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What makes you most nervous when you ski?

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nhskier1414
Posts: 107 - Karma: 1,364
Jus' wondering
10 years ago
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losh
Posts: 1126 - Karma: 4,707
when you're heading into a feature and you see a gaper lurking, and you low-key know that he's either going to snake you or cut you off and hit the side of the rail cause its obviously a massive booter. That shit sketches me out, along with surprise ice patches
10 years ago
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270on420out
Posts: 7525 - Karma: 51,354
Idk why but sometimes I just get really nervous for no reason. Like sometimes when I'm driving to the mountain, I just get really nervous. Or when I just get off the lift I'll get anxiety for no reason. But nothing makes me more nervous than flips out of rails. I rarely do them, but the first time I did one I blacked out mid air. I almost threw up when I was dropping in.
10 years ago
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CabbyArrant
Posts: 780 - Karma: 4,126
my nerves hate when I'm casing a big ass kicker, until I hit it I'm on edge
10 years ago
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Squirrel_Murphy
Posts: 2195 - Karma: 1,165
Getting my butt pee'd into.
10 years ago
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robert.clarkeiii
Posts: 154 - Karma: 448
I get really nervous when there is random ice patches (#eastcoastprobs), also when I'm on a chair on the chair lift that rattles like hell.
10 years ago
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hot_ham
Posts: 19 - Karma: 76
Nothing is more nerve racking than skiing down a cat track in the middle of school holidays.
10 years ago
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.CJ.
Posts: 1509 - Karma: 3,672
When the chairlift stops between two towers and the chair swings so much you think you're gonna fall off.
10 years ago
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.lencon
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 17,196
when bfish tells me he's gonna take the lencon to dub
10 years ago
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shishkababy
Posts: 114 - Karma: 112
Whenever I'm thinking about hitting a taller rail I get nervous that I'll nut myself and my balls will explode

Not trying to have kids anytime soon but kinda want to leave the option open
10 years ago
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Stephen_Siska
Posts: 137 - Karma: 240
Getting injured on a trick and ruining my season
10 years ago
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skiara.
Posts: 670 - Karma: 1,710
Chair lift roll back.
10 years ago
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B-Dhaliwal
Posts: 43 - Karma: 350
When a rail is super sticky

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/794395/First-day-of-the-season#5JW0EuXvIlXvKATf.97
10 years ago
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corona
Posts: 12845 - Karma: 33,295
skiara.Chair lift roll back.


yup this for sure. Whenever I get on a new lift first thing I do is find the best spot for a well timed jump if the lift starts rolling back.
10 years ago
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CHORIZO
Posts: 2003 - Karma: 10,039
not knowing where my mom is
10 years ago
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HSmith
Posts: 349 - Karma: 1,940
CHORIZOnot knowing where my mom is


don't worry son, she's in good hands.
10 years ago
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Mingg
Posts: 14055 - Karma: 51,099
When people follow me into features. I suck and usually fall and the last thing I want is to get ran over. So I usually end up bailing if someone is right behind me. Apparently thats the thing to do at my hill... I can't tell you how many times people ran into me while I was hitting this one stall feature last season. ugh.
10 years ago
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dadi
Posts: 449 - Karma: 972
When I'm snapping pictures and some gaper rolls up to the feature. Them falling on me is my biggest fear.
10 years ago
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Schoess
Posts: 2135 - Karma: 25,648
Flat motherfucking light
10 years ago
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gapersarefriends
Posts: 2158 - Karma: 4,270
fog. fuck fog.
10 years ago
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PhotoGraphic
Posts: 241 - Karma: 477
When you huck it to deep and the front toe piece rips clean out
10 years ago
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razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
for cereal
10 years ago
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razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
for cereal
10 years ago
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steeze_louise
Posts: 548 - Karma: 2,094
when my friend shake the lift
10 years ago
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5choffield
Posts: 96 - Karma: 268
hitting big jumps for the first time, and always either casing or sending way too big, usually always falling and looking like an idiot
10 years ago
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littleman34
Posts: 1405 - Karma: 4,263
My parents smelling the smoke off me
10 years ago
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Lemuel
Posts: 14545 - Karma: 11,179
When my friends get too comfortable following me on features and then I'm trying something I know I will probably fall. Even when I say don't follow me, and they still do.
10 years ago
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_salty_
Posts: 672 - Karma: 1,034
^^ exactly but I'm not really scared of their bodies hitting me I've had plenty of hard hits, it's there edges.
10 years ago
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kylemclean
Posts: 413 - Karma: 1,311
.lenconwhen bfish tells me he's gonna take the lencon to dub


