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Who on NS appreciates ski racing?

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1990
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 54
Let's see how much my Karma will drop:

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That is me by the way.
Feb 24 2010 8:43AM
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Apresbang
Posts: 618 - Karma: 276
Damn!
Mar 1 2010 11:49AM
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Che~
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 296
nice pic man, i raced for 6 years
this year i got a job at my hill as a race coach, its a fun job and it pays the bills for all my freeskiing stuff.
Mar 1 2010 1:18PM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
racing is dope
ive done if for about 9 years with a 2 year break in there.
you can't deny it, racing makes you a better skier

Mar 1 2010 9:53PM
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special-J
Posts: 1572 - Karma: 4,477
I would probably have a much better outlook on ski racing if the racer kids at 7 springs weren't such brats, or weren't nearly as oblivious as they are doing whatever thay want thinking they own the mountain. It also gets annoying when people think freeskiing takes no skill or talent. I just say that you could take any racer to the park and chances are that they probably could only sidejump, but take almost any freeskier to a course and they could ski it perfectly fine. All in all though, I definitely respect racing.
Mar 1 2010 11:48PM
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panojibber
Posts: 3382 - Karma: 216
You have obviously never been on a racecourse hahaha.
Mar 1 2010 11:50PM
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Mykel
Posts: 1560 - Karma: 84
I respect racing. Some of them are amazing skiers. I don't have a lot of love for focusing your energy so much on one aspect of skiing though. Guys like Bode and Darren to me are great skiers because they can kill it all over the mountain. I would love to see Jon succeed in racing too.

I had friends in racing, I ran a few courses with them. To me skiing was about fun, and what I saw them involved in was not a fun environment. I never saw smiles on the faces of the kids in the race program. On the contrast, one of my closest ski buddies is the head coach at my old mountain's freestyle team. I rode with him and the kids a few times, all over the mountain. They never stopped enjoying yourself.

I know I sound like an idealist saying skiing is all about having fun, and I'm sure a lot of racers genuinely enjoy racing. But for me its always been about skiing all over the mountain, all the terrains, to fully appreciate skiing and not burn out. /end ramble
Mar 2 2010 12:21AM
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Mike.Steezze
Posts: 407 - Karma: 17
You may respect racing but clearly have no clue how difficult it really is to be good at it. It takes lots of work like freeskiing and a lot of discipline.
Mar 2 2010 1:58PM
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Craze
Posts: 1132 - Karma: 423
+K to OP
Mar 2 2010 2:21PM
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Che~
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 296
look what you are saying
while you are ranting about racers thinking freeskiing is easy, you are claiming that racing is easy.
just a little hypocritical
Mar 2 2010 4:55PM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,500
Click for larger image this is me about 3 years ago.
Mar 2 2010 5:09PM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,500
forgot to say i raced for 13 years since i was 5
Mar 2 2010 5:11PM
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.Roockley.
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 4,001
i like racing, 'cept the 7 year old kids who do it that think they are the shit and get cocky when i'm a lifty
Mar 2 2010 5:13PM
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