Any Skiers Out There?

pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Who else is addicted to the white stuff?</div> Not coke. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

I'm talking alpine skiing here. Who else is a snowfiend? I can't keep myself off the mountain in the winter, I'm just wondering if any of my other forumites are into skiing. If so, post your brand and style of skiing.

Contrary to my sig, I'm riding Salomon 1080's this year, I'm obviously a terrain park skier.

Hopefully towards the end of this year my friend will finish editing our film and I'll have our video up. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

But anyway, post on.
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  • Vulgar_MenaceVulgar_Menace Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22118Members
    I am an avid skier, il post my skis once i remember what they are.
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    i ski and snowboard, but i f***ing suck at skiing.

    doesn't make it any less fun tho <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I'm a relative skiing nub who loves it all the same. I'd consider switching to boarding but I just bought my first pair of skis so now I'm kinda locked into it :>

    what do people think? is boarding a fad, or is it gonna replace skiing, or will they both endure forever?
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    Skiing? Pshaw.

    Snowboarding for me, and I've only gone a number of times, but MAN! It's a lot more exciting than skiing. Pff.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    Yea, I've been a skier for days, ever since I was like 6, it's good times for sure
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  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    Sailing in the bay behind my house is fun to me <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Did i tell you I live on a canal? with a sailboat?
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    I snowboard....I tried skiing when I was like 9 and it just hurt my knees too much when I'd crash. Crashing on skiis sucks. The End.
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Catpoker+Nov 19 2003, 08:19 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Catpoker @ Nov 19 2003, 08:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Sailing in the bay behind my house is fun to me <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Did i tell you I live on a canal? with a sailboat? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    omgomgomg I live on a canal also! I always raft down it during the summer....it kind of sucks tho cuz there are leeches in it (only on the ground). lol....

    (srry about the double post)
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  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    I love skiing. Used to live in Colorado Springs. It's kind of mandatory there.
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  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    Just a buch of crabs in my canal. which we catch and eat.



    ....... mmmmmm crabs...
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    if you were to eat crabs from the bay where I live, you would DIE. Seriously.

    I live near the Newark Bay in New Jersey.
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  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    Well you do have to cook them you know.........


    BTW: I live in Galveston, Texas.
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  • elchinesetouristelchinesetourist Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17775Members
    edited November 2003
    pwnz

    too bad I don't get to ski much. I'm barely a black diamond skiier.

    My cousins are unfazeable tho. They see a triple black and they nonchalantly go try it.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Denmark and northern Germany get about an inch of snow at most, so not much skiing here. You'll have to either travel south to the Alps (nubs) or north to Norway or Sweden (ownage). Skiing is a wholly enjoyable pastime I've found. Most fun was the african we'd brought along: First he gets to Denmark, which is bitterly cold. The man was walking around in thick clothes INDOORS. Then, barely a month later, he's dragged to Norway (wth is all this white stuff?) which is EVEN COLDER (he was seriously afraid of freezing to death). Next thing he's standing on skis and sweating so much that he has to take his jacket off. Imagine never having been outside Africa before (it had been ten years since he'd been more than a hundred kilometers away from his hometown) and then being confronted with all this. The experience must've been magical really. He was a natural on those skis too. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • FrikkFrikk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3164Members, Constellation
    Despite tearing my ACL and partially tearing my MCL in my right knee 3 years ago I'm still skiing. I've got some 80 dollar skis I got at a second hand store. The best part about them is I know exactly where my skis are all the time. The guy who owned them before me engraved them with the name "Edward Lee". I'm a 6'4'' Tall very american looking guy, so it always looks like I'm trying to steal somebody's skis.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    I tried to ski once...

    <-- My left leg went this way

    And my right leg went this way -->

    All the while some 7 year old kid came flying by me at about 30mph and he didn't even have any poles...




    I hate skiing. :(
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  • FrikkFrikk Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3164Members, Constellation
    My brother did that when we were learning. My dad actually had to run out and lift him up because he was stuck in the splits. And let me tell you, this was full on splits too. I'm amazed he didn't tear anything. He was bawling his eyes out. Good thing he was only 8ish at the time.
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  • TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Nov 20 2003, 11:31 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Nov 20 2003, 11:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->

    All the while some 7 year old kid came flying by me at about 30mph and he didn't even have any poles...
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    Sometimes its easier to start out not using your poles. (they are good for getting up though)

    New skiiers rely on them a bit too much.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    edited November 2003
    Used to ski at the dry ski slope in Southampton (yes, Southampton England, we don't tend to get much real snow <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> ).

    I was pretty good (imho) although I suppose you can't get REALLY good on a dry slope.

    Unfortunatly my pro skiing career <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> was brought to an abrupt halt when (irony of ironys) the ski center burnt down.


    And I never learned to use the poles either.
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  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    Skiing totally blows but downhill skiing is lots of fun <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Though I decided to sell my skiizors and try snowboarding next.
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  • Doug_the_HeadDoug_the_Head Join Date: 2003-03-26 Member: 14909Members
    I did the whole skiing thing when I was little, but I didnt like it too much, so I took up snowboarding. I've got 200+ hours of experience doing that, so I'm pretty |33t. [/bragging]
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DiscoZombie+Nov 19 2003, 10:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Nov 19 2003, 10:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm a relative skiing nub who loves it all the same. I'd consider switching to boarding but I just bought my first pair of skis so now I'm kinda locked into it :>

    what do people think? is boarding a fad, or is it gonna replace skiing, or will they both endure forever? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Fad fad fad.

    Trust me, check out some of the new schooler skiers, e.g. Jon Olsson, Boyd Easley, and Tanner Hall.

    They're nuts, bringing so much innovation to the sport and going huge everywhere. Last year Jon even aired a foot higher out of the pipe than any snowboarder has ever done, which is insane because boarders usually out-air skiers by 2-3 feet.

    Anyway, check out the site in my sig, great newschool freestyle oriented ski brand.
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  • BurrBurr Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9358Members
    Skiing is the only thing I look foward to during the year, I absolutly LOVE skiing. I have been skiing for about 12 years now, I hve my own skis, boots, bindings, and poles, and now Im 21 so If I get too cold, I can "warm up" at the bar in the lodge <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I don't get out of Ohio though, I want to go to Utah or someplace where there are good hills. *sigh* Being poor bites.
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  • RellixRellix Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13572Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Im a skiier currently on ead Cyber XP-40s and the boots i cant remember.
    Personaly i prefer snowblading but we dont get much snow in scotland so that means going to Europe or dry mat skiing.
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