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Waldo-
Posts: 1026 - Karma: 184
Any
Oct 26 2009 5:23PM
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Waldo-
Posts: 1026 - Karma: 184

damn enter key...

any one here race?

i admit i do it. gets you on the hill few times a week, and helps your all around skiing. 

Oct 26 2009 5:24PM
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thegreyarea
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I raced for 13 years.
Oct 26 2009 5:27PM
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reverendwrong
Posts: 3145 - Karma: 142
since i was 8, been on the varsity slalom team since 7th grade, mvp since freshman year, im a senior now and its my 2nd year as capitan. Got 25th at state last year as well. Honestly I love skiing in all forms, racings always been fun, especially if you dont take it too seriously, we have a fun team, most guys also do freestyle as well...oh and 2 girls as well. The best part of last season was doin dumonts(not dub) and cork 9s in between runs at state with all my race shit on...the ussa guys shit their pants.
Oct 26 2009 5:30PM
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JTL
Posts: 2275 - Karma: 338
i race on my schools team. i get to leave school early and get to go to Bristol for free at the end of the year.
Oct 26 2009 5:38PM
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T-Holt
Posts: 5020 - Karma: 638
I raced from when I was 7 and stopped my after my sophomore year of high school (I'm a senior now)

It was really fun, but it got too competitive for me because I wasn't at a ski academy.  I always enjoyed the times when we could freeski, though.
Oct 26 2009 5:42PM
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thelizards
Posts: 4042 - Karma: 43
yup. such a fun time on our school team, we just get real baked and ski 3 days a week, way too much fun.
Oct 26 2009 5:53PM
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_nicota_
Posts: 70 - Karma: 4
I raced till i was 15 got my GS points down to low 70's before i got fed up with it, ditched the sponsorship, and started doing things my own way.
Oct 26 2009 6:12PM
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deleted5
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same from j 5 to j1
Oct 26 2009 6:14PM
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wesley.
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sometimes when my mountain has a crappy little race i enter for fun
Oct 26 2009 6:15PM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
i dont currently, but i might start this season to get on the slopes some more
Oct 26 2009 6:52PM
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WVskiing
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use to
Oct 26 2009 6:54PM
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no_steeze
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i started racing last year so i could ski every day
Oct 26 2009 6:56PM
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WVskiing
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same here
Oct 26 2009 7:01PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
did it in high school for the same reason, bus took me to the hill after school and all the kids on the team were homies so it was a good time. raced on twins though never actually tried just did it for a fun weekday activity.
Oct 26 2009 7:11PM
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crankdatsoljaboy
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 1,569
i raced for 6 years and stopped last year
Oct 26 2009 7:13PM
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bananas
Posts: 1419 - Karma: 159
repost
Oct 26 2009 7:17PM
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grifftang
Posts: 1277 - Karma: 14
dis what i do
Oct 26 2009 7:28PM
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SnowRidgeParks
Posts: 2146 - Karma: 88
Same here. Gave it up when I went off to college, but now that I'm out again I'll be racing beer league once a week, stoked.
Oct 26 2009 8:02PM
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Che~
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 296
sure you did
but yeah i raced for 8 years on a mountain team, and still race for my school. this year im also a part time race coach, and gets me out on the hill 4 days a week.
Oct 26 2009 8:08PM
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TheUngroomed
Posts: 1251 - Karma: 335
i race for my school. its tight to get out two or three times a week away from school just to ski
Oct 26 2009 8:22PM
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omIV
Posts: 1950 - Karma: 306
you tool, 15 is first year j2...if you had 70 points as a first year 2, you would be the single top gs prospect.  thats such bs, 70 points at 15 is basically imposable
Oct 26 2009 8:34PM
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TimmyK
Posts: 779 - Karma: 15
raced since i was 12 then moved on to coaching for a year.
Oct 26 2009 8:45PM
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deleted5
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yes sir your on the high school race team, I'm his captain CLAIM.
Oct 26 2009 8:54PM
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_CC_
Posts: 3890 - Karma: 747
i race for my school but its kind of a joke but still pretty fun. our coach is this crazy old man and a gay gay whos country of origin we cannot pinpoint.
Oct 26 2009 8:58PM
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neon1peace
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I've raced two years and now am on the edge of doing the race team again or getting a season pass to gore
Oct 26 2009 9:00PM
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rj.
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i used to back in the day until i found myself skipping practice to lap the park
Oct 26 2009 9:00PM
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no_steeze
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it also really helped my skiing, no regrets

gave me a better stance and got my hands more forward so i can ski a lot faster now with better control and dig the fuck into the snow, makes skiing a lot more fun
Oct 26 2009 10:52PM
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iSkier
Posts: 343 - Karma: 28
i race my lude at the supercross events :0

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Oct 26 2009 11:06PM
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Chaka
Posts: 424 - Karma: 79
I really think racing is the only reason that i am a good skier. It makes your foundation from everything to park and big mountain so much better. The Newschoolers who raced as kids are leaps and bounds ahead of other skiers.
Oct 26 2009 11:24PM
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_nicota_
Posts: 70 - Karma: 4
i raced till i was a second year j2. and was attending WVA, anyone who lives on the east coast knows about it. and its not impossible, not hard to do at all, spend your entire life ski racing, your bound to get some lucky low penalty races, you just need to pick em right and not fall.

