How to ski powder

Hi, Maggots! Thought I'd share a thread we have going on HOW TO SKI POWDER - maybe you can give some tips, or get some. Thanks! :)

jong biting in 5...4...3...2

Could I please be un-banned so I can read this thread and learn how to ski powder? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by alpinezone

my brother in law out at Copper in CO told me to exaggerate my pole plants (hands way up and then way down) when weighting/unweighting each turn to get your body going slightly up and down. He said it helped to get your skis more up out of the powder when turning so you didn't submarine your tips

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Hey AZ, is that the bastard child of Jim Rome and Peyton Manning in your avatar?

powder sucks fuck you

You guys have a "too much powder" thread?

FKNA

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Originally Posted by Brock Landers

powder sucks fuck you

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seconded.
you need those gay fat skis to ski that gay ass shit.

I disagree, you need to first buy skis no wider that 65mm. Old atomic race skis are the best. Then lean way forward and shred!

Ya mean like this........:FIREdevil
http://www.tremblant-insider.com/scott6.jpg

VORLAGE, baby! :fm:

oh, AZ, you're my favorite alias

I've met a few east coast transplants out here who have told me with a straight face "I just don't like [powder]" and one who was afraid of chairlifts which "went too high"... the west is scary. I need to forward that thread (grin).

Don't they remember how to ski pow back from their WWI days, when skiing was pure?

fucking epic

My favorite part is the way the AZ thread starts:

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Figured this would be useful, especially after the "too much powder" thread.

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Too much powder? If I only had such problems.:FIREdevil

Duh! Lean back, keep your hands in your pockets and your feet glued together.

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Originally Posted by InspectorGadget

Duh! Lean back, keep your hands in your pockets and your feet glued together.

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I leave my fly open, and if I do not feel a constant blast of cold in the crotch area, then I know I ain't doing it right.

cool... good stuff...quick question as long as we are getting some tips here...

would it be cool and a little funny if the next powder day I wore a scuba mask and snorkle?

only 17 posts till someone said to 'lean back'

leaning back is the best universal advice for anyone skiing any conditions, just lean back go straight and turn when something gets in your way.

go fast, ride fat skis, take chances, rinse, repeat

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Originally Posted by InspectorGadget

Duh! Lean back, keep your hands in your pockets and your feet glued together.

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Oh yeah baby! :fmicon:

Here is a diagram:
http://www.biglines.com/photosv2/200...ines_72040.jpg

Remember JONGS, keep your feet together for max float and your poles wide for balance.

My personal favorite:

Hunker down and make some cutbacks!

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Originally Posted by William Murderface

You guys have a "too much powder" thread?

FKNA

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Actually the thread was someone bitching about some gaper he overheard whining about "too much powder" and begging people never to utter those words.

don't bother stay home powder sux.

1) lossen your boots, if you have rear entries, even better. i prefer salomon sx 91, the white ones. you want lots of movement in the boots to absorb the pow

2) get wayyy back in the back seat when you ski 'ze powder, so you are doing wheelies almost

3) make super tight turns, like bobbing up and down, think zipper line. you want to preserve the powder for your fellow riders

4) open your mouth wide to breathe better as you make all thos turns

Put an itty-bitty crust on a few feet of pow and watch 'em flip out (grin). A great day in Chugach:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...good_day_5.png

^^^^
nice helmet-ears

Easy, just slay it.