So Boring Here

Turns are like a signature, it's personal and unique unto the person making them...

My work is done

I see what you did there...

Well almost, I think I can help our buddy Skykilo too;-)

No doubt...

Still remember a (paraphrased) quote from him at a NWAC workshop years ago.
"ascending on rock is one way to avoid triggering an avalanche"
With a bunch of rad images to support...
Apologies if I got that wrong Skykilo.

Watched the opposite of boring at the Alpental Junior Freeride Comp today.

“Powder snow skiing is not fun. It’s life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality.”

Oh, I dont know about that.

Once again, I offer this Python take on the thread:


Q: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
M: Well, I was told outside that...
Q: Don't give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings!
M: What?
Q: Shut your festering gob, you tit! Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, maloderous, pervert!!!
M: Look, I CAME HERE FOR AN ARGUMENT, I'm not going to just stand...!!
Q: OH, oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse.
M: Oh, I see, well, that explains it.
Q: Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor.
M: Oh, Thank you very much. Sorry.
Q: Not at all.
M: Thank You.
(Under his breath) Stupid git!!

Bruce

Powder Skiing is Fun
Just need to do it, right.

Yeah, they might be having more fun.

Long swoopy turns are fun. Short rhythmic turns are also fun.

I like rhythmic turns with a feeling of rebound.

Why is this so fun?

When you get a rhythm going, it's not just one turn after another. It's a continuous thing. 


So, a series of well linked turns isn't like a counting exercise. It's more like an ecstatic state where the individual turns aren't the thing, the flow of linking them dynamically is. And it goes on like that until you stop.

Yess!!   Like HE said!  I just couldn't have said that but man I feel that one  Nicely done sir!

I shared (and attempted to convert my children) to this obvious truth using your words Lowell and this is what they said:

"Dear Dad.
While we love you dearly and thank you for our very lives as snowboarders we outright reject your noodley eurotrash powder 8"s,  80's cop show hairdo and your retro style shitty skier universe.
Looking forward to seeing you at Easter.  Lots of love J&N"

Well I just didn't have a response for that.  Pass the turkey?

I could send a reply for you.

I could send a reply for you.

hahaha I'm sure.  All in good fun!  Kids!  There is just no changing anyone's mind on this.
Last weekend as I was waiting  in line for the Peak Chair to open on Whistler the first 3 skiers emerged at the top of Shale Slope and put in 9 turns top to bottom. Wow I thought where is the value in that?  There's room for like 700 turns there or something. 60 seconds later a skier and snowboarder emerged and straight-lined the whole thing. No turns.  My contemporaries assure me that it takes skill to do that.
It's just funny to me.  Everyone is having fun! however they ride.  That's what it's all about.

Wanna know what's awesome about telemark turns?

Instead of thinking like Lowell said... "I'm TUUURRRNNNINNNG!"

It's, "I didn't fall! hey! I didn't fall! Yes, again! I didn't fall!"

That's why it's so fun.

Also, skiing is dancing:

Skiing is dancing....................

vimeo.com/151341119

Took a week off but caught up in about 10 minutes.

I'm on a mailing list of a group of (ahem) older skiers planning a get-together in a couple weeks.

One of the group passed long the following video that some of you may be able to relate to:



Yo!  Put the footrest down!

That's awesome Lowell. Looks like Erik from CBSP and Central patrol...

Lowell, glad to have you on boards keepin it light! There are many more gems from the hole that came from. Probably not be a bad idea to keep the inmates humored, esp during the swing season before the new snow flies!

I have nothing but respect for his use of Duct Tape.

Dude has a couple happy kids n wife from the looks of things.
I'd say he's still having fun and knows what to do when it gets
boring:-)

Alpental open for lift served skiing April 31 and May 1!!
NOT BORING

No random activity since 5/19, I find that hard to believe.
The Southern Resort is NOT re-opening.

No random activity since 5/19, I find that hard to believe.
The Southern Resort is NOT re-opening.

Just noticed that this morning, thus proving again to always go when you can, no matter what.

Here is some random fun that is kinda analogous to the Footrest vid:

Dabs with Dads FKNA AWESOME RANDOM !!!

Dabs with Dads FKNA AWESOME RANDOM !!!

