Ski Sundown (night): Wednesday, 1/24/2007

[2knees]

As of Monday...

ooff photobucket is blocked at work for me. cant wait to check these out from home!!!!

 

[ALLSKIING]

ooff photobucket is blocked at work for me. cant wait to check these out from home!!!!

No bumps as of Monday...Just a ton of snowmaking.

 

[Greg]

As of Monday...

Now that's some serious base on Nor'easter! The bumps are gonna rock!

 

[ALLSKIING]

Now that's some serious base on Nor'easter! The bumps are gonna rock!

Yes, they will..the place is in good shape.

 

[bvibert]

...pictures from tonight coming...

 

[bvibert]

...pictures from tonight coming...

http://forums.alpinezone.com/13089-ski-sundown-1-23-07-night.html

 

[Greg]

http://forums.alpinezone.com/13089-ski-sundown-1-23-07-night.html

Thanks so much for the update, Brian! Those things need to be skied in for sure. Any good bumpers out there? Come join us tonight and help out!

 

[bvibert]

Yes they need to be skied in. The problem is by the time I got to them after 9:00pm they were hard as rocks. The exhibition bumps were much, much more skied in already, I'm guessing they made those first. Hopefully the Nor'easter bumps will get skied in a bit during the day today...

 

[Greg]

Can't wait! Don't take offense anybody, but aside from maybe one spin on Gunny to warm up, I'll be hitting Nor'easter most of the night...


Gotta break those in for Pat, ya know...

 

[Grassi21]

Can't wait! Don't take offense anybody, but aside from maybe one spin on Gunny to warm up, I'll be hitting Nor'easter most of the night...


Gotta break those in for Pat, ya know...

Do your thing bro! We all have stuff to work on. I'll probably bomb a few of my runs so I can observe your technique on the Exhibition bumps.

 

[Greg]

Do your thing bro! We all have stuff to work on. I'll probably bomb a few of my runs so I can observe your technique on the Exhibition bumps.

Jump into the Exhibition bumps every run. You will fall and crash (which we all will enjoy ) but keep at it. You may still feel like you're sucky in the bumps by the end of the night, but you might just notice that your groomed trail skiing suddenly improved! :idea:

 

[Grassi21]

Jump into the Exhibition bumps every run. You will fall and crash (which we all will enjoy ) but keep at it. You may still feel like you're sucky in the bumps by the end of the night, but you might just notice that your groomed trail skiing suddenly improved! :idea:

I'll give it a try. I imagine my turns on groomers will get quicker over time. That is the one thing I notice when skiing with you guys. Your turns are quick and snappy. My turns feel sluggish at times.

 

[Greg]

Snappy quick turns are definitely a by-product of the bumps, for sure. I never claimed to be a graceful or elegant skier. I prefer to just quickly chop down the trail...

 

[hammer]

Snappy quick turns are definitely a by-product of the bumps, for sure. I never claimed to be a graceful or elegant skier. I prefer to just quickly chop down the trail...

So is your advice to go into the bumps to develop the technique or develop the technique first then hit the bumps?
Just wondering if a little "trial by fire" would also help my turns...

 

[Greg]

So is your advice to go into the bumps to develop the technique or develop the technique first then hit the bumps?
Just wondering if a little "trial by fire" would also help my turns...

I'm sort of a "trial by fire" guy myself. I spent years flailing around in the bumps and probably annoyed several guys trying to hit the zipper in the process. I was just always drawn to bumps whether I could ski them or not.

With that said, I guess you should be a solid intemediate skier and be able to make reasonably quick turns before jumping in. I don't know what's reasonable - maybe a new turn every two seconds, consistently? One approach perhaps is to find a trail that's half bumped and half groomed. Examine the bump line on the outer edge of the moguls and then try to make turns at the same interval on the groomed section. If you can't stick turns at that pace on the groomers, you ain't gonna do it in the bumps, that's for sure. Or you can do what I did and just punish yourself in the bumps regardless... :razz:

 

[Paul]

I might make it, we'll see....

7:30 at that sundeck thingy up near Nor'Easter?

 

[Greg]

I'll be there. Hope we have some moguls by then...

No props for the prediction?

I might make it, we'll see....

7:30 at that sundeck thingy up near Nor'Easter?

Nice! New blood! Yup - Sundeck at 7:30. Whatcha wearing, Paul?

 

[Paul]

Nice! New blood! Yup - Sundeck at 7:30. Whatcha wearing, Paul?

Hey sailor! :wink:

j/k... Ummm....blue Giro helmet, green/black/grey Columbia jacket. Whitish/tannish kinda pants. My "Spiderman" Technica boots....

I think you guys shouldn't be too hard to pick out. :grin:

 

[2knees]

alright for the first time i'm actually feeling jealousy on this one. damn damn damn damn i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go.

enjoy them and i'll be staring at my computer around 10:30 tonight waiting for some pics.

and for gods sakes, sacrifice your bodies for the betterment (is that a word?) of my skiing pleasure later! I expect you guys to break those puppies in for me.

 

[Greg]

alright for the first time i'm actually feeling jealousy on this one. damn damn damn damn i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go.

enjoy them and i'll be staring at my computer around 10:30 tonight waiting for some pics.

and for gods sakes, sacrifice your bodies for the betterment (is that a word?) of my skiing pleasure later! I expect you guys to break those puppies in for me.

Don't worry. We got ya covered...

Leaving in 10 mins....