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Help with essay non east coast skiers.

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TOAST.
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I have to write an ethnographic essay so I have decided to do it about skiers in an area besides the East Coast. Would appreciate it if you could take some time and answer these questions about your typical day of skiing with your crew.

Where do you typically ski?
Do you ski park or powder?
How many people do you ski with?
What is your typical outerwear/look?
What does your typical day start with?
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
Anything you want to add?

Also if you could post an edit/webisode of your crew that would help a lot.
Thanks for your time
Oct 31 2011 8:16PM
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.squirrely.
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coast-ist
Oct 31 2011 8:17PM
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mountainviper
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Inb4 coastist...aww damn squirrely!
Oct 31 2011 8:18PM
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TOAST.
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sorry i live in PA and am supposed to do this about a place im not a part of. So i guess new england would be fine
Oct 31 2011 8:18PM
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Kcin
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Where do you typically ski?
I pretend to ski to find friends.
Do you ski park or powder?
Neither.
How many people do you ski with?
0.
What is your typical outerwear/look?
Gay.
What does your typical day start with?
Playing pokemon/masturbating. In no particular order.
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
Blood orgies.
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
Poop/masturbate again. Together.
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
There are some very immature individuals...let me tell you.
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
I don't have friends.
Anything you want to add?
"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."
-Mozart

Oct 31 2011 8:25PM
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TOAST.
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Thanks this is going to be an awesome essay.
Oct 31 2011 8:29PM
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Kcin
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 58
Anything I can do to help my friend.
Oct 31 2011 8:34PM
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Crispy.
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Where do I ski?

Granite Peak, Wausau, WI

Park or Powder?

Park for the most part, maybe 3 powder day a year.
So park i guess.

How many people do I ski with?
Not including myself 1-4

Outerwear look?
Baggy

Typical start of day?
Are you talking about skiing?
Taking a very easy lap through the park.
Not skiing?
Make myself a pancake

Rituals?
None

When I'm finished?
Go home then on newschoolers

Differentiates?
I ski a hill, not a mountain.

Crew?
Shred to have fun, giving a good vibe to everyone
Try to help n00bs if so needed
Don't try to act like hood rats even though we dress somewhat like them (trendwhores, yes I know)



Oct 31 2011 8:39PM
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Jahrassicpark
Posts: 2075 - Karma: 38
Where do you typically ski? Powder King(Hardcore not commercialized pow mountain)

Do you ski park or powder? Both

How many people do you ski with? Ranges from 2-5+

What is your typical outerwear/look? Fitted but slightly baggy panty and tall jacket/hoody

What does your typical day start with? Some park laps or some mellow fun runs

Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing? Putting on skis

What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) Shower,stretch, chill, eat

Anything that differentiates your area from others? My local mountain doesn't have a park

Anything else that makes your crew unique? Just chill homies

Anything you want to add? I ski on frozen horse poo and ice when not at better hills
Oct 31 2011 8:58PM
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ORDEAL
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Where do you typically ski?
-Afton Alps Minnesota
Do you ski park or powder?
-Park
How many people do you ski with?
-anywhere from 0 to 10
What is your typical outerwear/look?
-Jacket with jiberish underneath
What does your typical day start with?
-Getting driven to hill and skiing
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
-Have fries in the chalet. Mmmmm
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
-Go home and do homework
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
-Its not actually a hill, its sort of a valley. Like you drive down to the parking lot
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
-Not really

Oct 31 2011 9:06PM
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.squirrely.
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oh word ill help ya


Where do you typically ski?
wachusett, ma

Do you ski park or powder?
park, maybe 1 or 2 pow days a year

How many people do you ski with?
depends whos there, anywhere from 1 to 10

What is your typical outerwear/look?
cheap and baggy

What does your typical day start with?
waking up, showering, eating

Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
stretch before the first run

What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
go home or to a friends house

Anything that differentiates your area from others?
my home mountain is 4 minutes from my house /claim
and wachusett has the most skier visits per year out of anywhere in the country

Anything else that makes your crew unique?
not sure, skiing with a bunch of new kids this year

Anything you want to add?


Oct 31 2011 9:07PM
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cheener12
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Thats a hood rat edit doggg
Oct 31 2011 9:25PM
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.squirrely.
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cant tell if trolling...
Oct 31 2011 9:32PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
Where do you typically ski?
winter park, colorado

Do you ski park or powder?
powder

How many people do you ski with?
3-5

What is your typical outerwear/look?
slightly baggy, not obnoxious, earth tones

What does your typical day start with?
coffee and a poop at the base

Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
poop before first chair

What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
go to Lewis' in Empire on the way home

Anything that differentiates your area from others?
there are moguls fucking everywhere

Anything else that makes your crew unique?
were the best skiers on the mountain

Anything you want to add?
vote ron paul
Oct 31 2011 9:38PM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,156
Where do you typically ski?
-Stevens and White Passes in Washington

Do you ski park or powder?
-both

How many people do you ski with?
-1-5 usually, 2-3 on average probably

What is your typical outerwear/look?
-tall but not completely ridiculous. Coat, sweatshirt, tall tees when it's sunny/warm

What does your typical day start with?
-getting up way too fucking early

Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?

