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Post by Justin(o) on Dec 12, 2010 0:07:17 GMT -8
gates? Damn stick chasers.
What's the point
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Post by Gangplank on Dec 12, 2010 3:05:36 GMT -8
gates? Damn stick chasers. What's the point For me there was a time when running gates was the equivalent of a trackday. It's the only time you can push the limits of the skis and yourself. Only place on the mountain you can run wide open (or 80-90%) and push the limits without putting others at risk. It's "closed course" on a ski hill same as the road course. Different in many ways, same in many others. |
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Post by Yard Sale on Dec 15, 2010 17:01:26 GMT -8
I got into hardboot carving boards because even though a snowboard rules in powder, I faced the facts I wasn't getting many powder days. The cold, hard, truth is I would be riding groomers most of the time. So I got equipment suited to making turns on groomed runs.
Most snowboards are like dual sport motorcycles, kinda good at everything, not really good at any one thing. Well I got the roadrace bike of snowboards. For powder days, I have a boat-nose, fish-tail powder board, the dirt bike of snowboards.
And yeah, as a skier-turned-snowboarder, hardboots suck. I had the shells blown out and ground, custom footbeds, custom liners, and they are barely tolerable. The weird thing is I can't wear softies anymore.
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Post by Justin(o) on Dec 15, 2010 17:10:04 GMT -8
I love the carving. . . I totally get that.
The stick chasing I'll never understand.
Moguls definitely don't make a bit of sense either, and I did that until I physically fell apart.
Stupid
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Post by jlavallee on Dec 16, 2010 5:35:23 GMT -8
I love the carving. . . I totally get that. The stick chasing I'll never understand. Moguls definitely don't make a bit of sense either, and I did that until I physically fell apart. Stupid I totally miss running gates and it is very much like riding a track day where you have to use skills to make the best overall run. A well set course is a rush when you get it right and can force you to improve in ways that open terrain can't by repeating the run in training. I sometimes hated the early mornings, dry land training and not being able to free ski with friends but the rush of a well set course always made up for it. I'd like to ski a couple of gate runs for fun now although I don't have any interest in racing anymore. Kind of like track days beat racing for me. Bring on the slalom gates! |
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Post by Justin(o) on Dec 16, 2010 10:46:10 GMT -8
You're right about courses forcing improvement.
My 'best' is based on feeling underfoot and ability to maintain edgehold at higher and higher g's.
The difference is the clock. I don't like the clock
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Post by Gangplank on Dec 16, 2010 11:37:24 GMT -8
You're right about courses forcing improvement. My 'best' is based on feeling underfoot and ability to maintain edgehold at higher and higher g's. The difference is the clock. I don't like the clock Agreed. It is not about the "time" if and when I run them now. it is about runing a smooth line, being on line for the turns, feeling the gates and snow under foot. The feeling of releasing out of a turn and the snap of the ski as the body sets up for the next rurn all in one smooth accross the mountain motion. Then cranking the next turn. :-) |
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Post by Justin(o) on Dec 16, 2010 11:54:48 GMT -8
You're right about courses forcing improvement. My 'best' is based on feeling underfoot and ability to maintain edgehold at higher and higher g's. The difference is the clock. I don't like the clock Agreed. It is not about the "time" if and when I run them now. it is about runing a smooth line, being on line for the turns, feeling the gates and snow under foot. The feeling of releasing out of a turn and the snap of the ski as the body sets up for the next rurn all in one smooth accross the mountain motion. Then cranking the next turn. :-) :thumbsup: |
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Post by johnnyb on Dec 17, 2010 10:34:57 GMT -8
Would anyone be up to taking a couple runs with a c group ride at rose?
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Post by jlavallee on Dec 17, 2010 10:47:37 GMT -8
Yep, I agree that a clock doesn't really matter anymore.
Hell, when you're young it is about racing the course, beating others, lots of adrenaline and aggression. That said, some of the most fun I had racing was in training when you could get the skis working and powering out of the turns. Back in the pre shaped ski day you actually had to work to have skis accelerate out of a turn. Like most things, because it was difficult, it was also rewarding when you got it right.
For me, skiing and riding are very similar activities and I like them both for similar reasons. The main thing for me is that they’re both enjoyable based on your own reasons. Challenging yourself is always more fun than worrying about others but when it is competition a clock is important as it is unbiased. I can’t imagine competing on a judged sport where you could get robbed. In skiing you either got to the bottom quickest or you didn’t.
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Post by Justin(o) on Dec 17, 2010 11:08:45 GMT -8
Would anyone be up to taking a couple runs with a c group ride at rose? johnnyb What do you mean 'with a C group ride?'  |
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Post by Gangplank on Dec 17, 2010 18:02:12 GMT -8
He means green/blue runs.
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Post by Justin(o) on Dec 17, 2010 20:52:00 GMT -8
Ohhh. I don't care what run's we ski, I just like hangin' out with my peeps!
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Post by rgmrts on Dec 17, 2010 22:08:49 GMT -8
I would love to go but not in my price range
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Post by Redleader on Dec 17, 2010 22:17:17 GMT -8
Ohhh. I don't care what run's we ski, I just like hangin' out with my peeps! ? |
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