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PimpChimpin
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How come the local ski racing nerds can bomb down the only green run open but when I do it yellow jackets stop me? Explain!!
Dec 26 2021 12:29PM
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muffMan.
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Or getting told to stop riding “backwards” while a racer kid almost clips a family of jerries

fuck ski racing
Dec 26 2021 1:12PM
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Icant_kfed
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Because daddies money pays to use those trails
Dec 26 2021 1:42PM
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asparagus
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What I don’t get is why the mountain doesn’t make the race coaches teach basic park etiquette. I see racers side hitting and shit all the time…YOU LITERALLY SKI FOR THE MOUNTAIN how does that not warrant basic instructions on how to ride it
Dec 26 2021 2:07PM
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SirSponkerJohn
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They set up a race course in the main terrain park at my mountain, it’s about halfway down and they all come through the park hitting the rail lips before they get there
Dec 26 2021 3:47PM
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WoFlowz
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Last year my mtns race program ran gates over the knuckles of our jump lines 😐
Dec 26 2021 5:48PM
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piss.boy
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My mountains race team all comes to the top of the park, (huge crowd of people standing still) and let's them go down all in a burst. So like 100 kids riding our rope at once so they can all carve around the jumps and jibs. Also they do have 3 or 4 other runs they practice on but they regularly do this
Dec 26 2021 11:12PM
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*TURBONERD*
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WoFlowzLast year my mtns race program ran gates over the knuckles of our jump lines 😐


That sucks but honestly sounds like a really fun course. Hopefully you poached a lap or two.
Dec 27 2021 12:18AM
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swag_chic
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My parents make me ski race. They say it will help me in the park. I’ve been skiing since I could walk I think I know how to ski lmao but I can confirm that my teammates are stuck up and bitchy all the time. I hit cliffs in races. Fuck racers
Dec 27 2021 6:06PM
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JLej
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ski team parents are the fucking worst. Always bitching, always wanting free shit, discounts, and stuff comped, going into a shop and insisting they know better than anybody that works there, pretending anybody gives a shit about their dumb fucking kid
Dec 27 2021 8:09PM
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SirSponkerJohn
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JLejski team parents are the fucking worst. Always bitching, always wanting free shit, discounts, and stuff comped, going into a shop and insisting they know better than anybody that works there, pretending anybody gives a shit about their dumb fucking kid


What irritates me the most is there big bowling ball looking helmets, and there tiny ass skis
Dec 27 2021 8:14PM
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r00kie
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WoFlowzLast year my mtns race program ran gates over the knuckles of our jump lines 😐


That can actually be really good training, but should only be done off hours. I know using rollers (outside of park) was great for teaching some of my better skiers how to start reading terrain and solving problems.
Dec 27 2021 8:20PM
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opaquepenquin
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always had a lot of respect for the park kids growing up as a racer. still do. its a shame that this pointless standoff still exists
Dec 27 2021 11:07PM
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maaattt
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JLejski team parents are the fucking worst. Always bitching, always wanting free shit, discounts, and stuff comped, going into a shop and insisting they know better than anybody that works there, pretending anybody gives a shit about their dumb fucking kid


This racer dad refused to tell me what he wanted on his kids skis because Im not the shop manager despite me listing every possible combination he could be asking for AND telling him that regardless of what he believes I've already been the one tuning his son's skis every time. Ended up leaving and saying he'll come back tomorrow when my manager was in

His wife was so embarrassed, it was hilarious.




It's always so funny when they come in and are like " did such a good job last time, can I have him do it again"

9.9 times out of 10 he is never the one who has tuned it
Dec 28 2021 1:43PM
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ajbski
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to be fair, race kids themselves are not all that bad. from my experience as a coach, all they wanna do is hit the jumps and ride the boxes. i think most of us are just jealous that they preferential treatment.

their parents are the crazies. i got yelled at real bad by a parent because their kid had some scratches on their bases. they thought i took the kids into the park and hit boxes. on the other hand $20,000 a season is a lot of money to have your kids in a race program, but at most levels its just a glorified ski school/day care. the parents just dont want to spend time with heir kids actually teaching how them how to ski.

if you have beef with a group of racers, blame their coach. he/she is the douchebag encouraging shit behaviour. if you want to get real karen about it, you can even call or bitch to the club
Jan 6 2022 9:23AM
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ADtheHoodlum
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All I think about now is the story of Tanner Hall as a kid leaving the course mid race to hit a jump and then veering back in to finish. Most of the time their parents make them and they want to actually do park/freeride I guess was my point.
Jan 6 2022 9:32AM
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hoodratz47
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Full confession I raced in highschool.....
Jan 6 2022 10:36AM
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ajbski
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hoodratz47Full confession I raced in highschool.....


what do your parents do for a living? just wondering
Jan 6 2022 10:38AM
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hoodratz47
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Mom is a flight attendant dad was a business man.

Go be fair I was park rat and wanted to ski Tues and Thurs nights so I joined and my coach was an ex Canadian mogul champ and he was pro park and threw double backs all the time he kicked ass in the park and supported freestyle. He wanted to make a freestyle team at the time
ajbskiwhat do your parents do for a living? just wondering
Jan 6 2022 10:52AM
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Whackson
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opaquepenquinalways had a lot of respect for the park kids growing up as a racer. still do. its a shame that this pointless standoff still exists

Personally, it's not that I don't respect ski racing, I just don't respect the local community of prestigious country clubbers coming to my small mountain and acting like they're the owners
Jan 6 2022 11:01AM
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swag_chic
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ADtheHoodlumAll I think about now is the story of Tanner Hall as a kid leaving the course mid race to hit a jump and then veering back in to finish. Most of the time their parents make them and they want to actually do park/freeride I guess was my point.

Before I even knew about tanner hall I hit a cliff in the middle of my race, my dad was so mad ;)
Jan 6 2022 11:08AM
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hoodratz47
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Mom is a flight attendant dad was a business man.

Go be fair I was park rat and wanted to ski Tues and Thurs nights so I joined and my coach was an ex Canadian mogul champ and he was pro park and threw double backs all the time he kicked ass in the park and supported freestyle. He wanted to make a freestyle team at the time
ajbskiwhat do your parents do for a living? just wondering
Jan 6 2022 11:57AM
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davidso1
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I raced for 9 years but always preferred hiking the backcountry and building jumps. Not all racer kids are bad but a lot of coaches can be douche bags and a handful of stuck up parents too. Mine were pretty chill, they just wanted me to have some structure and a break 2 nights a week and all weekend, oh and a couple months in the summer lmao.
Jan 6 2022 1:50PM
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ajbski
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member since 2006 and thats your first post? wtf
davidso1I raced for 9 years but always preferred hiking the backcountry and building jumps. Not all racer kids are bad but a lot of coaches can be douche bags and a handful of stuck up parents too. Mine were pretty chill, they just wanted me to have some structure and a break 2 nights a week and all weekend, oh and a couple months in the summer lmao.
Jan 6 2022 2:21PM
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davidso1
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ajbskimember since 2006 and thats your first post? wtf


I was a huge lurker
Jan 6 2022 3:48PM
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