Why colorado does NOT suck!

[Bumboclot]

I usually don't say much on the forums, but had to step up on this one. A-basin is a solid mountain. I skied there and the surrounding backcountry for 5+ seasons. Skiing there makes you a good skier. Everybodys knocking it for being flat , get a fucking clue! The place has steeps every where. Why don't you try to straight line Turbo and west turbo and see how fast you're going. Check out the gullies or even the terain behind the north pole .To slide prone. yeah Thats what I thought! Must be over 35 Degrees. As for the bumps , What you see is what you get. Its what you don't see , That make you smile every lap. If any body want to put their little sally ass's to the test why don't you step up and ski the a-basin enduro in march .10 hours of lapping pali straight , If you want I 'll come out from my snow infested{anti jinx} mountains of Tahoe and be your teamate, Well see who's whining about bumps and Ice and the soaking wet tampon between your legs when your trying to catch up with some of the best lo profile skiers in the country . Oh and by the way Max you are such a little pussy, stick to your (where are my skis?) threads , don't hop on the band wagon and say colorado sucks. If I ever see you there I am going to run you over full speed . My 2 cents

[Dr. Gaper]

I'm glad I'm just a Gaper (that's right, it's a proper noun, dammit). Ignorance is bliss.

You see, I used to be all about the "it has to be extremely steep, narrow, etc, for it to be worthwhile" mantra. Oh, how I wanted to be the hottest fucking skier this side of the Mississippi.

"Look at me rip these bumps, dammit!"

Then I realized . . . nobody cares. And then I realized . . . my knees sure are starting to care.

All the chestbeating got old, and everyone eventually figured out they were just local dirtbags, no matter how much air they could get. And the Texans still got all the pussy.

I guess what I'm trying to say is - now I get as much joy skiing a 15 degree pitch, as I do a 40 degree pitch. But I still try my damnest to beat the local jocks to the fresh.

And in the end, I have less to prove to myself and others than the superheroes fighting over the "big fish". It's just skiing!

[basom]

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I once straightlined all of Pali.............

















.....Switch.

[iceman]

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Think of the children!

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Didn't Sally Struthers marry this stud?

[Below Zero]

Oh and by the way Max you are such a little pussy, stick to your (where are my skis?) threads , don't hop on the band wagon and say colorado sucks. If I ever see you there I am going to run you over full speed . My 2 cents

I don't think Max was saying that Colorado sucks, he was just saying that he hadn't seen any powder days while in Colorado. I got your back on this one Max. Run him over at full speed? You're a real tough guy. Please let me be there for that!

[TankShine]

If we're gonna argue about Colorado...and someone is going to bring up TJ Burke...then we have to do two things:

1: Talk about the drive from Denver to AspenSnowmass...my favorite part
being driving past all those crowded front range parking lots!!

2: TJ Burke might have lost his path as the Powder cover boy...but my boy
Dexter still does sick 720s on bump runs with gators covering his tight
jeans. Rutecki forever...that slide didn't kill him...just a smoke screen!!