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How many of you have found "the" epic pow day....just to drown in snow?

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factory81
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Let me elaborate here........

So I am in Utah this year again right, and I am at Brighton.....nice dumpin day. 16+ inches or so reported. Whatever......

insane rockered pow skis? check
backpack full of everything essential? check
ability to breathe? negatory
snorkel? negatory




I want to ski waist deep pow and I get to yea yea, but I've never had snow drown my face before, and you can't just cover your mouth per say because things can fog up too easily. So Im going down and Im like fuckin drowning in powder. Like God please give me air instead of snow in my mouth.......


What do you guys do in these situations? When you are blasting down runs getting drowned in snow.........

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Feb 8 2011 4:58PM
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Brenone
Posts: 4944 - Karma: 296
Unfortunately I have never been in a drown by powder situation yet. Powder but not chest deep pow. But that line made me lol.
Feb 8 2011 5:01PM
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Mr.Turtle
Posts: 3690 - Karma: 96
drowning in powder sounds like the best possible death
Feb 8 2011 5:03PM
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mackcamp
Posts: 1207 - Karma: 263
Don't complain about not breathing, instead focus on the pow in front of you.
Feb 8 2011 5:08PM
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jeremy.g
Posts: 4931 - Karma: 459
my friend's dad said he has actually skied pow with a snorkel before.
Feb 8 2011 5:15PM
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Shenanigans
Posts: 868 - Karma: 455
Yeah I know what you mean, sometimes i'm up to my shins in powder and I just feel really claustrophobic
Feb 8 2011 5:18PM
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gabe.
Posts: 1891 - Karma: 47
east coast reppin
Feb 8 2011 6:07PM
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1337
Posts: 31054 - Karma: 29,231
this has totally happened to me 0 times before.
Feb 8 2011 6:08PM
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Will.T
Posts: 3453 - Karma: 1,281

2 days ago, Im going at Sutton,QC for the fist time and I skied the most epic powpow day of my life at the moment!

Seriously, Im going at a backcountry spot in the mountain, a double diamond with some of my friends who are very good and  i don't have some powder skis..

This day was so sick, get to much pow, ive fail and during 40 min I can't pull me out of the pow beacause ive get it at my shoulder!!

After 40 min a guy see me and help me to get out of the pow and after I lost a ski in the pow during 15 min..

BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!

Feb 8 2011 6:19PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
thts neat
Feb 8 2011 6:23PM
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pow_pow2
Posts: 161 - Karma: 19
HAHA!!! What the fuck!  Are you kidding me!  You should be glad you had the opportunity to drown in it!  Had a blower day yesterday at Moonlight Basin!  BoooM!  Nothing beats chest-deep!  Cutting worm tunnels!  HA!!
Feb 8 2011 6:24PM
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GGreene
Posts: 993 - Karma: 42
embrace it because it is one of the best feelings in the world
Feb 8 2011 6:29PM
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skiskate
Posts: 787 - Karma: 823
Get an avalung? You could just breath the entire run through that I would assume.
Feb 8 2011 6:31PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Get full tilts.
Feb 8 2011 6:37PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
Stop turning and straightline.
Feb 8 2011 6:40PM
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shredstar
Posts: 232 - Karma: 16

This!

