June 6, Alpental - Father and Son, wet tele lessons
6/15/10
WA Snoqualmie Pass
1887
5
There were many lessons taught today besides how to turn on skis-
You don't know if don't go.
The uphill can be the best part.
Skinning uphill is pretty amazing.
Rain doesn't make it a bad trip.
Gloves left in the car means cold fingers.
Goal - a thousand falls.
Try to enjoy the feeling of gravity pulling you down - even onto your face. :D
Wet dogs stink - as do wet skiers.
My fourteen year old adventurer and I headed out Sunday with the idea of trying to learn how to tele. Alpental was closest, so we hiked/skinned up to the bottom of Lower International, transitioned from drippy wet uphill to drippy wet downhill, and worked on the beginnings of some downhill skiing with TWO boards on his feet.
There were some garlands, some snow plow turns, some really nice turns, a few face plants, and a broken binding. All in all, Dan did a great job of earning his first turns in some of the Northwest's finest spring skiing conditions. I think he'll be back for more, and I'm betting it won't be long till he's lapping me while lapping some back country slopes.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Rustyknees/AlpentalDanSFirstTeles#
You don't know if don't go.
The uphill can be the best part.
Skinning uphill is pretty amazing.
Rain doesn't make it a bad trip.
Gloves left in the car means cold fingers.
Goal - a thousand falls.
Try to enjoy the feeling of gravity pulling you down - even onto your face. :D
Wet dogs stink - as do wet skiers.
My fourteen year old adventurer and I headed out Sunday with the idea of trying to learn how to tele. Alpental was closest, so we hiked/skinned up to the bottom of Lower International, transitioned from drippy wet uphill to drippy wet downhill, and worked on the beginnings of some downhill skiing with TWO boards on his feet.
There were some garlands, some snow plow turns, some really nice turns, a few face plants, and a broken binding. All in all, Dan did a great job of earning his first turns in some of the Northwest's finest spring skiing conditions. I think he'll be back for more, and I'm betting it won't be long till he's lapping me while lapping some back country slopes.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Rustyknees/AlpentalDanSFirstTeles#
keep up the good work Rusty. You gotta make believers out of them early. It's a religion not a turn. :)
Nice !
Had a memorable memorial day with my son at stevens last week. Keep up the good work!
Oyvind
Had a memorable memorial day with my son at stevens last week. Keep up the good work!
Oyvind
Glad to hear it Rusty! Your boy must be genetically predisposed to be a world class telemarker. You cant let him waste such a gift on snowboarding!
Ahh ha, because as a turn it doesn't make any sense but as a religion it doesn't have to.
Brilliant! :D
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It's a religion not a turn. :)
Ahh ha, because as a turn it doesn't make any sense but as a religion it doesn't have to.
Brilliant! :D
Snowboards were never an option in my household, so twenty years ago my son learned to tele on basically parallel X-C skis (telemark skis hadn't evolved much at that point and there certainly wasn't any kid-sized gear). At 31 he took up snowboarding on his local boring ski hill (MT.SEYMOUR) last winter while his boarding friend learns how to telemark.Guess which one is easier.
Awesome to hear! And agree with the lessons :)
Side note: yes, snowboarding can be much easier and quicker to learn, especially to the level to enjoy black diamonds; this doesn't meant that it's less fun. For me, at the right conditions, it can be better than skiing. Of course, I'd try to get my kids to do both - ski and ride.
Cheers
Ivo
Side note: yes, snowboarding can be much easier and quicker to learn, especially to the level to enjoy black diamonds; this doesn't meant that it's less fun. For me, at the right conditions, it can be better than skiing. Of course, I'd try to get my kids to do both - ski and ride.
Cheers
Ivo
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