How can we keep skiing when the slopes are closing?
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Freeheeling! Grab yourself a pair of skins and telemark skis. I've had some of my best days skiing at resorts before they open or after they close. Sure, you've got to get up early and work a bit for it, but it's oh so worth it for perfect, untracked, spring corn snow.
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www.onthesnow.com is pretty good if you want to look at a whole bunch of ski areas.  Otherwise, I usually look at the ski area's own web site.  Those will be the most up to date.  Onthesnow updates once a day I believe.
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Print up a bunch of flyers with your local Government representative's (the person who would most likely be able to save your park) name and phone number on it. Go and skate in public areas where you will disturb a lot of people. When they ask you to leave give them a flyer and tell them that if the park is closed down you will be spending a lot of time here. Unless they call and save the park they will be seeing a lot of skaters here. Try it at the local government office building.
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I coach a college ski team. Skiing not only requires good LEG strength, but one of the key things most people miss is the CORE of the body. Midsection strength can be the difference between skiing and skiing well. For the legs I can recommend a few simple things to get you going. a.) Old school - "The Chair". Place your back up against the wall and scoot down until there is a 90 degree angle between your thighs and lower legs. Hold that position for as long as you can. b.) Lunges! Great way to build up strength. c.) Jump up and down in place - making sure to "pop" on the way up, but the way down should be a gentle absorbtion of all yout kinetic energy. \n\nNow on to the midsection. a.) Crunches are still one of the best exercises to increase midsection strength. b.) sideups - also great. c.) put on your ski boots and and left your knees up to your chest. Switch legs side-to-side. Side leg lefts with ski boots on also works well. \n\n\nRemember, what you are doing when skiing is carrying your center of gravity to a destination. Your center of gravity is located in your midsection, hence the need to strengthen that area. Everything extends from the midsection. \n\nBest of luck!
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I think if global warming gets to the point where there is nowhere left to ski, skiing will be the last thing to be concerned with.
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Gone skiing.  In the present tense, it would be Let's go skiing.  To ski is a verb, not a noun.
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Try snowest.com, they have a forum where you can ask the experts.
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no,\n skiing is awesome. you always can do something new if its doing a new rail or jumping off cliffs skiing's better.
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You need one leg balance, as you use leg motions much like skates. They go very fast!\n\nhttp://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/skiing/skateski.htm
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Hitch hike out to Oregon and get a FUN job at a ski resort and make up your mind after you have learned how to ski. Best of luck to you!
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Skiing all the way. You have way more control being able to use both legs. I've done both and I still say skiing. My favorite resort is by far Jackson Hole. Vail is way too expensive for my taste. Not to mention Jackson Hole has the biggest vertical drop in North America if you like steep.
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Being from Vermont where the best skiing is the season typically is from middle of December to late March early April.  You usually get a warm spell that melts the snow around christmas to New Years.  Febuary is the coldest month, and usually Febuary and March and the best times to go skiing.\n\nIn the rockies, it is mid to late november to April, sometimes May if it is a good year.  And they don't face the warm spells as much because of the higher elevations.
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rest,relax,icepacks,alieve
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if its closed at one end the u can still travel up that road to the point where its closed.Just look at the brightside of life
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When skiers/boarders turn they throw snow around and it piles up over periods of time. That's why they are so inconsistant. Now for competitions they do it differently. They usually start by piling snow by hand and then shaping it, I have heard of small machines that can help with the process, but I've never seen one.
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You just make sure you have enough air and cross them, either under you or behind your back.  If under you, it helps to grab one ski so you keep your form in the air.
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Several Tahoe Ski resorts are expected to open the 17th.\n\nYou aren't an actor, are you? Then don't 'break a leg'. There are a lot of better ways to get a chopper ride. Good sliding.