Summer stoke: Skiing in Chile

[snowmonster]

Looks like the lack of snow to slide on is making a few people antsy and ornery (see other threads around this forum). Here's a recent article on Boston.com on skiing conditions south of the Equator.

http://www.boston.com/ae/radio/edging_the_xtreme/2013/08/trading_flip_flops_for_ski_boo.html


Trading
Flip Flops for Ski Boots: Dan Egan is skiing in Chile

Posted by Dan Egan August 7, 2013 10:10 PM





Standing at 12,500 feet in the Andes Mountains in Chile, staring down a steep
narrow rocky chute, I was thinking to myself, "What a perfect summer." This
August included, I've been skiing in South America since 1989 and I have never
been sorry to leave the beach behind.



It's not the heat of the summer that drives me to the southern hemisphere nor
is it a burning desire to relive the chill of a howling winter wind. Rather,
this yearly pilgrimage has been more about the experiencing the look on the
faces of my clients, who come to Chile with me. There is a certain magic that
happens somewhere between South American hospitality at a middle-of-nowhere
resort and being stranded at 10,000 feet in a driving snow storm.

Check out this video from the past week's skiing adventures:



Sure I love to ski, but this trip is more about the overall experience of the
people, the place, and the time of year. This year I has been extra special
because I was joined by some long-time friends of mine: Jeff, Kate and I all ski
raced at Babson College back in the '80s, so sharing memories from back in the
day and catching up on family life now has been a blast.

 

[Nick]

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[bigbog]

Looks like Las Lenas(sp?) has gotten dumped on recently as well......

 

[ScottySkis]

:beer::beer:

 

[Abubob]

I got Dan Egan to autograph my Powder Mag 50 greatest skiers issue so why didn't he invite me to Chile? Now I really AM feeling antsy.

 

[Edd]

Glenn must not be aware there's a Dan Egan thread in play. He'd have made a dozen posts by now.

 

[Puck it]

Glenn must not be aware there's a Dan Egan thread in play. He'd have made a dozen posts by now.

Dan Egan discovered Chile!!!!

 

[SIKSKIER]

Dan is certainly a soild skier and has made a career calling himself extreme skiing pioneer.Having said that I have never been that impressed with his skiing style/technique.I skied with him a few times when he worked out of Cannon Mt and of course is a very good skier but it used to bug me watching him ski steep terrain and double pole plant on one side.

 

[Edd]

Dan Egan discovered Chile!!!!

Chile shall never be the same. God help them, they thought they knew what skiing was....they'll have to start from scratch.

 

[snowmonster]

I skied with him a few times when he worked out of Cannon Mt and of course is a very good skier but it used to bug me watching him ski steep terrain and double pole plant on one side.

Care to elaborate on the double pole plant? Does he over-rotate to one side then lean into (rather than away from) the mountain?

 

[Abubob]

Care to elaborate on the double pole plant? Does he over-rotate to one side then lean into (rather than away from) the mountain?

I read about this. It's some sort of European technique. But I can't picture how it works.


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[Puck it]

I read about this. It's some sort of European technique. But I can't picture how it works.


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Dan Egan invented the double pole plant!

 

[ScottySkis]

Whoo is Dan?

 

[Edd]

I read about this. It's some sort of European technique. But I can't picture how it works.


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It works however Dan Egan says it works.

 

[ScottySkis]

It works however Dan Egan says it works.

Is that a trail at Sugarbush?

 

[Abubob]

This is the double pole plant as demonstrated by the very French Remy Lecluse. Remy is one of the extreme skiers that died in the Manaslu slide recently. Dan Egan isn't even mentioned. At least I don't think he is.

 

[Puck it]

Whoo is Dan?

Blasphemy!!!! You should do penance for such a statement.

 

[Edd]

Is that a trail at Sugarbush?

Hmmm... nonsensical...I think Scotty is toying with me. He's like a mad genius.

 

[ScottySkis]

Hmmm... nonsensical...I think Scotty is toying with me. He's like a mad genius.

Thanks I am ScottyGenius.
Well I have read some on him here but not much.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I couldn't find the Tuck's footage of Dan that I was refering to.He was not double pole planting like Remy on that real steep terrain.He would only double on his turn from left to right.I saw him do this only a few times in the many videos I looked at yesterday.Oh well.He would kick my ass anyway.