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Does Anybody still love to Rip Bumps?

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BC-Steeze
Posts: 72 - Karma: 16
Hey Guys,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but It seems like a lot of the "newschool movement" (which I am not intending to rip on in any way as I'm sure I'm equally a part of it) has kinda been hinting towards bumps being lame, old news ect.., is this true? I noticed in an issue of Freeskier a few months ago in an interview, the interviewer asked the skier (I forget who), "would you ever be caught dead skiing a zipper line through bumps?", and I though "hey, if you can, who WOULDN'T be caught skiing a clean, fast zipper line down a sick bump run?" I guess times are a changin' though, I don't see many kids my ago ( early 20's) focusing on really rippin' bumps and getting real comfortable in tights trees, ect... I dunno maybe I just haven't been skiing with the right people, but it seems like every time I am hitting a gnarly bump line at A-Basin or Breck or Vail most of the guys I see are twice my age. Don't get me wrong I love the park too, buy is there a place in freeskiing for new-school skiers with old school skillz? :)
Interesting in hearing responses,
Peace,
Phil.
Oct 12 2006 10:15PM
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windhamskibum
Posts: 1193 - Karma: 16
word, i love ripping the bumps, but it is becoming a diminishing trade. its either bc, park, or race now a days. w/evs it leaves more bumps for us
Oct 12 2006 10:19PM
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thefilmerguy
Posts: 2847 - Karma: 55
it was tim russell and id deff rip line through the bumps everynow and then
Oct 12 2006 10:21PM
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garettnorthey
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 173
I actually like the bumps and don't get me wrong either I still like park But bumps are just something different.
Oct 12 2006 10:34PM
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Searles2sels
Posts: 57 - Karma: 10
i ski bumps every day i ski. if there's good snow i'll hit up the bowls (patrol chute, copper, for example), but i'll ski as many lines as I can. When I teach, I generally teach my kids not only how to rip bumps, but also general bump etiquette, etc. (i teach 4-7 yo.s at okemo). but i live to ski bumps.
Oct 12 2006 10:55PM
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skientrepreneur
Posts: 358 - Karma: 19
I think it's a dying art, especially in the midwest, where I'm from. Most places don't even have them. Some places try to build them with a groomer, they make them 8 feet wide and 3 feet tall and they wonder why nobody is skiing them!

The fact that I can ski them sure makes my trips out west better. I can't imagine how long it must take these midwest park rats to get down a black bump run out west. They must skip 30% of the resort terrain out west!

One of the greatest ski experiences I had was ripping a bump line out west after it had filled in with powder! That and ripping a bump line in the slush in the spring, having the snow just explode off you.

Whatever makes you happy I guess!
Oct 12 2006 11:10PM
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_remix_
Posts: 422 - Karma: 10
love them.
Oct 12 2006 11:14PM
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AppSkier
Posts: 4797 - Karma: 86
I would ride bumps every day if i had the chance to. My home mountain doesnt have any.
Oct 12 2006 11:16PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Check out the new Meathead film. A full seggy devoted to shredding bumps.
Oct 12 2006 11:19PM
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Badfish2
Posts: 3453 - Karma: 21
too much fun...
Oct 12 2006 11:23PM
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mrb
Posts: 575 - Karma: 16
its all about bumps when they're good, and nothing beats nice trees, it is becoming a lost art though
Oct 12 2006 11:26PM
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skithebert
Posts: 2163 - Karma: 16
Skiing bumps on a powder day is a crime against nature. but bumps on slushy spring days are fun as hell
Oct 12 2006 11:27PM
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timoski
Posts: 3036 - Karma: 45
bumps are fun now and then, but are usually just a means to an end (the lift). if you've resorted to skiing bumps you're either 1) from teh EC and takigna park break/are bored 2) can't find any leftover pow 3) haven't had a storm in a while

