Lost interest in park..

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TrippTermini

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Mainly been a lurker the past few years, really started looking at this website in 2015, but didn’t create an account for a while.

Anyway anyone else losing interest in the terrain park? Was really into it for a lot of years then I just stopped, got out of the park and started to really enjoy carving. Then I went to other parts of the mountain, which I had skied a lot before. Really started to enjoy bumps and the turn. (I live in Virginia so I don’t have any “big mountain” features at my mountain , but I got out West for a week a year and really enjoy it). I have even started to telemark, which brought life to even the green runs.

Anyone else feel this?
 
I'm definitely starting to find out why everyone gets old and just skis pow, it's something magical. Body hurts more than it used to, takes longer to recover, but my cardio fitness is all time so touring is a great fit. I still love skiing park I just can't get super beat up like I used to and function like an adult the next day.
 
You're probably just burnt out from skiing park for so many years in a row. You just have to mix it up once in a while the everything is fun.
 
I used to ski park non stop when I was younger wouldn't leave the park but then after 10+ years of riding park and the injuries I started to lose interest and started riding the entire mountain. Definitely made me a better skier and I have so much fun charging everything now.
 
14216725:Dr_Richard_Hertz said:
Hit up the park on the telemarkers. That'll make it interesting
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Guys who can do this well have a different kind of style and I love it.
 
as someone who has torn his left ACL twice, both while skiing rails, I understand this feeling. Coming back from an injury makes even carving turns down a green groomer fantastic though. Just ski and do whatever is fun to you
 
Actually skiing is a ton of fun and having a ski that can do more than just slide a rail is what makes the whole mountain fun. If you can't have a blast skiing everywhere and anywhere in all sorts of terrain, you're doing it wrong.
 
I've been through something almost exactly similar...3-4 years ago I was just at a spot where I felt like I had done everything I could in park, even though I knew I could learn more and go harder I just felt burnt out on it.... so I just started charging runs and teaching myself how to throw nasty carves, and doing 180s of lips on the side of the runs... Then I moved to Colorado for a year and that changed everything, I got mad into pow skiing and found the love for sending big shit again, it got me into AT also...when I moved back to my home state I felt like I could ski park again, though most of my ski time was spent up at Mount Bohemia hitting lake effect pow. but when I was at my home mountain I felt super comfy doing anything, I could ski park when I wanted, I could charge and carve, I could have fun in the trees, I could literally just swerve around and be a dumbass. I think the moral of the story is dont define yourself too strictly to one type of skiing, just get out and enjoy all of it, cuz its all good.
 
Personally I get bored quickly when practicing carving but I will say that I love bumps. Zipperlining moguls is gangsta af and I wanna be able to do it really well someday. Honestly idk why it's not talked about here more because it's a pretty necessary skill if you ski trees/bc/etc.
 
14216881:FruitBootPro said:
Personally I get bored quickly when practicing carving but I will say that I love bumps. Zipperlining moguls is gangsta af and I wanna be able to do it really well someday. Honestly idk why it's not talked about here more because it's a pretty necessary skill if you ski trees/bc/etc.
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Lots of places don't have zippers form naturally. It takes a lot of consistent mogul skiers to lay a zipper down while tourists are sidecutting the whole thing over and over ya know? But I 100% agree that its super gangster
 
Don't force it, do what feels good. Maybe you want to rip groomers, maybe you want to hit cliffs, maybe you want to take a day and stay at home.

Skiing is pretty big. People change, get iut when you can and do shit you like. If you get backninti park heaviky because if a new mtn, friends, vibes. Sweet. If you don't and grow more away from it that's fine too.

Have fun out there.
 
14216883:Yung_Gnarley said:
Lots of places don't have zippers form naturally. It takes a lot of consistent mogul skiers to lay a zipper down while tourists are sidecutting the whole thing over and over ya know? But I 100% agree that its super gangster
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Wish my mountain could get a zipper line down. There are only a few days a year here where we actually have any good moguls.
 
