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Skiing confessions thread

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Dobbyda
Posts: 57 - Karma: 316
I had an idea to create a thread where skiers can post what sins they have done in their skiing past.
For example, I stupidly bought dope snow when I was getting started in park skiing. Foregive me, skiers, for I have sinned
Dec 6 2024 9:27AM
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MichiganCatFart
Posts: 1449 - Karma: 22,318
I’m to afraid to try anything new on skis unless there is someone with me that knows how to do it and does it. I also don’t have any friends to ski with. Therefore I peaked and it’s all worse skiing from here
Dec 8 2024 9:18PM
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Goretex_Vidal
Posts: 798 - Karma: 11,141
partyandBSin 6th grade i saw an episode of rocket power where they were snowblading in basically a snow skate bowl and i exclusively snowbladed through 8th grade.

edit: the reason i stopped was cause someone chirped me from the lift saying “whats the hardest part of snowblading?” i thought about it was was about to say getting speed for the jumps but before i could say anything they said “having to tell your parents your gay!” so i never snowbladed again

**This post was edited on Dec 8th 2024 at 10:49:03am


I saw some Japan Gravity Games ski boarding big air and slope style in 8th grade and demoed Line ski boards and was hooked for a few years before I realized you could also get longer skis with twin tips.
Dec 8 2024 9:54PM
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RolloPolloDollo
Posts: 14 - Karma: 121
I flail like a monkey anytime I drop something more than 10ft
Dec 9 2024 10:33AM
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dwt802
Posts: 3256 - Karma: 32,119
I was a Virtika dick rider before I understood anything about the company while I was getting into park
Dec 9 2024 1:03PM
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SendyMcSendyface
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dwt802I was a Virtika dick rider before I understood anything about the company while I was getting into park


I still rock a pair of their bibs, got em on sale for $99 before I knew how shitty Lesh was. As much as I dislike the company, and its owner, they've been the most durable and waterproof pair of pants I've had. Don't want to give them any more of my money, so it's gonna be a hard day when I have to replace em.
Dec 9 2024 1:10PM
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dwt802
Posts: 3256 - Karma: 32,119
SendyMcSendyfaceI still rock a pair of their bibs, got em on sale for $99 before I knew how shitty Lesh was. As much as I dislike the company, and its owner, they've been the most durable and waterproof pair of pants I've had. Don't want to give them any more of my money, so it's gonna be a hard day when I have to replace em.


Totally, the gear wasn’t bad at all but when I learned I couldn’t buy it anymore, I was growing out of what I had anyway and slowly sold it all off. If I had a pair of old FD or older Virtika that fit fs. Respect on still rocking em without buying more.
Dec 9 2024 4:26PM
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CRtrailing
Posts: 86 - Karma: 638
I can’t go skiing more than once or twice a week because skiing fucks up my body in every way imaginable
Dec 9 2024 5:23PM
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Lippamani
Posts: 1317 - Karma: 13,594
So real
CRtrailingI can’t go skiing more than once or twice a week because skiing fucks up my body in every way imaginable
Dec 9 2024 6:31PM
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JmckR
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 5,911
i used to have the username TheMailMan even though I hadn’t actually sent anything since like 2017
Dec 9 2024 9:17PM
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Beefgyro
Posts: 15 - Karma: 78
I don’t wax my skis ever
Dec 9 2024 9:42PM
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Disvo
Posts: 166 - Karma: 464
I can 3 off rails but not jumps
Dec 9 2024 10:31PM
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Azier123
Posts: 66 - Karma: 181
I find 360s and upright spins 10x scarier than backflips, I haven’t really thrown a 3 off a jump since early spring of last season and I backflip almost every day I go skiing depending on conditions.
Dec 10 2024 12:17AM
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Arabian
Posts: 701 - Karma: 1,244
I think Alta is way overrated
Dec 10 2024 1:13AM
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Rock_Inhabitant
Posts: 1200 - Karma: 12,145
Sometimes I when I ski I get progressively more angry throughout the day. I can’t explain it, like I’d be having a great day skiing with my friends or something but starting at like 11am I’d be getting pissed off. This occasionally happens without skiing involved but not as much. Like maybe 4 out of every 10 ski days this happens. I hope it’s just some teenage hormonal bullshit that will go away later cause it truly does ruin my day sometimes. I really can’t explain it
Dec 10 2024 3:20AM
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jimbobs
Posts: 319 - Karma: 3,134
I learned a bunch of knuckle butter tricks because I'm too scared to spin stepdown jumps past 180.
Dec 10 2024 9:22AM
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CRtrailing
Posts: 86 - Karma: 638
Rock_InhabitantSometimes I when I ski I get progressively more angry throughout the day. I can’t explain it, like I’d be having a great day skiing with my friends or something but starting at like 11am I’d be getting pissed off. This occasionally happens without skiing involved but not as much. Like maybe 4 out of every 10 ski days this happens. I hope it’s just some teenage hormonal bullshit that will go away later cause it truly does ruin my day sometimes. I really can’t explain it