and edit on that would be the low 80's i typed it pretty fast missed the typo, my bad (go ahead and claim me for lying more please).
Oct 26 2009 11:24PM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
25th?  in minnesota?  reeealll impressive, goofball.  thats like saying im the 25th straightest dude in provincetown...dont say much.
Oct 26 2009 11:26PM
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lando125
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i do some racing did some slalom this year and raced a bit finished second overall with no formal traning
Oct 26 2009 11:43PM
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cool.
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well i go to Stratton Mountain School on southern VT which is a very competitive ski academy on the east and ive never heard of WVA. and for the dude who said low 70s when your 15 is not impossible. last winter my USSA gs points were 77 and i was 15 (BTW im not bragging just proving points) and i was ranked top 15 on the east for my age. so 1) he would not be the top "prospect" and 2) its believable he had low 80's as a 15 year old. (this is to the guy who didnt believe you Nicota)

but yeah i go to a ski academy for racing and i get to do what i love every day in the winter and its sick. hard fucking work but awesome. i love racing but i would never be able to completely give up park skiing for racing. i cant have one without the other. and of course i ski pow when we get it. but racing is pretty much my life and i wouldnt change anything.

racing is great. and to the people who hate on racing you really cannot seriously say that going 75 mph off of a jump and going 150 feet is bitchy. i completely understand hate on racers because some are complete d-bags but a lot of them are cool kids who work all summer to pay for ski equipment just like a freeskier does because thats what they love to do.




Oct 27 2009 12:05AM
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wesley.
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i go to mt manfeild academy in stowe for freestyle... check it out
Oct 27 2009 12:08AM
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omIV
Posts: 1950 - Karma: 306
i know about wva...i think you guys sent someone to the d team maybe once.  Since you're such an experienced racer, you don't need me to tell you that first year j2=15 years old.  I'm not saying you lied intentionally, but you were nonchalant and showoff about something that clearly wasn't true.  When you finished your first j2 season, you did not have under 100 points. 'nuff said.
Oct 27 2009 12:17AM
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smooticus
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My dad was the ski coach at my highschool for like 8 years up until this year, cause i decided to quit racing. I was pretty good though, i mean i really liked it but it just takes up too much of my ski time. I would rather freeski all year and maybe enter a couple races as an individual. It did help my skiing in so many ways though, not just my form but being more comfortable with my skis, and going really fast
Oct 27 2009 12:21AM
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cool.
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i know some peeps up there
Oct 27 2009 12:26AM
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ski-swagga
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i raced my freshman year and got 63rd at state. but im not doing it next year because it takes too much from free skiing.
Oct 27 2009 12:26AM
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_nicota_
Posts: 70 - Karma: 4
after my first year j2 i have 93 points in GS (and i only finished 3-4 gs races that year) the names Nico Anastasia look it up, although i believe my points are somewhere in the 100's now since i haven't raced in a while. and whoever said they are from stratton and didn't know what WVA is clearly retarded, you race against kids from there in every event you go to.

And i wasn't trying to show off, just simply show the fact that i devoted a majority of my life to racing, which is what this thread is about, i didn't realize that you were going to go into hissy fits over who is better.
Oct 27 2009 7:53AM
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_nicota_
Posts: 70 - Karma: 4
and the few races i did as a second year j2 put me into the low 80's. to clear it up.
Oct 27 2009 8:00AM
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T_LEX
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Waterville? Its not a very big school or well known. most people in the east actually dont know about them, because its not a full term academy and there are not many top racers that iv heard of from there. Holderness is much more well known. BUt WVA is not one that i know mmuch about or anyone knows much about in the east. Just as an fyi.
Oct 27 2009 8:14AM
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reverendwrong
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MN is the most competitive state for HS racing and 2nd or 3rd most for USSA, Buck hill has put more ppl on the US team than any other club in the nation, Gilboa is up there too like 4th i think
Oct 27 2009 8:15AM
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danbrown
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Haha my best friend's little sister races at SMS

And I'm assuming by WVA he meant Waterville Valley Academy
Oct 27 2009 8:19AM
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ale92
Posts: 50 - Karma: 16
I raced one time here in Italy...
i won with my Volkl Wall against super stiff race skis XD
Oct 27 2009 8:26AM
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PopsicleStand
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i never ever raced once, and im a good skier.
Oct 27 2009 8:33AM
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JamesG.
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no.
Oct 27 2009 10:01AM
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tbayjibber
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Srsly another one? (searchbar dude) But srsly i bet a good solid percentage race or have raced at some point, i stopped this year but now i get paid to coach racing plus i get free lift tickets so I just see racing as a way to get me out to the hill earlier and supply some cash to pay for my skiing addiction :p
Oct 27 2009 11:06AM
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NickMartini
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i used to race
Oct 27 2009 11:41AM
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DaBeers
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haha, yaa cole

agreed!

Oct 27 2009 12:00PM
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DaBeers
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But ya, racing is sick. going to KMS and skiing everyday has been one of the best experiences of my life. i wouldnt change a thing. When you finish racing you have the skills to ski anything anywhere. Its also a good way to get to ski other mtns and their parks

Oct 27 2009 12:06PM
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