Why Bump?

[Bumpsis]

I ski bumps because long time ago, once , just once I touched perfection.

I had an "out of the body" experience while blasting down a mogul field. Time seized to exist and I saw myself bumping down the mogul field. What was probably a time span of less than a minute, felt timeless and my conciousness was like a camera, suspended next to me, filming me, floating next to my physical self. I knew I was watching myself ski. Past and future did not exist. All my motions were perfect. I did not think or feel - I was.

When I stopped at the bottom, it was as if various parts of myself caught up with my brain. I just processed what happened. I felt exctatic. I have not felt anything like it since.

No, this was not a drug induced hallucination, this really happened. I've been chasing that feeling ever since.

Oh, just a tangent. I really don't ski moguls all that well, just strive.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Bumpsis

I ski bumps because long time ago, once , just once I touched perfection.

I had an "out of the body" experience while blasting down a mogul field. Time seized to exist and I saw myself bumping down the mogul field. What was probably a time span of less than a minute, felt timeless and my conciousness was like a camera, suspended next to me, filming me, floating next to my physical self. I knew I was watching myself ski. Past and future did not exist. All my motions were perfect. I did not think or feel - I was.

When I stopped at the bottom, it was as if various parts of myself caught up with my brain. I just processed what happened. I felt exctatic. I have not felt anything like it since.

No, this was not a drug induced hallucination, this really happened. I've been chasing that feeling ever since.

Oh, just a tangent. I really don't ski moguls all that well, just strive.

Yes it was. The drug is called adrenaline. It's self administered. As for the hallucination part, that was probably just bad lodge food.

[jack97]

Adrenaline, yes. But I like the analogy to sex. The military combat and high stake gambling sucks if you're on the losing end,

[awf170]

Originally Posted by Greg

Your approach to skiing bumps that day was more like a flat rock skimming along a calm mountain lake. You won't be able to do it that way forever. I also would consider those irregular bumplets, not steep and deep zippers.

Oops, missed the "bashing staircases" part and just assumed any day of mogul skiing. I can't read... Yeah, so a day of deep staircase bumps I would put at about even with a day of skinning. I would also put a day of deep powder skiing in the woods equal to that also. Way to many variables to decide which one is more tiring, but either way a day full of skinning, bump bashing, or powder skiing is rough day where I'm likely to fall asleep by 7pm. I could really go for some deep powder or bump bashing right now...

[deadheadskier]

Originally Posted by 2knees

One thing about bump skiing, for me anyway, is that i can ski the same run, hell the same line, all day and not get bored. I cant say that about any other type of skiing. I can be at a place like killington or sugarbush with many trail options, yet i'll literally pitch a tent on the first run i find with a nice line.

I'm the same way.........well, at least later in the season when I'm in shape. I used to be that way from 'go' at the start of the year, last year it took me a solid eight days out before my legs could handle the all day affair, this year probably ten days out before I'm there. Ahhhh aging....


I think there's an age parallel between bump skiing and sex for men, lol. When I was 19, I could do both all day long, day after day after day, never got tired and always eagerly awaiting the moment to get back in the saddle.....now, not nearly so much

okay tmi

[2knees]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

I'm the same way.........well, at least later in the season when I'm in shape. I used to be that way from 'go' at the start of the year, last year it took me a solid eight days out before my legs could handle the all day affair, this year probably ten days out before I'm there. Ahhhh aging....


I think there's an age parallel between bump skiing and sex for men, lol. When I was 19, I could do both all day long, day after day after day, never got tired and always eagerly awaiting the moment to get back in the saddle.....now, not nearly so much

okay tmi

lol yeah when i say i could ski the same bump run "all day", i use that term very loosely. All day for me, now, is probably about 4 hours of bumping. then i end up using the old people motorized carts to get around for a couple of days. I walk up and down stairs at a snails pace and my body creaks and cracks like its made out of leggo's.

[Brettski]

Because

[Brettski]

But I gotta say, I'd rather be in the woods

WHERE, bumps help