Biggest fear

[JimG.]

Re: FEAR(s)

My biggest (human) fear is skiers who don't belong on a black or expert trail careening down out of control and NOT SCREAMING THEIR BLOODY HEADS OFF TO LET YOU KNOW THEY ARE COMING AT YOU UNTIL THEY CREAM YOU!

You mean a beginner on an expert trail who doesn't yield to the downhill skier and crashes into them out of control?

Isn't that a violation of the skier responsibility code?

Or does the code only apply to experts running into beginners?

Kind of joking around, kind of not...beginners who put themselves into jeopardy on expert terrain love to hide behind the code when an expert blasts by them (I've heard them screaming "You crazy asshole!"), but they conveniently forget that same code when they take out another skier.

I totally agree with you tirolerpeter!

And yes, I am a crazy asshole :wink: !

 

[bvibert]

Re: FEAR(s)

My biggest (human) fear is skiers who don't belong on a black or expert trail careening down out of control and NOT SCREAMING THEIR BLOODY HEADS OFF TO LET YOU KNOW THEY ARE COMING AT YOU UNTIL THEY CREAM YOU!

You mean a beginner on an expert trail who doesn't yield to the downhill skier and crashes into them out of control?

Isn't that a violation of the skier responsibility code?

Or does the code only apply to experts running into beginners?

Thats definitely a violation. Probably wouldn't mean anything though... :roll:

 

[Sky]

Head up to Loon this season. They offer the best intermediate seeded bumps runs I've seen

Great phot...excellent advice. Maybe I'll hit that some mid-week *cough cough* sick-day.

 

[Greg]

Head up to Loon this season. They offer the best intermediate seeded bumps runs I've seen

Great phot...excellent advice. Maybe I'll hit that some mid-week *cough cough* sick-day.

Also check out these threads:

http://forums.alpinezone.com/viewtopic.php?t=157
http://forums.alpinezone.com/viewtopic.php?t=1424
http://forums.alpinezone.com/viewtopic.php?t=3310
http://forums.alpinezone.com/viewtopic.php?t=3860

 

[JimG.]

Head up to Loon this season. They offer the best intermediate seeded bumps runs I've seen

Great phot...excellent advice. Maybe I'll hit that some mid-week *cough cough* sick-day.

Sky, those bumps are perfect if you want to learn. It was always my biggest beef with management when I taught...little or no intermediate pitch bumps.

The fact that these are seeded is even better. The smoothness and consistency promotes that feeling of rhythm that's so necessary to be a good bump skier.

It's alot harder to learn on truly steep terrain with ragged, uneven bumps. I know, that's how I had to learn!

 

[Greg]

The fact that these are seeded is even better. The smoothness and consistency promotes that feeling of rhythm that's so necessary to be a good bump skier.

It's alot harder to learn on truly steep terrain with ragged, uneven bumps. I know, that's how I had to learn!

Precisely why I love seeded bump runs. Any bumps that are allowed to form on intermediate terrain are formed by intermediate skiers - leading to erratically spaced out moguls. The only way to get a nice mogul field on a blue is to (a) seed them or (b) have a bunch of experts continually ski it (which will never happen as they'll be on the steeper terrain). Plus all those punk snowboarders kill the bumps on the intermediate runs (kidding, D...)

 

[hammer]

I'm not sure if too many of you can relate to this, but a lot of my initial fears were of the steeps...most likely due to the fact that a) I started at an older age and b) I grew up near the coast and never spent much time around the mountains.

After going on some "easy" blacks, I think I'm getting over this to some extent...

Aside from that, my biggest concern (not fear) is getting injured...mainly because it could prevent me from skiing or doing other physical activities...

 

[Brettski]

When you figure out that you're suppose to lean downhill, instead of uphill out of fear, makes skiing the steeps soooo much easier...

Leaning back just makes you fall more.....

And I think the kids like the bumps on the steeps because when they do go down, they don't slid very far

 

[hammer]

When you figure out that you're suppose to lean downhill, instead of uphill out of fear, makes skiing the steeps soooo much easier...

Leaning back just makes you fall more.....

And I think the kids like the bumps on the steeps because when they do go down, they don't slid very far

Amen to that...I just need to program that into my subconscious this year...

 

[dmc]

Plus all those punk snowboarders kill the bumps on the intermediate runs (kidding, D...)

I agree... And so do skidding skiers too...

Sking bumps on a flat trail is cool for someone learning I guess.. But seems a little boring to me..

I love the feeling of a steep bump run... Where you drop between bumps... And you momentum just carries you...
That's why I still ski... To get that feeling and to go faster then I can on a board..

 

[Greg]

Plus all those punk snowboarders kill the bumps on the intermediate runs (kidding, D...)

I agree... And so do skidding skiers too...

Agreed! I was probably one of them at one time...

 

[dmc]

Plus all those punk snowboarders kill the bumps on the intermediate runs (kidding, D...)

I agree... And so do skidding skiers too...

Agreed! I was probably one of them at one time...

As the kids say "It's all good"