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bananas
Posts: 1419 - Karma: 158
who on ns races or used to race?
i admit, i used to race but i gave up because i would never know wich gates to go through, i would always just go straight down the hill, no one said anything, they probably thought i was retarded
whatever, i thought they were retarded too
Sep 29 2009 9:47PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
i uh race my shadow sometimes...
Sep 29 2009 9:49PM
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nolanearl
Posts: 139 - Karma: 19
i was a state level high school racer
however now that im in college i am happy to not join their club team
much rather ski on my own time
Sep 29 2009 9:50PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
no but my retarted brother used to race
Sep 29 2009 9:52PM
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*simba*
Posts: 9125 - Karma: 512
i once went down the one closed run whilst they were doing a race i went straight down and at the end sprayed all the racers...lol
Sep 29 2009 9:53PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
raced for 9 years
Sep 29 2009 9:58PM
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ScuffDUFF
Posts: 2027 - Karma: 143
i raised when i was way young but i hated it.  I didnt even like skiing that much at the time, it was just something i did EVERY weekend with my family.
Sep 29 2009 10:00PM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37386 - Karma: 120,063
going straight down the course sounds like something i would do. ive never raced in my life nor will i ever. ill just be a parkrat
Sep 29 2009 10:00PM
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TOAST.
Posts: 7481 - Karma: 36,032
somthing about the OP made me laugh really hard
Sep 29 2009 10:00PM
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hotdog.garbage
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retarded?
Sep 29 2009 10:28PM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
13 years because I couldn't drive and my mountion had no park now that I can I go to mount snow
Sep 29 2009 10:30PM
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Che~
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 296
idk but too long, last year was my last year racing with ussa and fis. but i am still going to hs race
Sep 29 2009 10:35PM
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_CC_
Posts: 3890 - Karma: 747
i race for my school but its a huge joke. i race varsity and i dont do shittt
Sep 29 2009 10:36PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
oopsClick for larger image
Sep 29 2009 10:37PM
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Tall_Treez
Posts: 215 - Karma: 455
Most of the sickest skiers have a racing background
Sep 29 2009 10:37PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
i race for school, only way i can ski every day and it's actually kinda fun, in practice that is, races kinda suck
Sep 29 2009 10:39PM
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butteredpretzel
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 866
me and by buddies always enter into the local races with our twins and we do pretty good most of the time. I got third in a skier cross race and won some skullcrushers haha
Sep 29 2009 10:40PM
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Shlogan
Posts: 4942 - Karma: 430
racer steez
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Sep 29 2009 10:40PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8864 - Karma: 31,612
i used to race, its how i got good at skiing. I race skiercross now though, which is super sick
Sep 29 2009 10:48PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
I raced. i haz the skilz to make mad turnz on mah skiz.

racing was most definitely the best thing ive ever done for my skiing.
Sep 29 2009 10:55PM
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Austeeze
Posts: 807 - Karma: 18
used to race quite a bit in high school although i never took it super seriously. got into freeskiing after that but i still love to charge the groomers every now and then!
Sep 29 2009 11:01PM
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*LiNeLover*
Posts: 1224 - Karma: 256
i raced for 6yrs.. bllahh

i know it had a benefit to my skiing.. but it just wasnt my thing..
my dad forced me to do it.. no fun. but i dont hate on it
Sep 29 2009 11:02PM
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spruitm
Posts: 2221 - Karma: 1,069
i used to race.  and be really good
now if i go in a race course i get the same feeling as wearing a tight, itchy sweater.  i just want out, its so constricting
Sep 29 2009 11:04PM
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*LiNeLover*
Posts: 1224 - Karma: 256
i raced for 6yrs.. bllahh

i know it had a benefit to my skiing.. but it just wasnt my thing..
my dad forced me to do it.. no fun. but i dont hate on it
Sep 29 2009 11:04PM
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japanada
Posts: 13784 - Karma: 1,957
I went to highschool in IL and we didnt have a race program. I wish we had, now that Im older, work in a shop, and ski a bunch, Im looking at joining a beer league at my local hill.
Sep 29 2009 11:06PM
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TheUngroomed
Posts: 1251 - Karma: 335
i just signed up for the high school ski team
Sep 29 2009 11:08PM
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McChuggage
Posts: 93 - Karma: 13
i hate racing but you can learn a lot doing it
Sep 29 2009 11:46PM
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quixotic
Posts: 6937 - Karma: 2,978
I raced for my 4 years of high school. I was captain of the team my senior year and had a lot of fun doing it. Went to state junior and senior year too. Good memories, got real good at handling my skis, good times. This is a picture of me turning some gates on a really fucking cold day a couple years back.

