Maggots story in SKIING Magazine

Hello Maggots,

my name is Rob Story, and I'm a writer for SKIING Magazine. I was an editor/writer at POWDER for years, and still write for them sometimes, as well as Backcountry and Outside. Anyway, I want to describe the Maggot phenomenon in SKIING.

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

All answers comments and even complaints are welcome.

Cheers,
Rob Story

This could help answer some of those questions:

Meet The Minions

Other answers:
1) Lots (no idea really)
5) Yes. I've never had anything but good experiences as everyone shares a pretty solid group of common interests.
10) Quite a bit as you're likely to get opinions from many angles here... There's definitely a herd mentality in dislike of some things but for the most part I've been very pleased with the items I've purchased at the advice of the forum.

Hope that helps get you started

The mythical town of Ophir still wants to string you up.

Those silly, silly Ophir-ites.

Isn't the answer to most serious questions here either "boobs" or "poop?"

I have skiied before with someone I only met online (otherwise known as "my crazy internet friends") and it was...how can I say this properly...fun!
:)
Sprite

Boobs.

Poop.

I've been shown incredible hospitality and goodwill as a relative JONG here. I've bought gear at incredible prices and been given advice and counsel on a number of important issues unanswerable elsewhere.

I got a great day of insider skiing at Alta last winter form a pair of mags who took their day of skiing to show me and my lovely wife around their home area, and was offered another day with a different mag but the wires got crossed and it didn't happen. Hope to repeat (the actual meeting) this season and possibly meet some other utards.

Attended a longboard day and was warmly welcomed by perfect strangers. Of course, they did abscond with my Reisling bottle.

:mad:

Met up with a mag who took me mountain biking, and hope to ski with more mags this season.

The skill level I've encountered is quite high, and my 13 yr. old son teases me about my 'online buddies'.

I hope I've managed to contribute a thing or two (at most) but it would be difficult to ever catch up compared to what I've been offered. Good bunch of knuckleheads here.

HI Rob, you comming back to Chamonix this winter? I'm trying to get some Maggots to book in with me, Gordy thinks they would fit right in with Vitamin Ski. I skied with some Maggots last winter, all excelent skiers. I'm on Maui till mid december then back for the season, e me at vitamin_ski@yahoo.com

This should answer all your questions.
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=79474

edit: I'm not bored anymore. Eat a bag of dicks Rob.

just print this graphic and prepare your readers for us:
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...chmentid=32147

:D

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Originally Posted by RS8750

Hello Maggots,

my name is Rob Story, and I'm a writer for SKIING Magazine. I was an editor/writer at POWDER for years, and still write for them sometimes, as well as Backcountry and Outside. Anyway, I want to describe the Maggot phenomenon in SKIING.

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.) Maggots multiply like flies on shit...there are many.

2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine? Ding, ding....give the man a kewpie doll!!!!

3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
It banned der poopenhausen during staff lunch breaks. We left in support of our fellow sodomites

4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?

Maggots don't meet face to face, they rub butts

5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?

Well, you slide on snow, due to gravity. It is gnar.

6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?

9.5 out of 10 on the extremeo dude scale. Except for that guy str8line...he's a wuss who wears neon fartbags and picks up toothless Hungarian hookers.

7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?

Keeps me from working. That answer your question?

8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?

There is some excellent redhead porn posted. http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=90777

9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?

At the end of a ski day, we all get in a circle, hold hands and sing Kumbaya. That gives me wood.

10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

Tech Talk, bitch!!!!

All answers comments and even complaints are welcome.

Cheers,
Rob Story

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You're welcome...now post some naked pics of your hot sister. JONG.

Rob Story

so you want to write about the maggots. get ready for your due.

Maybe you don't remember that Powder erased two years worth of the previous version of this forum. The maggots will never forget!

If you do make it thought all of the hammering from this forum please write about some of the many accomplishments this group of crazy internet skiers has made.

Like

sending mad cash to a Maggot in his time of need (shoesmith)
A internet Ski company (PM Gear)
Support for a Mag that was diagnosed and then succumbed to cancer (Plakespear)

and like the credit reel of any decent ski movie "and many more"

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Originally Posted by RS8750

Hello Maggots,

my name is Rob Story, and I'm a writer for SKIING Magazine. I was an editor/writer at POWDER for years, and still write for them sometimes, as well as Backcountry and Outside. Anyway, I want to describe the Maggot phenomenon in SKIING.

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
There are 18 maggots. The rest are aliases.

