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Hi,
I am a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, and I am studying Industrial Design. I am 19 and I have been skiing my whole life in VT. I tried telemark skiing last year and I found this site from shopping for a set up.
The one thing I know I want to do in life is to keep on skiing. Maybe even begin to design my own equipment.
cheers,
toshi
Hi kids, I'm new here. I've browsed the forums on and off for a few years, but finally decided to join. I'm from the North Carolina mountains, home of that deep, light, fluffy powder that everyone dreams about.
Here goes...I'm 23 years old. Live in Denver, CO and I've been skiing since I was 3.I Look forward to meeting all the mags and joining the community.
First, a hardy Go Bucks to the fella up the page... CO Buckeye. And no, I don't give a shit what any of you think about Ohio.
I'm a long time reader and put a few posts up so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm 33 and ready to chuck any thought of responsible work for a life of powder lines. I've been living in Colorado for 3 years, grew up skiing in PA before working a portion of my life away in Ohio. My hometown mountain was Blue Knob, which is definitely awesomer than you think. I was fortunate to have family in Steamboat, so I had a taste of the west when I was young.
The plan for the next 2 months is to fully incorporate myself into the backcountry ski scene in central Colorado. I've been preparing for this immersion for a few years by first losing my east coast gut and then getting into pretty good ski shape. I am considering where to rent cheap and am open to suggestions. I have an Epic Pass, so I'll still hit powder days on the mountains, but I need to gtfo of the resorts. I swear to you, my head is going to explode the next time I ride those god damned buses at Vail.
I am set to take an avy 1 class at the end of January. I'll be geared up and ready to be in the backcountry consistently February 1. Bottom line, the reason for this rant is I need a few friends. It's not that I'm not a pleasant person to be around, it's that people I know have actual jobs and can't spend their lives chasing pow. But I can. And I'd like to meet a few people in Central Colorado that can also. I'd prefer meeting people that know what the fuck they are doing, as I don't. But hey, beggars can't be choosers... so if you are in Central Colorado and you're looking for a ski partner, hit me up. If you have any advice or a cheap place or whatever, drop me a line.
Peace, love, happiness and powder turns all.
And, for the record, I do pretty well on my boards.
New to the forum. Love what you guys have going on. Been toying with the idea for a few years to move into the mountains. Closest I came was Sacramento and heading to Tahoe regularly. Then there's been the other side of the world where people hate each other but have awesome mountains and for some reason I can't get my bosses to greenlight my skiing idea there...
So I'm the dude, 30 years old, lost my wife to cancer last year, moved to DC to get out of Calistan and am now planning on changing my career trajectory somewhat radically to pursue my own dreams. The idea's to move to either MT, CO or BC and ski my ass off. The rest of the time I'll still be helping people who don't want to be helped to do their job without getting reduced to hamburger meat.
The threads I've read have me even more pumped than I thought possible and I've found someone who's all about riding so life might be making a worthwhile comeback.
Thanks for having me here. Look forward to picking the collective brains and learning about the community.
Eh, is anyone still reading this feckin thread??
Apparently I effed up my first post by buying a pair of binders off the gear swap. Uh, whatever. Jong, gaper, fushnitzel, blah blah blah.
ShadNet (1993, bitchez), Friendster, CascadeClimbers, UW Climbing Club, MandolinCafe, TelemarkTips, Canadian Guitar forum, etc. frickin thousands of posts about some shit or other out there, so I'm a newbie, but you know, I get around.
Hi everyone. I like to ski, for about 28 years now. Nordic, tele, fixed heel, yez.
:yourock: I don't know what this guy is doing but he looks righteous.
Looking for some help on learning all these new fangled ski terms and patiently waiting for one piece suits to be hip again.
Private JONG reporting for duty. Lurked in the shadows and was freshly accosted after my first thread post in tech talk, further reinforcing why this forum is dope as hell. Ready to mix it up with all you know-it-all pricks and spread some stoke. JONG out
Hey fellas, been lurking for a long time and finally posted. I'm a sitskiier and have read a lot of andy's posts.
Love the personalities on here... yeahhh
I'm reporting for newbie duty. 39 yr old fixed heel skier/rider, location all over the NW and soon to be E' coast. Looking forward to reading/watching TR's from my soon to be new neighbors.
Lurker checking in.
21, from Pittsburgh, was a hardbooter for years and decided I wanted to push myself in a different direction (so here I am on skis and loving every minute of it).
Noob checking in, I'm Pico, 53, who can no longer dice it up with the 20 somethings :( Found that out at Snowbowl last March, at 12,000 feet my muscle scream for 02, thats what you get for living at 800 feet of elevation and 10 knee surgeries have taken there toll :( Life is good tho, recently bought a place in Star Valley Ranch, WY (one hour south of Jackson) and will ski the Hole and the Ghee as often as possible.
