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Do i need to NOT ski eldora to progress?

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skiporvida
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first year skiing after riding for a solid 10+ years in my native oregon. firgured this is much more like BMX (AM sponsorship) than snowboarding so here i am. i ride concrete parks and street every day in the summer but lack direction on skis in the park.

i bought a student pass for eldora and have been up ~10 times this season, progressing at a decent rate but have NO ONE to ski with that's interested in something other than greens and telemark. i'm still super stoked on skiing but feel my progression is halted because i have no one to push me or to feed off of.

i have a four-pack for copper and live near denver, anyone down to shred either places?

Jan 31 2011 11:31AM
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ThaLorax
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go to ruby park
Jan 31 2011 12:43PM
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ThaLorax
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*ruby hill
Jan 31 2011 12:43PM
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skiporvida
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oh. well, that was easy.

Jan 31 2011 1:16PM
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DADDYlongLEGS
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ya that shit is awesome
Feb 10 2011 6:09PM
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skiporvida
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i'll be at ruby hill tuesday morning, anyone else going to be there?
Feb 14 2011 1:43PM
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messplay
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i ski eldora on the weekends.
Feb 15 2011 4:05PM
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49566738265
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If you want to progress in park, you probably want to hit up Summit County and brave the lines.
Feb 15 2011 9:35PM
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skiporvida
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i'm there on saturdays, sometimes sundays...

you gonna to be up this weekend?
Feb 15 2011 10:10PM
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kn0xville1g
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a friend is coming to visit and she doesnt ski nearly a fraction of what i do but next weekend i will and maybe sometime during the week but forsure next Fri and one of the weekend days
Feb 16 2011 12:02AM
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kn0xville1g
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oops that was nooooot me haha my bAD
Feb 16 2011 12:02AM
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skiporvida
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i won't be up this weekend but will be there the weekend after...
Feb 16 2011 11:57AM
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messplay
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plans changed i will be going tomorrrrrrrow
Feb 18 2011 4:03PM
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egg.
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going tomorrow
Feb 20 2011 10:11PM
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skiporvida
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i will be up saturday, possibly sunday.
Feb 21 2011 8:29AM
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berkelba
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If you are in Boulder, you should check this deal out. Ski for free at eldora any day except Saturdays when you present your season pass from another resort. They finally have some jumps this year too, though they are small (15 and 25 ish), its a good time as long as its not too cold/windy.

http://www.eldora.com/promo.html
Feb 21 2011 12:51PM
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skiporvida
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yeah dude, just saw that...

http://www.9news.com/news/article/182611/188/Eldora-ski-area-woos-customers-with-free-day

Feb 21 2011 3:37PM
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Dan-Man
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fuck relying on others.

if you want it, sack up and get good.  yea it's hard. yea you have to ski everyday, and stay up to date on the scene if you want your tricks to not look like garbage.

sorry for the hate. it just really pisses me off when i hear "i can't progress cuz i don't have any friends that ride".   I've spent nearly my whole life riding the shittiest hillz in colorado, and rarely have had anyone to push me, other than when i was a kid.  so fuck it.  skiing is a individual sport.  make it your own make it your bitch.
Feb 21 2011 9:17PM
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egg.
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did this pass thing today. parks fun to mess around jumps are kinda sketch with flat landings but 3's were alright on them
Feb 21 2011 10:54PM
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skiporvida
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no dude, no hate at all.

here's a litte background: i ride bmx and am used to rails/parks/boxes/etc. so skiing was a natural transition for me, being in a forward-stance and airing/grinding/sliding. i ride alone and ski alone, sometimes it bums me out that i don't have peeps to sesh with. i have progressed and am super dedicated, i guess this thread was more of a cry for help to find dudes to shralp with. lol.

Feb 22 2011 8:27AM
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ThaLorax
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i understand where you're coming from but it's so much better to have someone around who's better than you. not only does it make you naturally push yourself to progress more but they can give you pointers on how to progress too that you might not have been able to figure out by yourself.
Feb 23 2011 1:26AM
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skiporvida
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believe it or not... i've actually progressed this season! made it up about ~15 times, weekends only and worked first on just skiing to get down the GD mountain then moved into paying attention to style, carving, speed, etc. no ski buddies, just worked with what i know from snowboarding and riding bmx.

i can lap the park, air the hits, do basic boxes and rails, 360, 180 and ski switch decent.

here's to an awesome first season, plus 3 more weekends of spring skiing!

'til next year....
Mar 29 2011 4:16PM
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skiporvida
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oh and where are the nollies/nose pops in skiing? in the bmx scene it's ALL about fucking nollie-ing into grinds, tranny, stairs, etc. i've been applying my bmx nollie steez to nose pop-lips on boxes, BEST.TRICK.EVER.
Mar 29 2011 4:18PM
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ThaLorax
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nice man, good to see you're progressing on the solo
Apr 4 2011 5:28AM
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skiporvida
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two weekends left in the season!
Apr 4 2011 7:47AM
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blackoutbill
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Damn we shoulda gone skiing some. I rode quite a few days at eldora this year and it would have been nice to ski with someone new
Apr 12 2011 12:19PM
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Sklar
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kind of sad, i didn't get up to eldora once this year, not even when it was free

i think im going to race alpine for eldora next winter though
Apr 12 2011 8:19PM
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skiporvida
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yeah dude, for sure... i'll keep you in mind for next season, we can sesh as often as you're up there.
Apr 13 2011 8:19AM
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skiporvida
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well, lets do it up for 11/12! keep in touch and we'll go shred.
Apr 13 2011 8:20AM
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skiporvida
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opening day bump
Nov 18 2011 4:17PM
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egg.
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did/ do they have anything set up?
Nov 21 2011 11:50PM
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skiporvida
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they had a kinked down rail, a down box hiding on the other side of a cheese wedge that I blasted over and a flat box. all set up at the top of international.
Nov 24 2011 10:56AM
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skiporvida
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(i was there on saturday)
Nov 24 2011 10:57AM
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