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Anybody else have weird habits while skiing?

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.jesus.
Posts: 2288 - Karma: 22
i always take a lap through the park before i hit anything just to see whats up. do you guys have any habits skiing?
Dec 28 2009 11:43PM
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D_War
Posts: 266 - Karma: 34
i also use a lot of spanish when im skiing for some reason.... i think it started when i used to yell to people, from the lift, in spanish
Jan 8 2010 12:59PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14486 - Karma: 10,635
When I'm going into a jump, I squeeze/move my fingers to get them into the tips of my gloves.  Only on jumps though, and every time.
Jan 8 2010 1:29PM
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dales
Posts: 63 - Karma: 17
this!
Jan 8 2010 1:32PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
right before i start picking up a good amount of speed for a jump i do a little practice pop off my tails
Jan 8 2010 1:53PM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
I always put my right boot/ski on first, I adjust my helmet before hitting anything, and I always seem to yell "no!" or "oh no!" if I think I'm going to fall.
Jan 8 2010 4:16PM
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.catierob
Posts: 670 - Karma: 15

pop my hips in and out while waiting

sounds like cracking knuckles but really loud.

freaks people out, but i really dont notice when i do it.

Jan 8 2010 6:02PM
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.Asain-Skiier
Posts: 3708 - Karma: 977
I have a stanky hand.
Jan 8 2010 6:04PM
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bigolrig
Posts: 572 - Karma: 14
I usually face a blunt or 3 to myself every lift ride up
Jan 8 2010 6:46PM
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*Bird
Posts: 1895 - Karma: 316
A new thing this year is taking a early snack break. after that i feel so much confident hitting stuff.
Jan 8 2010 6:54PM
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Davy.Crockett
Posts: 5373 - Karma: 324
haha i always do this and sometimes people give me looks
Jan 8 2010 7:21PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
As my pictures show, I stick my tongue out when I jump. Fortunately I still have all the pieces of my tongue now, but I daresay this could be a very bad habit.
Jan 8 2010 7:22PM
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Barf.
Posts: 1188 - Karma: 123
Whenever I beef a rail or fall terribly i make very weird high pitched noises...
Jan 8 2010 7:32PM
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Joshua.
Posts: 2957 - Karma: 6,230
i fix my pole straps all the time
Jan 8 2010 7:39PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
i used to always think that calling last run was bad juju
but my brother calls it every time, just to spite me, and always lands a super clean line.

i called it last time i skied and landed my first k-fed.

Jan 8 2010 7:48PM
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Charles.
Posts: 936 - Karma: 1,185
haha i sing biggie lyrics like that all the time in that "very high class factual voice". Sometimes you have to change it a little to sound more proper too.

already mentioned but i speed check rails too much then have to push with my poles. and make weird noises to myself when i do something really sketchy
Jan 8 2010 8:23PM
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GILLSKI
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 361
i sing and talk to while im going fast
Jan 8 2010 8:30PM
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bmcrook
Posts: 40 - Karma: 9
YES, i do that too
Jan 8 2010 9:17PM
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rhyses-pieces
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
vefore i get off the lift i adjust my helmet and goggs also on the hill i will freestyle or rap parts of songs and make random cuss chains
Jan 9 2010 10:39AM
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-ROY-
Posts: 3633 - Karma: 1,503
if im not skiing in the park i cant listen to rap..
Jan 9 2010 10:46AM
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FattyPLankers
Posts: 68 - Karma: 12

Concentrate on a different feature, if I wipe out bad.

Jan 9 2010 10:47AM
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PeeDuBzz
Posts: 1010 - Karma: 134
i always pull my pants up before each hit and after i land i always kinda spin and look back at it or spin away from looking at it if i land switch
Jan 9 2010 11:35AM
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teleak
Posts: 2251 - Karma: 105
sometimes a let out high pitched screams when im about to fall or if i loose my balance
Jan 9 2010 1:15PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
i do that too haha.
Jan 9 2010 2:12PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
I Poke smot Whilst skiing on das chairlift
Jan 9 2010 2:12PM
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Sheldon
Posts: 351 - Karma: 61
Bump the tops of my poles together in my hands.
Jan 9 2010 4:01PM
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iBake
Posts: 850 - Karma: 18
i have a couple that i almost always do
pick up my pants before anything i do or re adjust my sag
fix my goggles/make sure that i dont have a huge goggle gap as i get off the chairlift or after i fall
scream and curse when i fall
and i always yell and sing when im crusing down the mountain alone
Jan 9 2010 7:44PM
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superpoluha
Posts: 1986 - Karma: 10
chirp like a bird
say "facka you whale!!" in a japaneese accent on the lift at skiers below me
ejaculate in the woods

