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erica
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12 years ago
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.Rybak.
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It looked like you came down right on your face.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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Hosted a PVC rail jam and tossed my first 450 on to a gap rail. Will try to get it on video tomorrow.
11 years ago
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MEDSKI.
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Really stepped up my rail game this weekend at Afton, got front up pretz kfed, blind up front 4, front up pretz 4, and blind up continuing kfed! Also tried 360 switchups on a dfd and died pretty hard but oh well...
11 years ago
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ChristianMingle
Posts: 629 - Karma: 1,202
Won a contest a while back on trolls fb page so me and my buddy got free tickets, went out today and learned handrails with true urban on and final landed some 3's after trying them all season. Good day
11 years ago
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Easy-E
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can finally 540, for the longest time i havent been able to get past a 180, now i broke that habit i have no problem
11 years ago
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BNik
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This weather is dope. Trollhaugen has been so much fun as well. Tomorrow night is the 2nd shift rail jam at troll and party. Come out! Lift tickets 15$ 6pm-3am, tons of snow and rails.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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I saw a boarder nearly die going for a double cork off super at hyland last night. He took it straight to the back. Gnarliest crash I've seen all year.
11 years ago
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Kretzschmar
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learned grab (high safety i guess) on rails yesterday. pretty hyped because i typically look stupid on rails but that looked a lot better on film. finally getting my style to look better
11 years ago
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YouAllSuck
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Hitting up Jibbing the LZ at Afton today. Anyone else going to be out there? I will probably be wearing a snow camo ignant.
11 years ago
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.Hugo.
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Skied my last day of the season on thursday. Ready for summer now
11 years ago
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.Rybak.
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why was it the last day of your season?
11 years ago
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.Hugo.
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Was last day of my trip in colorado and I don't feel like bringing my skis back up to school. Especially because I don't even know if the hill there will be open next weekend. Also it's really hard to go from skiing out west to a 190ft vertical hill, especially when the park setup there has been the same all year
11 years ago
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MEDSKI.
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I know The End is Gnar is going down today, but I'll be at Afton if anyone wants to come shred
11 years ago
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.Hugo.
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Park will be closed for a comp and it's spring fling so its gonna be packed as shit. Unless you wanna compete or water skip i'd stay away from afton today
11 years ago
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.Rybak.
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I want to go skiing today but it will be like china town and gaperville became one at spirit. No thank you i will wait until tomorrow.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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Took my yearly trip to lutsen and they aren't really the best jump builders........

Here's a jump where they forgot to build a landing.
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Not sure what this is.
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but nobody goes to Lutsen for their park, it was kind of fun to take a break and just cruise down a long hill for once. snow was pretty crusty (a week of 40 followed by -24) but still fun!
11 years ago
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YouAllSuck
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Last time I was at lutsen was 2 years ago and I remember the jumps being decent. but what the fuck are those.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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their park used to be a lot better. there was a nice floaty step over jump about 3 years ago i think. maybe it's the law of averages- other northern minnesota places are getting much better (giants ridge) so someone has to go down.....
11 years ago
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Heart
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Yikes. They don't groom the parks much either so features tend to be rock solid. I was up there for three days in late December and I don't think they even groomed the rail/box features.

Anyone have estimations on how late the season is going to go this year? I won't be back in Minnesota till April 18th and I'm fiending for some skiing.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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Lutsen is guaranteeing skiing until 4/20, not joking. Looks like you're in some luck! But really hoping for some late season storms like last year though...
11 years ago
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APunx176
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Ate shit on a rail hard yesterday. It was probably the most pathetic rail attempt I have ever seen. Here, look!