Being a well rounded skier literally multiplies how fast you learn tricks when you do go to the park.
 
just do what you do when the same thing happens w your significant other. go down it with a friend or imagine you’re colby stevenson the entire time
 
I feel like I've broken a bone every year since I was 14, getting pretty sick of it. I'm still sorta young but I've got some AT boots on the way. That's probably going to be my intro back to skiing after this recovery
 
topic:TrippTermini said:
Mainly been a lurker the past few years, really started looking at this website in 2015, but didn’t create an account for a while.

Anyway anyone else losing interest in the terrain park? Was really into it for a lot of years then I just stopped, got out of the park and started to really enjoy carving. Then I went to other parts of the mountain, which I had skied a lot before. Really started to enjoy bumps and the turn. (I live in Virginia so I don’t have any “big mountain” features at my mountain , but I got out West for a week a year and really enjoy it). I have even started to telemark, which brought life to even the green runs.

Anyone else feel this?
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Feelin it, knees feelin that vibe too, tho I still abuse the shit out of em.

Skis like the sakana and new bacon have really tied carving to all mountain, making a fun mix of freestyle tail slashing and all mountain more appropriate on one set of skis instead of trekking back to the Iocker or whatever.

I myself have basically stopped rails and park, but I still love booters, kickers and rock drops
 
14217013:SavageBiff said:
Feelin it, knees feelin that vibe too, tho I still abuse the shit out of em.

Skis like the sakana and new bacon have really tied carving to all mountain, making a fun mix of freestyle tail slashing and all mountain more appropriate on one set of skis instead of trekking back to the Iocker or whatever.

I myself have basically stopped rails and park, but I still love booters, kickers and rock drops
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The Sakana is amazing. I’ve honestly spent more time on it than any other ski so far this year. It’s also the first directional ski I’ve been on in years.
 
topic:TrippTermini said:
Mainly been a lurker the past few years, really started looking at this website in 2015, but didn’t create an account for a while.

Anyway anyone else losing interest in the terrain park? Was really into it for a lot of years then I just stopped, got out of the park and started to really enjoy carving. Then I went to other parts of the mountain, which I had skied a lot before. Really started to enjoy bumps and the turn. (I live in Virginia so I don’t have any “big mountain” features at my mountain , but I got out West for a week a year and really enjoy it). I have even started to telemark, which brought life to even the green runs.

Anyone else feel this?
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Life moves in waves. Enjoy what you do. Do what you enjoy! Hat's off to you.
 
14217050:CatdickBojangles said:
The Sakana is amazing. I’ve honestly spent more time on it than any other ski so far this year. It’s also the first directional ski I’ve been on in years.
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looks like an amazing ski, thinking about tryin it or the line blade.
 
When I get ever so slightly bored in the park I try to force myself to get out of the comfort zone a little and/or try something new. Or even try to get some old tricks. Do what feels good though. If laying down nasty carves and boosting side hits all over the mountain is fun for you, then send it.

You’re already set up for success on the rest of the mountain... being into park riding at any point will forever change your outlook on “normal” trails and makes them way more fun.
 
Totally know this feeling, I always felt in the park that there's this pressure to do big tricks but just skiing the mountain and finding natural hits is just way more chill, you can pop a shifty off a lip and it feels the best.

Saying that, on days when my friends and I got bored in the park but there wasn't much else to ski we'd just play games like "what would Casabon do?" made you try stuff in a new way and kept things interesting.
 
proper carving is insanely fun

most kids nowadays just sideslip or just stand on both their skis half the time down the hill and it takes way too much energy
 
14217447:iced said:
proper carving is insanely fun

most kids nowadays just sideslip or just stand on both their skis half the time down the hill and it takes way too much energy
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I see this a lot too, and I’m one of them, when I’m transversing between slopes a lot of the stuff just isn’t steep enough to have fun carving, I’ll butter, manual and just putz around or rest for the upcoming line, outside of that situation, I love to skid over lips and shifty, side slip spines etc, I’ll side slip instead of carve half the time as well depending on my ski and snow condition as well as my vibe for the day, more often than not, it’s not that I see everyone side slipping, I’m seeing people that don’t know how to carve.