This happens to me if I'm trying a new trick and I can't land it for shit.
Dec 10 2024 9:28AM
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ryan.steckley
Posts: 113 - Karma: 598
Im jealous of academy kids.
Dec 10 2024 10:53AM
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Eli.braun98
Posts: 252 - Karma: 1,638
Rock_InhabitantSometimes I when I ski I get progressively more angry throughout the day. I can’t explain it, like I’d be having a great day skiing with my friends or something but starting at like 11am I’d be getting pissed off. This occasionally happens without skiing involved but not as much. Like maybe 4 out of every 10 ski days this happens. I hope it’s just some teenage hormonal bullshit that will go away later cause it truly does ruin my day sometimes. I really can’t explain it


The same thing happens to me and I think it's from lack of sleep, water, and food. Usually, when I'm skiing I have to wake up hella early and ill forget to eat
Dec 10 2024 9:50PM
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Lippamani
Posts: 1317 - Karma: 13,594
I bring a grill and cook bacon and eggs in the parking lot
Eli.braun98The same thing happens to me and I think it's from lack of sleep, water, and food. Usually, when I'm skiing I have to wake up hella early and ill forget to eat
Dec 10 2024 9:56PM
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flat0
Posts: 39 - Karma: 55
I once saw these cool baggy pants someone was wearing on instagram but then I zoomed in to find the logo and it was dope snow. ill never live that down
Dec 10 2024 10:20PM
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SmokedGouda
Posts: 1062 - Karma: 5,849
C__lowerZWhat I wear makes me look like I’m way better than I actually am.


This 100% haha
Dec 11 2024 12:17AM
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Dobbyda
Posts: 57 - Karma: 316
LippamaniI bring a grill and cook bacon and eggs in the parking lot


This may be the best idea I have ever heard on this site
Dec 11 2024 8:35AM
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-skian-
Posts: 358 - Karma: 1,669
I caught my tips on a backflip last spring and got 4 squashed discs and constant back/neck pain. Now backflips scare me and I hatch my breath every time I see ski tips come close.

mine was not even a cool backflip.
Dec 11 2024 11:35AM
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3mania
Posts: 2614 - Karma: 10,380
I don't really want to ski 30+ days in a row. I would ski and feel a hell of a lot better if I only skied 5-6 days a week, but you can't reason with an addict.
Dec 11 2024 11:54AM
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je_t.aime_canard
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for 5 years running i've said that i'll land a backflip on snow, i haven't yet. But i swear this will be the year that i do.
Dec 11 2024 11:56AM
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varsityqb
Posts: 64 - Karma: 1,344
A few years ago I really wanted Vishnu wides, but i was hella poor and couldn’t afford them. At that same time, my brother who was like 40 decided he wanted to learn to ski, so i convinced him that he needed to get 183 Vishnu wides with pivot 18s as his set up. Fast forward a few years- those skis have been involved in an ACL incident and I now have a pair of Vishnu wides.
Dec 11 2024 7:15PM
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FruitBootPro
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3maniaI don't really want to ski 30+ days in a row. I would ski and feel a hell of a lot better if I only skied 5-6 days a week, but you can't reason with an addict.


