what is this fascination w/ hucking???

[huck4bucks]

I refuse to huck anything....unless you give me money.

[gh444]

why do people fish?

-aaron

p.s. read my screen name

[MeatPuppet]

It's conquering an obsticle. It's overcoming nature. It's thumbing your nose at gravity. A sharp drop is normally something you would have to go around, or be very carefull of, not to fall off. On skis, under the right circumstances, you can own that obsticle. It's almost like you can bend the forces of nature to your will for a short period of time, kind of like the Matrix. It's a small moment of freedom from gravity(sort of), and like Yossarian pointed out, who among us doesn't want to fly?

[tarkman1]

Why huck? There's the aspect of having done the all other variations of lines that don't involve hucking. I'm no air king, but I do find hucking fun.

Then again, it can be a matter of necessity when you follow your brother and duck a rope into a chute that you've never seen at Blackcomb only to find a mandatory air in the chute.

[KANUTTEN]

If you don't get it, I will never be able to explain it.

It is a feeling. The feeling of anticipation blended with anxiety, the discussion in your head; "should I or shouldn't I", the building up of courage, determination, until you finally find the strength to DO IT. And hopefully stick it.

I guess you can call it an adrenaline rush. Either you like it or you don't. And it probably has to do with your genetical code.

For the record; I am by no means a big hucker. Which is good for me; since I can get my rush out of a 10 footer and not needing to risk my life to get my kicks

[philfort]

A new skill to learn this year, keeps the skiing fresh. I totally suck at it, it will be cool to become decent, as long as I don't hurt myself

[Snowy Wintergarden]

What is this fascination with sex?

[subtle plague]

it's similar to steep skiing. it takes commitment to apoint where you know that you can't turn back anymore.

the feeling of dropping is so different from anything you can experience normally it just stands out inyour memories. and i like the idea ofthewhole process. scoping it out. checking all the obvious dangers..... and when your conscious mind says: ok it is doable, it's still up to you wanting to do it. i ended up screaming at myself before i did my biggest cliff so far. and i couldN't have skied around it anymore. i was so fired up and the energy had to be released somehow. so actually hucking it came as a relief to me

[bad_roo]

I don't like to see great hucks despoiled by bad photography.

[addict]

i just don't get it. when there's perfectly good deep powder to ski all over, is it really that pleasurable to risk ALL the negative effects it has on your body including season ending injury and long term spinal compression effects???? to access powder fields and in chutes and couloirs i undersatnd the neccessity. but on its own....????? and i'm not dissing it, like i said, i just don't get it. please enlighten me.

Is this guy kidding? SOOOOOO much fun (despite my currently complaining rotator cuff, I had to huck again yesterday).

[gimpy]

who dug this thing up??? not really a thread worth re-hashing in my opinion.

i still don't really get it though. for example, lots of the kwood kooks just spend the whole day looking for shit to jump off while i'll spend the day looking for clean lines. dif strokes for diff folks and all that but i was just curious at the time what motivates folks to do that: ego stroke, adrenalin rush, chicks dig it, etc. but i'm over it. this thread is/was stupid and i deserve some shit for it so lemme have it and lets be done w/ it.

[smitchell333]

Its the supreme thrill seeking end of our sport. There's not much like standing on top of a cliff and supressing the natural fears that tell us not to do it - its an adrenaline rush at its most intense.

That said I'm no longer facinated by it personally. Never was an allstar - only up to 30' or so. Ultimately I decided the risk factor was too high for the reward - took a tumble head (picture landing with force on the top of the head) to toe to head to toe off a relatively moderate 15' - just not lined up quite right. I want to ski powder, corn, couloirs, trees, bowls, etc til I'm old, not have to give it up b/c I wrecked my back or my joints.

[vinzclortho]

Col. Leslie "Hap" Hapablap: "To break the bonds of gravity, to fly, the dream of human and flightless bird alike."