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Also can't stop thinking about when [tag=254957]@Thegenericskier[/tag] did a rodeo off the big jump and he drifted to the left, almost karate kicking these two kids standing on the knuckle. Thankfully they were paying attention and dodged just in time
 
14607856:ReturnToMonkey said:
Also can't stop thinking about when [tag=254957]@Thegenericskier[/tag] did a rodeo off the big jump and he drifted to the left, almost karate kicking these two kids standing on the knuckle. Thankfully they were paying attention and dodged just in time
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genuinely though i was gonna send a few people to an early grave
 
Dad was right. Spring Skiing in Colorado is fucking wild as hell. Its going to be such hot-pow this weekend boys.

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It’s about what you want from life and creating your future.

Do I miss skiing everyday? Yes. Do I miss being broke as hell? No. Do I miss living basically at resorts? Yes. Do I miss shitty living conditions? No.

Life is a push-pull of priorities and desires. I thought for the longest time only the ski industry stuff got me jazzed up. I’m now working on software at a multinational Fortune 500 company in a city 1 hour from skiing (WITHOUT traffic) and I’m jazzed up about it. I really like what I’m doing and what I’ve set up for myself. I’ve also allowed myself plenty of time to ski (though nothing like my past). I’m content. Me 10 years ago probably thought this sounded like hell lol

14606976:SupremeChairlift said:
Next season is the first time I'll be on a full adult price Alta pass. It's $1400 and I'm broke as fuck rn. I'm gonna graduate with a CS degree in the fall and trying to work full time next season. $1400 is a lot of money to only be able to ski overcrowded weekends.

Been feeling kinda burnt out on being broke and stunting my career just so I can ski weekdays. The growing desire to finally "grow up" and the hustle and bustle of LCC has lost a lot of the charm Alta use to have on me.

I've been entertaining the idea of taking a break from skiing but honestly, it's a little scary to step away from something that has been my focus for the last 10 years. Does anyone have any advice or words of wisdom on taking a break from skiing?
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14608008:officechair said:
Can we please stop with “local” bumper stickers? There was a California plates car with a Colorado local sticker skiing at Solitude today.
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anyone going out of their way to show they are locals definitely arent locals.
 
Feel like this is about to be the worst closing weekend I have had. It's gonna be gloomy and rainy the whole time. The big jumps are probably going to suck. I'm mostly skiing alone and either have to go camp in my car alone or do the drive solo two days in a row just to come home and be bored and depressed while my roommate fucks a girl. I basically got told I can't go hang out with people apres. Drug testing means I can't have weed and driving means I can't really drink. Feeling really down about life lately and skiing either seems shallow or the dopamine crash after is brutal. I'm forcing myself to go because I requested the time off work and should consider myself lucky I still have lift access skiing but I really feel bummed. Hopefully I'm wrong and things change
 
Reading that back it sounds kinda entitled man. I know most of you would kill to ski right now, even if it's alone and rainy. I'll ski for NS today
 
14608113:ReturnToMonkey said:
Reading that back it sounds kinda entitled man. I know most of you would kill to ski right now, even if it's alone and rainy. I'll ski for NS today
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ski for me friend. do a k fed. breathe deep
 
I feel that moving to the west coast this year blew my mind how late you can stretch the season. It’s sweet :)

14608295:GayWolf420 said:
Just to be able to keep skiing into May while living in a new area is a mind-blowing thing bros.
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14608296:littleman34 said:
I feel that moving to the west coast this year blew my mind how late you can stretch the season. It’s sweet :)
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I took it way too much for granted in utah. Its been fun spending weekends-off skiing still. You get a lil jaded sometimes.
 
14608295:GayWolf420 said:
Just to be able to keep skiing into May while living in a new area is a mind-blowing thing bros.
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this tortures me as a midwester. quitting my job and spending a proper spring out west next season because of this
 
What axis is this and how do I fix it? Especially the flailing arms I'm not even aware of.

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1092026/1000001053-mp4[/video]
 
14608111:ReturnToMonkey said:
Feel like this is about to be the worst closing weekend I have had. It's gonna be gloomy and rainy the whole time. The big jumps are probably going to suck. I'm mostly skiing alone and either have to go camp in my car alone or do the drive solo two days in a row just to come home and be bored and depressed while my roommate fucks a girl. I basically got told I can't go hang out with people apres. Drug testing means I can't have weed and driving means I can't really drink. Feeling really down about life lately and skiing either seems shallow or the dopamine crash after is brutal. I'm forcing myself to go because I requested the time off work and should consider myself lucky I still have lift access skiing but I really feel bummed. Hopefully I'm wrong and things change
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Ohhh little did you know…

crazy seeing this post weekend. We had the wildest time Saturday with no complaints Sunday. I’m brain dead, tired, and just sitting shook over this whole weekend rn…
 
14608343:ReturnToMonkey said:
What axis is this and how do I fix it? Especially the flailing arms I'm not even aware of.

