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Anyone else unhappy with themselves this season?

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GILLSKI
Posts: 1250 - Karma: 361
 So this season I basically had the intentions on skiing A LOT and learning A LOT.  It didn't go that way,  this year was my first season trying to progress hard in the park.  My first day on snow I was throwing threes pretty much consistently In the little park under the lift at Okemo I think its called Timberline or something.  It was the day before they opened there big Jump line.  (this was the Christmas eve)  I went for a 540 and cought an enge on the lip and basicaly did a 3 onto my face and shoulder and tour my ac joint or whatever.  This is this is the problem Im going to college on a scholarship for Pitching next school year so I had to stop skiiing till I healed up in mid feb.  So a couple friends from work built a really sweet setup on a hill on long island and I skied there for about a month hitting rails and corrugated pipes wich helpen me learn  fs 270 outs.  Then I had a trip to Pa in late feb where the 2nd run on the first day I hit a UFD and i tried to air to the down.  upon landing on the down I stuck BAD and ate shit so hard and could put pressure on my knee the next day.  So I took it easy the rest of the trip and then Baseball season started..... So this year didn't go as planned.  Anyone else have a similiar season?
Apr 13 2011 12:21PM
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j.saaaarela
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 856
definitely did not accomplish what i set out for. The only things I actually accomplished that I planned were placing in the top 5 at a HP comp, going to JO's again, learning switch lip and blind spins out of rails, and actually doing a few tricks in the Kings Crown.

These, however, did not happen: landing a rodeo on a park jump/pipe, stomping 9's in pipe, getting sw 7 in pipe on lock, flare in pipe, podium in age group at JO's, getting my 7's back to normal on jumps, doing urban, going BC, and the list goes on...

Hopefully I'll be going to Windells so I can take care of a few of these.
Apr 13 2011 9:20PM
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LukeTvich
Posts: 567 - Karma: 30
Had an ok season, this season was all about getting creative, I feel like i did. Last season i knuckled the first jump in sun valley and got a partial tear in my ACL :-/ I skied everyday but that resulted in alot pain from my knee, that really held me back :-/
Apr 13 2011 9:26PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
i didnt land my triple at waterville valley! ill never be sponsered now
Apr 13 2011 9:28PM
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HERCULES.
Posts: 664 - Karma: 211

started off amazing

went from just doing sketch 5 to grabbed tail 9's, switch 5,s and rodeos and underflips, then

broke my collarbone,

then,

came back, could hardly land grabbed 3's and lost all my flips. fuck skiing

next year im giving up jumping and just focusing on rails because thats the only thing i stand a chance at

Apr 13 2011 11:17PM
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Steve-Brown
Posts: 1894 - Karma: 810
i did exactly what i wanted...
but now i know i can do sooo much more
Apr 13 2011 11:23PM
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SKI.ING
Posts: 2695 - Karma: 2,535
Either I'm bad at noticing sarcasm or you should just quit skiing. Why do it if you don't even like it?
Apr 13 2011 11:42PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
Posts: 1910 - Karma: 68
total opposite, me season kicked ass

Learned how to ski powder
learned how to ski trees
new home mountain
Found some killer trees that are not popular
ON3P s lasted me the whole season, don't need new ones :)
GoPro
made friends



fuck i want more snow
Apr 13 2011 11:54PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
I can see where he is coming from, this season skiing just wasn't as sick for me as it was 5 years ago.

I didn't go much, my old mountain sucked a fat one so I switched mountains and my friends that I normally went with just stopped going.
Apr 13 2011 11:58PM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
people like other things, not every skier has to be 100% into skiing, shit gets stale if you dont mix things up.
Apr 14 2011 12:11AM
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skifoo
Posts: 1396 - Karma: 45
i think im happy, even i didn't have the same pushing on end of the season as last years.
made my goeal cork 7, 450 on, flatspin 5.
i'd say that im just happy.
Apr 14 2011 12:26AM
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Scrambles
Posts: 2270 - Karma: 63
Lets see, what i did this season...



Oh yeah i got pertusis and spent the whole ski season at home on the couch missing school and skiing. I had a total of 5 days on snow this season and i spent the majority of it coughing up blood. (plus i can't go to a summer camp because summer school runs through july, because i missed a whole semester of school)


