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Ninja_on_Skis
Posts: 136 - Karma: 26
Just wondering if there were any NSers in the club because I'm thinking of joining as I really can't afford to buy tickets or drive anywhere.
Sep 29 2011 7:32PM
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Scott29~
Posts: 1448 - Karma: 62
If you can't make $300 you are just being lazy~
Sep 29 2011 8:24PM
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SHampson
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I don't know anybody in it. It's a club so you can pretty much ski for free I think. You go up and teach lessons every weekend friday saturday sunday and you get to ski for free. It's up at Snoqualmie though so that kinda sucks....
Sep 29 2011 10:12PM
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Jamie_Baril
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^snoqualmie doesnt really suck as much as people make it seem
Sep 29 2011 10:15PM
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SHampson
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Yeah I can't really talk shit, I've never been. That's just based off of what I've heard. Hoping to get a day or two at Alpental and Summit this year.
Sep 29 2011 10:28PM
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Ninja_on_Skis
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I made $300 I just can't spend it on a pass. Getting a job right now isn't really going to happen either speaking that my only free time is the weekends which would be completely counter productive for trying to get to the ski hill since I would go on the weekends.

I was looking at alpental and it doesn't look that bad for inbounds skiing. unless someone has a different opinion about it I think I could have a blast there. I'm used to skiing at Bluewood (second smallest mountain I know) so anything right now is better. :)
Sep 29 2011 11:59PM
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PJS.
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this. wtf is up with the hate on snoqualmie. Nice bc terrain at alpy, sick park at central, sure we get rain, but its not the hellhole everyone seems to think it is.
Sep 30 2011 12:10AM
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Scott29~
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Well if you can only ski weekends Im not sure why youd want to spend them teaching annoying fuckers, especially if its raining that weekend. If school is the only reason you dont have time for a job then you are full of shit. NS member cobra_commander holds down a job at the ski shop while doing an AA degree at UW. No excuses~
Sep 30 2011 12:10AM
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Ninja_on_Skis
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If you know of a part time job at a ski shop with flexible hours let me know (seriously). Last issue though is I come from the SouthEastern corner of Washington and I go back on breaks (mom would kill me if I didn't). At least for the first year. That good enough Scott? Plus lesson are only 2 1/2 hours and there is only one a day and I'll always have a group of people to ski with. I got nothing on the rain though hahahaha
Sep 30 2011 12:40AM
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skier_boy26
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Agreed. But I'm sure his available time to work will change...


Anywho, snoqualmie is pretty mediocre. Rails and boxes galore that are all meh. 1 jump that is good for about 8 days. A pipe setup that sits and rots all year. And BC that everybody and their estranged aunt know about, thus lift lines and little real estate for the untouched. The infamy is well earned.
Sep 30 2011 12:46AM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
Shit excuses. You're a grown man now. If you want to take some ski trips on breaks, you can. Your mother's empty-nest syndrome will fade eventually. Plus it's kind of ridiculous for her to expect you to drive all that fucking way several times a year. That's what? 5 hours or some shit? Fuckin stand up to your parents, man. Shit.
Sep 30 2011 1:21AM
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cobra_commander
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A lot of grown ass men are dependent on their parents for tuition and other money issues. It's good keep them happy.
Sep 30 2011 1:34AM
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Scott29~
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He is a freshmen, you dont even have to show up your first year to 4.0~
Sep 30 2011 1:54AM
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skier_boy26
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i'm talking about NS member cobra_commander.

you're right, a freshman only has to pay tuition to breeze through that first year. That, and pay scott for "protection"


Sep 30 2011 1:58AM
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Jamie_Baril
Posts: 2196 - Karma: 2,513
The infamy was well earned from back in the day. its improved in bits and peices step by step. and yea having a pipe that they dont cut sucks but its no worse than a pipe with 12 foot walls with one side that is alway super sunbaked that stevens has.
Sep 30 2011 2:22AM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
I did Snoqualmie/Alpental for three years. It's not a bad scene if you like to ride park; Alpental can be either very fun or very terrifying--it all depends on whether you know where you're going. However, the huge lines on pow days (high speed quad that feeds into a slow double chair to access the good shit) often turn into 45 minutes of pass buyer's regret while waiting.

Stevens is where I'm happiest. It's where I work, and I've done the time everywhere else to know that I'm stoked here.
Sep 30 2011 12:26PM
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