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1092026/1000001053-mp4[/video]
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looks like a rodeo 9 to me. Very weird trick dude
 
14608416:dwt802 said:
Ohhh little did you know…

crazy seeing this post weekend. We had the wildest time Saturday with no complaints Sunday. I’m brain dead, tired, and just sitting shook over this whole weekend rn…
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Yes, this weekend completely 180'd after skiing Saturday lol. It was such a good time, shoutout you and all the other homies
 
14608111:ReturnToMonkey said:
Feel like this is about to be the worst closing weekend I have had. It's gonna be gloomy and rainy the whole time. The big jumps are probably going to suck. I'm mostly skiing alone and either have to go camp in my car alone or do the drive solo two days in a row just to come home and be bored and depressed while my roommate fucks a girl. I basically got told I can't go hang out with people apres. Drug testing means I can't have weed and driving means I can't really drink. Feeling really down about life lately and skiing either seems shallow or the dopamine crash after is brutal. I'm forcing myself to go because I requested the time off work and should consider myself lucky I still have lift access skiing but I really feel bummed. Hopefully I'm wrong and things chang
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Im so glad the sun came out at the end of the day it was a hella goodtime
 
What in the blown out footy????

14608343:ReturnToMonkey said:
What axis is this and how do I fix it? Especially the flailing arms I'm not even aware of.

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1092026/1000001053-mp4[/video]
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14608428:Slowbro said:
looks like a rodeo 9 to me. Very weird trick dude
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It was supposed to be, but I started doing them a little different than how I first did them. Someone said nice bio and I just don't know lol.

14608458:BallClapper said:
What in the blown out footy????
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Yea idk must've had some shit on his camera lol. I don't care, I'm just trying to use the footy to improve, it's not edit worthy
 
14608343:ReturnToMonkey said:
What axis is this and how do I fix it? Especially the flailing arms I'm not even aware of.

[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1092026/1000001053-mp4[/video]
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rodeo. keep your body together more and practice and those will be dope!
 
14608475:SofaKingSick said:
rodeo. keep your body together more and practice and those will be dope!
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wouldn't call it a rodeo personally, although the set at the beginning is reminiscent of one. I'd call it a very wonky cork with potential
 
any recs for touring skins? friend told me nylon over mohair, and to look at BSMP. pretty clueless when it comes to tour stuff soooo
 
14607904:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
It’s about what you want from life and creating your future.

Do I miss skiing everyday? Yes. Do I miss being broke as hell? No. Do I miss living basically at resorts? Yes. Do I miss shitty living conditions? No.

Life is a push-pull of priorities and desires. I thought for the longest time only the ski industry stuff got me jazzed up. I’m now working on software at a multinational Fortune 500 company in a city 1 hour from skiing (WITHOUT traffic) and I’m jazzed up about it. I really like what I’m doing and what I’ve set up for myself. I’ve also allowed myself plenty of time to ski (though nothing like my past). I’m content. Me 10 years ago probably thought this sounded like hell lol
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Keep coming back to this post for some reason. Mainly because these thoughts have been on my mind. I started working at resorts when I was a senior in HS. Dropped out of college to be a ski bum and didn't go back. I turn 29 this Fall and I make maybe $3-4/hr more than I did when I was a teenager. It's depressing. You love it so much but you want to walk so hard, but you don't have anywhere else to go because you just wasted good years chasing some sort of Dragon that was never there.
 
14607904:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
It’s about what you want from life and creating your future.

Do I miss skiing everyday? Yes. Do I miss being broke as hell? No. Do I miss living basically at resorts? Yes. Do I miss shitty living conditions? No.

Life is a push-pull of priorities and desires. I thought for the longest time only the ski industry stuff got me jazzed up. I’m now working on software at a multinational Fortune 500 company in a city 1 hour from skiing (WITHOUT traffic) and I’m jazzed up about it. I really like what I’m doing and what I’ve set up for myself. I’ve also allowed myself plenty of time to ski (though nothing like my past). I’m content. Me 10 years ago probably thought this sounded like hell lol
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>City 1hr from skiing

must b nice
 
14608574:Dlonetti said:
any recs for touring skins? friend told me nylon over mohair, and to look at BSMP. pretty clueless when it comes to tour stuff soooo
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Cheap and beefy I would recommend the G3 alpinists

For more top of the line go pomoca. Free pro's are great but I'm in love with the climb pro s glide.
 
14608578:GayWolf420 said:
Keep coming back to this post for some reason. Mainly because these thoughts have been on my mind. I started working at resorts when I was a senior in HS. Dropped out of college to be a ski bum and didn't go back. I turn 29 this Fall and I make maybe $3-4/hr more than I did when I was a teenager. It's depressing. You love it so much but you want to walk so hard, but you don't have anywhere else to go because you just wasted good years chasing some sort of Dragon that was never there.
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my plan is to do full time resort work next season and embrace ski bumming but feel like i’m coming into it from a different route than usual. graduated college in 21, closing in on my third year working in state politics this summer. not broke, not rich, try to keep a good eye on the finances. just got sick of working and want to do what i’m passionate about (skiing). definitely gonna be making less money but it feels right. wonder if i’ll find these feelings some day too
 
I fully got burnt from the industry pretty fast. Felt like there were a lot of scummy, bad actors. Felt like there was 1 shitbag for every 2 good at a certain point. One of my old shop bosses summed it up perfectly: “you’ll be alright. You’re passionate” aka i can pay you less.

