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Mogul Skiing?

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Joshskier_
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I'm on a ski team and ski moguls. It seems to be kind of dying and getting overrun by slopestyle. Which I ski too. Does anyone else ski moguls.
Feb 21 2016 8:05PM
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Dddsz
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Not competitively or with perfect form, but I have a lot of fun in moguls.
Feb 21 2016 8:11PM
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EasyCheesySteezy
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PringleNot competitively or with perfect form, but I have a lot of fun in moguls.


Same not for comp but I love to hit good moguls wich I don't get to ski very often.
Feb 21 2016 8:16PM
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reecemasters0
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im forced to ski moguls by waterville. to me it's a dying sport but thats probably just cuz i hate them. but im mainly a park guy
Feb 21 2016 8:19PM
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GayWolf420
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nah but have always respected the hell out of mogul skiers. I remember everyone calling them the "meatheads of skiing" when i used to "compete" in slopestyle/pipe events but the jokes would surely end when the mogul team comes into the booter lanes and shows everyone up.
Feb 21 2016 8:23PM
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270on420out
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I was a competetive mogul skier for a while. It was pretty fun. I just have more fun on the parks. I quit like 3-4 years ago. I also think it's a dying sport.
Feb 21 2016 8:34PM
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sgg.23
Posts: 271 - Karma: 266
I'm getting into comp moguls skiing, I love it. I think it's a dying sport and freestyle has definitely taken over, but it really is a great time and super fun.
Feb 21 2016 8:36PM
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reeski
Posts: 1029 - Karma: 1,719
Glenn Plake always says the best skiers on the mountain are bump skiers. If your from the East Coast and you were born in 70's -80's you are most likely a bump skier. Tons of fun but killer on the body
Feb 21 2016 8:58PM
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HAMNATION
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reeskiGlenn Plake always says the best skiers on the mountain are bump skiers. If your from the East Coast and you were born in 70's -80's you are most likely a bump skier. Tons of fun but killer on the body


I met glen plake in steamboat and he was starting a new line of mogul skis... .that was in 07 tho
Feb 21 2016 9:02PM
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skiRay
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i ski bumps everyday whether is a perfect zipper line or naturally formed bumps. its excellent training for agility and focus
Feb 21 2016 9:15PM
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SKIER_TRASH
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Joshskier_I'm on a ski team and ski moguls. It seems to be kind of dying and getting overrun by slopestyle. Which I ski too. Does anyone else ski moguls.


http://skiertrash.com/collections/mens-tees/products/bump-skiing-isnt-dead-tee

We do...
Feb 21 2016 9:37PM
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sgg.23
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SKIER_TRASHhttp://skiertrash.com/collections/mens-tees/products/bump-skiing-isnt-dead-tee

We do...


This is awesome
Feb 21 2016 9:50PM
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FarginBastage
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I think moguls in the spring, when the snow is so soft that it hits you in the face after each bump, is just as much fun as skiing powder. My local mountain grooms the shit out of everything so when I road trip to mountains with bumps I become obsessive and have no problems with hitting the same line all day. That being said it's definitely dying, considering the huge rat packs of bump chumps back in the 80s/90s being nonexistent now, but you'll always find stragglers. I heard Winter Park's Mary Jane still has a pretty solid bump scene.
Feb 21 2016 11:45PM
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SKIER_TRASH
Posts: 125 - Karma: 1,516
FarginBastageI think moguls in the spring, when the snow is so soft that it hits you in the face after each bump, is just as much fun as skiing powder. My local mountain grooms the shit out of everything so when I road trip to mountains with bumps I become obsessive and have no problems with hitting the same line all day. That being said it's definitely dying, considering the huge rat packs of bump chumps back in the 80s/90s being nonexistent now, but you'll always find stragglers. I heard Winter Park's Mary Jane still has a pretty solid bump scene.


