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Why do so many people hate powder?

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ganja_enthusiast
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i love it. i ski powder when it snows. i ski park when theres no powder. as simple as that. have no idea why people dont ike it on ns
Feb 10 2011 11:48PM
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MN_Nice
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 56
I want to rip up powder so bad. And I think the best way, if not the only way, to watch it is in POV. Puts it in to proportion so much better and makes it that much more gnarlier.
Feb 11 2011 5:10PM
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theWIZARD
Posts: 935 - Karma: 76
Kinda true :( A good pow day at the mountsin i ride is about a foot and everyone goes nuts. I like to ride pow, but pow days are so rare that a lot of us just ride park cause the rest of the mountain is ice.
Feb 11 2011 5:16PM
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tall_t
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 15
pa/va skiing sucks
Feb 11 2011 6:49PM
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dom_daq
Posts: 371 - Karma: 440
I have to say that skiing powder gets really boring really fast. I'd rather have a perfect blue bird park day than powder, but I do live in New York sooo...
Feb 11 2011 6:54PM
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BrownBomber
Posts: 675 - Karma: 446

The only reason any skiier would hate powder is cause they dont truely know how to ski.

such as kids who only ski for the park, which is chill i guess, but its kinda gay to only be good at one thing, versatility is the way to go.

Feb 11 2011 7:09PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,658
this.

but i couldn't tell if if i loved skiing powder on a big mountain with fat skis. widest skis i've ever had were 93 mm underfoot and the most powder i've shredded is about a foot, if that. my mountain is 700 feet vertical.

fuck the east.
Feb 11 2011 7:13PM
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panojibber
Posts: 3382 - Karma: 216
The straight up truth is.... Powder sucks. Its probably a better idea to leave it untouched. Some crazy people like to ski it, but I just don't think its worth the time.

Remember kids, if you see pow.... DO NOT touch it. You'll fall and die.
Feb 11 2011 7:13PM
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-ROY-
Posts: 3633 - Karma: 1,503
never touched this magical snow in my life? is it fun? i hear it sucks
Feb 11 2011 7:14PM
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Blindsurfer
Posts: 2252 - Karma: 2,785
i personally pick park over powder each time, but if im getting pissed about something, sure ill go do a couple pow runs to chill out. theres absolutely nothing wrong with powder, i love it but park is just better. thats probably what all these people really mean when they hate on pow. they just like park better.
Feb 11 2011 7:25PM
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SickNameHere
Posts: 113 - Karma: 14
Why do so many Trolls hate powder?*
Feb 11 2011 9:27PM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
this
Feb 11 2011 10:23PM
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PON3
Posts: 3817 - Karma: 783
am i in the lord of the rings right now? cuz there are TROLLS every where
Feb 11 2011 10:32PM
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Keith.
Posts: 967 - Karma: 88
lol.. My mountain is about 250 feet and barely ever gets snow :)
Feb 11 2011 10:46PM
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broto
Posts: 9039 - Karma: 25,658
you've got it worse for sure, but i've only got 2 chairs.
Feb 11 2011 11:01PM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
GRAMMAR POLICE
Feb 11 2011 11:04PM
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AndrewGravesSV
Posts: 3067 - Karma: 14,904
lololololololololololololololololol
Feb 11 2011 11:40PM
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SeanTom
Posts: 7936 - Karma: 1,747
There's never any powder on the east coast. or my mountain that is. and when there is it's a few times a season. and the trails are too sloped to ski it enjoyably
Feb 12 2011 12:06AM
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MN_Nice
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 56
Sorry for maybe misspelling a word that doesn't exist.
Feb 12 2011 2:28AM
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NW_Rider
Posts: 2580 - Karma: 314
You mean not enough slope? Steep rhymes with deep for a reason.
Feb 12 2011 2:39AM
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Thenowhereman42
Posts: 5682 - Karma: 65
People just don't like watching it in movies sometimes, no one actually hates it unless they suck at skiing. I don't really like watching it that much in movies, I prefer park or big mountain. But I'd take pow over anything actually skiing.
Feb 12 2011 2:54AM
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Sallabillz
Posts: 1289 - Karma: 762
who ever doesnt like to ski powder is bitch made
powder skiing is the most legit
Feb 12 2011 4:02AM
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SeanTom
Posts: 7936 - Karma: 1,747
this is what i meant. it usually ends up just being a few seconds of actually skiing powder only to spend the next half an hour getting out of it.
Feb 12 2011 10:20AM
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Blindsurfer
Posts: 2252 - Karma: 2,785
this
Feb 16 2011 6:27PM
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613.
Posts: 827 - Karma: 164
ive never been powder skiing but ive always wanted to looks sick.
Feb 16 2011 6:28PM
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infuser
Posts: 1220 - Karma: 241
Jack- John made a thread bout this last week check my sig haha
Feb 16 2011 6:30PM
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ASkierNamedJaymz
Posts: 1209 - Karma: 339
This is truth, i feel like there is a nonexistant argument going down right now.  There is no conflict between park and pow, everyone just do what you want.
Feb 16 2011 8:23PM
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SweatyBallShack
Posts: 2857 - Karma: 58
There's days where I'm skiing powder and not lovin it all that much, but I live in NC so that's only on days where the "powder" is almost too heavy to try to ski in. However, my favorite day of skiing in my life was this one time where we got really dry, boot cuff/knee deep pow. so much fun.
Feb 16 2011 8:26PM
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Z-Juice
Posts: 3151 - Karma: 1,504
*facepalm*
Feb 16 2011 8:31PM
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melbs
Posts: 415 - Karma: 77
Pow is the shit, people just complain cause they have no idea how to ski in it
Feb 16 2011 9:54PM
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crazy_karl
Posts: 772 - Karma: 4,914
The real question is Why can't MORE people hate powder?

Feb 16 2011 9:59PM
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.frenchy
Posts: 18212 - Karma: 12,257
Connecticut has no powpow usually.. So it's all about the park.
Feb 16 2011 10:03PM
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SweatyBallShack
Posts: 2857 - Karma: 58
well it's there, but it's so icy that you can't break through the surface. hah
Feb 16 2011 10:08PM
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gypsytown
Posts: 538 - Karma: 12
at my mountain the only place to get any actual powder is if you literally drop off the side of a trial into the woods after a snowstorm, and at my mountain if you get caught doing that they take your pass. this being said i do that shit every chance i get, probably one of the most amazing things ever so relaxing and peaceful, feels like your flyin between the trees, and thats only on the 2ft (at most) that i've ridden here in upstate new york, any one who says they don't enjoy it has either never tried it or is just straight retarded,
Feb 16 2011 10:17PM
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rachie.b
Posts: 183 - Karma: 380
Pahaha. Will!! We got absolutely no damn snow this year.
Feb 16 2011 10:17PM
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Bi-ShredinalGuy
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 321
whoever desnt like powder is fucking high
Feb 17 2011 12:15AM
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