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How long did it take you to get to boss hog status

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BUTTMONKEY
Posts: 105 - Karma: 14

I'm not talking about 70 yard gap triple corky 1860 stale-fish grabs.  But in general how long did it take you to do some sweet big boy rails with switch ups ,or maybe some nice little 360s off normal sized jumps to where you actually could do all the basic jazz like a boss?

Sep 2 2011 11:04PM
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Dan.P
Posts: 1351 - Karma: 12
I've always had boss hog status
Sep 2 2011 11:37PM
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BUTTMONKEY
Posts: 105 - Karma: 14
K fedin outta the womb
Sep 2 2011 11:43PM
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BUTTMONKEY
Posts: 105 - Karma: 14
But seriously, how long did it take to get teh freestyle basics down
Sep 2 2011 11:54PM
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PartyHon
Posts: 2019 - Karma: 425
it depends on how bad you want to get a trick down/get better, and how much you commit.
Sep 2 2011 11:59PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
Posts: 11986 - Karma: 12,239
10 years
Sep 2 2011 11:59PM
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.R-Lohin
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 117
This.

1 season went from sliding boxes straight, and only being able to barley land 180s of medium jumps, To spinning 540s and flipping fronts off large jumps, and sliding kinked handrails with some 27's off... Cant wait for next season. :) Just send it. I used to be a huge pussy then I man'd up and didnt care to fall. It all paid off in the end.
Sep 3 2011 12:56AM
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jamodeo
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 663
skiing isn't about what you have done but, what you can do and to do takes many a moon. it's different for everyone
Sep 3 2011 1:23AM
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LeadThug420
Posts: 869 - Karma: 26
I can 360 easily on most jumps, but I'm not even close to switching up on the "bigboy" rails.  This took me 14 years.
Sep 3 2011 10:03AM
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JibbaTheHutt
Posts: 2132 - Karma: 1,597
surely depends how much you ski(and how hard you push yourself when you are skiing) i only get to ski 7-12 days a year(on snow)so i can't progress as much as somebody who skis 60 days a year can, that being said in those 12 days i skied this season i went from 180s on small jumps to being comfortable doing 5s off 25-30ft jumps, and sliding basic boxes and rails, to doing most easy and medium rials and boxes with 270s in and 270s out and switch ups....
Sep 3 2011 10:19AM
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ScuffDUFF
Posts: 2027 - Karma: 143
Did my first 360 after 16 years of shred. Learned shit pretty quick after that.
Sep 3 2011 4:22PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i had kids 360 on their first week, i have a friend who did his first dub cork within his first real season

and on the other side i know alot of people who have been skiing their entire life without ever having done a 360 or a rail/box ...

so not really a consequent relation between the two....

i'd say it has more to do with overcoming your fear/previous experience in similar sports and last but not least, motivation and dedication to what you do/want to accomplish....

i did my first 180 after 8y of skiing and after that it all blasted off, between my first real box/rail slides and doing switch ups on them was 1 year or maybe 2 ...
Sep 3 2011 4:32PM
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YoungJah
Posts: 1106 - Karma: 66
I had the boss hog status, when i prematurely popped out of the test tube.
Sep 3 2011 4:39PM
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Lil_Crit
Posts: 79 - Karma: 13
These gentlemen taught me the way
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Sep 3 2011 5:11PM
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Lil_Crit
Posts: 79 - Karma: 13
FUCK
Sep 3 2011 5:12PM
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ThaLorax
Posts: 21061 - Karma: 8,366
I'm a boss hog on the mountain, not so much in the park. took me since I could walk to get my current status, so that would be about 21 years.
Sep 4 2011 3:41AM
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Karma_Police
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 1,628
I don't think being able to switch up on a rail/360 makes you a boss hog. Maybe on the east coast where you don't have big mountains. But out here west you can for sure see who the bosses are hauling ass down the hill and airing 15+ 20 feet on small rollers where you wouldn't know were there unless you skied multiple times at that mountain a week. To me that makes you look a lot more boss than some park rat, but to each their own.
Sep 4 2011 11:05AM
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Buzz_Lightyear
Posts: 247 - Karma: 19
about 3 seasons and im still tryin to perfect some of that stuff
Sep 4 2011 12:10PM
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.spaghetticat.
Posts: 4283 - Karma: 890
1st year of competion for me
2nd year of park
i can misty 5
rodeo 5
540
for some reason i cant normal 7 or do anything switch
Sep 4 2011 12:14PM
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Dvacc20
Posts: 344 - Karma: 19
come on now not everyone lives in west coast ski paradise.
Sep 4 2011 12:45PM
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MacNsteaze
Posts: 366 - Karma: 310
i started doing park like 7 years ago or so, when i first started i liked to huck shit and could do 7's on decent sized jumps without any style and haha, but i didnt give a fuck it was fun

