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Big Mountain vs. Park/Urban vs. Powder

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PANDA_SWAGGA
Posts: 490 - Karma: 16
Yo i was wondering the otherday what was the most popular in the freeski community. Whether it was charging huge AK spines, throwing dub 12's and superfeds or dropping pillow lines and slaying blower pow. What do you guys prefer? Personally I'm a pow hound.
Mar 2 2011 12:13PM
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skithedirt
Posts: 1759 - Karma: 382
It all depends on what you have access to. I live in the midwest, therefore I can't go out and hit pillow lines and waist deep blower. For me, its the park and urban. Id like to ski more pow, but god doesnt allow Illinois to get slammed with snow. Although it did snow 20+ inches in one storm this year, that was a fun day.


Mar 2 2011 12:24PM
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PANDA_SWAGGA
Posts: 490 - Karma: 16
Haha yeah i feel ya man i live out on the ice coast so the pow is rare too. I am a pow hound among many park rats but im down for sessioning the park on tracked days. Skiing is very fun
Mar 2 2011 12:29PM
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N.L.
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all of this and more.
if not, you're only cheating yourself
Mar 2 2011 12:37PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
REAL SKIING, ON REAL MOUNTAINS ON REAL SNOW!
Mar 2 2011 12:41PM
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.Annydrew.
Posts: 749 - Karma: 38
I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS, BUT WHAT YOU NEED TO DO..
Mar 2 2011 12:45PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
Gotta have a little bit of everything
Mar 4 2011 3:26PM
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PANDA_SWAGGA
Posts: 490 - Karma: 16
sorry this is a straight people only thread, no gays need apply here
Mar 4 2011 3:32PM
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Gorilla.Steeze
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Lol your user name is "deeppow." I wonder what you like...

I'm sure everyone on here likes all of the above. On a powder day they will ski powder. When they are heli-skiing in Alaska, they will ski phat spines. And when neither of the above options are available, they will ski the part.
Mar 4 2011 4:18PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
I like to think I do a bit of everything, but if there is pow to be skied, that I can get to one way or another, I won't bother with park.

In the springtime park is a lot of fun though.
Mar 4 2011 4:27PM
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TheHamburglar
Posts: 3895 - Karma: 3,317
BC BOOTERS INTO POWDER LINES ALL DAY
Mar 4 2011 4:27PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9217 - Karma: 5,399
REAL SNOW ON REAL MOUNTAINS?

i live in NJ. park it is.
Mar 4 2011 4:28PM
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pow314
Posts: 424 - Karma: 111
this is a funny question to ask. how many people do you expect to actually have skied AK spines? they are so fucking hard to access.... after spending about 3 years of hiking in ak, I have skied true gnarly spines one time.
Mar 5 2011 3:39AM
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PON3
Posts: 3817 - Karma: 783
i love to ski every thing. pow to cliffs to groomers to pillows to booters.... but ive never touched a rail in my life lol
Mar 5 2011 3:48AM
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ThaLetterM.
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gonna say it right now, I would rather hit a handrail, or for that matter, hit park rails, than ski pow any day. real talk
Mar 5 2011 3:59AM
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TPalms
Posts: 859 - Karma: 252
Then you don't ski everything...
Mar 5 2011 4:02AM
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TPalms
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You're like my friend, he hates jumps, hate's powder, or snow deeper than a groomed surface. He's just a jib rat haha.

You don't happen to live in the Midwest do you?
Mar 5 2011 4:04AM
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ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,613
I live in utah, but I'm from wisconsin
Mar 5 2011 4:09AM
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skiskate
Posts: 787 - Karma: 823
Riding powder is the best. But touring is the number 1 for sure. Nothing beats summiting something knowing you just bootpacked/skinned your own way up.
Mar 5 2011 10:45AM
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Evilchris
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 44
big mtn/ pow are tied for me. I Really love skiing steep lines in all sorts of conditions, bottomless,
Mar 5 2011 11:24AM
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Evilchris
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 44
pow, gnarly bumps. but the perfect condition in my mind is a perfect windbuffed slope with a few inches of fresh on top. Living in the east i have to Stick to skiing trees, bumps and park though
Mar 5 2011 11:26AM
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Dr-Strangelove
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I have never hit a rail. I do not ski park. I like skiing steeps and rocks.
Mar 5 2011 11:27AM
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PON3
Posts: 3817 - Karma: 783
Amen brother. +K to that. ive never hit a rail in my life either
Mar 5 2011 12:05PM
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000000000000
Posts: 843 - Karma: 1,552
powder, jibbin around the mountain, park
Mar 5 2011 12:30PM
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cooper.fry
Posts: 2229 - Karma: 34
Where I live there is a decent amount of powder at times.
Normally I'll go ski park.
If there's pow, I will always ski it.
And i don't mind just taking a few laps to get warmed up on the groomers.
Mar 5 2011 12:39PM
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tall_t
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i think steep groomers are  the hardest. i live in va so park and urban for me only
Mar 5 2011 1:17PM
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Petersaurusrex
Posts: 1380 - Karma: 80
I love anything with trees... If you add 2 or 3 feet of pow to it I'll jizz my pants.  I'm by no means a great park skier and I'm stuck on EC so not much big mountain to ski around here.
Mar 5 2011 1:26PM
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JBlend
Posts: 299 - Karma: 499
I'll be honest and vote park.

