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Henry.V
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I don't know why but it seems that whenever I'm in the parks I never see any girls. I'm from the Midwest, so maybe that has something to do with it, but why is this? Im a guy so I have no idea.
May 26 2015 11:51AM
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-InfamousMax-
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Maybe it has something to do with OP itself?
May 26 2015 12:35PM
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Steezy_IN_KC
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That's strange... at my mountain it's like 90/10 girls to guys. Not to mention they're all 10/10 even when the goggles come off.
May 26 2015 12:45PM
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.Hugo.
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Theyre scared of you hank
May 26 2015 12:45PM
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Swandog7
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I can relate to that a small amount in Minnesota. I do see chicks in the park when im there but like 3 at most. They kill it tho. But Midwest has a smaller amount of skiers because of smaller slopes and less interest because they aren't that special to ski on.
May 26 2015 1:03PM
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Mr.Bishop
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I assume a large part of the problem is how badly we treat the girls.

"Holy shit that bitch sucks. What the fuck are women doing trying to ski they suck so fucking bad."

If I heard that, I would be not super motivated to give it a shot. We need to support and encourage the ladies to be rad as fuck, just like they are.
May 26 2015 1:17PM
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S.J.W
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Because of a few reasons. Most skiers look like this when they see a girl skiing park

Which creeps them the fuck out.

And as Bishop said, we're not supportive.
May 26 2015 1:46PM
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eheath
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tons of chicks shredding the park at pc and when I was in colorado i noticed a shit ton of girls at keystone and breck too. But these are the concentrated park skiing areas.
May 26 2015 2:07PM
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Mingg
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We are few and far between.

I remember when my friend and I first started skiing park guys would yell from the lift to us to get out of park. We would get cut off all the time. People would ride into us quite frequently too. Not because we were in the way though, like we weren't standing on landings or in the way. A lot of the time it would be near the lift line while my friend would unbind and stuff. It was always the same crew of snowboarders too. It was fucking shitty. It made us hesitant to ride park at first but then we got over it.

I'm not sure if thats why there aren't many girls. I feel like that was more of a local problem for my friend and I haha. Female participation in action sports is always less than male participation so it makes sense. I would love to see more girls in park though, just wish I knew how to get more girls into it.
May 26 2015 2:15PM
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T-Van
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Henry.VI don't know why but it seems that whenever I'm in the parks I never see any girls. I'm from the Midwest, so maybe that has something to do with it, but why is this? Im a guy so I have no idea.


-InfamousMax-Maybe it has something to do with OP itself?


Definetly is you OP, When ever I'm skiing with Max it's like the whole mountain full of bitches, you can't even see the snow sometimes
May 26 2015 2:53PM
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Slush
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Mr.BishopI assume a large part of the problem is how badly we treat the girls.

"Holy shit that bitch sucks. What the fuck are women doing trying to ski they suck so fucking bad."

If I heard that, I would be not super motivated to give it a shot. We need to support and encourage the ladies to be rad as fuck, just like they are.


cddlswthsqrrlsWe are few and far between.

I remember when my friend and I first started skiing park guys would yell from the lift to us to get out of park. We would get cut off all the time. People would ride into us quite frequently too. Not because we were in the way though, like we weren't standing on landings or in the way. A lot of the time it would be near the lift line while my friend would unbind and stuff. It was always the same crew of snowboarders too. It was fucking shitty. It made us hesitant to ride park at first but then we got over it.

I'm not sure if thats why there aren't many girls. I feel like that was more of a local problem for my friend and I haha. Female participation in action sports is always less than male participation so it makes sense. I would love to see more girls in park though, just wish I knew how to get more girls into it.


This is so crazy. I have never seen people do this before but it's ridiculous that it happens. I guess you'd just have to be a total dick head. Like, seriously, what gives you the right to say someone doesn't belong in the park?
May 26 2015 5:09PM
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Breaking_Rad
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May 26 2015 7:41PM
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Deepskier
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I don't know I see both sides in SV there arent many girls riding park but the like one that does named Hanna everyone is super cool to her and motivate her on her backies but if the guys are dicks to girls its because the girls are just bitches on or off the hill like most of the girls mogul team.
May 26 2015 7:57PM
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ErinCarpenter
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Females only appear at timberline in the summer
May 26 2015 11:31PM
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LynxNation
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Alive and well in the park today!
May 27 2015 1:51AM
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bighomieflock
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Keystones got tons of pro-hoes that lap main line without progressing.
May 27 2015 1:57AM
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Chubz.
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theres a girl snowboarder at my hill that shreds extremely hard. She's almost up to par with the guys here..almost.

i dont even think it's a discrimination thing, i just think that snowboarding/skiing isnt a very "girly" thing to do, therefore...girls don't do it.


