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Shit Skiers Don't Say

hammer

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The no grooming thing is almost universal when you consider the vast majority of skiers are "inside the bell curve" not at one of the extreme ends . They are neither addicted to the sport , nor are they competitive , aggressive ,or technically skilled at the high end of the sport . For them and for MOST it is a relaxing , beautiful ambience to be savored not obsessed about vert or run counts or style points for how sick their performance was /is etc etc . :stirpot:

Now all that said : i wid u guys leave my effin powder alone dammit , groom some trails and leave some goods for the rest of us that live in the OTHER end of the bell curve ;)
+1

Regarding grooming...I like going off the groomed but I don't do too well on it so it's nice to have a mix.

When there's powder to be had (which is not as often as I'd like), I say groom the greens and some of the blues but leave some blues and certainly all blacks alone.
 

bdfreetuna

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keep the faith
"Oh, the lift has stopped again. I understand this is probably for a very good reason, and the fault of no one, so I will sit here and patiently wait for it to resume operation."
 

TropicTundR

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1) Yeah..SPRING!
2) I can't wait for rush hour on the mountain.
3) My butt is cold, no seriously my butt is frozen (what snowboarders say).
4) Ice Ice Baby!
 

BeefyBoy50

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Pardon me Mr. Snowboarder, I appreciate that you are sitting in the exact middle of the trail because it lets me appreciate how little room there is for me to go around you.
Dear Snowboarder/ Shitty skiier, thank you for scraping all the snow out of that untracked chute by going down sideways. There was definitely too much snow in there anyway.
That slope was definitely under 30˚ and could not possibly be considered 60˚ by any fool who knows angles.
Sick! Lets rip some ice!
Rippin some powder in the poconos!
My local mountain is definitely better than that big crowded one a couple hours away.
Skiing is boring...
 

Cornhead

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Pardon me Mr. Snowboarder, I appreciate that you are sitting in the exact middle of the trail because it lets me appreciate how little room there is for me to go around you.
It's not their fault, they're trained to sit in the middle of the trail, I witnessed snowboard instructors sitting in the middle of the trail with their groups at my local hill, Greek Peak, and at a recent visit to Cannon, teaching them snowboarding "basics", gotta love it!
 
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