Boostboner i'll go riding with you sometime, I'm only 20 and haven't done a lot of Mountain riding because I raced sno-x for the last 5 years so i'm just getting back into the whole mountain thing. Oh and I only ride a 136" will that be ok for the mountains??
Who thinks flatlanders cant ride
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Head west grasshopper and ride the hills. Maybe you have what it takes, but the only way to find out is to do it. It will take time to become a good mountain rider, I have been doing it for YEARS and am still learning. Be sure to head where it's DEEP too.
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Adrenaline Revolution
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Now THAT"S freakin deep
Boner boy would'nt have got stuck there though. He has money.
Just ask him, he'll tell you.
LOL some of us sit at the bottom b/c it costs too much if we crash
holy goatnipples batman! i want to ride that pow pow!!! Was that this year?
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MTdream
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This very quote is said a thousand times on this site...and regardless of what is said after it...will result in people needlessly being in harms way...
last year we had a huge number of people die in avalanches during this holiday break, and I hope and pray that does not happen again...
However, with more snow this year than last, the chances are more will unfortunately not make it...
Why is the above quote the most dangerous? riding ability will only do one thing...get you to places you shoudl not be...and if you are not experienced at reading snow and terrain, you will put yoruself in a position to get buried by an avalanche and possibly not make it back home whether that is flatland or mountains...
Please seek input from locals who know how to read the conditions!!!
few bits of advice (none solicitied and non asked but hope to prevent one tragedy!!!!
- If you must high mark, ONLY one on the hill at a time (this alone will save 50% of all avy deaths)
- Those watching, PLEASE do NOT sit right below the slope, you too could get buried and lose your life...(we ahd two perish last year who were 1/4 mile away,a nd killed by debris)
- If you can, have a local ride with you, and be careful to stay away from slopes at or approaching 38 degrees (the magical number for slides)
If you dont have knowledge of avy conditions GET it, there are lots of good sites, most hotels post it...and if followed, will reduce deaths dramatically...
Sorry, just HAD to post this, lost two friends last year, and neither of them were flatlanders..Avy's dont ask where your from....they just know where you are!!!
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Adrenaline Revolution
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Wow...All your advice is very sound but this little statement should be the Sledder's catch phrase for 2008. If you came up with it then
to you.Well said.
But can this thread just go away now
Sage advice.
I dream of the days I can head west for some real powder, for now, life keep me 'dockin in the U.P. i won't make it this season, next season is lookin good though, probably head to the snowies or big horns cuz of the long drive out...
sooo. the land around my house is flat but i can throw a rock and hit the horns. Am i a flatlander or mountain rider???
just tryin to get an identity here.
Also, can i ride or do i suck??
thanks for the help
just tryin to get an identity here.
Also, can i ride or do i suck??
thanks for the help
Also, can i ride or do i suck??
thanks for the help
Last time I checked, it's possible to both ride and suck...
sooo. the land around my house is flat but i can throw a rock and hit the horns. Am i a flatlander or mountain rider???
just tryin to get an identity here.
Also, can i ride or do i suck??
thanks for the help
Do you really want to know Justin?
In 2001 spent one week with my mod 700 rmk in the u-p of michigan with so called flat landers at parts unlimeted ride things i learned mtn sleds dont work on flat land and ditch bangers dont work in the mtns rode a zr 440 with picks and carbides just rocks on the flats rmks dont turn at 90 mph but a trick out zr rocks like its on rails some days we rode 175 miles. apples and oranges, most mtn sleds wont run with the ditch bangers or vis a versa if you want to run hard @100mph and do 200 miles in a day go east if you want to ride 40 miles and burn up atank of gas come west
truth.
truth.
not gonna lie to you guys... I live pretty close (geographically speaking, hes in AK, i'm in the yukon on the other side of the pass) to sharkey74.. the snow here gets DEEEEP. BoostBoner, if you have a chance to ride with a pro, go do it!! I ride with the pros here (sled ****, summit savages, once in a while 2SCS guys are out here) and its the best experience you can get! you have a guy from the boondockers flicks callin you out! i'll come take your place if you want, but i only have a 700 AC, no boost. I dunno if i can keep up.
Wrong, Wisconsin people can do it one handed while tuning to the Green Bay Packer Radio Network with the other hand.
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I 2nd that!
It is quite the change throwing a leg over the 162" tracked sled vs hitting a road approach at 60mph with the F-5! Both are very fun and wouldn't give up either one.
I don't say I'm the best at either, but certainly not the worst!
KJP
I 2nd that!
It is quite the change throwing a leg over the 162" tracked sled vs hitting a road approach at 60mph with the F-5! Both are very fun and wouldn't give up either one.
I don't say I'm the best at either, but certainly not the worst!
KJP
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high time
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I've ridden a lot of Western areas, and I know what a good rider looks like. The best of them couldn't ride the UP of MI. Those sh*t holes of gulleys and hills on the power lines and in the timber take a lot of talent to climb out of. The skill level required to navigate a rather open mountain seems lame to what I've seen the boodocker of Mi. do.
No disrespect to the Western riders.
Owen
No disrespect to the Western riders.
Owen
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