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Why do people lap the park..

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corona
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when it's a pow day???

I seriously don't get it. This is the 3rd east coast pow day this year and possibly the best snow we've had in years (snowing when it's -10 is rare here) and I'm seeing at least half a dozen people just lapping the park all day. The park isn't going anywhere, you can do that absolutely every other day. Why wouldn't you go get some turns in the pow??? Getting run after run of turns in amazing pow and not touching bottom is a once a year event here.

Mind boggling. The only thing I can think of is that they just don't know how to ski anything but park.
Feb 8 2013 8:27PM
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myllhouse
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if all they have is park skis, and if the hill is fairly flat then pow will suck balls. pow with park skis is generally only fun on steeper terrain when you can use the extra momentum to turn. skiing pow with pow skis (120mm underfoot or more) on the other hand is easy as fuck.

and by pow I mean a FOOT OR MORE of snow
Feb 9 2013 6:15AM
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Mr.Sloth
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Why not both?
Feb 9 2013 8:09AM
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Crankset
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Just think, for every rat you see in the park, that's one extra fresh pow stash for the rest of us :)
Feb 9 2013 12:15PM
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CashmereCat
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I don't have this problem. My hill doesn't have powder
Feb 9 2013 12:58PM
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BlackCupid
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Maybe they like skiing park more?
Feb 9 2013 1:17PM
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bakedpow
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feeling a little feisty eh?

just saying i dont have the opportunity to choose between pow and park. although it would never be a competition...
Feb 9 2013 1:57PM
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LemmiwinksVT
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You are just the coolest.
Feb 9 2013 2:09PM
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MACK.
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people used to ski pow on 213 cm racing skis that were as wide as a tooth pick dont complain
Feb 9 2013 3:51PM
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grams.
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Why does it bother you so much if it just means more fresh turns for you?
Feb 9 2013 4:12PM
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llambert
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At sundown our park doesn't have a pass and is a black diamond, there were lots of small jumps and I didn't hit a single rail so I was in the park but I wasn't, I took some other trails too
Feb 9 2013 9:24PM
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BWalmer
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See, I'm fine with that...I'm actually fine with people attempting to hit rails (I don't quite get it...but I'm fine with it)...what I don't like is when people expect there to be park with 3 feet of fresh...shits buried, shovels won't get it out, try again another day.
Feb 9 2013 9:32PM
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theabortionator
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Maybe they enjoy it. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Feb 9 2013 10:10PM
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SFB
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but jumping in the park and hitting rails is easier on your acl?
Feb 9 2013 10:38PM
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