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Happiest Moment of Skiing

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I.Love.Beezy
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Hello

Whats the happiest moment you have ever had in your skiing life? Mine was skiing a trail with about 3 feet of powder, and dropping a 10, 15 and 20 foot cliff all while listening to take a minute by K'Naan
Feb 27 2010 3:18PM
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Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
hahaha
same even if it ended in the hospital
if you saw my backflip thread then you know what i'm talking about
Feb 27 2010 8:24PM
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Alex_G
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doing a grab off a jump for the first time after blowing my acl
Feb 27 2010 8:24PM
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omnomnom
Posts: 1280 - Karma: 73
earlier this season... about the 27th of december i think.. i started skiing about three or four years ago, moved to a steamboat last year. never been very good, but last season i watch reasons with my best friend and from then on out my life has been different. i took a trip to windells. besides moving to this town, that was the other best decision of my life. i learned so much. to see the pros throwdown and to talk with them gave me the motivation to make this my best season ever. so anyways, back to the 27th... the night before that, it had snowed 17 inches... at the base. there was about 20 inches of fresh at the top with another 8-10 below it from the previous day. i decided i was going to make that day the best ever for me. i got my first face shot ever with my best friend. he then took me down my first double black ever. i felt so fucking proud of myself. I realized at that point i couldn't care less about anyone's opinion of me on the slopes. it opened my eyes to the fact that skiing is about having fun. and the second you loose track of that, its not "real skiing". from that point on, iv'e had so much fun in the park and powder just doing what i have fun doing. and thats all that matters in skiing. that was my happiest moment of skiing.
Feb 27 2010 8:44PM
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DrZoidberg
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Best was probably the one time I got to ski real fresh snow at loveland when I was younger.


First face shot ever today at hunter in NY. Was going through some trees, which is something I never get to do in NJ, and hit some bank and it just blew up and I couldn't see but it was awesome. Actually, today was a damn great day. Visibility was like < 30 feet, all the trails had bumps and I had fun. Fresh snow, music, some pow even if it was heavy. Super stoked on it all.
Feb 27 2010 8:49PM
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Obie.
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last year, when i finally could ski after my knee injury, (it was late febuary) i stayed in a condo at a local mountain with some friends, the first night we showed up it was pretty shitty conditions, only got to ski for about 2 and a half hours, we called it a night, when we woke up though it had dumped over night, and was still doin so........so much fuckin snow, it was covering the trees and everything, we woke up about 45 minutes before 1st chair. We all wanted to go skiing as fast as possible, as we hiked with our gear up the side of the mountain throught the fresh pow, (which is rare in MI.) and the huge powder flakes falling from the sky, it was heaven. We made it to the top with a greeting of an empty hill, the chairs havent even started, we made 1st tracks and it was great, powder everywhere, even in the park. If you've ever seen the cover of the ski movie "Idea", thats what i saw looking at the chairs. I had forgot how much i missed skiing. It was a great day.

Sorry for the long read......just hard to sum up such a great time

Feb 27 2010 9:06PM
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DR.SHRED
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clicking into my moments on top of a big line on a 2 foot pow day and pointing a front off a 50 foot cliff is the best feeling EVER
Feb 27 2010 9:12PM
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Jamie_Baril
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definately the first time i did a backflip.
Feb 27 2010 9:19PM
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mer-man
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hahahaha
Feb 27 2010 9:20PM
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MoarCowbell
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I love skiing in general.
Today was so great though, me and my friend found chest deep snow and had an amazing time skiing it.
Feb 27 2010 9:21PM
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skithecanada
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my first dub, i shit in happieness
Feb 27 2010 9:27PM
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kylebrazil
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first 360. or clean stomped 180 in pow
Feb 27 2010 9:31PM
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Craze
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My thoughts exactly!
Feb 27 2010 10:01PM
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Relish_man
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first frontflip i ever stomped, about a month ago; never thought id have the balls to go for it but i just said fuck it and went for it. halfway through, i was sure i was gonna die so i just stayed tucked and stomped the shit out of it. i rode away thinking i had just eaten shit and when i saw my friends in front of me i was like ''whaaaaaaat?''. best feeling ever
Feb 27 2010 10:07PM
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VT_scratch
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this!

Courtesy of Newschoolers.com

couldnt even land a 360 then got this 1st try haha I was so stoked!
Feb 27 2010 10:10PM
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dwigt
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last july i did a study abroad with some people from my school to buenos aires argentina. after two weeks there we went to the andes (bariloche specifically) to ski for a couple days. the mountain had just opened and there was basically no snow on the mountain except for the top, but it was snowing pretty hard up there. i hiked with a friend to a couple legit cliffy chutes and skied them a couple times in deep pow...just the thought brings a smile to my face
Feb 27 2010 10:13PM
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c4t_l0ver
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 4 fer me

1, first rail ( flat bar)

2, first 360 ( sooo syked)

3, first "c" rail  ( stoked on the rest of the day )

4, first back flip ( stomped it, infront of my visiting uncle and cousins)

