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Sundown Moguls.

MadMadWorld

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i'm taking my level 2 exam at stowe at the end of the month, which means i'll be skiing gunny bumps all week in preparation. Kurt's got the seeds all the way to the bottom now, i'll work on a few lines and by the time it warms up a bit this weekend we should be good to go. in the mean time, it's the best way to practice tactical turning i know of.

Good luck man. Is this your first time taking it?
 

MadMadWorld

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it is. looking forward to getting this part done. i hear the teaching aspect is real tough so i'd like to get started practicing on more movement analysis and creative teaching.

I grabbed my level I after one season and then waited a few seasons for my level II. I did really well on the written but crashed and burned on the teaching. I stopped a few seasons after that and never completed it. That was like 10 years ago. I remember the movement analysis part being very hard.
 
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powhunter

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Jarrodski do you guys plan on staying open the week after the mogul comp?


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jack97

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Yea PSIA certification

they wear pins on their jacket; bronze is Level I, silver for Level II and gold for Level III.

IIRC, I was talking with an examiner at Sunapee, his home ski area was at Stowe and he was down for Level II exams. Conditions was bad that day and he seemed cool about that, he saw alot of good skiers that day said prolly about 80% would pass.
 

MadMadWorld

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they wear pins on their jacket; bronze is Level I, silver for Level II and gold for Level III.

IIRC, I was talking with an examiner at Sunapee, his home ski area was at Stowe and he was down for Level II exams. Conditions was bad that day and he seemed cool about that, he saw alot of good skiers that day said prolly about 80% would pass.

Yea the exams really aren't standardized at all especially for I and II. A lot is left in the examiner's hands. I've met some real old school douches but there are plenty of examiners like you mentioned above.
 

bvibert

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Can't help but notice how ridiculously deep the base is. We won't be getting the shale that pokes through up top till end of march unless it hits 70 for 5 days in a row.

There is an insane amount of snow left right now! The woods are still covered.
 

jack97

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lapped gunny today. Upper gunny (to the first kicker section) has some decent shape given the weather. Seemed to have soften up around lunch. Mid section and lower gunny still has flats, frozen cat tracks and death cookies. Hope tomorrows warm up along with traffic will smooth out those sections.

btw, they're making an ice bar at the font of the lodge, the plan is to make it bigger than last season.
 

jarrodski

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this weekend did the course magic. they're skiing pretty good. Looks good for some fresh snow wed. as well. We are building out the kickers today.

Boo Ya
 

powhunter

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The C.L.I.T.S will be there tomorrow.. Looks like it's gonna be an awesome day for bumping!


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powhunter

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Speaking of moguls...2knees took 1st at the Mt. Southington mogul comp yesterday


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