How would you describe park skiing?

Bloom.

Bloom.

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I am writing my college essay about the progression of skiing, and my accomplishments in skiing. If you were describing park skiing to someone who had no clue what it was, how would you describe it (rails and jumps)?
 
Yeah dude, even showing gapers videos rarely makes any impression on them. No response whatsoever and then "OH THAT BACKFLIP WAS SO COOL!"
 
i am gonna try. maybe i will paste it on the site and see what you guys think of it. im not done yet though

 
park skiing: the thrill, the anticipation. The moment physics meets snow combining to make it a fun ride.
 
Here's my take. It gives you some of the greatest thrills and excitement in your life, but also some of the most painful. However, even after you've cased a landing and are hurtin pretty bad, you look back up the hill and smile to yourself because you know you would go up and do it again.
 
just put a referenc e to NS in, and you should be set. or you sould just say imagine what snowboarders do in the x games and stuff, now imagine it on twintips, but twice as explosive
 
The simple explanation is. As a freeskier you are require to ski backwards down every type of terrain. Hit jumps that are normally 60 feet long while either spinning or flipping through the air, sometimes both. However no matter what you do through the air it will still be referred to as a black flip. Also baggy clothes are a must. And as far as rails go. just say think skate boarding but on skis surround by white stuff that is commonly referred to as snow.

The easiest way to explain it would just be to modify this thread so its in your words and your set.
https://newschoolers.com/web/forums/readthread/thread_id/366810/
 
People, primarily white males between the ages of 10 and 30, with double ended skis and usually wearing baggy coats and snowpants ski down a run full of features such as kickers(ramps), designed to launch the skier into the air to facilitate tricks usually involving spins and flips, accompanied by grabbing hold of one or more skis, and landing as safely as possible on a downhill slope called a transition.Failure to land on the transition is responsible for many park-skiing related injuries. Kickers are found in many different sizes for different skill levels, and have transitions that sometimes vary in their position in realation to the jump (insert description of step-ups, step-downs, step-overs, gaps, etc.) Grind rails, which resemble stair railings are also found in terrain parks, in various heights, shapes and sizes (insert description of said shapes and sizes here) for different skill levels. These rails are designed for skiers to ride with their skis perpendicular to the rail. Spins are often incorporated into rail slides. Half pipes are another common feature of terrain parks. They resemble a U shaped ditch and are designed for skiers to perform aerial maneuvres out of by skiing up the walls, catching hang time and hopefully landing back on the wall. a variation on teh halfpipe is the quarter pipe, which is only one wall of a halfpipe, hance its name. Examples of terrain parks can be seen on television during the X games winter sports competition, held annually.

theres a start for ya anyway. good luck.
 
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