sundown 3-12 afternoon

[bvibert]

Dude - you have to save big wipe-outs like that for Sunday! Less speed; more "pop" needed on both jumps.

Seriously, hope you're okay.

Thanks man, my shoulder/arm is killing me today. Good thing I don't need my arm to ski da bumps. Hopefully my banged up thigh/hip feels better by Sunday, it's pretty tight and sore today. No worries though, I'll still be able to compete!

BTW, don't worry I'm sure I'll have a big wipe-out saved up for Sunday!

 

[2knees]

why did ski patrol yell at you?

Did you guys ski in the lines on the left side?

 

[bvibert]

why did ski patrol yell at you?

We'll call it a slight misunderstanding...

Did you guys ski in the lines on the left side?

They are pretty well skied in, they did a good job of that before I got there.

 

[Greg]

why did ski patrol yell at you?

Brian and I cut over onto Lower Temptor from the Canyon Run flats to hit the lower jump and the power tripping patroller saw us. I started to challenge him a little bit but quickly shut up and yessed him to death when I realized the guy wouldn't budge. In the end he was cool with us hiking up above the jump a few times.

Did you guys ski in the lines on the left side?

A little bit. The lines from skier's L to R go like this:

• The big sweeping line that the snowbaorders usually struggle down
• The next one is the cleanest most consistent line (the one you and I were concentrating on that one night). It needs more traffic to dig in some better troughs. The line is perfect, but the troughs are flat. Easy to ski and probably one that will be part of the contest.
• Third over from the left - the other good line. Much more rutty and one funky turn, but if it's soft it will be a good one to ski in the comp.
• The two far right lines are the ones we were skiing on Tuesday and I didn't ski those at all yesterday.

Some decent bumps for a bit after the upper roller/jump. The flats are still sort of bump-less. That's a good spot to just let them run with plenty of room to scrub speed before the final jump. The bumps after the jump is only 3 or so rows and more just like slush piles. They plan to seed down a little further. I wish I could get back out before the comp, but the only chance I'll have to practice is Sunday morning if it's soft enough.

 

[2knees]

nice breakdown. thanks

I cant believe none of you punks took a pic of the kickers.

 

[Greg]

nice breakdown. thanks

I cant believe none of you punks took a pic of the kickers.

I would have shot video if I had the camera. I wasn't exactly planning on yesterday afternoon. Luckily all my ski stuff was left in the car.

The first jump is a side to side "roller". Pretty long approach to it. The roller itself is small in height, probably 3'. Chris Sullivan indicates the plan to build in some defined kicker-type lips. The lower jumps are pretty big. The skier's right one is bigger. The one on the left is a more difficult approach. I would say they're around 5' tall and 8' wide each. They are clearly visible from the parking lot.

I think loafer was taking some pics of Warren on Temptor. Perhaps he caught the kickers in one of his pic?

 

[bvibert]

I forgot my camera in the car, otherwise I would have snapped a few pics. Greg's explanation is pretty accurate though...

 

[loafer89]

Here are the two pictures that I took of Temptor:

 

[bvibert]

That first one must be from just below, or even on top of the first jump. You can see the two large lower kickers in the background. I'm guessing the second one is from the same spot, only looking up the trail?

 

[Greg]

Here are the two pictures that I took of Temptor:

There ya go. loafer was on the roller for these pics. You can see how much was cleared for the approach and landing.

 

[loafer89]

That first one must be from just below, or even on top of the first jump. You can see the two large lower kickers in the background. I'm guessing the second one is from the same spot, only looking up the trail?

Yes both pictures are from the same spot. I was afraid to move, lest I get mowed down by Greg, or even worse by my son.

 

[2knees]

Here are the two pictures that I took of Temptor:

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holy crap!!! Looks like those bottom two could send you into orbit

 

[Greg]

holy crap!!! Looks like those bottom two could send you into orbit

Indeed Not really up, but out. Hit them slow and pop yourself up. I hit them too fast one time and cleared what little downhill landing there is...

 

[o3jeff]

Just got back from Sundown, went down Temptor once, bumps doing good, but not too skiers many going down other then two guys working them manually by hand.

 

[Greg]

Just got back from Sundown, went down Temptor once, bumps doing good, but not too skiers many going down other then two guys working them manually by hand.

powhunter and jonnypoach, I'm sure....

 

[powhunter]

Just got back from Sundown, went down Temptor once, bumps doing good, but not too skiers many going down other then two guys working them manually by hand.

maybe that was me and jonnypoach...we are from southington too...next time lets hook up for some turns


steve

 

[o3jeff]

Probably was you two, I think one of you had a dark sweat shirt on. If it was, you two didn't look to bad on the bumps the few time I watched on my lift ride up.I am not much of a bump person, just kinda slide through a few at a time to make it down in one piece. Just wanted to check them out since I read so much about them here.

I will probably head up there again tomorrow to get some turns in and will keep an eye out for you two.