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Who here does more all mountain than park?

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Lus146
Posts: 422 - Karma: 2,282
Trying to get an idea if NS is 100% park skiers. I enjoy park but I suck at it and have hurt myself enough from sucking so I don't really have any desire to be able to do any crazy park stuff. But I really like all mountain skiing and carving and shit. Who here is more into all mountain than park?
Jan 10 2017 2:07PM
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,880
I don't think i did a single trick in the park the last 2 seasons.
Jan 10 2017 2:11PM
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CheddarJack
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I ski park when conditions are bad. So last year I skied a lot of park. This year, I've used my park skis only like 3 or 4 days.
Jan 10 2017 2:13PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Lus146Trying to get an idea if NS is 100% park skiers. I enjoy park but I suck at it and have hurt myself enough from sucking so I don't really have any desire to be able to do any crazy park stuff. But I really like all mountain skiing and carving and shit. Who here is more into all mountain than park?


I ski mostly all mountain these days, but always take laps through the park. Park is technically part of "All Mountain" if you really think about it. I try to do a little bit of everything I have available to me.
Jan 10 2017 2:21PM
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kami
Posts: 555 - Karma: 4,404
I'll dip into the park if conditions aren't good, otherwise you'll finding me sending cliffs and ripping around in the trees. The best feeling in the world to me is dropping a big cliff and riding it out.
Jan 10 2017 2:48PM
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eheath
Posts: 61655 - Karma: 123,597
I'm about 50-50 on park and all mountain. If it snows I'm skiing the mountain, otherwise if I'm skiing I'll take some park laps, take some mountain laps, take some park laps etc.
Jan 10 2017 2:52PM
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Jcamotts
Posts: 156 - Karma: 2,598
I spend most of my time in the bumps/trees. If I am passing a park I'll ski it for sure but I'll only deliberately go to the park if the conditions suck and there's not much else to do.
Jan 10 2017 2:54PM
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ljackstar
Posts: 114 - Karma: 233
I'd rather be charging something steep and deep, but I live 4 hours away from a mountain, so I'm stuck riding park during the week and on weekends when I can't leave town.
Jan 10 2017 2:59PM
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GayWolf420
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Considering this current seasons snowfall pattern, i have no desire for park laps.
Jan 10 2017 2:59PM
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Mingg
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When I go to KB, i'll hike their park all day because their lifts are slow as balls and they only have like 3 runs open at the moment so fuck that. But when I go to Holiday Valley, I'll ski the hill for real. I think I've skied park 4 times this year. Been getting some solid days on my Jessie's and it's been a hell of a time.
Jan 10 2017 3:13PM
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bquick222
Posts: 124 - Karma: 364
I ski more all mountain. I enjoy finding natural hits/jibs and riding the bumps and pow. Im getting older and cant afford to get hurt anymore. Medical bill are expensive and if I cant go into work because I'm injured how am i gonna pay the bills? Getting old sucks guys.
Jan 10 2017 4:03PM
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aldicigg
Posts: 228 - Karma: 1,396
Looking at this thread it almost looks like there are no park rats on NS. I ski park all the time except for when there's fresh pow ofc. But it depends a lot on the resort I'm currently in
Jan 10 2017 4:12PM
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dan4060
Posts: 1458 - Karma: 847
I have skied maybe 5 park laps in the last 6 years. I ski resort steeps almost exclusively.
Jan 10 2017 5:02PM
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brett_fisher
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if theres pow ill go ski the mountain but in the park other then that
Jan 10 2017 6:07PM
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weastcoat
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 74,270
I haven't taken a run in two years that hasn't involved hitting a park on the way down
Jan 10 2017 6:13PM
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reeski
Posts: 1029 - Karma: 1,719
I haven't skied park in almost two years but I'm pushing 40
Jan 10 2017 8:03PM
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conchetler
Posts: 280 - Karma: 609
park is fun, but i mainly ski all over the mountain. if i go night skiing and sometimes in the spring i'll take some park laps, but usually i'm everywhere else. i still do lots of tricks and jibbing and that stuff, just not in the park
Jan 10 2017 8:19PM
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chris.goodhue
Posts: 946 - Karma: 6,209
Ride mostly "all mountain" I guess now...used to ski park all the time back east and still do when i go home. I try to ride the mountain like a park though, I love bringing a smooth park style to hits around the mountain, definitely a good feeling when it works
Jan 10 2017 8:28PM
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JORMUNGAND
Posts: 360 - Karma: 480
i enjoy mountain skiing way more than park. but i live in the midwest so park is the only exciting thing to do :/ when i go out west i do nothing but ski the steepest shit i can find
Jan 10 2017 8:41PM
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3mania
Posts: 2615 - Karma: 10,390
. Upper mountain is where I spin most of my laps, but always try and pass though the park once or twice on the way out. Ride a lot more park in the spring when those landings are softer.
Jan 10 2017 9:03PM
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RousedWits
Posts: 387 - Karma: 894
Back country is where it is at, skiing the trees and deep pow is bomb as hell! I also dig bombing groomers and really carving hard. I often hit Slalom and GS courses. don't actually spend a whole lot of time in the park. The mountain I ski at is inconsistent at putting one up. Some days its there, others it just isn't.
Jan 10 2017 9:04PM
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sgg.23
Posts: 271 - Karma: 266
I'm always gonna be shredding the big mountain if the condition are good, if not then I'll lap the park
Jan 10 2017 9:07PM
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Casey
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I'll take laps through the park of it's an off day and I am just messing around, but my goal is to get fresh tracks.
Jan 10 2017 9:57PM
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TNORTS
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Haven't really set foot in the park much in the past 2 years. Just kind of got tired of it as I became a better skier. I'll pop in if its on the way to wherever I'm going or if conditions are shit fuck. Everyonce and a while ill head to bush for a drunken spring day on sunny d tho
Jan 10 2017 10:29PM
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stompdat
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It's all about those all mountain MPHs.
Jan 10 2017 11:37PM
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chris.goodhue
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TNORTSHaven't really set foot in the park much in the past 2 years. Just kind of got tired of it as I became a better skier. I'll pop in if its on the way to wherever I'm going or if conditions are shit fuck. Everyonce and a while ill head to bush for a drunken spring day on sunny d tho


