I SKIED POWDER FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY

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THREAD TOTALLY NEEDED.

Flew out to Colorado last saturday, last day I'm here loveland gets 8 inches or something, did laps through the tress on a lot of untouched snow all day. Maybe you saw me? I was on rented JJs, gray coat, gray helmet, black pants, trying to use edges and falling in deep snow while trying to pretend I was as good as Pollard. Video from the go pro on my brother's head to possibly come soon (in the videos section). But holy shit pow in trees is fun. And now I get to go back to jersey to ski park...

Dropped my first real cliff too, it was only like 10 feet max into powder but it was fun. No video of that though.

COOLEST FUCKING STORY YOU'VE EVER HEARD.

inb4 cool story, o rly, chads gap jokes, blob fish, interior crocodile alligator ect...

Jan 27 2012 9:36PM

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LDV

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I'm furthest from an expert in dropping cliffs, but they are oh so fun. :)

Glad you got to experience how awesome the West is man!

Jan 27 2012 9:38PM

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Bill.Nye

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I remember when I lost my virginity

Jan 27 2012 9:38PM

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Boooshank

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Aint it it the shit!!

I hit my first powder yesterday. So much damm fun trying. I suck at it.

Jan 27 2012 9:39PM

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rareison

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cool story

o rly

CHAD'S GAP

Jan 27 2012 9:40PM

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^ hahaha

I CAN ATTEST TO THE TRUTH OF THIS STATEMENT, I WAS THERE. AND HAVE LULZ GO PRO FOOTY. also i used some 185 nordica raditcs, really fun.

Jan 27 2012 9:43PM

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Enstrut

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I have yet to ski any good pow :(

Jan 27 2012 9:44PM

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rareison

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I skied legit pow one day of my life.

Jan 27 2012 9:46PM

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bleevus

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pow is fun

Jan 27 2012 9:52PM

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james6345789

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Lucky, I want to ski pow so bad. I never have!

Jan 27 2012 9:55PM

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Ski_Alot

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yeah, its a different world out there, i remember when i first went out to snowbird and skied my first western pow, so different from anything in the east...

Jan 27 2012 10:00PM

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smuggs

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glad u had fun, take all the other tourists back with you. thanks!

Jan 27 2012 10:10PM

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Wow, I feel bad for you guys on the east. I'm spoiled.

Jan 27 2012 10:12PM

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SketchyMike

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this, i love my pow and i love my cliffs

Jan 27 2012 10:20PM

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DERS.

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i truly feel sorrry for anyone who has never skied powder before. park sucks dick in comparison...

Jan 27 2012 10:38PM

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BlakeG

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IMO this is true

Jan 27 2012 10:54PM

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Willgum

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forget your opinion, its true. I've never met a park skier who hates powder, but there's always that one racer who can't stand it

Jan 27 2012 10:59PM

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Jesus christ you're making me excited... Gratz sir, I will be skiing pow for my first time mid march, and I can't fucking wait.

Jan 27 2012 11:02PM

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fuck the east

Jan 27 2012 11:04PM

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washparkdub

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too bad you didnt get to experience real tree skiing. As loveland's tree runs are something to be desired.

Jan 27 2012 11:12PM

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washparkdub

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.... ignore that last part.

Jan 27 2012 11:13PM

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Fuck the prairies.

Jan 27 2012 11:16PM

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Clark_Griswold

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seriously this. I freak out if i go 2 weeks without hitting pow..poor ice coast residents :'( you're truly missing out on one of the greatest things about skiing

Jan 27 2012 11:18PM

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maxwell666

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lol, sometimes I wonder what life would be like growing up somewhere else.

It would have sucked.

glad I live on the right side.

Jan 27 2012 11:21PM

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crab_pretzel

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congratulations. i have never skied powder in my life

Jan 27 2012 11:33PM

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esotericjive

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Going to CO for a week in Feb. Extremely excited, never really skied pow except for like 10 inches one time in NH.

Jan 27 2012 11:47PM

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"OMG I SKIED POW FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY IM SO BAD ASS KARMA KARMA KARMA NOM NOM NOM NOM" is all i hear. If there was a post for every time everyone else skied pow, this website would be flooded. quit being a claiming little bastard and get over yourself.

