Hiking the park?

SteezeMonkey1 · 2010-09-28 20:11:56

How many people actually hike the park everytime they hit something? Or do you just hit the park and then take the lift back up?

Balto

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hiking is alot of work for my fat ass

Sep 28 2010 8:15PM

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Milksteak

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Depends. If there's a feature that I really want to get a trick on I will sometimes hike until I get the trick. if there's not a lot of people taking laps of course. Because it's kind of annoying when you're trying to take hot laps and there's just a bunch of people crowded around a down rail fuckin with your flow. Real talk

Sep 28 2010 8:16PM

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Chubz.

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my hill is reallly small but the parks are freaking huge(meaning that one park takes up two complete trails) so i usually take the lift up(about a 3 minute ride) for the bigger park.. and i hike the small jib park :)

Sep 28 2010 8:17PM

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ski2sky.

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all depends on the lift lines for me

Sep 28 2010 8:17PM

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mmallender.

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depends how im feeling, if i want to learn something new, ill hike, otherwise ill just lap the chair. also it depends how busy the chairlift is

Sep 28 2010 8:19PM

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SteezeMonkey1

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Newb

for real it gets tiring

Sep 28 2010 8:21PM

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dispatchQ_main

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Jumps / Everyday riding = Chair

1 rail / new trick = Lap

I really only jump tho..

Sep 28 2010 8:22PM

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i hike 1 rail at a time or 1 jump at a time but not multiple features, just take the rope tow unless if there i sa lin of gapers

Sep 28 2010 8:22PM

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AWALLRUS.

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I hike all the time cause im too cheap for a lift ticket

Sep 28 2010 8:30PM

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Rope tows!

Sep 28 2010 8:32PM

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Bonobo

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Ridiculous

normal season jumps- lap
when I really want to get a trick down on a rail - hike
late/post season rail jams - hike

Sep 28 2010 8:33PM

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Elmo.

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early season i hike all the time for rails. then comes mid december and i lap and i hike about half and half. depending on lines. then peak season i usually lap but it gets crowded so ill hike a flat box at the most crowded times cuz flat boxes r always fun. then late season/ spring i lap 95% of the time just cuz its fun that way hit jumps hit rails soft snow laughs on the chair. its always a good time

Sep 28 2010 8:36PM

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i do the complete opposite, i take laps early season and hike in the spring

Sep 28 2010 8:41PM

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chardi

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exactly this.

Sep 28 2010 8:47PM

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hiking is always a lot of fun when im focusing on a certain trick or playing s.k.a.t.e..but theres nothing better then lapping park for hours

Sep 28 2010 8:50PM

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same for me

Sep 28 2010 8:51PM

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yes

Sep 28 2010 9:13PM

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my home park is so small and the chair is so slow that hiking is easily 5mins faster so I hike... a lot

Sep 28 2010 9:15PM

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it depends on how much people their is in line for the chair and how badly i want to learn the trick..

Sep 28 2010 9:19PM

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.Max.

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Like every day at sugarbush?... It's still good to hike a rail if you really want to get a trick down. Jumps I refuse to hike.

Sep 28 2010 9:22PM

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Mostly depends on lift lines. I like hiking though because it keeps you concentrated on the trick and you get so stoke when you land it after so many tries. Once landed afterbang it all the way to lift.

Sep 28 2010 9:22PM

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hellomynameisjef

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any normal weekend at SR - hot laps all day, maybe hike a really fun feature before it gets bombed out

holidays - hike your fucking ass off or wait in a 30 minute lift line.

Sep 28 2010 9:26PM

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Milksteak

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All those kids hiked everyday at bush. I did too...but I had the common courtesy of getting out of the way when someone is trying to lap the park.

Sep 28 2010 9:29PM

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i usually dont take off my skis when hiking rails, i just side step or something

Sep 28 2010 9:29PM

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BootySpunk.

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Why hike when I have a chairlift to hang out on?

Sep 28 2010 9:32PM

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TOAST.

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Depends on lift line.

Sep 28 2010 9:34PM

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Blurst

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Seeing as the lift I take only services the park, I do that.

Sep 28 2010 9:36PM

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i hike when the lines are long, or if i want to keep hitting a feature or two and learn alot of tricks on it

Sep 28 2010 9:37PM

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oh yes there is

Sep 28 2010 9:38PM

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well you might end up doing too much chilling, thats not chill, i want to ski more, so i say about 70% of the time i take the lift

Sep 28 2010 9:42PM

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BootySpunk.

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I just ride the chairlift up and down the hill...

Sep 28 2010 9:45PM

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bob_ham

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weird thread??

Hot laps ftw

Sep 28 2010 9:53PM

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ted.d

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i'll hike rails, but not jumps, just too far to hike

Sep 28 2010 9:58PM

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Shlogan

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hiking in our park sucks because its too steep a run for a park anyway. but i enjoy hiking the features that are on the flatter spot or the wall ride at the bottom is a blast to session. last day of last year i hiked a super wide flat down box for a few hours after it closed with like 20 kids, a filmer, and lots o drank and that was better than any hot laps i had done all year. but for everyday skiing i usually want to hike and get something on lock but usual just take the chair or go ski natural shit.

Sep 28 2010 9:59PM

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mix it up. depends on the vibe. if im really working on something on rails i will hike a bit. but mostly hot laps to keep the flow going. best park ive ever hot lapped was the second public park at timberline this summer. such great laps...

Sep 28 2010 10:00PM

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I like to start a day off with hot laps then switch over to hiking/learning new tricks once lunch time comes...

Sep 28 2010 10:01PM

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Broseph_Stalin

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ah i see

Sep 28 2010 10:03PM

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ill hike a rail anytime but unless im filming with some people i will never hike a jump

Sep 28 2010 10:22PM

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thelizards

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midwest rope tows ftw baby

Sep 28 2010 10:26PM

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Yeah prolly hike 50/50 but our park is mad small with the slowest lift ever.

Sep 28 2010 10:40PM

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down flat rail at sugarbush. every. saturday.

Sep 28 2010 10:45PM

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Unless I'm really flowing with the park run I usually hike.

Sep 28 2010 10:47PM

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c4t_l0ver

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this.

Sep 28 2010 10:47PM

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Shlogan

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oh forgot to mention,early season the only boxes set up are on the side of one of the beginner runs. on the other side of a few trees is the most beginner run, so just dip through the trees and ride the magic carpet up switch or work on the butters, then at the top dip back into the side of the run with the boxes. its like hiking cept funner but the same distance. ahhh need snow

Sep 28 2010 10:47PM

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rozboon

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My 'local' hill has a reasonably quick and quite short quad chair right by the park so I just lap that. Since it's short people generally don't ski the trails around it very much so there's hardly ever a queue.

Sep 28 2010 11:49PM

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