Park or Pow

SeamusSkisAk

SeamusSkisAk

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Are you a park rat that hits all the rails with and tripleXL or are you that good that gets up supper early to go shred powder.
 
Everyone's answer: Pow if it's available, park otherwise. /thread

Except for those of us who are getting old and live in the mountains. For us: pow, and when it's not pow, touring

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13562732:Drail said:
Everyone's answer: Pow if it's available, park otherwise. /thread

Except for those of us who are getting old and live in the mountains. For us: pow, and when it's not pow, touring

//thread
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If neither is good (like 2 years straight of shit weather); Shit Fuck skiing! Its like skiing pow when there is no pow! It helps with reaction time and aiming the landing just right. The shit conditions makes your run even gnarlier. Think blast last year and 360 the dragon spine at whitewater. That would gather a crowd.
 
Unpopular opinion incoming. Would rather ski park cuz I live in Michigan and have never seen real pow, and wouldn't know what to do or how to ski it tbh.

If I did then definitely pow
 
topic:SeamusSkisAk said:
Are you a park rat that hits all the rails with and tripleXL or are you that good that gets up supper early to go shred powder.
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I also enjoy getting up at supper to go ski pow.
 
13562789:Lonely said:
Unpopular opinion incoming. Would rather ski park cuz I live in Michigan and have never seen real pow, and wouldn't know what to do or how to ski it tbh.

If I did then definitely pow
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I can certainly understand the answer. I am older than you. I grew up skiing the east back when parks were just starting. We skied bumps, because that is what we had. I went out west a few times during high school, and I got pow once and hated it. I was skiing skinny skis and had no idea what I was doing. I went to college out west, and during my freshman year I learned to ski pow, still on skinny skis, and figured out what the fuss was about. All of a sudden I forgot about bumps, I just wanted steeps and pow.

When you learn how to ski pow you will want it more than park, but I understand the situation you are currently in. I did not initially like pow when I first encountered it, I just wanted to ski bumps, but over time I became a convert. I think the same thing will happen to you.
 
Man I like POW. Nice big steep mountains with deep powder is what it is all about.

Like going fast and making nice turns I hit jumps and some rails one or two trips through the day but any more is when the snow sucks and Im bored of the hill and now you can catch me messing around on a snowboard instead of doing the park those days. Like snowboarding down groomies to change shit up even though skiing is my jam.
 
Glades because I have not experienced pow in the midwest and I keep getting injured while attempting basic tricks in the park. Might not be my thing. Can't afford any major injuries at this point in my life.
 
From the Wisconsin, I don't know how to ski pow and have not seen it.

I like to ski the park, but also get tired of it. I like the moguls and trees. I kind of get bored of doing the same thing so I am always changing my lines on a run, and always switch up what runs I'm doing.

Last year I was in the park all the time, but after being on the backyard setup all summer and fall I have gotten into more of skiing everything I can get.

So basically what I'm trying to say is I loved the park and now I love to do all types of skiing equally if that makes sense...
 
One could call me a powder whore.

Last season was a piece of shit so i spent quite a bit of time in the park as well as doing some pretty shitfuck skiing with the boys.

In general all we do is powder hunt, start the day off with a burner, then look in zones where there will naturally be some freshies or soft chunder and send it. Otherwise its off to the bc with the skins and the boot pack. Stevens pass has plenty to offer in this respect and whenever we head out to idaho its only us in the bc so we get some nice turns.
 
if im at my home mountain which is super small, i wont go anywhere except the park, even if it snows a shit ton. It's just not worth it at all. If im at a better mountain i try to avoid the park completely
 
13563551:dan4060 said:
I can certainly understand the answer. I am older than you. I grew up skiing the east back when parks were just starting. We skied bumps, because that is what we had. I went out west a few times during high school, and I got pow once and hated it. I was skiing skinny skis and had no idea what I was doing. I went to college out west, and during my freshman year I learned to ski pow, still on skinny skis, and figured out what the fuss was about. All of a sudden I forgot about bumps, I just wanted steeps and pow.

When you learn how to ski pow you will want it more than park, but I understand the situation you are currently in. I did not initially like pow when I first encountered it, I just wanted to ski bumps, but over time I became a convert. I think the same thing will happen to you.
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Couldn't agree more. I live in Vermont and I always just shredded resort trees, and mougaly cliff trails (like a liftline) and then hit the park. Then last year I started touring. We had a day with over 18 in overnight, of like actual power, not your average thick Vermont powder but as champagne as I have ever skied. No turning back after that day.
 
13563551:dan4060 said:
I can certainly understand the answer. I am older than you. I grew up skiing the east back when parks were just starting. We skied bumps, because that is what we had. I went out west a few times during high school, and I got pow once and hated it. I was skiing skinny skis and had no idea what I was doing. I went to college out west, and during my freshman year I learned to ski pow, still on skinny skis, and figured out what the fuss was about. All of a sudden I forgot about bumps, I just wanted steeps and pow.

When you learn how to ski pow you will want it more than park, but I understand the situation you are currently in. I did not initially like pow when I first encountered it, I just wanted to ski bumps, but over time I became a convert. I think the same thing will happen to you.
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I get up hella killer early and hits den pillows
 
Bumps, chutes, steeps, and carving no matter what conditions are like. Climbing to your line is best. POW just makes it a lot easier and more fun to play around in.

+I suck at park
 
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