I need a pic of a triple black diamond sign

VT_FLO

VT_FLO

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I need a pic of a triple black diamond sign because i'm getting a ski tattoo. I'm going to start with that either on my chest or shoulder, and then possibly get a yeti at some point in the future.

I'm 18, snowboarded for 10 years, skied since i was 3 until i started snowboarding, and just got a new pair of skis to compliment my board

sooo any designs you can post would be sweet, or just a pic. I think i want some wind and little snowflakes going around it too.
 
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Best I could find
 
This past year in Ski Magazine, in the letters to the editor, there was a black woman from portland that had a double black diamond tattoed on part of her lower back, the part that sloped right to her ass. It was a god damn excellent picture
 
god i love this website...

question though: how many triple blacks are there? i've skied a fair amount of places all over the world and have never came across one?
 
Smuggs has the only triple black on the east, I'm pretty sure. That's the only one I've come across, although I haven't been out west yet.
 
From what I understand there aren't many triples out there - they generally aren't open to public, just the local or visiting race teams etc
 
Before you get the tattoo, ask yourself this question: will I be obsessed with skiing in 20 years, and will I want a tattoo in that spot when I am an old man without a shirt on. If you think so, go for it. If there is any doubt in your mind, don't do it.
 
kill joy enough?

and triple black diamond people, don't kid yourself, it doesn't matter what ski places rate there runs. Corbets is double black...anything along those lines at Jackson or Whistler or any real resort is labeled double black. On the east coast, some "double black diamond" runs can be groomed and are a blue to single black at other resorts with actual terrain. Who the fuck cares what a map says?
 
It's true. Double black at Vail means the run might have a mandatory cliff drop, where double black at Breck or Keystone means the run is steep....and that's it! Breck and Keystone will rate their runs as a "Double Black Expert Terrain" run though. Technically Lake Chutes is Double Black and you can send it of 50 foot cliffs to get in if you want.
 
The picture up top is in the east too, its Le Massif near Quebec city.

Its a nice big hill if you like to freeride, they a get lots of snow up there.

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a half skilled tattooist should be able to draw couple diamonds and a few snowflakes... but good thread because it ended up with a picture of le massif :)
 
64% equals a little under 35 Degrees. Most skiers would measure slope in degrees. This is where the confusion is coming from. I mean no offense because being from the east I understand. but 35 degrees isnt considered that steep by western skiers.
 
Oh and to the thread creator. Think very hard before you get a triple black diamond sign tattoo. I personally think the idea of a resort labelling a run as a triple black diamond is pretty silly. If anybody asked me about triple black diamond runs, I would assume they didnt know that much about skiing.

I really dont mean any offence by it, I think the idea of a skiing tattoo is great if its something you really love. Just saying you should think about your content a little more.
 
Good call. I was thinking 65 degrees. 35 degrees is really nothing out of the ordinary. I'm pretty sure there are parts of my resort that are easily 40 degrees and those runs are not really too steep. 35 degrees would be real steep for someone who has never been out west though.
 
Most west coast resorts just add a caution sign to terrain that's significantly more technical than the average double black. Do east coast resorts just not use the caution symbol designation?
 
just the only place i've seen that lists triple black. i'm not going to try to say that a triple black at a midwest resort is going to compare to a double at a big resort somewhere else.
 
Double blacks/triple blacks in the midwest are just kind of steep hills with trees in the middle of them that haven't been groomed in about a week. Atleast in Indiana anyways.
 
why not? i would hope that having to hike for turns instead of riding a lift would be a pretty big hint to someone that they're no longer inbounds?
 
Corbetts at Whistler wouldn't be rated as such IMO. They would probably make you sign some crazy waiver. I don't know really, I almost shit my pants when I dropped into Corbetts. Tested every ounce of talent in my body.
 
I think in either Fernie or Sunpeaks, can't remember which they had some mountain biking stuff still set up in the trees a bit. It was like the elevated boardwalks and a frames (don't know the real terminology) and they had a triple black diamond sign. I don't know if that was a joke or something they use in mountain biking.

Also here a fine aboriginal man describes a triple black diamond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e0ww9gEpa8&feature=related
 
Word. 35 degrees is nothing. We have several runs at my local mountain steeper than 38 degrees and about 500 vertical feet, one of which i straightlined last year /claim. I've also seen many children ski it including some as young as 12 get down it pretty quick.
 
i admit my ignorance, being a midwest skier with all of 3 or 4 years skiing. i guess you're right that it can be misleading to someone headed out west after being to bohemia, but i have a hard time getting worked up over it either.

ah well.
 
I agree. Double black is a marketing ploy for a lot of places. Some places I suppose an extra black diamond is appropriate but its pretty stupid in general.
 
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