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"I can ride double blacks"

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Claywilson
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you ever meet up with the homies that arent ski bums and the topic of skiing comes up? 110% of the time one of your boys will say some shit like "I ride double blacks" or "dude you ever ski in the powder??!" Maybe its just me, but I dont really look at the ratings of runs anymore. I can have plenty of fun carving down a mellow groomed trail, or hotdogging down some bumps.
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Feb 10 2021 12:58PM
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KCoCM
Posts: 963 - Karma: 8,782
living in chicago and having worked out west, i have learned that i don’t want to contribute to skiing/snowboarding conversations unless i am being addressed directly and it would be rude for me to continue to not contribute.
Feb 10 2021 1:03PM
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ericforman
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It is indeed somewhat annoying when my less dedicated ski friends try and flex about how deep the powder they skied was and how sick the double blacks at Breck are and how much vert they did in a day. Then I remember idgaf it’s just skiing and hop back on the iron horse for the 8th consecutive big ass kind of firm bump run.
Feb 10 2021 1:09PM
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iFlip
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Did you really just say hotdogging? The 1970s called. They want you back.
Feb 10 2021 3:04PM
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WisconsinDogfart
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if you can only have fun on a double black in powder you’re not the best skier on the mountain. Best skier on the mountain can rip literally anything. If you need deep powder and a steep hill to look like a good skier, your doing it wrong
Feb 10 2021 4:40PM
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poofartpee
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I ride triple whites
Feb 10 2021 5:11PM
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NateDude
Posts: 186 - Karma: 1,284
WisconsinDogfartif you can only have fun on a double black in powder you’re not the best skier on the mountain. Best skier on the mountain can rip literally anything. If you need deep powder and a steep hill to look like a good skier, your doing it wrong


Ice days out west are awesome because the natives stay home or leave by 10am. So there's no lift lines and you can just put an edge down and hit mach 1
Feb 10 2021 5:29PM
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Jems
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my very first run at Bridger Bowl was a double black on Magnus 90s, I was scared shitless at first
Feb 10 2021 5:43PM
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CalumSKI
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R/subtleflex
Feb 10 2021 5:45PM
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ASSholebomber22
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R/skiing be like

'I can ski most blacks but prefer blues'
Feb 10 2021 5:56PM
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No.Quarter
Posts: 5257 - Karma: 16,962
When I was a kiddo in ski school the other groms would try to flex on each other by claiming that they had skied quadruple black diamonds. I was too non-confrontational to call them out that no such designation exists let alone that any 12 year old could ski one if it did exist.
Feb 10 2021 7:00PM
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broken_skier0
Posts: 132 - Karma: 287
No.QuarterWhen I was a kiddo in ski school the other groms would try to flex on each other by claiming that they had skied quadruple black diamonds. I was too non-confrontational to call them out that no such designation exists let alone that any 12 year old could ski one if it did exist.


I feel like some runs, Corbets, deserve the designation. There's some videos online where a guy crashes in Corbets, which is gnarly enough, but then JH ski patrol had to literally rappel down to get to the guy.
Feb 10 2021 7:12PM
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a_burger
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iFlipDid you really just say hotdogging? The 1970s called. They want you back.

"yeah man it's called FREESTYLE how else will FIS take my discipline seriously so it can go to the olympics and ruin the sport for 20 years"

the 80s called and they want you back
Feb 10 2021 7:23PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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BiffbarfR/skiing be like

'I can ski most blacks but prefer blues'

This was my friend. I skied with him once, a long time ago, and was aware he wouldn't be great, but I was in for a surprise. I started leading our little group off the chair to one of my normal warm up runs, just a steeper blue with some bumps on the side. I like to hit runs like that first so it really warms me up quick after sitting in the cold to boot up, waiting in line, and sitting on the chair without ever doing anything to generate warmth. He stopped dead in his track (pizza style not hockey stop) and said I can't do this first. Told him he's either skiing that run or he has to hike back up to get to an easier one. It took so long to get down and I ended up spending the next two days essentially as a ski instructor
Feb 10 2021 7:38PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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A later day, it had snowed a bunch and we got there nice and early, made first tracks on the run we went to. I told my buddies just to straightline it while making a couple super wide turns so we could keep speed up and get out of the long flat at the bottom. Think about 100 feet of 30° followed by 250 feet of flat. I didnt turn at all, just surfed the pow and still had to hike the flat a bit. My buddy pizza'd the whole pow field and made it like 5 feet through the flat before very slowly getting out. To be fair, his gear sucked for those conditions, but that's no excuse to pizza. He claimed skiing that powder was completely different than what he expected and it was super hard lol
Feb 10 2021 7:43PM
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SkiHillShiter
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Triple cum😳
poofartpeeI ride triple whites
Feb 10 2021 8:07PM
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skierman_jack
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I can tell by the sheer content of the post that OP is under the age of 16 and is wondering if it’s cool to tell the fat tiddie girl he can ski double blacks
Feb 10 2021 8:13PM
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Claywilson
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skierman_jackI can tell by the sheer content of the post that OP is under the age of 16 and is wondering if it’s cool to tell the fat tiddie girl he can ski double blacks


so youre telling me its ok?
Feb 10 2021 9:38PM
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dolanslebensraum
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I love blacks
Feb 10 2021 10:02PM
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CLQ
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On the flip side, a freshman girl was super impressed that I can “ski” double blacks
Feb 10 2021 10:30PM
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Granby_killdozer
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I prefer to get drunk and buzz the ski wee classes as close as possible but sometimes I'll ski a double black if I'm feeling adventurous
Feb 10 2021 11:19PM
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SlitherySnake
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CLQOn the flip side, a freshman girl was super impressed that I can “ski” double blacks


just say you can do a double bio corked out flat double japan grab 420 and she'll instantly make out with you




or tell her that you're the best type 3+ skier on the mountain. that always works
Feb 10 2021 11:35PM
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NateDude
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ReturnToMonkeyHe claimed skiing that powder was completely different than what he expected and it was super hard lol

Honestly tho it is completely different if you've never done it. Especially if you dont have the skis for it. I felt like i had to completely relearn how to ski when i first moved out west
Feb 11 2021 5:03PM
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tri_photo
Posts: 1530 - Karma: 7,195
Not necessarily this for me, but tell you what, I'm tired of people on IG commenting "go ride pow" when replying to people who are asking questions about the park or something. Like, dude, it's 33 degrees and mixed precipitation. WHAT POW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND
Feb 11 2021 6:16PM
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zues
Posts: 6434 - Karma: -5,330
Well I only bike double black tech... soooo
Feb 11 2021 6:19PM
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pbs
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tri_photoNot necessarily this for me, but tell you what, I'm tired of people on IG commenting "go ride pow" when replying to people who are asking questions about the park or something. Like, dude, it's 33 degrees and mixed precipitation. WHAT POW ARE YOU GOING TO FIND


I blame Amazon
Feb 11 2021 8:06PM
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