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Those bridger kids crazy

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Bio_8
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I've seen a few hit 40 footers with 2 inches of dust on crust, shit was mental. i stg they will ski anything no matter the conditions
Apr 23 2022 9:53AM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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dwt802Wait are you talking about the advanced skiing class from MSU? If so my friend addy taught the class and said how half the skiers were better than her (she grew up riding Mad River Glen and is damn good). My homie Campbell was in the class too who was on the junior freeride world tour and is fucked good.


wait, Campbell who has a brother named Hank? Cause that Campbell is a super ripper.
Apr 25 2022 2:21PM
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GrandThings
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IsaacNW82Now I'm curious, what other mountains just breed talent for whatever reason? Some places that come to mind personally:

Alyeska
Palisades Tahoe
Whistler
Mt Baker
Alta
Ruka


This is totally a thing. On the East Coast its Sugarloaf IMO.
Apr 25 2022 2:23PM
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dwt802
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BigPurpleSkiSuitwait, Campbell who has a brother named Hank? Cause that Campbell is a super ripper.


Yes that Campbell, from salt lake. You already know, she’s so sick. She did some photo shoots with snowbird/Alta this year too.
Apr 25 2022 2:51PM
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IsaacNW82
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GrandThingsThis is totally a thing. On the East Coast its Sugarloaf IMO.


I'd generally agree with that. The mad river valley in VT does well too, plenty of generally solid riders coming from Mad River Glen and Sugarbush. Maybe part of that is how well they historically cater to the UVM kids
Apr 25 2022 3:05PM
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Dlonetti
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In the midwest/MN theres like a conglomerate of rope tows around the twin cities that just creates so much talent. Each resort has its own style but together it produces so much good skiing.

Afton Alps
Troll
Wild Mountain
Hyland
Spirit

Special shoutout to Mt. Bohemia for having locals that absolutely shred
IsaacNW82Now I'm curious, what other mountains just breed talent for whatever reason? Some places that come to mind personally:

Alyeska
Palisades Tahoe
Whistler
Mt Baker
Alta
Ruka
Apr 25 2022 3:21PM
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BingPow
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what I’m getting is that no matter where you’re from you can absolutely fucking rip, it’s just based on how motivated you are
Apr 25 2022 4:07PM
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eheath
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BingPowwhat I’m getting is that no matter where you’re from you can absolutely fucking rip, it’s just based on how motivated you are


idk if you grew up skiing trollhaugen, seven springs, etc you're probably not as good of a skier who grew up at a place like bridger, or baker, or mammoth etc. Its not a diss, its just the truth, but ive seen plenty of midwest/east coast skiers get out to the west and become insane skiers in a couple year, thats where the motivation comes in.
Apr 25 2022 4:17PM
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will.irwin
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it kinda depends what your doing though if your lapping midwest parks you can get 60-70 laps in a good night compared to a lot less when your forced to take a lift everytime somewhere bigger
eheathidk if you grew up skiing trollhaugen, seven springs, etc you're probably not as good of a skier who grew up at a place like bridger, or baker, or mammoth etc. Its not a diss, its just the truth, but ive seen plenty of midwest/east coast skiers get out to the west and become insane skiers in a couple year, thats where the motivation comes in.
Apr 25 2022 4:28PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Bio_8So you know who ckidd is?

I was following Collin around Slaushmans freshman year and got my first possible concussion skiing while trying to keep up with his straight lining. Smashed the side of my head into a rock face lmao. That dude is hard to keep up with

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Apr 25 2022 5:00PM
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eheath
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will.irwinit kinda depends what your doing though if your lapping midwest parks you can get 60-70 laps in a good night compared to a lot less when your forced to take a lift everytime somewhere bigger


im not talking about park skiing dude haha
Apr 25 2022 5:26PM
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BingPow
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eheathidk if you grew up skiing trollhaugen, seven springs, etc you're probably not as good of a skier who grew up at a place like bridger, or baker, or mammoth etc. Its not a diss, its just the truth, but ive seen plenty of midwest/east coast skiers get out to the west and become insane skiers in a couple year, thats where the motivation comes in.


oh for sure, no doubt that all those places(baker etc.) definitely make better skiers. great skiers from the east coast/midwest can definitely compete with great skiers anywhere. But yea you'll definitely see way more fucked shit at mammoth than at sugar loaf for example.
Apr 25 2022 7:06PM
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Bio_8
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dwt802Absolutely, only Mf I know of who actively rips freeride on Vishnu’s


I want v’s I just don’t want to get made fun of for not being able to 2 pretz 2
Apr 25 2022 8:10PM
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amccahill93
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eheathbigger =/= better most of the time, I'd say bridger has more technical lines that are harder and more rewarding to ski. I don't think anyone in here is trying to say one is better or worse, but groomers are not involved in this comparison IMO.

big sky has some gnarly shit that gets way overlooked. the A-Zs and headwaters have super insane terrain that is super comparable to bbowl. both are dope, both are gnarly as fuck, different vibes.
Apr 25 2022 9:33PM
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amccahill93
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Coleg55I see bridger and still think it’s funny kids at MSU will choose to ride big sky.

Unless you’re super into park, if you get a big sky over bridger pass I just assume you can’t ski


guess i cant ski
Apr 25 2022 9:34PM
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dwt802
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amccahill93big sky has some gnarly shit that gets way overlooked. the A-Zs and headwaters have super insane terrain that is super comparable to bbowl. both are dope, both are gnarly as fuck, different vibes.


That terrain is cool but I wouldn’t say compares to bridger. Completely different types of skiing imo.
Apr 26 2022 1:10PM
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