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[Pinner]

http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/movie/axes.jpg

[phUnk]

Originally posted by Pinner
http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/movie/axes.jpg

Exhibit A: Both Axes.

[Pinner]

...to the left, and to the right.


Old School, baby.

[splat]

Originally posted by phUnk
Exhibit A: Both Axes.

I know Pinner has said he'd dated some old battleaxes, but didn't know he had pics.

[Yossarian]

4 drops.

[wahama88]

Pierre, arguable the break out performance of the year. Who else this year dropped 160 ft. bombs?

[bossass]

For all those who missed the show you can still catch it-minus the live athletes-at every Powder to the People stop this season. Coming up tomorrow at Barkley's in Frisco at 9pm. Come on out. We're raising money for local charity and raffling tons of gear-skis,packs,goggles,shirts,beanies,shades,etc.

Keep up on the tour at www.powdermag.com/pttp .

Snowing a bit in CO. Skiing Copper tomorrow. Stoked.

[laseranimal]

I think Sage had another HUGE breakout year, but Kent is really I think on the leading edge of a new breakthrough. Really taking it back to small lines and doing freestyle off of smaller more technical terrain is going to be in. At least for me I always like it when I can see the pros ski stuff that I can, well sort of, meaning they're skiing terrain thats accessible to the general public and pulling stuff thats absolutely insane off of it that totally pushes my stoke level higher and makes me want to take my own skiing up a notch. Not everyone has access to huge alaskan faces or the like, but we can all find smaller more technical lines to ski. For example I've FINALLY stepped it up to dropping some 5-6 footers and going airborne in more technical terrain, sure its not a backflip off of a 60 footer but its big for me and I'm going to keep ATTEMPTING to keep pace with the pros and by looking at how they approach "normal" terrain helps me learn how to read a mountain. I highly doubt that I will ever get a chance to figure out how to successfully negotiate "shoulder of death" but I might have a chance to ski some of the stuff at Squaw or Jackson so by all means MORE OF THAT PLEASE!!!!

[DINMS]

Originally posted by Ted Stryker
how's your ass?

awwww, first time for everything, eh huge air?

First time?

[Jumper Bones]

Originally posted by laseranimal
I think Sage had another HUGE breakout year, but Kent is really I think on the leading edge of a new breakthrough. Really taking it back to small lines and doing freestyle off of smaller more technical terrain is going to be in. At least for me I always like it when I can see the pros ski stuff that I can, well sort of, meaning they're skiing terrain thats accessible to the general public and pulling stuff thats absolutely insane off of it that totally pushes my stoke level higher and makes me want to take my own skiing up a notch. Not everyone has access to huge alaskan faces or the like, but we can all find smaller more technical lines to ski. For example I've FINALLY stepped it up to dropping some 5-6 footers and going airborne in more technical terrain, sure its not a backflip off of a 60 footer but its big for me and I'm going to keep ATTEMPTING to keep pace with the pros and by looking at how they approach "normal" terrain helps me learn how to read a mountain. I highly doubt that I will ever get a chance to figure out how to successfully negotiate "shoulder of death" but I might have a chance to ski some of the stuff at Squaw or Jackson so by all means MORE OF THAT PLEASE!!!!

I'd agree with all of this. I recently received my Freeze photo issue in the mail; why I subscribed to that mag, I can't figure out. Anyway. I counted the images, and I believe I only came up with 8 photos related to big-mountain skiing. The rest was jib jib jib jib jib. The into kind of had a note of apology for that - saying that x trip to y county was so expensive because of the heli time so we can't afford big-mountain...I call my bullshit card on that.

Yes, the films traditionally have the best skiing in the world on them, complete with heli skiing and first descents and all that. And it's relatively easy to piggyback some staff photographers along trips like that to document. However, there's local-based photographers out there like Lonnie Ball, who hits Big Sky every day all season long, photographing specific individuals or people he thinks are good enough. Why can't contributions like that be included?

What I want to see is real lines. More actual ski photography. Yes, porno shots are definitely appreciated, but if they come at the cost of real skiing (I'm sorry, IMO jibbing is not real skiing, but is its own discipline).

btw Powder staff, your acknowledgement and efforts towards change are deeply appreciated, and I thought your guide to ski-town women was perfect and spot-on. Hilarious!

[Karl Stall]

Great thread. I agree with Mr. Drink, Kent stepped it up the most - his segment was truly progressive, and he deserved to win.

[wahama88]

Laseranimal, that first drop feels great don't it. I did the same thing this year. Even though it was only about 10 ft., it still feels like you stuck a 100 footer. And your right, the backflip of the 60 footer is still in the works