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Skiing is perfection.

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Keenbo
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As I was sitting in the library today studying for one of my last finales of my college career the thought of skiing popped into my head like it does everyday. You know, men think about sex every 5-7 seconds a day if it is intentional or not. I however think about skiing ever 1-3 seconds. So basically every second of everyday of every year. Anyways, I was thinking how lucky I am to know what the feeling of perfection is. Perfection is the only word I could come up with. A quote that has kept running through my mind through the past 2 1/2 years was a quote my Mr. Shane McConkey: "You put on your boots, click into your binding, dust the snow off your skis, and head out for the chair, and it doesn't matter that you failed a test, didn't get the girl, or that your life on on a one way trip down the shitter, your world is right for the next couple of hour". Skiing no matter how frustrated one gets when one dose not land a trick or how hard you afterbang after finally landing that one trick is all perfection. Every damn minute of it. Enjoy every day you have and make sure to know how lucky YOU are to know the feeling of perfection.

Thats what goes through my mind.
Mar 17 2010 4:48AM
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Freeskim@n
Posts: 732 - Karma: 203
word
Mar 17 2010 7:38AM
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Dmac2727
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that's deep man
Mar 17 2010 7:46AM
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MattWeiss
Posts: 1005 - Karma: 377
exactly why I love it
Mar 17 2010 8:24AM
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feihlination
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positive vibes are positive
Mar 17 2010 9:05AM
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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
well said
Mar 17 2010 9:14AM
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asapCferg
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That made me want to go skiing
Mar 17 2010 9:19AM
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apcaipse
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Quality thread.
Mar 17 2010 9:19AM
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Brenone
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werd.

Mar 17 2010 9:37AM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
i'm liking the vibes in this thread,
but i've seen that same quote with multiple names behind it
who really said it?
Mar 17 2010 9:49AM
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Ski_The_East10
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Thats all you need to say..awesome quote
Mar 17 2010 9:52AM
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zylstra
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fuck yeah
Mar 17 2010 11:29AM
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Spinoza
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its true.
heres the idea:
travel down a mountain at high speeds on two pieces of plastic or wood or w.e with nothing but a helmet and your own skills to prevent yourself from injury and death seems like a rediculous concept.  and yet we all do it as easily as walking.

skiing is life!
Mar 17 2010 11:42AM
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Leveroni
Posts: 367 - Karma: 11
Yesterday  as i was sitting on the chairlift i looked down at my skis and i thought to myself how amazing it is that skiing has become such a second nature to us. Whether your throwing dub cork 10's or just gettin down 5's were all killing it in our own minds and I think we can all agree that the feeling of those two planks of wood strapped to our feet beats anything. Its a sense of freedom.
Mar 17 2010 12:02PM
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Shaky_Jake
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When I first got into skiing I used to watch ski videos all day everyday and it hit me, skiing is an expression of the soul. If you watch someone skiing who truly loves to ski, you can tell that to them it is not just skiing. It is something much more. Like how painters express themselves through their artwork, skiers put the art into motion.  So I promised myself that every time I go skiing to love every minute of it and to put all the heart and soul I can fathom into it. And so far skiing is the best thing in life.
Mar 17 2010 12:10PM
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annex_
Posts: 1659 - Karma: 1,499
Woke up in a shitty mood this morning. Went on NS and saw this....you made my day. I just want to go ski now.
Thank you.
Mar 17 2010 12:21PM
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rickety_cricket
Posts: 909 - Karma: 34
So deep but so  true.
Mar 17 2010 12:47PM
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Zent33zy
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i heartz skiing
Mar 17 2010 1:18PM
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Dr.Dickless
Posts: 2620 - Karma: 1,392
Perfection is the pursuit of flaws
Nov 3 2011 6:10PM
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fujarome
Posts: 8630 - Karma: 1,561
it's a generic sports quote. You just change around the words slightly to apply to whatever sport you want, and it works. So i don't think you can really attribute it to any individual.