Jan 28 2012 12:01AM

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squibble

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pow is sex

Jan 28 2012 12:15AM

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CheddarJack

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I was gunna go to Colorado this February with my dad an brother for the first time but I tore the meniscus in my knee and now I can't go :( I have yet to ski real powder. Fuck the ice coast.

Jan 28 2012 12:33AM

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zoidberg skied in CO for a week without an ACL and he didn't even know.

Jan 28 2012 12:37AM

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Shut up. I've seen your posts. You just hate on everyone for no reason. Screw you asshole

Jan 28 2012 12:53AM

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Spinoza

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who is this kid?

Jan 28 2012 12:59AM

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Spinoza

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congrats OP. must be pretty happy.
question: how old are you?

Jan 28 2012 12:59AM

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Lol, your mad bro.

Jan 28 2012 1:06AM

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What kind of a noob hasnt skiied powder?

Jan 28 2012 1:16AM

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19.

and the kind of n00bs that live in the lower east coast.

Jan 28 2012 1:21AM

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Just like someone else said, I've only skied pow a couple times, and it was east coast pow to make it worse.

Although, at this point in our winter, I wouldn't care what type of snow we got. As long as it's white and fluffy and I can slide down it on my skis I would be happy. We've just been getting rain here all year. It sucks.

We got about 7 inches of snow a couple weeks ago (most snow so far this year, and it's all melted now anyways) but literally I would be skiing down a trail at my home mountain, and if I saw an opening into the woods I just threw myself off the trail and skied through thick, thick trees. My bases were hitting rocks and one ski got caught on a rock and flung me off my skis into a tree. Which sucked but, I honestly did'nt even care though because that right there, was probably the most fun I've ever had skiing. I loved every second of it. I didn't want it to end and I stayed until my mountain closed... At night. I was skiing through thick trees, holding an LED flashlight with my mouth skiing on about 7 inches of snow. It was dumb, but literally I wouldn't trade that moment for anything else in the world.
It was "I ski for Sarah day" too, so I skied my damn hardest for her. I will every day from now on too.

Jan 28 2012 1:24AM

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Haha I know exactly how you feel. The first time I skied (well, I was on a snowboard) pow, it was fucking epic. You never want to ski anything else again.

Jan 28 2012 1:24AM

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first run i was laughing the whole way down. now i get to go back to creek, where i'd imagine it rained recently.

and for those who don' see whats going on, i'm the OP's brother.

Jan 28 2012 1:25AM

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That's pretty awesome man. The first time you hit real pow it puts the bug in ya and your always trying to recapture that feeling. The first time I hit decent pow was The first season I worked at Killy. All the guys I worked with knew I never had. The first real dump we got that season was about 20" one night. We were almost done our night shift when the foreman called me into the office. He asked if I had my skis and I did because I usually skied right after work. We jumped on a snowmobile and he dropped me off at the top. It was about 30 mins before the lifts opened. It was just me and nearly 2 feet of untracked fluffy pow. Pretty rare for the east coast as its mostly wet cement. That shit was epic and I'll never forget it. Put the bug in me for sure. Park is fun and ya ski on what ya got but I go outta my way for pow. It's like floating on a cloud in a dream. Haha. Anyway that's nice you had a good day man. Vibes.

Jan 28 2012 10:30AM

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I dont know what all the rest of the east coasters bitch about but just come to jay! I have had three pow days already this season.

Jan 28 2012 10:42AM

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.Ian.

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Not to threadjack or anything, but how is the snow up there right now? I'm down in Mass and we just got rain, so I was just wondering if you guys got rain up there too, or snow?

Jan 28 2012 10:47AM

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rareison

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Dawwww brother love

Jan 28 2012 10:47AM

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Thanks for sharing man, congrats on your first real pow day, and I wish you many, many more!

Be careful though, it's addicting...

In your honor here's a snapshot from a deep day I had last week over here in Austria.

Jan 28 2012 11:52AM

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I too skied western powder for the first time in my life yesterday. I went to vail on thrus, the back bowls were really really rutted up, with a crust on top of 10 inches. So it made for a very challenging day.
Yesterday I went to beaver creek, and had the best day of skiing in my entire life. Beaver creeks website only says they got 5 inches,. That couldnt be furthur from the truth. I skied knee and chest deep untracked powder all day long. It was the most amazing day I have ever had skiing.

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