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100% accurate way of judging a stranger's skiing ability.

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Piste.Off
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Watch them walk down stairs in ski boots.
Jan 7 2012 2:40AM
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runuke123
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lolz on the meek
Jan 7 2012 7:18PM
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terrible_skier
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nope there spks.
Jan 7 2012 7:22PM
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.Ian.
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Dammit, now that you point it out I see where the tongue is different. They are SPK's you're right.
I thought they were this years Tom Wallisch Hot Doggers.
Well there's my first mistake. Jeeze disregard all my posts in this thread. I'm just making myself look more and more like an idiot. I apologize.
Jan 7 2012 7:28PM
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123ski
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i sometimes texas briefcase it when im drinking a diet coke or powerade with my other hand and don't really feel like trying to get them on my shoulder
Jan 7 2012 8:54PM
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ORDEAL
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Is this some new type of afterbang?
Jan 7 2012 9:07PM
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Heart
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i cant texas briefcase cause i took the straps off my poles. and i am the only one who grabs the skis by the middle with one hand to carry them?
Jan 7 2012 9:11PM
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Boooshank
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This thread reminds me of how I used to/still look!

Heheh
Jan 7 2012 9:17PM
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rareison
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This. Exactly what I do. Or I sometimes carry them like a briefcase, but not a Texas briefcase.
Jan 7 2012 9:18PM
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CRiP
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over shoulder tips down...but i slide down the banisters for stairs
Jan 7 2012 9:24PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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Yes you get + 4000 steeze points for the freeze lock.
Jan 7 2012 9:27PM
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I like to watch how people turn on skis as well if theyre leaning super far back while going down the hill
Jan 7 2012 9:32PM
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Daoust
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how the hell do all of you walk down stairs in your boots...i usually just sit slide the rail down the staircase at my hill cause i just cannot walk down the stairs and feel safe unless i go sideways
Jan 7 2012 10:22PM
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tdollo
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^ this
Jan 7 2012 10:23PM
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e.wait
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over the shoulder tips down unless i'm hiking, then i go with the double walking stick.
Jan 7 2012 10:24PM
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DBL
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lul
Jan 7 2012 10:32PM
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Piste.Off
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a perfectly executed texas briefcase
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Jan 7 2012 10:44PM
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.Ian.
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*Gotee required*
Jan 7 2012 10:46PM
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PartyHon
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this. and their uncomfortable/unconfident turns/slide turns
Jan 7 2012 11:08PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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Basically trying to look cool and relaxed, but failing.
Jan 7 2012 11:13PM
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TheDavisMobile
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Basically this. My learned how to ski in the park, he didn't went right to the park after getting the bare minimal basics down, and you can tell because theres just something about his turns and stuff on steep or fast runs...basically anything that requires actually control of the skis.
Jan 8 2012 12:14AM
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PON3
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This is how I do it and its soo easy!
Jan 8 2012 1:29AM
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.squirrely.
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i ate shit yesterday in the cafeteria and dropped all my food cause i took a tight corner with my boots on. does that make me a gaper?
Jan 8 2012 11:04AM
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.Ian.
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No not at all, I've had so many close calls with boots on.

I basically came out of the womb with ski boots on and I still can't walk in them for shit. Haha.

Just wondering, was it at Wachusett? If it was those floors are terrible to walk on to begin with...
Jan 8 2012 11:15AM
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.ZT.
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Asian Todd Walnutz???????
Jan 8 2012 11:40AM
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NotGhood
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i always fall going down the stairs /claim
Jan 8 2012 11:45AM
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Mike-O
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How on Earth do you see Asian in that?

Looks very Caucasian to me.
Jan 8 2012 11:46AM
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PlaygroundRapist
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Lower eastern Europe maybe..

(judging by the haircut and clothes.)
Jan 8 2012 12:35PM
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S.C
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that guy doesnt even asian
Jan 8 2012 12:40PM
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crab_pretzel
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i walk down stairs backwards. not that i cant walk down normally, but i find it so much easier/ more natural. ever notice how much easier it is walking up than it is walking down? its because of which way you face

also, i sometimes carry over the shoulder tips down, but normally i grab them by the middle and half support them in the crook of my arm. it just seems more comfortable to me
Jan 8 2012 12:45PM
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.ZT.
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LOL wut???? sorry i hardly looked at it... now i see he looks like a tan white guy
Jan 8 2012 1:30PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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Walking down stairs whilst facing the stairs loks so dodgy.
I've only seen gapers do that.
Jan 8 2012 2:28PM
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Boooshank
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Dude looks like he works for Disney.

I would lose it if I saw someone nail a set of stairs like that on the mountain.
Jan 8 2012 3:33PM
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Piste.Off
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yea dude it does, sorry bout it
Jan 8 2012 3:39PM
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sagaRIP
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For long walk's with skis i prefer the tip down over the shoulder method, but for any that are on snow i go with skis together in right hand dragging along the floor. It pisses off people behind you and you can walk all gangster at the same time.
Jan 9 2012 3:50PM
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crab_pretzel
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whats dodgy mean? and ok ill stop if other people actually think it looks dumb
Jan 9 2012 4:21PM
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Mag
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Yeah my boots have a serious forward lean and I have to walk downstairs on my heels and I look pretty retarded, but I wouldn't say I'm a bad skier, what do you guys mean by bad at walking down stairs? like sideways n stuff? so hard to tell anything here lol.
Jan 9 2012 4:28PM
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wootang
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Mind blown last week at PCMR...... Old school (probably use-to-be-gnarley) dude carrying his skis by hooking his pole baskets under the bindings, allowing him to carry his poles over his shoulder and skis hanging behind his back. His kung fu is strong.
Jan 9 2012 6:29PM
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NinetyFour
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Now folks, I don't wanna sound like a dickhead, but I am about to. The best way to judge a strangers skiing ability, is to..... watch them ski.

However, all of the other things point to how they ski, if you arent on the hill. I've never seen texas briefcase before and from now on, I will carry my skis like this.
Jan 9 2012 6:48PM
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PJS.
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Fun-ruiner.
Jan 9 2012 7:00PM
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vermontana
Posts: 487 - Karma: 750
no guys you got it wrong,...you have to see how much jiberish theyre wearing and what size it is, the more pieces and the larger the size, the better they are.
Jan 9 2012 7:04PM
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KravtZ
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yo i can imagine that fucking awsome definatly going to try to pick some poles up and figure how to do this
Jan 9 2012 7:07PM
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Deluge
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obvious gaper ahahahahahahahahaha
Jan 9 2012 7:12PM
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corona
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false. Tips up for sure.

reason 1: when tips are up you only need to hold 1 ski and the brakes will keep the other from sliding out. with tips down if you hold only 1 ski the other ski will slide out.

reason 2: if they're not twins then it's super easy to grab the tails of the skis over the tips of the skis and thus extend the arm that's holding the skis and support them from the tails, this is the best technique while carrying tele skis since you can do a half wrap of the arm over the skis and grab the tails from the top down so you have an ergonomic ski carrying position that will keep the brakeless tele's from sliding apart.
Jan 9 2012 7:15PM
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NinetyFour
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I am a ginger. Theres yo problem. Feel free to kick me sometime.
Jan 9 2012 7:23PM
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.Ian.
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For anyone asking questions about equipment carrying this explains all:

This is how I learned how to carry my equipment like a pro. Thank you Mr. Van Valin
Jan 9 2012 7:26PM
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schusson
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i really hope youre joking
Jan 9 2012 7:37PM
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Wood_Wizard
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im not sure, but I was tough to ski with my hands out in front of me.
Jan 9 2012 10:08PM
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