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So I want some advice from the thread. I've been a permanent advanced intermediate skier forever, and I want to get better and become more comfortable skiing black diamonds. WHats the best way to do that? Should I take a private lesson? Just throw myself down some blacks and suffer through it? I can ski easy black diamonds and pick my way down harder stuff, but I'm clearly not approaching them the right way. Any pointers?
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Nov 2, 2018 18:30
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Landsknecht posted:where are you skiing? I ski a lot of places, mainly Tahoe, Mammoth, and Utah. I just struggle on moguls or really chewed up snow, but I glide down pretty much anything if its been groomed. I also don't enjoy powder skiing, and I'm fairly sure I just have technique issues that makes me struggle and overwork in those situations. I'll try to get a half day lesson and see how it goes
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Nov 2, 2018 20:58
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Landsknecht posted:what size of ski are you on? That will drastically change your enjoyment of powder and chop Yeah, I've been totally happy to just cruise down blues and groomed blacks for the last decade, but I've made a real push to get into shape over the last few years and want to start challenging myself to handle tougher terrain. I'm not looking to throw myself double black chutes or something, I just want to get better at handling rougher slopes and not question why I ski every time I run into a patch of moguls. Probably look into wider, shorter skis for handling powder better? The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Nov 2, 2018 |
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Nov 2, 2018 21:17
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Please, just give CA some rain before the entire state burns down. I can't ski on fresh ash falls 
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Nov 9, 2018 19:58
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Flying into Mammoth is great, and if you're coming from the Bay Area, its practically mandatory
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Nov 12, 2018 21:59
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I was looking at Open Snow and it looks like it's gonna be a great few weeks of snow in California
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Nov 21, 2018 22:07
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kiimo posted:Mammoth too I've been in Mammoth for storms with well over 100 mph gusts It snowed nearly 4 feet in a single night I remember a while ago, probably in 2003, they had a New Years storm that dumped 100" in 2 days
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Nov 28, 2018 00:11
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I've already got 2 trips to Utah and 2 to Mammoth planned, and I'm hoping to get to Tahoe atleast twice this year too
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Dec 3, 2018 18:34
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Suspicious Package posted:I’m in Colorado and just getting into skiing, and looking for some jacket advice. I took a lesson out at Beaver Creek and also did one day on my own, but rented clothes for that. I have one of these on order: https://www.thenorthface.com/shop/mens-apex-flex-gtx-2l-snow-jacket-nf0a3igc Yeah, I'd recommend getting one that has a removable liner instead of having insulation. Its better for warm days and also lets you wash it more easily. On the other hand, its not horrible or crazy to get one with insulation, it'll just be less flexible in terms of options
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Dec 8, 2018 02:14
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Cross country skiing has always seemed like one step above torture. Why anyone would do it for fun is a mystery to me
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Dec 11, 2018 07:41
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I'm currently sitting in my hotel room, 100 feet from the lift Tomorrow is gonna be a good day
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Dec 16, 2018 03:25
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Had a hell of a day at today, blue skies, great snow, almost no crowd. Just demoing some skis and carving the hell out of them Really like the Kastles and Atomics I tried
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Dec 17, 2018 04:29
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Bought some new skis to replace my decade old pair, some nice new Atomics I've been demoing a bunch of stuff and you owe it to yourself to try out the Elan Ampibio Fusion if you have a chance. I have never had more fun carving up groomers as I did today, but they just aren't versatile enough to be a main ski (and they're expensive as gently caress). But holy poo poo, were they fun
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Dec 18, 2018 02:36
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Sweet, which ones? Atomic Vantage 90s
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Dec 18, 2018 05:14
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Skied the Canyons side of Park City today, snow was a lot better than I expected, pretty much everything except Super Condor was running, though a bunch of runs were closed to try to keep them fresh for the holiday influx of people. The Iron Mountain area was such a great addition, a lot of fun runs over there even most of them were closed today.