Feb 27 2010 10:16PM
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Fischer-Addicted
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first time skiing pow. made me realize that id rather ski this stuff once a week than ski 7 days straight in park.
Feb 27 2010 10:43PM
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Scrambles
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First Lincoln attempt in pow, listening to jah jah city by capleton. Landed right on my ass, but extremly happy and stoked for some reason
Feb 27 2010 11:11PM
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StupidDeep
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Probably today worked up the balls to try a Lincoln... Didn't get it but i still tried (kinda shitty cause my knee gave away this morning putting my pants on and bruised my ass on the bed)
Feb 27 2010 11:12PM
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OhNus
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skiing side by side down a bottomless pow line with a bunch of my buddies hootin and hollerin til the pow being funneled into your mouth shuts you up
Feb 27 2010 11:18PM
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asapCferg
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every day i hit the slopes is the happiest day
Feb 27 2010 11:19PM
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Balto
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ive had so many moments that i cant even count. my best this season would have to be skiing a pillow line where every pillow was an epic face shot
Feb 27 2010 11:21PM
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Mister.F
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When I ruptures my kidney and cracked two ribs on a handrail a few weeks ago. And now I get to not ski the rest of the season!! (sorry for the sarcasm, im just bummin')
Feb 28 2010 2:16AM
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Backyard.Skier
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this is about as good as it gets
Feb 28 2010 2:32AM
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alex.bgk.
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everytime i stop in the middle of trees, or over looking the park and just think to myself, wow im glad this is my every weekend thing (if not more) cuz some people dont even know what this is about
Feb 28 2010 3:42AM
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.peter
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I try to make every day the best day but I'd have to say shredding with my boy in whistler this summer was up there. first 360 nose drag was sick too but probably the best overall was the day I 1st wore tight pants in the park
Feb 28 2010 3:48AM
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skifoo
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when i tried to do 540 tail, then it spinned to 720 STOMPED IT. first 7 ever and i was so exited, i shaked next hour :)
Feb 28 2010 7:49AM
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8088
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congrats man
Feb 28 2010 7:51AM
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I.Love.Beezy
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no doubt
Feb 28 2010 8:10AM
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Gorilla.Steeze
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naturally, mine was this one day at Alta and it was dumping really hard all night and throughout the next day; it probably snowed around 2 feet. i strapped on my Seth Vicious and went swimming in powder for 8 blissful hours. every run was fresh pow and as light and fluffy as you can find anywhere. i never wanted the day to end. days like this define why i ski.
Feb 28 2010 12:24PM
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Spacekroft
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the day i stomped my first 180 off a jump i was super pumped all day long
Feb 28 2010 12:35PM
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smuggs
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SKIING ALTA MAIN CHUTE ON MY 25th BIRTHDAY, OCT 5TH WAS PRETTY SWEET


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Feb 28 2010 12:39PM
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Ryan*
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This.

Wrecking so hard all week at camp last summer on the rails (missed a day because I destroyed my shoulder and hip on the first rail of my day 5), failing to make my summer setup work, then on Christmas, building a jump up to my rail and just trying and trying again until I finally got it...it was probably my best Christmas ever.  Check out my picture on my profile, that was from that day.
Feb 28 2010 12:39PM
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Gorilla.Steeze
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thats so awesome. baldy shoots ftw
Feb 28 2010 12:45PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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that looks crazy
Feb 28 2010 12:46PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
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First day on my new skis earlier this season, mount snow, epic tree stash
Feb 28 2010 1:43PM
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Ryan*
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That was SICK.  Props, man.
Feb 28 2010 1:54PM
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Deletedtoday
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Hope on the slopes last year at stevens pass. Constant faceshots for 36 hours straight. but in all honesty ive never had a bad day skiing just getting the chance to be up at the mountain is good enough for me
Feb 28 2010 2:15PM
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hoodratz47
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sorry man that made me laugh
Feb 28 2010 2:30PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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im so fat that i wan on a box, my pants fell down, but i afterbanged with no pants on. how many people can say that?
Feb 28 2010 2:35PM
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blavallee4
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Leaving the hill in one piece after a bangin day and people noticing and remembering u the next time.
Feb 28 2010 2:45PM
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I.Love.Beezy
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mine may have been riding up the chair with sammy and TJ at hood. then sammy farted :(
Feb 28 2010 3:08PM
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Mailbox
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Hearing that "click" when i step into my bindings.
Feb 28 2010 3:14PM
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natyy
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So I think about this all the time: We should step back and remember to soak in every minute we have at this time, because during the summer we'll be like "damn i wish it was February 28 so I could go skiing" So stop and cherish every minute you can, because before you know it, winter will be over, and we'll be wishing we could go back to this time.
Feb 28 2010 3:20PM
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Jimmy.
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First 7 and backflip I was stoked
Feb 28 2010 4:04PM
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butteredpretzel
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Oh my goodness gracious. I skied main chute like 4 weeks ago but it wasnt NEARLY as good. How did you get up to the main chute before EVERYONE. Are you a Alta Local or Patrol? Like holy fuck it woudl be my dream to ski main chute or little chute fresh pow.
Feb 28 2010 4:26PM
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Moonshine
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landed my first 7 a couple weeks ago. age 15. i was so stoked
Feb 28 2010 4:30PM
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Ethan.G
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yesterday was the funnest day of skiing I have ever had. ski bc pow in the morning, then built a little kicker in the bc in the afternoon, the weather was perfect and slightly warm and and then sesh'd it until the hill closed. went night skiing after and just lapped the park, landing a few new tricks so I was stoked!
Feb 28 2010 6:53PM
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smuggs
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buttered,

that was from OCTOBER 5th, alta didnt open until like nov 26th. thats how i beat everyone up there. glad you got to ski on baldy, pretty dope mountain!
Feb 28 2010 7:08PM
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Jnossiff
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my first cork 7. probably 2 weeks ago.
Feb 28 2010 7:23PM
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