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Sep 30 2009 12:04AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,272
hahaha that is the steeziest i've seen racing be, you do not seem to be super intense, which is nice to see in a racer

i hate those kids who take it super seriously
Sep 30 2009 12:23AM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
I used to love racing until I noticed the whole freeskiing scene and decided to abandon ski racing and join in. I would never regret racing, it made me ski as well as I do which is better than most of the kids on this site. Most kids on here have no real skiing form and just have that park rat form.
Sep 30 2009 12:27AM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
yeah i kind of want to enter a race just for fun now.
Sep 30 2009 12:30AM
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smooticus
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 27

I raced for like 4 years, im a senior in highschool now and have decided im done, but only because i hate getting up at 5 am or earlier on race days which werem saturdays (my dad was coach, so he set course before they opened). Plus i found that since i was practicing with the team all the time i didnt freeski much, and on raceday i would sit on the hill all day waiting for my two runs. But most of all i have no friends on the team anymore. One of the worst parts about racing are the kids that it atracts, although there were some pretty cool people up there, most of them were kids that had been doing it since they were walking and were just wayy too into it, although this made it even more satisfying to beat them. Although i think im going to miss it i mean you can only ski the same shitty ass park so many time waiting for a pow day.

Procrastination, somehow i can sit on NS and type huge replies for hours but not a one page paper

Sep 30 2009 1:19AM
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Blandct
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 37
raced for my high school and did USSA races for 6 years....as soon as ski practice was over id walk out to the parking lot take off my team jacket and grab the twins and ride park till the hill closed
Sep 30 2009 1:49AM
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TitsFrijole
Posts: 73 - Karma: 11
i race on my high school team with a bunch of buddies cuz even though were parkrats were still some of the best racers in the school, and we get to get out of school like twice a week.  we basically show up 30 seconds before our start time, cruise on down with our baggy clothes and park skis, then head back to the park rather than be in school.

If you'd consider that racing.....
Sep 30 2009 2:16AM
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3mania
Posts: 2613 - Karma: 10,361
Ski racing is just like regular skiing but without the fun. And NOTHING, i mean nothing is sweeter than the shorts over the GS suit look that stick chasers love. Racer steeze indeed.
Sep 30 2009 2:57AM
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cbalkman
Posts: 274 - Karma: 114
This is what I hate about racing. Sitting around in freezing spandex, just waiting forever.
Sep 30 2009 3:05AM
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dirtylion27
Posts: 403 - Karma: 21
you sir have the same icon as me.....
Sep 30 2009 8:42AM
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-KYLE-
Posts: 3390 - Karma: 603
i race everyday i go skiing.....but i race to the park =)
Sep 30 2009 9:31AM
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nomore
Posts: 12 - Karma: 10
i still race for my high school and i love it as much as or more than freestyle
Sep 30 2009 9:46AM
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Goku
Posts: 8119 - Karma: 4,223
i race, i show up to practice 3 times a week and half an hour late
Oct 2 2009 11:26AM
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T-Holt
Posts: 5020 - Karma: 639
I raced from when I was 7 and stopped when I turned 16.  I loved all of it except for the last year.  I had to change over to a different mountain because I grew out of Mad River's race program and the Sugarbush weekend program is shit.  There was no team camaraderie and I wanted to shift my focus to freeskiing.

I'm glad that I raced and am also glad that I switched over.
Oct 2 2009 12:45PM
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GayWolf420
Posts: 37386 - Karma: 120,063
my sisters were racers. i wasent really into racing, i tried nastar every once and a while. i just really started gettin into park last year
Oct 2 2009 12:48PM
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sktrkdo7
Posts: 1920 - Karma: 182
raced for 5 years all the way up to 2nd year J3. it was the best thing that i couldve done for my skiing. made me super confident anywhere on the hill and i learned a shitload about becoming a better skiier. wasnt into the whole scene after a while but it was definitely a great time dont hate on racing especially if youve never done it
Oct 2 2009 12:49PM
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brickerenator
Posts: 316 - Karma: 10
never raced competitively
But I've done a few open skier cross races

kickass fun
Oct 2 2009 1:07PM
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CJHski
Posts: 2384 - Karma: 126
i raced for 5 or 6 years.
Oct 2 2009 1:07PM
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switchieski
Posts: 575 - Karma: 15
my fav is the 50 year old guys that are maaaddd tall, and think every day they are at the mountain they are in a fucking olympic slalom race, and if you get too close, that think you are trying to beat them in a imaginary competition
Oct 2 2009 1:31PM
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nolanearl
Posts: 139 - Karma: 19
you guys should have seen my steez at states last year
rasta tape all over my helmet, left shiner, and left pole
and we were the only team of park rats
we basically raced for the trips and passes
Oct 2 2009 1:56PM
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liukangkid
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I raced untill i was in middle school and had mad fun,  every once in a while during the season ill poach a slalom course with my twin tips and no gear haha. But people who hate on racers in my opinion are just ignorant you cant deny that going fast making hard turns and knocking down gates isnt fun.  Its still skiing...
Oct 2 2009 2:15PM
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tbayjibber
Posts: 326 - Karma: 62
I still race, and get payed a decent amount to coach racing, but as soon as i'm done i hit the park, where i live the parks are super shitty and its no fun to spend the whole day in them anyway so racing is a good timekiller
Oct 2 2009 2:58PM
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.Emerson.
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jon olsson has some serious recer steez
Oct 2 2009 3:02PM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
I used to and now I am a volunteer coach for my old team.
Oct 2 2009 3:03PM
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