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Sundown: Mogul Plan
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He didn't mention Ex.
drjeff
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Speaking on Sundown bumps, and this has probably been hit on before but I'm too lazy to search things this AM 
Yesterday I'm sitting in a local restaurant eating lunch and they had ESPN on the Plasma over the bar, and a commercial for Sundown comes on. Towards the end there's this guy skiing bumps(decently I might add) wearing an outifit that looks a heck of alot like Greg's in the avatar pic.
Would that be you Greg??? An attempt to concur another media form maybe??
Yesterday I'm sitting in a local restaurant eating lunch and they had ESPN on the Plasma over the bar, and a commercial for Sundown comes on. Towards the end there's this guy skiing bumps(decently I might add) wearing an outifit that looks a heck of alot like Greg's in the avatar pic.
Would that be you Greg??? An attempt to concur another media form maybe??
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We need these so Carrie and I can compete against eachother in the newb division! Maybe I will have to try Temptor with small fresh bumps this weekend.
I talked to Chris Sullivan tonight and the plan is to smash and reseed Temptor in the next couple days with the expectation to be able to top dress them Thursday and Friday nights. Sweet!
yum yum. i love the breaking in period.
Speaking on Sundown bumps, and this has probably been hit on before but I'm too lazy to search things this AM
Yesterday I'm sitting in a local restaurant eating lunch and they had ESPN on the Plasma over the bar, and a commercial for Sundown comes on. Towards the end there's this guy skiing bumps(decently I might add) wearing an outifit that looks a heck of alot like Greg's in the avatar pic.
Would that be you Greg??? An attempt to concur another media form maybe??
i saw the same commercial. i think it was greg. i saw it while m wife was watching the lifetime channel. ;-)
Get on those fresh bumps! It was the most important step for me to start skiing the bumps on Nor Easter last season. Your skills grow withe the bumps.
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Maybe I won't eat so much snow with fresh bumps?
:lol:I've looked down the line on Nor'Easter many times contemplating just going for it... I go in on the edge, go around one or two, and bail because I start picking up too much speed and it scares the crap out of me. I would try Temptor with fresh bumps but, as I've said many times before, I have a hard time with the pitch on Temptor without bumps; psychological thing after hurting myself after a big fall last season when trying to show off for Tim and Randi.
But I really do want to try them. I've been working on my quick turns on Ex!Maybe I won't eat so much snow with fresh bumps?
I've looked down the line on Nor'Easter many times contemplating just going for it... I go in on the edge, go around one or two, and bail because I start picking up too much speed and it scares the crap out of me. I would try Temptor with fresh bumps but, as I've said many times before, I have a hard time with the pitch on Temptor without bumps; psychological thing after hurting myself after a big fall last season when trying to show off for Tim and Randi.
Sounds like me over the last two seasons. You'll get there if you want to. I'm still a hack but I'm proficient enough so that I only want to ski bumps.
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Speaking on Sundown bumps, and this has probably been hit on before but I'm too lazy to search things this AM
Yesterday I'm sitting in a local restaurant eating lunch and they had ESPN on the Plasma over the bar, and a commercial for Sundown comes on. Towards the end there's this guy skiing bumps(decently I might add) wearing an outifit that looks a heck of alot like Greg's in the avatar pic.
Would that be you Greg??? An attempt to concur another media form maybe??
I suppose I've reached celebrity status.
The "decently skiing bumps" part puts some doubt that it was me though. As I understand it, the commercial is only running on Comcast and we have Cablevision. Out of morbid curiosity, I'd be interested in seeing it. Okay, I really just want to pad my ego.
If anyone has a way to extract it from a DVR or something and post it online, let me know.
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Its just my opinion, but I find the smaller fresh bumps much harder to ski. The bigger more developed bumps help me keep my speed in check while I turn into a rocket on the smaller fresh bumps.
I skied Temptor last night and those things sure do need to be re-seeded. No lines to speak of with lots of snow making whales. It reminds me of NorEaster last season before they re-seeded. The odd thing is that I was skiing those funky bumps last night better than I have skied good bumps all season.
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Chris indicates Temptor and Nor'easter will be mowed tonight. They will be open as groomed trails tomorrow (gasp! ). They will then be reseeded tomorrow night. He also would like to get something up on Exhibition for the weekend.
So tomorrow, there will be no bumps at Sundown. That makes me sad...
). They will then be reseeded tomorrow night. He also would like to get something up on Exhibition for the weekend.So tomorrow, there will be no bumps at Sundown. That makes me sad...
Chris indicates Temptor and Nor'easter will be mowed tonight. They will be open as groomed trails tomorrow (gasp!
So tomorrow, there will be no bumps at Sundown. That makes me sad...
That just means my idea of taking Friday off and hitting Sundown may come to fruition. Gotta run it by the bosses.
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I'm thinking Saturday morning, but if that doesn't fly, I'll do the night. I would love to get on them first thing in the morning after snowmaking Friday night. The low Friday night is forecast to be 11 degrees!
call me and give me your grade if you go in the morning.
I now have your sliding scale figured out.
A=D
B=F
C= stay home and get drunk. :razz:
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Rumor has it there will be a pair of kickers 1/3 of the way down the trail.
Get your old school cheese on!
Get your old school cheese on!
who can meet me tomorrow afternoon to help pick the kicker spot ? 860.810.7417
that's my cell.
that's my cell.
Is this location the same location that will be used for the bump comp? If not, i would suggest putting it down low, towards the end of the current bump setup, so as to not interrupt the flow of bumps which arent exceptionally long to begin with.
If it is going to be the same location as for the comp, i would put it right where you had it last year. If you could just build it so it has more pop to it and therefor requires less of a landing zone that would be awesome.
my .02 cents.
and if you dont listen to me, i will spit off the lift the next time i see that nuclear green hat working on a feature. :razz:
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I'm not a big air guy so I don't know how much I could help, but I might be able to sneak up there. I think johnnypoach is working the NASTAR race tomorrow afternoon. Maybe he could come over early?
Pat told me the other day that he counted like 20 something turns on Temptor the way it was set up last. I would think you would want at least 7 or 8 turns before the jump, and then at least as many after. Based on the video I did, it seems there were about 10 turns before the jump last year:
I think that was pretty good, maybe a tad higher on the hill so the landing is steeper and there are more steep bumps afterwards? Kicker placement is tricky since the run is not that long to begin with. You don't want to forfeit too many of the best turns which are usually at the top, although the bottom had the best earlier this year.
You guys are going to need to chop up the landings from time to time too.
I thought the placement was pretty good last year.
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