My two friends are up here in Keystone skiing while I do homework. One is demo'ing some new B4's and my other friend is skiing on my old B3's, both 94 underfoot. Granted, the conditions are shitty, and they may be a BIT too much girth for maching groomers, but I was appalled at my friends' reports that they have heard at least five separate times today "DAMN THOSE ARE SOME FAT ASS SKIS! WHY DON'T YOU JUST FREAKING SNOWBOARD?"
Apparently one of these outbursts came from a liftie. What the hell is wrong with these people? Have they never seen a 110-waist ski before? Have they never seen someone on pocket rockets on a hardpack day?
I think I have heard this from one gaper in my 10 or so days on my B3's this year (four of which were at Keystone), but five times in a day? Is it just to be expected from Keystone, or are maggot-standard all-mountain skis (let's not have a discussion on how noodly they are...) a new stigma in the 10-day-a-year Denverite's eyes?
Silly.
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02-26-2006, 10:14 PM #1
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B4's too fat for public/Keystone = gaper central???
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"Coming here and asking whether you need wider skis is like turning up at the Neverland Ranch and asking Michael if he'd like to come to Tampa with the kids" -bad roo.
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02-26-2006, 10:27 PM #2
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Dude dont you know, if you dont ride "super fats" your not HARDCOREMOFO
Its like this now, grasshopper, the fatter you ride the more core you, think you are!
dont let any one tell you diff!
very similar to (before your time) when "no dicks with short sticks" was so hip!
I say FUCK that!Points on their own sitting way up high
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02-26-2006, 10:28 PM #3Village Idiot Guest
I rode your Mom, does that mean I'm the corest?
Originally Posted by MacDaddy
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02-26-2006, 10:32 PM #4
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Eh what? I'm not "denying coreness" to racers or people who like to ride mid-fats, I just think it's silly to balk at 94 mm. I love my B3's as I feel like I can blast through anything with them (although I haven't been on V-pro's or Bro's or anything even remotely stiff by the board's standards). I don't ride them to be "fucking gnarradsickcoreradski brah!!!!!" I ski on them because I like them. When I can ski of course... Originally Posted by MacDaddy
That post was more or less completely irrelevant to this thread...Days on snow 06-07: 3
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"Coming here and asking whether you need wider skis is like turning up at the Neverland Ranch and asking Michael if he'd like to come to Tampa with the kids" -bad roo.
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02-26-2006, 10:33 PM #5
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Today's word of the day is.......Keystone.
There's your problem.
Drive slow, homie.
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02-26-2006, 10:37 PM #6
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I was just about to say the SAME thing as Z. Here's my thought exactly, "Dude, it's KEYSTONE!" The majority (not all) of the people who ski there don't understand the true meaning of skiing.
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02-26-2006, 10:48 PM #7
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I suppose it's just been so long. :tear: Originally Posted by Z
Today's word of the day is.......Keystone.
There's your problem.
Wish I could take out my new P40's that I got for 25 bucks. I really really want to go really fast right now. At Keystone, nonetheless, irrespectivegardless of comments from dick-wavers who wouldn't dare be caught on skis skinnier than 80 mm. 
Hot tub time. Talk amongsta yaselves.Days on snow 06-07: 3
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02-26-2006, 10:54 PM #8
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I was going to say the same thing..... Originally Posted by Z
Today's word of the day is.......Keystone.
There's your problem.Seriously, this can’t turn into yet another ON3P thread....
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02-26-2006, 11:02 PM #9
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Did your friends look like gapers? I'm thinking, the more hardcore you look, the less people talk to you.
"Can't vouch for him, though he seems normal via email."
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02-26-2006, 11:10 PM #10
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Originally Posted by Max Gosey
no no young man, please see the sarcasm in my post and the underlying hardcore values you have in being a TGR Maggot make you better than the rest
you will learn!
even though you wont see it here! Its not what you ride but how you ride!Points on their own sitting way up high
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02-26-2006, 11:10 PM #11
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Who cares? I ski gotamas everyday at Kookwood
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02-26-2006, 11:13 PM #12
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hahaha
waitin for you to post
I saw Max and two doods walking down the street with skis on their shoulder a couple days ago...
max + neck brace + skis on shoulder = priceless
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02-26-2006, 11:16 PM #13
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SORRY TO CUNT YOUR THREAD MAX
Originally Posted by Village Idiot
You fuck with me asshole and you will never live it down, I have the power to fuck your life up! Like wishing death by cancer or worse I don’t really give a shit! I HAVE THE COLDEST HEART ON THE INTERNET! I DONT CARE about how you or your fuking retarded village perceives "karma" I am Satan and I will fucking make you eat your own shit in front of you family while your dad MUNGS YOUR MOM AT GUN POINT!
