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Skiing anyone?

Anybody here ski by any chance? If so, how would you rate yourself?

I did almost 100km/h (62mp/h) on Atomic SL 11.12 Betarace Worldcup Slalom skies and 120km/h on GS 11.21's on the Lauberhorn at Wengen and the FIS piste in Davos

I like agressive carving, jumping and tricks but also just making chilly turns and enjoying the scenery...

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i love skiing! i try and get out as often as i can. i only realy like skiing park and powder. i love hitting big jumps and i am gettin better at rails. i am just starting riding the pipe. does any one have advice for airing in the pipe? good topic!

I snowblade (they're like shorter skies)...but I suck and fall a lot but it's fun.

i tried downhill skiing. didnt work out too great for me. but i tried cross country skiing after that and loved it. cant wait to do it again!

Skiing sucks...no offence but snowboarding is so much better . I suck at it but I think its the best winter sport ever

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Originally posted by MysticStardust Skiing sucks...no offence but snowboarding is so much better . I suck at it but I think its the best winter sport ever

pfffffffffffffffffffft

skiing will always be greater than snowboarding

if you cant already tell yes i ski as much as i possibly can, id say im pretty good but i dont compete, purely recreational

Sometimes I go to sky, I got Pyrin�es mountains 70 Km from my home.

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Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit pfffffffffffffffffffft skiing will always be greater than snowboarding if you cant already tell yes i ski as much as i possibly can, id say im pretty good but i dont compete, purely recreational

I'll give you a number of reasons why snowboarding is better:

1. It's harder to master, so you get a better satisfaction after doing it.

2. The boots for snowboarding just speak for themselves. Way cool!

3. More hot guys choose snowboarding rather than skiing


No offence to anyone who likes skiing though, these reasons are purely based on my observences, so pls don't bite my head off

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Originally posted by MysticStardust I'll give you a number of reasons why snowboarding is better: 1. It's harder to master, so you get a better satisfaction after doing it. 2. The boots for snowboarding just speak for themselves. Way cool! 3. More hot guys choose snowboarding rather than skiing

Well, in taking that my post was meant to be as light-hearted as possible, im sort of shaking my head at you but hey no harm done

1. I know how to ski and snowboard, but i actually never got that sense of satisfaction in learning how to master it; but knowing that you can vastly increase your skills and rise above the many many many thousands of mediocre, average, and even skilled skiiers to become truly good and respectable makes the sense of satisfaction in skiing just as powerful so to speak

2. i dunno, have you seen my new tecnicas??

3. this isnt an issue for me

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Originally posted by Perfect_Cheezit Well, in taking that my post was meant to be as light-hearted as possible, im sort of shaking my head at you but hey no harm done 1. I know how to ski and snowboard, but i actually never got that sense of satisfaction in learning how to master it; but knowing that you can vastly increase your skills and rise above the many many many thousands of mediocre, average, and even skilled skiiers to become truly good and respectable makes the sense of satisfaction in skiing just as powerful so to speak 2. i dunno, have you seen my new tecnicas?? 3. this isnt an issue for me

Dude... I was kidding. No head shaking is necessary


However, I cannot belive you choose skiing over snowboarding. Meh..Everyone has their own loose bolts.

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Originally posted by MysticStardust Skiing sucks...no offence but snowboarding is so much better . I suck at it but I think its the best winter sport ever

** I agree, snowboarding is better. I do live in Florida, but when i go up north i snowboard. I'm not the best there ever was at it, but i try. Also there's better snowboarders in the Winter X games.

I just got back from 5 days of skiing in Fernie!
259cm base Muahahahaha

For those of you ragging on skiing you're morons. Each has its own advantages, skis generally have better handling in tight and run slightly faster, boards are much better in powder and deep snow. Boards suck ass on moguls and on flat regions.

your a hypocrite

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Originally posted by Z1D I just got back from 5 days of skiing in Fernie! 259cm base Muahahahaha For those of you ragging on skiing you're morons. Each has its own advantages, skis generally have better handling in tight and run slightly faster, boards are much better in powder and deep snow. Boards suck ass on moguls and on flat regions.

** "boards suck ass" if you don't want us ragging on skiing why would you turn around and insult the snowboarders?

i skied for the first time this winter and i took quite a few nasty spills i would say. though my girlfriends friend took us on the intermediate slope and so it was excusable why i fell so much. boy was it fun! is it me or are people more friendly to you on the slope?

I just got back from steamboat colorado, and in all honestly it was pretty fucking awesome!

btw the only edge snowboarding has over skiing is trick potentional. Because snowboards have a larger surface area, there is more friction hence snowboards go slower.

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Originally posted by trancepixie17 ** I agree, snowboarding is better. I do live in Florida, but when i go up north i snowboard. I'm not the best there ever was at it, but i try. Also there's better snowboarders in the Winter X games.

