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Remember your first box?

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rswitzer14
Posts: 49 - Karma: 10
I just hit my first box and it was pretty weak but im still pretty excited. Just wondering if any of you guys remember the first time you hit a box?
Jan 7 2012 7:09PM
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runuke123
Posts: 137 - Karma: 23
yea i do, still have the video of it. It was pretty funny but I was super stoked. Congrats man
Jan 7 2012 7:17PM
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RonSwanson
Posts: 214 - Karma: 18
it was rectangular
Jan 7 2012 7:19PM
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Parks.
Posts: 5612 - Karma: 1,093
Jan 7 2012 7:27PM
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PlaygroundRapist
Posts: 1307 - Karma: 26
It still has my blood on it.
Jan 7 2012 7:29PM
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foxxskiier
Posts: 51 - Karma: 84
it was wide

Jan 7 2012 7:32PM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
yes good times
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Jan 7 2012 7:40PM
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dompuch
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 1,192
like OPs mom
Jan 7 2012 7:41PM
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
yes i do, very faintly, back in 06-07 probly
Jan 7 2012 7:50PM
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LivingColour
Posts: 1134 - Karma: 21
why you gotta take it there
Jan 7 2012 7:51PM
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callmeteo
Posts: 367 - Karma: 321
lol yeah.. i remember i was kinda scared about falling and dying, but i did it np hehe
Jan 7 2012 7:56PM
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eheath
Posts: 61647 - Karma: 123,455
First thing I had ever hit was a rail and i just fell of instantly, then i put a 4x4 piece of wood in the ground and started on that in my back yard, up to a pvc pipe and so forth.
Jan 7 2012 7:57PM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,011
yeah, when i started jibbing boxes didn't exist. I was hitting single barrel rails for like three years before I even saw a box.

I still can't take box's seriously, and any trick on a box isn't legit in my mind.
Jan 7 2012 8:26PM
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james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 467
yep, short, ride-on, slightly up box when I was in 6th grade. just 50 50d it of course.
Jan 7 2012 8:38PM
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I.B
Posts: 8137 - Karma: 24,353
Yep

I remember asking a kid how to go sideways.

Then that winter, i got a big black like bar and put it like 6 inches off the ground on 2X4's and was skiing that.

Then at northstar, I saw a rail that looked JUST LIKE the one i had in my backyard, so i was like "i'll hit it, and i did!" first rail and box in the same season, i was so fucking stoked.
Jan 7 2012 8:40PM
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ShredMasterPlus
Posts: 1159 - Karma: 807
I remember my first box, was kinda nervous going into it, finally it happened and it was real slippery and felt so good but it was over way to fast.
Jan 7 2012 8:41PM
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E__
Posts: 5751 - Karma: 4,635
Yes I do, and I came out switch, that was also my first time landing backwards.
Jan 7 2012 8:42PM
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Crehm
Posts: 951 - Karma: 842
yes about 6 years ago now probably around 05' 06'ish 50 50ed a 10 foot ride on like a boss in rental skis
Jan 7 2012 8:59PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
i remember the day. my friend and i, rocking our rentals, hit the same flat box maybe 200 times in a row. nothing but railslides. first try i ate mega shit though
Jan 7 2012 9:07PM
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garrettwiz
Posts: 2662 - Karma: 34
my first rail attempt when I was 9 and I fell and hit my head then went and fell asleep in the ledge for like 2 hours hahaha good times. It just gets better and better from here, congrats man!
Jan 7 2012 9:12PM
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GNARwalls
Posts: 1287 - Karma: 528
more of a rail, i'm the goofy mofo in the tiedye. it was a funny time haha
Jan 7 2012 9:19PM
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Boooshank
Posts: 1650 - Karma: 160
Yep. As if I could forget. Mt Shasta, CA.

The sound of my skis on the box made me jump out of the rental life and into a sport I love more than anything else.


Jan 7 2012 9:22PM
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Caspaaa
Posts: 4830 - Karma: 1,466
Stratton mountain, last season

went up with my friend who was semi okay at park, and there was a tiny rainbow box on the side of a trail, and i mean tiny as in the peak was a foot off the ground and it was 8 feet long.

i 50/50'd and then i remember asking him how to go sideways, tried it, ate shit, got up, tried it again and stomped it switch. first day of park in my life, by the end of that day i was hitting the 4ft high up rail to frontside 270 out. /claim