IDK just talking about my ass here.
May 27 2015 1:57AM
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Henry.V
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It might also have something to
May 27 2015 8:43AM
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Henry.V
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With the fact that the rope tow can be pretty heavy. Idk I try to get my sister in the parks and she always complains about that. Although ropes are really only in the Midwest... But it could be a contributing factor...
May 27 2015 8:45AM
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Ski_The_E
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Just my personally experience, but when I see a girl shredding in the park I get really psyched. Same goes for anyone shredding really, but I haven't really seen too many guys shitting on a girl who slays. I could imagine, however, that a girl who is just starting out and trying to get better could get a lot of shit. I mean anyone who is in the park and just starting out will have a hard time getting used to the flow and etiquette of the trail, and will probably be the target of some angry comments ("That gaper just cut me off! What a fuckhead!"), but I could see how being a beginner girl would be extra difficult because of the concept that girl's skiing is behind guy's skiing. Honestly I think the solution is to just be more accepting to ANYONE who is just beginning to ski park. If we stop getting angry at the "gapers" and "scrubs" in the park, and instead just approach them and explain what they are doing wrong then not only will the female community grow, but the community as a whole will as well.
May 27 2015 9:30AM
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Slush
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Ski_The_EJust my personally experience, but when I see a girl shredding in the park I get really psyched. Same goes for anyone shredding really, but I haven't really seen too many guys shitting on a girl who slays. I could imagine, however, that a girl who is just starting out and trying to get better could get a lot of shit. I mean anyone who is in the park and just starting out will have a hard time getting used to the flow and etiquette of the trail, and will probably be the target of some angry comments ("That gaper just cut me off! What a fuckhead!"), but I could see how being a beginner girl would be extra difficult because of the concept that girl's skiing is behind guy's skiing. Honestly I think the solution is to just be more accepting to ANYONE who is just beginning to ski park. If we stop getting angry at the "gapers" and "scrubs" in the park, and instead just approach them and explain what they are doing wrong then not only will the female community grow, but the community as a whole will as well.


I try to do this all the time at my hill, but all the kids think they're the shit, so they don't listen to a thing I say
May 27 2015 9:51AM
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Ski_The_E
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SlushI try to do this all the time at my hill, but all the kids think they're the shit, so they don't listen to a thing I say


Well, if you approached them politely and tried to ask them to do something basic like not standing on a landing or not cutting across an inrun without checking to see if someone is dropping and they didn't listen, then feel free to get mad at them. These are the people that we don't want in the community anyway. It's the people that are trying their best to have fun while staying out of the way of other people that deserve to be treated with kindness. If you try to help and someone is a dick to you, then by all means, be a dick back and try to make sure that that person either

a) Stops being a dick and realizes you are trying to help
b) Leaves the park and never comes back
May 27 2015 9:57AM
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pow_pow~
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has anyone considered that maybe they just aren't interested?

its like saying why aren't there as many girl skateboarders, motocross riders, bmx riders, big wave surfers etc etc


its just how it is. girls do more girly stuff and guys are attracted to action sports. we've become so politically correct these days that we just need to step back and realise that if everyone is enjoying themselves its no biggie.



sure, it would be cooler to see more girls in all of those sports, but if it doesn't interest them it doesn't interest them, not much you can do about it.
May 27 2015 10:45AM
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Slush
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pow_pow~has anyone considered that maybe they just aren't interested?

its like saying why aren't there as many girl skateboarders, motocross riders, bmx riders, big wave surfers etc etc


its just how it is. girls do more girly stuff and guys are attracted to action sports. we've become so politically correct these days that we just need to step back and realise that if everyone is enjoying themselves its no biggie.



sure, it would be cooler to see more girls in all of those sports, but if it doesn't interest them it doesn't interest them, not much you can do about it.


Well they should do more cool shit because it's damn sexy
May 27 2015 12:39PM
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Mingg
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pow_pow~has anyone considered that maybe they just aren't interested?

its like saying why aren't there as many girl skateboarders, motocross riders, bmx riders, big wave surfers etc etc


its just how it is. girls do more girly stuff and guys are attracted to action sports. we've become so politically correct these days that we just need to step back and realise that if everyone is enjoying themselves its no biggie.



sure, it would be cooler to see more girls in all of those sports, but if it doesn't interest them it doesn't interest them, not much you can do about it.


Yeah this is really true. I'm not from a ski town or anything. Fuck, some people around here still think parks are for snowboarders only. In fact there's a sign that says snowboard park at one of the hills here. So I think some girls don't even know that it's possible to get into this stuff.

When I moved to college I had 3 roommates and 4 friends across the hall. Turns out 4 of them snowboard, 1 skis, and my roommate skied once and wanted to learn this season. I mentioned that I ski park and stuff and they were all shocked and didn't even know that girls actually did that. So I think that's a possible factor.

I definitely get more stoked/inspired to see a girl throw down than a guy(sorry guys). It's like if I see a guy do something, I'm like shit that was dope. But if I see a girl do something similar, in my head Im thinking that I really wanna do that too and sometimes seeing another girl do something it makes it seem more doable for me. I don't know how to explain it. The same might be true for other girls but I can't speak for all.

