usually listen to jazzy hip hop with good flow and thats really smooth.
Jun 21 2009 1:08PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
reggae and softer stuff for powder and hiphop and electro (indiestuff mostly)

and radio while shoveling :D
Jun 21 2009 2:07PM
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joelle+cowbell
Posts: 296 - Karma: 38

i stopped after i realized it was killing my lift conversations. i like to meet new people! and you can play all sorts of games while riding with your friends.

but most surpisingly i find i can focus better without music.

Jun 21 2009 2:17PM
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klingisking
Posts: 802 - Karma: 925
yup. skull candies and i listen to disco. yay meeeeeee!!!!!
Jun 21 2009 2:18PM
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Ralf
Posts: 978 - Karma: 81
ipod clip on my helmet strap and some smooth reggae.
Jun 21 2009 2:24PM
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EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
I never used to i found it put me off, but then all of a sudden it didn't so now i like to listen to Eletronic music like MSTRKFT, Justice, La Roux, Aphex Twin, and various other bands in similarish veins. But when i' being a pussy or i wan to go at it hard i listen to music like Bring Me The Horrizion;

Bring Me The Horizon - The Comedown from Tom Worth on Vimeo.


you don't like that do you?
Jun 21 2009 2:26PM
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THEcrotchripper
Posts: 41 - Karma: 13
biggie, tupac, mobb deep, jay z, and anything else that is sick
Jun 21 2009 2:28PM
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Shabangarang
Posts: 949 - Karma: 156
ya anything wit a beat techo or undergroun rap
Jun 21 2009 3:04PM
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Fev4ng
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Jun 21 2009 3:38PM
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PeterWojnar
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No, I don't.  it kills conversations, and you can never hear what's going on around you.  BUT, I met this dude who had a backpack with built in speakers.  That was cool, because he had a legit system on his back and everyone was listening to the same beats.  Some gapers got mad on the lift, though...
Jun 21 2009 4:25PM
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traylortrash
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i really hope your not serious haha
Jun 21 2009 4:29PM
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charmander
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yeah... 70's proto metal and psyche
Jun 21 2009 4:29PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
Here are some songs I like:

Damian Marley ft Nas - Road to zion
Wax Tailor - Positively inclined
Looptroop - Top Dogz
Ini Kamoze - One a dem
Sizzla - Sing mi song (Candide Invitational Story)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ybDmHb_C7c

... And many more! I'm waiting for yours :)

Jun 21 2009 4:42PM
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marley-skis
Posts: 794 - Karma: 330

these are my favorite songs that i listen to while skiing:

gifted (ft. kanye west, santogold, lykke li)- by N.A.S.A

good ol’ fashioned rump shaker-by beastie boys/matt & kim

quit while you’re ahead- by classified

electric feel- by MGMT

kids- by MGMT

seventeen years- by ratatat

brooklyn go hard (ft. santogold)- by jay-z

loud pipes- by ratatat

daylight- by matt & kim

i can- by nas

party and bullshit (ratatat remix)- by notorious B.I.G

goodbye- by P.O.S

day ‘n’ nite- by kid cudi

creator- by santogold

Jun 21 2009 5:40PM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
listen to whatever im into techno, gangsta rap, alternative rock....i have tuneups for a helmet and some icons
Park riding-
biggie
rick ross
junkie xl
game
turbulence
cali p
sweatshop union

Powder-
Matisyahu
grateful dead
soja
all the marleys
cut copy
kya bamba
citizen cope
expendables
shiny toy guns

Jun 21 2009 6:18PM
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Chalet_9
Posts: 40 - Karma: 30
Music used to throw me off, but now I can't stand to ski without it. If I'm riding with a bunch of people, or meeting people on the chairlift, I like to just have it as background noise. But when I'm skiing alone (I usually do) I like to blast that shit ha. I've started listening to really expirimental metal lately, which is pretty awesome upbeat music that get's me excited haha.
Jun 21 2009 6:19PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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that'd get me to sack up haha
Jun 21 2009 6:24PM
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Bangor
Posts: 9599 - Karma: 129
I load up on listening to music on the ride. Once I get to the hill it's about meeting up with the crew, turning off the rest of the world, and shredding it up.


