Ski Sundown BUMP or BUST Mogul Competition - 1/24/09

[severine]

Nice vid, Greg! Great way to put together those different angles!

Great job, Jeff, considering you said you've never used a video cam before and had to stand there in the cold, operating it with mittens.

I plan on being at the March one. IF someone watches the kids, I may be able to help out with video.

Nice skiing, guys!

 

[Greg]

I downloaded the high res and watched it all through again. Really great job of shooting and editing. I think all the AZers were filmed. Given the difficulty of the conditions on that course, I would say that everyone skied very well. Grassi21 gives major props as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, you bypassed the kicker, but you managed the big ole top bumps (on the more challenging side) and actually looked very controlled on the bottom stretch. MR. evil too. Nice job hitting the jump and your bump skiing was a lot better than last year. Land the friggin' air next time, okay?

After watching that, I'm pretty happy with my runs. I was happy I even hit the jumps and managed to pull of a cheezy "no-ssack". :lol: I kept getting sucked right after the jump as I scrubbed off too much speed. I did the same thing in the comp last March. Those right hand lines were no where near as skied in as the one straight down from the kicker which resulted in a bobble both times. I think I should have worried about practicing the jump less and putting together some clean top to bottom runs. Lesson learned. Still no excuses. I was happy with my skiing and throwing down a new trick despite its uber cheeziness. For the March comp, I'm going to aim for a 2 o'clock twister/no-ssack combo. That should be pretty rad... :lol:

Fun time.

 

[deadheadskier]

From the outside looking in, the course looked real difficult up top to get a good rhythm going. Some great skiing for the conditions. The kickers looked tough to negotiate as well. They look like they had some pop to them, but also that they sucked up a lot of speed

 

[Grassi21]

Grassi21 gives major props as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, you bypassed the kicker, but you managed the big ole top bumps (on the more challenging side) and actually looked very controlled on the bottom stretch.

Thanks. I skied that same top line from 11 until the start of the comp. I did take one break to have a beer with Tim. Really looking forward to getting back after it on Wed night!

 

[Greg]

Yesterday’s event was a lot of fun. The sportsmanship and humility displayed by the local C.L.I.T.S., while having their asses handed to them by a chic and, a couple of families of uber skiers from Hunter was admirable. Thanks to all who participated.

CLASSIC! :lol: Uber skiing families for sure. The Hunter kids cleaned up the under 18 division and I think they're all like 12 and under. Alan and Dave in the top 3 in the mens and Dave's wife 3rd for the women. At least Sundown was represented by Bart with 2nd place and #1 and #2 in the womens.

After chilling on the couch for a few hours my girlfriend literally dragged me out of the house kicking and screaming and brought me to the ER. It turns out that I have a concussion, a broken rib and a broken bone in my eye socket. I have an appointment with an eye specialist tomorrow to see what they need to do for the broken bone.

What I learned from this comp is………hell I didn’t learn anything. The next comp I am going to push myself again on every run and if I crash I crash. That was one hell of a fun 360 and I would do it the same if given the chance. The only shitty part is that I need to take 3 weeks off from skiing because of the concussion.

I just wanted to thank everyone for their thought. Pat you are the man. Thanks for offering to help get me n my skis down to the bottom. Greg thanks for giving me a ring to check up on me. You guy are the best!!

I will see you in 3 weeks and it will be game on for training for the next comp.

That is crazy. You got major balls. Get well. Can't wait to see what gets attempted in the spring comp with hopefully soft conditions...

 

[Beetlenut]

Great videos guys!! All the AZ'ers did well considering the course conditions and competition! Great job Sundown for putting on another successful and growing bump event!

 

[180]

Great videos, thanks for all the work going into those. I am amazed at the progress that the AZ group has made over the last 2 years. I would love to help anyone with their bumps skiing.

Dave keeps asking me about my internet friends. Sounds so creepy.

We can't wait to come back.

 

[Greg]

Great videos, thanks for all the work going into those. I am amazed at the progress that the AZ group has made over the last 2 years. I would love to help anyone with their bumps skiing.

Dave keeps asking me about my internet friends. Sounds so creepy.

We can't wait to come back.

Thanks Alan. And yeah, when we're old like you we should really rip. :razz: Thanks again for coming out. The spring comp on Gunbarrel on hopefully sunny soft bumps is going to be sick.

 

[Greg]

All who qualified - do me a favor and post your bib number and anyone else's bib number you remember.

 

[gmcunni]

All who qualified - do me a favor and post your bib number and anyone else's bib number you remember.

i was 479.

you were 477( in case you forgot) ;-)

 

[campgottagopee]

My wife got a cool pic of my qualifying run all the way from the base deck:

It was really special to have her and my daughters there, even if they really couldn't see the event.

Until this pix it always looked to me like that trail was pretty flat. Looking at this I'd say it isn't.

Great job by all---looks like you had a blast!!!!

 

[Greg]

Until this pix it always looked to me like that trail was pretty flat. Looking at this I'd say it isn't.

Great job by all---looks like you had a blast!!!!

That pic was taken from the base with a 300mm zoom so it actually makes it look a bit steeper that it really is, but yeah the video makes it seem flatter. That little stretch of trail does have pretty decent pitch. Certainly not WC pitch, but low to mid 20's I'd imagine.

Here's how the brackets worked out. I think I got everyone right:

Nice job to gmcunni for qualifying in the top 10!!!

 

[180]

460 me
468 dave

 

[downhill04]

CLASSIC! :lol: Uber skiing families for sure. The Hunter kids cleaned up the under 18 division and I think they're all like 12 and under. Alan and Dave in the top 3 in the mens and Dave's wife 3rd for the women. At least Sundown was represented by Bart with 2nd place and #1 and #2 in the womens.



That is crazy. You got major balls. Get well. Can't wait to see what gets attempted in the spring comp with hopefully soft conditions...

I was more bummed out that I couldn’t hit that kicker again than I was about not qualifying. The left hand kicker was so nice and I only got to hit it that one time. If I had managed to stay on my feet (and my binding wasn’t broken) I would’ve thrown either a 360 mute grab or 360 iron cross in round 1 of the duals.

I’m sure those kickers will not be there in 3 weeks when I get back on skis but if they are I’m throwing either one of those 2 tricks on my first run.

Off to the eye specialist to see how bad I broke my eye socket. Oh man that was a fun crash. It might sound sick and twisted but I am rather proud of that crash. I’m getting pumped up just thinking about that entire run in my head.

 

[Greg]

Off to the eye specialist to see how bad I broke my eye socket. Oh man that was a fun crash. It might sound sick and twisted but I am rather proud of that crash. I’m getting pumped up just thinking about that entire run in my head.

Just wait until you see the high def version of that wreck. Disturbing to watch actually... :-o You topped the powhunter crash from last year, that's for sure.

 

[downhill04]

Just wait until you see the high def version of that wreck. Disturbing to watch actually... :-o You topped the powhunter crash from last year, that's for sure.

I can't wait to see it. I did promise to fill in for Steveo and have a big crash haha.

 

[johnnypoach]

It was a great moguls competition march will be better the mountainbiking helped we must head north for powderbumps

thanks

 

[deadheadskier]

It was a great moguls competition march will be better the mountainbiking helped we must head north for powderbumps

thanks

The Legend is real!!!

:lol:

 

[Grassi21]

It was a great moguls competition march will be better the mountainbiking helped we must head north for powderbumps

thanks

JP surfaces on AZ! Welcome Johnny! Great job on Saturday.

 

[o3jeff]

It was a great moguls competition march will be better the mountainbiking helped we must head north for powderbumps

thanks

About time you posted on here