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Is skiing fast on groomers something to brag about?
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Only at Blue.... Oh wait... That patroller will stop you like he does on TV... Nevermind... 
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You didn't just go there, did you? :-o
RootDKJ
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No. Just do it and keep your mouth shut.
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well theres straight lining it in a turkey tuck and then theres doing it with style using the terrain to increase your speed. when i go fast its looks like im going the perfect speed for what im riding.
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My 5 year old decided to straightline a few times this weekend instead of making her usual short turns. 'Nuff said.
dont you get nervous though? crashing at speed can cause serious harm. especially on hardpacked groomers. i really think people need to think twice about skiing fast.
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Yeah, but bump skiing is hard on your knees...
too many bump threads here. i'm dead serious. and nobody has answered me about the pope either.
i want answers damn it.
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Okay. Lemme try:
Depends. Laying a ski way up on edge and popping turns does. I see a lot of people trying to do that. They probably think they look pretty rad. Some look good. Many more come up short.
Yes, basic parallel skiing ability. If you want to look good while doing it, far more skill.
Yes.
I'll put my money on no.
It definitely takes a lot of balls and the consequences are much higher than in bump skiing if you fall. I also think to do it well requires tremendous skill. I'm equally as impressed with a great racer as I am a great bumper.
I cracked my C-7 veterbrea, did nerve damage that lasted months and separated my shoulder in a crash training Super G in High School. I was out for the remainder of the season from Jan 4th on.
You might pop a knee skiing bumps, but I'd think the only way you'd sustain similar injuries to what I had all in one whack would be having a massive crash off an air.
I cracked my C-7 veterbrea, did nerve damage that lasted months and separated my shoulder in a crash training Super G in High School. I was out for the remainder of the season from Jan 4th on.
You might pop a knee skiing bumps, but I'd think the only way you'd sustain similar injuries to what I had all in one whack would be having a massive crash off an air.
hardline
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there only a few places i will ride above 40+. safety is my main concern. i will only do it under a few conditions.
1. there are few people around
2. the terrain suports it. i can see relitivly far ahead.
3. conditions are soft.
falling at those kinds of speeds can end my season. so i like to be pretty sure of what and where im doing it. that being said. i learned to ride at those speeds on pretty much ice when i was younger and when i first got into snowboard racing there where no coaches. you just man'ed up and did it. my first SG i was still with out a coach. so i had to become pretty comfortable at those speed. you would never find me racing SG or DH at this point in my life on a regular basis but it is one of the things i love about being on the snow. 98% of the time there is good solid thinking behind what i do on the snow.
ERJ-145CA
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It's nothing to brag about but it does take some skill. The people skiing fast on groomers with no skill are just out of control menaces.
drjeff
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It takes some serious skills to be able to lay down a set of CLEAN "railroad tracks" down a groomer (at any speed). If you can do it(and not alot of folks can) it's brag worthy. Then again if you can do that and know you can do it, you likely don't brag(or need to )
)not to sound like epic ski but i never mentioned layin down tracks. I think you can go fast without laying over. but rr tracks definitely take some skill.
drjeff
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IMHO, if your bragging about skiing fast on groomers and CAN'T lay down railroad tracks, well then STFU!
hardline
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well for me its a mono rail but that is exactly what im talking about. doing a carve at 60+ is a experience. just by virtue of the amount of g's you feel. i have raced bikes going way faster but nothing compares. just make sure you have a tight fitting pair of goggles because any air in at that speed and your going to tear up.
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Takes less talent than skiing any other terrain except the bunny hill. That's why they are rated green and blues. Staightline a black trail......maybe. If you enjoy it that is all that is required. I see no connection between racing and straightlining groomers for several reasons. No balls or brains required. He does if he has to go and there are no other options.
I look at people starightlining groomers the same as people passing me on a long straightaway on an interstate going 90 mph. Same personality defects and issues.
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skidbump
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Actually speed hides your flaws "its easy to ski fast".I ski at a very slow speed on all most every trail ,all most every day,on all most every run.
And i do brag about it...
And i do brag about it...
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