Game On

[KingM]

I finally feel like I'm over the hump this year of the combination of weather-dodging and getting in ski shape. After a fantastic day at Sugarbush yesterday, I'm ready to crank 3 or more days per week from now until the end of March and beyond.

How long does it take you to get fully back in the groove.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Some season I'm back in the groove after 2-3 days...others 10 days..it try to take a couple runs of practice for every type of snow condition before I will charge. On a ski trip out west..it takes me a day or two to ease into it..although this season I'm getting alot of powder practice here in the east but not bottomless that exists offpiste at Stowe and J-Hole.

KingM..it's sweet that you have Sugarbush and Mad River Glen in your backyard!!!

 

[riverc0il]

The season is too short for a hump. Game on from the first run of the year. Ask me again in another half dozen years or so and we'll see where I am at :lol: Interestingly enough though... when I was in my early 20s, it usually took a half dozen days before I felt like I was back at proper technical prowess. Helps when your season is 8 months long and you get 40-50 days versus less than half of each :lol:

 

[hardline]

actually i go through two phase's. the first is where im super technical(carving and getting myself to flow with the terrain, then like the last two days where i get into my super surfy style. where it just feel fluid going over evything.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

Usually for me, it's a couple of days to get into the groove. My first day out this year was rough. I was not a happy camper. A knee injury this fall made it look dire for the season.

Second day was fluff on perfect base. Everything clicked. Game on.

Generally, I hit my stride in a couple of days out. There ave been a few seasons that it took as many as 10, but that's rare. It doesn't look like I'm getting a lot of days this season, so I really need to make them count.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The season is too short for a hump. Game on from the first run of the year. Ask me again in another half dozen years or so and we'll see where I am at :lol: Interestingly enough though... when I was in my early 20s, it usually took a half dozen days before I felt like I was back at proper technical prowess. Helps when your season is 8 months long and you get 40-50 days versus less than half of each :lol:

where were you living in your early 20s??

 

[Johnskiismore]

This season has been a little weird for me, normally it takes about 4-5 times out and I feel myself getting better and stronger (not that I consider myself Phil Mahre or the like), but this season I didn't feel like I was in my groove until like the 20th time out! Could be that early season for me had a lot of varying conditions.