Ski Sundown - 1/24/2008 (night)

[2knees]

Originally Posted by Greg

Definitely some funky snowmaking whales starting to show up in there. Still some decent lines though. Mostly edgeable but slick backsides.

I have no idea how you are supposed to maintain contact in lines like this. When the backsides of the bumps are totally slick, i always go back to the hopping/slamming method. Maybe it doesnt fit into the WC technique that we are "supposed" to use but it works so much better.


Yeah, i noticed the snowmaking whales getting bigger on monday. there are some serious dropoffs in a couple of places. makes for some interesting line choices.

[severine]

Originally Posted by 2knees

Yeah, i noticed the snowmaking whales getting bigger on monday. there are some serious dropoffs in a couple of places. makes for some interesting line choices.

The whales do keep it interesting. The trail is never exactly the same from trip to trip.

[Grassi21]

Originally Posted by Greg

Pretty accurate. Both of us seemed to be in a major funk. Sorta just going through the motions tonight. My mood improved as the night went on. Chris was more in a fog than me...

Yeah, we'll call it a fog...

My knee is a still soar but I don't think its anything serious. I was in the back seat a lot last night due to the firm bumps and hardpack hiding some troughs. I just didn't feel in control last night which led to me making some bad turns in the NE bumps. Its all good. But as always, good to see the guys and nice to meet the aerodynamic jonnypoach.

[MrMagic]

man am i glad to hear others were in the bump funk as well , i was there thursday during the day , and i couldnt get anything going for me on the bumps,, now i know there is a few more people who felt the haze, i know it must of been the lines or the snow, hope it gets better for next wed, night as i will be joining you guys again

[Grassi21]

Originally Posted by 2knees

Yeah, i noticed the snowmaking whales getting bigger on monday. there are some serious dropoffs in a couple of places. makes for some interesting line choices.

Interesting line selection? Bah. You should have seen me on some of those drop offs with one foot in the trough and the other on an oddly shaped bump. Good thing I do Yoga.

[Greg]

Originally Posted by MrMagic

man am i glad to hear others were in the bump funk as well , i was there thursday during the day , and i couldnt get anything going for me on the bumps,, now i know there is a few more people who felt the haze, i know it must of been the lines or the snow, hope it gets better for next wed, night as i will be joining you guys again

I had a few good stretches of somewhat decent skiing. I still had to stop in the middle or make a sweeping line correction every time though. This year's bumps don't lend themself well to smooth top to bottom runs, unlike last year. Good challenge though. I actually wouldn't mind seeing N'E rebuilt too before the final mow-down at the end of February. There is a lot of snow in there. I feel like I've been skiing the same line for the past 5 weeks. New seeds would make it seem like a different run.