Trust me, all the bumps you see in any Sundown Youtube video started out just like seeds pictured earlier in the thread.
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Complaining about skiing in CT.....is this a thing now?
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Trust me, all the bumps you see in any Sundown Youtube video started out just like seeds pictured earlier in the thread.
Sometimes bumps are seeded to get a nice symmetrical course, but at Sundown they're seeded just to get some bumps. I suppose there is some degree of symmetry, but there's no measurements or anything made. Piles of snow are just pushed up with a cat, the cat operator makes a good effort to make them orderly, but they're far from perfect. They turn out way more like natural bumps than seeded bumps, which I for one love. If they didn't seed then I don't think that any bumps worth skiing would ever form at Sundown, except for maybe in the spring when the snow is nice and soft.
MadMadWorld
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How did these turn out? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73m6-Ov0p8
I just feel like these seeded bumps look better.
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that was gunbarrel, the groomer has basically a wide and straight trail to work with. over at N'easter, it curves to skier's left and that might off set things a bit. I've noticed that with seeded trails in other areas.
i'm not complaining, having bumps spread out a bit more may be the new norm given shaped skis and more riders going into non groomed trails.
Those bumps turned out awesome!
Not a great pic, but this was them just before we closed last year (the big bumps are on the pitch beyond view of the picture):
Like Jack said, two different trails with different expectations. The seeds in the video above were done in the spring when we know it's gonna get soft and big quickly.
You'll get no argument from me about the Gunny bumps in the above video being better than the seeds shown earlier will ever get. Dreams of spring Gunny bumps are what keeps me going all year!
It's not even really an apples to apples comparison.For what we have to work with the rest of the season the seeds on Nor'easter work out just fine. Like Jack said that trail has a couple of turns and some undulations that make it interesting.
MadMadWorld
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Those bumps turned out awesome!
Not a great pic, but this was them just before we closed last year (the big bumps are on the pitch beyond view of the picture):
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Like Jack said, two different trails with different expectations. The seeds in the video above were done in the spring when we know it's gonna get soft and big quickly.
You'll get no argument from me about the Gunny bumps in the above video being better than the seeds shown earlier will ever get. Dreams of spring Gunny bumps are what keeps me going all year!
For what we have to work with the rest of the season the seeds on Nor'easter work out just fine. Like Jack said that trail has a couple of turns and some undulations that make it interesting.
How come you don't just seed Gunbarrel early season then? Those look great.
Gunbarrel is used for racing most of the season. There's not enough room to have gates and bumps, so we lose out until racing is done for the year. Damn racers!
The spandex monkeys rule the winter months. We only get gunbarrel for 3 weeks or so and they STILL complain about giving us 1/2 the trail for bumps.
Truth!
MadMadWorld
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Racers are pansies. A few well placed moguls on a race course never hurt anyone right?
powhunter
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Spandex fucking WARRIORS!!!!!!
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planb420
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There is a few spots where you can see the noreaster bumps progression in my video from today....
MadMadWorld
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Nice job in the bumps. Always impressed with boarders that can do that.
planb420
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All thanks due to the rad AZ dudes that pushed me into it about 4 seasons ago now....otherwise I would have just been another one of the mogul snobs. Now I go nuts once they put em in...I'll ride em from seed to monster no worries, just need to keep working on the form
Savemeasammy
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they get better in the spring on a different trail.
I wish I knew how to ride uphill like that! :-D
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was lapping the bumps today... it was cold! N'easter got coated with man made, see the pics below, some of the trees near the towers got sprayed. The bumps on the trail got bigger or the troughs got deeper. Got to love a place that will spray some freshies on the bumps!
Ex bumps are meh, they have areas where its icy, both at the troughs and on the backside. Had to ski it several times to find the bad spots and then find some lines around it.
N'easter bumps at 9:00 am, close to flat light conditions
later in the morning
Ex bumps are meh, they have areas where its icy, both at the troughs and on the backside. Had to ski it several times to find the bad spots and then find some lines around it.
N'easter bumps at 9:00 am, close to flat light conditions
later in the morning
MadMadWorld
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Looking much better. A little man made did the trick!
Savemeasammy
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planb420
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And to my knowledge they have been doing it each time its cold enough...SO NICE!
Dont remember them doing that much in seasons past (Loving this new trend)
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