only 1 and 3 are forgivable
Oct 13 2006 12:39AM
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ZavierV
Posts: 5077 - Karma: 100
Bumps hurt my knees.
Oct 13 2006 1:12AM
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Dakoulas
Posts: 2894 - Karma: 40
They are fun until your body starts to hurt.
Oct 13 2006 3:20AM
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mad_540_trix
Posts: 2452 - Karma: 14
i have to agree with both of your points.  when powder's around i go looking for open bowls, steep tree runs, and cliff drops... definitely not bumps.  i do, however, enjoy the occasional bump run.  on the other hand, you'll find me in the park long before you find me in the bumps on days with no powder.
Oct 13 2006 3:29AM
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00Snowball
Posts: 163 - Karma: 10
Well if you ski at winter park (me) u should be shot if you don't ski bumps daily.
Oct 13 2006 3:57AM
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skifiend
Posts: 2063 - Karma: 13
makes you a better skier
Oct 13 2006 7:33AM
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wilkesyachtingco
Posts: 4425 - Karma: 41
with the trend of skis going bigger and wider, bumps will get more and more left out. Im a really big guy, and so my two pairs of skis are some first gen pistols and last years maidens... obviously not what you would call bump skiis... but the bumps are still a good time for sure.
Oct 13 2006 12:37PM
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fcskier27
Posts: 736 - Karma: 11
i love the bumps. especially when you stick to your line and rip it apart. you just feel like the mother fuckin man at the end
Oct 13 2006 1:24PM
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thegrizz
Posts: 22 - Karma: 10
radio ron!
Oct 13 2006 1:33PM
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word929
Posts: 199 - Karma: 9
I have a pair of rossi mogul skis that i'll sell for cheap to any of you mogul barons.
Oct 13 2006 1:42PM
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skiermw
Posts: 1297 - Karma: 30
i like park more, but of course i like bumps who doesnt they are so fun, especially when they are built up nice for a comp with the jumps and you hit em before the comp thats the best time to hit em
Oct 13 2006 2:22PM
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4ReeL_
Posts: 3187 - Karma: 1,563
i love rippin bumps
Oct 13 2006 2:23PM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22671 - Karma: 75,832
Racing is my guilty pleasure.... and carving like crazy. 

Bumps were always just too... bumpy... I dunno.   I never found it smooth.

