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Holy Shit!!! Best Thread Ever!!! I like the title too -- "chasing a high", all lowercase letters and shit -- I ignored it, 'cause I thought it was some jerk off bullshit, but god damn!!!!!!!!
And, brklyntrayc, did I ever tell you, I love you?
P.S. I'm posting drunk again...
Snowbasin, UT, the home of the Meat Clan. The prodigal son has returned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie
And yes, bklyntrayc is handling her shit very well.
Oh snap, Oprah done got her black up! Well check it ho, if you wanna kick my mofo ass, you best bring Gayle along. Steadman too.Quote:
Originally Posted by bklyntrayc
BTW, I guess it is fairly small compared to the Alabama black snake your daddy used to use on ya'.:fmicon: Sorry, can't stack up next to gorilla dick.
Fuck you you racist fucktard.
Bad enough you had to kill the stoke by pissing on MD's huck, but now you gotta take this thing off course for your full on racist douchbaggery and cuntosity.
Fuck.
You.
can we get back to the friggen stoke??
Ignore the troll living under the bridge.
Nice huck MD! Can't wait to see more pics in the future.
I dig the father/son approach to scoping the line/shooting the photos. Not too many families get to share experiences like that.
XDOG IS A DOGGIE BITCH. FIGURES YOU'RE ONE OF THE CLUELESS FROM LONG ISLAND. GO RIP IT HARD AT VERNON VALLEY OR BELLAYRE.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THIS GUY EVERYONE. NATURAL SELECTION WILL WEED HIM OUT. HE WON'T SURVIVE TOO LONG IN NY WITH HIS ATTITUDE. HOWEVER SKIING WON'T KILL HIM CAUSE HE'S A PUSSY.
I CALL FOR A MAGGOT SUMMIT AT XDOG'S FOR A BEAT DOWN
What's a moggot summit? It sounds cool.
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Originally Posted by Xdog
I take it you and Tracy have met before?
Is that true?
I say we get back to the stoke and erase all derogative comments made..por favor. Everyone, including myself, has crapped on this thread which hasw taken away from one of the btter ones I've read in a while.
By the way...Thursday or Friday might be a good day up at Basin, thinking about heading up. anyone?
I'll be around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoysluttie1
I'm glad MD9 lived to ski another day since I got to ski with him a couple days after this nasty huck. What a super nice guy and excellent host / tour guide at the basin. When someone goes as big as he does and loves every minute of it, it's probably the biggest form of stoke there is.
Geography divides the people who post on this board into two groups: those that are lucky enough to jump in a car to go skiing and those who have to get on a plane.
I used to be in the former group, but now I'm in the latter. Jumping in the car was easy - pick up the phone, check to see who's going, done deal. Plus you had the mental freedom of knowing what your life was going to revolve around during the winter season. Weekends, free time, the odd half-day here and there = time on the mountain.
The stoke I get from this place helps sweeps away all the ad-nauseam details that it takes for me and my wife to go skiing these days.
The comedy alone is worth the price of admission and it's interesting to see people interact that would probably never do so otherwise due to their age, occupation, geographic and economic differences. It's also nice to come to a place that's not supressed by petty dictator moderators.
However, since I live far from the mountains these days what brings me back is the stoke. Some here can articulate their adventures better than others and some take better photos than others, but the equalizer is the vibe a great day on the mountain gives off.
MD9, you moved the bar up quite a few notches with this one.
Anyone that skis, boards, bikes, climbs, etc., has done the mental equation of bodily injury/death - skill level = outcome. Without risk there is no exhilaration. I can't ever seem to remember my thoughts after times like that, so I especially liked you posting yours.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
Can I make a request to Frozenwater and those at TGR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xdog
Filth like this MUST not be tolerated. Can Xdog be banned from the board? This is offensive, illegal and cowardly. Tracey, myself and a number of non white maggots who regularly post on this board should not have to be concerned about encountering racism when we post here. I love this forum and he has no place here.
Sorry to divert from this wonderful thread. What an amazing feat. You'll tell your grandchildren about that one (long may the Meat line thrive).
GOOD CALL. BAN THE IDIOTQuote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Roo
LET'S GET BACK TO THE STOKE
Schweeeeeet air, and post. Definately got the hair on the back of my neck up. You're still reaching, that's an awesome thing, you really know you're still alive. To hear all these folks who know what it is to be "haunted by a line" is great. Where I am, people look at me funny for talking like that.
"Why do you do that?"
To know that I can. The edge is a scary place to be, and most people never find it, wouln't even know how to try. If you've got the sack to find yours, you step into a place where few will follow, and fewer will stay for very long. Sure recognition is nice, we've all dreamed about pro-skierdom but the truth is, that life just wouldn't work for everyone even if it was everone's option. It's more about knowing yourself, knowing your judgement is still sound with that small a margin for error, stacking the odds in your favor. That's when the little voice tells you you're still sane, if not by most people's standards. Great thoughts, great achievement.
