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Whats your skiing superstiton?

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Duluthskier17
Posts: 23 - Karma: 1,419
Whats your skiing superstition? I know a lot of people that cant hit jumps at night, cant ski without poles. I was just wondering, whats yours?
Feb 24 2014 9:57PM
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washparkdub
Posts: 266 - Karma: 66
Cant start a run before clacking my poles twice behind me.
Feb 24 2014 10:00PM
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zoaster
Posts: 42 - Karma: 92
Skis have to be on the right feet
Feb 24 2014 10:08PM
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yangumane
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 3,347
this, plus never call last run. never
Feb 24 2014 10:11PM
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cheener12
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 5,884
shake snow off skis, smack poles together, fuckin send it
Feb 24 2014 10:12PM
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Parks.
Posts: 5612 - Karma: 1,093

for a lot of people its the dangerous last run

"take 2 more and skip the last one"

Feb 24 2014 10:12PM
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Bagina
Posts: 849 - Karma: 2,888
If ur gay ur gay.
Feb 24 2014 10:44PM
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notspoicey
Posts: 1167 - Karma: 1,706
calling last run
Feb 24 2014 10:53PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
before each run i put my right nut in, i take my right nut out, i put my right nut in and i shake it all about....
Feb 24 2014 11:38PM
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raymondcabral
Posts: 747 - Karma: 1,094
Don't lift the chairlift bar on the rollers or you will get hurt. Friend broke his collarbone doing this
Feb 24 2014 11:51PM
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Blake.P
Posts: 9894 - Karma: 3,585
skis go on a certain foot. even if the graphics aren't supposed to match up, so they can go on either one, ill start riding them with a particular one on each foot and feel weird if i change it

also never call last run. its always two minus one
Feb 24 2014 11:54PM
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Willskiforfree
Posts: 929 - Karma: 3,167
For some reason i got in the habit of knocking on my skis before every run, kind of like knocking on the wood inside of my ski, to dispell any voodoo stuff i jinxed on
Feb 25 2014 1:38AM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,409
My jacket cuffs just always be nice and snug over top of my mitt cuffs. If it's any different I must take the time to re-adjust, or else I just can't ski.
Feb 25 2014 2:01AM
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special-J
Posts: 1572 - Karma: 4,477
see, you "2 skip the last"ers are fools. By NOT calling last run, you are consciously just making your last run sketchier.

ALWAYS call last run.






jk blew my knee on a last run # yo-lo
Feb 25 2014 2:17AM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
This so much. It threw me off on the lift and when I got to the top I swapped em back.

I also wear the same pair of socks and the same base layer my first time out. Only after those are dirty will I wear anything else.
Feb 25 2014 2:20AM
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LIL_WAT
Posts: 1900 - Karma: 475
This.

Also I stamp down hard to make sure there's no snow in my bindings, at least twice on each ski, even when I know there's no chance of it being there.
Feb 25 2014 2:37AM
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E__
Posts: 5751 - Karma: 4,635
All of this


and, like in hockey, I put everything that comes in pairs on my left side first ex:
left sock then right sock, left pant leg right pant leg, left boot, left sleeve, left mitt, left ski, left pole etc.
Don't know why i do it just has been that way since I started playing hockey or dressing myself.
Feb 25 2014 2:40AM
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S.J.W
Posts: 7609 - Karma: 31,185
Click into my bindings atleast twice, jacket over cuffs, hitting poles together and every piece of gear must have a drop cliffs not bonb sticker on it, dnt ask why just started doing it a ciuple of years ago and now its the first thing i do when i get gear
Feb 25 2014 2:43AM
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bnewbs6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,463
I do the same thing but on the right side.
Also. My pole straps have a little R and L on them. The right one has to be on my right hand even though there isn't a difference
Feb 25 2014 2:44AM
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E__
Posts: 5751 - Karma: 4,635
Yeah my old 09 Invaders with the trippy disco design the same on both skis had an L or R on the bindings.
Feb 25 2014 7:00AM
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Deforestation
Posts: 1606 - Karma: 3,194
Skis have to be on the right foot (one ski has a sticker on it)
Long underwear pants have to be pulled above my boots because when I was little they would chafe my legs
Goggles must be perfectly alligned with helmet. Any gaper gap requires me taking off helm and fixing it
Boots must be buckled in the exact same spot every time (4th notch, 5th notch, 4th notch)
Feb 25 2014 7:05AM
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Superduploman
Posts: 227 - Karma: 505
I have to park the car so it faces the mountain. No idea why, i'll pick a parking spot far away from the lift just so it faces the hill..

