The six types of pre-season skiers

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The six types of pre-season skiers

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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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I know all of these people

Edit: Although, if one of my friends seriously considered Dukes, I may have to unfriend
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The turns year round is one of my climbing partners...
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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BillMiddlebrook wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:11 am Edit: Although, if one of my friends seriously considered Dukes, I may have to unfriend
Rock bindings with rock skis? Garbage pairs well with garbage.
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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BillMiddlebrook wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:11 am I know all of these people

Edit: Although, if one of my friends seriously considered Dukes, I may have to unfriend
frame bindings are appropriate for rock skis :)
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Definitely the realist.

No snow in October!
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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Haha, I'm the backcountry realist. First thing I think of when it snows in October is how many avalanches there will be in January.
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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BillMiddlebrook wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:11 am I know all of these people

Edit: Although, if one of my friends seriously considered Dukes, I may have to unfriend
Good thing they will only be able to stand riding Dukes for one season max before upgrading, and then they can be your friend again lol :lol:
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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Who needs snow when there’s OneWheel?????
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I’m about to tune my skis
I’ve skied every month for 10 years
I want to put another set of shifts on my old BC skis
I have a ski film collection
I hate October snow facets!!!
BillMiddlebrook wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:11 am I know all of these people
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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A-basin turned on its snow-makers 9/28.
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Re: The six types of pre-season skiers

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All skis are rock skis.

Also a Backcountry Realist, here.
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