I will never forget reading, as a little kid, a Todd Richards interview in a snowboarding magazine. They said “any advice for kids?” And he said “stay away from the scumbags in the sport”. Very true looking back.

It’s never too late to change courses. I’d rather be comfortable and ski for fun, I realized.

14608578:GayWolf420 said:
Keep coming back to this post for some reason. Mainly because these thoughts have been on my mind. I started working at resorts when I was a senior in HS. Dropped out of college to be a ski bum and didn't go back. I turn 29 this Fall and I make maybe $3-4/hr more than I did when I was a teenager. It's depressing. You love it so much but you want to walk so hard, but you don't have anywhere else to go because you just wasted good years chasing some sort of Dragon that was never there.
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WITHOUT traffic lol With traffic, it’s very different but I have Ruby hill for my city blues.

14608582:armchair_skier said:
>City 1hr from skiing

must b nice
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14608578:GayWolf420 said:
Keep coming back to this post for some reason. Mainly because these thoughts have been on my mind. I started working at resorts when I was a senior in HS. Dropped out of college to be a ski bum and didn't go back. I turn 29 this Fall and I make maybe $3-4/hr more than I did when I was a teenager. It's depressing. You love it so much but you want to walk so hard, but you don't have anywhere else to go because you just wasted good years chasing some sort of Dragon that was never there.
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i genuinely mean no offense but i really appreciate your posts because, to be blunt, it encourages me to stick to school so i don't have to be in your position. i really wanna just quit it all and ski sometimes but ik it's better to work hard now. hope it works out ❤
 
14608592:profa_212 said:
Cheap and beefy I would recommend the G3 alpinists

For more top of the line go pomoca. Free pro's are great but I'm in love with the climb pro s glide.
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if the dimensions of my tour ski are 140 tip, 105 waist, 130 tail, can I get 125 mm skins? found a good deal but don’t know if that fits my ski enough lol
 
14608602:Dlonetti said:
if the dimensions of my tour ski are 140 tip, 105 waist, 130 tail, can I get 125 mm skins? found a good deal but don’t know if that fits my ski enough lol
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It’s not ideal but if the deal is a steal then go for it, not much to lose, right? My skins are wider than my skis and they are super nice once it’s cut. I’d imagine it would be a little janky when its icy but as long as theres skin underfoot then it’ll be alright in most conditions.
 
14608600:SteezyYeeter said:
i genuinely mean no offense but i really appreciate your posts because, to be blunt, it encourages me to stick to school so i don't have to be in your position. i really wanna just quit it all and ski sometimes but ik it's better to work hard now. hope it works out ❤
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Same lmao bro low key is scaring me straight
 
14608602:Dlonetti said:
if the dimensions of my tour ski are 140 tip, 105 waist, 130 tail, can I get 125 mm skins? found a good deal but don’t know if that fits my ski enough lol
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Yeup that will do perfectly fine as long as they are the correct length. They will come with a trim tool to cut them to the ski dimensions.

You don't need full side to side coverage the entire length of ski. Most people fit/trim for the underfoot of the to get the best grip to weight/packability since you'll not have as much material at the tip and tail. But you can also go even thinner if you want to save weight. You'll just lose grip. But that's for pretty specific scenarios so I wouldn't worry about it.
 
14608578:GayWolf420 said:
Keep coming back to this post for some reason. Mainly because these thoughts have been on my mind. I started working at resorts when I was a senior in HS. Dropped out of college to be a ski bum and didn't go back. I turn 29 this Fall and I make maybe $3-4/hr more than I did when I was a teenager. It's depressing. You love it so much but you want to walk so hard, but you don't have anywhere else to go because you just wasted good years chasing some sort of Dragon that was never there.
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i certainly have a different perspective/experience. i think its way easier to standout in the ski industry than most industries. particularly at larger resorts. the turnover at resorts is insane. so there is seemingly endless opportunities to advance into leadership. they need to structure things so that someone can take over the reigns so its pretty easy to step in and then put your leadership style on it. you gotta be willing to move around so being a career park crew or patroller is def harder to advance than other departments. (especially hard to move up if there’s a union) its insane how many people

just show up to fuck off, ski, and party and then show up terrible at work. it makes it so easy to put in just a little extra effort to then be a stand out.

i will say having a shit leader will completely fuck any job though. so there’s that
 
14608602:Dlonetti said:
if the dimensions of my tour ski are 140 tip, 105 waist, 130 tail, can I get 125 mm skins? found a good deal but don’t know if that fits my ski enough lol
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That's fine
 
appreciate the skin recommendations, copped the pair I wanted from Big Sky Mountain Products for $90 on amazon. the setup is slowly coming together. have brand new older model year marker kingpins that I paid $160 for at the local shop. Putting them on nomad 105 lites that ive used for a few years just as my regular all mountain ski. goal is to build the cheapest/most efficient tour setup possible without cutting corners. left on the list is boots, avy stuff and some misc gear. and education too I suppose. gonna ball tf out on boots once I have my vail discount again next season
 
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