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Residency Evil posted:Anyone have any particular suggestions for places to ski that are in the eastern PA area?
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Mr Newsman posted:East coast... good???
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Nov 16, 2018 02:33
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Moot . posted:Oh and don’t get in the habit of dragging your uphill hand(s) on the ground or you will end up with wrecked shoulders like me.
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Nov 28, 2018 19:18
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highme posted:This Master Level version of this technique is to hold your board by the front heel loop while you drag the tail. I do this but I stop and pick it up before I get to the concrete... Doesn't matter which way you try to carry a snowboard though because the edge always rubs against your clothes and eventually rips them.
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Dec 16, 2018 22:41
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Did you do something cool looking at least while breaking it?
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Dec 25, 2018 20:49
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man I quit working at mountains because of the increases in bullshit management rules, sucks to see it still happening. I just wanted to chill and ride in between teaching lessons but nooo, you can't be trusted to be a responsible employee and check in and out to see how busy it is, you have to be monitored at all times 
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Jan 21, 2019 22:44
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I drove up to Vermont this weekend, after a couple days on "fast and firm" conditions, today it's been snowing for a few hours and is gonna continue through the night.. 6-10 inches expected. Sugarbush should be good tomorrow and start to get back into shape after the usual melt then freeze session that happened the past week.
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Feb 13, 2019 02:18
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Master_Odin posted:Yeah, the bumps were in pretty dire condition after everything locked up Friday late morning, with the groomers rest of the weekend getting nice cat ice patches through the day. Hopefully the snow was heavy and sticky enough though that it bonds to the steeper lines of FIS and Black Diamond. I was at Ellen today, the woods over by Inverness were really good and pretty untouched. They probably got about 8-10 solid inches, though they claimed it was a foot  Today definitely made the trip worth it
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Feb 14, 2019 02:56
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Mummy Xzibit posted:Niche boards? The only thing I remember about one friend's Niche board some years ago was that it had a super aggressive form of magnetraction, and he kept catching an edge and eating poo poo on seemingly normal carves because it was so weird to get used to. I don't know if they eased up on the magnetraction cut or not since then, but seeing that didn't make me want to buy one.
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Feb 17, 2019 00:38
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Master_Odin posted:Related to this, I ran into a bunch of people both on chairlifts and on trails who went down black diamond trails at Mt. Ellen and then were surprised when there were bumps/steep and icy and regretted their decisions over the holiday weekend.
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Feb 20, 2019 03:10
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fknlo posted:6 year old fell 40 feet off the lift at Eldora today.
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Feb 26, 2019 02:38
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hahaha https://www.instagram.com/p/Bun4eTkB0hw/
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Mar 6, 2019 01:09
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I can carve decently and cruise pretty quickly going switch after years of forcing myself, but as soon as I hit a bumpy area I usually just revert back cause it's still awkward as hell
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Mar 12, 2019 19:48
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I'd say get a Subaru Outback but you probably think it's ugly haha. I got a Crosstrek a couple years ago and I love it.
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Apr 3, 2019 20:20
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Nutsack Rangoon posted:Maybe a sad question but: I'm moving to NJ in the fall. What's my best option for a mountain? Blue Mountain - probably the biggest option Camelback - prob the 2nd biggest Shawnee Mountain - family oriented place for mostly newbies Mountain Creek - I haven't been there in a long time and can't remember what it's even like, but Yuns goes there Jack Frost - small place with short but fun trails Big Boulder - small place for all park riding Elk Mountain - maybe the furthest away but has some good trails I barely go around here anymore and just end up saving my money for trips to Vermont.
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May 3, 2019 12:51
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I know Blue Mountain and Jack Frost make some bumps, and you can go through trees a little at Jack Frost since they intentionally blow snow on the sides of some trails for it. "Good" is not really the word I'd use to describe it though.
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May 3, 2019 21:06
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Landsknecht posted:really the cool people are doing tele turns in leather boots
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May 8, 2019 18:28
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ok this is the coolest jump trick I've seen in a long time https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSX_dqngwv/
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May 11, 2019 00:48
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spwrozek posted:I think the big hitter is getting mount snow and all of DC and Philly. Mount Snow is already an overly crowded shitshow every time I go there, maybe this will decrease traffic? I doubt any attendance changes at JFBB, hopefully day ticket prices aren't jacked way up though.
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Jul 22, 2019 18:38
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HookShot posted:LOL  Well, they're the smallest hills in the Poconos, weekend day tickets are already $68. If they go much higher it's not gonna be worth it, and I don't ride in PA enough days as it is to buy a season pass for anything. So, I guess I'm on the "gently caress this" train.
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Jul 22, 2019 20:33
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Those are pretty cool.. and here I am with one 6 year old board that I should probably replace soon. I've never ridden a Never Summer but I was looking at almost buying the Proto last year which seems to be my type of more playful ride.
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Aug 16, 2019 01:16
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I'm using ThirtyTwo Lashed boots, and I figured out I should barely be pulling the on the inner liner drawstring or else I'll get pain/numbness on the top of my foot/ankle after the first run. Bindings really don't affect it, it's just the inner boot liner being too tight. Before the Lashed I had JP Walker's boot model from ThirtyTwo, and didn't have any pain problems since it was a much more flexible boot and didn't have such a harsh lock on the ankle. Seems like you just need to try different boots.