I think we should all be nervous. His afterbang on a trick this big could end the world.
10 years ago
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jason...
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running out of beer
10 years ago
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Lonely
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Tall and steep rainbow boxes. Rainbow rails are okay. Boxes no
10 years ago
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mikemoose
Posts: 53 - Karma: 543
when you dont spot the big ass ditch in the landing from where people cased until its almost too late
10 years ago
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Mingg
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mikemoosewhen you dont spot the big ass ditch in the landing from where people cased until its almost too late


FUCKING BOMB HOLES
10 years ago
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ThatSkierKid64
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That moment when you overshoot a jump and know there's nothing you can do, so you say bye to your knees.
10 years ago
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TrickyDick470
Posts: 443 - Karma: 2,350
LonelyTall and steep rainbow boxes. Rainbow rails are okay. Boxes no


Pretty much. Boxes in general for me. I used to like them more when I started but now I hate them. When I started doing kinks I was always scared of catching at the kink but that has only happened to me once on a kinked box.
10 years ago
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MNSkiers
Posts: 1154 - Karma: 7,533
The 7 year old gapers going up the tow rope
10 years ago
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Pac2
Posts: 800 - Karma: 3,042
when you hit a jump with a line of people behind you, eat shit and have your ski pop off then whilst your hiking back up the jump to get you ski people that didnt see you fall continue over the jump and almost take you out.
10 years ago
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S.J.W
Posts: 7609 - Karma: 31,174
Skiing a cliff area without knowing the area first and having to spot every little feature then taking the chair lift back up and hoping that your memory doesn't fuck you up and you hit a cliff much bigger than you expected.
10 years ago
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ghosthop
Posts: 631 - Karma: 1,027
rocks, trees, and other objects just below the snow that are trying to rip your knees to shreds

friends falling and being able to do nothing about it but watch, that shit is the worst
10 years ago
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freeballer
Posts: 739 - Karma: 1,079
Super heavy slush.
10 years ago
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FrenchFry
Posts: 969 - Karma: 3,432
when you're just ripping and you catch an edge, theres that moment of complete silence and you get the worst feeling ever of " holy fuck, I'm dead"
10 years ago
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Squirrel_Murphy
Posts: 2195 - Karma: 1,165
When you're riding the chairlift with Jerry and Jerry is a safety bar Nazi.
10 years ago
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trevorschu
Posts: 708 - Karma: 2,357
Nothing. Thats the point
10 years ago
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GayWolf420
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traverses with some gnarly exposure and spookiness on either side and falling off of them. the cirque traverse @ snowbird comes to mind because the left-side is sheer steepness and hairy chutes that would not be fun to tumble down.
10 years ago
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FridgeBangers
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,042
Big kickers we don't have the space indoors to build big ones.
10 years ago
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J-Wile
Posts: 481 - Karma: 804
I get so nervous when a good friend of mine is headed into a kicker to try something new/crazy. Infinitely more nervous than when I go to try it myself. I mean, it really depends which buddy I'm watching but I don't always have faith in their abilities and really don't want to see them get wrecked.

Here's what started it https://www.instagram.com/p/zIYfLENQSp/?taken-by=facobjenton
10 years ago
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MustBeMattyB
Posts: 495 - Karma: 2,148
im super nervous to tell my parents i tried "the switch"
10 years ago
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johnblaze
Posts: 1562 - Karma: 2,904
snowboarders
10 years ago
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Brocka_Flocka
Posts: 1215 - Karma: 8,745
Small 3s. Idk why, but they really sketch me out.
10 years ago
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PoLaRpEaK
Posts: 439 - Karma: 555
Hitting anything blind that I haven't skied before or in a while.
10 years ago
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dubes720
Posts: 128 - Karma: 131
im nervous to open up one of the beers in my pocket because it might explode after such a gnar run
10 years ago
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