Most likely I just sucked at it.
Oct 13 2006 2:29PM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
yea i suck pretty hardcore at bumps...but really i havent skied them much but i want to
Oct 13 2006 2:33PM
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MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
bumps are super fun. i couldn't stand them for the longest time (because i couldn't ski them correctly), then one day it just clicked and i could do it fine. it's an awesome feeling ripping a huge bump line right under the lift.
Oct 13 2006 2:53PM
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JaphyRyder
Posts: 1766 - Karma: 113
bumps are sick especially in the east every few runs so the park doesnt get boring
Oct 13 2006 3:12PM
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Roy
Posts: 1982 - Karma: 1,240
I used to rock bumps alot, but I dont like them anymore not because there "not cool" anymore but I dont see the point of ducking into a bump feild and wrecking my knees all in the name of riding the hill much slower. I rather cook down the hill and catch some air or rip pow. BUt thats just me.
Oct 13 2006 4:04PM
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Freeskier22
Posts: 991 - Karma: 19
any skiing is cool man.  if thats what you like to do, (and i do too) that what you should be doin.  i think it takes a  really good skier to be able to ski bumps good and fast. (myself not included :)
Oct 13 2006 4:11PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,537
bumps are sweet as long as theres an even line threw other wise its all out of rythum and gay
Oct 13 2006 7:23PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
i suck at bumps
Oct 13 2006 7:25PM
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Xyanthlite
Posts: 47 - Karma: 10
wurd, im 17 and got my csia lvl 2 last yr, bumps and trees are awsome, most ppl just cant, or have never had the opertunity to try or get proper instruction.
Oct 13 2006 8:13PM
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leone
Posts: 2663 - Karma: 1,121
meatheads know what's up
Oct 13 2006 8:30PM
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Aenigma
Posts: 11256 - Karma: 424
The people who criticize bump skiers and say "mogalz r gay" are the people who have no clue how to get down a good zipper line. But to answer your question, I still occasionally ride a pair of these: Click for larger image
Oct 13 2006 8:49PM
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PhilBenjamin
Posts: 346 - Karma: 10
Haha, do em once in a while. (on my 185 ARVs). They're good for the legs.
Oct 13 2006 10:06PM
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cofreeskier
Posts: 3189 - Karma: 15
I love to ski bumps its so much fun to just tear up a mogul run. But, I enjoy bc/pow/cliffs kind of stuff better than both park and moguls.
Oct 13 2006 10:39PM
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Dakoulas
Posts: 2894 - Karma: 40
You just gotta go over shit and create your own rythm.
Oct 13 2006 10:42PM
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d_moore_20
Posts: 108 - Karma: 10
I love bumps at first they scared me when I was younger but then my dad took me to the top of a run and said pick ur line and go for it and then he left so I learned quickly to like em.
Oct 13 2006 10:51PM
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CalShralpGirl
Posts: 449 - Karma: 12
I love to rip the bumps...so much fun.
Oct 13 2006 11:04PM
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kingarthurs
Posts: 1126 - Karma: 10
ive competed for the past two years, but i had to quite this year because it destroyed my knees. but i still love bumps, its just that when you get to a certain point in mogul skiing, its almost 100 percent guaranteed that your knees will sustain some sort of injury, so i stick to other stuff now adays
Oct 13 2006 11:06PM
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7X
Posts: 2999 - Karma: 365
ive competed for the last 6 years but i suck so now im giving up to just be a soul mogul skier. yeah! cant wait
Oct 13 2006 11:08PM
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thejackal1177
Posts: 3434 - Karma: 2,724
THE HAMMER!
Oct 13 2006 11:18PM
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blkmskier
Posts: 112 - Karma: 11
Hell yeah! there's not much of a better feeling then knockin out a line of bumps and then looking back up at what you've just done.
Oct 13 2006 11:31PM
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billy092
Posts: 1202 - Karma: 12
yeah, half the people that ski park cant ski nething else and really arent that great skiers, i could get flamed for this but hey. Skiing trees and bumps and the occasional boring groomer and just getting some nice lines in realy help your skiing, actual skiing down a hill without worrying about rails, jumps, QP's etc. Coming from a racing backround me and my friends really like to ski the trees and little EC powder we get over skiing the park, we still love the park but bumps and trees win. Just my 2 cents
Oct 14 2006 1:28PM
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UrbanRider
Posts: 265 - Karma: 10
agreed

or they never groom them out and they become beasts and suck to ski in

but soft pow bumps are sweet
Oct 14 2006 2:22PM
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montageskier
Posts: 4725 - Karma: 126
I ski pretty much 50% park,25% bumps, 25% all mtn.
Oct 14 2006 2:35PM
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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
i wont say its not amazingly difficult to rip a nice line through bumps, cuz i cant do it, because i have never even looked at moguls as anything other than an obstacle to going fast.
my deal is that i fucked my knees up from being a shitty skater, so at this point i dont care to make that situation worse. plus i never skied moguls when i was younger, so I definitely didnt pick it up when i started skiing again a few years ago.
Oct 14 2006 6:33PM
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Squaris
Posts: 111 - Karma: 10
agreed with mrb, Moguls are where its at when its nice, There is nothing better in skiing than ripping bumps in the spring when its soft and you can go as fast as you want.!!!
Oct 14 2006 7:30PM
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ECski
Posts: 976 - Karma: 13
Born from ice
Oct 14 2006 8:15PM
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SIX-SOLDIERS
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ive never hit bumps :\
Oct 14 2006 8:15PM
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