Your Current Ski Jones Rating

[WJenness]

Another nice and cool morning. Had all the windows up in the bedroom last night and it felt downright chilly this morning. Awesome. I love the fall, partly because I know what's around the corner. Inching towards 7.

Agreed. the 50 something degrees this morning had me think about heading back in the house for a jacket and turning the heat and heated seats on in the car on the way to work. The air still lacks that fall scent however... we're inching there.

I just checked the notoriously inaccurate accuweather.com 15-day forecast for Newry, ME (Sunday River) and day 15 (Sep 9) is currently forecast with a low of 31 degrees... not quite snow making weather... but close...

-w

 

[gmcunni]

up to about 7 or so. summer vacation is over, kids are back to school this week. emailed our neighbors last night about getting house @ MT Snow for a weekend in January. Threads about "skiing in November" and "first trail of the year" really got me going.

 

[bvibert]

Agreed. the 50 something degrees this morning had me think about heading back in the house for a jacket and turning the heat and heated seats on in the car on the way to work. The air still lacks that fall scent however... we're inching there.

I just checked the notoriously inaccurate accuweather.com 15-day forecast for Newry, ME (Sunday River) and day 15 (Sep 9) is currently forecast with a low of 31 degrees... not quite snow making weather... but close...

-w

I had the heat on in the car this morning.... With the windows down and the sun-roof popped up. While it's cool in the morning it definitely doesn't feel anything like fall to me. The fall scent is definitely missing, I guess that must be it.

 

[prisnah]

on a 1-10 i'd say somewhere in the realm of 40.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

6.724........Labor Day is upon us. Parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin reported patchy frost.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It was chilly this morning..57 degrees when I got into my car at 6:53AM and the expected high on Thursday is only 70...my ski jones is always high..I really need to go on a summer ski trip next summer..,

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6.724........Labor Day is upon us. Parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin reported patchy frost.

patchy frost...wow..boner city..lol

 

[hardline]

after ordering my pass the other day. i am on the backside of a 10.

 

[ALLSKIING]

After pulling the trigger on my new pow boards and with the ski threads getting hot again I would say a 7. When ups gets here in a few days I bet it will hit 8 or 9.

 

[awf170]

-1. I'm actually starting to dread winter since mountain biking is going to kind of suck once it gets really cold, and I'll have to ride in the dark since it gets dark so early. I'll probably gain some motivation once late Fall comes around, but right now I really have no motivation at all to go skiing. Thanks a lot guys for starting me on this mountain biking thing. :razz:

 

[Greg]

-1. I'm actually starting to dread winter since mountain biking is going to kind of suck once it gets really cold, and I'll have to ride in the dark since it gets dark so early. I'll probably gain some motivation once late Fall comes around, but right now I really have no motivation at all to go skiing. Thanks a lot guys for starting me on this mountain biking thing. :razz:

It's way cool, ain't it? Seriously, mountain biking has really kept me grounded this summer. I can't say that like you I have no motivation to ski. That's still my number one passion, but it's awesome to have something almost as fun to pass the time in the off(ski) season. Plus you get in great shape to boot? Perfect!

Got a sick MTB ride shaping up with a bunch of AZers for Monday morning.

Still around a 7.

 

[awf170]

It's way cool, ain't it? Seriously, mountain biking has really kept me grounded this summer. I can't say that like you I have no motivation to ski. That's still my number one passion, but it's awesome to have something almost as fun to pass the time in the off(ski) season. Plus you get in great shape to boot? Perfect!

Got a sick MTB ride shaping up with a bunch of AZers for Monday morning.

Still around a 7.

Yeah like I said I'll probably gain motivation to ski once the first snow starts to fall. But I still don't think I'll have the determination like last season to drive 3 hours to MRG by myself for the day.



I really need to get down to Nass one of these weekends to ride with you guys again. Hopefully I can convince Marc to join me so at least I only have one hour of driving by myself.



What I'm really digging about mountain biking is that technique isn't the biggest thing you're working on. With skiing you practice and practice to look good on something because it is more about flow and looking good then survival. With mountain biking all the matters is that you did it, no matter how it looked. With skiing I get too picky and never think that I skied something well enough, with biking as long as I did it I'm happy. Basically mountain biking is my equivalent of skiing some of the tightest, gnarliest lines at MRG where you only goal is to make it down. Except I can try them over and over again, and there are about 50 of them every ride.