Tru.
Jan 11 2017 12:05AM
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JibbaTheHutt
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its crazy how 7 or 8 years ago when i first joined NS the answers would have been completely different. There is definitely a stigma associated with riding predominately park nowadays.

I personally try to ride pow/off piste as much as possible through the winter, not ashamed to say that when spring rolls around i love getting into the park and spending probabaly the majority of my time spinning hot laps...
Jan 11 2017 7:58AM
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The.Fish
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I ride park 90% when at home in ohio, at an east coast resort ill go into the park for like 3 laps. Out west I don't even bother because its rare to ski pow or even trees for me. Of course the times i have been out west the park has been awful to dedicate any time to it, atleast the places I went
Jan 11 2017 10:54AM
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Deepskier
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I have almost 40 days not a day in the park
Jan 11 2017 11:23AM
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SendyMcSendyface
Posts: 2843 - Karma: 24,236
Mostly ride park when I'm home in Southern Ontario, because there's really nothing else to do, but when I go out west/east, I rarely ride park, shredding the whole mountain is much more fun
Jan 11 2017 2:01PM
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freeballer
Posts: 726 - Karma: 960
I seldom ride the park. Maybe in late March if the snow sucks. The entire mountain can be your park, and you can be more creative. Plus, we've been getting a ton of snow this year, so I'm mostly chasing powder stashes.
Jan 11 2017 2:24PM
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wpetty20
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cant do a single cool "park" trick, and feel like is too late to learn. those fresh 14 year olds are intimidating man :(
Jan 11 2017 4:34PM
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ljackstar
Posts: 114 - Karma: 233
wpetty20cant do a single cool "park" trick, and feel like is too late to learn. those fresh 14 year olds are intimidating man :(


Just go for it man! I'm 21 and landed a rail slide for the first time on December 31, 2016
Jan 11 2017 4:40PM
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skitheleast
Posts: 105 - Karma: 142
I like to ski trees but in Ontario, you get a few laps through the trees until the rocks and ice come out. After that I stick to the park.
Jan 11 2017 4:46PM
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SendyMcSendyface
Posts: 2843 - Karma: 24,236
wpetty20cant do a single cool "park" trick, and feel like is too late to learn. those fresh 14 year olds are intimidating man :(