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Dec 19, 2018 01:04
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So sad to be leaving Park City, but at least I'll in Mammoth over new years
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Dec 19, 2018 23:17
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The snow was great all trip in Park City and Deer Valley and I heard it was good at Alta too. They both had runs with groomed snow that were roped off to keep em fresh for the holidays. It was also super quiet though this is the first time in a while I've been out there when it wasn't a holiday weekend. We even had 2 inches of fresh powder last night, so that was fun to ski in The one thing that sucks about finally getting in shape is that you don't feel sore after a long trip. I actually kinda miss it, it makes me feel like I didn't push myself enough. The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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Dec 20, 2018 07:58
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Had a fun day up at Mammoth, didn't get to do anything too excited since we were skiing with a family friend. I think my dad and I are gonna be on our own tomorrow, so should be able to hit some of the tougher stuff
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Dec 31, 2018 01:45
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kiimo posted:I didn't do this because of skiing but after doing squats with weight while balanced on a half bosu ball my stabilizing muscles became much stronger and my balance and therefore skiing ability increased. I highly recommend them. Yeah, I've been doing every kind of squat known to man over the past year and I'm at the point where my calfs are getting fatigued before everything else Man, it was loving cold at mammoth today. Probably single digits when we got onto the mountain and still in the low teens before we called it a day. What kind of face and glove stuff do you guys wear? My fingers were freezing in my gloves and my face was still kinda miserable even with a mask (especially since the part around my mouth was doggy with breath condensation)?
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Dec 31, 2018 23:26
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fknlo posted:There were so many people out today. I actually had to stand in lift lines and I didn't care for it. Go get jobs. I've skied so much the past few weeks, I want to quit my job and become a full-time skibum
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Jan 3, 2019 05:30
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kiimo posted:Lately people are bringing waterproof radios into the shower at the gym. I'm in a weird place where I want to be offended but I don't want to be Offended Guy. I was at Mammoth last week and I felt like the place was about 2 feet away from being in perfect shape and then they go and get 4 feet Looking forward to my Tahoe trip towards the end of the month The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jan 7, 2019 |
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Jan 7, 2019 23:21
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ante posted:You might be referring to Back Panther, and the story is much funnier than you'd expect from that summary Was he the "arm reduction" guy?
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Jan 12, 2019 22:52
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Yuns posted:My home mountain in NJ is nothing but hockey jerseys and NFL team jackets as far as the eye can see. I was at Deer Valley earlier this year and almost everyone under 20 had an NBA or NFL jersey over their ski jacket. I wish I had brought some of my vintage inexplicable jersey purchases on that trip for extra hipster cred
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Jan 14, 2019 19:40
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tokenbrownguy posted:I had a great time to this weekend. Got my first 12 run day in, only fell a bit, feeling more comfortable. Oh poo poo, that sucks
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Jan 14, 2019 21:39
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Residency Evil posted:Last year I was in Park City where half the mountain was closed because of too little snow. Now, I'm in squaw where tomorrow the mountain may be closed because of...too much snow!? Its also like 100 mph winds over the crests, the sierras get super windy during storms
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Jan 17, 2019 01:29
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gvFYAidtoE
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Jan 18, 2019 06:40
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Kazak_Hstan posted:hell yeah everybody break everything No 
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Jan 18, 2019 21:20
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https://twitter.com/KellyCanuckTO/status/1087081869118709761 This owns
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Jan 20, 2019 22:01
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I'm going to squaw tomorrow, what's good advanced intermediate terrain that won't kill my dad? Also, Northstar was great today. Great snow, sunny, only a little overcrowded
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Jan 27, 2019 01:46
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Spime Wrangler posted:went to the ER after with a frozen cornea. 
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Jan 27, 2019 03:00
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Oh man, it is gorgeous at Squaw today
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Jan 27, 2019 19:59
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  Gorgeous day of spring skiing in January, god drat was it hot out
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Jan 27, 2019 23:42
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Fifty Three posted:Growing up skiing looks amazing. Please don't put your kids on those ski leashes Or if you do, take pictures to embarrass them when they grow up
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Feb 1, 2019 03:40
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Man, Park City has been great the last few days, about a foot overnight last few days, and today has been mostly sunny and windfree.
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Feb 16, 2019 21:29
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HookShot posted:What the gently caress the RFID epic passes are poo poo anyway and all that happens is you end up with people holding up the chair because they can't figure out what side to put their pass/the pass scanners aren't working right/some combination of the two. Its weird, I have trouble at a lot of IKON places, but I've never had an issue at EPIC places. Same jacket and everything
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Mar 6, 2019 00:57
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Going up to Squaw this weekend
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Mar 7, 2019 05:31
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Hey, if we have a 4wd car and it says to carry chains, should we have enough for 2 wheels or all 4?
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Mar 7, 2019 18:47
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Ugh, miserable at squaw today, near white out conditions
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Mar 8, 2019 22:44
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Alpine Meadows has been amazing today
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Mar 10, 2019 22:10
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