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I need a pic of a triple black diamond sign

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VT_FLO
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I need a pic of a triple black diamond sign because i'm getting a ski tattoo. I'm going to start with that either on my chest or shoulder, and then possibly get a yeti at some point in the future.

I'm 18, snowboarded for 10 years, skied since i was 3 until i started snowboarding, and just got a new pair of skis to compliment my board

sooo any designs you can post would be sweet, or just a pic. I think i want some wind and little snowflakes going around it too.
Aug 16 2009 11:36AM
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Fev4ng
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Best I could find

Aug 16 2009 11:55AM
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VT_FLO
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thanks!
Aug 16 2009 12:07PM
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Style+eeze
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hahaha. you should put the triple black in your happy trail, with an arrow pointing down
Aug 16 2009 12:39PM
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Paoli_Steeze
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THIS.
Aug 16 2009 12:42PM
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spliff.Life
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yes!

or a sign with tripple black diamond saying "happy Trail" and an arrow
Aug 16 2009 12:49PM
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mattridesskis
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sick idea
Aug 16 2009 1:19PM
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TimmyK
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Someone has to do this now
Aug 16 2009 3:19PM
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EastCoast315
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This past year in Ski Magazine, in the letters to the editor, there was a black woman from portland that had a double black diamond tattoed on part of her lower back, the part that sloped right to her ass. It was a god damn excellent picture
Aug 16 2009 3:24PM
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Irotate360
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god i love this website...

question though: how many triple blacks are there? i've skied a fair amount of places all over the world and have never came across one?
Aug 16 2009 4:41PM
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Snowgoner
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Smuggs has the only triple black on the east, I'm pretty sure. That's the only one I've come across, although I haven't been out west yet.
Aug 16 2009 5:07PM
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Silence
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From what I understand there aren't many triples out there - they generally aren't open to public, just the local or visiting race teams etc
Aug 16 2009 5:12PM
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Triple_Strum
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Before you get the tattoo, ask yourself this question: will I be obsessed with skiing in 20 years, and will I want a tattoo in that spot when I am an old man without a shirt on.  If you think so, go for it.  If there is any doubt in your mind, don't do it.
Aug 16 2009 5:21PM
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titsLOL
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I can give you a hint... it's three black diamonds next to each other.
Aug 16 2009 5:26PM
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iFail
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kill joy enough?

and triple black diamond people, don't kid yourself, it doesn't matter what ski places rate there runs.  Corbets is double black...anything along those lines at Jackson or Whistler or any real resort is labeled double black.  On the east coast, some "double black diamond" runs can be groomed and are a blue to single black at other resorts with actual terrain.  Who the fuck cares what a map says? 

Aug 16 2009 5:37PM
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mike91129
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I guess that makes sense, derp.
Aug 16 2009 5:59PM
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rj.
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yes sir
Aug 16 2009 7:23PM
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Dustin.
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It's true.  Double black at Vail means the run might have a mandatory cliff drop, where double black at Breck or Keystone means the run is steep....and that's it!  Breck and Keystone will rate their runs as a "Double Black Expert Terrain" run though.  Technically Lake Chutes is Double Black and you can send it of 50 foot cliffs to get in if you want.
Aug 16 2009 7:32PM
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Bumblesteeze
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The picture up top is in the east too, its Le Massif near Quebec city.
Its a nice big hill if you like to freeride, they a get lots of snow up there.

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Aug 16 2009 8:18PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Massif is pretty sick. The triple diamond there has a 65% pitch
Aug 16 2009 8:25PM
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Funnel
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I REALLY doubt that.
Aug 16 2009 8:30PM
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Brock.
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a half skilled tattooist should be able to draw couple diamonds and a few snowflakes... but good thread because it ended up with a picture of le massif :)
Aug 16 2009 8:34PM
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EastCoast315
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I agree, a 65% pitch, and you'd be falling off from it BASE jump style
Aug 16 2009 8:52PM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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Check their stats, bottom line: http://www.lemassif.com/en/mountain/fact_sheet.php
I've been, it's ridiculously steep
Aug 16 2009 9:05PM
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-Tristan-
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64% equals a little under 35 Degrees. Most skiers would measure slope in degrees. This is where the confusion is coming from. I mean no offense because being from the east I understand. but 35 degrees isnt considered that steep by western skiers.
Aug 16 2009 9:15PM
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.SimonB.
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you could measure a cliff as having a pitch of 90%, so 65% is probably inaccurate
Aug 16 2009 9:17PM
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-Tristan-
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Oh and to the thread creator. Think very hard before you get a triple black diamond sign tattoo. I personally think the idea of a resort labelling a run as a triple black diamond is pretty silly. If anybody asked me about triple black diamond runs, I would assume they didnt know that much about skiing.