But if there are other places on the mountain I can get air, I'll go there.
Mar 5 2011 1:39PM
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californiagrown
Posts: 9794 - Karma: 2,014
wait...what?
Mar 5 2011 1:39PM
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TMiller
Posts: 444 - Karma: 7
I live in NY, so pretty much park is all i ride, but a good all mountain day is always fun too
Mar 5 2011 1:41PM
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AWALLRUS.
Posts: 5762 - Karma: 223
whats powder?
Mar 5 2011 2:38PM
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timmmay528
Posts: 202 - Karma: 15
deep powder for sure. i dont really like park that much to be honest
Mar 5 2011 3:28PM
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Abc567def
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I like being on a mountain, with my friends, doing what I love.
Mar 5 2011 3:39PM
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pigglywiggly
Posts: 4482 - Karma: 305
LOVE tree skiing. i live in PA so we dont get too much of pow around here but i skip school and ski it anytime we get it. other than that, i ski 100% park haha. i hate groomers with a passion, they just piss me off for some reason
Mar 5 2011 4:37PM
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Dr-Strangelove
Posts: 125 - Karma: 18
Hahaha as he is too high to form complete sentences.
Mar 5 2011 4:48PM
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ViktorVaughn
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
keep mixing it up... too much of a good thing...
Mar 5 2011 4:53PM
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Balto
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rails do not equal skiing
Mar 5 2011 5:23PM
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californiagrown
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thats cause you dont have any groomers that are steep and long enough. Out in the west ripping groomers early on spring mornings is soooo fun. just going trenchtown on some new corduroy at 50 mph is super fun.
Mar 5 2011 8:24PM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
i ski mostly back country, but i think that it is really important that anybody who skis should be able to carve on a groomer, run the zipper on the moguls, and tear it up in powder. park is optional, but i find it fun once in a while.
Mar 5 2011 8:27PM
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Scrambles
Posts: 2270 - Karma: 63
Pow>Big Mountain>Park

Mar 5 2011 8:53PM
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_DUSTY_
Posts: 1097 - Karma: 686
I prefer park over powder and urban. Although if there is powder I will ride it to change things up.
Mar 5 2011 8:57PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
Posts: 2804 - Karma: -5
I have been on this site for a while now and this is what ive come to notice:

-everyone who can throw a dub 12 can ski pow or big mountain better than most "pow hounds" on this site or the masses on tgr.

-everyone loves pow

-a lot of people call themselves "pow hounds" because they want to ride twin tips and dress steezy and look the part but are too afraid to progress in park. After all, there is a pretty large acceptable range for what you could call a pow skiier but if you suck at park and call yourself a park skiier... welll...

-who on this site actually skis big mountain?

- lots of people distinguish between park rats and big mountain skiiers. For some reason big mountain skiiers seem to think park rats cant ski. What kind of park rats are they looking at? Most real park rats, kids who are actually good at park, are pretty good skiiers and most can outski other skiiers.

theres some bias in there if you can find it....


Mar 5 2011 8:59PM
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.squirrely.
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i live in massachusetts so we rarely get pow but when we do i like it 10 times more than park.  and thats heavy new england snow.  when i went to utah and skied the pow there it was unbelievable.  park is fun but i would rather drop cliffs, shred lines and ski pow
Mar 5 2011 9:05PM
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bluehouseskis
Posts: 252 - Karma: 1,103
Skiing is skiing, It doesn't matter what you do if you ski, we're all one in the same.


I hate when people say " I hate park skiing" or "backcountry? AW i'll stay on piste" or "powder hounds are gay" we're all skiers. So stop trying to compare the same thing.
Mar 5 2011 9:13PM
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Scrambles
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A lot of people call themselves park rats because they are afraid to try natural features and charge lines. Most park rats i know cant ski powder, drops or lines.
Mar 5 2011 9:16PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
Most park rats don't have the terrain to really improve outside the park on gnarly terrain
Mar 5 2011 9:23PM
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Scrambles
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I'm talking about the ones that have the terrain and still lap the park on a pow day. But more so just saying that the opposite of his argument also exists.
Mar 5 2011 9:36PM
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EricaMN.
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thats really bad for your skis bro
Mar 5 2011 9:40PM
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Max_Langille
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It's all very fun.
Mar 5 2011 10:40PM
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send_it
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Look if theres a foot or two of pow you hit pow if its dry you will hit the park
Mar 5 2011 11:10PM
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i.ski.troll.
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Powder. But I live in Minnesota, so all I really ride is urban, and park.
Mar 5 2011 11:12PM
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