Killington Open Until May 2

[JerseyJoey]

like a drag queen? that would explain alot of his issues.

They look like blocks, not heels. There were some pics of him wearing them floating around K-Zone a year or two back. The pics were taken during a HighwayStar free clinic at the base of the K-1 by the waffle house. I can't find the pics though.

 

[2knees]

They look like blocks, not heels. There were some pics of him wearing them floating around K-Zone a year or two back. The pics were taken during a HighwayStar free clinic at the base of the K-1 by the waffle house. I can't find the pics though.

i remember someone posting pics of him jumping a scooter off a curb. our little friend apparently likes to play with scooters too. Does the same rule apply to scooters that applys to mopeds????

 

[Highway Star]

He got lifters under his boots. 6 inches high. No, I'm not kidding. Funniest shiit ya ever seen on the slopes. There were pix of them floating around a while back.

As for the jealousy thing, there are a few people that I ski with who's abilities I envy. Not many, but some. These are the top guns at Killington, not backseat boy. You ever seen HS ski? He's so far in the back seat that it looks like he's taking a dump. A good example of this is his Devil's Fiddle video from a couple years back. There is nothing about him that makes me jealous.

Hanging at K from Sat til Weds. Shoot me a pm if you wanna make some turns. I believe you know where to find me, yes?

You've never seen me ski and have no idea what I look like, aside from that devil's fiddle video.

 

[JerseyJoey]

You've never seen me ski and have no idea what I look like, aside from that devil's fiddle video.

I've seen you ski many times. You're not hard to miss in those lifters and jeans. Only thing missing is your Members Only jacket.

I've seen you ski many times. You need to take a lesson. You have almost every bad habit in the book. Your body is never pointed down the fall line. You plant your poles way to late on each turn which lands you in the back seat on almost every run. You don't get up on your edges anywhere near enough which leads to too much speed and being borderline out of control. You cannot always stop to avoid other skiers or objects. You don't check your speed when coming out of a turn which also contributes to your inability to avoid other people or objects. The list goes on and on.

You need to take some lessons before you hurt yourself, or even worse, someone else.

 

[Highway Star]

I've seen you ski many times. You're not hard to miss in those lifters and jeans.

I haven't been out on those lifted stocklis since that picture was taken. If you know what I look like, why don't you buy me a beer at the Lookout tonight?

Even better, get a new picture of me skiing and post it up here...?

JerseyJoey = FAIL.

 

[Geoff]

Killington open through Saturday , May 2
Here is the plan:
Bear Mountain and Needle's Eye are open through Sunday, April 5. Snowshed and Killington Peak (Including the K-1 Gondola) open through Sunday, April 12.
April 13 through Saturday, May 2, Superstar lift will run serving Superstar, Bittersweet and Skyelark.
Enjoy!

I must say that I'm underwhelmed that the K1 isn't going to run until your original scheduled closing date. It ran until the 20th last year. You are running a sale for the 18th & 19th where you are only running one lift? Overpromise. Underdeliver. Good luck selling all those season passes by April 30th.

 

[JerseyJoey]

I haven't been out on those lifted stocklis since that picture was taken. If you know what I look like, why don't you buy me a beer at the Lookout tonight?

Even better, get a new picture of me skiing and post it up here...?

JerseyJoey = FAIL.

I will be skiing at K from Sunday to Weds. Find me and we'll see who schools who.

 

[2knees]

I will be skiing at K from Sunday to Weds. Find me and we'll see who schools who.

Sounds like he wants to throw down. watch yourself out there.

http://forums.alpinezone.com/53168-i-will-killington-tomorrow.html

 

[JerseyJoey]

Sounds like he wants to throw down. watch yourself out there.

http://forums.alpinezone.com/53168-i-will-killington-tomorrow.html

If he sees me, he'll turtle on the spot. Remember, this is the guy who calls everyone out and then doesn't show. He's done it many times. Not much to worry about there.

 

[ozzy]

Killington open through Saturday , May 2
Here is the plan:
Bear Mountain and Needle's Eye are open through Sunday, April 5. Snowshed and Killington Peak (Including the K-1 Gondola) open through Sunday, April 12.
April 13 through Saturday, May 2, Superstar lift will run serving Superstar, Bittersweet and Skyelark.
Enjoy!

Does Killington plan on grooming lower superstar daily?

 

[JimG.]

I wish my home hill stayed open until May 2.

 

[Newpylong]

I agree with Geoff. From April 13 to May just on Superstar? There is going to be arse load of snow up top just wasting away. That's real dumb..

 

[RootDKJ]

Yet another brilliant post by Killington's most uninformed poster.

damn it...I was hoping for that title....maybe next year

And a top 30 Killington skier. You're a truly amazing fellow.

I needed to clean the computer screen after reading this. Thanks Greg.

 

[Geoff]

I agree with Geoff. From April 13 to May just on Superstar? There is going to be arse load of snow up top just wasting away. That's real dumb..

