Learning vs. Sucking

[Lemuel]

Lip on, Blind 2

 

[Kus_35]

You could be like my dudes over in Leadville where they buy vintage 80's North Face/O'Neill gear and shred their nuts off lookin like they just got done filming Hot Tub Time Machine...point is it doesnt matter. keep skiing.

 

[Abu_Hajaar]

You never stop learning but you do eventually stop sucking

 

[theorolfs]

quite true

 

[RafaelM]

ahahahaha this is so true.

 

[cool_name]

The only gear that requires a certain skill level is touring gear ie guardians, mfd plates, dedicated top of the line ski bags with shovels and shit on it. Even then you don't need to be dropping massive cliffs, but you should be able to get down a black.

 

[k-cal]

yesterday i saw two older rad ass dudes throwing down in just a shirt and jeans, and other kids decked in rasta and saga everything looking scared as hell.... dont matter at all

 

[Holte]

Here's the thing: eight or ten yeas ago, you could quickly tell who was a "good" freeskier by looking at the way they dressed and the skis they rode. Gapers rocked full-ear helmets and with fitting outerwear and directional skis. Racers wore racing suits. Old guys that ripped wore outerwear that was 10 years out of style. But if you saw a dude in the lift line that was rocking goggles under the helmet, baggy pants and twin tips, you knew that he at least was tossing cool 180s. And tossing cool 180s back then meant you were a rad skier.

Now everybody wears baggy pants and goggles under the helmet, and twin tips are so common that "twin tip skis" isn't even really a term anymore. But some skiers still associate looking cool with ability, even though the description of somebody with "ability" has changed from cool 180s to cool cork 7s. It's just one of the growing pains of a sport that has blown up a lot in the last 15 years.

It's always a little weird to see somebody who is riding skis that are way too advanced for them, but in terms of outerwear, wear whatever the hell you want. The only people who will care are the skiers who aren't tossing cool cork 7s.

 

[whackhouse]

just have fun and don't let anything get to you

 

[emopoppins]

dude i suck ass at skiing but still have a full saga suit, hestra gloves, eg2's, brand new skis, and full tilts. seriously, don't let anything people on the internet bum you out. it's all about having fun. and if you really can't take the butt hurt move out west and ski outside the park and remember what skiing is all about.

 

[TimRiley]

Doesn't matter what you wear or how good you are. Skiing is fucking awesome.

 

[fresh_prince]

just because you wear saga dosent make u goodmost pros just wear black snow pants and random baggy t shirts