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So much respect for pipe skiers

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WakeBakeFapNap
Posts: 258 - Karma: 28

i made a trip to whistler last week and reliezed i should hit the pipe since my home mountain doesnt have one, i start off on the mini pipe (11 ft) stoked and ready to drop in i come down into the pipe i get 3/4 of the way up the wall, i keep working at it and eventally starting to get a little air

this was one the mini pipe too, i did not think think pipe was this difficult

i now have mass amounts of respect for pipe skiers for beeing able to go 23 feet in the air on a 22ft pipe

Mar 27 2011 1:09AM
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samsquamch
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Mar 27 2011 1:11AM
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ashamedkrew
Posts: 1194 - Karma: 424
i've had a similar experience, it just makes ya go holy crap thats nuts
Mar 27 2011 1:20AM
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WakeBakeFapNap
Posts: 258 - Karma: 28
yea it does
Mar 27 2011 3:28AM
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eheath
Posts: 61087 - Karma: 118,029
Standing at the dropin to PCs 22' pipe is scary. Definitely can't air more than 3 ft haha and thats only on the right wall.
Mar 27 2011 4:58AM
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kingskier
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yeh same i was in tignes last year jus after x and i was jus shittin myself
Mar 27 2011 6:39AM
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Sir.Steezealot
Posts: 1156 - Karma: 677
Pipes scare the fuck out of me I don't like the fact that im already sideways before I get out of the air cant stand it
Mar 27 2011 9:10AM
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OGHolliday
Posts: 2390 - Karma: 2,430
This. I can air out decently and do lame grabs but only on the right wall. The only place I can do tricks is on the very last hit where the pipe is about 8 feet.
Mar 27 2011 9:13AM
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Blurst
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I used to be alright in the pipe for my age but then I just stopped riding in it and now I can barely air out. I just hate how the walls are totally just ice.
Mar 27 2011 9:22AM
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Bawlz.
Posts: 109 - Karma: 16
pipes dont look that big when your just looking at them, but when your in them there monsterous
Mar 27 2011 12:24PM
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
the biggest pipe i can do anything in (540) is about 10-12 feet walls
Mar 27 2011 12:36PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
I fucking love pipe, just boosting a straight air is a blast. Riding a 22 foot pipe is more fun than any roller coaster I've taken.
Mar 27 2011 12:41PM
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justinstlaurent
Posts: 654 - Karma: 27
was in killington the weekend after dew, the pipe is the most intimidating block of ice ever. its nuts.
Mar 27 2011 12:45PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,545
PIpe is a lot of fun for me. It is a blast. I just hate when one wall is the perfect mix of ice and slush, so you can still boost, but its a nice fluffy feeling, and the other wall is sheer ice. Major buzzkill. But PC's pipe is a monster, but a slayable one
Mar 27 2011 12:55PM
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Powdered_Donuts
Posts: 2180 - Karma: 187
go away.
Mar 27 2011 1:05PM
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petrov
Posts: 144 - Karma: 105
I'm not into it, but the dudes that do it are insane.
Mar 27 2011 1:09PM
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friglesnart
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Tried pipe yesterday, didn't look to bad. Then I got in the pipe and almost crapped myself. It was pretty dang scary riding up walls of ice.
Mar 27 2011 1:25PM
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samsquamch
Posts: 342 - Karma: 96
but honestly pipes are fuckin scary, stonehams is definitely one of the gnarlier ones, barely any flat in between walls
Mar 27 2011 1:29PM
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crab_pretzel
Posts: 3919 - Karma: 622
i feel the same way. pros make it look so easy, but when i go into pipe at first it was weird getting air and landing again no upright. its just something you have to get used to
Mar 27 2011 3:38PM
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I.B
Posts: 8137 - Karma: 24,354
Northstars pipe is just ice.