I know boss, isn't that great. Graham sent that to me.

I think there's like 7 folks still posting.

It's like a public place that's trying to keep a secret.

Lowell,  I'm only adding my OPINION here:
Glad you recognize that long turns are fun too!
Speed is fun!
The singing glass is a great metaphor.  My skis sing, not like fine crystal but more like a Formula I race car.  They do this when skiing long turns, short turns, slow turns or fast.  One turn at a time or multiples as you like.  Weight forward, middle or aft.  They accelerate and brake at a world class rate just like Formula I.  They rebound in the pow (even in long turns) like a racing ski does on corduroy!  They are wide enough for me to transfer all my weight to one ski and get even more response.  They have a tip higher than any other ski I've seen.  That results in a much safer ski especially early season and wow does it ever pull me into a tight turn.  With a slightly rockered tail, quick, tight and more braking turns are easy with weight on my heels.  They sing a really beautiful tune on the uphill too!

So, to use another analogy, to me it is like saying you love music but only listen to Country.  I love Country Music but I listen to everything!  My take is that you (and your brother, who I watch frequently) use "specific" skis that do one thing perfectly (like good crystal glass) but are relatively deficient in the great variety of things that I wanna do in the backcountry pow.  Maybe like taking that crystal glass to a frat party.  Don't get me wrong here, you and Gordy are FAR better skiers than I am.  Gordy has totally confirmed that "A perfect ski will make a perfect turn when skied perfectly in ANY snow condition!!"  (Something that I best observed in night clinics on radically frozen corn ruts in huge moguls with Rene Farwig but eludes me entirely on all but the best conditions!)

BTW......They are the La Sportiva Vapor Floats, 189cm, 117 underfoot.  Carbon nanotube materials result in the lightest ski made, per surface area, and WOW the response in deep pow!!  Absolute THRILLING skis in powder!! More than well worth the high price! I'll be back on my "Corvettes" in Spring corn.........

PS: long and wide make 'em way less effort to ski also! At 71, I need all the help I can get.

Yo...at 66 I always put the foot rest down ...even the first ride up...started bout fifteen years ago..

Lowell,  I'm only adding my OPINION here:
Glad you recognize that long turns are fun too!
Speed is fun!
The singing glass is a great metaphor.  My skis sing, not like fine crystal but more like a Formula I race car.  They do this when skiing long turns, short turns, slow turns or fast.  One turn at a time or multiples as you like.  Weight forward, middle or aft.  They accelerate and brake at a world class rate just like Formula I.  They rebound in the pow (even in long turns) like a racing ski does on corduroy!  They are wide enough for me to transfer all my weight to one ski and get even more response.  They have a tip higher than any other ski I've seen.  That results in a much safer ski especially early season and wow does it ever pull me into a tight turn.  With a slightly rockered tail, quick, tight and more braking turns are easy with weight on my heels.  They sing a really beautiful tune on the uphill too!

So, to use another analogy, to me it is like saying you love music but only listen to Country.  I love Country Music but I listen to everything!  My take is that you (and your brother, who I watch frequently) use "specific" skis that do one thing perfectly (like good crystal glass) but are relatively deficient in the great variety of things that I wanna do in the backcountry pow.  Maybe like taking that crystal glass to a frat party.  Don't get me wrong here, you and Gordy are FAR better skiers than I am.  Gordy has totally confirmed that "A perfect ski will make a perfect turn when skied perfectly in ANY snow condition!!"  (Something that I best observed in night clinics on radically frozen corn ruts in huge moguls with Rene Farwig but eludes me entirely on all but the best conditions!)

BTW......They are the La Sportiva Vapor Floats, 189cm, 117 underfoot.  Carbon nanotube materials result in the lightest ski made, per surface area, and WOW the response in deep pow!!  Absolute THRILLING skis in powder!! More than well worth the high price! I'll be back on my "Corvettes" in Spring corn.........

well done

My take is that you (and your brother, who I watch frequently) use "specific" skis that do one thing perfectly (like good crystal glass) but are relatively deficient in the great variety of things that I wanna do in the backcountry pow.

I have a bunch of different skis now, from little skimo racing skis to 110mm+ rockered skis.

I use them all at some point during the year. Fun!

I've thought about using a different ski.

Nah