MSTRKRFT and Justice are staples of the mid-winter pow slashing drive....... Galactic, Medski Martin and Wood, and other funky stuff comes out for the spring.
Jun 21 2009 6:25PM
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Purple
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The American Dream for pow... chill and cruise!
Jun 21 2009 6:28PM
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Purple
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Ooops.. The American Dollar...
:)
Jun 21 2009 6:31PM
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EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
It totally does the job especially early in the morning.
Jun 21 2009 6:35PM
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geet
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i might be the only one who listens to dmb or oar while skiing. idk tho
Jun 21 2009 6:54PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
By dmb you mean Dave Matthews Band? If yes I do understand why, it's smooth. A music to ride regular slopes I guess :)
Jun 21 2009 7:04PM
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jibbinc
Posts: 804 - Karma: 33
Park = Rap
Powder = Reagge

thats BMTH song was sooo sick

and i blast em out of my skullcandy icons/
Jun 21 2009 7:05PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
Yes i do, but i really dont feel like listing the songs right now.
Jun 21 2009 7:05PM
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geet
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word
Jun 21 2009 7:10PM
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TimmyP
Posts: 2086 - Karma: 128
I don't.  I need to hear what is going on around me.  Anyone else share the same ideas?
Jun 21 2009 7:10PM
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*teh-steeze*
Posts: 51 - Karma: 11

sometimes.. but i get really sick of taking them out of my ears when my friends try and talk to me.. it gets real annoying so sometimes i just don't listen.

rap, indie, alternitive.. techno, music from ski movies.. etc.

Jun 21 2009 7:14PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
Kinda. When there's anybody else but me off-piste around like 4pm, I just listen to the wind :) It's a really amazing moment.
But when you have all the tourists around hell yea I prefer my music!
Jun 21 2009 7:15PM
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sklermang
Posts: 2981 - Karma: 1,954
i have my buds tied to the inside of my helmet flap so it hangs near my ear but not in my ear. i turn it up enough so i can hear it on the lift but so i can hear whats goin on around me when i ski or when i talkin to someone. works pretty well imo
Jun 21 2009 7:22PM
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Marissa.M
Posts: 450 - Karma: 61

What I generally listen to in the park: MSTRKRFT,Hathbanger, Hilltop Hoods, Zion I, Jay-Z, J Dubs, Dj Nyce, Dj Brock, Macklemore,Blue Scholars, Digitalism, Justice, Ratatat and Ratatat Remixes, MadonnaRemixes, Milkman mashups, Timati, September, Basshunter, Guru Josh Project,Boys Noize, Simian Mobile Disco, The Glitch Mob, Lil’ Kim, Dilated Peoples,Atmosphere, Jedi Mind Tricks, MC Solaar, Black Eyed Peas, MGMT, Julez Santana,some U2, Dr. Dre, Aqua, Beck…

What I generally listen to in pow: Manifest Nextome, CutCopy, Paul Simon, Dido, Anna Nalick, Yann Tiersen, Fru Fru, Kya Bamba, BobMarley, Dave Matthews Band, Heidi Talbot, Sufjan Stevens, The Posies, SmashingPumpkins, Nelly Furtado (her older music), Tori Amos, Citizen Cope, Red HotChili Peppers, Delerium, Mogwai, Damien Rice, Enya, Moby, Modest Mouse, CatPower, Iron & Wine, The Stills, Mum, Mogwai, Dido, Paul Simon, Portishead,Grateful Dead, Radiohead…

Wow, that was a lot.

Jun 21 2009 8:17PM
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Marissa.M
Posts: 450 - Karma: 61
^That stinks...all my stuff got mushed together. Just ignore the complete lack of spaces. I don't know how that happened.
Jun 21 2009 8:20PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
when im just shredding the park or groomers ill bump rap and 80's rock. but when im skiing pow and in the trees, i need reggae or i just dont listen to anything
Jun 21 2009 8:23PM
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AArmadAA
Posts: 205 - Karma: 506
You always write a lot ^^ Anyways, you have great taste in music girl!
Jun 21 2009 8:25PM
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DrZoidberg
Posts: 5675 - Karma: 4,268
Arcade Fire anyone? I love listening to them while skiing. I do an all rap playlist soemtimes, usually when i'm jibbing around. I put on Iron Maidon and the like when I feel like going really fast down groomers. Tokyo police club, oh no oh my, los campesinos are good too.

I never used to, but once i started i found it so much better. It also cancels out gapers on the lift, and i like skiing alone, so it really doesn;t bother me.
Jun 21 2009 8:31PM
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Ian.Ham
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i just throw in 1 earbud and turn it up so i can still jam but also talk to people
Jun 21 2009 8:40PM
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