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Topic: The 2010 winter clamis its first victim.....
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12O8
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posted 02-09-2010 09:24 AM
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Hey brudda, 44 degrees is steep as shit! and that thing looks tight! I'd be in it but my heart'd be pumpin Way to kill it - launchin rocks on the way down.... SICK!And the shot into the trees.... looks like double overhead or better to me And threading the runout through the trees??? YIKES!! Thanks so much for postin up the shots! COol you checked out the new gear! There's so much good stuff out there! It's such a good time to be active and alive! Keep chargin, stay safe, stay alive  EDIT:
Just looked at that last photo again. Sick brudda.... Very sick.....
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posted 02-10-2010 08:56 AM
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u the man 1208! i guess the only difference in recent years is having someone to ride with that challenges you. Riding solo is OK but riding with someone as good or better is the way to go. Gotta find someone to ride with, u moving out? It was close to 10-12ft where I landed. Pretty soft landing. I think another 3-5' would have put it from fun size to challenging. At least now a days in my mid 30's I didn't even realize some of the steeps mammoth has. There is some off the charts stuff. I'm not sure how I never made my way over to that side of the mountain. Guess it's cause I was boarding and the peeps I rode with back in the day didn't like that part of the mountain. Kiwi Flats is no joke (star chute in this pic).... Philippes is actually a cliff launch at the end into the star chute but this pic looks late in the season and it's filled in. Saw a guy launch a solid 12-15' out of Philippes into Star chute this weekend as I was at the base looking up. \
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posted 02-10-2010 03:45 PM
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1208, check this line this guy takes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpE1z_Z9LuQ sounds like you guys kicked up a few levels on bumps. That guy has it right, the lines shift mid run and adjusting mid stream separates the avg from the guys ripping it.
Luckily I skied killington the most of all my time back east, the place is pretty much 1 big mogul field. Hands down some of the best bump skiers I've ever seen. And a lot of times you'll see them in packs of 8-10 absolutely destroying Outer Limits. You could easily get 30+ guys destroying the bumps at 1 time in the spring. 10-15 of those guys can be world class caliber. Every year they have a bump off and usually everyone works the same line days or even weeks before the competition. Sometimes they can be as perfect as bumps get with so many guys pointing the skis downhill instead of the people that traverse the trail, that's what ruins the bumps and makes ya need to jump lines. If bumps are something you guys are concentrating on then I would head to Killington for a weekend. You'll meet a lot of people that rip and you'll have the bumps of any size on any steepness of slope you're looking for
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posted 02-10-2010 07:13 PM
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Wow Bob, I'd be honored to know a guy that has the nads to do stuff like that. It's so beyond me and I realize it more and more. I know I come off as confident on these forums but I truly do realize I'm middle rung on the totem pole on the mountain. I realize what some of these guys can do and it amazes me. Guys like the dude you know are usually underground names while the Bodie Millers are household names. Hats off to the underground guys that aren't household names. Even if they are big names, hats off to the free riders like that. Terje has blasted some insane stuff on a board, mad respect. Keep jumping those cat tracks Boberto. But stay safe! I've busted an ACL and left ankle (ligaments not bones) on a few occasions. Once on a kicker at Stowe VT and once doing helicopters off a small jump, ironically at Stowe. 4+ weeks on crutches each time and out of sports for much longer. Your friend has paid some serious injuries, I hope to avoid. Must be fun living in the mountains and hanging with some of those nuts!
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posted 02-12-2010 09:34 AM
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Uhhhh, very, very sick..... Hands sweatting... uncomfortable feeling in my stomach..... chills.... eeeesh...Saw some xgames guys launching some pretty nuts stuff at Bob's MT. a couple years back - one 50 footer, one smaller one with a cliff below.... "I know I come off as confident on these forums but I truly do realize I'm middle rung on the totem pole on the mountain. I realize what some of these guys can do and it amazes me. " Some of that stuff... I consider those pilots among the best in the world... I've got no business sharing their skies  I've got a couple titanium rebuilds myself -pushing the limits in the wrong conditions.. I think I've learned to walk away when conditions aren't right - just can't force the issue unless you're willing to risk years of rehab or possibly death. I try to keep it in the "fun" realm  Heard Killington can have some sick bump runs - Haven't really caught it good there. Canyons is where we go for bumps! To date, consistently the best bump runs we've found anywhere!  EDIT: Quotes: "A man's go to know his limitations" Clint Eastwood - Dirth Harry and "Dyin' aint much of a livin' boy." Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josie Wales
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posted 02-16-2010 02:13 PM
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LOL, ouch!I take two approaches 1) if the slope angle is mellow, I'll go like a bumper - knees locked together, running the troughs - fast. 2) steep runs, I stay out of the troughs and turn on the tops and or backsides of the bumps (still staying in the fallline)- reduces the punishment by 75% at least - maybe 90% Running troughs for 5 hours..... you'd have to bury me right there at the bottom of the run  I can't wait to go skiing again
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