I guess what I'm trying to get at is if there was more content/exposure from girls and more girls even knew about freeskiing maybe they would give it a shot too. And maybe even find a passion in it. That shit gets me so stoked.
May 27 2015 12:40PM
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Ski_The_E
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pow_pow~has anyone considered that maybe they just aren't interested?

its like saying why aren't there as many girl skateboarders, motocross riders, bmx riders, big wave surfers etc etc


its just how it is. girls do more girly stuff and guys are attracted to action sports. we've become so politically correct these days that we just need to step back and realise that if everyone is enjoying themselves its no biggie.



sure, it would be cooler to see more girls in all of those sports, but if it doesn't interest them it doesn't interest them, not much you can do about it.



It's also possible, and I think quite likely, actually, that girls tend to lack interest for these action sports due to a societal push for girls to do things typically considered "girly" and guys to do things considered "manly." There's a possibility that a natural, biological difference between average men and women would lead more men to do action sports then women, but I think it is hard to argue that men and women are given an equal societal push to do action sports.
May 27 2015 3:49PM
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pow_pow~
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cddlswthsqrrlsI guess what I'm trying to get at is if there was more content/exposure from girls and more girls even knew about freeskiing maybe they would give it a shot too. And maybe even find a passion in it. That shit gets me so stoked.


give it a couple of years, it won't happen over night but girls park skiing has already gone up exponentially in the past year or so. you can see by all the edits coming out now and all the members on here.
May 27 2015 8:01PM
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J-C
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I was having this conversation with a girl friend of mine that shreds and that is also the other park instructor. She told me that she thinks that having another girl to shred with her would motivate her more to learn. I think that girls usually aren't as competitive as guys so they learn by helping each other rather then having that I want to be better than my friend mentality. I also taught this girl in my park class with 6 other guys all about 12 and I notice that she needed more explanation on how to do the trick rather then her trying by her self and learning from her mistake
May 27 2015 8:49PM
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cannonballer
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Park = 13 year old boys.
13 YO boys = completely awkward around girls to the point of acting creepy and weird.
Acting creepy and weird = scaring the girls away

= no girls in the park
May 27 2015 9:58PM
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cannonballer
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Park = 13 year old boys.
13 YO boys = completely awkward around girls to the point of acting creepy and weird.
Acting creepy and weird = scaring the girls away

= no girls in the park
May 27 2015 9:58PM
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lurking
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Does this topic have to be brought up every fucking month?
May 27 2015 10:00PM
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theabortionator
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loganschnurDoes this topic have to be brought up every fucking month?


this
May 28 2015 1:34PM
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frekalicious
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Im pretty new to this whole scene and idk why more girls don't try this stuff. 1) its super fun even just learning simple stuff 2) everyone just assumes you must be some kind of bad ass because you're even willing to try this stuff 3) come on its pretty freaking sweet.
I usually ride with my friends who snowboard and every one at least everyonelooks impressed that theres 3 girls trying to progress in the park. so shout out to all the girls out there, do your thing and kick some ass
May 28 2015 11:38PM
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Henry.V
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frekaliciousIm pretty new to this whole scene and idk why more girls don't try this stuff. 1) its super fun even just learning simple stuff 2) everyone just assumes you must be some kind of bad ass because you're even willing to try this stuff 3) come on its pretty freaking sweet.
I usually ride with my friends who snowboard and every one at least everyonelooks impressed that theres 3 girls trying to progress in the park. so shout out to all the girls out there, do your thing and kick some ass


I'm always trying to teach my younger sister new stuff in the park (she skis too). Anyways one day we were out trying some stuff out in the park at Trollhaugen, which is a pretty male dominant hill. And all of a sudden a border chick showed up in the park, which is pretty rare.. and I don't usually compliment snowboarders, but she was pretty good. Eventually after doing a couple laps she saw my sister shredding. She came over to the top where we were resting and she just started congratulating my sister on being a girl in the park and that girls need to stick together and all that stuff. Anyways than my sister just ditched me and went off, and her and this random girl just stuck together for the rest of the day.

I guess my point here is that if other girls are so rare in the park that this girl felt the need to go up and start congratulating my sister than there is definitely an issue with the atmosphere in the parks. We need to change some stuff, and no I don't mean start painting all the rails pink, but just be more excepting to the ladies. Cause all these other stories I'm seeing on this thread are showing that we definitely arn't.
May 29 2015 12:35PM
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T-Van
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I never saw anyone hating on a girl in park trying to get into park skiing or snowboarding , actually i feel like girls tend to get alot of respect and everyone is just stoked to see girls shredding. Atleast thats what i see... There are always some idiots out there , but I don't feel like this just isn't the case where I'm skiing.
May 29 2015 4:19PM
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supersquid
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Op's dick stank is scarin em off. you have to understand OP girls are smart and can smell dick stank from as far away as the chairlift.
May 29 2015 11:30PM
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