Sorry if I sound whiny i'm just a little depressed.
Apr 14 2011 1:02AM
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jeR.
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 58
i got mono in late december but didnt go to the doctor so i had no energy whenever i went skiing and didnt know what was wrong. went to the doctor and then i had to rest for 6 weeks because i damaged my spleen and liver by skiing and falling with mono. so i basically got a couple good days in dec, then some days where i forced myself to go cause i was feeling really sick but really wanted to ski anyways, then my season ended mid feb. first day back on the first weekend of april i went for a cork 7 on the 3rd jump at sugarloaf and carved the lip to hard and popped off my ski mid air and slammed and broke a rib. back to hittin rails. so this season was no fun. at least i learned back 4s out kfeds and 2s on so it wasnt all a loss.
Apr 14 2011 1:03AM
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JimmyD
Posts: 3 - Karma: 15
Ended Up with three shoulder dislocations and a really bad concussion a couple weeks back thats still affecting me bad, missed a hella a lot of classes rite after got pneumonia. On the bright side still skied close to 30 on my local mtn and 15 at whistler all with good buddies, so it was still a good season for me
Apr 14 2011 1:05AM
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Ducky.
Posts: 5811 - Karma: 1,420
I progressed from 3's and the occasional 5 to dubs, rodeo 9's and 10's, flats, and hucking bigger cliffs.
Apr 14 2011 1:18AM
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Moo
Posts: 608 - Karma: 19
outta my 110ish days, about 95 were by myself!

i had so much fun!
Apr 14 2011 1:19AM
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infedel_one
Posts: 5140 - Karma: 444
not gonna lie, I enjoyed my season immensely. learned new tricks. Skied 67 days so far. Had a ballin time.
Apr 14 2011 10:25AM
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tall_pants
Posts: 663 - Karma: 446
First year i learned switch 3s 3s 5s and learned to do rails
Apr 14 2011 10:32AM
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2L208
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 308
i been skiing roughly 140 days i almost have doubles and got switch 3's and reg 7's i wish i was pro by now shhhhhhhiiiiiiiit!
Apr 14 2011 4:26PM
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3mania
Posts: 2613 - Karma: 10,361
Hell no!! i fucking killed it. haha. But i did ski 130 days and walked away from all of them, so that i def something to be happy about. Skied some pow, some bumps, and our park was the best it's ever been, so that makes me pretty satisfied with season #26.
Apr 14 2011 4:51PM
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ContaminatedBeef
Posts: 536 - Karma: 66
Do you usually destroy your skis every season?
Apr 14 2011 5:03PM
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wonho+steeze
Posts: 20 - Karma: 12
i wish i could spin more and tweak out my grabs but i guess thats what you get for midwest.... i got worse at rails, i cant dub swap on kinks and i cant 450 out anymore
Apr 14 2011 6:18PM
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JKill
Posts: 626 - Karma: 67
From a former spring college athelet I want to warn you that the same time that the bulk of training happens Is h
Apr 14 2011 6:21PM
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JKill
Posts: 626 - Karma: 67
Omg inca
Apr 14 2011 6:22PM
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JKill
Posts: 626 - Karma: 67
iPod fail & fail. I'll get to the point witch is skiing and college sports mix zero unless that sport is ski club/team. I made the choice to stop running in college and ski and it was best choice I probably made in college. Do what matters to you but reilize if a college is paying for you to go to school they are going to want time in return that can't be used for skiing.
Apr 14 2011 6:25PM
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lanny94
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 165
man that suck about ur splen i ruptered mine a month before the season started lol i only missed like a week though
Apr 14 2011 6:36PM
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.jersey
Posts: 1925 - Karma: 9
Meh. I never really spent tons of time in the park to begin with and first day of the season i fell in the park and tweaked my back. It made me pretty timid the rest of the season park wise but I've skied faster and way more challenging trails then ever before so im satisfied with that. Also got some sick pow days in. I wish i skied more though.
Apr 14 2011 6:40PM
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
i wish i grew a pair earlier in the season :/
Apr 14 2011 6:46PM
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infuser
Posts: 1220 - Karma: 241
that sucks duuuude!!! which box at creek?
Apr 14 2011 6:53PM
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Kratotalaga
Posts: 347 - Karma: 22
sorry to hear that bro ... drugs got me down and out for like the past 2 seasons... I was in jail last season until february so i didnt ski that much at all. Maybe got 5 to 10 days in this year.  Im living in the middle of michigan with no resorts nearby with no car, barely any money. I used to be pretty good at skiing and now its to hard to even try to go. Fuck drugs
Apr 14 2011 7:00PM
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MichaelAlsid
Posts: 205 - Karma: 110
skiiing is about enjoying yourself
Apr 14 2011 7:06PM
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dozerr
Posts: 4007 - Karma: 403
first season completely not caring about progression. i had a fucking great seaon!
Apr 14 2011 7:07PM
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Brock.
Posts: 5698 - Karma: 1,332

Im dissapointed that I didnt get to film that much. Got a T2i in the summer and thought i would be bringing it to the hill everyweekend but its just not practical if you actually want to spend time skiing as well, not holding a camera the whole time.

On the brighter side however, I got alot better at skiing!!! and really into photography.

Apr 14 2011 7:09PM
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MAPLE_SYRUP
Posts: 1910 - Karma: 68
Yes, I ski the piss out of my gear
Apr 15 2011 11:19AM
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