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Future of ski lifts

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jibjunkie
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well not really but it allows you to ski anywhere there is snow and dont have a sled:

http://www.dailybulletin.ca/article/20101020/KIMBERLEY0101/310209978/-1/kimberley/a-new-way-of-skiing-in-kimberley
Oct 21 2010 11:12PM
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Ducky.
Posts: 5811 - Karma: 1,420
Uh huh
Oct 21 2010 11:15PM
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mezzy
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looks.... uh..... interesting. yah
Oct 21 2010 11:15PM
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Sklar
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R-R-R-REPOST
Oct 21 2010 11:15PM
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.Midwest
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Dude, were gonna hit some sick pow this week! Bring your sled! Hell no, I'm bringing my motorized pusher thing!
Oct 21 2010 11:21PM
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Scott0_robot0
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teleportation would be much better.
Oct 21 2010 11:21PM
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T.DUDE
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fuckin stupid
Oct 21 2010 11:24PM
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Malcolm
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i can just imagine so many gapers dieing on those
Oct 21 2010 11:24PM
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altadonkeys
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you can literally ski UPHILL with these
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Oct 21 2010 11:33PM
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skituner
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as goofy as it looks it could be real legit, im hoping it will be around 3-4 grand which would be sick if it would work in the bc
Oct 21 2010 11:44PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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winnerwinnerwinner
Oct 21 2010 11:45PM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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nice
Oct 21 2010 11:50PM
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onlyskisline
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A sled can be 3-4 grand and i guarantee that will just dig a hole and go nowhere in pow
Oct 22 2010 12:00AM
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PaleCelery
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If it went 60 mph I would consider it
Oct 22 2010 2:51AM
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Schlop
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I don't want that shit trailing me when I go downhill, what would you do with it when you get to the top?

Oct 22 2010 3:07AM
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PaleCelery
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leave it there, then buy a new one to go back up and get it
Oct 22 2010 3:11AM
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jimmer
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the future of ski lifts hahahahaha and the alternative to sleds hahahahaha i don't think anyone got the hilarity of this post i almost shat
Oct 22 2010 3:20AM
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bakedpow
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ARE YOU CEARAL RIGHT KNOW!!!!!!
Oct 22 2010 5:02AM
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Abc567def
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the only potential i can see for that is cross country tours. besides that it is a pointless "wale" following behind you
Oct 22 2010 5:11AM
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theWIZARD
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that was weird
Oct 22 2010 8:21AM
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ContaminatedBeef
Posts: 536 - Karma: 66
Touring bindings and skins.


Also, what happens to the motorized pusher thing when you get to the top? you have to ski down with it? Fuck that shit.
Oct 22 2010 9:11AM
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cooper.fry
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Not at all.
Oct 22 2010 9:32AM
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freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,057
so.. it brings you up the mountain.. how does it get down to bring you up again? snowmobile is much better option..
Oct 22 2010 9:38AM
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Mr.Huck
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Not sure if this photo will post.

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Anyway, that has to be about the dumbest thing I have ever seen.  So let's say you do make it up the hill without falling down and having the treads chew you up.  Then what do you do with it?  You would have to load them in a huge snow cat and bring them back to the bottom so someone could use it again.  ... Or are they expecting you to ski down with that thing on your back? 
Oct 22 2010 9:39AM
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123+ski
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this
i would love to see someone try to do moguls with that, or go anywhere near the park.

also environmentally friendly? wtf? having a gas powered thing on your back is not more environmentally friendly. unless hes saying that it pollutes less than a chairlift, but at my home mountain everything is either electric, biodiesel or ethanol, which are all relatively clean
Oct 22 2010 9:42AM
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Brenone
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What a giant waste of time and money.
Oct 22 2010 10:32AM
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garrettwiz
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did they have enough question marks in that article or was it just me?
Oct 22 2010 10:38AM
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DockEllis
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I was thinking the same thing, wtf was up with that?
Oct 22 2010 11:28AM
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Rudy.
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that would be such a pain in your asshole. it would be annoying to go up, and, as stated previously, what the fuck do you do with it at the top? that would destroy skiing with that thing sticking out of your butthole. I would still like to try one, i'm just saying that it's purpose is not good, and how will it "teach skiing on the prairies"?
Oct 22 2010 12:10PM
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willy_baller
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seriously, they will catch their edge pizza-ing and get ran over and torn up by the tracks
Oct 22 2010 1:53PM
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UFOsarereal
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Oct 22 2010 4:53PM
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KennyC
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way to repeat whats already been said a couple times.
Oct 22 2010 6:09PM
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AJizzle
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fuck me. Thread title =super epic fail
Oct 22 2010 7:11PM
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