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Skier cross

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Reilly.M
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Anyone that has tried skier cross, is it hard at a high school level? I go to high school in Oregon and state comps are next week and i was gonna sign up for skier cross even though i've never tried it before. Good idea or bad idea? Is it fun?
Feb 25 2014 12:01AM
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GrahamGould
Posts: 713 - Karma: 2,439
its kind of fun. There doesn't seem to be a lot of competition for it, but it can get interesting
Feb 25 2014 12:06AM
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yangumane
Posts: 1816 - Karma: 3,347
I think it's fun, it's short but pretty insane and fast paced while you're doing it... Great workout
Feb 25 2014 12:10AM
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,155
Did a random race at my mountain once. Almost landed on my friend.
Feb 25 2014 12:15AM
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alexg1687
Posts: 1505 - Karma: 1,581
Do it!! Skicross is the best!!!
Feb 25 2014 1:32AM
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S.J.W
Posts: 7609 - Karma: 31,185
Skiiercross is sick
Feb 25 2014 2:44AM
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bnewbs6
Posts: 1919 - Karma: 1,463
It's so fun and intense. And anything can happen. If I wasn't doing park and pipe id be doing ski cross
Feb 25 2014 2:45AM
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Deforestation
Posts: 1606 - Karma: 3,194
I wish my school had skicross...
Feb 25 2014 7:06AM
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YouAllSuck
Posts: 632 - Karma: 1,177
I did a really low level free race at my mountain. It was a lot of fun and I won it, so I got a pair of nice goggles.
Feb 25 2014 8:07AM
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Ghini
Posts: 2261 - Karma: 3,004
Just do it. Just for fun be give all you got and see how you do.. Daron Rahlves used to ski cross btw..
Feb 25 2014 8:34AM
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*DUMBCAN*
Posts: 2447 - Karma: 5,628
I met a guy in France who threw tricks off the jumps in the track, he said that the need to keep his speed up for the next jump meant his style on jumps was better. It worked, he had the sickest style.

I know a few BMX riders who say the same thing, they practice all their jump tricks on race tracks and it forces them to flow from one feature smoothly.
Feb 25 2014 9:16AM
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milk_man
Posts: 5252 - Karma: 5,980
Go for it. That would be sick if you tried it and found out you're really good at it.
Feb 25 2014 4:46PM
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sNaubi
Posts: 1633 - Karma: 2,357
I really want to try it for REAL, I've tried some shitty resort tracks that suck balls, and maybe do a comp or something.
Feb 25 2014 5:27PM
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caucasian_chad
Posts: 4078 - Karma: 3,625
It's harder than it looks. Hitting big jumps on GS skis at full speed is really weird, as is racing with other skiers on the course. I've never been that good, but I've raced at USCSA nationals twice and it was a lot of fun. It's cool that you can do it in high school. I'd definitely recommend it. Make sure you have a stiff pair of skis with reasonably sharp edges.
Feb 25 2014 8:19PM
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CaptnCooke
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Last year at MSLM they built a sick ski cross track and me and my friend were on it all day...tonnes of fun
Mar 3 2014 4:39PM
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