drjeff
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i'm thinking that we should start the over/under max speed run down White Nitro somewhere around 90
:lol:
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Killington 2012-01-29 -- Taking the girl I love skiing for her first time
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i'm thinking that we should start the over/under max speed run down White Nitro somewhere around 90
:lol:o3jeff
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i'm thinking that we should start the over/under max speed run down White Nitro somewhere around 90
I'm thinking triple digits.
Whens the next ski report of teaching her how to ski?
oakapple
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Next time, he takes her on Outer Limits, and just for kicks, confiscates the ski poles.
vdk03
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i'm thinking that we should start the over/under max speed run down White Nitro somewhere around 90
who's in charge of bringing the radar gun to the summit this year, I see a new land speed record on the horizon
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jimmywilson69
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This thread delivers.
drjeff
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I'm pretty sure that even an alter ego of HS would never admit to skiing on anything less than 200cm
GEESUS KRYSTE!!!! Talk about a tough crowd.. DBfreeTuna, I like that move. The only thing I would have done different is putting her in a lesson first. Other then that. Have her jump in the deep end and help her swim!
Skiing is AWESOME and getting someone new into it is a great thing. My wife is coming along also and she had NEVER DONE IT when we first got together 6 years ago. She is skiing blues now. And she likes coming with me.. And thats what's most important... Doing things that you love together...
Skiing is AWESOME and getting someone new into it is a great thing. My wife is coming along also and she had NEVER DONE IT when we first got together 6 years ago. She is skiing blues now. And she likes coming with me.. And thats what's most important... Doing things that you love together...
Riverskier
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I can almost understand skipping the lesson and can almost understand taking her up the gondi. That said, when my wife tried skiing for the first time I put her in a learn to ski lesson, and NEVER pushed her past her comfort zone, or took her anywhere she wasn't 100% ready to go. She is a very conservative person though, and if your girlfriend is more aggressive or athletic by nature, I get the mentality. Where you lost me is with the ski length choice..... What the hell does your ski length preference, as a presumabley expert male skier, have to do with what is right for a first time female? You should have listened to the shop, and you just made her day that much more difficult for absolutely no reason.
bdfreetuna
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Yeah I'll buy her lessons at an easier local mountain next time while I just have fun rippin the slopes
Maybe after her lessons she'll be confident enough to take a run with me? Who knows
Maybe after her lessons she'll be confident enough to take a run with me? Who knows
bigbog
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Agreed, put out and buy her some lessons......but not in "advanced" levels. Let her enjoy improving her skills....
bdfreetuna
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Yeah I was thinking more along the lines of guided tours down the Whiteface Slides
gmcunni
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Yeah I'll buy her lessons at an easier local mountain next time while I just have fun rippin the slopes
Maybe after her lessons she'll be confident enough to take a run with me? Who knows
check this year's details but the last 2 years the AZ summit has included a FREE LESSON as part of the package.
It does this year also
gmcunni
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this event is perfect for tuna and his chick.
cheap lodging, free sunday ticket, romantic setting, free lessons, free booze, free food, AZ swag, early morning high speed lapping on sunday.
what more could you ask for?
drjeff
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Plus the added benefit with most instructors is that since they're doing this (teaching) all the time, chances are they have the ability to quickly be able to change how they're explaining what their trying to teach to meet the comprehension/needs of different people (since I think its safe to say that not everyone gets the message that some people are trying to convey
) so the instructor is focusing on how to improve the skills of that person in the best way for them, not just trying to explain it in a way that makes sense to them(the instructor)
VTSKICTLAX
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I haven't been here all that long but this is by far my favorite thread so far...LMAO reading all the different opinions and agree with many...Tuna, love the spirit and wanting to get the love of your life skiing...I really do...and I know that your heart was in the right place...I just think it's hilarious that she takes the sled down to finish the day...my wife would have killed me! To each his own...
bdfreetuna
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I might convince her to come on here and make a few posts ... sounds good to me!
Plus I've never been to Sugarloaf and it sounds epic as f*ck so if theres some way I can slay the trails and the back bowls and all that while she gets some professional lessons....
that would be what's up!
gmcunni
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I might convince her to come on here and make a few posts ... sounds good to me!
Plus I've never been to Sugarloaf and it sounds epic as f*ck so if theres some way I can slay the trails and the back bowls and all that while she gets some professional lessons....
that would be what's up!
best part will be Sunday AM. Let her sleep in and you get a ticket to ski the mountain before it opens. you lap the super quad lift for an hour, cruising real fast on the fresh groomed trails. i think nick said he hit 64 MPH last year, on old skis without wax.
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