side note anyone else love watching old videos of themselves riding? makes me smile and laugh everytime
Sep 4 2011 12:56PM
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J.DUKE
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 38
i had all four 3s , 270 on/off after one season
Sep 4 2011 1:00PM
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SEABURN
Posts: 4859 - Karma: 2,751
CLAM CLAIM CLAIM CLAIM CLAIM
Sep 4 2011 1:05PM
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penguin_steeze
Posts: 2311 - Karma: 241
started skiing: age 11

first 360: age 13

switch up: age 13 or 14

first invert: age 15



Sep 4 2011 2:17PM
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ChuckTesta
Posts: 960 - Karma: 258
this
Sep 4 2011 2:54PM
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kingskier
Posts: 1045 - Karma: 11
yeah mate i was like same as you and pretty similar at the end of last season. jus wanna keep progressing!
Sep 4 2011 4:36PM
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dispatchQ_main
Posts: 2619 - Karma: 629
This was my first year skiing

1st day : 360/540

took have a season to learn how to ski and carve properly and get super style.

by the end of this season- 7's, misty 7, rodeo5, flatspin 5, back/front, cork 7, right 5, and a bunch of grab variations except mute. Cannot mute worth shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.


Helped that i played hockey all my life before this year. Kinda the same motions.

But yah just dedicate time to learning how to ski and makes park sooo much easier to learn.

Rails are just time and effort to get better.
Sep 4 2011 5:03PM
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Milksteak
Posts: 9948 - Karma: 842
I learned rails reallllly fast. The first rail I hit this season was the mellow dfd at Killington pre-season. I was able to fs swap that by the end of my first day. I learned how to do the natural half of all eight by the end of the year. I learned 450 out front side. I can't spin off jumps for shit though....I don't understand how to do it. I try to do a 360 and end up doing this.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=2240045402975&set=t.692671941&type=2&theater
Sep 4 2011 5:15PM
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HamFaceGirl
Posts: 5242 - Karma: 2,679
I learned a 360 the second year of park skiing, and switch ups and more rail tricks the third year
Sep 4 2011 6:18PM
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DIX~
Posts: 4695 - Karma: 6,502
lol /claim
Sep 4 2011 9:57PM
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asissle
Posts: 161 - Karma: 104
I started skiing park last year but i was fortunate to have friends that did so i got a lot of help from them. I found the most improvement came from my backyard on jumps and just a piece of PVC built up a little on snow. I learned 180's and 360's sketchy at home and then fine tuned them at the Mountain. So hopefully ill be at boss hog by the end of the year.
Sep 4 2011 11:39PM
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Jahrassicpark
Posts: 2075 - Karma: 38
It's always a work in progress for me
Sep 5 2011 1:07AM
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.R-Lohin
Posts: 1686 - Karma: 117
It's hard to stop once you start getting so good!
Sep 5 2011 6:02AM
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nickyp
Posts: 5673 - Karma: 215
A while. When I first started skiing, there was only 1 other skier at my hill, so I had no one to learn from, and no one to push me. I spent a year or so straight sliding a flat-box. Once I got the first front 2 out, and first flat bar, I improved exponentially.
Sep 5 2011 9:42AM
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HolySchimmel
Posts: 1601 - Karma: 1,297
started off riding boxes straight this beginning last season, now I go for the bigger jumps, 360 +180 over the smaller ones and learning to hit rails. Also did my first backflip ;)
Sep 5 2011 10:11AM
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AWALLRUS.
Posts: 5762 - Karma: 223
PROBABLY DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY THE PARK. SOME PEOPLE SKI EVERY DAY AND JUST HIT CLIFFS AND SHIT.

IVE BEEN SKIING SINCE I WAS 3, THEN WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 I STARTED WANDERING INTO THE PARK AND HITTING JUMPS/BOXES AND STUFF. THEN WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13 I DECIDED I WANTED TO SKI PARK. IVE NEVER LOOKED BACK
Sep 5 2011 11:30AM
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Karma_Police
Posts: 2655 - Karma: 1,628
A- stop yelling

B- I agree, I'm only in the park if I the BC sucks or the resort is shitty.
Sep 6 2011 12:54PM
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JStrathern
Posts: 8747 - Karma: 1,536
It took me a while to get where I am which is no means very far. However I don't really care because I have fun either way.
Sep 6 2011 12:57PM
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KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
i agree....even on the east coast there are solid mountains that you can get good speed and have a lot of fun on up north. Finally someone who agrees tho, its not all about the fucking park. Iv seen so many skiers at stratton who are pretty solid in the park who cant ski for shit outside it. Boss hog on the entire mountain > Boss hog in the park
Sep 6 2011 1:00PM
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BUTTMONKEY
Posts: 105 - Karma: 14
Didn't work friend, I wanted to see you bail :)
Sep 11 2011 11:26PM
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