They also have the Snowshed crossover fenced off with big nets in four places. In previous years when Killington contracted to just the Superstar lift in late-April, you could still ski Skyeburst, Dream Maker headwall, Thimble, Old Needles Eye, and Panic Button down to the Snowshed crossover and then traverse back to Superstar. There will be days where Skyeburst, which still has an awful lot of snow on it, will be the only thing to soften up. They could take one snow cat for a shift and push snow up onto the Snowshed crossover from Skyeburst, Needles Eye, and Highroad to at least provide a little more variety.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Let's keep this going if you want to beat the record from this HS classic....
http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread...-ma-my-epicski-brothers-video-of-highway-star

 

[tcharron]

It's pretty silly that they would close on a Saturday and not stay open for Sunday......who comes up with this stuff........?

People who actually have to pay the money out in order to have things running. They're generally good at math.

Wildcat is NOT Killington.

They're also REALLY good at geography.

 

[tcharron]

No, closing on Saturday is LAME. Greg, you don't ski at Killington and you don't know what you're talking about.

- Not everyone can make it up for Saturday, some people may only be able to make Sunday.

- The weather is always spotty. Saturday might be bad, Sunday might be good.

- People come up for the weekend. If they stay overnight, they want to ski two days. This applies to ski house people and people visiting from other mountains.

- Why be open all week, then be closed on that Sunday, which should be a relatively strong day.

- It is flat out INSULTING TO PASS HOLDERS.

Overall, only operating on ONE day of a weekend will probably have a similar effect to their Sunday opening on November 2nd this year......reduced skier visits. The opening this year was the least crowded I've ever seen.

They will miss the people who would come on sunday only, and the people who only think it's worth coming if they can ski for two days. If the weather is bad on Saturday, the whole weekend is a loss.

It's absurd....

They made a call and said, 'At what point are we not making money anymore'. You seem to be under the influence of shrooms or something, and appear to believe they are running a non profit to benifit the poor, poor children of the east who've hit their heads without wearing helmets, like yourself.

For the last time, either vote with your wallet and GO SOMEWHERE ELSE with your pass money, or just suck it up.

Sorry guys......you. just. don't. get. it.

No, YOU don't get it. THEY still get your money. So, as proof. Ahh, frack it..

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Skiing is fun when you analyze every-turn...this is a classic HighWayStar post from the GapicSki thread..

Top 30 KMART Skier says...

Steve, thanks for the input. I think you might be underestimating the level of difficulty a bit, mostly due to the poor vid quality....that snow is not flat, nor packed. Up top, I made 3 jump turns because I was dodging rocks and ledges in the manky snow, and didn't have much speed yet, and it's a decent pitch at the start...around 30 degrees or so. I don't think anybody could have made a pivoted or sliding turn with no speed in that snow and terrain. All dickwaving aside, there was virtually no snow on that trail, and that was just the pocket where it collects....we had to pick out way down to get there, and to get out.

If you count, my 4th turn is a real turn, but shaky, then the 5th is a pretty solid carved right turn around a big rock, intentionally skidded at the end to point me above the next big rock. The 6th turn is subtlely airborne and I come down with most of the direction change completed, but scrape down to dirt. 7th turn is a quick edge set, short carve. Turn 8 starts as a quick edge set as I'm already pointed down the fall line, but I extend it slightly, and make a tiny mid turn adjustment/slide with my feet.

Now, up through turn 8, I don't think I'm back seat.....look at turns 5 to 8 again. If I am, it's mild. Up to this point the snow has been reasonably packed....still tricky mank, but I wasn't sinking in much.

Turn 9, the left turn where it's flat and I'm passing the camera, is where it got "deeper" and I intentionally go back seat to keep my tips from hanging up in the snow....it was quite heavy and I'm going a decent clip, if they had hung up I would have gone down. If you pause it mid turn you can see my boot top is just barely above the snow. Now, I don't see any way I could have kept my weight centered, because the front of the ski would have dug in and done something nasty. I don't think it would be possible to bend the entire length of the ski in that situation to execute the turn, which is why I'm bending the rear half.

Turn 10, more of the same...ass 12" off the snow, digging in real hard, surfing the tails (look closely). Turn 11, I hit a waterbar......yeah, a waterbar......turn 12 is good enough, considering I just hit a waterbar. Turn 13, I stop.

Anyway.....yeah, I'm pretty sure my canting and foward lean is all ok. I've tried all sorts of leans and like where I'm at. My boots have normal ramp. Those bindings are fairly flat. Canting hasn't been done recently, but it's ok and I stand flat.

I typically maintain a fairly centered stance....I'll post some other vids.

 

[tcharron]

While it's better than last year, it's still one of Killington's earliest closings ever, and why aren't you operating on May 3rd????

I wasn't going to reply again, but I just had too..

The answer is simple. When they made that decision, they explicitly were thinking..

"Oh man, listen to this idea. This is TOTALLY going to piss HS off.. We're gonna close on SATURDAY."

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I wasn't going to reply again, but I just had too..

The answer is simple. When they made that decision, they explicitly were thinking..

"Oh man, listen to this idea. This is TOTALLY going to piss HS off.. We're gonna close on SATURDAY."

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