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Music or No Music?

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ScottyN
Posts: 376 - Karma: 455
Listing to banger tunes or relaxing and enjoying the freedom, the quiet and the time to think and speak to friends while out riding?
Nov 13 2012 7:19AM
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Crispy.
Posts: 6109 - Karma: 7,683
No music, maybe during a comp one headphone in.
Nov 13 2012 7:24AM
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715.
Posts: 609 - Karma: 389
Depends on the day
Nov 13 2012 8:21AM
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Mar-O
Posts: 960 - Karma: 827
No music if I ride park, if I do listen to music I have to pause the song before hitting the jumps/rails..
Nov 13 2012 8:26AM
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Buzz_Lightyear
Posts: 247 - Karma: 19
if i do listen to music i usually only go with one headphone in
Nov 13 2012 8:35AM
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SkierPT
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 4,720
I use icons so I hav them around my neck playing loud for chill riding and on the lift. For dropping in I just move them up to my ears
Nov 13 2012 8:44AM
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razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
icons for park & competing for the ease of taking them on and off for talking to people. When doing serious riding you need to be completely aware of the people around you and any audible changes in surroundings or shits gonna' hit the fan, so no music.
Nov 13 2012 8:48AM
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Ryguy920
Posts: 898 - Karma: 207
Depends. When I'm shredding alone I either use my icons or just the stock apple headphones, when I am with friends then no music.
Nov 13 2012 8:57AM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
I used to listen when I was riding alone (which is almost never) but my iPod broke over the summer. For the most part though no music.
Nov 13 2012 9:46AM
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theBearJew
Posts: 10951 - Karma: 15,633
All depends on my feeling for the day. If I feel like being in my own world, music is on. If I wanna enjoy the day with some friends and the sounds of the day no music.
Nov 13 2012 10:16AM
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Skurfer
Posts: 44 - Karma: 7
Nothing beats pow trees while listening to music. Always turn it off or super low on the lift though to talk to friends, or even the randos your riding with.
Nov 13 2012 10:43AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
what kind of question is that? music as LOUD as possible. gets me stoked.
Nov 13 2012 10:55AM
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DILLINGER
Posts: 970 - Karma: 1,102
I listen to music with the standard apple headphones, but quiet enough so that I can hear people talking to me.

I NEVER listen to music when riding backcountry, always super paranoid about friends getting stuck/bailing hard/avalanches/anything else
Nov 13 2012 11:05AM
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Peach.
Posts: 3879 - Karma: 933
Both.

Nov 13 2012 11:08AM
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Austin.ski
Posts: 1034 - Karma: 2,582
when in the park defiantly have music but in the backcountry no music
Nov 13 2012 11:16AM
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ScottyN
Posts: 376 - Karma: 455
Id props agree with all of the above. maybe apart from skiing trees with music, friends getting stuck/ i think the silence is the best part of being on the mountains, especially in the alps you cn easily be away from everyone and the silence in humbling.
Nov 13 2012 11:28AM
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Cat_Steezens
Posts: 201 - Karma: 53
Music most of times im not riding with anyone. Depending on the type of day determines what tunes i play, but with friends i never listen to music. I get so frustrated when my friends listen to theirs and don't hear u so u go down the wrong run or go the wrong way
Nov 13 2012 11:36AM
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p-oskier
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 58
No music, I like hearing what is happening around me.
Nov 13 2012 11:56AM
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Auzy
Posts: 569 - Karma: 1,827
When I'm with friends I love to be able to talk and have fun but when I'm alone you just gotta blast that music!
Nov 13 2012 11:58AM
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ejm
Posts: 794 - Karma: 196
both buds in, cranked. always
Nov 13 2012 12:01PM
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Juicy-J
Posts: 1901 - Karma: 1,765
music for sure in park, anywhere else no. I always feel like im going to crash into someone if im blasting music just skiing down to the park. When im in the park though, i always listen to music. Even with friends, music helps me concentrate and dial in a trick, and makes landings so much cooler. Just get one of those headphones with the remote on them and youll be set. 999 post /claim
Nov 13 2012 12:02PM
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Round-Four
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 174
last winter my mp3 player broke so i started using my mom's old walkman sport, which i ended up loving.
Nov 13 2012 12:08PM
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Backyard.Skier
Posts: 5397 - Karma: 1,497
musc in the backyard ferr days!
Nov 13 2012 12:10PM
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Tikayt
Posts: 1031 - Karma: 1,543
No music in park. Noises help orientate my senses in the right direction !
Out of the park, music FTW
Nov 13 2012 12:30PM
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
I'll listen to music when not with friends but when my mates are around I would want to speak to them the whole so have no music.
Nov 13 2012 12:50PM
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Nieds
Posts: 832 - Karma: 1,926
Power day= Music
Park with Friends= No music
Nov 13 2012 12:52PM
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Chute-E
Posts: 162 - Karma: 346

I can't stand repeating myself all day trying to talk to a buddy who's blasting tunes...

On the other hand being in the customer service industry, I no longer feel like small talk with strangers, especially if I'm no longer on the clock. So I jam out when riding alone.

Nov 13 2012 1:04PM
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JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,176
When I'm by myself I listen to music. With friends I don't.
Nov 13 2012 1:26PM
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Ski_Alot
Posts: 5900 - Karma: 3,644
usually without music, only if im particularly bored by the park and im skiing alone
Nov 13 2012 1:38PM
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Jessie406
Posts: 170 - Karma: 328
I would have to say it depends, if your just messing around and not going to hard i would listen to music. but if its a pow day, nope! you gotta love just getting those face shots and making those turns in the fresh pow. I always take my headphones out tho when im on the chairlift so i can talk to my friends and who ever, unless im by my self ... then i jam out by my self on the chairlift
Nov 13 2012 1:43PM
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CheddarJack
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 7,380
When I'm with friends I just play it quietly, then when I'm starting my run I turn it up. But I'm always listening to music.
Nov 13 2012 1:49PM
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Stickity
Posts: 7750 - Karma: 769
i put my icons over a beanie but held by the helmet strap so i can hear music and everyone else perfectly
Nov 13 2012 2:05PM
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Trace.
Posts: 1460 - Karma: 635
I'm a big fan of skiing with music, it sets the mood and gets me stoked to ride
Nov 13 2012 3:15PM
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