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Ski slang.
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SnowHot
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Is Gnarnia on the other side of the wardrobe, where he keeps his vintage fartbag?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Fartbag, another slang!!!!
Ha, we had a whole trip a few years ago where all we talked about was "shredding the gnar." A personal favorite.
Ha, we had a whole trip a few years ago where all we talked about was "shredding the gnar." A personal favorite.
I prefer to "schralp the gnar". ;)
lisaski
Certified Ski Diva
Here's one of my favorites - "Flat Light". I was an active member of a ski club and helped with the newsletter by writing about ski adventures in a column that I named "Flat Light". I thought it was a cool name for a column. It's also a cool description for conditions that the slang was meant to describe - conditions where the sun light or lack there of makes it difficult to see contours of the snow surface.
ski now work later
Angel Diva
I like the terms skiing "switch" (backwards) and the terms "rip" and "rippin" (referring to moving downhill very fast!) 
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Totally - the king of ski slang. I've only toured with him, but he's just as full of $%#! in the backcountry.
I love Xover...it's not often you can hang out with a guy all day and not have to say a word. I've never seen anybody house a donut as fast as him either. Have you even been with him and Trackhead together? It's a critical mass of $hit-talking and ego-mania. A beautiful thing.
Totally - the king of ski slang. I've only toured with him, but he's just as full of $%#! in the backcountry.
I love Xover...it's not often you can hang out with a guy all day and not have to say a word. I've never seen anybody house a donut as fast as him either. Have you even been with him and Trackhead together? It's a critical mass of $hit-talking and ego-mania. A beautiful thing.
Yep - and you never have trouble finding him on the mountain - you can hear that cackle a mile away.
And I've definitely never seen anyone in amazing physical condition who eats nothing but sugar and caffiene. I don't know what he eats touring, but his lunch in the resort is usually a Rockstar energy drink, a Snickers, a donut, a PB&J and a second candy bar for dessert. I would die from sugar shock.
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Um.....sounds about right. He housed two apple fritters in three breaths when we stopped to eat. I think I saw a candy bar and Rockstar make an appearance later in the day.
Yeah, wouldn't you kill to be able to have a body like that (not to mention run, tour, and ski like that) and eat garbage and drink a lot of beer? I've got the eating and drinking beer part down, now I just need to figure out the body and fitness part....:D
That or I want the Brad Stewart diet. We were out at O'Shucks a few weeks ago and he was complaining that his trainer told him he needs to gain as much weight as possible for skeleton and his official diet plan is to eat as much as he can. And he said he hates it. There's nothing he wants to eat.
Trust me, there wasn't much sympathy. Gee, to make the olympic team I need to eat more, and I'm free to eat all the french fries and junk food and beer I can shove down my throat. Yeah, that must be rough. Boo-hoo.
There were a lot of us offering to eat for him if we could donate the weight later though.
tradygirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I'm sure Kimber loved that conversation. Her and I were discussing the "master's degree fitness plan". Sit on your butt, stress out, and gain a bunch of weight. Right on. I don't know how T got through her master's staying so skinny.
Sorry guys - AG and I don't see each other much! Enough thread-stealing...back to the ski slang!
Sorry guys - AG and I don't see each other much! Enough thread-stealing...back to the ski slang!
Recent references to the "white ribbon of death" reminded me of this thread.
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Fun verb/gerund/noun = Huck
Robyn
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Ugh, I have a negative connotation with that one. Former nasty roommate who couldn't ride either skis or a snowboard would constantly talk about how she was going to shred the gnar. Yet she refused to really try to learn how.
oragejuice
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Steep and deep. Mmmmhm. And my favorite of recent, "g-pants". Went into Skjersaas (local trendy ski shop) the other day, for their 07-08 blowout sale, and scored a pair of Nikita pants for $50 bucks, but not before I was asked if I 'REALLY wanted a pair of g-pants' by one of my girlfriends. =P
sibhusky
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
What are g-pants?
