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30 seconds to ski.

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Squidles
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With a lot of great skier's passing away recently, I got thinking that how much longer we get to ski could easily be cut short through unforseen circumstances.
So my question to you is if you had the chance, for 30 seconds, to do anything skiing related before you could never ski again, what would it be?

Mine would be to get the best turns I've ever had in 4 foot+ pow, bluebid day, through trees with some mates.
Jun 14 2010 1:50PM
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TheNamesHolland
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drop a cornice into and open bowl for 4 foot powder. hit a couple of cliffs...then into the tree line to enjoy the solitude.
Jun 15 2010 8:25PM
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Holte
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I'd try to cross off the top entry on my hit list: a 100 foot cliff into some steep deep pow. Maybe make it a doubles line with my brother. After that, just cruise through the trees getting faceshots and slashing at pillows.
Jun 15 2010 8:35PM
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popNfresh44
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haines AK
Jun 15 2010 8:51PM
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joshua
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Possibly a Chad's Gap or Pyramid attempt?
Jun 15 2010 8:53PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
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Bong rip off a massive jump
Jun 15 2010 8:54PM
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Guck
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you would rather hit a summer setup than actually ski?
Jun 15 2010 9:04PM
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jimmer
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♥ jea ♥


as for me, i'd like to take a pow run at my home mountain of dodge ridge with all my friends that i've skied with growing up. there's one cliff that we'd marvel at when we were kids called "the face," which is probably only about 35 feet. i've hit bigger, but never got to hit face cause the conditions were never right once i had the balls to do so. my last run, i'd shred down face with all my friends. we'd go off it one after the other, and i'd go last, stomp a backflip, give my friends high fives, and ski off to my death.

Jun 15 2010 9:14PM
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dompuch
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holy fuck i would hit that^


Also chads gap. option 2
Jun 15 2010 9:18PM
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natty.
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a nice long pillow line. or a perfectly built jump line. or a perfectly built line of backcountry booters. or just some nice turns in some fluffy deep pow.
Jun 15 2010 9:29PM
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oreopancake.
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I would throw the most ridiculous trick off a decent sized booter just so I know how it feels.
Jun 15 2010 9:32PM
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Tripplesixty
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36in powder, 45 degree slope, 2500 feet of 15-20" spaced trees.... straight to the lodge to grab a pint
Jun 16 2010 5:47AM
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Bukkakeskitrip
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mm nah i know you werent. i was just saying, these are all hypothetical, so i was just saying what i would want to do. but yeah, maybe thinking the first dub i try is gonna be a success is a bit silly. ill just straight air it then, but its a 500 ft jump. so im in the air for a solid 25 seconds. then the last 5 seconds ill ride away into the sunset. easy
Jun 16 2010 6:14AM
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superGAY
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i would spend my last 30 seconds of skiing when im skiing down on a mountain, having good seth morrison pro models with the good boots you can get. probably a freestyle kind of boot fitted to me well. but i would use nice poles so i could get a good push, I HATE UNCOMFORTABLE GRIPS. then id ski the slope in good snow powder. without tracks made from other skiers who were on there snow before me. i could catch air by going off of a big cliff drop but only with a soft landing, im not the type of guy who would just drop a cliff and land on hard snow. nope not for me. anyway, then id go to the bottom of the run, making such fun turns!!! such a great time. my friends would have fun with me, it would be so cool, they would be doing the same thing as me! but when we were done i would be so sad because of it being my last time skiing with them or by myself, hell it would be my last time ever!
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Jun 16 2010 6:20AM
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G3ns
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this
Jun 16 2010 1:58PM
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joly.sp
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3 drop a big cliff into pow that I could rip until its over
Jun 16 2010 2:10PM
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A_Zuck
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if i knew that it was my last 30 seconds i would sit down and cry... and masturbate in public... always wondered what that would be like
Jun 16 2010 2:26PM
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reverendwrong
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chads
Jun 16 2010 2:42PM
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pelle_munch
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too bad i had you at 10. well said.
Jun 16 2010 3:02PM
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