What's next?
Super Sicktacular huck Meat, although the bombhole pic isn't showing up anymore. Dunno if it was edited out or what. Anybody got pics of the other mentioned unhit lines?
Well, time for my first post...
That was fucking AMAZING. Seriously left me breathless. Sick writing skills, and even better hucking skills. Thanks for posting that, you crazy bastard. And damn that xdog guys a loser.
Xdog = blurredQuote:
Originally Posted by bklyntrayc
I know because once he forgot to logout and he posted as Xdog by mistake.
He deleted that post, but others here on TGR must have seen that...
Another moron joins the fray.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alias Avenger
BobMc
Well Written
Well Hucked
:yourock:
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Originally Posted by Alias Avenger
That's funny. Tracy has met and skied with the guy before.:fuckyou:
Go fuck yourself douchebag. Nice try.
Wow, many opinions have been given, but this might be my favorite post ever.
So many points hit home with me........no profound response....just thanks for posting this J. (glad to see you are liking Utah :smile: ).
---and Xdog is trash....after two years here, he is the first on my banned list (I dont come here to meet people like that).
first thread I checked after being away for the weekend
knew it'd still be on the first page
nice one MD, coulda read a book on the way down
wellfuckingdone m'man, and great intro to which I as a dad can relate
tho my revenvelope aint that large...that's what she said yukyuk
good words too, hook, speakin the reality of the virtual world, cheers
once again, way to leap off the mental chasm and come out alright
MD9-
Sick, sick thread. I've often watched guys who go huge like that, in skiing or elsewhere, and thought "that dude is just wired differently."
After reading your well-written, introspective account of your thought process, I've realized that perhaps they're not different. That's the same thing I go through when I attempt my weak little shit.
Congratulations on your personal triumph.
hook, nice post. I've been on both sides of that coin myself. Right now is the closest I've ever lived to a resort (25 minutes to basin). So far I'm loving life.
shmerham, I'm glad you were able to come up to 'basin. It's always a double edged sword with that place. You want to invite people up on pow days, but then they can never see or access the crazy stuff on those days. Don't get me wrong, lapping pow doesn't suck, but the clear days a week after the storm can be even better.
foxy, great post as well. There are no other big longterm "nexts" for me. The day the man was flown out by heli was the first time I'd ever thought about this hit. I'm sure there will be others like this in the future, but I haven't planned that far ahead. This only came about due to the conditions presenting the option. I'm sure that's how the next airs like this will be as well. How often do you get to look 6 feet into the snowpack and then have it recovered with 6 feet of pow the next day? It was just too good to pass up.
whatcom, the bombhole pic is the same as the launch pic.
Everybody, thanks for all the kind words. It's really cool to be able to share these thoughts and this type of day with people that can understand and may even feel similar. A ton of other really cool thoughts have been shared by others and added as well. Grizzle threw out some nice thoughts at dinner the other night too.
2 days after the huck and the only real downside was that I felt guilty yesterday. It was a pretty selfish move. I've justified it as many ways as I could, but it was still selfish. The only real injury is that my penis is completely destroyed from following frozen's advice. I should've trained harder for that. ;)
I showed my wife the full sequence a few minutes ago and she just said: "Pretty cool.", but in a "that's nice" sort of way. I guess at this point I'd have to show her naked pictures of myself tackling a nun to get a shocked response out of her. So I'm saving those pics for her birthday.
Awesome stoke, printed it out and gave the whole lot to some hucksters who aren't on this board as it's so good. Great pics GT40, look forward to seeing them on a cover next month :)
Xdog has been banned - sorry I took so long, the snow at the 'ghee today was really quite deep and it kept me a bit preocupied.
Enjoyed MD9 sharing that from the thought through the planning and finally execution. Great thread from a guy I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot of in the near future. Just awesome to be able to do that.:cool:
WOW I think MD9 needs my Avatar. :biggrin:
Nice work J! Glad to see you're taking full advantage of the homecoming... :D
Seems that threads about acceptable risks pop up here every few months, and it's a worthy topic. I have to admit I have been struggling a bit with the whole skiing thing this year. Don't get me wrong, I still absolutely love it and it will probably always be a priority for me. But I'm pretty sure I have the same problem as you MD: I just love to scare the piss outta myself. In fact I am quite sure that it is an addiction. I used to think my tendencies towards risk were just limited to skiing, but no. This past summer I really stepped up my game on the MTB and found myself riding skinnies, dirt jumping like mad, and dropping 12 foot cliffs on a freaking bicycle! WTF?!? (in fact I still haven't gone as big on SKIS this year as I did on a bike this summer)
Conversely my skiing has remained pretty static for the past couple years...mostly since I jacked myself almost 3 years ago now (most know but for all the JONGs - shattered pelvis/broken femur/ruptured bladder - see my avatar)). So while I LOVE a good Utah powder day, and I am satisfied that I am still a pretty damn good skier, I don't really push my personal limits very much on snow anymore. :( And I don't feel that the risks to my family are worth my getting badly hurt (or worse) again.