I really dont mean any offence by it, I think the idea of a skiing tattoo is great if its something you really love. Just saying you should think about your content a little more.

Aug 16 2009 9:27PM
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-PowAir-
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cooler then the triple black, is the double with EX in the diamonds. Way cooler.
Aug 16 2009 9:52PM
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n8myton
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Aug 16 2009 10:04PM
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Funnel
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Good call.  I was thinking 65 degrees.  35 degrees is really nothing out of the ordinary.  I'm pretty sure there are parts of my resort that are easily 40 degrees and those runs are not really too steep.  35 degrees would be real steep for someone who has never been out west though.
Aug 16 2009 10:29PM
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deleted5
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Aug 16 2009 10:38PM
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deleted5
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https://newschoolers.com/ns3/web/popups/viewimage.php?picurl=http://blog.nj.com/skiing/2009/03/large_Diamond%20sign.jpg
Aug 16 2009 10:39PM
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Holte
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Most west coast resorts just add a caution sign to terrain that's significantly more technical than the average double black. Do east coast resorts just not use the caution symbol designation?
Aug 16 2009 10:40PM
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n8myton
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just the only place i've seen that lists triple black. i'm not going to try to say that a triple black at a midwest resort is going to compare to a double at a big resort somewhere else.
Aug 16 2009 10:46PM
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BootySpunk.
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Double blacks/triple blacks in the midwest are just kind of steep hills with trees in the middle of them that haven't been groomed in about a week. Atleast in Indiana anyways.
Aug 16 2009 10:57PM
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n8myton
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yea, that's actually their trailmap, and there's more runs as well i believe.
http://www.mtbohemia.com/mountain.html

i've never been out there personally, but i'm hoping to go out for a couple days sometime this winter. there's footage from bohemia in the new meatheads films as well. here's the video from the bohemia site:
http://www.mtbohemia.com/videos.html
pretty funny and has some sweet shots of the terrain as well.
Aug 16 2009 11:03PM
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n8myton
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why not? i would hope that having to hike for turns instead of riding a lift would be a pretty big hint to someone that they're no longer inbounds?
Aug 16 2009 11:12PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Corbetts at Whistler wouldn't be rated as such IMO. They would probably make you sign some crazy waiver. I don't know really, I almost shit my pants when I dropped into Corbetts. Tested every ounce of talent in my body.

Aug 16 2009 11:19PM
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Skiingslikewhoa
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I think in either Fernie or Sunpeaks, can't remember which they had some mountain biking stuff still set up in the trees a bit. It was like the elevated boardwalks and a frames (don't know the real terminology) and they had a triple black diamond sign. I don't know if that was a joke or something they use in mountain biking.

Also here a fine aboriginal man describes a triple black diamond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e0ww9gEpa8&feature=related
Aug 16 2009 11:27PM
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theblacktaco
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Aug 16 2009 11:37PM
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inactive
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sigh, the things i do for you.
Aug 17 2009 9:58AM
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Caveman.
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Word. 35 degrees is nothing. We have several runs at my local mountain steeper than 38 degrees and about 500 vertical feet, one of which i straightlined last year /claim. I've also seen many children ski it including some as young as 12 get down it pretty quick.
Aug 17 2009 6:18PM
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Caveman.
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Prime example;

http://www.mtavalanche.com/sidecountry/
Aug 17 2009 6:22PM
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teleTay
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nice triple post^
Aug 17 2009 6:54PM
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n8myton
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i admit my ignorance, being a midwest skier with all of 3 or 4 years skiing. i guess you're right that it can be misleading to someone headed out west after being to bohemia, but i have a hard time getting worked up over it either.
ah well.
Aug 17 2009 9:26PM
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Caveman.
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Gah. that video was horrid. It does however look like a fun place to ski.
Aug 17 2009 9:39PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
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I dont want to break your spirits but that might be one tatto you will regret getting when you are 50
Aug 17 2009 10:41PM
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griffin.paisley
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^
Aug 18 2009 1:29AM
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TheButterHashira
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I agree. Double black is a marketing ploy for a lot of places. Some places I suppose an extra black diamond is appropriate but its pretty stupid in general.
Aug 18 2009 1:37AM
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Dukeybrains
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Get a orang caution sign with a skull and cross bones over it.

Isn't steep like.. 60/65 degrees??? 35 is nothing
Aug 18 2009 2:10AM
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