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Sep 12, 2019 03:26
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you might as well just snowboard my dude 
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Sep 13, 2019 20:08
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Ski and Snowboard 19/20: Whistler is full and all the devils own Vail
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Sep 18, 2019 05:52
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Only times I've stayed in Killington was in a ski in condo and we brought enough to drink and eat so we never had to attempt to go out after riding
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Nov 9, 2019 00:16
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Just don't take a lesson on holiday weekends. I'd have 15-20 kids in a group all day in an overly crowded learning area and it's impossible to have them accomplish anything that way. Dumb parents just throwing their money away.
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Dec 5, 2019 19:31
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Steve French posted:I mean, my kids also don't learn to ski when they go to daycare Haha yeah I guess a lot of people would think of it like that, just don't expect your kid to know what they're doing when I gotta rush back and forth to spend a total of 5 minutes with each kid
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Dec 5, 2019 22:58
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Yuns posted:https://unofficialnetworks.com/2019/12/05/today-we-went-skiing-indoors-in-new-jersey/ "small terrain park".. you mean a tiny jump and box, and a seemingly unhittable sideways rail on a mound lol. I'll probably end up going once in the summer on a Friday night after work since it's pretty close from there, but drat that looks even sadder than I expected.
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Dec 6, 2019 04:44
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That's just snowboarder discrimination I tell ya what 
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Jan 10, 2020 17:22
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Mount Snow was always really crowded every time I've been there but never experienced any of that behavior. Mad River Glen is a skier only mountain near Sugarbush, and there's still a good amount of skiers around that area that want to keep a place just for themselves, but there's never any real hostility, besides passive aggressive bumper stickers.. 
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Jan 10, 2020 18:43
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IncredibleIgloo posted:My experience in New England has been mostly unpleasant regardless of time of year, so it might be a cultural thing. Although I thought Vermont was supposed to be full of relaxed and chill people. Vermont is 1/4 chill people, 1/4 farmers, 1/4 rich dicks, 1/4 weird druggies Varg fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jan 10, 2020 |
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Jan 10, 2020 23:52
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ugghhh inject this poo poo right into my veins I'm finally gonna get out this weekend in PA since all the trails should be open, then next weekend in VT at prob Stowe and Jay. There's some kinda storm brewing for this weekend so hopefully it turns out to be more snow than rain.
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Jan 29, 2020 02:57
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Yuns posted:Classic Mountain Creek holiday weekend: fight in the lodge, marriage proposal on the slopes and as much weed as the entire state of Colorado. Of course, it starts snowing as soon as I pack up the car to leave. At least the crowds were light this year. Just go to Sugarbush instead and enjoy snowboarding, visit Splinters boardshop, get food/beer at The Mad Taco in Waitsfield, and get more beer at Lawson's.
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Feb 17, 2020 22:59
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Squashy Nipples posted:Hey, it's me two weeks ago. Oh man I had an Airwalk snowboard as my first one ever purchased and it was a total piece of crap, that's amazing that those boots lasted that long. I just tried on a bunch of new boots and ended up spending $467 on these Grenier TM-3's this week while I was at Killington Sunday-Tuesday, so now I'm going to attempt to make them last for 20 years as well.
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Mar 5, 2020 21:48
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spwrozek posted:https://youtu.be/YiE8V7sqjvw I've watched this everytime it got posted anywhere and I still laugh at the slowmo shot of the cat looking at the camera after the rail
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May 11, 2020 19:42
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kinda lol'ing at the idea of liftees policing things any more than they already (don't) do
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Aug 11, 2020 20:57
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I've been wearing Candygrind's "CG" gloves for a while, with a good nikwax treatment they're pretty durable for years. https://cghabitats.com/collections/gloves-mittens
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Aug 15, 2020 23:59
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First rule of instructing is never teach your SO/family/friends unless you want them to hate you because "you make it look so easy" and they'll just get frustrated quickly
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Sep 13, 2020 00:16
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FYI those are probably New Yorkers messing up our beautiful (sometimes) state of NJ
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Yuns posted:Sorry I don't ride PA. I stick to NJ/NY/VT/NH and Quebec mostly. My friends who do ride in PA are mostly snowboarders who mostly care about terrain parks and ride at Blue and JFBB so not sure that would be the best fit. Residency Evil posted:FWIW, I've heard Blue Mountain is "okay." Maybe we'll get snow out east this year? Maybe we'll try to head out west this year, but who knows what the situation's going to be like. I'm not super hopeful. Blue doesn't even care about building a real park anymore, they figured out it's not worth pumping out all the snow for it when the weather allows the season to last for maybe 3 months, and all the best park riders just go to Big Boulder. Blue and Camelback are the biggest though, so those should be your first choices. Elk Mountain is also one to check out if you want to drive further north and prob make it a 2-day trip, but it's worth it since it gets a way smaller crowd than the others mentioned.
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