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10-18-2017, 09:33 AM #51
Isn’t he like 5’6?
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10-18-2017, 09:55 AM #52Registered User
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10-18-2017, 12:51 PM #53Registered User
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10-18-2017, 01:18 PM #54Banned
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I friggen love bumps. Like they said, being on the edge of control, making a mistake, but reeling it back in and keepin’ going.
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10-18-2017, 01:23 PM #55
I like Castons skiing better than Mosleys, but I have a bias towards the mad racer slash.
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10-18-2017, 09:46 PM #56
After slowly evolving in my thirties from east coast bump guy to Sierra cement loving guy on 195 jag sharks, I missed ripping zipper lines but could not do so with my ridiculous underfoot boats. So I picked up some B1's and skied a bunch of moguls. Guess what? It wasn't the skis. I fucking suck now. To points made earlier - we old people need fast groomers to get even a shadow of the thrill they used to get in their twenties. Think of GS skis as winter sports viagra.
No gnar was harmed in the writing of this post...
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10-18-2017, 11:05 PM #57
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10-19-2017, 12:32 AM #58
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10-19-2017, 08:36 AM #59Registered User
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100% agree. I had a pair of Atomic Atlas a few years back. Super fun ski. Not a schmeary ski at all but built for speed and charging. Those things were always begging me to go faster and straighter. Eventually got kinda bored going mach speeds all the time and went back to a more turny ski for the very reasons so eloquently describe.
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10-19-2017, 08:49 AM #60
Skiing 210 straights in variable conditions, aftermath probably couldn't walk.....drugs please.
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10-19-2017, 09:05 AM #61
1) All of those guys crush it.
2) Caston is one of the most playful former racers I know.
3) to the point that he takes it not seriously enough to teach at party beach https://partybeachskicamps.com/www.dpsskis.com
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10-19-2017, 10:01 AM #62Registered User
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Yes!! Viagra!! And what GM sez.
'Course, if you need Viagra after hitting 40, you're not doing it right. After 60 now, I'm all in - I ski faster now (on groomers of course) than I ever did when i was younger, groomers or off piste, and softly caress my edges every night before bed.
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10-19-2017, 10:41 AM #63Registered User
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As to the statement “I can’t give anyone a good reason to ski bumps.”... I have an answer...
When the rest of the area is over run with careening, skid steering , wana bees who can't handle actually having to control their skis.... bumps runs are frequently the best skiing on the hill! Just like it used to be with skiing chewed up mank and cement... before the coming of fat, skill free, all access skis.
As to straight lining... Didn't we get that kamikaze shit out of our system back in the 1850s (when that was the way to race down a mountain with little or no control)....If not, Why not?!
But not to worry about this, because Darwin awards will surly cool that fascination. Hopefully with out the practitioners taking out any unfortunate, down hill skiers along the way.Last edited by snojones; 10-20-2017 at 05:20 PM.
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10-19-2017, 11:01 AM #64
Everything has become so extreme these days. It's nice to see some serious quality stuff that is easier to relate to.
when I was younger I liked to jump off of stuff so much that it was my primary focus but now, at 42 my back doesn't like that and I focus on fluid lines and speedy carves in fresh snow so I really like seeing this stuff with Marcus.dirtbag, not a dentist
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10-19-2017, 11:02 AM #65
And............ bumps rule!
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10-19-2017, 11:17 AM #66
Nobody even knows what good skiing is these days. I know who good skiers are however, they are skiing for smiles. I used to be that guy...a conditions and terrain snob. Then I woke up one day and remembered that there are smiles to be had all over the mountain everyday. Groomers, bumps, beginner terrain, heinous conditions, sun, snow, rains, dirt...it just doesn't matter.
If you get out of the truck with a good attitude, you'd be suprised where you find the smiles. As Doug said, "no bad snow, just bad skiers". You want to dominate the mountain...offer yourself zero excuses.
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10-19-2017, 11:36 AM #67Registered User
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That goes double for those of us on the east coast.
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10-21-2017, 08:50 AM #68
I follow ted ligety on IG. He regularly posts runs where he bends the ski, and it looks like a hoot to ride that way
https://instagram.com/p/BadySr4AAw2/
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10-21-2017, 09:53 AM #69
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10-24-2017, 09:53 AM #70Registered User
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I have been hearing more people talking about buying carving skis instead of skidding skis. Hopefully that is a good sign. Now if only ski companies will listen.
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10-24-2017, 09:55 AM #71Registered User
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10-24-2017, 10:50 AM #72
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10-24-2017, 11:05 AM #73
Love some fast groomers on my Supershape Titans. They also make a day with rock hard snow and clear ice groomers fun.
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10-24-2017, 11:13 AM #74
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10-24-2017, 11:30 AM #75Registered User
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^^^
he said nothing about whether you are doing it right. Foggy_Goggles was just saying ski the whole mountain in all conditions. But style matters, style ALWAYS matters.
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