mt. snow winter beerfest

[drjeff]

Some pics of me at Gladeiator. Shrunk them down for interweb viewing.

Skiing bumps in a costume with a cape was a totally new experience for me. :lol:

The sight of you, from the base of the ripper, with your cape flowing in the wind behind you as you were headed down was classic! :lol: Just about as good as when Mountsnowfish, said to Mrs. Glenn "he's not wearing a dress again is he?" :lol:

Just a great Gladeiator!

 

[Glenn]

I LOL'd when I saw the pics because I understood what you meant by the cape flowing in the wind. I think Mitz has some pics of me behind Fisher as I'm holding a beer, giving the thumbs up.

 

[arik]

OMG saturday was soo fun at mount snow, just great conditions for bumps. The beerfest was so fun with such a good turnout. I ended up staying till 7 playing dice (and sobering up before the drive home). I noticed a different bump technique on spread out bumps like free fall or jaws (slide and bounce) versus on tight bumps like on challenger left side (bend knees to kick back and pop tails up). So I have 2 questions:
1. Are there names for different kinds of bumps or ski technique?
2. Would having beerfest several times in spring be justified by the turnout and perhaps bring in more skiers, or was it just the good weather that brought so many people?

 

[Newpylong]

wow Ripcord looks like it wasn't for the faint of heart that day!

 

[drjeff]

OMG saturday was soo fun at mount snow, just great conditions for bumps. The beerfest was so fun with such a good turnout. I ended up staying till 7 playing dice (and sobering up before the drive home). I noticed a different bump technique on spread out bumps like free fall or jaws (slide and bounce) versus on tight bumps like on challenger left side (bend knees to kick back and pop tails up). So I have 2 questions:
1. Are there names for different kinds of bumps or ski technique?
2. Would having beerfest several times in spring be justified by the turnout and perhaps bring in more skiers, or was it just the good weather that brought so many people?

If you liked Brewfest, during the season, apres time (heck from lunch time on ) just swing by the 2nd floor of the base lodge and check out The Station Taproom. Dare I say that there probably isn't a better selection of beers on tap week in and week out at any ski area owned base lodge bar in the country! :beer:

 

[drjeff]

wow Ripcord looks like it wasn't for the faint of heart that day!

From centerline on over to skiers/rider left softened up reasonably well, especially by the time the last competitor, my 7 year old daughter, made her 2nd place tieing run in the girls 17 and under division

Centerline to skiers right would have been better tackled using a pair of Bauer hockey skates than a pair of skis My 5 year old son made one heck of a hip/butt slide down the top of the headwall next to the plunge during the warmup session that both scared the heck out of me, and also had me very glad that my wife was skiing Plummet as he did it, instead of being down at the base of the ripper watching him

 

[Glenn]

You can really see some of the glare spots in those pics. After my run, I sat and watched the rest of the field make their runs. On the left (skier's right) side of the trail, you could see a ton of glare. Just didn't seem right since the sun was shining and temps were in the 50's at that point.

 

[drjeff]

A few more pics from the weekend

This one especially for Glenn and Vcunning

1 more of "air Glenn-i-ator"

Glenn and Mrs Glenn "rehydrating" on Cuzzins deck at Brewer's Fest. I believe this was taken just before the "Jersey Shore-esque" chick fight complete with beer's being thrown (major beer foul there in my book! ) happened over the corner of our table! :lol:

 

[reefer]

Some pics of me at Gladeiator. Shrunk them down for interweb viewing.

Skiing bumps in a costume with a cape was a totally new experience for me. :lol:

I'll keep you posted on "Cape Day" at Magic next year. Sweet outfit.......................the Gladeiator should make an appearance..............

 

[arik]

If you liked Brewfest, during the season, apres time (heck from lunch time on ) just swing by the 2nd floor of the base lodge and check out The Station Taproom. Dare I say that there probably isn't a better selection of beers on tap week in and week out at any ski area owned base lodge bar in the country! :beer:

Yea station taproom is great.

 

[Glenn]

LMAO! Great pics Jeff! Thanks for posting those!