11 years ago
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FuckAllOfYou
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1. That rail looks absolutely godforsaken and tetnus harboring
2. Get more speed, commit to the spin and commit to the slide! Committing is the most important (and hardest) part for beginners (at least for me). That rail wasn't helping matters, though.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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I was hitting my PVC flat tube rail this afternoon because Hyland closed. Was pretty much seeing what was possible when I'm desperate and not afraid of getting hurt at all. Managed to get a front 3 swap on it, far from clean but countable haha
11 years ago
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APunx176
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Lol that's literally the best rail at coffee mill and it's bent to shit. I'm getting a pass at mt. La crosse next year instead.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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Front change to bfed on a 10ft rail. I'm going to try to get a triple change on it today, possibly even add a blind 2 to that. This is spring skiing.
11 years ago
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APunx176
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I'll be going back to coffee mill on Sunday for what will probably be its last day open. I'm gonna try to get footage of me grinding that rail. I got beef with it!
11 years ago
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Lick
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idk about that.. mt. lacrosse isn't the greatest either. I have ridden there for like 6 years but at least you'll meet some nice people, and the rails will be better than coffee mill for sure! I am going to be in rochester for college next year so i won't be there often but there's some people that you could ski with if you needed
11 years ago
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MEDSKI.
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Assuming Afton is open over spring break, who's down to shred? 40+ degrees over the weekend for slushy fun
11 years ago
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APunx176
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I didn't get to do the rail this week because the jump got carved on and it iced over so you'd just catch whenever you tried. Also, I didn't film a 360 because the big jump was practically broken (not enough speed, no lip, no pop), but I did get a new grab. I think it's a critical? I'll post a video.

Also, I talked to the guy at coffee mill and he said that the person in charge of the park this year just left without putting up most of the features, so that's why it was worse than usual. I'll also be helping out with building the jumps and rails for next year! I might even be designing the whole park, and there could be a new run put in with park features on it too.


11 years ago
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.Hugo.
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Yup thats a critical.

And thats dope! Riding a park that you designed and built is such an awesome feeling. Even if all the features you have to work with are sub-par it makes it so much more fun!
11 years ago
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APunx176
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Yeaph i know right? I'm so pumped! Especially since I was one of the very first people to find out that the owner wanted to make another park run, and the first park built on the run will be built be me :D
11 years ago
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John18_6
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95 percent sure that 4bi9, Level 1, (and possibly Stept) are in Minneapolis/St. Paul shooting urban right now. I know for sure that 4bi9 has been here (a friend of mine ran into their crew at a Leann Chins), also I was scoping out a rail and found a lip they made as well as a lands end beanie. I'm really stoked to see all their new movies!
11 years ago
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.Hugo.
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4bi9 is in MN right now. Well at least Steve stepp and mcchesney for sure are.

There are crews here every year, its pretty fucking awesome. The year that wallisch did a 450
onto harding dub kink, my friend was the one that cut the lock on the gate he closed haha
11 years ago
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John18_6
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That's so tight! My friend said they had around 7-10 guys, he's a snowboarder and he only recognized Steve stepp haha but he said he thought one of the guys was wallisch.
11 years ago
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Heart
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So sick. It's always awesome recognizing spots in big name movies.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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Although I'd like to see more virgin spots in movies (it's a pet peeve of mine when I see a spot everyone has hit before), I've been sending a few out to some crew members that look good. Hoping to see the results...
11 years ago
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.Rybak.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure level 1 was in the superior/Duluth area on one of the ships filming some urban. Get stoked.
11 years ago
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i.ski.troll.
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So Im sitting here on my day off missing skiing a lot and watching old edits. I have only gone 5 times this season. Last season I went 120+ times... Gonna have to go ride on Friday. Here is last years season edit.

Josh Guslander 2012-2013 from Alex Mager on Vimeo.

11 years ago
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roddy116
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Hopefully coming back home tomorrow morning for saturday and sunday skiing, going to buck on saturday, then maybe trollhaugen on sunday.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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-Sammy Carlson was on my plane from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City.
-Skied deep powder on a mountain for the first time in my life.
-Jared Allen was on my plane from Salt Lake City to Minneapolis.

11 years ago
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.Rybak.
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Did you get it in?
11 years ago
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roddy116
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what are the odds of troll being open next weekend?
11 years ago
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Heart
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I'd say 80%. They still look like they have a lot of snow left.
11 years ago
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BNik
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Its all on this week!! we wont know till the end of the week. Park was amazing this weekend stoked to see a few skiers out there as well everyone was killing it.
11 years ago
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ChristianMingle
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Idk about troll but wild is done for the season.
11 years ago
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John18_6
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But it's going to be 60-70 degrees this whole week. Really crossing my fingers here...
11 years ago
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Heart
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Yeah with all the above-freezing nights coming up it may be over. Are they any late season rail jam sort of things planned? Last thing I wanna do is come back to no skiing :(
11 years ago
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JackJohnSki
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Go vote this if you could!
https://www.newschoolers.com/watch/706895.0/John-Arendt-2014-Self-Edit
11 years ago
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John18_6
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Slushstorm! Got probably about an inch where I live, 25 miles north got over 10 inches. Might try to get out on an urban mission tonight...
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