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riley.iris
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So I went up to my home mountains park this weekend. They've only been open for a few weeks, sometimes without a park, but kids are ripping like it's mid season.
Here's my question:
How are kids so good when the park has only been open for a few days?
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gotti
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I mean you dont have to relearn tricks every season
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.otto.
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because they were already good last year? Skiing is relatively easy for medium hard tricks.. what tricks were they doing?
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riley.iris
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.otto.because they were already good last year? Skiing is relatively easy for medium hard tricks.. what tricks were they doing?


13 year old kid 450 on to a down rail second try
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.otto.
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loafer10211013 year old kid 450 on to a down rail second try


thats gnarly, but honestly all you need is balls to do that
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270on420out
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.otto.thats gnarly, but honestly all you need is balls to do that


Bullshit
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gnar_whal
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THEDIRTYBUBBLEBullshit


this
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John18_6
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.otto.thats gnarly, but honestly all you need is balls to do that


I back this statement, it's all commitment and that's something I don't have.
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NewEscuelers
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At first I thought I was in NSG and I thought I was going to have to call someone about this thread because of its title
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FrenchFry
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Progression like any other sport man. People are just getting better at lower and lower ages. It happens to any sport
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.otto.
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john18061806I back this statement, it's all commitment and that's something I don't have.


all these kids down voting our post are just mad they dont have the balls... to a certain extent there is the chance that that kid went to windells or somethin
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John18_6
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.otto.all these kids down voting our post are just mad they dont have the balls... to a certain extent there is the chance that that kid went to windells or somethin


I'm not doubting the skill involved, it's just that you need some major nuts to learn it. The skill is all in being super consistent with spinning fast and being able to lock in at 450 every time, otherwise you are going to get destroyed. Also that kid probably went to Camp18061806, not windells.
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gabew34
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was this at sunday river? saw that canadian kid throw the 450 on there. i was the smaller kid on danollies in a tall t if you were there :D
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Anesteezia
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.otto.thats gnarly, but honestly all you need is balls to do that


I have two perfectly fine testes and I suck at skiing.
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John18_6
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AnesteeziaI have two perfectly fine testes and I suck at skiing.


Well, we're going to need some measurements here...
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Anesteezia
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john18061806Well, we're going to need some measurements here...


One hangs a little lower than the other one.
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John18_6
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AnesteeziaOne hangs a little lower than the other one.


Sounds like you're a lot more comfortable doing huge tricks spinning one way rather than the other. If you don't mind me asking, which testicle hangs lower?
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Anesteezia
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john18061806Sounds like you're a lot more comfortable doing huge tricks spinning one way rather than the other. If you don't mind me asking, which testicle hangs lower?


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John18_6
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AnesteeziaLeft


classic. you aren't alone
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AidanCski
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.otto.thats gnarly, but honestly all you need is balls to do that


That is so false. There are certain tricks in skiing like disasters and back flips where 95% of it is just sacking up, but 450 on to a down rail is straight ability.
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John18_6
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AidanCskiThat is so false. There are certain tricks in skiing like disasters and back flips where 95% of it is just sacking up, but 450 on to a down rail is straight ability.


Precisely. 3 swaps are another perfect example of it, huge commitment factor. Before you even think about trying them you have to be absolutely sure that you can do 4 outs in your sleep off small rails. If you don't pop or set your edge or spin perfectly on axis, you will die.

I'm not consistent enough at blind 4s to have any business in doing 3 swaps but I tried a few this weekend on a dfd. The one time that I actually committed to it I didn't quite pop hard enough, front ski lodged itself in a hole in the rail and I got ragdolled/catapulted. Fat bruise on my knee (from the rail) and hip (from the ice).
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a_burger
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assuming this is at Sunday River its a combination of there being some pretty good skiers at gould academy and the fact that it was the only place with a park other then killington within like 200 miles so everyone and their mom was there
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fries
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A combination of skill and an unfair amount of days on snow funded by parents
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S.J.W
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KansasJibI mean you dont have to relearn tricks every season


Well this advice would have come in handy when I was younger and learning to ski.
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GayWolf420
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Just like in general or what? I saw plenty of kids throwing down at PC this past opening weekend and it just seemed like everyone was happy and wanted to ski, not really trying to prove anything.

Younger kids also dont have to deal with injuries that much also and are fearless, its why you see little 10 year olds explode on a feature and bounce back up like it was nothing. I feel like once you blow a knee or something, it starts fucking with your head as you age.
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riley.iris
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speedyswapper34was this at sunday river? saw that canadian kid throw the 450 on there. i was the smaller kid on danollies in a tall t if you were there :D


Yeah I was at Sunday River. I was the kid who absolutely can't ski on the tiny box.
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camstain
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There were a bunch of kids ripping this weekend at Sunday River. More than anything these kids probably have spent a lot of time during the off season tramping and hitting backyard set ups, maybe even going to Windells or something. The best way for someone to get good is simply by skiing a lot and putting a serious amount of time into trying new tricks and dialing in ones you already know. I mean there are kids out there getting over 200 days of skiing a year under their belts while most of us on the East Coast are wicked lucky to even get 40 or 50. It also definitely makes a difference when Sunday River is one of only two mountains currently open on the East Coast, there is going to be a lot of good skiers that are going to come around. For example Tyler Duncan was hitting the park on Saturday, stomped a 450 on first try.
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