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Does Anybody still love to Rip Bumps?
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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.
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no way skiing perfect cat made lines gets boring and shit all looks the same its way cooler to be able to make your own line down a field of moguls that don't have great lines where you have to really focus and be good at skiing to know what your doing. moguls are definitely still really cool mogul comps just got gay cause everyone has to look the same skiing the same line with the form that the judges think is right and that shits not freestyle.
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ahh ya my fav! it snows like 5" then it gets skied in and it snows the next night like with another foot or so! (if lucky)
who dosent like to bounce of some good soft bumps!!
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Shredding soft (boob like) bumps makes my day.
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yeah, like... bags of sand...
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i love to rip them but the ones at my mountain blow there like 4 feet high but there is 2 mougoul spots 1 is about 800 ft long on a black diamond slope the other is like 250 feet long on a green circle i can rip the 250 ft long one in like 10 secongs its sooo fun and thers a jump at the end
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mmm.. duels is were its at
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why'd i think this thread was talking about blow?
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gotta love slush bumps in the east in the spring
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Bumps are the shit. just rooftop the fuck out of them.
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yeah, theres nothing quite like rpping through spring bumps and having your legs on fire when your halfway done...
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Basically, out here all the blacks and dub blacks are covered in bumps, so if you love steeps, you have to enjoy bumps, too.
Bumps are kinda hit or miss, though, to me.
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the solid ice ones here in new york are especially fun.
but seriously the one time i was out west we got 6" every night which wasnt really enough to call a "powder day" and there were a few prime bump runs on which i saw like 3 other people. bumps out west are amazing
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