Awesome! They're hard to avoid. We'll ski bumps with ya! In Vail/Beaver Creek this week, then back to Denver, Then UT, ID, OR, CA....
If your around hit us up -Bob 304-237-1604
Jan 20 2017 11:20AM
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Shower_Boy
Posts: 155 - Karma: 1,373
My season pass includes free lessons with it so I use it to take mogul lessons and it's so much fun
Jan 20 2017 12:12PM
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SofaKingSick
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DeebieSkeebiesnah but have always respected the hell out of mogul skiers.


yeah i pretty much put them in the same category as most racers-- not my thing but i respect the hell out of their skills

i do wish i was better at moguls, it's easily my weakest skiing aspect
Jan 20 2017 12:31PM
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SKIER_TRASH
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SofaKingSickyeah i pretty much put them in the same category as most racers-- not my thing but i respect the hell out of their skills

i do wish i was better at moguls, it's easily my weakest skiing aspect


Mogulas and rails, def the hardest. But gotta look at it in the way of hotdoggin instead of racing then there's alot more freedom and possibilities. Starts to mesh with flatland, ballet, jibs, rails....it gets alot more awesome ral quick when approaching it like that. Like this ->
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPc9ezKDTla/?taken-by=skiertrash
Jan 20 2017 1:06PM
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dan4060
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I skied bumps growing up in the east, although not competitively. Skiing bumps will definitely help make you a great skier. The park is great training too, but skiing bumps will help you in steep terrain which you will need if you ever move out west.

I think part of the problem with bump skiing goes back to 2002. Jonny Moseley skied bumps with perfect form and did an off-axis 720, yet didn't win the gold. I think that turned off lots of kids. Moseley made a ton of money after 1998. He also killed it in MSP/TGR movies around that time. He was probably the best all-around skier in the world at that point, but his not getting the gold in 2002 drove lots of kids to the xgames, which is a shame. Had he won gold in 2002 he would have been even bigger than he was in 1998. His 720 was scored lower in air score than quad twisters, I'm not kidding. What sucks is that after 2002 they changed the judging criteria, now you see 720's in bumps all the time. Had they done that before 2002 and given Moseley the gold I think it would have really revived bump skiing. Kids would have seen how rich you could get skiing bumps, and also how cool it is to do off-axis 720's in a bump field. The current bump skiers are some of the best skiers in the sport, you have to be incredible to do inverted and off-axis tricks in a bump field while skiing bumps perfectly. It's a shame they don't get their due because what they are doing is mind blowing.
Jan 20 2017 1:10PM
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Deepskier
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🙋🏽‍♂️I ski bumps and pipe competitively fun as hell
Jan 21 2017 9:08PM
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freestyler540
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I am an ex competitor in moguls. I dont get to ride perfect bump since I moved away from the east; powder is more of the game. However, the hard pack conditions and tossed up bumps are still great to rip in a fall line.

On the competition side, I found its quite dead and the FIS killed it. To compete bumps, you have to spent a lot of money in which you will never recover in the end. There are rules beyond belief and the structure and format prevent innovation and a good show, Plus it doesnt help FIS has full ownership of competition videos and refuses to make the content free.
Jan 22 2017 11:24AM
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Park.
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 4,582
I used to be a comp mogul skier but my body couldn't handle the wear of it so I had to stop. Moguls made me a sick skier though and I still love killing some moguls, but without some bump skis (or poles), its not nearly as fun.
Jan 23 2017 10:54AM
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3mania
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Candide
Pep
T-Hall
All started with some bump skiing.
Jan 23 2017 12:36PM
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Randy_Quench
Posts: 5447 - Karma: 4,343
Check out @4:40 for some dated, yet still just as accurate views on mogul skiing.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/855167/Fistfull-of-Moguls-Clip-My-Favorite-Ski-Movie
Jan 23 2017 12:39PM
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cozzey
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 1,814
I usually ski bumps when its just a few new inches of snow or hard pack, great training for your legs and is nice when you get sick of park skiing. Nothing is more satisfying then flying past jerrys who are stuck on mogul runs
Jan 23 2017 12:49PM
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InspiredMedia
Posts: 498 - Karma: 41,252
illest mogul comp of all time! 1998

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/691369/1998-ABOM-Mogul-Challenge
Jan 23 2017 12:59PM
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soupcan
Posts: 364 - Karma: 562
I wish we had a mogul team at my mountain when I was younger it's a sick event and it seems like it would give you strong technical skiing technique and confidence when sending tricks into bumps.
Jan 23 2017 6:31PM
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Scotty_B
Posts: 287 - Karma: 423
Yea I love moguls. An old instructor said the best way to ski moguls was to push your skis down the backside of the bumps and dam that shits hard.
Jan 23 2017 7:33PM
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