2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
All 18 of us are hudge fans of MAGnum P.I. It's the steezy stache.

3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
It's a myth. The truth is that we were insulted/bothered by Harald Harb at realskiers.com, and so moved to TGR.

4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
All 18 of us get together regularly for World of Warcraft.

5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
If "ski" is a euphemism for "sleep," then yes. It's expensive. Leave the $500 on the dresser, and get 'er done.

6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
See #5. All 18 of us are hung like horses.

7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
See #5. The online escort industry doesn't need us.

8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp-is6S_b_g

9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
See #5. This one time, in band camp, iceman loaned me $500 for a Thai hooker...

10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?
Lots. Without iceman, we would never have learned the joys of the LS9000.

All answers comments and even complaints are welcome.

Cheers,
Rob Story

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Originally Posted by RS8750

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

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1) roughly 15,200
2) it stemmed from an earlier acronym Mostly Assured Gurus
3) the rumours of that are greatly exaggerated, it was more bribery by TGR than anything else
4) pretty much everyone here knows each other in person
5) they are your standard dentists
6) about standard for a dentist
7) they are the core of skiing. of course thats a good thing
8) tips for getting free subscriptions to Skiing magazine
9) they've created skiing for me. without maggots I'm nothing
10) I trust them as I would the word of god

this place is going to be utterly overrun with JONGs (worse than usual) the moment that SKIING prints their story

it will be like Epic...

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Originally Posted by TheFutureOfTGR

I read about this place in a magazine! Which intermediate ski is best to schralp 2-4" of pow pow pow? Is a Marker M51 a good binding?
Anyone want to show me around Blue Sky Basin when I come to visit in Xmas? Do you think there will be snow?
Are jester caps cool again?
Check out my cool groomer TR!

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Robbie,
I'm surprised at how nice everyone has been. I guess we all have a little media whore lurking inside of us...


Hopefully not all of us, where's my popcorn...

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Originally Posted by Summit

this place is going to be utterly overrun with JONGs (worse than usual) the moment that SKIING prints their story

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You fear Skiing will treat the subject with their usual quality and accuracy?

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Originally Posted by cj001f

You fear Skiing will treat the subject with their usual quality and accuracy?

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i can see it now:

"The self-proclaimed 'Powder Maggots' inhibit the cyberspace at forums.epicski.com and..." etc, etc...

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Originally Posted by Summit

this place is going to be utterly overrun with JONGs (worse than usual) the moment that SKIING prints their story

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the same thing was said when Splat ran his Powder article about the first annual Summit in 2002.

(might want to dig that article up Rob for a reference and more background)

I think SKIING has a different circulation and readership. Prepare for a JONG invasion!

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Originally Posted by f2f

i can see it now:

"The self-proclaimed 'Powder Maggots' inhibit the cyberspace at forums.epicski.com and..." etc, etc...

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That would make so happy I'd pee in my pants a little bit.

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Originally Posted by cj001f

1) roughly 15,200

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Yea... but 10,000 of those are iskibc aliases and most of the rest are spam accounts for ipods and Nike shoes!

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

the same thing was said when Splat ran his Powder article about the first annual Summit in 2002.

(might want to dig that article up Rob for a reference and more background)

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i remember seeing it in the "blast from the past" TRs. here:

http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...achmentid=3107

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Originally Posted by Summit

I think SKIING has a different circulation and readership. Prepare for a JONG invasion!



That would make so happy I'd pee in my pants a little bit.

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yeah, it'd more likely be: the Powder Maggots can be found at
http://community.skinet.com/kickapps...=47840&as=6260
they take pride in their ski skills and are utterly devoted to the works of Warren Miller, their favorite ski movie maker.

Rob, responses are in red.

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Originally Posted by RS8750

Hello Maggots,

my name is Rob Story, and I'm a writer for SKIING Magazine. I was an editor/writer at POWDER for years, and still write for them sometimes, as well as Backcountry and Outside. Anyway, I want to describe the Maggot phenomenon in SKIING.

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)

Oodles - mostly on the Coasts and in the Rockies, but we have active participants from around the globe, including South America, OZ/NZ, Japan, and both Eastern and Western Europe. None in Africa as far as I know, but that may change.

