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Wierd Skiing Superstitions

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.j.Scrilla
Posts: 489 - Karma: 2,436

My ski socks have a L and and R on them, if i mix this up I have a bad time

If my ipod runs out before the end of the day = bad time

Mar 9 2012 9:28AM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7619 - Karma: 20,183
If I don't pee my name in the snow somewhere on the mountain I feel empty inside.
Mar 9 2012 9:35AM
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a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9210 - Karma: 5,357
DON'T CALL LAST RUN
Mar 9 2012 9:47AM
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JamesR
Posts: 3396 - Karma: -12
 I try to listen to this on the first run of every season:







More a tradition than a superstition.




Mar 9 2012 9:49AM
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Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
in the gate before every single race i go through the same routine of stomping my skis and readjusting my poles and fixing my helmet.
Mar 9 2012 9:57AM
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.Blake.
Posts: 1911 - Karma: 38
Can't stop to eat lunch. It makes me suck after
Mar 9 2012 9:59AM
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n_b
Posts: 580 - Karma: 68
this
Mar 9 2012 10:05AM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
last run

theres a panel above the stairs in my house that I always slap before I ever go skiing. Never missed a beat. 100% positive that if I don't I will get injured.
Mar 9 2012 10:09AM
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DaveOx
Posts: 303 - Karma: -11
So you go the whole day without food or you just bring food and eat as you ski?
Mar 9 2012 10:14AM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
oh yeah and when I ski at Stevens Pass I don't try anything new until after lunch, because I always suck before lunch.
Mar 9 2012 10:16AM
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skithedirt
Posts: 1759 - Karma: 382
Last run for sure
Mar 9 2012 10:16AM
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Relish_man
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 551
i think this is actually true because the same thing happens with trampolining: smooth pimp before lunch, dumbass trampgaper after.
Mar 9 2012 10:17AM
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Charlie_Kelly
Posts: 11953 - Karma: 12,294
Yeah whenever I'm done skiing I says "two more runs" with the Austin Powers quotations. Mountain is sooo dumb it can't even tell sarcasm...
Mar 9 2012 10:29AM
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Hugo_Reyes
Posts: 176 - Karma: 12
i just say 2 more runs minus 1
Mar 9 2012 10:33AM
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.j.Scrilla
Posts: 489 - Karma: 2,436

One of my jackets is reversable, if I wear it with the check print out it all goes to shit.

If a punter puts the chair lift bar down on my head, may as well go home that day

Mar 9 2012 10:40AM
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GNARZILLA
Posts: 172 - Karma: 132
Never call last run. Never talk while passing the silent rocks.
Mar 9 2012 11:29AM
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skifiend
Posts: 2063 - Karma: 13
i always put my left boot on first and take my left boot off first.
Mar 9 2012 11:30AM
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Casual.
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 28
Never
Mar 9 2012 11:30AM
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Casual.
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 28
I used to always abide by the rule of silent rock. But it has transferred to metal rock and we just blast music past
Mar 9 2012 11:33AM
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N.Skinner
Posts: 1512 - Karma: 19
Don't fuck with Silent Rock. It WILL get you. I speak from experience.
Mar 9 2012 11:37AM
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GNARZILLA
Posts: 172 - Karma: 132
mmmmmm i am not from oregon so I just do it when I go up with my buddy. He follows it, so I do too. I see you are from boring. Theres one hell of a strip club there. lol
Mar 9 2012 11:38AM
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SacZiplock
Posts: 2405 - Karma: 513
If i dont wear jiberish i suck
Mar 9 2012 11:40AM
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TNORTS
Posts: 2076 - Karma: 2,753
I have to wear the same pair of socks always. I wash them but I just feel weird when Im wearing different socks.
Mar 9 2012 11:43AM
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Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
if i don't pee my name in the snow somewhere on the mountain I feel full inside...
Mar 9 2012 11:46AM
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Cotter
Posts: 2546 - Karma: 850
at school, /threads for later
Mar 9 2012 11:57AM
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tbayjibber
Posts: 326 - Karma: 62
When I was racing it was always double pole tap before putting them over the wand... ALWAYS
Mar 9 2012 12:00PM
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TNORTS
Posts: 2076 - Karma: 2,753
lol exactly what I was thinking
Mar 9 2012 12:07PM
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k-fred
Posts: 5363 - Karma: 1,598
always eat a banana before skiing and never ever stop to eat.
Mar 9 2012 12:07PM
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.Blake.
Posts: 1911 - Karma: 38
Eat little snacks throughout the day, maybe granola or something like that.
Mar 9 2012 12:25PM
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easy.steezy
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What're silent rocks?  I've never heard of this haha
Mar 9 2012 12:42PM
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hokkanee
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 435
On the highway on the way up to MT hood
Mar 9 2012 12:49PM
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steezenskis
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ive got a lucky rock that i ski with. some guy in utah gave it too me and told me i cant hurt myself with it. its stupid, but i always keep it in my pocket
Mar 9 2012 12:50PM
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LittleFoot
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 57
Same except I never ever stop eating the banana. I shred with it all day long in my hand taking little nibbles at a time
Mar 9 2012 12:52PM
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Spinoza
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Lol superstitions. You are all passive and irrational!
Mar 9 2012 12:56PM
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k-fred
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haha it's the oppsite with me, I always try to eat it in like 2 bite
Mar 9 2012 1:20PM
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GNARZILLA
Posts: 172 - Karma: 132
Silent Rocks:
http://www.yobeat.com/2011/07/14/the-legend-of-silent-rock/
http://www.thebuzzabout.com/BuzzLA/contributors/246-keep-it-quiet-
Mar 9 2012 1:25PM
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562056961108
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I like giving pounds when I'm filming, if I don't i feel weird. every drop.

