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Midwest skier problems

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FunkyMalone
Posts: 66 - Karma: 640
Runs last about 2 minutes

Ice Ice and more Ice

too many gapers wearing jeans

shitty snowboarders making shitty jumps on every run

little kids on leashes

more tow ropes than chairlifts

More fucking Ice


Dec 16 2013 11:09PM
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eheath
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Wait, skiing in the Midwest sucks? I thought you guys had huge mnts and epic back country skiing with some of the best parks in the country. Thanks for letting me know.
Dec 16 2013 11:14PM
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-WZ-
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i really hate the amount of snow in the midwest
Dec 16 2013 11:18PM
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Jesse.White
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Having to buy new gloves every 2 months cause of the ropes
Dec 16 2013 11:19PM
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BROLF
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The park crew is 50 year old women who rake NEXT TO THE RAIL and don't fix the giant bomb hole in the landing. You give her some friendly advice and she yells at you about her "years of experience"
Dec 16 2013 11:29PM
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FroesenSkeeze
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Hahahaha, I can say that I've never seen a woman on a park crew, never mind a 50 year old woman.

But the midwest has more boarders than skiers, at least where I live. More boarders = boarders on park crew = more snowboard oriented park design. It's usually not bad, but there were some questionable features last year...
Dec 16 2013 11:35PM
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Iraq_Lobster
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you gotta figure out how to make the conditions work, thats when it gets fun
Dec 16 2013 11:45PM
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brandonhausner
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where the hill is so small the terrain park is connected to the bunny hill. Gapers. Gapers everywhere.
Dec 16 2013 11:45PM
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FunkyMalone
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Dec 17 2013 12:08AM
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iH8pow
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yea, i absolutely hate a park that is only crowded on weekends from like 11-4....
Dec 17 2013 12:37AM
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JackJohnSki
Posts: 949 - Karma: 1,944
Granite Peak Parks in Wausau, WI

Dec 17 2013 12:41AM
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ALMIGHTYSOSA
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Where can I buy those color changing pants???
Dec 17 2013 12:47AM
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JackJohnSki
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Sagaouterwear.com
Dec 17 2013 12:51AM
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YUNG_milksteAk
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Wait, you're a fatass with a nice camera?
Dec 17 2013 10:17AM
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skithedirt
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The gapers, yes
The rednecks in camo, yes
The ice, yes


However, where I'm at in Illinois (I ski Snowstar) we're currently having one of the best winters in a while. We opened on time for the first time in a while, and this time last year we were waiting & praying for cold weather to make snow.

Does riding a 280 ft drop suck? Yes.

However, I love the way our park is right now and we have an even number of skiers and boarders on park crew and an almost even number of skiers and snowboarder riding ratio.

Just make of it what you can, don't bitch about it and have fun.


Dec 17 2013 10:26AM
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FunkyMalone
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I totally agree with you dude. Im proud to be from the midwest (michigan). I was trying to have some fun and see what other funny things Midwest NSer's could contribute and relate to.
Dec 17 2013 11:27AM
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YourMomsCouch
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When there's snow on the hill one day and then grass patches the next.
Dec 17 2013 11:29AM
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ski4fun420
Posts: 902 - Karma: 842
Midwest skiing beats the hell out of sitting on the couch all day.
Dec 17 2013 11:34AM
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El_Barto.
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LOL
Dec 17 2013 11:37AM
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Easy-E
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i ski at sunburst, i think this is the earliest theyve been functional in awhile... not too icey either. but god, theres a divit is everylanding
Dec 17 2013 12:07PM
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John18_6
Posts: 7313 - Karma: 49,164
Ice on ice on ice. In the partly cloudy trailer, will Wesson goes rail side to ice slide to rail slide at mn rail gardens. Click for larger image
Dec 17 2013 12:18PM
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blazeonyia
Posts: 351 - Karma: 1,364

Corn snow.  For those unfamiliar:  little balls of ice made by shitty midwest oldschool snowmakers. 

Dec 17 2013 12:21PM
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Seth.S
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Hi Blake - This is why I'm at Afton this year. Hyland "park crew" can suck one.
Dec 17 2013 12:51PM
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John18_6
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I reluctantly respect that :'(
Dec 17 2013 12:54PM
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GreenStezz
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I grew up in the Midwest then moved out west 9 years ago............. I still look back at skiing in wisconsin and how it make me the skier I am today.............. I've got love for wisco just more love for the west....................
Dec 17 2013 12:56PM
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slav_slayer
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hmmmm, sounds awful similar to Pennsylvania
Dec 17 2013 1:01PM
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artrud
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1.) you'd be suprised at the amount of "pro" skiers that have come out of the MW. Do some digging.

