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Got to the mountain around 6:40 and went in to boot up since it was pretty chilly. Saw Brian and downhill04 at the summit. We skied a few runs as the terrain guys worked on the kicker. We chatted with them a bit and they indicated there wasn't much they could do with the landing. mondeo hit it a few times and then we decided to work on the landing ourselves. We broke it all up pretty good with our boots and skis and then all tried it.
downhill04 was spinning 3's, mondeo did a bunch of tricks, backscratchers, a twist attempt, spreads, etc. madroch did a nice mule kick. I did mostly small spreads, only landing successfully a few times. Tim and Brian were just trying to get their feet wet. I actually had one satisfying run hitting it top to bottom with a spread off the kicker with a clean landing and grabbing my line pretty quick sticking it to the bottom. The rest of my attempts were pretty bad. I was shin banging on the landing and wiping out consistently.
Bumps were okay. Firm as expected, but no ice, just hard pack troughs. It was cold, in the low single digits, but no wind and I was pretty warm except for my right toes. So a good night. The line leading into the right jump is great. The jump itself could use more of a lip and a better landing. Tough to practice on a 5 degree night. Jay was killing it though. Vid is coming.
downhill04 was spinning 3's, mondeo did a bunch of tricks, backscratchers, a twist attempt, spreads, etc. madroch did a nice mule kick. I did mostly small spreads, only landing successfully a few times. Tim and Brian were just trying to get their feet wet. I actually had one satisfying run hitting it top to bottom with a spread off the kicker with a clean landing and grabbing my line pretty quick sticking it to the bottom. The rest of my attempts were pretty bad. I was shin banging on the landing and wiping out consistently.
Bumps were okay. Firm as expected, but no ice, just hard pack troughs. It was cold, in the low single digits, but no wind and I was pretty warm except for my right toes. So a good night. The line leading into the right jump is great. The jump itself could use more of a lip and a better landing. Tough to practice on a 5 degree night. Jay was killing it though. Vid is coming.