What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
-kick it in the lodge for a bit

Anything that differentiates your area from others?
-we get ridiculous fucktons of snow?

Anything else that makes your crew unique?
Anything you want to add?
Oct 31 2011 9:38PM
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Funnel
Posts: 7817 - Karma: 1,537
Where do you typically ski?
China Peak Mountain Resort or Mammoth Mountain (California)
Do you ski park or powder?
Both. If there's fresh, you'll find me in the pow, but any other time I'll be in the park.
How many people do you ski with?
1-10. Just depends on who's up there. Average is 3 others.
What is your typical outerwear/look?
Saga, a little on the large size, but just anomie Saga.
What does your typical day start with?
Wake up at 6:30, shower, shit, eat breakfast, drive up to the hill, head to locker, put on gear, walk over to lift.
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
Nope.
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
Take my shit off, lock it up unless I'm going to Mammoth, then I take it down with me.
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
Mammoth has top ranked parks, lots of snow, long season, great terrain, huge mountain. China Peak is a small, local resort (1200 acres), lots of fresh, solid terrain if you know where to look, lacking in the park department.
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
Nope, I don't even consider it a crew.
Anything you want to add?
Nope, this didn't seem to focused on the crew, but rather on the ski area.
Oct 31 2011 9:42PM
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Film.
Posts: 2649 - Karma: 2,296
Where do you typically ski? -I ski Vail,CO
Do you ski park or powder? -A good mix of both
How many people do you ski with? -maybe 5 or 6 people some days just 1 or 2
What is your typical outerwear/look? -Lethal Descent functional yet tall and steezy
What does your typical day start with? -For skiing some days skiing pow or hitting jumps nice and fresh snow
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing? -Blaze Up
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) -go home watch t.v. xbox wax skis check weather
Anything that differentiates your area from others? -tons of terrain
Anything else that makes your crew unique? -no
Oct 31 2011 9:56PM
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lukemeahan.
Posts: 1689 - Karma: 330

Alyeska Resort

Both

Usually 2-5

Baggy

Waking up. Driving to the resort

Nope

Grab some food, drive home

I live in Alaska so big mountains

Nope

Nope

Oct 31 2011 10:07PM
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Danoo
Posts: 77 - Karma: 146
Where do you typically ski? Vail, Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain

Do you ski park or powder? Park unless its a pow day

How many people do you ski with? 4+

What is your typical outerwear/look? Baggy but not massive

What does your typical day start with? the lift? and a park lap

Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing? yelling, "Lets roll" before we start down

What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) Get drunk, laid, high etc.

Anything that differentiates your area from others? It's massive

Anything else that makes your crew unique? We are like a big family

Anything you want to add? Just because you spend a lot of time in the park doesn't mean you need to
be a dumbass, keep it classy.
Oct 31 2011 11:43PM
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steezyskier17
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Park.
2-3.
Jackets/hoodies to the knees, saggy pants.
Breakfast, going to the hill, getting equipment on, warm up laps.
No rituals.
Take my gear off, go home and relax. Go on NS.
Not really.
Steeze.
Skiing's awesome.

Oct 31 2011 11:52PM
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AHSkier
Posts: 563 - Karma: 42
Where do you typically ski? - Mt.Hood Meadows
Do you ski park or powder? - Both
How many people do you ski with? -2 to 7
What is your typical outerwear/look? - baggy
What does your typical day start with? - waking up at 6 am
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing? - i put mint gum in my mouth and go reeeeeeeal fast with my mouth open, feels good man
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) - go tu five guys burgers and fries and eat a hamburger
Anything that differentiates your area from others? - Meadows was the first in the Northwest, and possibly in the nation, when it installed an electronic reader board in Sandy, Oregon, halfway from Portland to the mountain
Anything else that makes your crew unique? - off the top of my head no
Anything you want to add?- nope
Oct 31 2011 11:57PM
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will_powder
Posts: 3194 - Karma: 5,445
Where do you typically ski?

