Do you ski with a cell phone/I-pod??

drewfidelic · Aug 30, 2007, 3:34 PM

I'll wear headphones on the subway -- it makes the morning commute less unbearable. But when I'm skiing, I want to be fully immersed in the mountain environment and the sounds of the slopes. I have skied with tunes (in the pre-mp3 era) and do like having the motivation, I get enough music everywhere else that choosing not to have it on the slopes is one reason skiing is enjoyable.

But I do carry my phone with me while skiing-- if nothing else, it's a check against losing the people I came to the slopes with. And now that I have a smaller camera, I carried that in a pocket for a couple of days last winter, which was fun.

big_vert · Sep 1, 2007, 7:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

That's what I have..loaded with rap music..

Rap is not music.

snoseek · Sep 1, 2007, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by big_vert

Rap is not music.

what is it then?

big_vert · Sep 1, 2007, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by snoseek

what is it then?

Obnoxious, inane, talentless noise. A car horn is more skilled.

millerm277 · Sep 1, 2007, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by big_vert

Obnoxious, inane, talentless noise. A car horn is more skilled.

No, it's more like talking in an annoying way, with an obnoxious, inane, noise in the background that is entirely drums, so that you can annoy everyone within 5 miles when you drive around with the windows down and the volume cranked up all the way.

PA Ridge Racer · Sep 2, 2007, 12:20 AM

I always ski with the cell on the inside pocket. It comes in handy for pictures on the mountain but it's more for "just in case of an emergency" purposes.

snoseek · Sep 2, 2007, 8:00 AM

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Originally Posted by big_vert

Obnoxious, inane, talentless noise. A car horn is more skilled.

without the influence of rap a lot of good music wouldn't exist. i agree about it with a lot rap, but i really like lots of stuff with heavy rap influence (beastie boys, sublime ect....).

deadheadskier · Sep 2, 2007, 8:17 AM

As much as I'd love to be blasting through the woods in virgin powder listening to 'Eyes of the World', I would never ski with an ipod. I actually don't own one, but wouldn't if I did. I had a VERY severe crash from a collision in HS that resulted in a fractured verterbrea in my neck and dislocated shoulder, which ended my season the first week of January. Every since then I have been very leary of others riding near me. I not only want to be able to see everything, I want to be able to hear others nearby as well.

As for the phone, I hadn't had a cell phone in four years until this summer. I only do so now because my job requires it. Unless I plan on meeting someone at the hill this winter, the phone will stay in the car. That might change someday if I have kids though.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Sep 2, 2007, 8:18 AM

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Originally Posted by snoseek

without the influence of rap a lot of good music wouldn't exist. i agree about it with a lot rap, but i really like lots of stuff with heavy rap influence (beastie boys, sublime ect....).

I'm a big fan of rap music..when I'm booting up..I like to blast rap music. I also love free-style rapping and battle rapping people at parties. Pounding through moguls and trees with some mad crispy rap music on the IPOD is awesome..woo hoo

ERJ-145CA · Sep 2, 2007, 11:11 PM

I guess I'm getting old, I really don't like any current rap music but I like a lot of the old school, Dr. Dre - The Chronic is one of the best albums of all time, of any kind of popular music, and I tend to prefer heavy music. That said, I don't listen to music when I'm skiing, I just enjoy the sounds of skiing.

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Aug 30, 2007, 3:34 PM	#41 (permalink)
drewfidelic Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 55	I'll wear headphones on the subway -- it makes the morning commute less unbearable. But when I'm skiing, I want to be fully immersed in the mountain environment and the sounds of the slopes. I have skied with tunes (in the pre-mp3 era) and do like having the motivation, I get enough music everywhere else that choosing not to have it on the slopes is one reason skiing is enjoyable. But I do carry my phone with me while skiing-- if nothing else, it's a check against losing the people I came to the slopes with. And now that I have a smaller camera, I carried that in a pocket for a couple of days last winter, which was fun.

Sep 2, 2007, 8:17 AM	#48 (permalink)
deadheadskier Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southeast NH Posts: 3,886	As much as I'd love to be blasting through the woods in virgin powder listening to 'Eyes of the World', I would never ski with an ipod. I actually don't own one, but wouldn't if I did. I had a VERY severe crash from a collision in HS that resulted in a fractured verterbrea in my neck and dislocated shoulder, which ended my season the first week of January. Every since then I have been very leary of others riding near me. I not only want to be able to see everything, I want to be able to hear others nearby as well. As for the phone, I hadn't had a cell phone in four years until this summer. I only do so now because my job requires it. Unless I plan on meeting someone at the hill this winter, the phone will stay in the car. That might change someday if I have kids though.