but boreals is really nice. I just got 5's in pipe i'm pretty stoked. the hardest trick in pipe? Flat spins so hard!!
Mar 27 2011 3:47PM
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-GL-
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this every pipe ive ever been to is extremely icy
Mar 27 2011 3:54PM
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.Duncan.
Posts: 1375 - Karma: 459
i only hit pipe if its early and warm out.
Mar 27 2011 4:38PM
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tall_t
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 15
i look like a gaper in the pipe
Mar 27 2011 4:43PM
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Moo
Posts: 608 - Karma: 19
i used to love pipe! i tried a flat spin tho the beginning of this year tho, now i completely hate it! so much respect for pro pipe skiers!
Mar 27 2011 4:48PM
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shithawks
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Mar 27 2011 4:52PM
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Casey
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Its super sketchy if you don't have good skis for it either, last time I was messing around in the pipe with my pow skis and was like drifting down the wall as I was riding up it was the sketchiest shit ever.
Mar 27 2011 7:27PM
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Wesley.P
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airing out of the pipe is what i live for
Mar 27 2011 10:33PM
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WakeBakeFapNap
Posts: 258 - Karma: 28
respect
Mar 27 2011 10:38PM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
I love pipes. Sadly, there are no more pipes in Washington, so I haven't skied one in a few years.
Mar 27 2011 10:38PM
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mustardpimp
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Yeh it probably doesn't help that you are fat as fuck.
Mar 27 2011 11:16PM
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eheath
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OMG GOOD ONE!!! YOURE SUCH A JERK!!! GRRRR
Mar 27 2011 11:17PM
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Happy.
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Pipe is so damn scary, especially with shitty park skis that just slide around on the walls. Huge respect for anyone boosting 20+ feet out of em.
Mar 27 2011 11:18PM
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skiierman
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yeah man like totally! can you imagine this guy catching fly air out of the pipe!? Click for larger image
Mar 27 2011 11:19PM
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GayWolf420
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Its soo wide too. It makes it seem like its bigger. That pipe is boatloads of fun though.
Mar 27 2011 11:30PM
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skithesprings
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this, just in an 18 foot pipe in the spring.

mid winter pipes aren't my jam. once the walls get a little soft and my dull rail skis can edge i love just boostin.
Mar 28 2011 12:03AM
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blatt
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 3,097
Pipe's pretty fun once you get into it. Up to this year I've never really hit pipe but now I enjoy it. but I still gotta say park>pipe
Mar 28 2011 12:05AM
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hurrisun
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i learned the hard way that edges are essential when trying to boost out of super pipes

im pretty sure they are all sheer ice all the time
Mar 28 2011 12:08AM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
Pipe is so gnarly. I can air like 2 or 3 feet out, but only on the right wall. And absolutely no spinning or anything. I cant even imagine going 20 feet out and upside down. Or for that matter landing switch.
Mar 28 2011 12:25AM
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j.saaaarela
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 856
lol pipe is like the only thing I consider myself pretty good at. I definitely feel more comfortable in a pipe (I can spin a unnatural 5 and up to switch 7 in pipe, but it would be a great day if I did a switch 3 or a unnatural 1 on a tiny jump /claim), and there's hardly anyone in there. Spring pipes are the shit, nice and slooshy walls all day
Mar 28 2011 12:41AM
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RubberSoul
Posts: 11249 - Karma: 14,642
agreed, im pretty decenton jumps/rails and real shredding, but i look like a gaper in the pipe. it's hard/exhilarating for me to get a few feet above the lip
Mar 28 2011 12:52AM
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icon1234
Posts: 3081 - Karma: 1,475
Just skiing down the drop in area in brecks pipe in freeway made me shit my pants...
Mar 28 2011 2:57PM
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DGski
Posts: 3491 - Karma: 2,328
yeah pipe is super scary
Mar 28 2011 4:01PM
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erazzleski
Posts: 117 - Karma: 14
mad props to pipe skiers, I can't do shit in the pipe. I'll sit at the bottom and cheer them on tho!
Mar 28 2011 4:25PM
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aloha.
Posts: 412 - Karma: 163
I concur.
Mar 28 2011 4:28PM
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Goku
Posts: 8119 - Karma: 4,221
im done with pipe after last year, my hill has a 16ft and i was going for a back 5 on the right wall, flat footed the deck and fell in, my shoulder was dislocated for 6 hours and i still dont have full mobility
Mar 28 2011 4:40PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
yep. east coast pipes such dick. and they probably have some ice out west too... i only hit em i the spring when my skiis with practically no edge left can hold on the walls. and i can do little airs and small 360's on a good day lol

pipe is really hard and kinda easy to fuck up on. always had respect for pipe guys
Mar 28 2011 4:49PM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
It's the funnest thing ever though switch in mini pipes is especially cool it's just so fast i can only air 2 feet out since i've ski'd pipe like 6 times total love pipe
Mar 28 2011 4:51PM
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BenWhit
Posts: 4654 - Karma: 3,256
agreed. i just progressively go bigger and bigger until i shit my pants.

to the kid talking about killington's pipe, it is absolutely terrifying. you can't hold an edge at all, the thing is entirely ice and the walls are so close together.
Mar 28 2011 5:05PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072
I have absolutely no desire to learn pipe.  Mad respect to the people that do
Mar 28 2011 5:52PM
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WakeBakeFapNap
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one of the reasons im scared of pipe is the ice like holy shit my edges cant hold at all its retarded
Mar 28 2011 7:23PM
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