And honestly, I’d rather be seen as a skidder than a carver, these young guns love and complement and stoke the shit out of me when the see me shred, whether it’s a right carved left 3, or skidding and buttering into a 3 on flat, a drop or just checking my gear in line they think it’s dope and I meet a lotta people.

When I carve and rip dads and patrol complain blah blah blah, too fast, blah blah blah saw you skis you musta been outta control, every lift line no one knows who the hell moment skis are and the comments on the lift are always” those skis are so big, who makes them, a little wide for this mountain you from out west”?

I do love to carve, but I keep it very mixed up
 
Dude we got 6 fucking inches of rain on Christmas.

Carving/pow skis are out of the whip and have been replaced with the old park beaters and a snowboard.

Only so much fun one can have skiing a groomed blue.
 
topic:TrippTermini said:
Mainly been a lurker the past few years, really started looking at this website in 2015, but didn’t create an account for a while.

Anyway anyone else losing interest in the terrain park? Was really into it for a lot of years then I just stopped, got out of the park and started to really enjoy carving. Then I went to other parts of the mountain, which I had skied a lot before. Really started to enjoy bumps and the turn. (I live in Virginia so I don’t have any “big mountain” features at my mountain , but I got out West for a week a year and really enjoy it). I have even started to telemark, which brought life to even the green runs.

Anyone else feel this?
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Park is great if your in the uber competitive hormone phase from age 13 to mid 20s.

Im a fucking old man tho and i still like doing easy shit on mid size kickers. Rails are not nearly as much fun fr you when ur old tho. You can straight air a 60 footer with less effort than it takes to slide a box. And being weightless is way more fun as well. I still like hitting short gap flat down rails that you can disaster tho. But other than that i just hit jumps.
 
I can’t see myself skiing park after the age of 25, i’m 18 now and a 5 hour rope sesh at hyland rapes my knees and back. 4 years ago i could lap a park for 12 hours straight.
 
I haven’t hit a rail since 2018 of the 18/19 season.

going skiing Monday, i told myself if I slip out on my first try I’m calling it quits in the park for good, too old to have to try and figure this shit out again.

but part of me just wants to grind it out and just get comfortable on rails again while I’m still relatively young.

idk I just want the days of smashing my hip on metal to be behind me lol, at least I’m pretty good with a camera so I can still stay in the scene and appreciate the art of it all.
 
14218068:Chubz. said:
I haven’t hit a rail since 2018 of the 18/19 season.

going skiing Monday, i told myself if I slip out on my first try I’m calling it quits in the park for good, too old to have to try and figure this shit out again.

but part of me just wants to grind it out and just get comfortable on rails again while I’m still relatively young.

idk I just want the days of smashing my hip on metal to be behind me lol, at least I’m pretty good with a camera so I can still stay in the scene and appreciate the art of it all.
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get Burton impact shorts or something and kneepads. Both actually make a huge difference for me anyway
 
topic:TrippTermini said:
Mainly been a lurker the past few years, really started looking at this website in 2015, but didn’t create an account for a while.

Anyway anyone else losing interest in the terrain park? Was really into it for a lot of years then I just stopped, got out of the park and started to really enjoy carving. Then I went to other parts of the mountain, which I had skied a lot before. Really started to enjoy bumps and the turn. (I live in Virginia so I don’t have any “big mountain” features at my mountain , but I got out West for a week a year and really enjoy it). I have even started to telemark, which brought life to even the green runs.

Anyone else feel this?
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It's just part of skiing. Old things become stale so you start doing new things. Then the new things become stale and the old things become new again.
 
If you're doing it right your horizons broaden as you get older, and range of interesting and meaningful things that you can invest your life in just keeps expanding. There's a lot of wisdom in letting things go and moving on to something else when you feel the passion start to fade, and trusting that the drive will return if it's actually a timeless passion for you. I still look forward to sneaking in a quick park lap every now and then, even though now almost all of my time and energy on the slopes is dedicated to teaching my girls to ski and hoping that they discover something in the mountains that brings them the same kind of joy and inspiration that I found there.
 