 

[Greg]

What I'm really digging about mountain biking is that technique isn't the biggest thing you're working on. With skiing you practice and practice to look good on something because it is more about flow and looking good then survival. With mountain biking all the matters is that you did it, no matter how it looked. With skiing I get too picky and never think that I skied something well enough, with biking as long as I did it I'm happy. Basically mountain biking is my equivalent of skiing some of the tightest, gnarliest lines at MRG where you only goal is to make it down. Except I can try them over and over again, and there are about 50 of them every ride.

Kind of an interesting observation. Everybody looks pretty similar just riding a bike. The difference become apparent given the terrain you clear and the gnarliness of the stuff you attempt, and how fast you do it. I think the MTB learning curve is much steeper and faster, and the "balls factor" is more prevalent.

 

[awf170]

Kind of an interesting observation. Everybody looks pretty similar just riding a bike. The difference become apparent given the terrain you clear and the gnarliness of the stuff you attempt, and how fast you do it. I think the MTB learning curve is much steeper and faster, and the "balls factor" is more prevalent.

So basically mountain biking has very tangible results, verses skiing where it is very much based on opinion.

And yeah balls can get you very far in mountain biking since there is really no way to tell how good someone is, especially when it is just a short, gnarly downhill or a big drop.

Heck I hucked way bigger things over a month ago and I was nowhere near as good as a rider as I am now, I was just way more stupid.

The "balls factor" is kind of the reason I started doing technical stuff features and hill more than downhills and hucks. You can bluff you skills on DHs and drops and just get by with balls, but you can't do that on technical terrain. Plus you are a heck of lot less likely to get hurt (I haven't got even the slightless bit hurt in weeks.) And another thing, I'm a sissy and my "balls factor" maxed out at about five feet.

 

[Greg]

The "balls factor" is kind of the reason I started doing technical stuff features and hill more than downhills and hucks. You can bluff you skills on DHs and drops and just get by with balls, but you can't do that on technical terrain. Plus you are a heck of lot less likely to get hurt (I haven't got even the slightless bit hurt in weeks.) And another thing, I'm a sissy and my "balls factor" maxed out at about five feet.

My balls factor is maxed out at about 30" so you got me beat. I'm settling in as a strictly cross country guy. I like riding fast and more mileage, the more techy the terrain, the better. I'll leave the free ride stuff to the guys with more stupidity and/or less to lose than me.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

After hiking today with one of my ski buddies and talking with him about skiing for 3 hours..all I can do is write about skiing and think about skiing..I haven't surfed the net for porn in several hours..crazy..

 

[awf170]

My balls factor is maxed out at about 30" so you got me beat. I'm settling in as a strictly cross country guy. I like riding fast and more mileage, the more techy the terrain, the better. I'll leave the free ride stuff to the guys with more stupidity and/or less to lose than me.

Yep, I fully agree with the more techy the terrain, the better philosophy. Though I wouldn't really qualify what I'm doing as XC riding, since it is super slow, and sometimes I'll try one short sections 5 or so times until I get it (or give up). And come on, if you love technical terrian you have to get up to Lynn woods!


BTW: The reason I'm spending my Friday night doing this is because I have work at 7am tomorrow. I'm a dork, but I'm not dorkier enough to spend my Friday night doing this if I didn't have work so freakin' early. I think it is time to go to sleep now...

 

[kingslug]

Really looking foreward to the coming season. I'm in the best shape ever and ready for it. Want to do some ski touring, Alta for sure.

 

[powderman]

Still a nine, since summer is almost over, there's not much to look forward to besides skiing

 

[JimG.]

I've been fine since July 4 or so...

BUT TODAY I'M AT A 100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sick of !@#$%^%^ yardwork!

Except for fishing, it seems to be all I do during summer...5 acres to take care of doesn't help.

The summer chores never $%^&* end!

Let the leaves fall...let the snow fall.

Bring on the cold.

I need to ski right now or I'm gonna kill something.