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College slopestyle team?

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Kyrilmo
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starting to look at colleges as I'm a junior in hs, does anyone know if there are any schools with slopestyle teams? a club team would be fine but I've looked and only been able to find ski clubs.
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BingPow
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byu, duluth, st. mikes, penn state
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SchizoSkier
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CU has one. Fort lewis college has a freeride team
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-Dan
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They didn’t let me join the freestyle team when I went to college. I started hanging out with pot smokers and drop outs instead. I’d recommend it to anyone.
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_jam0__
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@Plymouthfreeskii doesn't have a slopestyle team, but it's better that way.
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RyanG603
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@Plymouthfreeskii doesn't have a slopestyle team, but it’s better that way
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dwt802
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Join a freeski team, it’s way more fun. UVM and Plymouth State have good ones.
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Kyrilmo
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SchizoSkierCU has one. Fort lewis college has a freeride team


Cj boulder?
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buck_nasty
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SchizoSkierCU has one. Fort lewis college has a freeride team


Dude U gonna ride for the fort?
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lastskier
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Ucsd, ucla, usc and a bunch of the other California colleges have teams that do slope, pipe, ski/boarder cross, gs and slalom

its a good time
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cadebucket
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BingPowbyu,


Is this a joke?
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SlushSeason
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Do you know if those teams are actually consistent and competitive? I wanted to do skiercross for UCSD, but I ended up only being there in the depths of covid. I got the feeling the teams were usually kinda desperate for participants
Also, the 6 hour commute to Mammoth every weekend probably makes getting a real degree pretty hard.
lastskierUcsd, ucla, usc and a bunch of the other California colleges have teams that do slope, pipe, ski/boarder cross, gs and slalom

its a good time
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lastskier
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SlushSeasonDo you know if those teams are actually consistent and competitive? I wanted to do skiercross for UCSD, but I ended up only being there in the depths of covid. I got the feeling the teams were usually kinda desperate for participants
Also, the 6 hour commute to Mammoth every weekend probably makes getting a real degree pretty hard.


when I was at UCSD 14 years ago (jeeze), it was fantastic. We had a team house, people would be driving up and down from mammoth to san diego all the time, there was always availability to get out if you had motivation. Competition was variable- most people in the SCCSC were just on the teams so they could get out and ride. There was a core group of competitive park and pipe riders from a number of the schools and an even smaller group of competitive racers. At the time they didn't allow straight inverts (frontflips, backflips, lincoln loops) in any of the freestyle events, but that may have changed. Corks and other off axis tricks were generally accepted as ok.



I would imagine it varies from year to year what the makeup and vibes of the various teams would be. UCSC and USC were the hard partiers, other team houses were good for kickbacks. I think the experience is generally really good for people in the conference.
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Thrillbillytom
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Kyrilmostarting to look at colleges as I'm a junior in hs, does anyone know if there are any schools with slopestyle teams? a club team would be fine but I've looked and only been able to find ski clubs.


Lees-McRae has one. Really good access to beech Mtn and app ski. Both have good parks for the area. You won’t get a lick of powder though🤣
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Elimitch
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Plym has a top notch group of skiers, uvm is a good option too
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SchizoSkier
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buck_nastyDude U gonna ride for the fort?


Yep I signed up for the free ride team. I have no experience with free ride
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Knapzach
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SchizoSkierYep I signed up for the free ride team. I have no experience with free ride


Ski and snowboard club rail jams is the superior scene.
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SchizoSkier
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KnapzachSki and snowboard club rail jams is the superior scene.


The ski and snowboard club disbanded when Covid hit
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Jems
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most ski schools have something interesting called “crews” where groups of skiers ski with eachother instead of pointlessly compete
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Kyrilmo
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Jemsmost ski schools have something interesting called “crews” where groups of skiers ski with eachother instead of pointlessly compete


I know competitions are kinda pointless but I think it would be fun to try once or twice
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lastskier
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It’s fun to try to put together a solid run and see what the other folks bring to the table. Just can’t take it too seriously
KyrilmoI know competitions are kinda pointless but I think it would be fun to try once or twice
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Kyrilmo
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lastskierIt’s fun to try to put together a solid run and see what the other folks bring to the table. Just can’t take it too seriously


I agree 100%
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Knapzach
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SchizoSkierThe ski and snowboard club disbanded when Covid hit

Some homies brought it back last year, stay posted
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33luke33
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SchizoSkierCU has one. Fort lewis college has a freeride team


CU Freeskiing just cut the park team so it's now just a big mountain comp team. There is no longer any kind of park team/club for park but I'm trying to start a new club with some friends this winter.
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buck_nasty
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SchizoSkierYep I signed up for the free ride team. I have no experience with free ride


Nice
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