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Is it cool to ski the run under the lift?

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skiitsbetter
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or should I stick to fabricating landings and pow shots in my edits safe from the chairlift hecklers
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7 years ago
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OregonDead
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call your mom
7 years ago
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skiguy04
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*cringe*
7 years ago
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LineSkier
Posts: 243 - Karma: 446
It's cool to ski. End of story.
7 years ago
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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As long as you're straight lining
7 years ago
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hi_vis360
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yes. Skiing under the lift gets people on the lift stoked and you get +gnar points
7 years ago
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JoeF2661
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Skiing under the lift where there are nice features is the only way to go if you are at the resort. It gets the people going!
7 years ago
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SuspiciousFish
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I ski under the lift for the same reason the Gladiators fought in the Colosseum. Even if you get carted away covered in blood your still a fucking hero.
7 years ago
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Does the pope shit in the woods?
7 years ago
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HypeBeast
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BigPurpleSkiSuitDoes the pope shit in the woods?


Yes?



And skiing under the chairlift is the best. Especially as said earlier if you hit some good features and get the people on the lift all hyped. If you have a good wipe out, it's still good cuz everyone will cheer.
7 years ago
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Legend27
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Probably the most sendy thing that you could possibly do at the resort. Rippin off the cliffs with people cheering. If you're good you feel like a king amongst his fucking peasants.
7 years ago
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DirtYStylE
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If you land a trick, but no one saw it. Does it even count?
7 years ago
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ButteredToast.
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The other day I went full send on a natural hit under the lift and I heard someone on the lift go “holy shit!” and that felt real nice

all I did was a gigantic shifty straight air but I guess I looked cool so yea skiing under the lift is cool
7 years ago
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PsychicMigration
Posts: 2099 - Karma: 10,552
Theres nothing better then skiing for a crowd that has to watch.
7 years ago
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aidanaughton
Posts: 155 - Karma: 487
ski the lift line at MRG, like playing for a crowd, its a great run and gets everyone who sees you just as excited to go skiing as you are going down, skiing for the crowds is a great thing
7 years ago
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3mania
Posts: 2653 - Karma: 10,894
People ride the lift just to watch me ski under it.
7 years ago
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J_Christoph
Posts: 2519 - Karma: 8,755
Sometimes the freshies are best under the lift as only the few and the brave venture there
7 years ago
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Lonely
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Only if you are hotdogging
7 years ago
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CalumSKI
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pinkcamo1000yes. Skiing under the lift gets people on the lift stoked and you get +gnar points


+ more gnar points if u make barking noises as ur straight lining under the chair
Its fires them up to cheer even more
7 years ago
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CT_CREW
Posts: 675 - Karma: 3,569
As long as you get RAD AS FUCK.
7 years ago
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r00kie
Posts: 5238 - Karma: 59,605
Must be nice to have terrain NOT under the lift. In the midwest theres more lift towers than trees.
7 years ago
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eljefe
Posts: 916 - Karma: 499
I double ejected on a small air under the lift first pow day of the year this year.. and got heckled.. win some and lose a few here and there..
7 years ago
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Willgum
Posts: 3254 - Karma: 3,066
Everything is amplified when you're under the lift. Stomp a cliff drop? Feels 10x radder. Eat shit? You'll remember that crash and feeling of shame for the rest of the day.
7 years ago
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michigang
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,206
last time I did it I ducked ropes for pow and nearly got my pass clipped so uhhh yeah it’s cool 😤
7 years ago
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Rum_Ham
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So fun skiing under the lift. Nothing feels better than ripping a bump run and airing between each bump or stomping cliffs under the lift
7 years ago
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Erikaaa
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neonedgelast time I did it I ducked ropes for pow and nearly got my pass clipped so uhhh yeah it’s cool 😤

Saw this the other day under the lift -- but it was two girls that ended up taking their skis off half way down to butt slide and ski patrol had to go get them. "the snow looked soft" they yelled.. it was solid.

Like they said, ya win some ya lose some
7 years ago
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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Rum_HamSo fun skiing under the lift. Nothing feels better than ripping a bump run and airing between each bump or stomping cliffs under the lift


This. Charging that shit is dope
7 years ago
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Casey
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At Alpental there is a cliff band under the top chair, and the cliffs are stupid. They aren’t that big but the fall line is weird and the pitch of the approach and landing doesn’t match, if you go too big you get into a tracked out mogul field, but that doesn’t stop people from sending it for the crowd.
7 years ago
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michigang
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ErikaaaSaw this the other day under the lift -- but it was two girls that ended up taking their skis off half way down to butt slide and ski patrol had to go get them. "the snow looked soft" they yelled.. it was solid.

Like they said, ya win some ya lose some


Hahaha see mine worked out well minus the threat part
7 years ago
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AbiH
Posts: 2041 - Karma: 10,362
Heck to the yes! We have a black mogul run under our lift and all the Texans hooted and hollared at me today when I flew down it. Makes you feel Cooler than you actually are
7 years ago
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Swervy.
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not when people on the lift are throwing their poles and spitting at you
7 years ago
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xxACIDTRIPxx
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Swervy.not when people on the lift are throwing their poles and spitting at you


Wtf
7 years ago
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Swervy.
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XxAc1DtR1PxXWtf

Happens man
7 years ago
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Rum_Ham
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Swervy.Happens man


No it doesn’t. Heckling for sure, maybe scraping snow off skis but that’s about it. Who would throw their pole away?
7 years ago
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Andi_G
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As long as you're a spectacle then people will give you some shouts. Whether thats rippin' er or yard saleing
7 years ago
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SofaKingSick
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Swervy.not when people on the lift are throwing their poles and spitting at you


haha where tf do you ski...
7 years ago
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Swervy.
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SofaKingSickhaha where tf do you ski...


I ski at Hyland Hills in Minnesota, People can throw there poles because the chairlift is about 1 minute long. Its a great time there, always something fun going down.
7 years ago
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MoralOpiate
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CaseyAt Alpental there is a cliff band under the top chair, and the cliffs are stupid. They aren’t that big but the fall line is weird and the pitch of the approach and landing doesn’t match, if you go too big you get into a tracked out mogul field, but that doesn’t stop people from sending it for the crowd.


This^
7 years ago
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swagburg
Posts: 798 - Karma: 4,743
It's the only cool place to ski
7 years ago
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Dddsz
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Not if you do every run under the lift. Then the audience knows you're just skiing for the ego and not the adventure.
7 years ago
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dolanslebensraum
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OregonDeadcall your mom


Sometimes its fun to show off under lifts especially if the parks visible from the chairs.
7 years ago
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22Kevin22
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Stomping a cliff underneath the chair and leaving your ski tracks in the pow to flex on the chairlift riders is my greatest accomplishment.
7 years ago
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PeppermillReno
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First tracks in pow on a closed trail (or not a trail just the lift line) is the ultimate alpha move. People always ask how it is ask your skidding over rocks.
7 years ago
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OregonDead
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DolanReloadedSometimes its fun to show off under lifts especially if the parks visible from the chairs.

For sure. If you can score extra points it’s even better.

Players call their mom from the no fall zone right under the lift.
7 years ago
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