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THE JADED LOCAL

IT WASN’T THEIR FAULT. Tired from the shred-fest that is Jackson Hole’s upper mountain on a powder day, the Rad Bros simply had no frame of reference for the happy idiot in the bandana and flower-patterned windshirt, solo in the backcountry with no pack, skiing on a pair of 150-something women’s skis, and… was he snickering at them?

I should back up a little.

We’ve all had standout runs over the years that were defined by specific skis. The glorious moment when I somehow managed to grease a bump line on

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