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How did you become a park skier?

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.R-Lohin
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I'm intrested in how other people chose to go do freestyle instead of doing other types or skiing. I started after at a young age doing jumps and the big butter boxes, after a while of quiting park for at least 2 years I came back to it, and advanced a bit better then after starting getting good, I realized that this skiing was more fun than any other type, and stuck to freestyle progressed. Now im hooked on it and do at least 90% park. :P

Care to share to? I search bar'd and nothing came up. sooooo if this is a repost then lul. :3
Sep 2 2011 6:54PM
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Nate.Dog
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I had been gaping it up for about half a year, but t-halls poor boyz segment where he did the rodeo onto the wall, I thought "shit, I wanna do that", and I nutted up. End of story hahaha
Jun 13 2012 11:43AM
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roddy116
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first time i skied with my ski instructor, we were just trying to find little side jumps on the runs. then my mom put me into racing, did that for way to fucking long (10 years or something) got a pair of twintips in 7th grade christmas, i wanted a snowboard but i didnt complain. in 8th grade i got cut from varsity ski team and i quit racing, and now i just freestyle ski.
Jun 13 2012 11:56AM
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Z-Juice
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I saw Every Day is a Saturday
Jun 13 2012 11:58AM
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A-Bois
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I would always try to find hidden jumps and hips when i was younger on the smaller hills, when I got to be 11 i decided to switch to park and it was the best decision ever.

Jun 13 2012 12:11PM
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ALaw
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When I got sick of racing
Jun 13 2012 1:05PM
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B_K
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Exactly same for me.. I just begged my parents a few years back to buy me de
Jun 13 2012 1:15PM
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B_K
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Fucking mobile but yea just begged for some twin tips and them starred after that
Jun 13 2012 1:16PM
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B_K
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But what really in fluenced me was back in 08 or 09 when the dew tour came to Northstar I watched some of the pipe practice and was just thinking this is the coolest shit ever haha and I remembered hearing this dudes name Simon Dumont.. So I went home and googled him and then started watching his edits an that led me to everyone else and here I am now
Jun 13 2012 1:24PM
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Squeenerd
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I rememmber getting MSP's CLAIM for christmas when i was in like 6th grade, and watching it over and over again. That same christmas i got a pair of K2 Bad seeds. I finally grew a pair and hit the park at Deer Valley (this was a long time ago) and became hooked. I don't only ski park, but i remember that's where i felt the total satisfaction of stomping my first 3 on a park jump and greasing my first dfd
Jun 13 2012 1:45PM
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Pikachu.
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I was a snowboarder till past summer when I was like fuck this I'm gunna ski. (I was annoyed with boarding cuz my feet always stuck off o the end of the board because they are so big and made me eat shit.) so my friend hooked me up with a free pair of skis and I learned fast and now I live to ski!!
Jun 13 2012 2:33PM
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AidanCski
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Thats very true Id say about 15 - 20 % maybe less aren't park skiers. The rest are I mean look at all the videos on NSers home page they all show park
Jun 18 2012 12:24PM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
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I remember when I was a 13 year old gaper, and I saw someone so a rail from the lift. I thought it was the coolest thing since anal sex. So I started hitting jumps and boxes, and started skiing more routinely. Eventually, I bought a pair of twins and so on. But that moment when I put on my first tall tee, I knew I was a park skier. So leik fulltits and timothy WhAmStIcKs lulz YOLO
Jun 18 2012 12:46PM
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Stickity
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i started out rollerblading so park was the only thing that seemed interesting
Jun 18 2012 2:15PM
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KJacks
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When i was about 14 i went to the mountains and saw these guys in the park killing it, it got me super stoked and i started looking it up on the internet, found NS and i'v been hooked on park since.
Jun 18 2012 5:13PM
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E-fry
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when I was a little kid I would hit jumps and boxes and stuff. Then my mom signed me up for the freestyle program and I was instantly hooked.
Jun 19 2012 2:50AM
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DaveJ
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My racer friend took me skiing 2 years ago which I hadn't done ever before then. And he told me about Simon dumont I later watched slumdog illinar. And got hooked
Jun 21 2012 2:59AM
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asfdfads
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watching the premier of Revolver, and how good those guys looked in the park. i dont ski exclusively park, but that got me away from just hitting side stash and inspired me to ride park.
Jun 21 2012 10:57AM
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L.G.P.
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everyone probably has the same answer...just a love for the game. and ik its like an addiction. day in and day out i cant stop thinking about winter and skiing. i have a summer setup and what not but its not the same. shredding the snow and landing tricks that you thought were way out of your reach, is just an awesome feeling. and thats why its so addicting, you want to see that progression in your skiing
Jun 21 2012 1:54PM
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tomPietrowski
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When I started skiing there were no parks, so for about the first 10 years I just skied and jumped off anything there was.

When the first parks began getting built I always went through, but back then if you were not on a board you kind of got looked at wierd.

I really got into park when I started working in the industry and had chance to ski an indoor park as much as I wanted. That was about 8 years ago and now I have started skiing less and less in the park, and more all over the mountain. Strange really all I wanted to do at first was ski in the park, but now I just want to shred the mountain.
Jun 21 2012 3:33PM
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scarsimd
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Live in England and got into the racing scene, but it started taking the fun out of skiing! Then got myself some powder skis and spent a season of doing nothing but shredding pow! But i did three laps through the park and i became adicted! Skiing is litterally my life and spend all my money on new gear! haha

Jun 28 2012 5:16AM
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*jwill*
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i was on a ski holiday with my family and the snow wasnt that great so i hit a jump and liked it but i would still much rather find freshies

Jun 28 2012 5:38AM
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HolySchimmel
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just went skiing with my parents from when I was like 6 years old, something like a week or two a year. then after a few years, maybe like 6 years ago, I took a loooong loong braek from skiing (no obvious reasons) and finally, 2010 I decided to get back into skiing, got some twintips and started to go in the park. since I am 21 now and switched pretty late, I still kinda suck, but I guess you have to work on that
Jun 28 2012 9:47AM
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