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Global Warming's inpact on our sport

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jsex
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now i'm probably going to get some flak for believing in global warming...hopefully not, but regardless of your view point on it please hear me out...

so at the end of last season i was pretty perturbed with the thought of global warming in regards to how moguls are stored. now from what i understand most resorts out west can store their moguls in some of the 'back bowls' as they are colder than the frontside and other areas of the mountain. i know that in the past summer temperatures have not been much of a concern due to the amount of moguls stored. in my last season skiing i did notice that mogul numbers seemed to be lower, and previously bumped out runs were mysteriously always uniform and smooth. now i went skiing today at a basin and there were hardly any moguls present, usually on opening day they pull a few out of the back for us jibbers to launch off of. it really was a disappointment that there weren't any sweet mogul kickers to hit today, but how much of that is due to global warming?

this is just a thought i've been kicking around since last may or so. i hope you guys may have some ideas, recommendations, or any other similar views. please share them, and hopefully someone can allow my worrisome self to relax and get some sleep before the temps finally get back to normal.
Oct 9 2009 7:40PM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
haha +k for that
Oct 9 2009 7:43PM
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Mead
Posts: 285 - Karma: 42
Definitely some good points in here, I also noticed the lack of mogul kickers at abasin today. It sucks to know that our jibber way of life will come to an end one day.
Oct 9 2009 7:43PM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
Probably has no relation at all. Usually when it gets hotter, moguls are more present just because all the snow compacts and shit. This season's an El Nino year so the East is going to get pounded (hopefully).
Oct 9 2009 7:43PM
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selkirks
Posts: 1978 - Karma: 59
I think your sarcasm meter is broken... or at least, I hope...
Oct 9 2009 7:44PM
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babujib
Posts: 5039 - Karma: 104
ahhh fuck me and my sarcasm meter. its been shitty lately. i feel stupid.
Oct 9 2009 7:44PM
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reedwj
Posts: 344 - Karma: 1,262
I heard that the Japanese are working on a solution to this very problem... they are developing a "glaciated hydraulic defibrillator". It will refreeze all that has thawed and put a stop to this global warming business for good. Moguls the size of Volkswagens will once more  be plentiful throughout the lands! Fear not my shredding bretheron. The launch pads of yester-year have not been forgotten and their triumphant return is near.

Until then shred Mary Jane! That mountian is sweeter than anything in summit county anyway...
Nov 10 2009 11:16PM
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poopandflush
Posts: 251 - Karma: 15
i thought moguls were metal domes that are implanted in the ground in the summer, then covered with snow in the winter?
Nov 10 2009 11:19PM
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Billiards.
Posts: 6853 - Karma: 816
lol
Nov 10 2009 11:22PM
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T-Holt
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Haha, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Everyone knows that moguls are mounds of dirt. Metal wouldn't hold the snow unless you injected clues with magnets so the snow becomes magnetic.
Nov 10 2009 11:25PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
"global warming is fake" followed by a skewed graph or two



"global warming is real" followed by a skewed graph or two


"democrats are pussy liberals. cap and trade is communism!"


"fuck republicans. everything is bushes fault"



and on and on this thread will go
Nov 11 2009 12:19AM
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chase.
Posts: 716 - Karma: 18
you should use the term "climate change" i dont like when people miss use the term global warming
Nov 11 2009 12:34AM
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neapolitan
Posts: 110 - Karma: 11
haha its true! at least there humor this time!
Nov 11 2009 12:59AM
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powday
Posts: 3055 - Karma: 326
I just wrote a paper on climate change and its effects on skiing, theres some good info out there....the Alps are suffering more than the US....

but weather or not its climate change or just a cycle our earth is going through, people should still learn to use renewable resources and alternate energy sources and become less dependent on oil companies who have us by the balls....global warming or not, we all need to respect nature because it gives us the sport we love and so much more.
Nov 11 2009 1:08AM
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Dustin.
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Probably not, I think most people will understand it's a joke.  After all, we all know ice rinks store moguls in the summer.  I store mine in the freezer and pull them out for my summer set up.
Nov 11 2009 1:10AM
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powderhound123
Posts: 70 - Karma: 39
I thought moguls were made of Pixie Dust and dreams... is global warming going to attack our dreams?
Nov 11 2009 1:32AM
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reedwj
Posts: 344 - Karma: 1,262
and each one you pull out of the freezer for that summer set up means one less mogul for everyone else to enjoy come winter... pretty selfish dont you think
Nov 11 2009 2:09AM
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ATLskier
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hahaha, except my side's graphs aren't skewed....wait I just made your point even more.
Nov 11 2009 2:31AM
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Ben.
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lol yes you did sir. yes you did.
Nov 11 2009 2:34AM
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TWoods
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my side's graphs are SERIOUSLY not skewed at ALL though, so your side's graphs MUST be.

What side are we on again?
Nov 11 2009 2:36AM
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Dukeybrains
Posts: 1030 - Karma: 11
TGR is making a movie aboouot this it looks good. I can't remember the name but I watched the trailer yesterday. Looks like they have some vrazy old school pow shots from back in the day. This geezer was like yuup we used to get like 4 foot dumps twice a week no big deal...
Nov 11 2009 3:22AM
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ATLskier
Posts: 8203 - Karma: 406
the side that is the truth.... duh
Nov 11 2009 3:25AM
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Mr.Huck
Posts: 6096 - Karma: 14,896
Global warming sucks! I hate being able to jib in over a foot on new snow in mid October. 

http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/125678268120091029072427.wmv
Nov 11 2009 10:55AM
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Pinguu
Posts: 1581 - Karma: 49
Climate change is effecting our sport, and all indicators are pointing at humans as the cause. Please contact your state senators and have them vote for clean energy and action at Copenhagen 2009.




The new video from TGR and Protect Our Winters (my icon haha)



And Mark Abma's group called OneStepNow:


Please take notice on how climate change is effecting the sport that we all love so much, and try and live a more sustainable lifestyle.
Thanks



Nov 11 2009 11:04AM
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Baskilla
Posts: 409 - Karma: 201
1ST: Moguls are FUCKING GAY!
2ND: Back bowls are usually on the back side of a north facing ski resort, meaning they are south facing. AKA the sunny side.
3RD: Most ski resorts have snow cats that groom the moguls flat.
4TH: Slush bumps can grow much larger in size than ice bumps.
5TH: Moguls are STILL GAY
Nov 11 2009 11:49AM
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Cheech_Sander
Posts: 338 - Karma: 1,660
i LAWL'ed :D
Nov 11 2009 12:41PM
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Relish_man
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 551
When global warming has forsaken the countryside
one way to ski will remain...
my money's on DRY SLOPES!!!!!

Trogdor anyone? yes? no? fuck.
Nov 11 2009 12:51PM
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Steezius_Maximus
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Nov 11 2009 12:52PM
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Max-Steeze
Posts: 448 - Karma: 171
dont worry about it there will always be indoor ski resorts
Nov 11 2009 1:08PM
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jibgilmon
Posts: 662 - Karma: 43
Whoa guys hang on. Moguls are sacks filled with water. They put them in a mold when it gets cold so the water can freeze into the shape of a mogul. Then they put them down and cover them with snow. They can't put them in yet because there's no guarantee that they won't melt in the middle of the day.
Nov 11 2009 1:41PM
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