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Thread: It is lame to ski moguls?
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02-11-2015, 06:08 AM #201
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02-11-2015, 06:35 AM #202
Loves me some bumps
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02-11-2015, 12:20 PM #203Registered User
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02-14-2015, 01:07 PM #207
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02-16-2015, 11:10 AM #208Registered User
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Back to mogul talk.
I'm dead serious! I don't know about out west, but here in New England, there is a micro-subculture of tele-bumpers. These guys can be seen shredding moguls even when conditions are much better elsewhere on the hill. I'm a recovering telemark skier, and I thought skiing bumps with a free-heel was a blast. The fore-aft stability gives you rock-solid stability (although changing the lead ski quick enough can be problematic). The guys I see ripping lines in an ultra-low tele stance blow my mind. Some of the best skiers on the mountain for sure!
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02-16-2015, 11:57 AM #209I touched your avatar
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How the fuck is this even debatable. Bumps rule.
Took me like 10 minutes to figure out how to change this shit
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02-16-2015, 12:15 PM #210
I like skiing...
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02-16-2015, 03:06 PM #211
Skiing bumps will never be lame.
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02-16-2015, 03:11 PM #212
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02-16-2015, 03:19 PM #213Registered User
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02-16-2015, 03:53 PM #214
^^ It's true, tele skiing in the bumps is pretty fun and natural, provided the bumps are shaped for it. The short, choppy, stair step bumps aren't real great. Longer, more ski-turn shaped bumps are natural for it.
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02-16-2015, 09:38 PM #215
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02-17-2015, 08:27 AM #216
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02-22-2015, 03:11 PM #217
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03-21-2016, 02:31 AM #218
Bumb to an old thread. I guess mogul skiing is best served like this The "Hot Dog" competition at the local molehill last saturday. Still smiling!
Oldest gear from the 50s! Participants from "underaged" (under 35) to about 60. Some tele and incredible monoski guy (who ruled). A little twist of ballet skiing (watch until the end). Couple of Word Cup and Euro Cup pioneers skiing with ordinary hacks. Extra points for proper, original outfit and gear.
Isn't that what's it all about?
(Btw. I am at around 1.43, twister-spread + slo-mo, at 4.44 run + "rocket air", at around 7.11, run + "rocket air" + freeze frame. Retro "Fartbag" outfit and some 1980s Atomic SL 205s, of course. Still stoked...two days of painkillers afterwards but it was totally worth it!)
EDIT: Another angle, maybe slightly better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdmC...ature=youtu.be (and damn, gotta work those helis on 205cm:s...it was surprisingly hard compared to modern twins)Last edited by Jiehkevarri; 03-22-2016 at 06:43 AM.
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03-21-2016, 12:09 PM #219
oh shit....that looks fun!
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04-04-2016, 12:42 PM #220
<3 tele bumps in the rain. I feel like Lionel Richie should have a song about that
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04-04-2016, 02:28 PM #221
Never really understood / tried bumps until moving to Taos. The month of February (no fucking snow) was when I really got into them. There are a few groups of hot shit bump skiers. Hopefully next year they'll let me in.
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04-05-2016, 06:44 PM #222
At 40yrs young I entered a regional / provincial mogul comp last weekend. Killed it. Contemplating a Trip Report complete with vids and pics as I have never done one on tgr. We had a pretty shitty winter so realistically it was some of the best skiing I have done. Moguls rule. So glad I know how to ski them...Skiing where I ski its a necessity, even on pow days its too dry and not deep enough so lots of surprise absorptions
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04-06-2016, 09:32 AM #223
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04-06-2016, 10:45 AM #224
The only people that think moguls are lame are the ones that can't ski em at all. Anyone that has put any amount of time into learning how to ski them somewhat decently has nothing but respect for the people that shred em.
Sweet vid Jiehkevarri!dirtbag, not a dentist
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04-06-2016, 08:16 PM #225
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