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MalcolmThe east coast skier who gets good at rails and then moves out west to get good at jumps
SweetbreadBenif a west coast skier came to East and it was around December time and their is hella ice, they wouldn't know how to ski ice without being terrified.
mr.tibblesThe only fact that I can give you is that I've never skied on the east coast and won't ever make a trip to do so.
midwesternmaniacThe truth is the world's best skiers are in the mid west. We have the ice of the east and we are in the [{mid} (west)] so if you calculate that, you add west to whatever type of skiing you're doing in the Midwest, and it comes out to be the best. Our ice is harder, our occasional powder is softer, making us perfectly balanced and basically the best. The reason you don't see skiers from around the world come to places like Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota etc is because they are scared. Trust me I took a class on this and my mom is a doctro
theabortionatormidwest powder?
what is this rare phenomenon you speak of?
TheDoughAbidesi grew up skiing in new england and moved west about 8 years ago. sure you learn how to ski ice and park but the terrain doesnt come close. the sheer size of ski resorts in the west makes a huge difference in riding style. when my friends who still live east come visit it takes at least four times longer to get anywhere because they always need to stop for breaks and generally ride slower. i think thats partly due to lack of oxygen but mostly due to not skiing so much terrain between lift rides.
theabortionatormidwest powder?
what is this rare phenomenon you speak of?
LonelyIts somewhat suprising
theabortionatorThe east coast can get some pretty big storms though. I mean not always the driest. Iv'e skied some heavy waste deep days. There's some dry ish show sometimes though. Usually not beyong the 1.5 foot mark, even then that's a fucking solid one.
SteezMcGeeI was in Vermont a little over a week ago. It was nuking for 4 days straight and shit was deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
QuaffAlmost everybody I know from Minnesota/Wisconsin who relocated out west is an absolutely mental skier/snowboarder. Tons of Jackson locals from the Midwest who are FWT caliber skiers. I think midwesterners are like wind-up toys and they just spend years waiting for their chance to rip some real terrain.
theabortionatorThe east coast can get some pretty big storms though. I mean not always the driest. Iv'e skied some heavy waste deep days. There's some dry ish show sometimes though. Usually not beyong the 1.5 foot mark, even then that's a fucking solid one.
QuaffAlmost everybody I know from Minnesota/Wisconsin who relocated out west is an absolutely mental skier/snowboarder. Tons of Jackson locals from the Midwest who are FWT caliber skiers. I think midwesterners are like wind-up toys and they just spend years waiting for their chance to rip some real terrain.
GREEN_BASTARDI have unintentionally done blind 2's on park jumps on the EC from trying to carve 3's before /claim
Boy does it feel good to go full throttle on a wide open, properly groomed trail and rip some carves without needing razor sharp edges.
SweetbreadBenbecause pow skiing is easier.
artrud23Cascade Cement separates the men from the boys and you've clearly never sampled it judging by this comment. Even on the better powder days, rare as they are bc of all the rain we get, I doubt a seasoned east coaster could keep up.
Shewlur...East Coast - better fundamental skiers (generally). You can't carve across ice if you're riding the tails of your skis.
West Coast - probably more accustomed to gnarlier terrain, chutes, cliffs, etc. East Coasters face a bit of an adjustment when they go out west, but over time the fear factor goes away and the fundamentals kick in.
TheDoughAbidesOn the east coast (and even in the midwest in some cases) skiing is way more accessible than it is out west (in most cases). When i was a young warthog i was in a latchkey program that bussed us to the nearest hill where we could ski until 8pm relatively unsupervised. There were only 14 runs with maybe 400' vert but I was skiing at least 15 hours a week not including weekends, evening passes were less than $30 a pop, and the ride home took ~20 minutes.
In the west most people live multiple hours from the closest resort, lift tickets are extremely expensive (i dont think epic passes were around either), and only a couple resorts offer night skiing on weekends only. Not to mention, setting a bunch of grade schoolers free on massive resorts like breckinridge would be a logistical and legal nightmare. Its no wonder that majority of hardcore park rats and ski bums in general hail from the east and midwest.
Sure, there are always a few kids who were fortunate enough to grow up close to huge resorts in the west and can freeride on another level. But the majority of the people ive met who were born and raised in the west either do not ski or did not have nearly as much opportunity to slide around on snow as i and other east coasters did growing up because getting to the hill is way more difficult and expensive.
jneumann31Every all professional all around skier (born in the U.S.) has been from the west coast. Sure the e.c. has Simon Dumont and Tom Wallisch, but from what I have seen, the west coast produces better skier. Even if we we aren't talking about professional athletes, at least 75% of the east coasters I see on my mountain (Big Sky) are all Jerries who don't know how to on icy days (which we have our fair share of), even the kids who act like they rip hard.
jneumann31Every all professional all around skier (born in the U.S.) has been from the west coast. Sure the e.c. has Simon Dumont and Tom Wallisch, but from what I have seen, the west coast produces better skier. Even if we we aren't talking about professional athletes, at least 75% of the east coasters I see on my mountain (Big Sky) are all Jerries who don't know how to on icy days (which we have our fair share of), even the kids who act like they rip hard.
TheDoughAbidesOn the east coast (and even in the midwest in some cases) skiing is way more accessible than it is out west (in most cases). When i was a young warthog i was in a latchkey program that bussed us to the nearest hill where we could ski until 8pm relatively unsupervised. There were only 14 runs with maybe 400' vert but I was skiing at least 15 hours a week not including weekends, evening passes were less than $30 a pop, and the ride home took ~20 minutes.
TheDoughAbidesDoug Coombs was a masshole
Lindsey Vonn is from Minnesota
Bode Miller is from New Hampshire
Shane Mcconkey came up skiing at Burke
Sarah Burke was from Ontario
Andrew Weibrecht is from the east
Conor Pelton is from Michigan
The entire Stept crew is east coast
A lot of guys in hoodcrew are from the midwest/east coast
Keegan Kilbride is east coast
Ahmet Dadali is from new york
Tanner Rainville is from vermont
Vinny cash is from quebec
ABM is from the quebec
Phil Casabon is from quebec
Alex Bellemare
The Gaffney brothers
Colby James West
Chris Davenport
you are wrong
WCoastBestCoastI'll give you that all of these people/crews are good in their respected type of skiing. However, some of of them (Doug Coombs, Chris Davenport) came west to progress the sport. To me, the best skiers are the ones that can ski anywhere such as Candide, Pettit, T-Hall, Eric Pollard, Kye, and Chris Bentchetler. Ahmet's stuff is sick to watch though.
