Ski Sundown - 12/28/2007

[Greg]

Date(s) Skied: Friday, 12/28/2007, 1 pm - 3:45 pm

Resort or Ski Area: Ski Sundown, Connecticut

Conditions: Spring bumps. Some slick bumps in the shade. Mostly sunny, warm in the 40's. CROWDED!

Trip Report: Last minute decision to hit the spring-like bumps this afternoon. Thanks to 2knees and downhill04 for talking me into it. Pulled into to a full lot and said hello to Yuper greeting folks at the entrance.

Got clicked in a bit after 1 pm and saw bvibert and severine from the lift. Forgot they were going to be there. Stuck to Nor'easter and Exhibition all afternoon. The place was packed so the singles line was the best approach. Jarrod Moss was grouping folks and entertaining everyone with a megaphone. The guy is a trip.

Met up with 2knees and downhill04 after a few runs. The bumps were great, fully skied in and very soft. I think it was our second run all together when I told downhill04 to follow me on this little hit just up from the Ex bumps. I guess he tweaked his back on that jump and was out for the day after only 2 runs. Major bummer. Hope he's okay...

That event put a bit of a damper on the day, but we spent the rest of the time bashing the bumps. Sorry sev and Brian for being a bit spaz today. Wanted to keep a fast pace since I only had a few hours.

Will have a vid up later tonight. Some of the best bumps I've skied at the mighty Sundown.

 

[severine]

Jarrod was a riot! He kept telling us how far behind you we were til we caught up with you.

No biggie. I'm sure Brian appreciated company on the bumps. Wish we could have stuck around longer but we didn't want to wear out our babysitters. We'll need them again another day, after all.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Jarrod was a riot! He kept telling us how far behind you we were til we caught up with you.

No biggie. I'm sure Brian appreciated company on the bumps. Wish we could have stuck around longer but we didn't want to wear out our babysitters. We'll need them again another day, after all.

Babysitters are good..:beer:

 

[2knees]

nice little quick hitter. A nooner you might call it. lol. bumps were fantastic today. lower part of nor'easter was as challenging as i've seen it. spaced out and real slick in between. nice meeting dh04. only caught a run or two with him but the dude rips. Nice to see severine out there too. Brian is becoming a better bump skier every time i see him ski. good work my man.

Ex. bumps were totally fun. mush and dirt and great lines. greg was killing it today. Met Chris S. in the parking lot. cool guy. But chris, i think i got the absolute farthest last spot you used today. no one was past me when i got back to my car. :lol:


oh yeah and the bullhorn was a trip. dude should do standup.

 

[bvibert]

Met Chris S. in the parking lot. cool guy. But chris, i think i got the absolute farthest last spot you used today. no one was past me when i got back to my car. :lol:

So Chris was helping in the lot again today? He really does do a little of everything.

We actually got REALLY lucky as far as parking went today. When we got there around 11ish the lot was already pretty full (although no where near as full as when you got there), but as I was driving down the main aisle towards the parking guy way down at the other end Bob, the owner, popped out a row ahead of us and indicated that there was a recently vacated spot down that row... Right in front of the bridge to go in! SCORE!!

 

[Greg]

Vid's a-comin'.

BTW, 2knees - you're fired as backup cameraman. That vid you took of me on Ex never took. :smash:

First time for you using the new camera so I'll give a pass... :lol:

 

[2knees]

Vid's a-comin'.

BTW, 2knees - you're fired as backup cameraman. That vid you took of me on Ex never took. :smash:

First time for you using the new camera so I'll give a pass... :lol:

damn. that sucks. did the noreaster footage i took work?

 

[Greg]

damn. that sucks. did the noreaster footage i took work?

Yep. Good to go there. Just teasing too. I appreciate the stop and go approach that it takes to get some footage. This vid is the 2knees love fest since it's mostly you! :lol: Almost ready.

 

[Greg]

High Res Video

Here's the high version:

Sundown - 12/28

Not that I would know, but mogul skiing has to be as addictive as heroin, so I figured a little "Mr. Brownstone" was a fitting soundtrack. What a day!

 

[Greg]

YouTubage

 

[bvibert]

Nice vid!

 

[bvibert]

If I didn't know any better I'd swear that was footage from the spring...

The chit chat with Jarrod was a nice touch...

 

[Greg]

Nice vid!

Watch that first slo-mo scene of you Brian. Check out those hands! 8) That's how they should be all the time. You're killing it right there. Please remind me again; you started skiing bumps less than a year ago? Maybe those old K2s should be your primary bump ski... :lol:

 

[severine]

Love the vid! Especially Jarrod in the beginning! You guys rock, really! It's cool to see the videos, but to see it in person today was really a treat. Yeah, I stuck to Canyon Run and was too chicken to try the bumps myself, but I can appreciate the skill you guys have to get through them. And again, I'm sure Brian appreciated the little intermission from our cruiser day of skiing.

 

[Greg]

If I didn't know any better I'd swear that was footage from the spring...

Yeah, really. I had a few instances of dirty slush flying into my mouth on Ex. Gotta love it!

 

[Greg]

Love the vid! Especially Jarrod in the beginning! You guys rock, really! It's cool to see the videos, but to see it in person today was really a treat. Yeah, I stuck to Canyon Run and was too chicken to try the bumps myself, but I can appreciate the skill you guys have to get through them. And again, I'm sure Brian appreciated the little intermission from our cruiser day of skiing.

Thanks Carrie. Again, sorry I was a little non-conversational today (ask Brian - I normally talk a lot!). I had 2.5 hours to hit those bumps and I wanted to get in as many runs as possible. Good to see you again though. Glad you're getting out.

 

[bvibert]

Watch that first slo-mo scene of you Brian. Check out those hands! 8) That's how they should be all the time. You're killing it right there. Please remind me again; you started skiing bumps less than a year ago? Maybe those old K2s should be your primary bump ski... :lol:

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that scene, glad you captured it! I really think I've been doing better with my hand already this year. I gotta start using shorter poles in the bumps though. I tried out some REALLY short poles yesterday. I'm not sure where they came from, I found them in my garage. I haven't measured them, but they're shorter than my wife's poles and are white with some nice day-glow neon accents straight from the 80's 8)

 

[hammer]

This one was definitely worth downloading for...like the widescreen view.

The bump skiing was quite impressive to say the least...very little upper body movement all around. All those miles are really paying off.

 

[Grassi21]

Great vid! Is that the new camera? The clarity of the video is noticeably different. Great skiing all around guys. Sorry I missed it.

 

[Greg]

Great vid! Is that the new camera? The clarity of the video is noticeably different. Great skiing all around guys. Sorry I missed it.

Yup. That's the new video cam. Loving the 16:9 widescreen and finally decent zooming capability. Hoping it performs well at night...