I also start the day by doing a nosepress to tailpress just standing still. To make sure the bindings aren't fucked I guess
Feb 25 2014 7:14AM
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thedanimal
Posts: 490 - Karma: 180
I have to listen to music, I always keep an extra couple pairs of headphones in my ski bag. And right boot on first.
Feb 25 2014 7:33AM
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YouAllSuck
Posts: 632 - Karma: 1,177
Same here, I do it getting off a lift and right before I drop in. Especially if I am trying something new.
Feb 25 2014 8:05AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51645 - Karma: 162,278
Last run is about it.
Feb 25 2014 10:26AM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13083 - Karma: 18,725
Superstitions, no. weird rituals,yes.

I always take a deep breath before dropping in anything.
I never ski with my phone in the park.
I must have something in both pockets without creating a bulge
warm double layer pants under my snow pants
never call last run, or just relax the last run.
Feb 25 2014 10:52AM
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snakerton
Posts: 2434 - Karma: 1,977
I have to ride up on chair 69.
Feb 25 2014 10:57AM
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NMMedia
Posts: 982 - Karma: 1,700
on jumps I can't do no poles. For last run call 2 minus one instead of last run. Never hit a feature behind my friend Erik..
Feb 25 2014 11:07AM
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John18_6
Posts: 7313 - Karma: 49,163
Always use the bathroom before a long day. Soiling oneself midrun is not too enjoyable.
Feb 25 2014 12:24PM
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mski
Posts: 4791 - Karma: 3,803
Always left boot and left ski first when putting my boots on / steppin in to my binders
Feb 25 2014 1:42PM
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milk_man
Posts: 5252 - Karma: 5,983
That I will land on my head and die
Feb 25 2014 4:44PM
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tgm
Posts: 278 - Karma: 325
Not exactly a superstition but towards the end of the day I like to go by "the best drop all day can be the one you didn't hit."
Feb 25 2014 4:47PM
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PhotoGraphic
Posts: 241 - Karma: 477
First run no gloves, gotta get the feels on the grabs.
Feb 25 2014 4:48PM
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RubberSoul
Posts: 11249 - Karma: 14,642
i love those stickers, where should i get them? thanks
Feb 25 2014 4:52PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14489 - Karma: 10,640
I usually prefer one on each.
Feb 25 2014 5:18PM
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Granby_killdozer
Posts: 2381 - Karma: -11,975
I tap the snow with my noses then tails then noses again when I'm getting off the lift.

Feb 25 2014 5:20PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14489 - Karma: 10,640
The only thing I really do is have the correct pole in each hand. I have one Scott and one Armada pole, Scott is always in the right hand. This is because it is a stronger pole and I use my right hand to smack branches off trees and shit like that.

I always call last run, don't care about left / right ski, don't care about buckles, etc. I don't follow all that bullshit.
Feb 25 2014 5:24PM
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L0gan
Posts: 36 - Karma: 440
Ski with the sticker always on the left foot, otherwise something bad will happen
Feb 25 2014 5:28PM
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--ski--
Posts: 1670 - Karma: 817
If I catch an edge on my first run I'll be skiing shitty all day.
Feb 25 2014 5:35PM
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roach1324
Posts: 215 - Karma: 331
i cant put my ski socks on before i get to the hill
Feb 25 2014 5:44PM
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zwilly
Posts: 635 - Karma: 1,908
I cant wear a jacket if its above 15, I can only use poles if its cold.
Feb 25 2014 5:44PM
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JibSome
Posts: 30 - Karma: 249
Always clean snow of by boots by kicking the binding. Even if there is no snow on them. If I don't do that I just feel like my skis are going to fall off
Feb 25 2014 6:26PM
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E__
Posts: 5751 - Karma: 4,635
I'm like that when getting on, tap the snow with my tips, then drag and flex my tails until I can't touch the ground.
Feb 25 2014 6:44PM
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GrandThings
Posts: 3128 - Karma: 31,574
Waiting in lift lines I alway flex up the tips of my skis by pulling on them with the baskets of my poles. Also symmetrical buckeling is a must

Feb 25 2014 6:45PM
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op14
Posts: 1769 - Karma: 4,586
No matter what I always have to wear full tilts
Feb 25 2014 6:49PM
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.Stanley.
Posts: 5 - Karma: 24
Care to tell us how to put both skis on your right foot?
Feb 25 2014 7:31PM
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Dustin.
Posts: 13839 - Karma: 7,704
2 minus 1
Feb 25 2014 7:52PM
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ZachAndCheese
Posts: 816 - Karma: 5,116
Keeping my DIN all the way up, so my knees are EXTRA safe
Feb 25 2014 8:02PM
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Lou.
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 3,876
I yell "yip yip" before I drop in for a run.
Also yell that if im bombing groomers and I need to get some gaper to get out of the way
Feb 25 2014 8:03PM
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CBoro
Posts: 184 - Karma: 174
this guy knows whats up
Feb 25 2014 8:08PM
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