Feb 8 2011 6:55PM
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DADDYlongLEGS
Posts: 1574 - Karma: 48
Poor guy
Feb 8 2011 6:58PM
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nickyp
Posts: 5673 - Karma: 215
One time, the snow came up to the bottom of my boot
Feb 8 2011 7:01PM
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Z-Juice
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jeez man your life sounds like it sucks +vibes
Feb 8 2011 7:04PM
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eheath
Posts: 61601 - Karma: 123,027
Close your mouth and ski, simple. Wait til you ski 30-40 inches of snow, then you have to use your hand as a shield below your face so you can ski down. 16 inches is hardly snorkel worthy.
Feb 8 2011 7:22PM
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MB_208
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just get a bandanna and send it .drowning in pow is the sign of a damn good day 
Feb 8 2011 7:24PM
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Bundo
Posts: 2197 - Karma: 49
buy a buff.
Feb 8 2011 7:27PM
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ShredTheGnarnia
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maybe you just stick to ice then, holmes
Feb 8 2011 7:47PM
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TBarnes
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sounds like an epic day to me! hold your breath and enjoy!
Feb 8 2011 7:49PM
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SkiThe603
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I would rather drown in Pow than die on ice soooooo
Feb 8 2011 7:51PM
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dirtylion27
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Breath quickly at the apex of your turn like when you finish and start to initiate your next turn, at this time you are usually shifting your body weight and will be a bit in the air before you sink back into the snow again. It works pretty well once you get the timing figured out, but hey, your not only getting face shots your get drowned, enjoy it, this is why we ski.
Feb 8 2011 7:58PM
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jibco
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hahaha yes, I experienced the same "problem" in Jackson Hole. I would literally inhale and choke on powder. And it did not suck.
Feb 8 2011 9:10PM
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gnarles.
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you know its a good pow day when...
Feb 8 2011 9:14PM
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8088
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so im shredding on the east coast, we get s fresh 6 inches, im stoked hit up some woods and can breath fine because there is only 6 inches of fresh snow and its heavy and wet
Feb 8 2011 9:19PM
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ectreeskier11
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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/content/viewvideo/id/406266/
get an avalung.
Feb 8 2011 9:30PM
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trettzilla
Posts: 931 - Karma: 29
i wish the east coast got enough snow so i could drown in it.
Feb 8 2011 9:35PM
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thisisastickup
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I had this problem at alta today, but it was only present for maybe 10-15 turns through the day, fucking stupid broken alarm clock...

but yeah, just don't be such a fucking pussy and slay that shit, real skiers don't need air

Feb 8 2011 9:35PM
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steep
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you get 16+ inches in a storm? wow! I get 16 inches a season!
Feb 8 2011 9:39PM
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WVskiing
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fatter skis and full tilts
Feb 8 2011 9:47PM
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Chompo.
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Yeah my uncle called me complaining about the same problem. He lives in vail and i live in detroit.
Feb 8 2011 10:09PM
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AbeFroman
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yeah i skies vail over the weekend there was a ton of snow i got some good face shots
Feb 8 2011 10:12PM
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Pinguu
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?

And from what I've heard before you have to practice breathing between turns.
Feb 8 2011 10:30PM
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derpina
Posts: 2186 - Karma: 55
I wear my avalung. Works like a charm. Who woulda thought?! =p
Feb 8 2011 10:32PM
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poluhasuper
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hot :)
Feb 8 2011 10:34PM
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triebby
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April 6th 2010. Need I say anything else?
Feb 8 2011 10:45PM
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Milksteak
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yaaaay east coast.....
Feb 8 2011 10:45PM
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array.
Posts: 2439 - Karma: 202
I really wish I had this problem at my mountain...
Feb 8 2011 10:46PM
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magic_raven
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Stay on groomers. Problem solved.
LOL
Feb 8 2011 10:49PM
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malonius_funk
Posts: 2249 - Karma: 1,500
dang dude sorry about the 16+ inches of pow must've really been hard not being able to breathe and all. you should've been at my shitty pennsylvania mountain with 10 runs where i practically skied on an ice rink. you know its icy when the corduroy is still there at 6pm, fucking east coast fuck this place.
Feb 8 2011 10:56PM
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Pool.
Posts: 2820 - Karma: 662
buy one of these
if you have a beard u will have a small air pocket
Feb 8 2011 10:59PM
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californiagrown
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pop out of the pow when you finish a turn, and take a quick breath before you fall back into the next turn...not that hard.

or wear a bandana/balaclava.


the faster you go, the more you will float, so go faster if your worried about being too deep.

Feb 8 2011 11:22PM
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ectreeskier11
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i think the only day i've skied that compares faceshot wise to that day was today!
Feb 8 2011 11:39PM
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A.F.Pope
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exhale through the turn, then when you float up on unweighting, grab a deep breath then start ripping your next turn. Nothing's better.
Feb 8 2011 11:50PM
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PeterWojnar
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Breathe when there's not a lot of snow around your mouth, close your mouth when there is. Also, Yowies, Bandanas, and ski masks are useful when there's 40-50 inches of fresh. 16 is nothing, really, once you've skied on a 4 foot dump.
Feb 9 2011 12:07AM
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Wibby
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speed is your friend.
Feb 9 2011 12:08AM
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