Jan 9 2010 7:55PM
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.jesus.
Posts: 2288 - Karma: 22
i noticed a new one this weekend. before i hit anything new that im not sure about i lick the inside of my cheeks then flick my tongue out like a gecko
Jan 25 2010 7:30PM
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jweschow
Posts: 227 - Karma: 11
sometimes when i straight air big jumps i scream like a little girl
Jan 25 2010 7:40PM
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jweschow
Posts: 227 - Karma: 11
sometimes when i straight air big jumps i scream like a little girl
Jan 25 2010 7:40PM
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captainEMERICA
Posts: 1386 - Karma: 122
I re-buckle my boots after the 2nd or 3rd run
Jan 25 2010 7:52PM
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Boo.
Posts: 692 - Karma: 417
sometimes i mimick what im going to do on a rail before i hit the rail from a standstill when im waiting to drop in.
Jan 25 2010 9:15PM
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_steffen_
Posts: 903 - Karma: 124
damn i have so many ummm when im putting my skis on if its at my home hill right ski first then stepover the left and put that one in if its elsewhere its the other way around (no idea how that started) and for run in to rails its tap tap, pants up, poleclick, speedcheck, speedcheck,,pole click, poleplant. for jumps its more speed then i need, scrub, carve carve and always come in from the rightside of the jumpline very important.
Jan 25 2010 9:18PM
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Backyard.Skier
Posts: 5397 - Karma: 1,497
same here it always happens when i say that
Jan 25 2010 9:19PM
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mseward
Posts: 1041 - Karma: 1,243
i scream everytime i fail at trying something
Jan 25 2010 9:20PM
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bustinthejus
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 74
Hmm... I was watching some videos of my hitting a box the other day and I noticed I stick my index fingers out like I'm pointing at the ground before I hit the box. I also always try to hit things last after all my friends have hit it. If not last, definitely never first.
Jan 25 2010 9:29PM
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207
Posts: 8969 - Karma: 3,846
right as i'm about to get off of the lift I twirl my poles around in my hands.
Jan 25 2010 9:30PM
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Bill2337
Posts: 131 - Karma: 10
I pull my pants up before hitting a jump and before I go into the jump when its my turn I clap my skis on the ground 2 or 3 times and hit the bottoms of my poles together. Also if I go off of any big jump or in a really fast tree run or any run that seems like it could be dangerous even though I know I will most likely get through with out falling I yell SHIT many times lol
Jan 25 2010 9:35PM
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Sean*Miller
Posts: 244 - Karma: 46
i yell shit in the air even when im in controll
Jan 25 2010 9:54PM
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LAME.
Posts: 5795 - Karma: 2,449
when ever im riding into a jump, not so much rails i stop singing to myself and close my mouth because i am scared to fuck of biting off my tongue when falling.
Jan 25 2010 10:21PM
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Jamestown
Posts: 4002 - Karma: 51
I do that too.

At Beaver Creek they had an up box gap to down rail. I would have had no idea if I hadn't taken a scope out lap, it was impossible to see the down rail.
Jan 25 2010 10:39PM
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butter161
Posts: 111 - Karma: 12
i pu tmy equipment on right to left and i dont talk to people before i hit a feature once ive chosen a feature to hit
Jan 25 2010 10:44PM
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kthnxbai.
Posts: 2847 - Karma: 179
always have to have a good song on, i tend to bob up and down dancing quite often, or at least bump my head to the beat, tend to yell things in the air regardless of whether or not its good or bad.  also usually straight air all the jumps two runs then start throwin shit.
Jan 25 2010 10:53PM
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swagburg
Posts: 798 - Karma: 4,706
my jackets got to be zipped up all the way b4 i hit a jump
Jan 25 2010 11:03PM
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skithemidwest
Posts: 240 - Karma: -3
aw man that's so rawsome
Jan 25 2010 11:30PM
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B-VUR
Posts: 1237 - Karma: 167
Left ski first!
Jan 25 2010 11:32PM
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itsssyourboy
Posts: 255 - Karma: 10
i do this. always scared im gonna bite that shit clean off.
Jan 25 2010 11:36PM
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c4t_l0ver
Posts: 5485 - Karma: 810
i sing the song i am listening to VERY loudly, and everyone looks, in the park and under the chair, and in line, i have to clap my skis on the ground to get all the snow off, and scrape the snow off my skis wiht my poles, while on the chair.
Jan 26 2010 12:12AM
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annex_
Posts: 1659 - Karma: 1,499
^this
tap my helmet.
change/restart song
do a little hop as i'm droppin in
Jan 26 2010 12:19AM
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J-Dunn
Posts: 1113 - Karma: 1,846
I am always rubbin my hands together and blowing in them even when im not cold. I do it in the summer just thinking bout skiing. Its what i do when i get excited. And I always but the same ski on the same fooot. Never call last run. Listen to the same song if I i skied good listening to it untill i do bad with it. I concentrate a lot too! Could try to find out what im doing wrong by sittin and thinkin for hourrs.
Jan 26 2010 4:29AM
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