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Originally posted by Paco, of Large Cash.
(I expected at the least one troll-like witty retort.)
It's not for everyone - too hard/painful, and a steep learning curve.
You limited to the bumps, or have you even tried to Tele? Any BC, jibbin or steep? Some of the P?troller (alpine ? touring or regular ? or snowboard) that I know, who tried it, liked it, and dumped their grey-tray or bondage sticks.
Yah, so what colour is your one-piece? White with neon pink & green highlights! Sporting an ADIDAS headband?
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I've been skateboarding since 1975 competetivley. Quit competing about 15 years ago to grow up. Miss it terribly.
Been snowboarding since 1981 and was one of the first snowboarders ever let onto a lift legally (Sugar Bowl CA) I just like skiing much better and I'm better at it than the other, although - I can hold my own on a board being a skater for 29 years.
I competed for "King Of The Hill" bump series with Glenn Plake (The skier guy with the Mohawk) and place second with him several times.
Steeps, cliffs, bumps, powder, speed, free-skiing, crud, corn - doesn't matter to me - I'll ski right under the chairlift if that's where the best line is - I aint skaerd - you?
Aerials? I can do front flips, back flips, helicopters, double heli's, heli w/backscratcher, double & triple twists, combo's... and I've caught some pretty big air @ Squaw Valley's Palisades - Chimney Chute (75+ ft) Becks Rock (35-125 ft) and Kirkwood's "Once is Enough" 25 ft (with no-turn run out) and anywhere that you could do at least 7 window washers with your arms.
Speed - well, I've bombed almost every major mountain in Cali and was clocked @ 85 MPH in Kirkwood with a police speed gun.
I haven?t really skied much in the last 15 years - but I've been training alot lately to make a comeback to that sport & skateboarding just because I miss the high. I have a real job now, being a ski bum is cool when you are in your 20's but I prefer eating something other that ketchup & boiling water from the cafe to make tomato soup & top ramen & crawdads from lake Tahoe for dinner.
And BTW - I've never worn a one-piece in my life but I'll have to admit to wearing neon in the eighties before it was cool and I wore it because it was obnoxious!!! Our motto was what we yodeled from the mountain-tops "FUCK YOU... WE DO WHAT WE WANT!!!!"