I HAVE VIDEO I THINK
Jan 7 2012 9:32PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
First thing I ever tried was a rail about an inch off the ground on my snowblades.
Jan 7 2012 9:55PM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
Yes, shitty little flat box maybe 1.5 feet high and a foot wide, I was so stoked.
Jan 7 2012 10:11PM
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Relish_man
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 551
two boxes connected. 50/50 the first one and then 90 for the second. can this be considered innovative, looking back at it?
Jan 7 2012 10:26PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
hahaha seriously


back in my first year of boxes and rails i had a solid bruise on my hip the whole season
Jan 7 2012 10:30PM
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ForeverYung
Posts: 8385 - Karma: 2,060
3 seasons ago, ride on butter box (really wide) on k2 racing skis
Jan 7 2012 10:36PM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 1,989
It's kind of like losing your virginity
Jan 7 2012 10:42PM
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.R-Lohin
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 117
Whats a box?
Jan 7 2012 11:09PM
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chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,121
I remember my first 360, my first backflip and my first cork 10. That's about it...
Jan 7 2012 11:09PM
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PlaygroundRapist
Posts: 1307 - Karma: 26
It never really goes away does it?
Jan 7 2012 11:11PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
Crash pads work wonders ^^
Jan 7 2012 11:25PM
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PlaygroundRapist
Posts: 1307 - Karma: 26
I'm not letting my manlines be comprimised by something like crash pads!

Then again.....yes please!
Jan 7 2012 11:34PM
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benJAHmin
Posts: 519 - Karma: 20
Quality post.
Jan 8 2012 10:41AM
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rswitzer14
Posts: 49 - Karma: 10
Nice stories guys, thanks for all the awesome replies
Jan 8 2012 10:52AM
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.Ian.
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 72
Haha my first 360, box and rail were all on snowblades. It must've been at least a good 5-6 years ago for me. The 360 I did was over some little hip feature. I remember losing my balance when landing so many times on those damn snowblades. Did anyone else ever have problems landing on those dumb things? haha
Jan 8 2012 10:57AM
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skifoo
Posts: 1396 - Karma: 45
lol. me and buddies just kept falling if we tried to slide sideways hahahahaha. it was mission impossible to go sideways, god.
Jan 8 2012 11:12AM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
This, it was fucking scary at the time
Jan 8 2012 11:22AM
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garrettwiz
Posts: 2662 - Karma: 34
hahahaah I ONLY did spins with snowblades for a long time back in the day. they were so great to learn on
Jan 15 2012 1:17AM
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chardi
Posts: 5040 - Karma: 59
i think i was like 9
Jan 15 2012 1:22AM
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Gstrong
Posts: 4776 - Karma: 519
that was the worst 4 minutes and 54 seconds of my life
Jan 15 2012 1:23AM
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GreydonIselmoe
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10
I can't remember. Fell onto the edge and took a nice and neat concussion...
I'm told I proceeded to successfully throw a triple misty 10 japan with my eyes closed.
Jan 15 2012 1:26AM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,411
Yeah, tonight. Rode off the edge so many times. Finally slid the whole thing, had no speed at the end and just stepped off. Was a good time.
Jan 15 2012 1:41AM
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BigBadWolf
Posts: 2000 - Karma: 432
first rail/box: ski blades this november on a freshpark rail in my backyard and i did a 270 off it too.

First legit one: Keystone opening day, it was my first day ever on real skis (not snowblades, and i had snowboarded last season and every season since i was 5) It was my first time ever on skis and i hit every box they had set up (flat, down, up flat down, down flat, flat down) it was such a dope day. Most of my friends say i am progressing insanely fast too.
Jan 15 2012 1:42AM
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crab_pretzel
Posts: 3919 - Karma: 622
i dont remember the first one i ever rode on, but i remember the first one i hit sideways. i thought i was so legit
Jan 15 2012 2:14AM
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stickski
Posts: 1938 - Karma: 1,529
I remember jumping on sideways and sliding for like a second and being like "im tom wallisch!" haha and then instantly falling on my shoulder and hit my funny bone.. not tom wallisch
Jan 15 2012 2:21AM
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razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
For sure i remember it. First every park night in the glasgow snozone and didnt have park skis so had to do it on regular rentals. Got on slid the box a peach tried to ride out switch and just stacked it. I was used to rollerblading so hitting boxes was no different i just had no idea or way of skiing switch. After not landing a single trick all night i went home and bought my current park skis an havent looked back.
Jan 15 2012 5:36AM
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Monsieur_Patate
Posts: 1393 - Karma: 4,307
Yeah, and that was with a snowboard!
Jan 15 2012 5:50AM
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john.stossel
Posts: 943 - Karma: 5
ya i lasted like 15 minutes, didnt dissapoint.
Jan 15 2012 7:35AM
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aint.no.thang
Posts: 56 - Karma: 20
I see what you did there.
Jan 15 2012 10:16AM
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