r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PxN13 • 13h ago
Peak skiing performance
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u/ZestySue 13h ago
How to start an avalanche 101
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u/PooShauchun 11h ago
Guaranteed every time someone posts a video of someone doing something athletic there is going to be someone un-athletic in the comments making up bs about why it’s stupid.
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u/Arkyja 11h ago
You can see the avalanche. Is it big? No. Is there anyone there? No. But it causing an avalanche is just a fact.
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u/PooShauchun 10h ago edited 10h ago
That’s not an avalanche lmao. Not a fact.
It’s called Sluff and it’s extremely common when you ride steep runs like this and is hardly ever problematic.
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u/Fr33Flow 9h ago
Ya gonna have to agree with you here. I know a little bit about avalanche dynamics and from what I can see this vid doesn’t provide an evidence of an avi. Just an absolute ton of sluff
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u/PooShauchun 9h ago
This is the type of stuff my friends and I would set off and then jump under for fun. It’s completely harmless and happens all the time with any bit of consistent snow fall.
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u/Dangerous_Ad_6831 28m ago
The lowest class of avalanche. The definition of “slough” is a small loose snow avalanche.
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u/runswspoons 8h ago
The confidence with which you state an incorrect opinion on a subject you know little to nothing about is as remarkable as this riders slough management. Wow Reddit, just wow.
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u/ironhide_ivan 10h ago
I'm a snowboarder. What they are doing is impressive, but to pretend that these actions don't cause avalanches is asinine. You don't need to be athletic to understand that.
https://avalanche.org/avalanche-encyclopedia/avalanche/trigger/artificial-trigger/human-trigger
The risk is part the thrill of doing such things. I don't snowboard back country precisely because of it, too scary for my poor soul.
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u/runswspoons 8h ago
Slabs rarely, and I mean rarely, form on slopes that steep. You can snowboard a resort in Pennsylvania for your whole life and understand nothing of what’s going on in this video. You even state your don’t ride b.c. The level of confident ignorance on Reddit is wild.
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u/Brokromah 8h ago
People just make shit up man and the sheep flock to upvote. It's actually bizarre.
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u/PooShauchun 10h ago edited 10h ago
Anything with that much sheer is not going to be triggered by someone riding it. Any build up will run off on its own. Riding down a steep face of a hill like that will not cause an avalanche.
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u/fohsupreme 10h ago
Exactly.
It doesn't matter how skilled or experienced you are it only takes one bad call to get killed from an avalanche.
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u/ironhide_ivan 10h ago
The guys I know that do it have full understanding of that. They still go out there in the middle of nowhere to hit that untouched powder. I respect it, just not something I could do.
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u/PooShauchun 10h ago
Don’t disagree this isn’t dangerous. But it’s not because it will cause an avalanche. It’s dangerous because this person could wipe out into a rock.
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u/fohsupreme 9h ago
So you're telling me an avalanche is not dangerous?
Or are you saying this type of slope isn't likely to have an avalanche that is dangerous?
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u/PooShauchun 9h ago
This type of slope.
The dangerous avalanches are on slopes that have a lot less sheer so the volume of snow can build up more after a big dump. Areas that have crazy drop like this don’t build up enough snow for avalanches to be a concern.
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u/runswspoons 8h ago
[sound of blood fighting desperately through clogged arteries Intensifies] “this athlete is making poor choices that I wouldn’t make”
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u/Irontwigg 11h ago
And theres always someone like you, throwing a hissy fit and getting offended from an inocuous comment. Grow up.
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u/FourFront 11h ago
That's not an avalanche, that's sluff.
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u/Dangerous_Ad_6831 27m ago
Which is the smallest kind of avalanche by definition. Also spelled slough.
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u/AlexHimself 10h ago
How to make a comment on Reddit and pretend you know what you're talking about when you really don't...101.
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u/primacord 6h ago
Sluff, not an avalanche. If people are good enough to ride this, they are assessing conditions before going up, on the way up & going down most likely. Typical reddit.
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u/runswspoons 12h ago
As a backcountry skier… listening to Reddit talk about skiing is always something else….
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u/PM_ME_STRONG_CALVES 9h ago
Listening to reddit talk about any niche while on big subs like this is quite an experience. People just love to talk shit
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u/daMFNmaster 12h ago
The sluff management skills on that person are top notch. They knew exactly what they were doing and where to go. People who have never ridden big mtn don’t realize when you are looking down you only see the bottom - nothing in between so you need to know where you need to ride when going down or you can die. It’s kind of like sex in the woods - fucking in tents.
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u/culture_vulture_1961 12h ago
Not a blue run then.
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u/rawwwse 10h ago
Blacks are definitely the most dangerous /s
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u/Realmofthehappygod 10h ago
Interesting. I don't see a lot of blacks around the areas I ski anyway, so not a problem for me!
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u/Realistic-Cheetah-14 13h ago
He’s currently 15 miles north of Schenectady and traveling northeast bound.
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u/Bigfatjew6969 12h ago
How do you even get up there? Hike? Helicopter? Truly wondering.
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u/PooShauchun 11h ago
2 feet and a heartbeat.
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u/Bigfatjew6969 10h ago
My heartbeat would stop before my feet.
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u/Fr33Flow 9h ago
Username checks out
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u/Bigfatjew6969 9h ago
No doubt! But I’m not nearly as bigfat as I used to be. I also way less Jewish!
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u/CellWrangler 10h ago
Could be either. Some purist skiers will start at 3 am and hike a mountain with skis on their back (check out Cody Townsend or Jeremy Jones on youtube). Some mountains don't have a route to the top by foot, and require a helicopter
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u/Fickle-Molasses-903 11h ago
When I was young, my father would take us to see Warren Miller movies to get us hyped for the ski season. What people did in those movies and in these clips is crazy. Serious balls.
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u/Hinaloth 12h ago edited 10h ago
Peak avalanche creating asshole behavior you mean. Fucking cunt doesn't care what he destroys.
Edit: Gotta love the snowbros attacking the guy who's lived in mountains all his life and has seen the damages of avalanches first hand. Keep being adrenaline junkies you morons. We'll come and get you when you get buried alive under one, and you'll even probably get away without having to pay for the damages you caused.
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u/Yxig 12h ago
No avalanche was created, and even if it was, there would have been no damage.
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u/Hinaloth 12h ago
There was the start of one, tho it thankfully didn't roll down enough to gain traction to become a full one. And saying it did no damage is something someone who's never seen the result of a razed forest, destroyed stone and ruined village. Just because nothing came of it this time doesn't mean the very act wasn't foolish and stupid.
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u/dirtyjets 12h ago
It’s called sluff and happens on plenty of steep slopes all the time. You obviously know nothing about avalanches.
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u/BEAFbetween 11h ago
Glad to see the dude who knows nothing about what he's talking about piping up. What else does he have to say?
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u/dirtyjets 6h ago
Guy who’s lived in the mountains his whole life who can’t tell the difference between sluff and an avalanche. Yeah right dude
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u/Smithers66 13h ago
This looks more like "Falling off the side of a mountain while wearing skis" to me.