I don't know how anyone does any sport or physical activity for 30 days in a row. If I go 3 days in a row I get sore/tired and my performance takes a noticeable hit. Also mentally I just lose motivation but I guess I'm a pessimist. Give me a day or two of rest and then I'm good to go.
Dec 11 2024 7:20PM
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partyandBS
Posts: 4733 - Karma: 72,898
varsityqbA few years ago I really wanted Vishnu wides, but i was hella poor and couldn’t afford them. At that same time, my brother who was like 40 decided he wanted to learn to ski, so i convinced him that he needed to get 183 Vishnu wides with pivot 18s as his set up. Fast forward a few years- those skis have been involved in an ACL incident and I now have a pair of Vishnu wides.


one or both of you were ‘happy accidents’ aint no way that age gap is intentional lol
Dec 11 2024 9:52PM
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chills__
Posts: 276 - Karma: 3,206
I have never tried pivots
Dec 12 2024 2:29PM
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deac
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chills__I have never tried pivots


def like mine more than griffons now
Dec 12 2024 2:44PM
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Lenny-
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SendyMcSendyfaceI still rock a pair of their bibs, got em on sale for $99 before I knew how shitty Lesh was. As much as I dislike the company, and its owner, they've been the most durable and waterproof pair of pants I've had. Don't want to give them any more of my money, so it's gonna be a hard day when I have to replace em.


Tenacious tape the logos?
Dec 12 2024 3:07PM
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SofaKingSick
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Way*MoYou didn't think of this. You borrowed the idea. Admit it. It's been an ongoing joke in surfing for years.

You sin, co-opting an idea and trying to pass it off as original.


wait, you think surfers invented the idea of a confessional? that's amazing, and this is a great thread. mahalo brah locals only
Dec 12 2024 3:54PM
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Goretex_Vidal
Posts: 798 - Karma: 11,141
BeefgyroI don’t wax my skis ever


My beginner homie asked me if he should wax his skis since he hasn’t used them in two years, “Man, I don’t know, probably not?”
Dec 12 2024 4:11PM
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skierman
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Goretex_VidalMy beginner homie asked me if he should wax his skis since he hasn’t used them in two years, “Man, I don’t know, probably not?”


Tell your homie he's a useless fucking idiot.
Dec 12 2024 4:25PM
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SofaKingSick
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Goretex_VidalMy beginner homie asked me if he should wax his skis since he hasn’t used them in two years, “Man, I don’t know, probably not?”


i think he should, because wax doesn't just make you go faster, it also makes the skis glide better and initiate turns better etc etc. and if they're really bad, snow sticking to his bases isn't gonna help him have fun the first time he goes in a while
Dec 12 2024 4:36PM
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Azier123
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one time I saw A hall and Hunter Hess filming a magma Monday video at timberline on an empty day and I was too scared to ask for a picture so I just stood there like a bum and recorded them

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch

**This post was edited on Dec 12th 2024 at 4:42:49pm
Dec 12 2024 4:38PM
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ParkingLotPiss
Posts: 241 - Karma: 1,378
I liked Most Gutter more then Zootspace
Dec 12 2024 4:39PM
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partyandBS
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chills__I have never tried pivots


thing not to say in prison
Dec 12 2024 7:19PM
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GayWolf420
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ArabianI think Alta is way overrated

It's a fun place to ski no doubt and I've had some unreal times there but it's definitely got a "our shit doesn't stink" vibe to it.
Dec 12 2024 7:24PM
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Way*Mo
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SofaKingSickwait, you think surfers invented the idea of a confessional? that's amazing, and this is a great thread. mahalo brah locals only

No dumbass. I live with mountains of catholic guilt.

I was speaking about the concept of humorous ‘sport’ specific ‘sins’.

The OP was trying to pass it off like it was his brand new never thought of idea. He could’ve just said ‘I saw a funny thread where people confess their (insert specific niche here) sins. What are your ski sins?’
Dec 12 2024 7:43PM
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je_t.aime_canard
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i partook in a slalom training today

and I found it enjoyable
Je suis désolé
Dec 18 2024 12:49PM
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Goretex_Vidal
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SofaKingSicki think he should, because wax doesn't just make you go faster, it also makes the skis glide better and initiate turns better etc etc. and if they're really bad, snow sticking to his bases isn't gonna help him have fun the first time he goes in a while

Update on this: he showed up at our place ready to ski with a pair of his aunt’s Völkls that he delammed at the tail so he didn’t get them waxed. He used my Chronics for the day and had a good time but needs to go to a boot fitter because he spent most of the day sliding around in his boot.



My skiing confession is that my Chronics are glorified skiboards. I bought 171 despite me being 6’ because they were on sale for 80% off in a tent sale.
Dec 18 2024 3:17PM
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