2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine? Yes.
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong? Not by Powmag.com in general, just some douchebag webguy they hired who chucked out most of the history (including Trip Reports w/pix) to "save space." His name was Daniel and he's a marked man. :D
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face? Dunno the percentage, but I have met probably 50 maggots in person over the years, some of whom are now amongst my closest friends.
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like? Fun, but all skiing is fun. I have yet to meet a maggot I dislike.
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot? Better than average but I get the sense that many talk a good game too.
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad? Works for me... gotta feed the monkey somehow.
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots? Forgot who wrote it, but probably "Don't use a hammer - just slit its throat." Unfortunately for all involved it came too late.
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you? Sure - they push me to do things I'd normally cheese out of.
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc? Completely. Magazine reviewers are people I don't know, but if someone here whose ability I do know gives me feedback on gear then I trust their opinion - and their motivation, since none get paid for their opinion here.

All answers comments and even complaints are welcome.

Cheers,
Rob Story

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Any time. Loved your tenure at Powder.

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Originally Posted by cj001f

yeah, it'd more likely be: the Powder Maggots can be found at
http://community.skinet.com/kickapps...=47840&as=6260
they take pride in their ski skills and are utterly devoted to the works of Warren Miller, their favorite ski movie maker.

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no way... true powdermaggots worship at the altar of the harbl:

www.realskiers.com

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Originally Posted by RS8750

1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

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1) collection of 10-20 in the banff/caglary area.
2) you are a rocket surgeon my friend.
3) thanks for bringing up such painful childhood memories again. Ya the great migration on 2003?
4) well don't know how many we are so a % is kind of hard. I've skied with 10-20 of them I think. Some I new before, some for skiing. I think if you see a maggot with CMH volkl explosives I sold them that ski.
5) just like skiing with someone who you just meet on the chairlift I guess.
6) a lot higher, or a lot lower then they think they are. The good are great, and the bad are in Michigan
7) they sure do keep it alive year round. and that is good. Also have flyfishing, kayaking, music and some other forums too.
8) NSFW threads, and some gear modification threads. Some of the TR are great too
9) They buy my gear, so I can afford to ski. Going on a straight line camp this winter too.
10) Trust that I will get a more varied opinion and can ask questions that are a little more varied. How to I add dynafit plugs to an alpine boot, or Volkl sanouk vs 193 EHP. Or the big questions in life like "What to do on a date with a onearmed chick", or someone in a pantsuit.

1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)

I have no idea what the actual number is and though it seems like many are concentrated in the western US, there are a lot of Midwest and East Coasters.
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
From What I understand you've got it right, I wasn't around then, I was busy healing from a little accident and wasn't skiing too much for a couple years
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
See Above
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
Don't know the percentage but I've skied, fished, drank with, talked with a good number
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
I got another Mag to ask my daughter if she had "Change for a Nickle" online last year, she later pointed him out, not like I would have missed the TGR sweatshirt, and ski with him every chance I get, there have been a number of others but I like that story
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
Pretty decent, but there's a few who kind of scare me with their abilities, take that however you like
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
Yes, and it's good
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
I've gotten ski advice, car advice, rodent killing advice, trip advice, beer advice, mounting advice, hey I'm a needy little bitch arn't I.
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
To some extent, I tend to go after it a little harder but then that could have something to do to regaining confidence after my accident
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?
Big time. It's always good to hear from someone that has personal experience with a product rather than a group who skis a couple runs then fills out a score card. That and I can get a gear review on a backpack, car, beer all at the same time, one stop shopping!

So there you have it. My take. What I have gained from hanging around here is amazing. I've seen the best and worst of the human spirt, little girls in Utah get a basket of presents in a hospital, shared stoke with people all over the world, more porn than one fellow should be allowed to view, gotten great advice and a last minute pep talk before a marathon, and great friendships with some pretty cool folks. As much as I'd hate to see a bunch of JONGS come snifing around here, this is a cool subject for an article.

Jay

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Originally Posted by RS8750

Hello Maggots,

my name is Rob Story, and I'm a writer for SKIING Magazine. I was an editor/writer at POWDER for years, and still write for them sometimes, as well as Backcountry and Outside. Anyway, I want to describe the Maggot phenomenon in SKIING.

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

All answers comments and even complaints are welcome.

Cheers,
Rob Story

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At the top of the screen is a search button use it, it is your friend you lazy JONG. Oh and you can put the pics of your Wife/Girlfriend/(hot) Sister in the Padded room, and don't forget the "NSFW" tag thanks.

You should write about http://forums.epicski.com/ much larger membership, full of influential PSIA types.

watched water never boils

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watched water never boils

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Yup.

I can't decide whether to send this guy to newschoolers or to post a response to the questions.