Go carve some mellow slopes. If you can't haul some mail there and go like...."F" if I crash now I'm "F"ed, well then maybe you are all done.
 
14218072:iced said:
get Burton impact shorts or something and kneepads. Both actually make a huge difference for me anyway
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I used to wear my impact girdle from football after HS and it helped a lot especially the mental aspect of it, when I finally got it down I stopped wearing it, then before you know it life gets in the way and you barely ride anymore. We’ll see how it goes this week.
 
I pretty much only hit park when I see friends hitting it nowadays. It's fun mobbing through the rails and keeping things simple yet stylish. I'm definitely not trying to switch up every kink like I used to and the biggest spin I'll throw is a 3. I tried getting 7s back last season and ended up breaking a binding and being sore for the next few days. Moguls, cliffs, and trees are my bread and butter now. I would like to build a jump this year and find out if I can still get upsidedown though.
 
this is just speaking from personal experience, but i was in the same boat as you about 3 years ago. i wasnt necessarily bad at park then, but it was getting so boring just hitting rails and feeling pressured to do gnarly shit on jumps. said fuck it and spent a season dicking around on natural terrain and skiing gnarlier terrain and becoming a better skier. eventually came back around to the park and ive been skiing better than i ever have and doing rail tricks i didnt think id be able to do in a million years, taking a break is worth it sometimes.
 
Damn I’m not even 20 yet and reading this makes me feel like my days are numbered. I hate this whole ‘adult’ thing.
 
14218074:Lonely said:
It's just part of skiing. Old things become stale so you start doing new things. Then the new things become stale and the old things become new again.
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So if old is new, and new is old, how the hell do I live in the “present”?

14218181:ASAPCarter said:
Damn I’m not even 20 yet and reading this makes me feel like my days are numbered. I hate this whole ‘adult’ thing.
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Adulting ant so bad, it’s aging that sucks, I actually require practice to maintain where I was naturally in my youth, whether it be sports, skiing, lifting , if I don’t practice i regress, but I like to kid myself that anyone past a certain skill level regresses without practice, and I’m honestly more flexible, stronger and maybe, just maybe a better skier than I ever was, I can’t rodeo or misty anymore, at least I don’t try, but my carving and drop skills are on a different level than when I was a teen.
 
Your getting old hahaha.

It is a natural thing to loose interest in the park and begin to appreciate turning. When I was loosing interest in the park, I took my level 1 ski instructor, park and pipe, began coaching and teaching the kids. The fun I got from all that was just as fun as park. After a couple years focusing on the love of the turn, I got back into park and began learning a bunch of new tricks.

Then I found the powder. Moved to BC and began to learn how to move through mountainous ranges. Turning in powder is a feeling you cant get tired of. 8 Years later, I feel the need to rip park again...
 
14218181:ASAPCarter said:
Damn I’m not even 20 yet and reading this makes me feel like my days are numbered. I hate this whole ‘adult’ thing.
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Nope, adulting is rad. I'm happier now than I have ever been and it feels like it gets better every year. Lots of new adventures in front of you, many you can't even imagine.
 
It’s not all bad. I’m 29 tomorrow and I’m 6,000,000x the skier I was when I was 20. I still hit rails and park. Spin out, spin on. Spin jumps. It’s not so bad. You just don’t have that blind fearless ambition. You have more fear and awareness of potential injury.

But also, you have more confidence in your skiing. I do things I would never have dreamed of when I was 20 PURELY because I believe in myself and my abilities.

14218181:ASAPCarter said:
Damn I’m not even 20 yet and reading this makes me feel like my days are numbered. I hate this whole ‘adult’ thing.
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14218524:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
It’s not all bad. I’m 29 tomorrow and I’m 6,000,000x the skier I was when I was 20. I still hit rails and park. Spin out, spin on. Spin jumps. It’s not so bad. You just don’t have that blind fearless ambition. You have more fear and awareness of potential injury.

But also, you have more confidence in your skiing. I do things I would never have dreamed of when I was 20 PURELY because I believe in myself and my abilities.
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Nice. This guy be like 34!

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