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Stickity
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i just joined ski club in school, i've never skiied and i did snowboarding once
i live in pittsburgh and i'll be going to 7 springs
i was just wandering if there's anything i should be prepared for
i also rollerblade and i'm wondering if they're similar at all

Nov 12 2009 6:49PM
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gregorio
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be prepared to get flamed
Nov 12 2009 6:52PM
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J-Wallz
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if your going to be on here much read this
https://www.newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/457485/
it will make your experience on newschoolers better.

skiing in general just have fun
Nov 12 2009 6:52PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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Skiing is pretty hard to learn but stick with it because it doesn't take too long. Rollerblading will not help at all. Actually, maybe a little, but not much. It'll be cold so wear a scarf too.
Nov 12 2009 6:52PM
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bananas
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it is just too have fun
Nov 12 2009 7:05PM
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Username_42069
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if you ever fall or do something that makes you look stupid, just blame it on your equipment or low quality of terrain or park features.

ie: "fucking skis neeed new wax" / "fucking edges are mad dull"
    " fucking landings is all washed out" / " fucking rails are sticky"
Nov 12 2009 7:11PM
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CANNON^
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sounds like 90% of people at my home mountian
Nov 12 2009 7:24PM
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Mr.Panda
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Any mountain.
Nov 12 2009 7:25PM
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Baskin.
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haha one time i caught an edge really bad and i blamed it on my ski brakes saying they were sticking out and caught the rail
Nov 12 2009 7:27PM
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frosted_flakes
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actually rollerblading will help A LOT, my friend started skiing last year off of rollerblades and he didnt even have a noob stage
proof is when there was that video of chris haffey (pro rollerblader) after 2 days of skiing he was doing 9's and hitting all of the rails
Nov 12 2009 7:28PM
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Aaaron.
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we have a park crew that freaking does nothing, so alot of times tons of falls happen on the bomb holes at the end of rails.

i'm talking seriously scary bomb holes.



Nov 12 2009 7:32PM
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J-Wallz
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i hate that come off switch from a rail and land blindly in a bomb hole and just eat shit pisses me off
Nov 12 2009 7:36PM
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Blurst
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ya i was going to bring up that video. It was hilarious he could barely get to the jump but could stomp nines
Nov 12 2009 7:36PM
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Aaaron.
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yeah dude.
with the amount of gape we get at my home hill, everything, i mean everything, gets torn to balls by 4:00
Nov 12 2009 8:40PM
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cultrara
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also proving that rollerblading helps with rails: my friend who skis but had never rollerbladed tried mine and did a 270 on after a couple tries

Nov 12 2009 8:48PM
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