Pond Skimming!!

[eastcoastskiier]

I know alot of mountains have spring festivals and a large event is POND SKIMMING!

anyone ever participated before?

Windham is having theirs on SATURDAY 24 you should all plan to join and come up

 

[Zand]

Wachusett is having theirs on Sunday April 1st.

 

[2knees]

never done one and dont plan to start but.....

if anyone does it, i hope to god you post pics.

 

[shwilly]

Nooo, not yet! Pond = liquid I will think about pond skimming next month.

I've never done it. Is it possible to skim on a snowboard? What do you do, try to keep the nose / tips up without causing so much drag you stop?

 

[ga2ski]

I pond skim almost every year at SR.

Here is a picture of me taken by the nice marketing folks at SR:
vv

 

[2knees]

I pond skim almost every year at SR.

Here is a picture of my taken by the nice marketing folks at SR:
vv

lol, thats what i'm talking about.

the swimmies are a nice touch.

 

[eastcoastskiier]

i like the squirt gun... get the crowd involved!!


i thnk the most important wart would be the run-in? maybe sit on the tails t get up to speed, and then position weight a little behind the waist?

 

[ga2ski]

Yup a speedy inrun is important. Then lean back slightly, spray the crowds and have fun.

 

[twinplanx]

I borrowed a pair of the fattest longest ski's I could find, some nice large powder ski's that might have logged some runs in the Wesatch range. I straight lined right across about 75 feet of temporary pond. Just crusied right across nothing fancy and I even saw a few snowboarders make it.

 

[Newpylong]

Anyone remember Brodie's Slush Jump... Brodie was St. Patrick's king. There was no skimming. The snow cat's unearthed a huge hole in the snow. Then they filled it with snowmaking water and built an aerial style jump in front of it. And you just went for it.... man that was cold. Nothing some green beer couldn't fix though...

 

[Goblin84]

never done pond skimming, always wanted to though. maybe this year is the year?

 

[downhill04]

I have skimmed several times up at Burke. I am actually heading up there this weekend to skim again. It is a lot of fun. Get as much speed as you can, lean back slightly to keep the tip up and enjoy the ride

 

[SkiDork]

done it 3 times.

Gotta make sure you sit back once you enter the water.

Learned that the hard way the 1st time - stayed in the forward "shin pressure" stance and dug in big time as soon as I transitioned from the snow to the water.

I like the water gun - I think I'll do that next time.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Pond skimming is a blast to watch...kudos to you sickos who participate. :wink: Here is a pic I shot from Sugarbush 1998.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Check out this thread for more info :lol:

http://forums.alpinezone.com/4552-pond-skimming-3.html

 

[andyzee]

Here's another one from Sugarbush :lol:

 

[SIKSKIER]

Here's another one from Sugarbush :lol:

OOH,that's just not right!

 

[Newpylong]

Lol those pictures are great. I think I might have to tie a good one on before I did that again....ha brrrrrrrr.

 

[Hawkshot99]

I will be up at Whindam on Sat. as well. When my parents heard of my plans they decided to come on up to take pics. I should have pics and vid of my stupidity.:-D

 

[from_the_NEK]

Hopefully the weather at Burke's Pond Skimming is like today. It is pushing 60 degrees here at the moment and it is nice and sunny. Great corn conditions setting up for the weekend. Nights below freezing and wam (40s) during the day. :razz: