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A question from a snowboarder.

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Chewy.
Posts: 4113 - Karma: 4,856
Is skiing moguls even enjoyable? It looks stupid and seems so rough on your joints.
Feb 6 2014 11:40PM
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Schmaelzle
Posts: 272 - Karma: 547
It can be really fun, there's a rhythm to it and they make great jumps when you get bored. If you suck at skiing moguls they're fucking awful, though.
Feb 6 2014 11:42PM
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SDrvpr
Posts: 851 - Karma: 649
Real men straight line moguls
Feb 6 2014 11:43PM
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Tree60
Posts: 1438 - Karma: 4,961
It's probably one of my least favorite aspects of skiing, but it's not awful. Once you learn how to do it correctly it's kinda fun.
Feb 6 2014 11:44PM
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PM4FreeJiberish
Posts: 447 - Karma: 3,533
Go back to you're "Snowboarder Park" and do your whearly birds, we dont talk to your type here!
Feb 6 2014 11:47PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
I could ski bumps all day long and be happy.
Feb 6 2014 11:48PM
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TOAST.
Posts: 7475 - Karma: 35,964
I wish I could rip bumps. It is something I want to get better at.
Feb 6 2014 11:49PM
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Bertrand
Posts: 423 - Karma: 457
So much fun. Getting speed and airing out of them with a proper cosack is the best feeling.
Feb 7 2014 12:00AM
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No.Quarter
Posts: 5257 - Karma: 16,962
A question for snowboarders:

Are moguls really that hard? or do most snowboarders just complain a lot? Because I skied with two of my snowboarder friends for the first time and all we did were bumps and trees.
Feb 7 2014 1:02AM
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Armada333
Posts: 175 - Karma: 57
theyre nothing like bustin the mogul on a sunny day of spring (east coast so i dunno what pow is)
Feb 7 2014 1:18AM
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Armada333
Posts: 175 - Karma: 57
Hahaha forgive me i had to
Feb 7 2014 1:21AM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
Once you learn how to ski them, it's sooo much fun. I was on a mogul team for a bit and I miss having access to a nice course on the reg. Now I only shred the camp course in the summer. It's an unbroken line of something like 300 vertical feet. Still haven't cleaned the whole thing.
Feb 7 2014 1:28AM
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mattb4
Posts: 13 - Karma: 32
As a midwest rider, whenever I go out west I spend way more time on moguls than park. They're fun for me
Feb 7 2014 11:52AM
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Chewy.
Posts: 4113 - Karma: 4,856
I love skiing trees. But moguls are terrible. If they're short, it's fun to butter off them, but other than that, they just destroy my ankles.
Feb 7 2014 11:53AM
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John18_6
Posts: 7313 - Karma: 49,163
Lutsen mn shapes their moguls and makes them the size of cars, there's a mile long run of massive moguls and it's soo fun.
Feb 7 2014 11:56AM
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SkiBum.
Posts: 3600 - Karma: 3,909
My biggest regret in skiing was not doing moguls/freestyle and getting into the park instead.
Feb 7 2014 11:57AM
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LeChat
Posts: 43 - Karma: 426
Really ? Go back to YOUR school kid...
Feb 7 2014 12:03PM
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powerbong2000
Posts: 737 - Karma: 1,802
don't be bummed on not knowing how to ride them. I am 30 and just starting to get dem zipperz down. Decided to learn to improve my tree skiing.
Feb 7 2014 12:04PM
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Tremblantskier
Posts: 945 - Karma: 5,423
A day training bumps requires hot tub and advil after
Feb 7 2014 12:09PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,142
No, they're not that fun, which is why you're best to just ride right over top of them on the way to the chair.
Feb 7 2014 12:10PM
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Woodhouse
Posts: 390 - Karma: 160
I don't enjoy them as much as many aspects of skiing, but they're still super fun once you can find a good rhythm. To be honest, I think they're a huge aspect of being a good skier. If you can keep it together going mach-chicken through a bump field, it will add a lot to the rest of your skiing.
Feb 7 2014 12:11PM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
I don't really think of them as being fun...

They're good if you want a workout but it's not super fun
Feb 7 2014 12:27PM
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lewist
Posts: 174 - Karma: 799
I went skiing with another skier and a snowboarder, and we bombed this rutted out run at like 4:30 in the afternoon, we got to the bottom and me and the the other skier were so stoked and high fived and the snowboarder came over a couple of seconds later and said that was the shittest thing he's ever done
Feb 7 2014 11:35PM
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