stronk sports thread

[Chillius]

[burnzilla]

what gets easier to pickup with upgoing weight ?

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ladies

yeah thats right

[burnzilla]

[Moejestic]

As this is called the "sports-Thread" i'll throw in my favourite thing to do in the holidays and on weekends (if i can afford it, railway+ski ticket are quite expensive for a pupil).



There is literally nothing that is more enjoyable than finding untouched powder somewhere and beeing able to just swim on top of it, make some nice sprays and just have fun all the time.

The sportier Part when it comes to lifting and such is more when you have to carry the shoes wich after a long day of skiing seem to be made out of steel, the skis themselves (as tall as me 170cm and ATRocker so pretty heavy in comparison to other skis and ofc important stuff (like Chocolate, Water, Coke etc.) from the train still ~10mins by foot to your home and walk upstairs to the 4th floor.

Anyone here to talk about skis/skiing in general?

[ArrNgee]

As this is called the "sports-Thread" i'll throw in my favourite thing to do in the holidays and on weekends (if i can afford it, railway+ski ticket are quite expensive for a pupil).



There is literally nothing that is more enjoyable than finding untouched powder somewhere and beeing able to just swim on top of it, make some nice sprays and just have fun all the time.

The sportier Part when it comes to lifting and such is more when you have to carry the shoes wich after a long day of skiing seem to be made out of steel, the skis themselves (as tall as me 170cm and ATRocker so pretty heavy in comparison to other skis and ofc important stuff (like Chocolate, Water, Coke etc.) from the train still ~10mins by foot to your home and walk upstairs to the 4th floor.

Anyone here to talk about skis/skiing in general?

Since I'm from Norway I naturally go skiing in the winter
The feeling of untouched powder

2 random pictures from a trip last time I was skiing:



And 2 pictures from the afterski which is "mandatory" when you're on a skiing holiday

[ArrNgee]

I think this guy has mastered skiing

Zero fucks given?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKP7jQknGjs

Edit: After several attempts of embedding the video I gave up and pasted link instead ..

[Chillius]

Candide masterrace!

Another pow pow addict reporting in. Ive been skiing (with a few years of snowboarding in between) for 25 yrs now. God that makes me sound like a grandpa
Skiing is actually physically very demanding, so I would argue that carrying your ski boots is the easy bit. On top of that, pow skiing is at least twice as demanding. To put things in to perspective, I have a friend that recently started going out of bounds and skiis with me from time to time. He has been doing martial arts for quiet a few years now and finds it challenging to keep up. It is very, very specific kind of load. I prepare for the season mainly with deadlifts, squats (lots of variations here!), clean&press, some boxing (I only do bag, no sparring) and mtbiking. All compound exercises are very good, because you need a spartan core in the pow. Mtbiking seems to hit exactly the part of the legs that is most heavily used in skiing - the medialis, and also helps for the air (as does boxing).
Here is a pic of me I posted the other day in the Seals IRL thread. Had an epic day this Tuesday, -20 degrees with 50+cm of fresh. When it snows at -20, it snows first grade champaign powder, the one the makes you grin like a 3 year old on his first chocolate bar: http://imgur.com/bCLSI23
Short vid from this January in ze Alps. Nevermind the German porn soundtrack, thats just my brother breathing heavily (as I mentioned, skiing pow is very demanding): https://vimeo.com/118246982
Safety first! Skiing out of bounds is no joke. I had a really close call 5 yrs ago (knocking on wood). Since then I never ride without my pieps, shovel, probe, abs bag and most importantly people I can rely on (and know can dig me out quickly if shit hits the fan). Keep safe and enjoy the pow!

[Moejestic]

Candide masterrace!
Here is a pic of me I posted the other day in the Seals IRL thread. Had an epic day this Tuesday, -20 degrees with 50+cm of fresh. When it snows at -20, it snows first grade champaign powder, the one the makes you grin like a 3 year old on his first chocolate bar: http://imgur.com/bCLSI23
Short vid from this January in ze Alps. Nevermind the German porn soundtrack, thats just my brother breathing heavily (as I mentioned, skiing pow is very demanding): https://vimeo.com/118246982
Safety first! Skiing out of bounds is no joke. I had a really close call 5 yrs ago (knocking on wood). Since then I never ride without my pieps, shovel, probe, abs bag and most importantly people I can rely on (and know can dig me out quickly if shit hits the fan). Keep safe and enjoy the pow!

Yeah, well i've been skiing for almost 12 yrs now and i am 16 yrs old, 7 months to my birthday so i guess "grandpa" might be a bit mistaken as the correct term.(Don't be so mean to yourself )
As i have not been skiing completely cut off from the normal tracks i am generally not carrying the important stuff around with me (mostly because of the fact that it's quite expensive and i don't own any of these, let's see what Birthday and Christmas might come up with... )

Dat is some really nice snow u got there in the video, in the last years i have not really been skiing outside of the winter holidays but i think thing's are gonna change if it's gonna stay as the last few weekends with snow+weather.

From Sunday on to the next sunday i'll be around 20 mins with the skibus away from a skiing area wich starts at 2km (so pretty much snow everywhere in the winter half of the year) and a good buddy of mine will come with me so it's gonna be a week of waking up at 6:30, getting the bus at 7:30ish and be on the skis as soon as the lifts open and then just having a good time in the snow and return at 16:30ish to the bus etc. because of holidays

For now i am a pretty decent skier although i am always taking it one step too serious and end up beeing too careful and not gaining enough speed for the real things
Hopefully my selfconfidence will get better over time&practise so i can take it to the level i should already be on (most of the ppl around me tell i am a great skier so that's why i tried it but got too careful).

[Chillius]

I started when I was 4 too
Confidence comes with practice, but I think you got the idea already, in the deep speed is your friend. In other words (in the spirit of this thread):
go fast or go home
PS: you should keep an on this guy (he is Dutch btw) -> storm info and good freeride routes. http://wepowder.com/

[ArrNgee]

I started when I was 7 I think

[Moejestic]

that Candide guy is sick...

[ThunderLeopard]

First Half Marathon done today with a time of 1:41

[dfx]

1:41 h until u got into the taxi for the remaining 19 km?

[wetlioN]

First Half Marathon done today with a time of 1:41

replay or hax!

[ThunderLeopard]

First Half Marathon done today with a time of 1:41

replay or hax!

http://www.sportsystems.co.uk/ss/result ... SDIM-JACBO

[burnzilla]

gz @ thunder, i'd probably die after 10km or rather give up

[kihrEx]

Did someone say skiing?

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[fantinel]

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most awesome sport ever!

[CandyVanMan]

Started doing push ups every morning about 2 weeks ago, and I've been adding one push up per set for every day.
Today at the dinner table, my uncle brought up that he thought I suddenly had started to become so burly, and if I was using steroids.
Guess I'm actually making some progress then

[Rabidal]

Maybe you use steroids