Also, 2nd to last run, skip the last. never call last run (duh)

Stretch before every first run. have to
Mar 9 2012 1:25PM
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VD.
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SAME
Mar 9 2012 1:26PM
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rankstank
Posts: 1033 - Karma: 223
two minus
Mar 9 2012 1:37PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542
There are songs I must never listen to when skiing or it's 100% sure i'll eat shit during the run.
Mar 9 2012 1:44PM
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stoned_sorcerer
Posts: 659 - Karma: 72
I know its all stupid but i always put my right sock, boot and ski on before the left one (no, i dont put my right boot and ski on and then start putting the left sock on.)
My ski designs are different, so i have a left and a right ski, if i mix them i usually fail on rails (might have something to do with slightly differently tuned edges tho).
Mar 9 2012 1:46PM
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Benj.
Posts: 568 - Karma: 269
i used to always put the same ski on the left and the same ski on the right but then i realized that my front ski edges were destroyed so i dont do it anymore...
Mar 9 2012 1:55PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
never call last run
only try new trick when not nervous. i fall no matter what if im nervous
re-adjust right pole before left
click in right ski before left
Mar 9 2012 2:02PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
nervous is inevitable though. If you're standing up at the top of the run-in for a jump preparing for your first flip you're going to be nervous. It's about confidence and overcoming the nervousness and just fucking sending it.
Mar 9 2012 2:37PM
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SteveStepp
Posts: 9529 - Karma: 20,646
When I cheer for my homies and clack my poles together, i have to have an even amount of pole clicks for left over right and right over left....


Mar 9 2012 2:40PM
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TheTristanator
Posts: 1015 - Karma: 819
word
Mar 9 2012 2:45PM
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smithers
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this is the worst everytime ive called it ive eaten shit
Mar 9 2012 2:50PM
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dmc12380
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Back in the day when I went to Windells like 8 years ago my buddy would purposely talk through Silent Rock. He'd be like "what.. why's every so quiet" really loud and just have conversations with himself trying to hold in the laughter at the same time. Some drivers didnt really care but there was this one superstitious driver who freaked. He couldn't believe he talked thru it, and on purpose. He face looked as if the world was coming to an end. He was like despising my friend the rest of the ride, thinking he was a some king of curse. Telling all of us how it was a mistake or something being friends with my friend. It was ridiculous .

Funny thing is my friend broke his arm the next day, ahaha.
And I got stitches in my knee from bmxing after coming down from the mountain and talking through Silent Rock the day before.
Mar 9 2012 2:51PM
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*spike*
Posts: 538 - Karma: 65
right boot first! always!
Mar 9 2012 3:30PM
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ShredAZ
Posts: 1054 - Karma: 641
So much this.
NEVER have a last run.
Mar 9 2012 3:31PM
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griffaah
Posts: 163 - Karma: -13
on a box, snacking
Mar 9 2012 4:03PM
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