But that leaves me conflicted - stoked to be skiing but missing that crazy electric rush after doing something stupid and sticking it clean. The things I do on skis that used to give me that 'fix' no longer do because my skills are past that level (altho I'm quite sure Boss Hog would scare the crap outta me no problem). And then I find myself wanting it to be MTB season so I can get that rush again...feel the progression and not let myself get stale. Maybe the cure is the line off Mt. Ogden summit that pstash and I tried to ski but traversed around instead last year... ;)
SHITE, I just found the bombhole, I was looking for a bit of a steeper landing I guess, I just assumed that maybe you were clearing that traverse. Whats the angle on that landing 10-15 degrees? Any compression? I've launched 60's onto not so deep (2-3') 45+ steeps and almost pushed my knees through my eye sockets more than once. Anyways, BADASS.
Particle, I hear ya on the MTBing. I'll tell you what dropping 20' on a MTB is 10x as ballsy as dropping 20' on skis. There is so little room for error, even when you've got 8x9 on you bike and there's no soft landing....EVER. MTBing has quickly become my second favorite sport and now I'm fortunate enough to live somewhere I can do both in a day everyday if I choose. But prepare yourself for when the jacking comes, it will be bad if not horrendous. Only things on your side then are body armor and speed.
Very well written J, but at some point you're going to have to look up at that air that looks too good to pass up, and pass it up. More importantly, you'll need to find a way to make peace with yourself that passing it up was the right thing to do. It's a difficult transition, I know that there are things that I want to do, that I probably could do, that I won't even attempt because the risk is too big now. There are a thousand ways to enjoy life without risking life itself. But that's just me, maybe I don't belong on this board anymore, I'll go register over at epicski.
This thread is great (minus the previous cuntage). Nice work J. RESPECT!
Wow, awesome thread, the huck itself, MD9's writing about the whole experience, GT's perspective, the pictures, the risk discussion afterwards. One of the best I've seen on this board.
I'd add that xdog's posts should be deleted, and maybe any referring/replying to them including this, so that the post is preserved for others to read in the future.
just took the time to read through and HOLY SHIT DUDE! thats some good stuff. you dont even need the pics. you just summed up the essence of why people ski. whether its hucking something big or whatever your own personal challenge may be; realizing what your capable of is a trip. mad props to GT. supporting your son and helping him through it while suppressing your own fear takes just as much courage as the huck itself.
I second deleting X-dogs posts.....I have actually forwarded this post to quite a few non-maggots, and would hate for them to read that shit.
So, for some reason this post has been haunting me. These thoughts are one’s that have played in my head a lot in the last year. Obviously each of us have our definition of “going big” (few at MD9s level), but it is all relative. Why go big? Is it worth it? What makes someone do it?
I blew my knee last Dec (dropping a cliff) and was left with the choice to ski (with no ACL – so super mellow), or get surgery and no skiing. I skied, and I learned that even without going big, I love everything about skiing. So, last year was a big lesson for me.
That said, when I get the chance this year, and conditions are right, am I going to let logic step in: “it is a great season, this isn’t worth missing another whole year?” To be honest, I doubt it….but cannot truly say where “the line” will be drawn.
Does anyone else feel the “Skier” in them is a different person from the “mild mannered XXX”? When I am on skis and feel inspired, I am totally immersed in that moment, and my logic mind is nowhere to be found. If I am decided on something, there is no doubt, no reason, no question……That feeling rules! Then there is the logical mind, after the ski day, trying to understand it? I sometimes look at a huck photo, and frankly cannot understand where that moment came from.
I actually don’t like showing my ski picts to some people (like coworkers)…it is just too strange. These are people that don’t begin to understand….and trying to explain a road gap is futile (you end up just feeling like they think you are a freak). To understand this you either need some similar boundary pushing experience for your mind to compare it to, or have a really open mind towards the athlete (somehow my parents seem to trust what I do, and they actually try to understand why I would jump stuff ). Those that have never looked into those depths, or even tried to, just write it off as crazy/stupid/death wish/whatever.
Thanks again MD for sharing….I actually think your write up on this situation should really accompany the pictures when sent to a magazine. This paints a really positive light on the challenge of big airs (better say then Jamie Pierre calling people pussies ).
I know...MTB injuries are scary. I konked myself pretty hard this summer but fortunately nothing lasting. Do you live in Utah?Quote:
Originally Posted by whatcomridaz
"I huck, therefore I AM."