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Sundown Bump or Bust III - 3/22/09

mondeo

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"70% Backscratcher"? Looks more like a dumper backscratcher to me. Nice work! :cool:

skipping rope maybe???
It's what happens when you plan for an iron cross but just do a plain backscratcher. Knees have the proper bend, didn't arch the back which leaves the waist bent.

As far as my lower air goes, if a combined spread-daffy is a spraffy, what's a combined spread-twister? Sprister?

But I'll take the patent on the "Jump Rope," thank you very much.
 

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It's what happens when you plan for an iron cross but just do a plain backscratcher. Knees have the proper bend, didn't arch the back which leaves the waist bent.

As far as my lower air goes, if a combined spread-daffy is a spraffy, what's a combined spread-twister? Sprister?

But I'll take the patent on the "Jump Rope," thank you very much.

actually, you drew your legs up into your body which is the cardinal sin on any kind of backscratcher, mule kick or cross. once you do that, the squat look is what follows.

its hard to believe, but i used to throw all kinds of airs when i was a youngen. my best was the good old daffy twist. would've liked to have had that in my arsenal yesterday but its probably been 15 years since i did one.
 

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shot some video from the top of the course while i was waiting around.


The johnnypoach duel had me pissing my pants! :lol: Backseat right out of the start, somehow manages to pull a sick twister-spread, then right back into the backseat, rolling down the windows while launching into orbit off the second kicker, and then flailing the rest of the way to the bottom. That run was priceless entertainment. :lol:

I forgot that I pulled a dumper air in my duel with Bart. :blink: Skiing looked okay though and I tried to throw a monster nossack off the bottom when I felt I lost it. I wish I remembered to lose the fleece though to rock the Sundown tee. Instead I looked like an unkept tool. :lol:

Nice job on that vid Gary!
 

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I was carring WAY too much speed after that jump :blink:. If my bindings didn't release and I somehow managed to stay on my feet (very unlikely regardless of DIN setting) I would have killed myself off that 2nd jump.
 

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I was carring WAY too much speed after that jump :blink:. If my bindings didn't release and I somehow managed to stay on my feet (very unlikely regardless of DIN setting) I would have killed myself off that 2nd jump.

Oof. :blink: I watched that a few more times and you're lucky you didn't pull a downhill04 and faceplant on your binding. That ski was close when you smacked down.
 

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Oof. :blink: I watched that a few more times and you're lucky you didn't pull a downhill04 and faceplant on your binding. That ski was close when you smacked down.

Ya, it was kind of close. I won't lie, that fall did feel so good!
 

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Nice vid, Gary! Hey, I even appeared in it and I didn't compete. ;) Didn't remember the JP run being that funny the first time around, but WOW! :lol: Still, he kept it going; how many could do that under the circumstances?
 

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The johnnypoach duel had me pissing my pants! :lol: Backseat right out of the start, somehow manages to pull a sick twister-spread, then right back into the backseat, rolling down the windows while launching into orbit off the second kicker, and then flailing the rest of the way to the bottom. That run was priceless entertainment. :lol:

The JP run was really funny. :lol:

Didn't remember the JP run being that funny the first time around, but WOW! :lol: Still, he kept it going; how many could do that under the circumstances?

Here is the JP solo, with the crowd noise instead of music.
 
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Here is the JP solo, with the crowd noise instead of music.

wow..amazing that he held it together..lol..what degree pitch do you guys think the slope was?? Some mad steezy air!!!! I've never skied a bump run with a kicker in the middle..did they have some kickers set up for practice???
 

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wow..amazing that he held it together..lol..what degree pitch do you guys think the slope was?? Some mad steezy air!!!! I've never skied a bump run with a kicker in the middle..did they have some kickers set up for practice???

The top of the course and the stretch below the lower kicker are moderate pitch, dunno exactly, maybe 20 degrees? The middle and runout are flat. The kickers were open during practice starting a bit after noon.
 

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Here is the JP solo, with the crowd noise instead of music.

Nice! We were going crazy at the bottom when when he was coming down. :beer:

I hope Skidork doesn't have the volume turned up too loud when he's reviewing the video he shot, for part of the time he was setup right next to my loud mouth. :lol:
 

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Nice! We were going crazy at the bottom when when he was coming down. :beer:

I hope Skidork doesn't have the volume turned up too loud when he's reviewing the video he shot, for part of the time he was setup right next to my loud mouth. :lol:

I meant to mention this. The crowd at the bottom, seemingly lead by the drunk AZers :lol: was extremely supportive. I was shocked by the roar after my two runs. That was a cool feeling. Thanks for the support everybody!
 

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That johnnypoach vid is priceless... can't believe he stayed up through that. Hopefully a lot of this group can get up to Mt Snow closing day this year again.
 

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ROFLMAO......I feel really bad that all the Killington bumpers showed up and stole your A-zone spotlight....the second place guy and the guy in the green jacket in the 3/4 heat are both Killington regulars.
 

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I meant to mention this. The crowd at the bottom, seemingly lead by the drunk AZers :lol: was extremely supportive. I was shocked by the roar after my two runs. That was a cool feeling. Thanks for the support everybody!

you are welcome, good sir.
 

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I meant to mention this. The crowd at the bottom, seemingly lead by the drunk AZers :lol: was extremely supportive. I was shocked by the roar after my two runs. That was a cool feeling. Thanks for the support everybody!

The crowd roar was impressive! It was a nice additional element that you don't get on Temptor.

I'd say that beer definitely helped liven things up a bit. ;) As Randi alluded to in an earlier post; if we didn't know either of the people coming down we'd just make up names and cheer them on! Good times! :beer:
 

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ROFLMAO......I feel really bad that all the Killington bumpers showed up and stole your A-zone spotlight....the second place guy and the guy in the green jacket in the 3/4 heat are both Killington regulars.

The Killington folks were encouraged to come down, that was the reason for the $1000 purse. No spotlight was stolen, we wanted to show them that Sundown had better bumps than Killington. Everyone that I talked to agreed!

The only person you should feel bad for is yourself, for missing out on a great day. We understand though that you didn't want to be exposed for the sub-par skier that we all know you really are.
 
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