Dude, get out there and try it. I'm 17, been on skis for 13 years, and nailed my first box 2 weeks ago. Screw the 14 year olds, 1/2 of them can't even shred on the rest of the mountain. Go for it.
Jan 11 2017 5:00PM
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grilled_steeze
Posts: 422 - Karma: 1,448
i've been skiing for 14 out of my 16 years on this fine earth and this was my first season hitting a rail. At this point its mainly keeping skiing a challenge. I feel like I've gotten to a point with my "regular" skiing where its not productive to get better at it every day (not really the best way to say it), so Its on to the park if I want to work at something.
Jan 11 2017 5:36PM
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mike759
Posts: 884 - Karma: 1,978
when the conditions are crappy (most of the time) I ski park, but I suck
Jan 11 2017 5:51PM
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Wutever
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I guess you could call it "all mountain" but the park rat in me finds a way to make almost anything and everything into a natural park. I don't think I've been able to make it down the mountain without finding something to jump off of. Big mountain has helped me ski better in park just about as much as skiing park has helped me in big mountain. I usually try to split my day or ski per the conditions, or where I ended up for the day. If I'm up at Boreal, I came with the knowledge that it's a park only day, end of story. If I'm at Squaw I'll split my day and try to play around with a bit of everything but if it's a fresh powder or even good leftover day, forget about it, big mountain all the way.

But even in an "all mountain" situation, I can't help myself, wind lips, cat tracks, tree stumps, fallen logs, ruts, anything is fair game.

You know what, chalk me up as 50/50, I'll turn anything into a jump...
Jan 11 2017 5:56PM
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Segsxi
Posts: 457 - Karma: 1,675
I like to ski park in the summer at Timberline. In the winter you probably won't catch me anywhere near the park unless it's a bad day on the mountain.
Oct 5 2017 2:46PM
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tcurle
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I'm not on park skis 90% of the time, but my home mountain has a ton of fun natural stuff to ride. If I lived out east park would for sure take up all my time.
Oct 5 2017 3:28PM
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Mr.Bishop
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SegsxiI like to ski park in the summer at Timberline. In the winter you probably won't catch me anywhere near the park unless it's a bad day on the mountain.


Isn't this pretty much how it works?

I still like to ski park when I'm at the local 380' mountain, but you bet your ass if I'm elsewhere or there's pow anywhere I'm not in the park.
Oct 5 2017 3:57PM
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Rparr
Posts: 5608 - Karma: 46,446
Midwest park rat here, our hill is 200 ft of vertical, so there's nothing else to do.
Oct 5 2017 4:16PM
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OregonDead
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I bet it's close to 100% park skiing fans on here. I think it's great and I love to see what people are up to but I can't do big park tricks and once there is enough snow I'm mostly off piste doing my own thing. My thing is freestyle though meaning I feel free to ski whatever style I want whether it's in the park or not.
Oct 5 2017 7:59PM
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Segsxi
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OregonDeadI bet it's close to 100% park skiing fans on here. I think it's great and I love to see what people are up to but I can't do big park tricks and once there is enough snow I'm mostly off piste doing my own thing. My thing is freestyle though meaning I feel free to ski whatever style I want whether it's in the park or not.

I'm into Free Skiing meaning I ski for free ;)
Oct 5 2017 9:06PM
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Snowpeck
Posts: 267 - Karma: 367
Haha me. I’m too pussy to hit rails and only go off like 3 foot jumps.
Oct 5 2017 9:08PM
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b-rain
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Never got good enough to confidently do rails and shit. I've recently discovered the beautiful world of skiing glades and that's my new addiction.
Oct 5 2017 9:53PM
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SetteePrig
Posts: 86 - Karma: 247
Definitely more all mountain than park!!
Oct 6 2017 12:43AM
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theabortionator
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I ride a ton more park because I work in the park. That said I'm more keen on perfect cords as the sun starts to bake them at 10 am and deep powder in the steep shit.

I can ride park decently but I've been slowing down from injuries. I'd much rather lay some deep turns on the groomers or get some face shots in the trees or bowls.
Oct 6 2017 12:58AM
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Blu
Posts: 39 - Karma: 375
Yo fuck the park. Im all about REAL SKIING, ON REAL MOUNTAINS, ON REAL SNOW, ON REAL JUMPS, ON REAL CLIFFS. I respect all skiing though..... hahahahahahaha
Oct 15 2017 4:12AM
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JmckR
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I literally dream of skiing park professionally, like being a full on professional. That's what I wanna do in life.

But sadly I suck at it, which actually really depresses me sometimes. I'm 24 now and I never really had a chance to get good at park as I live in the UK and only skied with my family as I was growing up. So never had a chance to spend much time in the park.

I hate being there , cause I know I'm a jerry and all the 12 year olds are better than me, so I visit the park sometimes when it's quiet but mostly try to avoid it.
Oct 15 2017 7:06AM
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skistupid
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BluREAL SKIING


SKIING is SKIING.
Oct 15 2017 10:27AM
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