Lurking for the past couple years, decided it was time to join after these past couple weeks of spending way more time on here than on skis waiting for the January thaw to end!:cussing:
Started skiing on the east coast (VA), moved to the NW 3 years ago and will never go back. Been skiing for almost twenty years now and have slowly been progressing into the backcountry areas around Mt. Baker over the past year.
Not looking to cunt up the threads with useless drivel, mainly here for the entertainment and to meet some new people (preferably more experienced) to do some touring with, along with contributing a little stoke from time to time.
I'm a little late, but thought I would introduce myself anyway. I live on the west coast in Vancouver, BC. I skiied for the first time when I was 13 and went 4 times with our grade 7 class. I enjoyed the skiing immensely, but I played a high level of competative soccer, so did not have time (or the $) to pursue skiing any further. In grade 11 I went night skiing a couple times with a buddy, but once again didn't pursue it any further - despite enjoying it again. Then, 4 years ago, while attending UBC, I purchased the a season's pass to Whistler (the 4x4 makes it stupid not to go) and I've been an addict ever since. I currently ski Baker or Whistler at least once every weekend, twice if I can find the $ and time. I work as an engineer on the new Port Mann Bridge, so time is tough to find.
On to my stats and what I ski: I'm 6', 170ish lbs, and would consider myself an "advanced" skier, but am by no means an expert. I ski 183 Gotamas with M14 bindings and just purchased a pair of 184 B-squads with Freeride Pluses. I'm looking to start touring at Baker and am attending their Avi training in the coming month.
Anywhooo, if you read all that, good for you, but you should probably be working - as should I.
I thought I rode hard until I got to Jackson.
I always ride hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by 183GotamasA/T
I am officially declaring my JONG status and intentions of seeking Maggothood.
I created an account called "MysticPizzaTurn" but realized that if I actually end up meeting anyone from the forum having a name based on a cheezy Julia Roberts 80s movie and a beginner turning style is pretty lame. I therefore chose to rename myself to a name based on an equally cheezy 80s song and a ficticious porn star with a huge dong.
I live in CT and plan on meeting up with some Maggots at Magic. If anyone ever wants to carpool up to VT send me a PM.
figured i would do my meet the minions post.
I grew up skiing the little bumps in Southern Ontario and the occasional trip to Vermont, and then moved out to Washington state for college. I have about 14 years of skiing under my belt. As most people here, i love it when the snow is fresh and deep.
Greetings, TGR!!! Let's get the Jonging out of the way. Been lurking long enough.
Grew up skiing with the family all over Tahoe. Tried out snowboarding for nearly a decade, then switched back to skiing to keep up with the woman of my dreams (who wouldn't wait at the top of KT22 for me to strap my back foot in). Now happily married to said woman, who rips the shit out of every line and has the patellar and hamstring grafts to prove it.
Sixth toe be damned, skiing is awesome! Now just have to find me a good bootfitter...
I grew up near the Adirondacks, but had never been skiing until two months ago...in Alabama. I have caught on quickly and look forward to going, you know, somewhere else. I am interested in telemark and don't exactly know why. Also, I dislocated my shoulder last week while trying to snowboard.
I guess that about sums it up. I am concerned about how this new hobby will affect my kayaking habit, but I am having a good time with it so far and you all sound like my kind of people.
Cheers!
Kimberly
Lurking no longer! Howdy fellow addicts. I grew at in Sandy UT and spent my early days on the slopes of Alta. A lot has changed since then as I now ride a board and spend my days at Kirkwood. I'm hoping to move into the backcountry as soon as a little education falls into my lap...
Life is great but could easily be supplemented with a little powder!
Ayo! I'm from Upstate NY, however I ski the Mid Atlantic right now. Just started getting into skiing some glades, and hopefully some BC in the near future. I love fresh powder, and still am learning how to ski in it properly.
Hey there friends, I have been surfin the forums in here for too long. Gotten some good stuff but finally made an account and decided to post. I grew up in Oregon, have been shredding the west for almost twenty years now. Migrated to CO for two years, didn't get enough snow, moved back on the Oregon Trail. Been waitin for snow this year and finally am done with school this spring so I get to shred all next winter!
Another new one here. Figured I’d get post #1 out of the way. Not much to say… Grew up skiing in NH & VT. Skied all over the Rockies and ended up living in Squaw for a couple years. Moved to the bay area, got a job, got married, had a kid, moved back east, has more kids, couldn’t go as often, kids ended up playing other sports and it sure wasn’t the same skiing on weekends at Pat’s. Just stopped and started doing other things. Fast forward about 20 years... With all the snow in NH this year, I got the itch. My kids are now teens and I want to get them out so they can learn to rip. Problem is that I’m trapped in an old, beat up body. Since all my gear is “vintage”, I stumbled across here a while back while looking for ideas. I’m not sure if I’ll end up posting in the Gimp forum, Tech Talk or here.