Thank you. At least someone is on my side, however in light of that this thread is about skiing, it is understandale that more people in here prefer it. I think if we had a survey or a poll then more people would choose snowboarding.

i play ski free still.

ive done both!!! although im better at skiing! ive only tried snowboarding once! ITS SO DIFFICULT!!!!! but skiing is so much easier imo!! im gonna learn to snowboard though i find it more interesting :P

Re: your a hypocrite

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Originally posted by trancepixie17 ** "boards suck ass" if you don't want us ragging on skiing why would you turn around and insult the snowboarders?

are u stupid? he said boards suck ass on MOGULS. not over all

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Originally posted by wick are u stupid? he said boards suck ass on MOGULS. not over all

good call
and to BTG where can i get ski free? iused to play that game all the time. its so fun. has anyone ever gone to panorama in BC. im going there over march break and i want to know what its like. thanks

starting off on a snowboard is harder, but after 3-4 days it's all pretty easy. Skiing isn't so hard to begin with but takes forever to master. I could carve turns on day 2 on a snowboard, it takes a lot longer to carve skis. Unless you're on those nice new super sidecut thingies. Kind of wish I could accidentally break my skis so I'd have an excuse to buy new ones. I feel like such a dinasour on my 205's, but they is still nice and fast.
snowboarding to me is like playing street hockey vs ice. Can be fun to muck around, but it's not the real thing and cannot be taken seriously.
The one thing that pisses me off about snowboarders is the idiots who think nothing of taking massive heelside turns that go the width of the trail. Sure it's your responsibility to pass people downhill safely, but for one person to take a whole trail, you deserve to get run over.

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Originally posted by tubby The one thing that pisses me off about snowboarders is the idiots who think nothing of taking massive heelside turns that go the width of the trail. Sure it's your responsibility to pass people downhill safely, but for one person to take a whole trail, you deserve to get run over.

I'm a skiier, and I enjoy taking massive carves that indefinately go the width of the trail at high speeds. do you hate me..? All people on the slope have the right to take turns as wide as they want... its the responsibility of the person upslope from them to watch out.

I just got a new pair of Salomon 180cm X-screams this past season. Haven't had much of an opportunity to break them in though. I was planning on heading out to Colorado but couldn't take off a week from work. So I did a bunch of shit trips up to Killington VT. Anyway, I like to spend the first day fine-tuning and improving my form as much as I can. The second day and typically the rest of the time I'm on the slopes, I usually try to hit up the terrain parks until my legs are hurting. I was in piss-poor shape this season. Oh well, better luck next year.

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Originally posted by tubby starting off on a snowboard is harder, but after 3-4 days it's all pretty easy. Skiing isn't so hard to begin with but takes forever to master. I could carve turns on day 2 on a snowboard, it takes a lot longer to carve skis. Unless you're on those nice new super sidecut thingies. Kind of wish I could accidentally break my skis so I'd have an excuse to buy new ones. I feel like such a dinasour on my 205's, but they is still nice and fast. snowboarding to me is like playing street hockey vs ice. Can be fun to muck around, but it's not the real thing and cannot be taken seriously. The one thing that pisses me off about snowboarders is the idiots who think nothing of taking massive heelside turns that go the width of the trail. Sure it's your responsibility to pass people downhill safely, but for one person to take a whole trail, you deserve to get run over.

It's funny that you should mention "accidentally" breaking skis. On the trip to fernie I took recently I broke my 185cm Rossignol Energy CUT skis by sliding off a ledge and crashing through some trees. (remarkably I came out without a scratch). I had to buy a pair of 191 cm X-Scream's to replace em (the length is kinda good, the 185's were probably a bit short for me anyway).
I have an awful history of breaking equipment - I used to have a pair of Head - Cyber skis with those rubber capped tips. The tips eventually fell off both skis just from the vibrations of moguls and jumps. Ive also managed to break 3 pairs of poles in the last couple years, even a pair of "unbendable" gipron poles (sux-those poles were awesome). I've even had a binding fall apart on me on some moguls.

205cm skis are pretty long skis by today's standards, but I don't think the sidecut and length are all that important if you've got skill to use them.

pyrobrad: I went to Panorama last year for reading week. Overall it's a pretty good resort - 4000ft of vertical which is considerably more than most hills. I'd say Panorama's snow isn't generally as good as places like Fernie and Kicking Horse - last year it was pretty bad but it was an off year. Another problem with Panorama is if you want to ski the Taynton bowl (off the backside), where all the good steep glade skiing is, you have to take all 3 lifts per run, plus there's a long assed ski out at the bottom. Still, the situation has improved from last year. It used to be you had to take 4 lifts to get to the top, including a double chair and 2 t-bars, now they've got a second high speed quad and a fixed speed quad instead of those last 3 lifts. One advantage of Panorama is the price - there's package ski/hotel deals with on hill accomodation that have simply amazing prices. I think when we went last year it was $250 Canadian per person for 5 days skiing passes + 5 nights hotel accomodation. (Hell, lift tickets alone at most places are gonna cost you $250 for 5 days)

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