Becoming a True Samurai

[Shredeagle]

Ok. Sometimes you see that skier. The guy doing the crazy lines with crazy aggression. Stomping 40 footers into nuclear runouts. What is the last step to becoming the true Samurai. The skier we all dreamed of being? The guy you never worry about stomping it because you think he’s got it and he knows he has it. What is the last step to becoming a true virtuoso?

I’ve taken my technical skills as far as I can go and I know I’ll never take the last step. But I will always wonder what I’m missing here. Why I can’t let my mind go on that huge straight line. I know I have the skills but the fear holds me back.

This is Shane Cottom at Bridger Bowl. Marcus Goguen or Markus Eder on the tour. One in a million.

You can be an idiot and just send it but how about the guys that execute the seemingly crazy lines with precision and confidence every time. What sets them apart.

That level of achievement is what makes this a worthy lifelong pursuit and while I’ll never get there I don’t see the passion ever dimming. Like becoming a Samurai or a Jedi Knight. How did people train themselves for the penultimate step?




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[mcski]

PM Rontele

[Rideski]

The passion does change, fortunately. A very wise young woman told me that in my 20's and of course I didn't not believe at the time.

Genetics are part of it imho. Some of us are just built different to stomp 40 feet into a nuclear runout. That was never one of my gifts unfortunately. I still have fun out there though.

[m2711c]

Have you tried Hare Krishna?

[twat]

A true ski ninja wears black.
So get your self black full tilts. Remove the prints with acetone.
black gore tex pants and jacket from TNF. Color the label with black sharpie to make it less visible.
Black smith goggles with black lenses. Clear lenses for storm days.
Black beanie.

Spray paint your Favorit ski black.
Black bindings ofcorse.

Buy black skins and a black backpack.
Poles = black
Gloves = black

Read the book hagakure by

Yamamoto Tsunetomo




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[XXX-er]

Black is a slimming color so your ass will look less fat

[Viva]

BANZAI, motherfuckers!

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[coldfeet]

Ninjas wore black so they could sneak around in the dark. An amateur ski ninja wears all black. But a true pro ski ninja wears all white.

I know you all are saying skeptically, "But, I've never seen a pro ski ninja!" That's the point.

[XXX-er]

And you need them ski boots with the division between the big toe and the rest of them

[coldfeet]

Also, I know there is a big difference between samurai and ninjas, so you may have to make choices.

I wanted to clarify that, because we just got the forum back and it would be a shame if it got shut down again for cultural insensitivity.

[Shredeagle]

Haha. I guess this is what I get for getting drunk and watching Last Samurai and then posting right after the last battle scene when they all run into machine gun fire.

What I thought might be an interesting discussion was just how the top skiers get to the level they are at mentally and what type of mental training they do.


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[stuckathuntermtn]

Squats

[summit]

Shinjuku bukkake death from above... you are drown

[byates1]

It is the only way

[PB]

If the Last Samurai is your muse, then obviously the first thing you must do is get your hands soon a gatling gun.

[XXX-er]

Dont you have to at least be Japanese ?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4

[halliday]

Most big line skiers grew up racing so they had a higher level of training outside of just getting high and sending off whatever. Hoji, Davenport, Nobis, Coombs, they all raced. The flip side of this is there are naturally gifted people who can just send it. Id say the bulk of people making money skiing big lines are trained on some level. Maybe get somebody to coach you through the rest? I thought I was the baddest skier until I reluctently went to Grey Rocks in Quebec twenty five years ago with my wife for a week of vacation/ski school. I didnt know what to make of it at first but my group's coach, a guy named Mike Vallon, worked out the bugs in my system and made me a better skier. I raced when I was young and had plenty of coaches but this guy drove the nail home. Im a better skier for having Mike Vallon as a coach for a week.

[twat]

Okay, we have cleared what to wear.Either all white or all black.
Now it is time to change the diet to get closer to your target becoming a true samurai/ninja!

Rice 3 x a day
Yes: breakfast, lunch and dinner
7 days a week

It goona be a sidedish or main
People think wearing the right outfit is enough but diet is important too.

Also snacks gonna be rice or ricecrackers.

You think this a small detail but you be surprised how much it will influence you!

You asked! We will teach you! Follow the TGR samurai transformation tutorial!





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[highangle]

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[byates1]

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[Djongo Unchained]

Samurai are Warriors.

Shogun is their Master.

[Stikki]

First off use the buddy system, no more flying solo. Second off, learn to discipline your image. Last off, learn about self respect.