Canadian Rockies (Sunshine, louise, marmot)
Do you ski park or powder?
Both
How many people do you ski with?
A Quad Chair of people
What is your typical outerwear/look?
Ketchup and mustard
What does your typical day start with?
Shower and breaky
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
Pole straps
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
drive home for an hour or two
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
Super flat in the city but crazy big mountains in the rockies
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
Ski to have fun
Anything you want to add?
Nov 1 2011 12:23AM
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250r
Posts: 2276 - Karma: 1,013
Where do you typically ski?
Whistler, BC
Do you ski park or powder?
Both
How many people do you ski with?
2-5
What is your typical outerwear/look?
Slightly baggy/tall backcountry goretex
What does your typical day start with?
Eat breakfast, walk to the gondola
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
umm eat a fuck load of clif bars?
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
take some bong hoots and cook a big dinner
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
too many things to list
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
Anything you want to add?
Nov 1 2011 1:06AM
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RIP_leos_shack
Posts: 718 - Karma: 3,371
Where do you typically ski? Whistler, BC
Do you ski park or powder? Mostly pow/bc but some park
How many people do you ski with? 2-5
What is your typical outerwear/look? Slightly baggy but not ridiculous
What does your typical day start with? Get to the mountain ASAP
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing? Hotbox the ganjala
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) Taco Bell in Squamish. (it's fucking closed now gotta find something new)
Anything that differentiates your area from others? 600" a year, 5300 foot straight vert, no Texans
Anything else that makes your crew unique? na
Anything you want to add? ON3P for life
Nov 1 2011 4:40AM
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kungfusteeze
Posts: 700 - Karma: 47
Where do you typically ski? Bear Mountain, Snow Summit, Mammoth Mountain, CA. Park or Powder? Mostly park, pow when it's fresh. How many people do you ski with? 2-5 What is your typical outerwear/look? Tall Tees/ Hoodies unless it's dumpin snow. What does your typical day start with? Waking up later then I planned, Drinking red bull/monster. Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing? Listen to something relaxing on first chair with eyes closed. What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) Just get home and cool off/relax. Anything that differentiates your area from others? The longest it takes to get there from any of my friends houses/mine is 20 minutes on a day with bad traffic. Anything else that makes your crew unique? We are pretty much the only skiers in the park throughout the season Anything you want to add? Yo NS.... Nothin.
Nov 1 2011 5:49AM
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Skiingsnow
Posts: 1567 - Karma: 797
Where do you typically ski?
Whistler
Do you ski park or powder?
Powder
How many people do you ski with?
if not solo between 1 - 4
What is your typical outerwear/look?
grey jacket yellow pants
What does your typical day start with?
few fast groomers to get warmed up
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
not really
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
Blaze
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
its fucking huge
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
umm, most of us are ski instructors..
Anything you want to add?
Skiing is awesome
Nov 1 2011 7:07AM
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ORDEAL
Posts: 6386 - Karma: 75
Thank you for the great idea
Nov 1 2011 7:50AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
Where do you typically ski?
All over the alps, i follow the powder
Do you ski park or powder?
Usually powder but if there isn't any, i'll hang out and have a good time in the park
How many people do you ski with?
depends, usually i'd say 2 or 3 .... or when i'm teaching obviously i ski with like 7 or 8 kids ...
What is your typical outerwear/look?
oakley fari jacket is my daily commute, but towards the end of winter, on those warm spring days, i dare to wear my sleeveless vest and black pants...
What does your typical day start with?
hot cup o joe
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?
when walking over snow towards where i'm going to put on my skis, i carry each ski by the toepiece and drag the tails over the snow cause i think it looks thug ! :D
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)
i cry
Anything that differentiates your area from others?
like i said, i ski all over the alps, i live in belgium so wether i go to the northern alps or southern alps, its only a long drive or a longer drive, so i don't really care... (ooh, i also ski indoor but that's not "real" skiing imho, thats just having a good time and waiting for the next snowtrip )
Anything else that makes your crew unique?
don't really have a crew, but i ski with all kinds of people, going from little kids to my GF, my friends, other ski instructors, locals, etc...
Anything you want to add?
Belgium represent!
Nov 1 2011 8:18AM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
Where do you typically ski? In the park/slackcountry

Do you ski park or powder? Bit of both starting to become bored of park though so a lot more hiking this year

How many people do you ski with? 3-5 people

What is your typical outerwear/look? Plain/fitted/earth tones

What does your typical day start with? Take a couple easy laps then roast

What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc) Used to be wait for a bus 45 minutes after last chair night skiing..Now i just ski to the apartment

Anything that differentiates your area from others? The ammount of fog and the super small lines

Anything else that makes your crew unique? We all dress different but nobody cares...Riding with snowboarders a lot...
Nov 1 2011 12:48PM
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darsh.
Posts: 370 - Karma: 8

Where do I ski?

Steamboat Colorado.

Who do I ski with?

Steez Bakery Productions.

What do I wear?

Ugly gypsy shit.

Rituals?

Gettin High

Nov 1 2011 1:26PM
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afterbang_me
Posts: 385 - Karma: 152
Where do you typically ski?  northstar, alpine, squaw
Do you ski park or powder?  both
How many people do you ski with? 3-5
What is your typical outerwear/look? moment
What does your typical day start with?  coffee
Any "rituals" you do everytime you go skiing?  no
What do you do when you are done skiing? (go to a certain bar,etc)  nap
Anything that differentiates your area from others?  great weather
Anything else that makes your crew unique?  diversity
watch in the moment webisodes for edits
Nov 1 2011 3:35PM
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