Good quote though.
Nov 3 2011 6:12PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
Posts: 958 - Karma: 33
easier than walking even!
Nov 3 2011 6:14PM
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huge-go
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 33
I think this pretty much every single day. Skiing is overwhelming every single other thought in my brain, literally every waking second of every day. It's making my first semester of engineering suck even more than it already would have. I have a feeling the beginning of the season will bring really, REALLY strong urges to leave school behind for a while and go skiing again.
Nov 3 2011 6:16PM
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Free_Haven
Posts: 185 - Karma: 12
Damn, really lifts my mood and want to go skiing. I always take skiing fro grantd but trully just got to enjoy it and let everything go. I could use a nice ride right now.
Nov 3 2011 7:54PM
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Funnel
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Real talk. I can't imagine how often having sex while skiing crosses my mind each day.
Nov 3 2011 7:59PM
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PANDA_SWAGGA
Posts: 490 - Karma: 16
wow man i dont think anybody couldve said that any better. u hit the damn nail on the head that is exactly how i feel about skiing and i kinda feel jealous for the people who dont know what a face shot feels like or stomping that rail or trick, or just shredding around the mountain with your bros. There is honestly nothing in life that can be compared to that. its simple and its perfect. good vibes.
Nov 3 2011 8:00PM
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Deezy
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rolling out slowly across the top flats of the mountain is such a wonderful feeling. then just before you slide onto the pitch and link up those turns, float down the pow or stomp that trick, stop! you are the 1%
Nov 3 2011 8:02PM
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J.M
Posts: 2854 - Karma: 254
mhmm
Nov 3 2011 8:08PM
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e.wait
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so true. whether i'll be shredding the park or carving on groomers, i don't ever plan on quitting skiing. when shit hits the fan, go skiing.
Nov 3 2011 8:12PM
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BILL.COSBY
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<3
Nov 3 2011 8:12PM
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Caspaaa
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OP used "Deep Speech". Preseason stoke has been revived!
Nov 3 2011 8:28PM
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FerrisBueller
Posts: 8280 - Karma: 5,173
20 days motherfuckers till my mountian opens


im so stoked, sorry for using foul language, i just love all you guys and i love skiing

this thread honestly just cured my mini depression, thanks ns, i fucking love you.
Nov 3 2011 8:58PM
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Algebra
Posts: 5215 - Karma: 1,677
yup last weekend at mount snow i couldnt help but be happy
Nov 3 2011 9:00PM
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ironic
Posts: 735 - Karma: 104
Let's go skiing, I think it's about time, don't you?
Nov 3 2011 9:02PM
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Jib-Ninja
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It just hit me...ill be skiing very soon! Cheesing real big like right now :)
Nov 3 2011 10:24PM
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Banane.
Posts: 3102 - Karma: 414
Word. Can i have snow now :(
Nov 3 2011 10:34PM
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UFOsarereal
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thanks to whoever bumped this shit, OP put it correctly for sure.
Nov 3 2011 10:38PM
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chicken
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wait....men think about sex every 7 seconds?



Nov 3 2011 10:42PM
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POWDER.RANGER
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skiing was, is and will always be my first love. forever. and. always.

Nov 3 2011 10:44PM
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gigi.d
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<3 Work? I can never do hearts! Fuuu.

I feel the exact way. I have been skiing this season and I am having a conversation on facebook with a girl. She says it wouldn't be work going skiing because the moguls aren't nice and she doesn't like "flat crap". I had to object to her ignorant words with this statement:

What about deep pow? The steeps? groomers? Poor, crowded early season conditions? Poor spring conditions? Park? Trees? It's all skiing. Doesn't matter what kind it is, it's all fun to me!

Skiing is like nothing else. I feel like don't understand the influence skiing creates on us, skiers. It is a feeling like no other. Indescribable. Whenever something bad happens, you can go skiing and you forget about it. I agree with the OP, it feels as perfect as something can ever get. I love it.

Nov 3 2011 10:57PM
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