2.) From what I have experienced and it may have changed since I haven't lived out there for a few yrs, but the MW skier community might be small, but that isnt a bad thing.  I have been able to travel from MN to OH to SD and maintain friendships across that fairly large region.  Other skiers are usually pretty stoked to meet other skiers from the MW.

3.)   It's usually ALWAYS cold from Dec-Feb.  Use this to your advantage, get away from the resorts, and get good at urban.  So many good spots/features across the MW.  How do you think Hornbeck got so good at handrails?!!

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Dec 17 2013 2:26PM
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CashmereCat
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This. The park set up this weekend was actually super good, especially this early on
Dec 17 2013 2:27PM
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John18_6
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The mods can track your IP, you know that right?
Dec 17 2013 2:58PM
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McShane
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I'm not mad at you, I'm just disappointed in you.
Dec 17 2013 3:15PM
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Tolz
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The jumps here can never be big enough...
Dec 17 2013 3:29PM
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SteezyRedPanda
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hylands park crew is 70% to blame for my injury.
Dec 17 2013 3:57PM
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John18_6
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170% to blame, I'm going to hurt those bastards more than they hurt you.
Dec 17 2013 4:00PM
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InspiredMedia
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looks pretty fun!

Ohio



Michigan


Illinois/Wisconsin


Minnesota



Dec 17 2013 4:11PM
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histonskiah
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What are you talking about? tow ropes are the best part of the Midwest. Hot Laps for days
Dec 17 2013 4:34PM
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Dr.Dickless
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We have a very different definitions of corn snow
Dec 17 2013 4:54PM
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japanada
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Growing up skiing 300 feet of ice will make our break you. Made me uber comfortable laying a hard edge on ice. Now that I live out west, I thank the great days I had skiing back in IL/WI. Made tons of friends for life.
Dec 17 2013 4:59PM
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jordangaebel
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Midwest is where its at. So many great parks in the midwest.. Spirit, Afton, Hyland and Granite are one of my favs for sure
Dec 17 2013 5:16PM
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milk_man
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Dec 17 2013 5:31PM
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BROLF
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Yeah I really wish I lived closer to afton, and I still have no idea how all of Hylands park crew hasn't been fired multiple times, they leave features in horrible shape all the time
Dec 17 2013 5:59PM
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jordangaebel
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Hylands jumps look like a pile of shit, Im really surprised they haven't lol
Dec 17 2013 6:08PM
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Thawg
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What sucks the most is when your hill is too big to have rope-tows, so you have to wait in the lift line and then go up a chairlift just so you can hit the three features in the park.
Dec 17 2013 6:17PM
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FunkyMalone
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anyone in Michigan needs to visit Cannonsburg if you haven't already. Couple years ago they got new owners and made the entire hill into one giant terrain park with some of the most creative features ever.

Dec 17 2013 6:39PM
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Shifties4Dayz
Posts: 1657 - Karma: 553
Hestra Seth Morrison pro models. Problem solved
Dec 17 2013 7:41PM
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Skaliwagify
Posts: 136 - Karma: 113
Also a Snowstar skier here, I try to get out west twice or so a year and I love it when I do, but our little hill is fun as hell. Everybody knows everybody and there are always fun people to ride with. The park setup is switched up pretty often and the limitations of the mountain lead to getting creative or just trying new dumb shit. I don't mind the midwest.
Dec 17 2013 7:56PM
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*Frankie*
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Fuck you. You are fat.
Dec 17 2013 8:30PM
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Thadius.Castle
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Better than 90% of east coast parks. Dayyyyyum, makes me want to visit the Midwest.
Dec 17 2013 8:38PM
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skithedirt
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Glad you liked it.... I helped build it!
Dec 17 2013 11:59PM
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John18_6
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Me and some friends grabbed a shovel and tried to fix a jump in the park, we began by dissecting it. The ski patrol tried to stop us but it was too late. What we uncovered was shocking, appalling.

THE JUMPS AT HYLAND ARE PILES OF SHIT (AS PICTURED) WITH SNOW ON THEM.

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Dec 18 2013 12:45AM
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beau90
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Dude that's hella sick that's better then 80% of the parks over here in Montana!
Dec 18 2013 1:02AM
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Thawg
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except for the fact that there are gapers and little kids EVERYWHERE. you can't make it down a run without getting cut off by them at least once, during the weekends.
Dec 18 2013 10:55AM
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