Is ski patrolling gnarly too?

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Loner

Do y'all gnarly, dusty shredders associate ski patrollers with old fucks that dont shred? I mean i am becoming one by the end of this weekend and I feel like, despite all of the old timers on the patrol, that a lot of them are gnarly ass dudes, that save people. I Shred hard. What do y'all think?

Mar 5 2013 1:54PM

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theBearJew

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Crazy Fool

DID YOU SAY POPSICLES?

Mar 5 2013 1:55PM

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Maturin

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Pro

I think it's pretty sweet that you're into it. My mountain definitely has some cool-cats on Patrol.

Mar 5 2013 1:56PM

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gatley-o9mil.

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Loner

Mar 5 2013 2:00PM

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Ski_the_east01

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Mar 5 2013 2:01PM

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Casey

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Crazy Fool

Yeah theres some legit skiers on patrol. A lot of the volunteers are better first responders than skiers, which is probly better than the other way around

Mar 5 2013 2:04PM

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californiagrown

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Crazy Fool

at gnarly mtns ther are gnarly patrollers.

I was chatting with a patroller at Alpine Meadows sunday and asking where was blown in rright now. he told me of a certain gnarly area where he was resetting "cliff" signs earlier, and told me he got sluffed almost off a 40 footer and had to grab a tree branch right at the top to keep from going off. He made it sound like just another day in the life lol. He was late 40s early 50s.

Mar 5 2013 3:48PM

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.nasty

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Crazy Fool

just go watch the patrollers in kirkwood drop a cornice into icy moguls and straight line all the way down, it's insane. some patrollers are burly motherfuckers

Mar 5 2013 3:50PM

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