My mom is still a virgin!
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02-27-2006, 12:45 AM #14
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Keystone is t3h suck...
nobody should ever have fat skis there...
but i wouldn't know anything about that:
Or two days ago... when I was skiing a foot of sugary soft pow while listening to gapers scraping ice 50ft away...
Here are the official skis of Keystone:
Get with the program.
Don't ski at Keystone. It is lame. Go away. Keep out.Last edited by Summit; 02-27-2006 at 12:56 AM.
Originally Posted by blurred
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02-27-2006, 12:50 AM #15
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..pwn3d.. Originally Posted by MacDaddy
You fuck with me asshole and you will never live it down, I have the power to fuck your life up! Like wishing death by cancer or worse I don’t really give a shit! I HAVE THE COLDEST HEART ON THE INTERNET! I DONT CARE about how you or your fuking retarded village perceives "karma" I am Satan and I will fucking make you eat your own shit in front of you family while your dad MUNGS YOUR MOM AT GUN POINT!
My mom is still a virgin!
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02-27-2006, 01:03 AM #16Squatch Guest
I was just thinking about that question. I switched to wide skis before, and even though it seems like this is the longest we've gone without new snow, there's no reason why I would ski less than 85 mm as my everyday ski. My mantras still work on groomers...granted they're not as quick edge to edge but they can still carve on ice. Plus fat skis rock whenever there's any soft snow. I guess that shows my bias towards powder, but I would rather have a ski ill-equipped for groomers and well equipped for the soft stuff.
Once you go fat you never go back.
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02-27-2006, 01:13 AM #17
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Originally Posted by mtnbikerskierchick
I heard the bumps there are spectacular
Its not that I suck at spelling, its that I just don't care
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02-27-2006, 01:43 AM #18
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Gosh you are so knowledgable... Originally Posted by ak_powder_monkey
I heard the bumps there are spectacular
So you would fit right in, AKPM. Originally Posted by Summit
Here are the official skis of Keystone:
Originally Posted by blurred
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02-27-2006, 01:51 AM #19
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its not the ski, its the skier.
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02-27-2006, 01:53 AM #20
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How does it feel to be pwn3d daily, AKPM? I've sorta wondered this but wanted to verify the trend before asking. I bet it doesn't feel good...
MacDaddy it was difficult to determine how deeply to interpret your post... Good splanation though.
Had I not been on centermounts, one of the sickest days of my career (top 5 def) would have been at keystone. Centermounts + deep goodness (which of course doesn't exist at keystone) = hating life temporarily. Should have been on my B3's.
Phish, it is not the width of my skis that makes me core, it is the scenarios like the one you described that does it... I actually hung at eldora with those kids same day and actually tried to click into my bindings in my tennis shoes. Sad? Yes. Core? Even more so...
Edit: I'm debating posting pictures of my shoulder (on which the skis were resting). The plavix I'm taking for the torn artery made me bruise like hell. Pretty funny.Days on snow 06-07: 3
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02-27-2006, 02:03 AM #21
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I must confess I skied on 72mm-waist skis today in fresh AK pow. Laugh if you want, but it was dust on crust, so they were right for the conditions. Actually, the best laugh at my expense was when I made my 2nd run down with my ski crampons still attached!
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02-27-2006, 02:18 AM #22
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Be aware that rumors of Keystone's radness are greatly exaggerated. Originally Posted by Summit
Last edited by Lone Star; 02-27-2006 at 02:25 AM.
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02-27-2006, 03:09 AM #23
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Yes... please stay away from Keystone... heed this warning for nothing but suckage awaits. Go away.
Originally Posted by blurred
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02-27-2006, 03:17 AM #24
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LoneStar sures knows a lot for someone who hasn't traveled more than 6 miles from his house for the last 4 months...
Originally Posted by blurred
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02-27-2006, 07:03 AM #25
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My thoughts exactly. Originally Posted by snorkeldeep
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