Newschoolers is so trendy...so with it. :FIREdevil

I like how he has to tell us who he is. Any true Maggot knows exactly who Rob Story is. Good luck with the article- make it a real small fluffy blurb that requires the attention span of a gnat to digest. Oh wait, that is what Skiing is these days.:D

1. Hundreds. I know it's hard to believe, but the maggots are most heavily concentrated in English speaking areas with mountains and snow.

2. Your following question cites powdermag.com but you don't understand the term powder maggots yet?

3. Yes, it is true. We needed moderation and powdermag.com refused to step in and do that.

4. Dozens.

5. It's like, "Hey, I'm Brent. Lone Star on the board. How's it going?" ... and then one of us says "Let's go ski XXXXXX." and the other says "OK" and then we go ski it and get back to the lift/skintrack and one says "That was redonkulous!" and the other says "FKNA!"

6. Well, I grew up in Texas, so I may be biased, but I pretty much think all of the maggots are badass skiers.

7. You're acting like you lurk on this board during the summer and know more than you are letting on.

8. "Quit dropping your poles, JONG!"

9. Ski a lot with a group of passionate skiers, most of whom are better than you, I guarantee you'll improve fast. Unless you're Max, in which case you will improve quickly enough if you can learn to be patient.

10. Magazines have a vested interest in the skis they review since they sell ads to ski companies. Thus the recent lack of any sort of ranking system in any magazine. Don't wanna piss off Company X (an ad sponsor) because you said Company Z (no ads) makes better skis. Many of the maggots spend a lot of time on different skis and know equipment real well. They don't have quite the bias of a magazine. And, there's dozens of opinions to read, instead of one magazine's one liners from three different testers.


I figured this was a troll, but who the hell cares. Still cool to see the answers anyway.

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Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

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Hasn't been brought up yet, but maggots are great for cleaning necrotic tissue from a wound.

Rob's a nice guy who's written a lot of worthwhile articles for biking and skiing.

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Originally Posted by RS8750

Hello Maggots,

my name is Rob Story, and I'm a writer for SKIING Magazine. I was an editor/writer at POWDER for years, and still write for them sometimes, as well as Backcountry and Outside. Anyway, I want to describe the Maggot phenomenon in SKIING.

Could you answer a few questions?
1. How many maggots are there? Do you have a geographical concentration (like the West, etc.)
2. How'd the name maggots originate? Did it have anything to do with Powder Magazine?
3. Is it true you were insulted/bothered by Powdermag.com and moved to TGR afterward? What did Powdermag.com do wrong?
4. What percentage or number of other maggots have you actually met face to face?
5. Do you ever ski with someone you've only met online? What's that like?
6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?
7. Do you get a sense that online forums like this one keep skiing alive 12 mos of the year? Is that good or bad?
8. What's the coolest advice/link/etc. ever shared by maggots?
9. How have your fellow maggots improved skiing for you?
10. How much more do you trust fellow maggots' opinions on gear than stuff you read in a magazine, etc?

All answers comments and even complaints are welcome.

Cheers,
Rob Story

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1. The number of maggots is increasing exponentially. If I have to learn any more names, my brain will explode. And all the good skiers are from the west. Duh.
2. Maggots refers to a fistful, says Pinner.
3. I'm glad Powdermag lost all my posts. Really.
4. Face to face? Is that like Eskimo kissing? Because I don't go there with just anybody.
5. When I first read that, I thought you were asking if I ever had sex with anyone I met online.
6. The ski ability of the average maggot is above average. Statistically speaking, of course.
7. This question is giving me visions of Michael Jackson in Thriller.
8. Be your own best friend.
9. People may not like to admit it, but I believe there is a certain style of maggot skiing. When they ski in a horde it can be overwhelming. Beware. I didn't answer your question, did I?
10. Maggots have their own ideas on gear. The magazines are good to see what the topsheets look like and they are something to read in the bathroom.

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10. Maggots have their own ideas on gear. The magazines are good to see what the topsheets look like and they are something to read in the bathroom.

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QUIT READING MY TOILET PAPER

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6. How would you describe the ski ability of the average maggot?

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I can ski double blacks which makes me an expert skier.

This is where your Bros came from, Rob.
Did you get your housekeys I mailed back?

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Originally Posted by snowsprite

Isn't the answer to most serious questions here either "boobs" or "poop?"

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I am so disappointed. :nonono2: You of all people should know that the answer to most serious questions is "bacon"

Contact OBernhardfranz.

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Originally Posted by Danno

I am so disappointed. :nonono2: You of all people should know that the answer to most serious questions is "bacon"

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Don't forget farts.