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Whats the coldest you have ever ripped in a Comp
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so yeah im interested in what was about the coldest weather you guys have ever ripped in
a comp.
me it was a halfpipe comp at -44 in quebec canada
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All of our comps back in Indiana/Ohio were at night, and when I think about it they were normally freezing. But really cold there is like 20.
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-44! holy fuck thats cold, well i dont compete but the coldest i've skied in was -35 with wind chill up at whistler, and the chiar stalled for 20 mins, the glaciar chair, sooooooooo cold
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i skied in -45 with windchill and i was really cold.
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waiting at the top of the mogul run at the snowsearch in killy was fuckin freezing. i was number 166. took a long ass time. soooo cold.
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US Open Qualifying last year @ Copper it was like -30 Farenheit i couldnt grab cuz i couldnt feel my fucking fingers. pretty legit
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ive skied in -20 but not in a comp. dang that it so cold. you are crazy. I cant imagine doing a comp when its that cold.
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- 38 without windchill. My friend got frostbite in one run. At stoneham for canadian series last year.Â
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i was at a mogul comp in winter park when it was maybe -15, it was brutal.
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i think farenheit or celcius needs to be established in here...
and pretty warm really, i've never been a comp where it was really cold...
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At sugarloaf last year it was around -20 with windchill and we couldnt take our second run becuase it was so wondy the chairlift wasnt runnign anymore
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yup... me too, qualifiers for girls after the sun went down.. i had on thermals, 3 pairs of sweat pants and insulated ski pants...... still ridiculously freeezing
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hahaha, i feel your pain. i love that mountain though.
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took about 2 runs winter 05/06 at whiteface... -33 without wintchill
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one day in a slope comp i was just about to go for my second run and the lift stopped and i sat there for like half an hour in -6. i was so fuckin freezing. by the time i got down there all the lifts were closed and shit. so lame.
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Skied in like -15 F w/out windchill, at night, it was cold but i didnt really mind it then.
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-6 isnt very cold at all...
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siver cartel young gun open at Mt. Avila it was like -40 with the wind chillÂ
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yes, this is what i was gonna say that shit fuckin cooolllld. and i was standing still on the big table spectating not competing so i froze my balls off.
also one day last year i got stuck on the chair at owls head in similar temps and got frostbite on my face. had to rock t.heed tshirt over face steeze for awhile after that one
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- 37 wind chill factor Verbier Ride world tour Big mountain Qualifer teh wind was soo strong it was kicking up soo much snow i couldnt see anything... and the judges couldnt see the skiers, my muscles were convulsing soo bad before my run that i hadto hit myself in the theigh really hard to get my legs too move, not a good day ended up droping a 30 foot cliff to ice and my legs jsut ave way i ate shit...hahaha
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about a -30 wind chill.... but if all of your skin is covered its not super bad
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not comp but working at stratton was -40 a few seasons ago, it was only open till mid mountain cause of the cold!
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