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Thread: RIP EpicSki 1999-2017
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05-12-2017, 08:52 AM #226
Would you jongs STFU? Vail bought the forum because it was cheaper than getting into a trademark dispute over "epic" in relation to skiing. They don't give a rats ass about any of that other stuff. Wake up.
I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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05-12-2017, 09:44 AM #227Registered User
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T-15 to zero hour
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05-12-2017, 03:07 PM #228Registered User
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Epic is now dead. RIP. 15 years worth of skiing content and history is now gone. Also, fuck VR.
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05-12-2017, 04:16 PM #229Registered User
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RIP EpicSki 1999-2017
They got about 4 extra hours to work on their carving technique and moderate posts before the flip just switched.
As for the content there was a lot of diligent copying of the past 3 weeks to archive. Whether it ever shows up anywhere publicly is another matter.
PS fuck vail
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05-12-2017, 04:28 PM #230
Chichis arriba.
It was harder than I thought it would be to find an amusing sfw image for either tits up or chichis arriba within my limited attention span.
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05-12-2017, 06:10 PM #231
Vibes to the people who lost a place they enjoyed. And especially to those who don't yet know that they lost it.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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05-14-2017, 04:14 PM #232Registered User
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Yeah the F Vail sentiment was pretty clear, with even Cirquerider, the former chief moderator who again became a moderator at the end, talking about he wouldn't forget the people who didn't care and "executed" Epic. So, if Vail were still open to talking to people...well, I am not so sure they should feel they were rewarded content-wise by giving the forum another 2 weeks.
TTips is an interesting counterpoint. Content-wise, TTips is sorely missed. Epic? Maybe more of a social dominance game. Even as a gear site, much of the advice was anywhere from astroturf to directly opposed to leading practice. The upside is it does affirm what a good job TTips did, and what current places like WildSnow are doing.
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05-14-2017, 08:02 PM #233
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05-14-2017, 08:38 PM #234Registered User
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RIP EpicSki 1999-2017
What are you talking about? Are you one of the conspiracy posters over there convinced there is some vail exec that has spent more than a millisecond of thought about a ski forum for anal skiers and has come for vengeance?
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05-14-2017, 09:01 PM #235
I won a Smith helmet from the monthly photo thread contest a year or so ago. I was asked to write a review in the gear forum but I never got around to it. I sensed some resentment from the mods for that but shoot, you shouldn't be required or expected to do anything for winning a contest. I didn't write a review almost out of spite for being asked to be honest.
Other than that I have nothing. Thanks for the helmet Epicski!dirtbag, not a dentist
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05-15-2017, 10:03 AM #236Registered User
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05-15-2017, 03:43 PM #237Registered User
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05-15-2017, 05:44 PM #238Registered User
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05-15-2017, 09:06 PM #239Registered User
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05-19-2017, 02:51 PM #240
thanx to epic, I know what a dolphin turn is. I am a better person for it
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05-20-2017, 08:25 AM #241Registered User
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05-20-2017, 09:53 PM #242Registered User
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I'll miss it a lot. I was able to find good reviews of gear there that I couldn't find here. The search funtion here hasn't worked for several years so I'm glad to see It's working now! Still though it was nice to have 2 good forums.
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05-24-2017, 05:34 PM #243
Met some awesome people and friendly on Epic ski- had one of the best Jackson Hole weeks of my life skiing around with Bob Peters, who we met on Epicski. Also I think I met PAskier and PizzaSteve from there before we all started hanging out on TGR.
I won't miss Epicski's endless debates about ski run elevation gain.
I wonder how Bob from JH is doing. Is he still around and selling real estate there? Great dude, great skier.
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05-24-2017, 06:30 PM #244
^Whoa, there's someone you don't see here every day.
Bob Peters is fine and doing well in JH, though he's contemplating a move and wondering if maybe as a dirt pimp he had a significant role in making JH into what it's become.
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05-24-2017, 06:40 PM #245Registered Undead
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Bob is a great guy. I'm kind of shocked to hear he'd even consider leaving JH.
Besides selling homes - he is a long time JH instructor (and former guide). Just in case he is still around next winter and you know anyone shopping for one - they would not go wrong with him. Knows the mountain like the back of his hand,
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05-25-2017, 07:25 AM #246
Holy missing maggette, Batman!
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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05-26-2017, 12:00 PM #247
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05-29-2017, 06:41 PM #248Registered User
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They actually had an Epic forum get-together at Jackson where they took a large, inexperienced group sidecountry with only the leader of the group, and possibly one other member, beeping. Obviously not unheard of in terms of sidecountry laps right there, but unusual in circumstance.
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06-04-2017, 09:39 AM #249Registered User
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I just want google to stop directing me to fucking broken epic links.....
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06-04-2017, 05:24 PM #250
It's all good
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