Another JONG here. Grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and learned to ski at Sugar Bowl and raced for them for a few years (totally sucked at it). Lived in Ft Collins, CO for awhile then Logan, UT for awhile. Now I live in SW Washington and work as a fish biologist. I am just getting the skiing stoke back after a couple of years on hiatus. I have skied mostly in resorts but would love to learn some BC stuff. Love this site and will trade salmon and steelhead fishing info/secrets/trips on my boat for PNW info on BC gear/touring info/training of a newbie BC jong!!!
Another lurker joining TGR- JONG away. I live in Idaho and mostly ski at Grand Targhee. Planning on going to MSU next year and skiing a lot. Have touring gear but am too fat and out of shape to keep up with anyone older than 5.
I've been lurking for a while also. I've been snowboarding the majority of my life, primarily on the east coast, and am heading to Jackson Hole in 3 weeks. Like above, I'm looking at going to grad school at MSU, to finally get some real time in the mountains.
OK fine.
Started at age 12 or so, almost exclusively skied Bear Valley/Mt. Reba through high school. Now it's mostly Tahoe. Only 2.5 hours away with no traffic, studded Hakka 1s, and quattro!
My first post was in for sale, people were nice enough in telling me that I was full of shit. I appreciate that in a forum. I've been online posting, playing, and working since 1988 - almost certainly long before anyone who ever reads this post - so as far as fora go, I Get It. And that's why I appreciate this particular one, so far. No heavy handed mods censoring things to kowtow to the bullshit sensibilities of the pusillanimous.
The only thing that I haven't been able to figure out is uploading a fucking avatar! The page for changing it just doesn't have any links for that. Couple be an OSX/Safari or OSX/Firefox issue. Windows:computers::Salomon:skis - lots of people use 'em, lots of people love 'em, but they're all stupid :wink:
Hello maggots and jongs alike. Been following TGR for awhile, joined the forums awhile back and thought I should post up in here to get it out of the way.
Snowboard ditcher.
Noob MN skier.
Aspiring maggot.
Future bum - ski or otherwise.
Heading out to Bridger in a week - hoping to learn how the real mountains play.
Let me know if you can help a jong out... Mar 15-16 I'll be out there.
jong jong yo yo here, hope I dont get eaten. but I love to shred n schralp either way.
Hello!
Lurked for a while and decided it was time to post.
Headed to CO 3/26 til 4/2. Hope to slip into Avon between stroms sat. am and ski the Beav. pm. We'll ski either Beaver Creek or Vail each day depending on who gets more powder. I'll be wearing a green coat with black pants and chasing 3 kids, boys 6 and 9 and girl 11. If you see us say hi!
Another kneedropper here, with a love for fat skis and deep pow. Fast is where it's at! My name should give a hint as to my profession :-)
Been lurkin for years and posting on TTips and other sites, but I figured it's time...
Another kneedropper here, we'll at least when im not ski racing. Or going to school(which rarely happens anyways). Lived in edwards,co my whole life, and I dont care that you hate vail.
Ok three kneedroppers in a row
From Calgary Alberta Canada now in Los Angeles. Skied since I was 3. Snowboarded for a bit and escaped it since I sucked and skiing got so fun with fat skis and Telemark.
Lurked on here for years and TelemarkTips
Been lurking for too long.
Grew up in racing now living in Boston and looking for an out for deeper and steeper.
Most of the time I'm easy to find at Sugarloaf, as I'm the best skier on the mountain.
Esteemed Mags & Magettes,
Howdy! Long time lurker, first time JONG. Dig the think-tank here. I am a hunchbacked,yellow-toothed,sunburnt,arthritic,stinky,late,lost & dementia-havin' SKITARD. Didn't invent it, but been ridin' off-piste since before it was cool. I'll chime in from time to time but will mostly listen. I'll STFU now & resume lurking. Thank you.
Yep, I'm a mag. Post count ++
Speed is addictive.
guess i should do the intro thing and quit being a lurker. learned to ski at rose when i was little then moved away, moved back 3 years ago and ski as much as i possibly can.
work all summer, ski all winter and my parents approve:yourock:
Hi all---grew up in the Northeast, didnt start skiing until I was 14 and ski all over New England (the usual, Killington/Sugarbush/Stowe/Smuggler's/etc), still love to hit Suicide Six, Sugarloaf, Jay Peak on mid-week no-work days. Otherwise Wasatch (Alta, Bird), Whistler, and Mammoth make me envy the West Coasters who get to sink into the powder on a daily bases. Seeya!
Well, after a season of lurking I'll throw my drivel into the virtual mix here. I'm skiing mostly Kirkwood these days, living in the bay area.