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  1. 02-21-2007, 11:27 AM #1
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    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!
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  2. 02-21-2007, 11:33 AM #2
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    Could I please be un-banned so I can read this thread and learn how to ski powder? Thanks.
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    Quote 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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  5. 02-21-2007, 11:38 AM #5
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    Hey AZ, is that the bastard child of Jim Rome and Peyton Manning in your avatar?
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  6. 02-21-2007, 11:38 AM #6
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    You guys have a "too much powder" thread?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    powder sucks fuck you
    seconded.
    you need those gay fat skis to ski that gay ass shit.
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  10. 02-21-2007, 01:35 PM #10
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    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!
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    Ya mean like this........
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    VORLAGE, baby!

    I boiled my thermometer, and sure enough, this spot, which purported to be two thousand feet higher than the locality of the hotel, turned out to be nine thousand feet LOWER. Thus the fact was clearly demonstrated that, ABOVE A CERTAIN POINT, THE HIGHER A POINT SEEMS TO BE, THE LOWER IT ACTUALLY IS. Our ascent itself was a great achievement, but this contribution to science was an inconceivably greater matter.

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  14. 02-21-2007, 02:00 PM #14
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    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).
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    Don't they remember how to ski pow back from their WWI days, when skiing was pure?

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    My favorite part is the way the AZ thread starts:
    Figured this would be useful, especially after the "too much powder" thread.
    Too much powder? If I only had such problems.
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    Duh! Lean back, keep your hands in your pockets and your feet glued together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by InspectorGadget View Post
    Duh! Lean back, keep your hands in your pockets and your feet glued together.
    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.
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    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?
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    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.
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    Duh! Lean back, keep your hands in your pockets and your feet glued together.
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    Here is a diagram:
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    My personal favorite:

    Hunker down and make some cutbacks!

    I boiled my thermometer, and sure enough, this spot, which purported to be two thousand feet higher than the locality of the hotel, turned out to be nine thousand feet LOWER. Thus the fact was clearly demonstrated that, ABOVE A CERTAIN POINT, THE HIGHER A POINT SEEMS TO BE, THE LOWER IT ACTUALLY IS. Our ascent itself was a great achievement, but this contribution to science was an inconceivably greater matter.

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