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What got you into free skiing

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EvanSamson.
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What got you into free skiing
Jan 7 2014 7:38PM
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edai
Posts: 4987 - Karma: 4,653
When I was in 4th grade I was 50/50ing a flat box and an older kid taught me and my friend how to do spins on it. Ever since then ive loved it. Now that I'm kind of in the more experienced position I try to help kids when I can see they're new to free skiing even on simple shit just cause itd feels good to know i might be the reason they love the same sport i fell in love with.
Jan 7 2014 7:56PM
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ErryB
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,685
got really bored just normally skiing down runs and always had fun going into the park, so last season got my first pair of twin tips and loving it
Jan 7 2014 7:57PM
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thedanimal
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When I was 6 or 7 I went to the local ski hill to go tubing with my family and the tubing was closes so we rented skis and I loved it. I couldn't go that much because I was in competitive hockey. A couple years later the hickey season ended early so I was able to go 4 or 5 time I the spring. I saw some skiiers hitting the park and thought it was awesome and the next year I quit competitive hockey and my parents got me a pair of twin tips for Christmas and the rest is history.
Jan 7 2014 8:36PM
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Juicy-J
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Jan 7 2014 8:37PM
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SimplyClean
Posts: 556 - Karma: 1,752
Freeze Magazine and when I watched Yearbook from Matchstick.
Jan 7 2014 10:55PM
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GreenStezz
Posts: 3570 - Karma: 717
I was on the Race team but my grades were never good enough to race so I always got lift tickets and just went into the park when others were racing.............
Jan 7 2014 11:29PM
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ABalls
Posts: 2091 - Karma: 3,754
In 8th grade my buddy said I should start skiing park so i did. Best decision I've ever made.
Jan 7 2014 11:31PM
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Jamie_Baril
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a combination of wallisches superunknown video, candides xgames gold medal run in 06, and the movie long story short.
Jan 7 2014 11:54PM
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FunkySane
Posts: 616 - Karma: 1,203
Traveling Circus. It showed me, that skiing doesn't have to be competitive and it's not about doing the sickest tricks. At that time when I didn't know much about skiing I remember watching some Tom Wallisch and Xgames and dew tour stuff. That only showed me the competitive side of this sport. Then my friend showed me an episode of Traveling Circus and I loved it. The freedom of doing your own thing and just having fun on the hill got me hooked.
Jan 8 2014 12:07AM
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tcurle
Posts: 1254 - Karma: 5,269
Candides run did it for me.
Jan 8 2014 12:36AM
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mikeyp433
Posts: 78 - Karma: 237
x games when i was 8 or 9
Jan 8 2014 12:41AM
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iH8pow
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hockey
Jan 8 2014 12:42AM
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nine50seven
Posts: 576 - Karma: 686
Tom wallisch's dew tour edit and I tried skiing on a family trip and picked up on it quickly
Jan 8 2014 12:43AM
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-WZ-
Posts: 3600 - Karma: 6,582
i started late, only been skiing for 3 years and really last year is when i first saw the whole freeskiing scene. Mainly got into it from my friend showing me a vid of his first backy and showing me LTC clips whenever we hung out
Jan 8 2014 12:45AM
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GrahamGould
Posts: 713 - Karma: 2,439
to be perfectly honest, I really have no fucking idea how I got into it. It just kinda happened I guess
Jan 8 2014 12:47AM
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eheath
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Happy Dayz along with Ski movie II High Society made me wanna hit rails and jumps
Jan 8 2014 1:02AM
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crab_pretzel
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duh
Jan 8 2014 1:04AM
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TheClap.
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Freeze
Jan 8 2014 2:31AM
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nolovedeepmeta
Posts: 41 - Karma: 235
Started skiing in grade 7. Buddies and I would try to hit jumps, but our skis always blew up (lol what's DIN?). Skied once in a while over the years, started again last season and thought I'd give park skiing a try.
Jan 9 2014 5:53PM
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LoneWolfe
Posts: 74 - Karma: 89
The B&E show, I remember watching the episodes and thinking that it looked like they were having so much fun doing whatever they really could imagine, so I looked up other edits and was hooked.
Jan 9 2014 6:51PM
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caderobinson
Posts: 1193 - Karma: 4,770
I watched Sammy C... and here i am today
Jan 9 2014 7:20PM
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slayaa
Posts: 197 - Karma: 582
Switched from snowboarding and saw slumdog illionaire.
Jan 9 2014 7:22PM
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Alakazam
Posts: 15 - Karma: 244
The program at my mountain.
Jan 9 2014 7:33PM
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JDA
Posts: 572 - Karma: 566
Jon Olssons videoblogs.
Jan 9 2014 8:08PM
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fruitstick
Posts: 594 - Karma: 1,034
SSX ON TOUR
Jan 9 2014 8:08PM
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a_burger
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skiing trees and bumps on the east coast got old
Jan 9 2014 8:15PM
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stupendous-man
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this vid made me realize that skiing is cool
Jan 9 2014 8:19PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
The groomers on a 500ft vertical hill got boring.
Jan 9 2014 8:39PM
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humpty
Posts: 1190 - Karma: 3,162
When I was 10 and skiing park with atomic race skis I felt pretty gay and wanted to snowboard. Then a crew of some thug park skiers came and did some sick shit which inspired me to start skiing park
Jan 9 2014 10:00PM
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[BoatsNHoes]
Posts: 183 - Karma: 1,324
I got bored of everywhere else on the hill
Jan 9 2014 10:54PM
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skiersupreme
Posts: 1549 - Karma: 4,872
i started skiing when i was reeal young, and i was pretty good, but i wasnt super into it. a couple of my friends showed me some videos, and were always getting me super stoked to ski. and poof. now i spend most of my freetime on newschoolers or skiing
Jan 9 2014 11:32PM
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HamFaceGirl
Posts: 5242 - Karma: 2,676
Op's mom
Jan 9 2014 11:37PM
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Willskiforfree
Posts: 929 - Karma: 3,167
My dad tought me how to ski when i was about 9. But i sucked, and my friends would go off jumps and i was too afraid. Then i stopped hanging out with them for a few years, got good at skiing, then showed them up and it felt really good. So i kept working at the park stuff
Jan 10 2014 12:52AM
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snowbabeee
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Got bored of the board u feel
Jan 10 2014 12:57AM
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